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A Parma tutti conoscono Saul Lovisoni: di famiglia ricchissima, una laurea in Diritto internazionale ad Harvard, per anni ha fatto il poliziotto. Dopo aver risolto brillantemente alcuni casi, ha scritto un romanzo giallo da un milione di copie, ma il successo gli ha portato solo guai. Persa la donna che amava, Saul si è ritirato a vita privata in una grande casa di campagna, riempiendo con la sua scrittura indecifrabile file di taccuini neri. Ora però vuole tornare in attività, non più in polizia ma da investigatore privato, e ha bisogno di un'assistente.

 In The Five Orange Pips, a young Sussex gentleman named John Openshaw tells the strange story of his uncle Elias Openshaw, who came back to England after living in the United States as a planter in Florida and serving as a colonel in the Confederate Army. His uncle begins receiving threatening letters inscribed “KKK” and including five orange pips. He is killed shortly thereafter. The job of unraveling this sordid transatlantic mystery falls to Holmes and his trusty companion, Dr. Watson. 

Continuano le avventure di Sherlock Holmes con il fidato amico Watson, che durante le indagini rimane conquistato dal fascino della cliente.

Scandal, treachery and crime are rife in Old London Town. A king blackmailed by his mistress, dark dealings in opium dens, stolen jewels, a missing bride - these are cases so fiendishly complex that only Sherlock Holmes would dare to investigate.

Il racconto della Lega dei Capelli Rossi rappresenta uno dei più originali casi che il grande detective Sherlock Holmes si troverà a dovere risolvere.

Together with his indefatigable partner, Brigadier Maione, Commissario Ricciardi, a man driven into solitude by his paranormal "gift" of seeing the final seconds in the lives of victims of violent deaths - a talent that also makes him a highly effective investigator - is conducting an investigation into the death of the beautiful and mysterious duchess of Camparino. The duchess' connections to Neapolitan privileged social circles and the local Fascist elite make the case a powder keg waiting to blow.

When an attempted murder is linked to a string of unsolved sexual attacks, Detective Chief Inspector Whitney Walker is incensed. All those women who still have sleepless nights because the man who terrorizes their dreams is still on the loose. Calling on forensic psychologist Dr Georgina Cavendish to help, they follow the clues and are alarmed to discover the victims all had one thing in common. Their birthdays were on the 29th February. The same date as a female officer on Whitney’s team.

Ever since disgraced associate Orrie Cather’s suicide, armchair detective Nero Wolfe has relished retirement in his Manhattan brownstone on West 35th Street. Two years after Cather’s death, only a visit from Maria Radovich - and the urging of Wolfe’s prize assistant, Archie Goodwin - could draw the eccentric and reclusive genius back into business. Maria’s uncle, New York Symphony Orchestra conductor Milan Stevens, formerly known as Milos Stefanovic, spent his youth alongside Wolfe as a fellow freedom fighter in the mountains of Montenegro.

There are few people Nero Wolfe respects, and Lon Cohen of the New York Gazette is one of them. So when Cohen asks for a favor, Wolfe is inclined to listen. According to Cohen, someone wants to kill the Gazette's gossip columnist, Cameron Clay. Death threats are a regular hazard for Clay, who's hurled insults and accusations at every bold-faced name in the five boroughs. But the latest threats have carried a more sinister tone. The columnist has narrowed his potential killers down to five people.

For the men of Madison Avenue, the battle between soft-drink giants Cherr-o-key and AmeriCherry seems heaven-sent. For years now, the firm of Mills/Lake/Ryman has fought to help Cherr-o-key become the nation’s favorite fizzy cherry soda, but each time they come up with a new slogan, mascot, or jingle, AmeriCherry somehow beats them to it. There’s a mole inside the agency, and only Nero Wolfe can ferret him out.

When private detective Sam Blackman agrees to help his partner and lover, Nakayla Robertson, conduct a fundraiser for orphaned twins, he does so to ease his conscience. The boys' parents were killed in a courtroom shootout where Sam was the key witness against the twins' father. The charity event, a nighttime ghost tour of the legendary haunted sites of Asheville, North Carolina, seems harmless enough.

Nat Pinkerton war einer der berühmtesten Detektivhelden der frühen Unterhaltungsliteratur des 20. Jahrhunderts und wurde als „König der Detektive" weit über den deutschsprachigen Raum hinaus bekannt. Die erstmals ab 1907 erschienene Heftromanserie „Nat Pinkerton, der König der Detektive" umfasste mehrere hundert Abenteuer und machte den scharfsinnigen Ermittler zu einer Kultfigur seiner Zeit. Im Zuchthaus von Sing-Sing bricht eine gefährliche Revolte aus.

Im sonst so beschaulichen Cherringham herrscht Ausnahmezustand: Es ist Sommer-Karneval! Das ganze Dorf feiert den 500. Jahrestag, an dem der König dem Ort seine Stadtrechte verliehen hat. Doch zwischen bunten Kostümen und fröhlichen Umzügen bahnt sich Unheil an. Als eine kostbare Urkunde spurlos verschwindet, sollen Jack und Sarah für das Karnevalskomitee ermitteln und geraten mitten hinein in ein gefährliches Spiel.

"The Purloined Letter" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe. It is the third of his three detective stories featuring the fictional C. Auguste Dupin, the other two being "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt". These stories are considered to be important early forerunners of the modern detective story. The unnamed narrator is with the famous Parisian amateur detective C. Auguste Dupin when they are joined by G—, prefect of the Paris police.

Besucher stehen Schlange vor dem Ausstellungsraum, um die Skulpturen der Künstlerin Theresa Tinderdate zu sehen. Die begehrten Exponate haben eine enorme Anziehungskraft. Sie wirken beinahe lebendig.

Frühling in Potsdam. Zwischen blühenden Uferwiesen und den ersten wärmenden Sonnenstrahlen hängt plötzlich eine Leiche im Anker von Chefredakteur Galligs Motorjacht: Der Tote ist ausgerechnet Sacrows neuer Pfarrer. Für die einen war er ein Heiland, für die anderen ein Störenfried. Für Lokalreporter Frederik Loebell und Zwergdackel Wilhelm beginnt eine Spurensuche zwischen scheinheiligen Fassaden, Elchen und einer Kirchengemeinde in mörderischer Eintracht.

Der Pastor in Estherwieck wird tot im Watt aufgefunden. Die Polizei geht von einem Verbrechen aus. Als eine frühere Freundin des Pastors als vermisst gemeldet wird, gerät Niklas John unter Verdacht. Als deren sterbliche Überreste in der Nähe einer alten Marinekapelle gefunden werden und Niklas den Verdacht nicht ausräumen kann, bittet er Fentje Jacobsen als Anwältin um Hilfe. Können die beiden gemeinsam den wahren Mörder finden?

Vic Hale is the biggest podcaster in the nation; he hates everybody, but is loved by millions. Susan and Hawk can't stand him but Spenser goes way back with Vic's father Tommy, and he believes it's all an act. So when Vic comes to Spenser for help, Spenser can hardly deny him. After all, he...

Oktober/November 1893: In Der Marinevertrag muss Sherlock Holmes ein für die Regierung wichtiges Dokument wieder auffinden. Es wurde aus dem Büro von Percy Phelps, einem ehemaligen Schulkameraden von Dr. Watson, entwendet. Um Hilfe suchend wendet sich Phelps an seinen alten Schulkameraden, der wiederum seinen Freund Sherlock Holmes um Hilfe bittet.

A new PI. A dead rockstar. A tangled web of secrets. When Ethan Adler set up his new PI agency in central Manchester, he wasn’t expecting his first case to be so high profile – investigating the mysterious death of rock star Dylan Vy. Ethan has been avoiding the spotlight ever since his...