Historiske krimier

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A luxurious African safari turns deadly for a Hollywood starlet and her entourage in a riveting historical thriller the New York Times calls “Wildly entertaining.” • From the bestselling author of The Flight Attendant."The best possible combination of Hemingway and Agatha Christie…Impossible to put down.” —Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were HereTanzania, 1964. When Katie Barstow, A-list actress, and her new husband, David Hill, decide to bring their Hollywood friends to the Serengeti for their honeymoon, they envision giraffes gently eating leaves from the tall acacia trees, great swarms of wildebeests crossing the Mara River, and herds of zebras storming the sandy plains. Their glamorous guests—including Katie’s best friend, Carmen Tedesco, and Terrance Dutton, the celebrated Black actor who stars alongside Katie in the highly controversial film Tender Madness—will spend their days taking photos, and their evenings drinking chilled gin and tonics back at camp, as the local Tanzanian guides warm water for their baths. The wealthy Americans expect civilized adventure: fresh ice from the kerosene-powered ice maker, dinners of cooked gazelle meat, and plenty of stories to tell over lunch back on Rodeo Drive.What Katie and her glittering entourage do not expect is this: a kidnapping gone wrong, their guides bleeding out in the dirt, and a team of Russian mercenaries herding their hostages into Land Rovers, guns to their heads. As the powerful sun gives way to night, the gunmen shove them into abandoned huts and Katie Barstow, Hollywood royalty, prays for a simple thing: to see the sun rise one more time. A blistering story of fame, race, love, and death set in a world on the cusp of great change, The Lioness is a vibrant masterpiece from one of our finest storytellers.

A vicious master. A cruel injustice. A secret long-held. December 1907. Depressed by a failed examination, Vita treats a passenger injured in a train accident, a chance meeting that leads to a portrait commission for Aunt Louisa and a stay for them both at the notoriously haunted Crowswood Castle.They find the vivacious new owner more interested in breeding fine horses than in Crowswood's gloomy traditions. The ancient castle's first renovations will be complete when a new portrait replaces that of the unhappy previous lady of the house who was banished to an asylum by her cruel husband, the Earl of Mountfitchet.Struck down by sudden illness, Vita is confined to her room, struggling to know which of the visitors who come and go are real, and which are figments of her feverish dreams. Then workmen unearth human remains in the castle grounds and the butler confides a lifelong secret, begging for her help. Can the old portrait help Vita untangle what happened to the mysterious lady in blue, and its connection to the Earl's disappearance? And will she escape the attentions of the strange night-visiting doctor?

When a popular boxer dies and her brother collapses after an exhibition match, Vita pots a connection the experts have missed. The very professor who rubbished her dreams of studying science is the one she needs to convince.Can Vita prove what really killed the boxer? And how will the glamorous American widow react?

A mysterious victim. A heartless doctor. An assistant whose loyalty extends to murder.Christmas, 1904. Falling behind in her first year of science, Vita plans a vacation devoted to study, but is lured from her books when a man with no memory is brought to the hospital, injured. Curious to learn more, she retraces his steps to a disused well, but how did he get there? Piece by piece events leading to the attack emerge, revealing a long-standing arrangement between a country doctor and his wealthy clients. Can Vita protect the amnesiac patient from the toxic partnership of the doctor and his dangerous assistant? Can she escape herself, and convince the police to investigate so many convenient deaths.If you enjoy an Edwardian English Christmas with an extra frisson of gothic intrigue, Dr Potter's Private Practice is definitely one for you.

L'avvocato Roberto Salvi si trova suo malgrado ad accettare la carica di socio onorario della prestigiosa Associazione filantropica del Cavalier Bedato. Al momento della sua investitura lancia l'idea, subito caldeggiata, di scrivere un romanzo sulla sicurezza negli ambienti di lavoro e nelle altre manifestazioni della vita.¿ Si rende subito conto di aver agito di impulso sull'onda di ricordi giovanili e si pente ma ormai non può più tirarsi indietro. Verrà coinvolto nella ricostruzione postuma di due incidenti avvenuti molti decenni prima. Si dovrà misurare con le dietrologie e con le voci popolari esistenti allora ma rimaste intatte dopo così tanto tempo. Smuovere le acque lo farà diventare il bersaglio di due attentati ma la sua caparbietà lo porterà a completare il romanzo nel quale finiranno per avere il sopravvento le valutazioni di tipo psicologico.

La quarta indagine del commissario Sasso e della squadra Delitti Insoluti. Dopo la disavventura sull'Aspromonte, Antonio Sasso è costretto al riposo forzato, ospite della collega Anna Nardi. Qui lo cerca l'avvocato Manfrotto, personaggio in odor di camorra, che gli chiede di indagare sulla scomparsa della sorella Barbara, avvenuta dieci anni prima. Il commissario deve cercare tra scontrini e vecchie scartoffie, mentre i suoi colleghi si trovano per le mani un delitto efferato.Nel meccanismo del grande orologio di S. Eligio viene rinvenuto infatti un cadavere smembrato e senza nome. Il movente e gli autori sembrano destinati a restare oscuri, ma un paziente lavoro investigativo e le intuizioni della giovane assistente del medico legale consentiranno, in un susseguirsi di false piste e nuove tracce, di far luce sul mistero. E anche Sasso, nella sua gabbia, riuscirà a trovare il bandolo della matassa.Indagini e relazioni personali spesso difficili sono il pane quotidiano per la sezione Delitti Insoluti, nella torrida estate napoletana.

Quand la terreur ne vous laisse qu'une solution: le suicide.Londres, janvier 1892 - Au coeur de la nuit, Ophélia Talbot se jette du point culminant de son hôtel particulier devant ses domestiques. Nul ne doute que la vieille dame a mis fin à ses jours. Pourtant, le lendemain matin, le Procureur de la reine Connor Muir reçoit un courrier de la victime clamant haut et fort qu'elle ne veut pas se suicider, mais que quelqu'un l'y pousse. Consciente de l'imminence de la menace, elle engage l'agence de détectives privés Worthington & Spencer, par l'entremise du magistrat, pour qu'ils enquêtent sur sa mort, si elle survenait. Engagés par la victime ? Une première... D'autant plus que les circonstances de la mort de cette riche commerçante ne sont pas claires, surtout quand un nouveau testament fait son apparition et qu'une héritière mystère surgit du néant...>Cette quatrième enquête des Worthington & Spencer montre comment l'exploitation des richesses naturelles du monde forgeait déjà nombre de fortunes au XIXe siècle. Chaque livre de cette série peut être lu de façon indépendante.

American heiress Stella Kendrick and her husband, British aristocrat Viscount "Lyndy" Lyndhurst, prepare to celebrate their first Christmas together as newlyweds in Clara McKenna's latest historical mystery set in England's New Forest region at the turn of the 20th century...

August 1935: Uralte Kultstätte entdeckt - Archäologen verschollen! April 1981: Brand in Kinderklinik - Täterin stirbt im Moor!Tragische Ereignisse der Vergangenheit werfen ihre Schatten bis in die Gegenwart der kleinen Stadt Bad Old Low. Wie eh und je schweigen die Bewohner.Die fünfzehnjährige Holly Adams hat seinerzeit den Brand im Hitfield-Institut gelegt. Die Insassen, allesamt Kinder, starben. Die Morde, die danach über Jahrzehnte hinweg verübt werden, lasten die Menschen ebenfalls Holly an. Als böser Geist soll sie ihr Unwesen treiben. So heißt es jedenfalls!Alexander C. Holmes, ein Journalist aus New York, die junge Lilly Perkins und einige andere zweifeln an der Legende. Unabhängig voneinander entdecken sie, dass in den Eingeweiden der Stadt etwas Düsteres lauert. Am Ende stellt sich die alles entscheidende Frage: Wird es gelingen, das Geheimnis von Bad Old Low zu lüften?

Un secret interdit... Le destin de l'Église en suspens... Un duo de limiers amateurs révélera-t-il une vérité qui pourrait bouleverser le monde chrétien ?La Résurrection est la pierre angulaire de la foi chrétienne. Toutefois, lorsqu'un indice jaillit qui suggère un récit différent, les conséquences pourraient bien changer la chrétienté à jamais.Le poste du prêtre Michael Dominic aux légendaires Archives secrètes du Vatican l'amène à découvrir un papyrus perdu, enseveli dans les sous-sols de Rome : les écrits jusqu'alors inconnus de Marie Madeleine. La révélation hérétique de la relique oubliée menace la légitimité même du Vatican et confronte Michael à des ennemis puissants et impitoyables.Désespéré, il se tourne vers Hana Sinclair, une journaliste d'investigation qui est habituée à s'attaquer aux sujets les plus controversés. Ensemble, ils défient l'élite de l'Église et se lancent dans une enquête dans les zones d'ombre de l'histoire afin de découvrir la vérité. Alors que la pression monte pour faire taire le duo, le Vatican aura-t-il recours à l'impensable pour sauvegarder sa richesse et son pouvoir ?Basé sur des faits réels, ce thriller international emmène les lecteurs dans une course folle à travers les sites sacrés d'Europe. Procurez-vous votre exemplaire de ce best-seller et découvrez pourquoi les fans dévoués de Gary McAvoy disent : Je ne voulais pas que ce livre prenne fin ! .

A Finalist in the 2023 Readers' Choice Book Awards!A shadow of a being, war veteran Paul Stevenson moves through New York City without purpose.When the blood spatter from a fellow subway rider and thousands of dollars' worth of cocaine fall to Paul's feet, he is forced to open his eyes to a new reality: the world of sex, crime, and drugs that is 1970's Manhattan-the life in which Paul has suddenly become a main character.Is there any light in the future of the Big Apple? Or will Paul succumb to the dark shadow of organized crime that encamps the greatest city in the world?

An American woman and her son unearth the buried secrets and past lives of an English manor house in this masterful and riveting novel from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Belfer.“Infused with the brooding, gothic atmosphere of Jane Eyre or Rebecca . . . a novel that must be savored, one page at a time.”—Melanie Benjamin, author of The Children’s Blizzard ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times“How many lives can you imagine yourself living?”So Hannah Larson wonders. When a close relative falls ill, Hannah and her young son, Nicky, decide to join him for the summer at Ashton Hall, a historic manor house outside Cambridge, England. Hannah gave up her academic career to raise her beloved child, who is neurodivergent and experiences the world differently from others, and she’s grateful to escape her life in New York City, where her marriage has been upended by a devastating betrayal.Soon after their arrival, ever-curious Nicky discovers the skeletal remains of a woman in a forgotten, walled-off wing of the manor, and Hannah is pulled into an all-consuming quest for answers. Working from clues in centuries-old ledgers and the personal papers of the long-departed family, Hannah begins to re-create the Ashton Hall of the Elizabethan era in all its color and conflict. As the secrets of her own life begin to unravel, and the rewards and complications of being Nicky’s mother come into focus, Hannah realizes that Ashton Hall’s women before her had lives not so different from her own. She confronts what women throughout history have had to do to control their own destinies and protect their children.Rich with passion, strength, and ferocity across the ages, Ashton Hall is a novel that reveals how the most profound hauntings are within ourselves.

Weddings bells don't mix with mourners' wails. Days before a young woman's joyful event, a vicious attack leaves nothing but a trail of blood and sorrow. Tasked with the impossible, Detective Hodgins struggles to find any motive for the brutal assault. His only clue is a mysterious stranger who never appears quite the same way twice. Desperate for a break in the case, the detective turns to an unlikely source for information. Will this contact be able to convince Hodgins she's not a fraud and point him towards the murderer before the trail vanishes?

¿ He's Nuts About Her But Hiding It. She Already Knows. ¿Sawyer Finn is the perfect candidate for the Company. But he isn't prepared for a life in the shadows.Jenny Nicolay has been lied to her entire life. Now she's ready for answers.Following the bombshell ending of their last case, the detectives travel to Boston in the fall of 1949 to confront Jenny's past and prove her innocence.When old family secrets converge, an angry Irish mob puts a price on their heads.Can the detectives go undercover and turn the tables? Or will infiltrating the mobsters destroy more than their budding romance?¿-----------------------------------------------¿Undercover Pursuit is the exhilarating second installment in the Spies of Texas historical mystery series.Cozy Mystery meets Espionage ThrillerIf you enjoy witty banter, quirky towns folk, and unexpected plot twists, this book is for you. Spies of Texas Series OrderBook 1: Enigma of Lake FallsBook 2: Undercover PursuitBook 3: Cloak & DangerBook 4: Double Agent"If you loved Nancy Drew books growing up you will definitely love this book... Nancy Drew vibes, but the adult version. I highly recommend this book." - Blog Review

CLASSIFIED: Missing German Spy Found in U.S.CODENAME: Ghost/Geist New Year's 1950A message from British Intelligence warns of a wanted German spy hiding in Lake Tahoe. He fled arrest at the end of WWII and now he's working as a dangerous hired gun. New to the Company and eager to prove themselves, Jenny Nicolay and Sawyer Finn join the search under the guise of a ski getaway. But with colleagues and rival agencies on the hunt, they can't afford to trust their allies to find the enemy. Can the pair ring in the New Year with midnight tradition? Or will the life of cloak & danger damage their growing relationship and their future with the Company?-----------------------------------------------Cloak & Danger is the daring third installment in the Spies of Texas historical mystery series.Cozy Mystery meets Espionage Adventure.If you enjoy witty banter, quirky townsfolk, and unexpected plot twists, this book is for you! Spies of Texas Series OrderBook 1: Enigma of Lake FallsBook 2: Undercover PursuitBook 3: Cloak & DangerBook 4: Double Agent

Als im Herbst 1870 die französischen und deutschen Armeen in einen blutigen Krieg verwickelt sind, schlägt eine Granate in das Haus in dem Dorf ein. Mercy Merrick und Grace Roseberry, zwei junge englische Frauen, finden Zuflucht. Doch als Grace getroffen wird, bleibt ihr nur noch wenig Zeit. Während Mercy versucht sie zu retten, erkennt sie, dass ihr Tod eine Chance sein könnte, ein neues Leben anzufangen. Sie nimmt Graces Identität an und flieht. Doch es ist der deutsche Arzt, der bei den Verwundeten ankommt und Graces lebenden Körper entdeckt - genau in dem Moment als Mercy wegläuft. Wilkie Collins' fesselnder Mystery-Krimi "Die lebende Tote" begleitet uns auf dieser unglaubliche Reise voller Spannung und Abenteuer.

ACHTUNG: Die Romane "EWIGKEIT - Ein neuer Zyklus" und "Der Code der Zikaden" unterscheiden sich nur durch den Titel. Die Inhalte sind identisch!!!Mit diesem Roman führt Thomas H. Huber seine Leser an den Rand des Universums und zurück, in eine längst vergessene, mystische Zeit."Die ideale Lektüre für Kreta-Urlauber!" - denn die größte griechische Insel steht bei der fantasievollen Geschichte im strahlenden Mittelpunkt.Die Story:Samuel und Sarah Kramer wollen eigentlich nur einen entspannten Strandurlaub auf Kreta verbringen. Doch schon kurz nach ihrer Ankunft geraten sie in einen Albtraum, der sie an die Grenze ihres Verstandes führt.Auslöser ist ein kurzes Urlaubsvideo, welches Sam seinem Freund Jack Stern per Whatsapp schickt. Auf dem Film sieht man Sarah, wie sie vom höchsten Punkt der Gebirgsstraße hinunter auf die Südküste blickt. Im Hintergrund ist nur der Wind und das Zirpen tausender Zikaden zu hören. Stern, ein Verschlüsselungsexperte der US-Army glaubt, im Zirpen der Zikaden einen Code entdeckt zu haben.Damit rufen sie den mysteriösen William Sutherford auf den Plan, der einen Zusammenhang zwischen dem Code der Zikaden und dem Schicksal der Menschheit sieht.Sam, seine Frau Sarah, und zehn weitere Personen, begeben sich gemeinsam mit ihm in ein bizarres Abenteuer."Wer glaubst du ist es, der dich bedingungslos liebt? Das kann nur einer sein, du selbst!! Niemand wird dich jemals lieben, dir vertrauen und dich anerkennen, wenn du selbst dies nicht kannst. Alles ist eins, eins ist alles! Die ganze Matrix gibt es nur deshalb, weil du nicht glauben kannst, dass du alles bist, das existiert! Denke tiefer, als du jemals gedacht hast. Dann wirst du das Licht am Ende des Tunnels nicht nur sehen, du wirst es sein!" (Thomas H. Huber)religiös esoterisch Liebe Mystery Kreta Fantasy, Avatar, Schöpfung, Gott, Krimi, Spannung, Kreta.www.thomas-h-huber.de

Colmar, 1353 CEGritta, Appel, and Efi managed to survive the Black Death, only to find that they are in desperate need of money. With limited options and lots of obstacles, they band together to become alewives - brewing and selling ale in the free Alsatian town of Colmar. But when an elderly neighbor is discovered dead in her house, the alewives cannot convince the sheriff and the town council that her death wasn't an accident, it was murder. As the body count piles up, the ale flows and mystery is afoot!Set in the tumultuous years after the most devastating pandemic the world has ever experienced, The Alewives is a playful romp through a dark time, when society was reeling from loss and a grieving population attempted to return to normal, proving that with the bonds of love, friendship, and humor, the human spirit will always continue to shine.