Resultados para "The Bell" en Misterio

In 1888 Paris, American bookseller Emma Greene opens a small shop in the Latin Quarter, only to become the prime suspect when a department-store magnate dies under suspicious circumstances. To clear her name, she joins forces with a guarded inspector from the Sûreté and enters a glittering world of ambition, blackmail, and deadly secrets. For fans of Rhys Bowen and Deanna Raybourn.

El castillo de Ambrumésy fue escenario de un crimen, y ahora la sobrina del conde de Gesvres ha sido secuestrada. Las huellas de sangre en el jardín hacen pensar lo peor. Nadie nota la farsa que Isidore Beautrelet, estudiante de retórica, tiende cuando se hace pasar por periodista para involucrarse en la investigación y atrapar al culpable, que, está seguro, es Arsène Lupin.

Providence, Rhode Island. Los cuatro socios de un destacado bufete de abogados afiliado a la mafia, mueren en un jet privado que se estrella a las afueras de la ciudad de Nueva York.

London, 1859. Nurse Gemma Tate boards the American packet ship the Prince Regent to aid Inspector Sebastian Bell in investigating the death of a British aristocrat. But when she sees the crime scene, Gemma realizes that her knowledge of human nature will be just as valuable as her medical training. Lord Anthony Blackstock lies murdered in his cabin, his head locked inside a nightmarish iron cage. His wife has vanished without a trace, and time is running out to find her, dead or alive…

Durante una conferencia sobre el futuro del libro digital, Mauro Balaguer, editor de larga trayectoria profesional, se ve abordado por una elegante y bella anciana que le hace entrega de una tarjeta en cuyo reverso aparece escrito en rojo «La bella bestia», al mismo tiempo que, mostrándole un tatuaje, le comenta: «Fui su esclava y esta es la prueba. Si quiere más detalles, llámeme». Intrigado y fascinado por lo que intuye pueda ser su último gran éxito editorial, Balaguer aplaza todos sus compromisos....

Something is not right with George the shepherd. His sheep have gathered around him outside the cozy Irish village of Glennkill to assess the situation. George has cared for the sheep, reading them books every night, and now he lies pinned to the ground with a spade. His flock, far savvier about the workings of the human mind than your average sheep, sets out to find George’s killer, led by Miss Maple, the smartest sheep in Glennkill (and possibly the world).

After a humiliating mistake, lawyer Benjamin Booker resolves to never again trust a beautiful woman. When an old friend is killed, the senior partner isn't satisfied with Bow Street's efforts and asks Benjamin to investigate. Eager to leave London for a while, Benjamin agrees. Evidence takes him to a remote island on the Thames, a world unto itself, shrouded in mist and mystery. Soon he finds himself falling for the main suspect - a woman who claims not to have left the island in 10 years. But should he trust her?

In The Best Cases of The Continental Op, an original compilation of eight stories from Skyboat Media, the Op walks, stalks, and runs down the steep streets of San Francisco to solve crimes of blackmail, murder, stolen identities, and arson, and each story contains so many twists and turns you’ll be hooked until the very (surprising) end....

Inspector Sebastian Bell arrives at Paddington station through thick Victorian mist, hoping to reconcile with his estranged brother. Instead, he discovers a young woman’s body in an abandoned trunk, stabbed with a peculiar bone-handled knife. But with no clues to her identity and his new boss dismissing the case, Sebastian’s investigation seems doomed.

Bella Winter is happily settled in Hope Eaton, with her business flourishing: antiques sold and problems solved. So when Margie Fleming approaches her to sell a family heirloom, a beautiful marble statue of a mother and child, Bella jumps at the chance. But the day before the sale, Margie is found dead: drowned in the river Kite, a year after her older sister Bethan died the same way. Everyone is convinced it’s a tragic accident, but Bella isn’t so sure. One mysterious death might be a coincidence. Two feels a lot like murder…

In the isolated village of Lambourn there is great excitement when a family of itinerant bell-founders arrives to forge a new church bell. Thomas the Falconer is charged by his master to find answers, but instead finds himself trying to restore order in the community when the village constable is also found dead. As panic ensues, Thomas does what he does best - following the trail and hunting his prey.

For Inspector Sebastian Bell and nurse Gemma Tate, a night at the theater becomes a deadly spectacle when the two lead actors are found dead on the stage, murdered before a stunned audience. Drawn into a shadowy backstage world, they encounter a cast of suspects, each with desperate secrets to hide…Sebastian is determined to get justice, and to keep Gemma safe from the dangerous killer circling the cobbled streets of Covent Garden. But she is already too deeply involved, and, in a world where everyone wears a mask, could she have trusted the wrong person…?

Sembrerebbe impossibile, perché la posizione è invidiabile, ma anche al caffè dell'imbarcadero di Bellano capita che per una giornata intera entri solo qualche sparuto cliente. Come martedì 5 marzo 1935. Per tirare sera l'oste Gnazio Termoli deve inventarsele tutte, fino a lavare e rilavare bicchieri già puliti. E poi sbadigliare all'ingresso del bar deserto. Eppure questa è una data che non potrà dimenticare, né lui né l'intero paese.

Ein „Kottan ermittelt“ Kriminalrätsel, wer ist der Mörder? Es war eine der plötzlichen, unüberlegten Ideen des Polizeipräsidenten: zwei Wochen gemeinsamer Urlaub für die Kriminalbeamten Alfred Schrammel, Paul Schremser, Adolf Kottan und den Polizeipräsidenten selbst. Beim Urlaubsziel ist er auf Bibione an der Adria verfallen, streng genommen auf Bibione – Lido Del Sole, weil er da vor 20 Jahren einmal mit seiner Frau gewesen ist. Pilchs Frau hat sich dieses Mal geweigert, sie hat keine Lust die Männerrunde zu begleiten. Erklärte Absicht des Präsidenten ist, die Stimmung und das Zusammengehörigkeitsgefühl der Gruppe Kottan zu verbessern.

Waincroft Manor has long been tied to rumors of witchcraft and fatal curses, and to Nora Charles, that makes it the perfect place for a Halloween fundraiser. But her first trip to the deserted old mansion turns out to be truly ghoulish when she discovers a dead body. What's more, the corpse is laid out in a coffin—with two bite marks on its neck. Then the autopsy comes back showing that the body was drained of blood, and there's no stopping the local gossips from whispering the word vampire to anyone who will listen.

J.D. Barker brak internationaal door met "Horen, zien, zwijgen" - het eerste deel in de bestsellertrilogie over rechercheur Sam Porter Jordan Briggs is de koningin van de New Yorkse radio. Ze neemt geen blad voor de mond en deelt dagelijks haar ongezouten mening met meer dan vijf miljoen luisteraars. Op een dag spreekt ze de inbellende Bernie, die live een spelletje wil spelen. Jordan moet kiezen tussen Ubers of taxi's. Ze kiest taxi's en vergeet het gesprek al snel. Tot er vlak voor haar kantoor zeven taxi's ontploffen.

Hollis Morgan has survived imprisonment, received a pardon, and persevered to finally become a probate attorney. Tough as she is, her newest case will test her mettle. She discovers her client, Matthias Bell, is a deceased blackmailer whose last wish was to return damaging documents, letting his victims off the hook. It falls to Hollis to give them the good news. But it becomes apparent that Bell was murdered, and the victims of “Bell’s tolls” are now suspects.

Belle Isle, in the middle of the James River, was one of Willie’s party spots growing up wild in Oregon Hill, and it’s a short walk from where he now resides in the posh Prestwould. Now, as the 50-something night cops reporter for the local daily, he returns to his old haunts to try to unravel a mystery. When it becomes known that the dismembered member belonged to Teddy "T-Bone" Delmonico, a state college football legend, whose now-widow is running for a seat in the House of Representatives, the plot thickens.

In the third book in Alice Bell’s Grave Expectations series, Alex has managed to convince Claire, Sophie and Basher that they should incorporate as a private investigation company. They investigate a suspicious death at a pro-wrestling company, with help from the ghost of the deceased.

A wildlife photographer plummets to his death above Fingal's Cave. A young fisherman vanishes without trace. The body of a marine scientist is pulled from the sea, his last recording a haunting piece of evidence. Three seemingly unconnected events on the Isle of Mull draw Private Investigator Teàrlach Paterson back to his childhood home. Hired by the photographer's widow to investigate her husband's death, Teàrlach quickly unravels a tangled web of family feuds, forbidden love and deep betrayals.