Resultados para "Nee..Nee..Nee.." en Novela histórica

Vancouver, 1916. Auguste Destremont, riche armateur, et sa femme, Rosalyne, forment un couple heureux, auquel il ne manquait qu’un enfant pour être comblé. Après dix ans de mariage, Rosalyne donne enfin naissance à une petite fille. De santé fragile, la nouvelle maman a recours à une nourrice, qui vient habiter sous leur toit avec son poupon. Elle y veille tendrement sur les petites tandis que Rosalyne reprend des forces. Un matin, des pleurs persistants se font entendre chez la nourrice… Les Destremont, alertés par une employée, s’y précipitent. Le sol se dérobe sous leurs pieds…

Dee has come to London to investigate the murder of a man he’d known during World War I when serving with the Chinese Labour Corps. No sooner has Dee interviewed the grieving widow than another dead body turns up. Then another. All stabbed to death with a butterfly sword. Will Dee and Lao be able to connect the threads of the murders—or are they next in line as victims?

London, 1924. Following several months abroad, Judge Dee Ren Jie has returned to the city to intercept a transaction between a Russian diplomat and a Japanese mercenary. Aided by Lao She—the Watson to his Holmes—along with several other colorful characters, Dee stops the illicit sale of an extremely valuable “dragon-taming” mace. The mace’s owner is a lovely Chinese businesswoman who thanks Dee for its retrieval by throwing a lavish dinner party. In attendance is British banking official A. G. Stephen, who argues with the group about the tenuous state of Chinese nationalism.