Titoli in Investigatori privati

Dan Sharp, a gay father and missing persons investigator, accepts an invitation to a wedding on a yacht in Ontario’s Prince Edward County. It seems just the thing to bring Dan closer to his noncommittal partner, Bill, a respected medical professional with a penchant for sleazy after-hours clubs, cheap drugs, and rough sex. But the event doesn’t go exactly as planned.

Following an anonymous tip, missing persons investigator Dan Sharp makes a grisly find in a burned-out slaughterhouse in Toronto’s west end. Someone is targeting known sex offenders whose names and identities were released on the Internet. When an iconic rock star contacts Dan to keep from becoming the next victim, things take a curious turn.

It was only a simple, routine assignment for private investigator Sam Blackman and his partner, Nakayla Robertson: follow a history professor, who is suing a spinal surgeon for malpractice, and catch her in physical activities that undercut her claim.

Former chief warrant officer and amputee Sam Blackman and his partner, Nakayla Robertson, are opening a detective agency. They have high hopes that the thriving Mountain Region will provide a steady stream of cases. Their first client, a quirky elderly woman in a retirement community, makes a strange request: she wants Sam to right a wrong she committed over 70 years ago. Her victim? F. Scott Fitzgerald. Her crime? Stealing a manuscript when Fitzgerald resided in the stately Grove Park Inn.

Sam Blackman is an angry man. A chief warrant officer in the criminal investigation detachment of the U.S. military, he lost a leg in Iraq and has been outspoken in his criticism of his medical treatment. Then, ex-marine and fellow amputee Tikima Robertson walks into his hospital room, hinting that she has an opportunity for Sam to use his investigative skills. But before she can return, Tikima is murdered.

Private investigator to the stars Riley Fitzhugh finds himself caught up in the case of a missing Hollywood beauty - and a stolen Monet - in a 1930s hard-boiled caper as deadly as it is delightful. Hollywood, 1934. Prohibition is finally over, but there is still plenty of crime for an ambitious young private eye to investigate. Though he has a slightly checkered past, Riley Fitzhugh is well connected in the film industry and is hired by a major producer - whose lovely girlfriend has disappeared.

N'ayant trouvé d'autre consolation que le vin depuis que sa femme l'a quitté, l'avocat Hector Loursat a cessé de plaider. Il vit à Moulins, dans une grande maison aux trois quarts inhabitée, avec sa fille Nicole qu'il n'aime pas. Un soir, tout son univers bascule : il découvre un inconnu qui vient d'être assassiné. C'est la révélation de toute la vie secrète de Nicole... Sortant de son mutisme, Loursat accepte de plaider. D'abord, faire exister ce vieil hôtel particulier de Moulins, habité depuis 18 ans par la poussière et le silence.

Charles Raynaud has found the perfect cover for his smuggling operation running out of Mexico, because how many customs agents are going to want to inspect a carton of venomous snakes? When Raynaud runs into his old Yale buddy Richard Pierce, a chance to play bodyguard feels like even easier money.

After witnessing a murder, William and Anna find themselves embroiled in a web of lies and deceit that threaten to destroy their entire family. With the help of Detective Raines and their good friend and Private Investigator, Danner Ellis, they are led through a tangled web that finally leads them to the perpetrator behind the violence.

Holmes gelingt es im letzten Moment, die Entführer zu überwältigen und Kardinal Jacobini vor dem Ertrinken zu retten. Allerdings befindet man sich nach wie vor im Visier der Kanonen eines österreichischen Kriegsschiffes.

Wieder zurück in Bari gibt es keine Atempause: Ein weiterer Anschlag betrifft Don Vitos Taverne, in der sich Watson befindet. Währenddessen überträgt Kardinal Jacobini die Entscheidungsgewalt über den weiteren Verbleib der Reliquien des Heiligen Nikolaus an Holmes.

Killing becomes a twisted team sport in this “smart, fast-paced procedural” (Booklist) from the award-winning author of Sleepyhead. It was a vicious, calculated murder. The killer selected his victim at London’s Euston station, followed her home on the tube, strangled her to death in front...

“The next superstar detective is already with us—don’t miss him.” —Lee Child His first three victims ended up dead. His fourth was not so fortunate... Alison Willetts is unlucky to be alive. She has survived a stroke, deliberately induced by a skillful manipulation of pressure points...

Handlungszeitpunkt: Vorfrühling 1890: Der arbeitslosen Miss Violet Hunter wird ein verlockendes und gleichzeitig seltsamens Arbeitsangebot gemacht: Für 120 Pfund im Jahr soll sie als Gouvernante auf das Anwesen The Copper Beeches (Die Blutbuchen) ziehen, allerdings ihr üppiges, kastanienbraunes Haar kurz und, wenn man es von ihr verlangt, ein spezielles Kleid tragen. Da sie aus ökonomischen Erwägungen das Angebot von Mr. Jephro Rucastle annimmt, konsultiert sie vor ihrer Abreise Sherlock Holmes.

Der Gasangriff auf die Konferenzteilnehmer im Kloster sorgt für Chaos und Krankenhausaufenthalte. Dann zeigt sich aber, dass es sich dabei nur um ein Ablenkungsmanöver handelte.

Mit dem Boot von Don Vito nimmt Holmes die Verfolgung der Amerikaner auf. Diese fahren mit Kardinal Jacobini aufs offene Meer, um die italienischen Hoheitsgewässer zu verlassen.

Holmes besteht auf einem geheimen Aufbewahrungsort für die Gebeine. Danach berichtet er vor den versammelten Delegierten der internationalen Konferenz über die Wiederbeschaffung. Am Ende der Sitzung kommt es zu zwei gravierenden Zwischenfällen.

Mit einer militärischen Vorgehensweise soll der verborgene Unterschlupf der Verschwörer ausgehoben werden. Es kommt zu einem regelrechten Feuergefecht, mit Verlusten auf beiden Seiten.

Throughout many years, Dr. John H. Watson accompanied his friend and companion Sherlock Holmes in solving countless mysteries and crimes. Holmes consistently held his status as the world's most brilliant and successful detective. The New Adventures brings to the public for the very first time some of Watson's accounts of Sherlock Holmes cases previously kept under lock and key.

Holmes und Watson präsentieren Mycroft den Heiligen Gral und erläutern die Hintergründe seines seltsamen Verstecks. Sie verpflichten ihn, das Geheimnis zu bewahren und die Gralssuche seitens der britischen Regierung einzustellen.