Historiske krimier

Wahre Fälle und knifflige Escape-Rätsel auf Englisch lösen Dunkle Gassen, finstere Gestalten - und du mittendrin! Tauche mit zwei Zeitungsjournalisten tief ein in wahre, mysteriöse Kriminalfälle der Vergangenheit, knacke spannende Rätsel und lerne wie nebenbei Englisch. Fünf wahre Kriminalfälle erwarten dich, jeder gespickt mit kniffligen Rätseln . Um sie lösen zu können und am Ende den Fall aufzuklären, brauchst du deine Englischkenntnisse - denn du befindest dich in England, und alle sprechen nur Englisch. Dein Scharfsinn ist gefragt!

Wahre Fälle und knifflige Escape-Rätsel auf Englisch lösen Leichenräuber in Edinburgh, Raubmord in den Highlands - und du mittendrin! Tauche mit Lady Agatha und ihrem neugierigen Neffen Archie tief ein in wahre, mysteriöse Kriminalfälle der Vergangenheit, knacke spannende Rätsel und lerne wie nebenbei Englisch. Fünf weitere wahre Kriminalfälle erwarten dich, jeder gespickt mit kniffligen Rätseln . Um sie lösen zu können und am Ende den Fall aufzuklären, brauchst du deine Englischkenntnisse - denn du befindest dich in Schottland, und alle sprechen nur Englisch. Dein Scharfsinn ist gefragt!

There are two things that can't talk-moving pictures and dead showgirls...1920, Wellington, New Zealand. Grace Devine is poised to build her thriving dress design business as the twenties begin to soar. But when a fashionable client is murdered, suspicion falls on Grace as the last person to see Agatha alive.As wary clients cancel and business begins to fail, Grace decides there's only one way to prove her innocence and save her career...this seamstress will turn sleuth to find who really murdered the showgirl.The more she learns, the more she uncovers of the darker side of the dead woman's personality. Agatha liked to collect secrets and use them against people. But what target snapped that fatal night? Can Grace stitch together the clues before her life is torn apart...Seams like Murder is the first instalment in the Grace Designs mysteries series. These heart-warming historical mysteries will send you on a unique New Zealand adventure.

"Done with authority. I bought it as history." -Dusty Richards, 3-Time Spur Award-winning Western AuthorBlatant Corruption. Murder Unpunished. And in the Middle, a Kid Named Billy.Bounty of Greed continues Paul Colt's Bounty Trilogy capturing the epic story we know as the Lincoln County War. Powerful merchant and political strongman James Dolan owns Lincoln County, until brash, young English businessman John Tunstall hits town to challenge Dolan's empire. Dolan will stop at nothing, even murder, to retain his commercial stranglehold on Lincoln.Tunstall's murder ignites war in Lincoln County. Tunstall partisan William Bonney vows revenge, launching Billy the Kid's legendary outlaw career. Tunstall and Chisum gunmen, calling themselves Regulators, systematically hunt down and kill those responsible for Tunstall's death. Deputy U.S. Marshal Ty Ledger is swept up in the tides of war, caught between determined forces swirling toward a bloody confrontation that threatens the woman he loves. The war comes to a fiery climax when the army is called in to battle for Lincoln.

One of the series of mysteries that represent the spirit of the Canadian people who have sought justice over the centuries. The Canadian Historical Mysteries will feature one book set in every Province/Territory in Canada.The year is 1924 and Prohibition is spawning a new breed of criminal. Rum runners. Jerome Conway is the undercover investigation officer whose job it is to uncover the ringleaders behind the illegal importation of liquor from St. Pierre, Miquolon, and the Caribbean destined for distribution to the US based mob. His task is a complicated and dangerous one which leads him into the dark corners of illegal activities and the underbelly of society. If he is to be successful in his quest and emerge unscathed, Conway will need to be smarter and quicker than the felons he is chasing.

Canadian Historical Mysteries are a series of fictional mysteries that represent the spirit of the people of Canada who have sought justice over the centuries. Each of these novels are based on a factual mystery set in one of the 10 Provinces/Territories of Canada. David Gastrell is a remittance man in Canada and he is missing. His last telegram home said he was headed to Dawson City, Yukon. His sister Helen and her lady's maid, Mattie Lewis, arrive in Victoria, British Columbia, from England. Helen hires Detective Baxter Davenport to go with her to Dawson City, Yukon, and help her locate David for their father.Baxter Davenport has his doubts about travelling north with two women. He will have a job to do and can't be looking after them. Mattie has worked for the family for years and remembers David better than Helen does. She also has her own motive for wanting to find him.The three head north armed with an old photograph. They arrive in Dawson City where the gold rush is in full swing. There they are challenged by deceit, fraud, and danger in their quest to find David.

Lizzy and Darcy are on their honeymoon in Bath when her mother and Kitty show up to surprise them. They have hardly recovered from that shock before they find a dead body in the women's changing room. The waters at Bath might heal, but they can't solve the mystery of who killed Lady Longe, or why they desired the cantankerous old woman's death. Lizzy and Fitzwilliam are the only ones interested enough to investigate the murder by hemlock and find answers. They have a knack for the endeavor, but Lizzy worries Fitzwilliam will lose patience with her undertaking, since it happens to be their honeymoon.This is a spinoff from Abbey's popular "Crime & Courtship" series, which introduced mysteries to their romance. They are now married, but the mysteries continue, as does the evolution of their relationship.While Abbey sometimes writes sensual JAFF, this is strictly SWEET.

This time, there's no doubt about it: somebody is dead.A mass murderer is on the loose in London, but lady detective Rosemary Lillywhite has bigger problems.With the perfect wedding dress just out of reach, her best friend, Vera, is planning a rushed elopement with Rosemary's brother, Frederick. Unfortunately, Rosemary knows her mother, Evelyn, will have a conniption when she hears the news! Hoping to avoid a disaster, she vows to change Vera's mind and sets about acquiring the coveted gown before it's too late.But then, Rosemary's beloved butler, Wadsworth, is caught standing over a dead body, quite literally red-handed, and she must dive into his past to find the key to his innocence.What Rosemary discovers is that Wadsworth was more closely connected to her late husband than she'd ever realized - they're both tied to the headline-making mass murderer Garrison Black!Now, her budding relationship with detective inspector Max Whittington will have to move to the back burner while they prove Wadsworth didn't pull the trigger. In the midst of a crisis, will Rosemary convince Vera and Frederick to reconsider their elopement before Evelyn's head explodes?Are you ready to escape to the roaring twenties? For fans of Beth Byers, Leighann Dobbs, Lee Strauss, and cozy historical murder mysteries. No swearing, graphic scenes, or cliffhangers.

As a girl in the West, Valentine Mackle dodged quicksand along the rivers of the mining camps, but as Mrs. Roderick W. DeVere of New York's Fifth Avenue, Val is sucked into Society's own quicksand in Spring, 1899, when a weekend at a country estate in the Hudson Valley turns deadly. Val's "soul sister" drowns on family property, and the host's best "practical jokes" double as death traps.A Gilded Drowning Pool snarls Val and husband Roddy in a bogus adult health camp, a brothel, a town-and-country pocked with probable killers-and an ambitious police chief convinced that Val and Roddy DeVere played a part in the death that is ruled a homicide.

In a studiolo behind a church, six women gather to perform an act that is restorative, powerful, and illegal. They paint.Under the tutelage of Leonardo da Vinci, the six show talent and drive equal to that of any man, but in Renaissance Florence they must hide their skills, or risk the scorn of the city. A commission to paint a fresco in Santo Spirito is announced and Florence's countless artists each seek the fame and glory this lucrative job will provide.Viviana, a noblewoman freed from a terrible marriage and now free to pursue her artistic passions in secret, sees a potential life-altering opportunity for herself and her fellow female artists. The women first speak to Lorenzo de' Medici himself, and finally, submit a bid for the right to paint it.But the church will not stand for women painting, especially not in a house of worship. The city is not ready to consider women in positions of power, and in Florence, artists wield tremendous power. Even the women themselves are hesitant; the attention they bring upon themselves will disrupt their families, and put them in danger. All the while, Viviana grows closer to Sansone, her soldier lover, who is bringing her joy that she never knew with her deceased husband.Power and passion collide in Donna Russo Morin's 'The Competition', a sumptuous historical novel of shattering limitations, one brushstroke at a time.

At an opulent masquerade ball no one is who they're pretending to be, but when the affair ends in death, Nick and Celia will have to unmask a killer . . . Word of an upcoming engagement that will join two prominent families has tongues wagging among San Francisco society, but Celia worries the bride-to-be may be making a serious mistake. Her intended, a controlling man and a known womanizer, has recently been linked to a violent attack on a former mistress. When a hapless maid is poisoned at the party where the engagement was to be announced, Celia discovers that the fiancé was the intended victim. Detective Nick Greaves is called to the scene to investigate the grim death and finds once again that Celia has already unearthed valuable clues. Teaming up to track down the would-be murderer, they soon determine that any number of people had reason to do away with the man. And when another young woman is found dead, Celia realizes that cornering the killer may expose a cruel truth at the heart of a wealthy family's deceptions . . . Praise for the Mysteries of Old San Francisco: "Nancy Herriman gives us another twisty Old San Francisco mystery that will keep you guessing until the very end. Readers won't be able to put this one down until they know who the killer is." -Victoria Thompson, USA Today bestselling author of Murder on Bedford Street "A mystery Ggem! . . . A well-described environment and era, cleverly devised crimes, realistic methods of investigation, well-developed characters, some nail-biting, and a strong female lead . . . Superb!" -Kings River Life Magazine for No Refuge from the Grave "A thrilling entry in the Mystery of Old San Francisco series! With a smart and engaging detective duo, a clever mystery, seamlessly interwoven historical details, and a sweet romance, No Justice for the Deceived is a pure delight. Nancy Herriman has written another winner!" -Ashley Weaver, Edgar-nominated author of the Amory Ames Mysteries

In 1924, an orphan train passed through the Midwest, and two teenagers, seeking a new life, find nothing but hardship when taken in to live on a farm in Michigan. After they are forced to flee, they are hunted by a determined police chief and the reemergent KKK. A bond of mutual trust and determination help the two orphans navigate a stark American landscape shaped by prejudice, hypocrisy, and fear.

Marriage can be murder.Rosemary Lillywhite can't wait for her brother, Frederick, and her best friend, Vera, to tie the knot.She's over the moon they've finally caved in and admitted their love for one another, but even more than that, she wants them out of her too-crowded townhouse!The long-awaited and excessively lavish country wedding is slated to take place in Pardington in one week's time, and when an ominous warning arrives, Rosemary is relieved she'll be out of harm's way.The only problem is that wherever she goes, murder isn't far behind.When a key member of the wedding party turns up dead, Vera insists she turn her back on the case, and for once, Rosemary is content to let the police do their jobs.Unfortunately, sleeping dogs don't always lie, especially when there are secrets to be revealed, and Rosemary has no choice but to try to find the killer.After all, who would be so brazen to commit a murder at the vicarage, and how far will they go to ensure nobody learns the truth?Are you ready to escape to the roaring twenties? For fans of Beth Byers, Leighann Dobbs, Lee Strauss, and cozy historical murder mysteries. A light, cozy mystery with no swearing, graphic scenes, or cliffhangers.

Two lady sleuths for the price of one.It wasn't love that made Rosemary follow Desmond to New York City; it was curiosity, and everyone knows the old saying about how curiosity killed the cat.When the newest object of Desmond's affections, spunky speakeasy proprietor Imogene Quinn, invites them all to an estate auction at a Fifth Avenue mansion, nobody expects a priceless couture dress to be stolen or for one member of the household to turn up dead!The case becomes doubly confusing when it turns out everyone had the means, motive, and opportunity to commit the crime - and furthermore, they all have airtight alibis!Good thing old Des has excellent taste in friends; his new American chum has a few tricks up her sleeve, perhaps even as many as Rosemary.Our intrepid lady sleuth will have to join forces with her American counterpart when she's compelled to unravel the mystery and solve the case.Are you ready to escape to the roaring twenties? For fans of Beth Byers, Leighann Dobbs, Lee Strauss, and cozy historical murder mysteries. A light, cozy mystery with no swearing, graphic scenes, or cliffhangers.

Austin, Texas, in den 1960er-Jahren. Die Geschichte von Charles Brown, einem jungen, intelligenten Mann, der seit seiner Kindheit unter dem Autoritarismus, Rassismus und den Brutalitäten seines Vaters leidet, der Bigotterie seiner Mutter ausgeliefert ist, von einem Priester sexuell misshandelt wird und versucht, seinen Problemen durch die Ausübung von Gewaltfantasien zu entfliehen.Er meldet sich freiwillig zum Dienst beim Marine Corps der Vereinigten Staaten, um Offizier zu werden und aus dem Einflussbereich seines Vaters auszubrechen, heiratet und beginnt ein Studium. Aber das Leben verläuft nicht so, wie er es sich vorgestellt hatte.Schließlich fasst er einen weitreichenden Entschluss: Rächt sich an seinen Vertrauten und besteigt am 1. August 1966 den Glockenturm der University of Texas in Austin. Was dann passiert, lässt Amerika den Atem anhalten.Der erste Amoklauf, über den im Radio und Fernsehen live berichtet wurde.Erst zwei Polizisten und ein ehemaliger Kamerad aus der Armee können ihn stoppen und ziehen daraus völlig unterschiedliche Konsequenzen für ihr weiteres Leben.

In sixteenth century England, fear of witchcraft abounds. But witches are not the only source of evil, as Dr William Gilbert will discover ...When Dr William Gilbert is caught in an Essex snowstorm, his life is saved by a strange, wolf-like dog. Taken in by the strange family that owns the animal, he is nursed back to health in an eerie, isolated building with a terrible history, where the cries of a child echo through the corridors at night.Having recovered, William is very pleased to leave the Old Priory, but equally grateful to the husband, wife and daughter that saved him. So, when the women are accused of witchcraft and seem certain to be burned, he feels duty-bound to help them, despite the dire warnings of his own father.To the people of sixteenth-century Essex, witches are everywhere and to associate with them is destruction.Nevertheless, William is driven to seek justice for his saviours, and as he delves into the case, discovers there there is evil at play, of a type far worse than any invented tale of witchcraft. But can he prove that, before the next victim dies, and the innocent burn?The Kindness of Witches is a welcome addition to Leonard Tourney's acclaimed Dr William Gilbert series of mysteries; it is a compelling and immersive murder-mystery that will delight readers already familiar with the lead character, as well as those who enjoy high-quality historic crime novels.

From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbinding historical novel that brilliantly imagines one of the greatest manhunts in history: the search for two Englishmen involved in the killing of King Charles I and the implacable foe on their trail--an epic journey into the wilds of seventeeth-century New England, and a chase like no other.'From what is it they flee?'He took a while to reply. By the time he spoke the men had gone inside. He said quietly, They killed the King.1660 England. General Edward Whalley and his son-in law Colonel William Goffe board a ship bound for the New World. They are on the run, wanted for the murder of King Charles I--a brazen execution that marked the culmination of the English Civil War, in which parliamentarians successfully battled royalists for control.But now, ten years after Charles' beheading, the royalists have returned to power. Under the provisions of the Act of Oblivion, the fifty-nine men who signed the king's death warrant and participated in his execution have been found guilty in absentia of high treason. Some of the Roundheads, including Oliver Cromwell, are already dead. Others have been captured, hung, drawn, and quartered. A few are imprisoned for life. But two have escaped to America by boat.In London, Richard Nayler, secretary of the regicide committee of the Privy Council, is charged with bringing the traitors to justice and he will stop at nothing to find them. A substantial bounty hangs over their heads for their capture--dead or alive. . . .Robert Harris's first historical novel set predominantly in America, Act of Oblivion is a novel with an urgent narrative, remarkable characters, and an epic true story to tell of religion, vengeance, and power--and the costs to those who wield it.