Private Detective Fiction

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson werden von Inspektor Lestrade zu einem Fall am Court Theatre hinzugezogen: Ein prominenter Schauspieler der Londoner Shakespeare-Gesellschaft wurde nach einer Probe leblos auf der Bühne gefunden.

Christine Ryan is desperate to find her childhood friend Veronica. Veronica disappeared more than fifteen years ago, not long after having a child with a Death Row inmate, notorious serial killer Travis Dean Ford. When Ford’s widow, Jordana, is murdered in the same way as his victims, Christine fears Veronica and her daughter will be next. If they’re even still alive. Discovering that both Veronica and Jordana were members of the Lonely Hearts Club, a pen pal service for women who want to write to men in prison, Jessica realizes she needs to find Veronica before the killer does.

The fictional gentleman thief is a master of disguise, a criminal genius and a moral figure well-set in righting a few wrongs himself when Justice can't be bothered. It is learned that famous thief Arsène Lupin has made it aboard a ship bound for America. The ship's guests, led by Bernard d'Andrèzy, try to weed out the thief with the information they have on him. Anyone among the elegant crew could be the criminal, and a woman's necklace just went missing from her own neck.

"Ein Fall von Identitätsdiebstahl". Ein lukratives Erbe steht auf dem Spiel! Ein böses Genie ist entschlossen, die jungen Empfänger des Nachlasses um ihr Erbe zu betrügen - durch ein Rugby-Spiel! Eine junge Frau sucht die Hilfe von Sherlock Holmes. Ihr Mann wird vermisst. Wenige Tage später trifft der vermisste Ehemann atemlos in der Baker Street 221B ein. Seine Frau wird vermisst. Dann kommen die Mütter des Ehepaares und melden ihre beiden Kinder als vermisst. Ein weiteres junges Paar wird in einer Gasse am East End gefunden - enthauptet.

Eine auffallend schöne Frau aus dem Süden kommt nach London, auf der Suche nach ihrem entfremdeten Ehemann. Sie nimmt Kontakt mit Mitarbeitern ihres Ehemanns auf. Alle drei sind ein paar Tage später tot, erdrosselt von einer Gruppe von Anarchisten. Sie wendet sich an Holmes. Die Ereignisse überschlagen sich und führen die Gruppe reitend durch Südengland. Es beginnt ein Lauf gegen die Zeit, um ein katastrophales Attentat zu verhindern und das Imperium zu retten.

There is no detective in fiction as shrewd as Sherlock Holmes. An accomplished violinist, adept at a dozen obscure sciences, and possessed of an acerbic wit, Holmes's adventures with Dr. Watson have delighted readers for more than a century. This collection features some of the most celebrated stories in the Sherlock Holmes canon: "A Scandal in Bohemia", "The Red-Headed League", "The Man with the Twisted Lip", "The Adventure of the Crooked Man”, "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box", "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches", and "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons”.

THE HUDSON VALLEY MYSTERY. A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY HAS TAKEN PLACE JUST OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY. A YOUNG MAN MURDERED HIS FATHER AND THEN WENT STARK RAVING MAD. Sherlock Holmes is called upon by the lad's mother to solve the crime. So Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson make their way to America. There they meet the villains of Tammany Hall and maybe - no one will ever know - a ghostly apparition the haunts the pleasant glade known as Sleepy Hollow.

La signora Maigret è finita sulle prime pagine dei giornali insieme a un'amica che le ha giocato un brutto scherzo scomparendo misteriosamente dopo averle lasciato un bambino di due anni. E come se non bastasse la Signora ha deciso di ribellarsi al suo celebre marito e mettersi a indagare al posto suo. Cosa le sarà venuto in mente? Maigret è incredulo e soprattutto non capisce cosa colleghi questa vicenda all'impossibile caso Steuvels che tormenta la polizia giudiziaria.

This is a follow-up to The Devil's Serum. In the astonishing finale of the Alexis Beaureparie series, Moses, Armond, and Lisette once again come face to face with the alluring, sinister Alexis Beaureparie and her evil plans to have them finished once and for all. With the help of her murderous lover, will she succeed in killing the detective or will she be undone?

Detective Moses Byone is back! With his trusted partner, former antiques dealer Armond Fontenot, they tackle a case that is over one hundred and fifteen years in the making. Investigating chests of gold and silver stolen during the Civil War, Mose and Armond find themselves in the midst of a violent and enigmatic case. When their client Marcel Lavolier comes up murdered, they must solve his questionable and mysterious death if they are to escape the danger alive.

"A Study in Scarlet" is the first published story of one of the most famous literary detectives of all time, Sherlock Holmes. Here Dr. Watson, who has just returned from a war in Afghanistan, meets Sherlock Holmes for the first time when they become flat-mates at the famous 221 B Baker Street. In "A Study in Scarlet" Sherlock Holmes investigates a murder at Lauriston Gardens as Dr. Watson tags along with Holmes while narratively detailing his amazing deductive abilities.

Lady Dunbridge was not about to let a little thing like the death of her husband ruin her social life. She’s come to New York City, ready to take the dazzling world of Gilded Age Manhattan by storm. The social events of the summer have been amusing, but Lady Phil is searching for more excitement - and she finds it, when an early morning visitor arrives begging for her help. After all, Lady Phil has been known to be useful in a crisis. Especially when the crisis involves the untimely death of a handsome, young business tycoon.

Alto meno di un metro e sessanta, con una curiosa testa a forma d'uovo e un superbo paio di baffi attentamente curati, Hercule Poirot non fa certo una grande impressione, eppure questo buffo ometto è riuscito ad accattivarsi l'interesse di milioni di lettori. Apparso per la prima volta nel 1920 il detective belga, protagonista di trentadue romanzi e numerosi racconti, ha risolto con successo decine di casi per oltre mezzo secolo, prima di scomparire definitivamente nel 1975, precedendo di poco la sua autrice.

A young widow, orphan and mother, Wilhelmina Anne Brown is just beginning to find some stability in her new home in Prince Edward Island when she is forced to deal with the death of her beloved uncle Bill Darby. Darby, a Charlottetown private investigator, leaves Anne and her 14-year-old daughter a small savings account and his business, where Anne has worked as office manager for six years. What follows is Anne's struggle to protect her family, find justice for her clients and forge a new life for herself in this pause-resisting thriller.

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PI Jarvis Mann was captivated by the sultry tones of his female client.... Emily White with girl next door looks and shimmering eyes that begged for help…. She is being stalked but isn’t certain by whom…and this wasn’t the first time.

There's no place like home for the holidays - or for having you darkest secrets revealed! Can Rafael Jones manage to find the missing girl, build on his romance with agent Clara Thomas, and still keep his parents thinking he's living a normal life instead of being living dead? And will working for the forces of Heaven strengthen Rafael's faith or shake it? Wizards, witches, angels, and pixie dust bring their own surprises for Rafael's Christmas.

Blacklisted by the police. Being sued by a client. And broke. Things can’t get any worse for Brighton’s No. 1 Private Detective, Joe Grabarz, in this blistering debut novel from award-winning writer Tom Trott. That’s when his best friend’s body washes up on the beach. Could it really have been 10 years? How could his life have ended like this? He needs answers. But with the city in the grips of organised crime, and struggling to deal with an influx of legal highs, who cares about just another dead drug dealer?

William von Becker’s multibillion-dollar fund was limited to only the luckiest investors. Or so they thought. After the house of cards collapses and the disgraced von Becker commits suicide in prison, his family asks Jason Stafford to find out where the money is - and who is targeting them with attempted kidnappings. There are plenty of angry suspects to take a look at. But with roughly three billion of von Becker’s ill-gotten dollars floating around somewhere, there are other interested parties as well.

Once, this world was dominated by the fallen, but humanity cast off their tyrannical rule and created a mighty empire with colonies spread out across the globe. The power of the metropolis is stronger than ever before, but its past is dark and its future cloudy. Old secrets are capable of destroying in one moment what took years to create. After all, nothing can save it from treason, not armadas of battleships nor bomb-laden dirigibles.