Resultados para "The Temple" en Misterio

FonoLibro se enorgullece en presentar, el audio libro en español del bestseller del New York Times, La Orden del Temple, escrita por Raymond Khoury. En 1921, el ultimo templario salio de la Tierra Santa, llevando un cargamento que contiene objetos con un poder incalculable. Se dice que es un secreto que llena de terror a la Iglesia y que puede precipitar la destrucción brutal de la Orden del Temple.

When wounded Templar Knight Sir Marcus de Rancourt receives word that his sister is dying, he returns to a home he hasn't seen in twenty years, only to find his sister dead, and her children orphaned. Sir Marcus decides to take on the greatest challenge of his life and remain behind to raise the children, his loyal sergeant and squires insisting on joining him to work the land by his side.

The shadowy chambers of the Knights Templar hold a devastating secret.... Having barely escaped the crosshairs of a deadly cult, Robin Jessop and David Mallory are determined to unlock the truth behind a conspiracy unresolved for 700 years - the mystery of what gives the enigmatic Templars their unwavering power. Infiltrating the group’s archives, they make a startling discovery. An ancient Templar passport hinting at a sacred mission: the transportation of an artefact of incomprehensible value.

While deciphering what few clues they have managed to recover about the Templar’s secrets, Jessop and Mallory make a discovery about their legendary treasure. Rather than gold or jewels, the long-sought prize may be something far more valuable: information. For the Templars were the original inventors of international banking. Lands, titles and the fates of entire noble houses were placed in their keeping. The records of such transactions, though centuries old, may possibly yield the greatest wealth in the world. 

After an absence of a year, Catherine LeVendeur and her husband Edgar are glad to return to Paris. When they enter the house, however, they are shocked by the discovery of the dead body of a Knight Templar. Although innocent, Catherine fears that she or her family will be incriminated. Her father Hubert has recently announced his Jewish roots, and twelfth-century Europe is not a safe place for Jews.

Welcome to Soar, where your Level, your Class, and your god decide how you live and how you die. Unless you’re Jana Lowe. Then you're all kinds of screwed. When a High Priestess turns up dead in her own temple, the city does what it always does; shrugs and keeps moving. Corruption’s just part of the landscape, and dead holy women aren’t rare enough to make the betting books. But this particular corpse has Jana’s name written all over it, and for once, that might not be a bad thing.

There, in the district of Lan-fang, separated from the vast Tartar steppes of Central Asia by only a boundary river, Judge Dee faces and solves one of the most frightening cases of his long career. Outside the east city gate, on a wooded hill, stood a centuries-old Buddhist temple. It was there that the phantom stalked; and there also a series of brutal murders were committed. Judge Dee's inquiry into them is complicated by a mysterious dying message from a young girl and by the theft of a large sum in gold from an imperial treasurer.

1318. Traqué par le grand inquisiteur de Toulouse qui veut le faire témoigner contre le franciscain Bernard Délicieux dont il fut le secrétaire, Mauvoisin, médecin à Béziers, doit fuir pour se cacher à Paris. Au même moment, le fils d'une comtesse s'évade de la léproserie où il était condamné à finir ses jours... Le chevalier Robert de L'Aigle, lui, revient dans son château en Normandie. Il a été chassé d'Angleterre par la reine, fille de Philippe le Bel, dont il a mis au jour les turpitudes.

When the body of hotel owner Piet Jansen is discovered amid the ruins of an archaeological site by the Nile, it looks like a routine investigation for Inspector Yusuf Khalifa of the Luxor Police. But the more he learns about Jansen, the more he is reminded of the brutal murder, some years earlier, of an Israeli woman at Karnak for which he always suspected the wrong man was convicted.

Rogue special-operations agent McCracken has never been shy about answering the call, and this time it comes in the aftermath of a deep-water oil rig disaster that claims the life of a onetime member of his commando unit. The remnants of the rig and its missing crew lead him to the inescapable conclusion that one of the most mysterious and deadly forces in the universe is to blame: Dark matter, both a limitless source of potential energy and an unimaginably destructive weapon.

At a remote farmhouse outside Turin, a mysterious religious exorcism goes horribly wrong, setting in motion a series of catastrophic events, that threatens to bring the world to its knees... Meanwhile, Professor Alex Harker is settling into his new life in the Templar Brotherhood, when he is suddenly whisked away to the Tower of London. There he learns of a disturbing murder, and a strange riddle hinting at a sinister truth.

It’s Oscar night in Hollywood, and media darling Meredith Johansen has taken home a gold statue, while across town rookie Detective Patricia Norelli works late with hopes of breaking through her own glass ceiling in the LAPD. Their paths collide when Johansen is found dead in her Bel Air home, only hours after The Oscars ended. With a note but few clues, authorities rule it a suicide. But Norelli’s instinct says murder; a hunch worth laying her career on the line to prove otherwise.

Holmes und Watson kehren nach London zurück. In der Temple Church muss der letzte Hinweis auf den Aufbewahrungsort des Heiligen Grals zu finden sein. Schließlich kommt es zur Konfrontation mit den deutschen Agenten, die tödlich zu enden droht.

Wer ist Rex? - Vor dieser Frage steht Scotland Yard, nachdem in einem Zugabteil bereits die dritte junge Frau ermordet aufgefunden wurde. Auch dieses Mal stand der Name "Rex" auf der Abteiltür. Die Polizei tappt im Dunkeln. Paul Temple übernimmt den Fall, nach einem weiteren Mord: Diesmal handelte es sich um eine Schauspielerin, die die Identität des großen Unbekannten enthüllen wollte. Der schreibende Detektiv findet heraus, dass eine mysteriöse, stets in Grau gekleidete Dame, eine wichtige Rolle zu spielen scheint. Bald gibt es einen Anschlag auf sein Leben.

It was a lonely English courtyard where attorneys received traditional apprenticeship … one of the ancient Inns of Court. The bludgeoned body of a well-dressed elderly man was found there at midnight, an apparent murder victim. Investigative newspaper reporter Frank Spargo was one of the first to arrive at the crime scene and he was puzzled about why such a prosperous looking man had been wandering there at that time of night. The only item found on the body was a small paper with a young barrister’s address.

A classic English murder mystery story, set in the legal center of London, draws the reluctant attention of a journalist as he makes his way home after a long night on the job. But his newshound instincts kick in. Who is the elderly man? What was he doing at the law chambers in the middle of the night? Why had someone seen fit to strike him on the back of the head?

Holmes und Watson kehren nach London zurück. In der Temple Church muss der letzte Hinweis auf den Aufbewahrungsort des Heiligen Grals zu finden sein. Schließlich kommt es zur Konfrontation mit den deutschen Agenten, die tödlich zu enden droht.

Die Midlands im Jahr 1938: Eine unheimliche Serie von Juwelenrauben hält die Region in Atem. Die skrupellose Bande schreckt auch vor Mord nicht zurück. Die Polizei tappt im Dunkeln und die Presse fordert, endlich den bekannten Schriftsteller und Detektiv Paul Temple einzuschalten. Sir Graham Forbes von Scotland Yard will aber nichts davon hören. Doch dann wird der Chefermittler Superintendent Gerald Harvey in einem alten Gasthof erschossen. Seine Schwester Louise, die unter dem Reporternamen Steve Trent arbeitet, bittet Paul Temple daraufhin um Hilfe.

Paul Temple will gerade nach Paris reisen, als er von Sir Graham darum gebeten wird, bei einem aktuellen Mordfall mitzuarbeiten. Die vierundzwanzigjährige Betty Tyler, die in Oxford bei einem Modefriseur namens Mariano gearbeitet hatte, ist in ihrem Wagen ermordet worden. Erdrosselt wurde sie mit einem Halstuch, auf dem Sehenswürdigkeiten der französischen Hauptstadt zu sehen sind. Temple nimmt den Fall widerwillig an. Sein anfängliches Desinteresse löst sich allerdings in Luft auf, als man auf ihn und seine Frau Steve einen Mordanschlag verübt.

Jack Irish doesn't spook too easy. He's had guns pointed at him too many times - more often since he started hiring himself out as a debt collector - and he saves his nerves for the racetrack. So when he receives a phone message from an ex-client begging for help, he's inclined to ignore it...