Ergebnis für "Wild" in Historische Krimis

Der Zirkel der Sieben hat, wie von Oscar Wilde vermutet, einen engen Vertrauten des Könighauses in seine Gewalt gebracht. Mithilfe einer von Aleister Crowley entwickelten Substanz wollen sie Lord Duncans Gehirn unter ihre Kontrolle stellen und auf diese Weise das englische Königshaus unterwandern. Als Oscar Wilde hinter den gefährlichen Plan des Zirkels kommt, sitzt er selbst in der Falle. Und während der Sonderermittler der Krone nach einem Weg sucht, sich aus dem finsteren Verlies zu befreien, nähern sich die Mitglieder des Zirkels zusammen mit Lord Duncan dem königlichen Palast.

Harold Snyder, ein Student, dessen Vater Abgeordneter im Oberhaus ist, ist spurlos aus seinem Wohnheim verschwunden. In demselben Wohnheim war kurz zuvor ein Student unter mysteriösen, bisher ebenfalls nicht ganz geklärten Umständen ums Leben gekommen. Mycroft Holmes beauftragt Oscar Wilde und seinen Bruder Sherlock Holmes mit der Suche nach dem vermissten Studenten. Bei der Befragung von Harold Snyders Kommilitonen stoßen Oscar Wilde und Sherlock Holmes zunächst auf eine Mauer aus Schweigen.

Der Tod von Dr. Hoffman gibt Oscar Wilde neue Rätsel auf. Es stellt sich die Frage, ob es sich bei dem Tod des Rechtsmediziners tatsächlich um einen Unfall handelt oder ob er nicht einem Mordanschlag zum Opfer gefallen ist. Während der Ermittlungen stößt Wilde im Besitz von Dr. Hoffman auf die Fotos einer grausam entstellten Leiche, die eindeutig in die Mordserie passt. Doch warum hat der Rechtsmediziner die Existenz dieser Leiche verschwiegen? Als ein enger Vertrauter des Königshauses verschwindet, verdichten sich die Anzeichen, dass der Zirkel der Sieben hinter der Entführung steckt.

Molly’s policeman husband, Daniel, is late returning home. He comes with a tale to tell: There was a murder on Ellis Island that day, and the main suspect is the spitting image of Molly. The circumstances are eerily similar to when Molly herself arrived on Ellis Island, and she can’t help but feel a sense of fate. Molly was meant to be there that day so that she can clear this woman’s name.

Würzburg 1574: Bäckerlehrling Simon leidet unter seinem brutalen Stiefvater und dessen Sohn Wulf. Als die Streitigkeiten eskalieren, muss er die Stadt verlassen und erlernt in Venedig die Kunst der Zuckerbäckerei. Nach Jahren in der Ferne kehrt Simon nach Würzburg zurück. Dort übernimmt er die Backstube des Juliusspitals und gewinnt die Zuneigung des mächtigen, unnahbaren Fürstbischofs Julius Echter. Doch Simons Stiefbruder Wulf, getrieben von Neid und Missgunst, lässt nichts unversucht, um ihm zu schaden.

Oscar Wilde ist es nicht gelungen, die Mordserie im East End aufzuklären, als erneut ein Mord geschieht. Doch diesmal ist der Täter völlig anders vorgegangen. Dennoch ist sich Wilde sicher, dass die Tat in unmittelbarem Zusammenhang mit den anderen furchtbaren Morden steht. Eine Spur führt den Sonderermittler der Krone zu einem alten Feind, der sich eine neue Wirkungsstätte im East End geschaffen hat.

Scotland Yard ist ein großer Fisch ins Netz gegangen. Endlich ist es gelungen den berüchtigten Meisterdieb, dem Schatten das Handwerk zu legen. Um einer langjährigen Haftstrafe zu entgehen macht er den Beamten ein Angebot. Schon lange macht unter den Dieben der Stadt, immer wieder ein Gerücht die Runde, die legendäre Auktion der Diebe. Der Schatten behauptet zu wissen, wie es gelingen kann sich zur diesjährigen Veranstaltung Zutritt zu verschaffen. Doch eine ganze andere Nachricht elektrisiert die Behörden. Auf der Auktion soll die wissenschaftliche Arbeit Röntgens zum Kauf angeboten werden.

Audrey Sheridan is London's sweetheart, a position that allows her access to the ton and all its secrets. As the enigmatic writer, Lady Society, she is wild, reckless, and speaks her mind. She matchmakes wicked rogues with their perfect wives. But there's one thing she's failed to find since her debut. A husband for herself. And there's only one man she's ever wanted. There's just one problem: He doesn't want her. What's a lady to do to mend her broken heart? Run off to become a spy.

Trust is a delicate thing, and no one knows that better than Rosalind Thorne. Lady Melbourne has entrusted her with recovering a packet of highly sensitive private letters stolen from her desk. The contents of these letters hold great interest for the famous poet Lord Byron, who had carried on a notorious public affair with Lady Melbourne's daughter-in-law, the inconveniently unstable Lady Caroline Lamb. Rosalind is to take up residence in Melbourne House, posing as Lady Melbourne's confidential secretary. There, she must discover the thief and regain possession of the letters.

Rosalind is pleased when she's invited to Cassel House to help her friend Louisa prepare for her upcoming wedding. But that's not the only event on her agenda. The trip will also afford Rosalind the chance to see Devon Winterbourne, the newly minted duke of Casselmaine. Devon and Rosalind were on the verge of betrothal before the infamous Thorne family scandal derailed their courtship. Now Rosalind wonders if there's a chance their love might reignite.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's immortal detective returns for ten puzzling cases ranging from his earliest career to his final bows.

The third novel from Laura Shepherd-Robinson, in which a young woman in eighteenth-century England is on a journey to discover who she really is.

Sherlock Holmes confronts the unknown in ten baffling tales that test his formidable mental powers, as well as his unshakable conviction that the world is a sane and rational place. From the enigma of spontaneous human combustion to the possibility that coins minted during the era of supposedly mythical Atlantis survived into Victorian times, London’s premier consulting detective is tested and tried as never before, as his investigations cross the path of Algernon Blackwood‘s famed psychic physician, Dr. John Silence.

When four sisters arrive at Applecote Manor to spend the summer, all is clearly not well. They find their aunt and uncle still reeling from the disappearance of their only daughter, five years before. No one seems any closer to finding out the truth. Why did Audrey vanish? Who is keeping her fate secret? As the sisters are lured into the mystery of their missing cousin, the stifling summer takes a shocking, deadly turn. One which will leave blood on their hands, and put another girl in danger decades later.

The shocking murder of Sir Henry Claybourne leaves Regency London shaken and horror-struck. But for genteel spinster Miss Emmeline St. Germaine, the crime slices far too close to home. Just hours before the knight's death she held a dagger to him, threatening him to stay silent as she rescued a scullery maid he had procured for his pleasure. Did the man - or woman - who murdered the knight know of her visit? Her secret identity at risk, her reputation and life in jeopardy, Emmeline must solve the crime or face scandalous exposure and ruination for a crime she did not commit.

West Yorkshire, 1904. When newly graduated nurse Ruby May takes a position looking after the children of Charles and Lilian England, a wealthy couple from a powerful dynasty of mill owners, she hopes it will be the fresh start she needs. But as she adapts to life at the isolated Hardcastle House, it becomes clear there's something not quite right about the beautiful, mysterious Mrs England. Ostracised by the servants and feeling increasingly uneasy, Ruby is forced to confront her own demons in order to prevent history from repeating itself.

It is every mama's dearest wish that her daughter marries well. But how to ensure that a seemingly earnest suitor is not merely a fortune hunter? Rosalind is involved in just such a case, discreetly investigating a client's prospective son-in-law, when she is drawn into another predicament shockingly close to home.

This big-canvas international spy thriller marks the beginning of a brilliant new direction for Rory Clements. 1936. Europe is in turmoil. The Nazis have marched into the Rhineland. In Russia, Stalin has unleashed his Great Terror. Spain has erupted in civil war. In Berlin, a young Englishwoman evades the Gestapo to deliver vital papers to a Jewish scientist. Within weeks she is found dead, a silver syringe clutched in her fingers.

Outside a remote manor house in an idyllic wood, a baby girl is found. The Harrington family takes her in, and disbelief quickly turns to joy. They're grieving a terrible tragedy of their own, and the beautiful baby fills them with hope, lighting up the house's dark, dusty corners. Desperate not to lose her to the authorities, they keep her secret, suspended in a blissful summer world where normal rules of behaviour - and the law - don't seem to apply. But within days a body will lie dead in the grounds. And their dreams of a perfect family will shatter like glass.

Rosalind Thorne's quick wits and discretion have proved invaluable to London's haut ton. Success has at last brought her financial stability and a new home, which she shares with her best friend, Alice Littlefield. But now trouble has infiltrated Rosalind's sanctuary, and the reputations in danger include her own.