Historical Private Investigators

As October of 1900 draws to a close, London’s foggy, lamplit streets are hit by a string of burglaries which puzzle Scotland Yard. When they culminate in a gruesome murder, Sherlock Holmes is called in to investigate. But has he put the wrong man behind bars?

Originale, klassische Sherlock Holmes Kurzgeschichten in zeitgenössischer Übersetzung aus der Zeit der Jahrhundertwende vom 20. ins 21. Jahrhundert, lebendig interpretiert.

LA, 1946. Private eyes Katherine "Kit" Comfort and Henry Richman, operators of the struggling Comfort & Company detective agency, have their hands full when a simple missing person case turns into a deadly clash with traitors and killers. While trying to locate a wayward army doctor, notorious ex-cop Henry and his ambitious young partner Kit become entangled with both a Nazi underground and the government agents who are stalking them.

Sebastian St. Cyr ermittelt in seinem rätselhaftesten Fall... Der historische Kriminalroman im nebelverhüllten London jetzt auch als Hörbuch! London, 1811: Ein Serienmörder hat es scheinbar auf die wohlhabende junge Elite abgesehen und tötet die Söhne der prominentesten Familien Englands. Die Leichen werden grausig zugerichtet und im Morgengrauen auf öffentlichen Plätzen abgelegt. Der örtliche Magistrat wendet sich in seiner Verzweiflung an Sebastian St. Cyr, den Viscount Devlin, um ihn um Hilfe zu bitten.

The all-female commune was run by a movement that called itself The Angels of Love, but as far as Larry Kent could see, there wasn’t much love around. The place was cut off from the rest of the world by a nine-foot chain link fence, and the perimeter was patrolled 24 hours a day by rifle-wielding guards and vicious attack dogs.

Summoned to the magistrate’s office as prime suspect, Rawlings not only clears his own name, but impresses Fielding so much with his power of recollection that he is asked to investigate the crime. Rawlings follows a trail of lustful liaisons and illicit intrigue, which prove beyond a shadow of doubt that the girl has had quite the past. A past with threatening secrets.

1946: Der Krieg ist zu Ende - auch für die Journalistin Billie Walker. Endlich kann sie nach Hause, nach Sydney, zurückkehren. Doch ihre Dienste sind bei den Zeitungen nicht mehr gefragt. Also eröffnet sie die Detektei ihres verstorbenen Vaters wieder, obwohl sie ahnt, dass sie es als Frau besonders schwer haben wird, Klienten zu finden. Doch dann sucht eine Frau ihren verschwundenen Sohn. Zuletzt ist er in einem privaten Club gesehen worden und war offenbar auf der Suche nach Schmuck aus Europa.

El marido de Genevieve Stonefield, Angus, un respetado hombre de negocios, lleva desaparecido tres días cuando ella decide visitar a William Monk, un ex inspector de la policía metido a investigador privado. Genevieve está convencida de que su marido ha sido asesinado por su hermano gemelo, Caleb. Al parecer, la relación entre ambos ha llegado a ser violenta, y Genevieve teme lo peor.

Ein vernunftbegabter Detektiv begegnet dem Unglaublichen und wird zum Ermittler für übernatürliche Fälle. Vernia im Jahr 1917 - Robert Fuchs und sein junger Gehilfe Emil leben in der Industriestadt Brasston. Der Winter ist hart, das Geld knapp. Da kommt ihnen der Fall des verschwundenen Blackwell-Sohns gerade recht. Auf dem Landgut des Schreibgeräte-Moguls sind die Ermittlungen ins Stocken geraten. Fuchs ahnt nicht, dass dieser Fall zum Wendepunkt seines Lebens werden wird.

When a man offers 1940s private investigator Maggie Sullivan twice her usual fee to look into a "possible" jewelry theft from his hotel safe, she’s skeptical - until a maid’s body tumbles out of a trash can and a jeweler known for high quality fakes is murdered. Does a hotel guest who vanished without a trace hold a piece of the puzzle? Or, does it have to do with the Polish count and his family fleeing the start of WW2 in Europe?

In the first audiobook in this classic series, a former CIA spy behind the German lines in WW2 and secret agent fighting the Russian KGB in Europe during the Cold War, returns to the states to find himself up against the dirtiest plot ever against the U.S. Russia's top secret agent has infiltrated the country, making an unholy deal with the Mafia, for an unlimited supply of heroin, the Mafia agrees to back all Reds' activities in the United States. The streets will be flooded with smack...and the back alleys with Russian agents working to bring down America.

Back in London's swinging '60s, Steve Cook was teen idol number one. But that changed when a 16-year-old fan was found dead in his hotel room bed. Steve's career came to a crashing halt after he was dumped by his record company and arrested. Now, in 1978 San Francisco, Steve works construction, still dreaming of a comeback. Until his 11-year-old daughter is kidnapped. Colleen's search takes her through San Francisco's underbelly and all the way to '70s London, where she discovers a thread leading back to the death of a forgotten fan in Steve's hotel room.

He can out shoot, out think, out fight, and out love any other secret agent on the planet - get out of the way James Bond before your tux gets rumpled! McHugh lands a Caribbean island assignment: Stir up a revolution, topple the world's most brutal dictator, smash the secret police whose methods start with torture and get a lot worse from there, help the revolutionaries, and stop the revolution before it goes too far in the other direction. It's just another days' work for McHugh.

Duke Dempsey is a private investigator in 1938 Charleston, SC. He is thrust into the case of a lifetime when the Vatican comes calling and hires him to find an invaluable relic. Charleston is also hit with the mysterious murders of a prominent priest of St. Patrick's Cathedral and a local cop. Duke is forced into a partnership with the presiding detective, Johnny Stampkin, to find the relic and solve the murders. The case takes a multitude of twists and turns as they navigate through Roman Catholic puzzles, Civil War secrets, and a Nazi assassin.

While attending a lavish masked ball in Venice, retired Scotland Yard Detective Jasper has a shock when, at the midnight démasqué, he spots a woman whose accidental death he investigated in England three years ago. Even more stunned than Jasper is the woman's husband, Lord Bantham, who has since remarried, not to mention his new wife who sees her acquired position and wealth slip away. Then there are her old friends who all seem to have known more about the 'accident' than they ever let on. Then, the resurrected lady is found dead the next morning.

Between fending off a lecherous parole officer and trying to get by in 1978 San Francisco, private investigator Colleen Hayes struggles to put her life back together so she can reconnect with her runaway teenage daughter. Then, her life changes dramatically. She accepts a case from wealthy, retired industrialist Edward Copeland. The old man is desperate to solve the brutal murder of his daughter, a murder that took place in Golden Gate Park 11 years earlier - during the Summer of Love. The case has since gone cold, her murderer never found.

Anxious to be married, Henrietta and Clive push forward with their wedding plans, despite their family differences, made worse now by Oldrich Exley’s attempts to control the Von Harmons. When the long-awaited wedding day arrives, there is more unfolding than just Clive and Henrietta’s vows of love.

After a whirlwind romance and dream wedding, the new Mrs Ramsforth is whisked away to an idyllic Greek island by her adoring husband. But as soon as they arrive at their luxurious hotel overlooking the azure sea, Damaris is struck by the feeling she’s been here before.... Puzzling over the familiarity, Damaris’ honeymoon goes from unsettling to a complete nightmare when she finds herself standing over a dead body, unable to explain how she got there. Now only one man can save her – fellow holidaymaker and former Scotland Yard inspector Jasper.

The mob is demanding answers, and they want them now. A ferryboat captain wants his missing daughter found. An oil company executive is in danger. Will private eye Sean O’Farrell get there in time for all of his clients? Danger is in Chinatown and around every corner in San Francisco. This could be one last showdown before it all ends with a ride on the Sausalito Ferry to hell.

In a farmhouse on the outskirts of Winston-Salem, PI Marshall Drummond is hired to help a girl accidentally cursed. But soon, he is in a fight for his life when the girl’s parents prove to be more dangerous than the curse itself. Welcome to the Marshall Drummond Case Files. These stories explore the dark mysteries and thrilling adventures of 1940s private investigator Marshall Drummond, before he died and became the ghost detective found in the best-selling Max Porter paranormal mysteries.