Resultados para "the wagner" en Misterio

Adele Ottenfels freut sich auf ein rauschendes Fest im toskanischen Palazzo ihrer alten Freundin Elsa Grundwald. Doch kaum sind die ersten Gläser erhoben, verschwindet ein renommierter Kunstkritiker spurlos – und Adele wittert mehr als nur einen Zufall. Zum Glück sind ihre bewährten Ermittlerfreunde Anna und Louis nicht weit. Gemeinsam stößt das Trio auf ein Netz aus Intrigen und gut gehüteten Familiengeheimnissen. Denn bald bleibt es nicht bei einem Opfer … Und die Zeit läuft.

Anna Pilgram wollte eigentlich nur entspannen – mit einem guten Buch, einem Glas Wein und ganz sicher ohne Mann. Doch statt eines erholsamen Literatururlaubs findet sie sich auf einer Single-Reise im englischen Dartmoor wieder. In dem Krimi-Hotel zwischen exzentrischen Hotelgästen, Flirtversuchen und mysteriösen Andeutungen wird schnell klar: Hier geht es nicht nur um Herzklopfen, sondern auch um Leben und Tod.

Grausame Morde sorgen für Verunsicherung und Unruhe in einem kleinen englischen Dorf in Devon. Erfahrungen mit brutalen Enthauptungen hat hier niemand und die örtliche Polizei ist mehr als ratlos. Bald folgt ein Mord auf den anderen und das gesamte Dorf ist auf der Jagd nach dem Täter. Ein Schuldiger ist schnell gefunden, doch dann geschieht die nächste Tat, während der noch hinter Gittern sitzt. Damit Schluss ist mit dem Verfolgen falscher Fährten, eilt Gervase Fen, Oxford-Professor und Amateurdetektiv, zu Hilfe. Nur er kann es schaffen, die schmutzige Wahrheit ans Licht zu bringen.

London zu Beginn der 50er Jahre. Gervase Fen, Literaturprofessor aus Oxford und Gelegenheitsdetektiv, arbeitet als Experte bei der Produktion eines Films über den großen Dichter Alexander Pope, als eine grauenvolle Nachricht das Filmstudio erschüttert: Die junge und aufstrebende Schauspielerin Gloria Scott stürzte sich von der Waterloo Bridge direkt in ihren Tod. Ein tragischer, wenn auch unverständlicher Selbstmord. So scheint es jedenfalls, bis herauskommt, dass Gloria Scott nicht ihr echter Name war.

July 1989, in a sleepy Michigan town, high school grad Nina Laramie heads out with her friends and is never seen alive again. Months later, her skeleton is found near a remote party spot in the forest. The ME determines Nina has been brutally raped and bludgeoned to death. Fear and anger ripple through this tight-knit community when the case goes cold. Thirty years later, Riley St. James, a Detroit PD assigned to Nina’s case, is determined to get her first big cold case win despite having a similar past to the victim.

Translator Rick Montoya is looking forward to a quiet weekend away with his girlfriend, Betta, an art fraud investigator for the Italian Culture Ministry. Their destination: the beautiful village of Urbino, home to Renaissance masters Rafael and the lesser-known Piero della Francesca. While Betta does have official business to attend to—namely, collecting a priceless Piero drawing from a wealthy Spanish collector on the ministry's behalf—she asks Rick to join her "in case she needs an interpreter," but with other, less-official intentions in mind.

Rick Montoya, eager to experience more of his Italian mother's culture, heads to Rome to start his own translation business. He's armed with curiosity and an appetite for local food and wine. Rick's maternal uncle is a Roman cop with one eye to his nephew's welfare and another to how Rick might be useful, perhaps widen his career choices. So Commissario Piero Fontana pulls Rick into an investigation: the murder of Count Umberto Zimbardi.

In the villa of a passionate collector of Egyptian antiquities, strange incidents begin to occur around a mysterious statue of the cat goddess Bastet. Finally there is a tragic accident, and the owner of the house loses his life in a bizarre turn of events. Luckily, Athos and Pearl are guests at the villa, together with their two humans, and they start to investigate . . . but this case may prove to be the most difficult yet for the furry detective duo.

Psychotherapist Victoria Adler is introduced to a spooky reading circle at her newest client's estate. Every Wednesday evening, the classics and the latest bestsellers of the paranormal genre are read together—but then a guest of the club suddenly dies under the strangest circumstances. One could almost think he'd fallen victim to a deadly spell, just like in the old horror stories. Athos and Pearl are once again in demand as four-pawed detectives, before another two-legged loses his life . . .

A pastor's daughter, Raylee has always felt sheltered and secure in Silver Canyon, her hometown. Lately, she’s sensed MENACING EYES watching her from the shadows. When tragedy strikes at her very heart, she finds solace in an old crush as the SINISTER PRESENCE continues to pursue her.

Athos, Pearl and their two-leggeds are guests at a beautiful palais in Vienna, Austria. A grand ball is to be held there to celebrate the eighteenth birthday of the family's daughter, and recently Bella, a young Malamute just like Athos, has also moved into the grand historic mansion. But instead of fun and games with the puppy and a glittering night at the ball, a murder takes place—for which Victoria Adler, the Master Sleuths' very own human, is arrested!

Christmas time in Vienna: for the two Master Sleuths, sled dog Athos and cat diva Pearl, it was supposed to be a relaxing vacation in the Austrian capital. But instead of getting comfortable in front of the fireplace and enjoying some delicious Christmas cookies, the two four-pawed detectives suddenly find themselves at the center of a murderous intrigue.

In the untamed dunes of the North Sea island of Sylt, sled dog Athos cherishes his wild escapades—particularly as winter's chill approaches and the ebbing tourist influx grants him the freedom to explore undisturbed. However, one fateful night the sands reveal a chilling secret: a freshly dug grave. Beneath the disturbed earth lies a man who has met a brutal end. As the police delve into the mystery, they discover he was a private investigator commissioned by a renowned film star.

Sled dog Athos and feisty kitten Pearl travel with their human to the beautiful island of Sylt to meet a famous animal psychologist. There, they must take on not only a chatty bird and bad-tempered horses, but also a two-legged with murderous plans. Soon the furry detectives have their paws full with protecting their human and her host and hunting down a very dangerous killer.

Professor Adler, distinguished historian and Athos's former owner, had died in a tragic accident. At least, that has been the official story until now. But a former employee of the professor's is very insistently interested in his estate-and suddenly dies himself under suspicious circumstances. Does the gardener of the neighboring property, seemingly a very friendly two-legged, have both men on his conscience? Athos's and Pearl's sleuthing instincts are called for, because the police may be on the wrong trail . . .

Victoria Adler's plunge into midlife proves to be quite the rollercoaster. As a successful psychotherapist, she expected stability, but life had other plans. Abandoned by her faithless husband for a fling and overwhelmed by her increasingly neurotic patients, Victoria finds solace in the company of Athos, her late father's intelligent sled dog.

Revenge is a dish best served cold When an old college friend leading a religious tour in Assisi asks interpreter Rick Montoya to fill in for their guide who's gone missing, Rick is happy to oblige. He's looking forward to seeing his old friend, and the food and wine of Umbria sound like the...

Rick Montoya has just moved from Santa Fe to Rome, embracing the life of a translator. He's beginning to settle in to la dolce vita when school friend Beppo, now senior in the Italian Art Squad, recruits Rick for an unofficial undercover role. Armed with a list of galleries, suspects, and an expense account, Rick arrives in Tuscany posing as a buyer for a Santa Fe gallery to flush out traffickers in priceless burial urns. However, before sunset on his first day in Volterra, the challenge intensifies. Rick has one quick conversation with a gallery employee who dies minutes later in a brutal fall from a high cliff.

Rick's fourth investigation should not have involved crime. It begins when Rick is asked by his uncle to go to Orvieto to talk some sense into his cousin Fabrizio, whose fling with a married woman is embarrassing the family. Rick agrees to give it a try and plans a short but romantic weekend in Orvieto with Betta Innocenti, the woman he met in Bassano. What could go wrong? Less than a day after their arrival, his language skills draw him into the brutal murder of an American visitor.

Ein junger Mann wacht nach fünf Jahren aus dem Koma auf. Die Polizei hält ihn für einen Serienmörder, der kleine Mädchen zu Engeln macht. Nur der Psychologe Doktor Hornoff könnte den jungen Mann vor lebenslanger Haft bewahren und seine Unschuld beweisen. Doch jedes Detail, an das sich Marcel Krähenfuß nach und nach erinnert, lässt ihn selbst an seiner Unschuld zweifeln. Während die Ermittlungen andauern, geraten Karl Breuer und Johannes Hornoff ohne ihr Wissen selbst in Gefahr. Denn die Wahrheit erweist sich als schlimmer als anfangs vermutet.