Resultados para "The Manor" en Novela negra

The BRAND NEW instalment in Anita Davison's gripping cozy mystery series! Escaping the city doesn’t mean escaping the criminals… 1916, Midwinter Manor: Desperate for a Christmas weekend break from war-torn London, Hannah Merrill and her Aunt Violet take Bartleby the cat and themselves off to...

When a body is discovered in the harbour town of Axmouth, Sir John de Wolfe, the county coroner, is summoned to investigate. The manner of the young man's death is a matter of some dispute - but, as Sir John soon discovers, it was no accident. The victim did not drown, as the manor reeve alleges...

Monica Noble and her husband Graham, the local vicar, are invited to participate in a high-flying church conference being held at a swanky manor house hotel in their village. At the Saturday night dinner, the ambitious female cleric Celia Gordon tragically dies, seemingly of a peanut allergy. But when Chief Superintendent Jason Dury arrives on the scene he quickly discovers that it's a case of murder.

A locked room. A brutal murder. And a killer who can turn back time... In the former mining town of Black Lake on the west coast of Canada, there is a story about a shipwreck. All those aboard died, except an unnamed man who staggered ashore. His descendants have a unique ability: once in their...

Dicono che, quando si compra una casa, l'acquirente in realtà prenda la sua decisione nei primi trenta secondi della visita. A un poliziotto d'esperienza come l'ispettore Adam Fawley della polizia di Oxford, entrando in una casa, ne bastano molti meno per farsi un'idea della famiglia che vi abita. La famiglia di Daisy ha infatti molti più segreti di quanto traspaia all'esterno; segreti ben nascosti, alcuni inimmaginabili, che l'ispettore Fawley, insieme alla sua squadra, dovrà svelare a uno a uno in un'indagine frenetica in cui anche un solo secondo è prezioso.

Arnold Landon can’t help but feel drawn to Oldham Manor, an atmospheric medieval house in the middle of nowhere. When he is invited to catalogue the library there, he jumps at the chance. The place is a maze of musty old papers and books. And that’s not all. Late one night, he stumbles on a secret passage, twisting deep under the ground. Where will it take him? And why was it walled up? When a stranger turns up dead in a ditch, Landon begins to realize that someone is watching his every move. And they have a plan to ensure the past stays buried for good.

Das Haus war schon lange unbewohnt, aber niemals verlassen ... Sadie hat eine besondere Gabe: Sie ist empfänglich für das Übernatürliche. Als sie die Hintergründe einer teuflischen Sekte erforscht, tauchen mehr Fragen als Antworten auf – insbesondere, wenn es um Sadies eigene...

Daniel sucht dringend einen neuen Job, als er einen mysteriösen Brief erhält. Jemand bietet ihm die Stelle des Hausmeisters in einem Anwesen namens Craven Manor an. Als er dort ankommt, läuten seine Alarmglocken. Das Gelände ist völlig zugewuchert und es ist klar, dass in dem alten Haus...

The enemy is close to home in The Manor, a gripping gangland thriller from the top five bestseller Jessie Keane. Charlie Stone and Terry Barton have been blood brothers since the cradle. They grew up in the East End skimming along the bottom of the underworld, until Charlie took over the manor...

In a secluded valley, local life has always unfolded beneath the brooding shadow of the mountain—a presence as constant as it is feared. Generations have passed down stories of the lodge at its peak, where cruelty and madness once reigned before the doors were sealed and the truth buried beneath snow and silence. Nearly a century later, a new owner reopened the lodge, and soon, people began to vanish… again.

The elderly owner of Mogdon Manor, Victor Hamblyn, dies in a mysterious fire. But was it really an accident? Jack and Sarah are skeptical... The victim's three middle-aged children, who all live in the village of Cherringham, are possible heirs. And possible murderers... Did one of them set the fire?

It's open season at Penford Manor! But someone has murder in their sights... At Penford Manor, the guests are arriving to celebrate the start of the grouse-hunting season: lords and ladies, barons and baronesses, a Member of Parliament - and chemistry graduate turned detective, Miss Clara Vale...

An aging, heavily-insured country squire whose estate is in financial ruin is thought to have committed suicide. Hercule Poirot investigates, in the guise of a representative of the victim's insurance company, to uncover the identity of the real murderer...

Der dritte und finale Fall für Miss Sharp und die Senioren-WG. Die Sonne scheint, die Narzissen sprießen, und Hettie die Schildkröte erwacht aus ihrer Winterstarre. Auch in der Senioren-WG von Sunset Hall regen sich Frühlingsgefühle: Charlie sucht im Internet nach dem Mann fürs Lebensende, Bernadettes Hochzeit rückt drohend näher, und sogar Agnes selbst scheint vor Schmetterlingen im Bauch nicht ganz gefeit. Doch dann treffen mysteriöse Drohbriefe ein, und eine alte Bekannte sitzt tot auf einer Bank.

Police photographer Sukey Reynolds is called to investigate a seemingly routine break-in at the beautiful Dearley Manor estate, but when she arrives, she is shocked to find the body of someone she knows all too well. The owner of Dearley Manor is none other than the wealthy woman whom Sukey’s husband, Paul Reynolds, left her for...and she has been brutally murdered. With her close personal connection, Sukey is officially pulled off the case. But as the police close in on Paul, convinced he is guilty, Sukey realises she has no choice but to try and prove his innocence.

Saltburn meets Agatha Christie in the party of the year. ‘If you aren’t reading B P Walter yet, now’s the time’ A. J. Finn 'Accomplished, dark and stylish: I will read anything B P Walter writes’ Gillian McAllister 'Dark and devilishly clever! Characters that get under your skin and...

Jack's a retired ex-cop from New York, seeking the simple life in Cherringham. Sarah's a Web designer who's moved back to the village find herself. But their lives are anything but quiet as the two team up to solve Cherringham's criminal mysteries. This compilation contains episodes 1 - 3: MURDER ON THAMES, MYSTERY AT THE MANOR and MURDER BY MOONLIGHT.