Résultats Éditeur "Audible Studios" dans Historique

Amen Corner, London, 1864. Two gruesome murders take place - first a customs officer at the docks and next a jeweller in Hatton Garden, both of whom are strangled in an unusual, distinct way. A local simpleton, Holy Joe, is blamed for the murders, but neither Lily Korechnya nor Sarah O'Reilly is convinced the police have the right man. The trail of the missing gems leads them back to India, ghosts and the dangerous cult of the destroyer goddess Kali.

Im Jahr 1546 ruft Sultan Süleyman der Prächtige alle Könige Europas auf, an einem nie dagewesenen Wettstreit teilzunehmen: In einem großen Turnier soll der beste Schachspieler der Welt gefunden werden... Unter den Tausenden Reisenden, die in Konstantinopel eintreffen, reihen sich auch der Gelehrte Roger Ascham und seine Schülerin Elisabeth ein, Tochter von Heinrich VIII. Bald überschlagen sich die Ereignisse.

Madrid prepara una de las obras más simbólicas del reinado de Carlos III (el Salón del Prado y sus fuentes) cuando un asesinato conmueve la ciudad: un muchacho de quince años aparece castrado y sus atributos masculinos arrojados en el entorno de uno de los monumentos principales del Paseo, el de Cibeles. El comisionado del intendente al que se le encarga la investigación llega al convencimiento de que el crimen guarda relación con la llegada de la diosa frigia, cuyos sacerdotes en su delirio le ofrecen su masculinidad.

Lorsque le prince Aldo Morosini, expert en pierres anciennes, rencontra Simon Aronov, surnommé le boiteux de Varsovie, il ne s'attendait pas à la mission que ce mystérieux personnage lui confierait : retrouver les quatre pierres manquantes du pectoral du Grand Prêtre du Temple de Jérusalem, une plaque en or où s'enchâssaient douze pierres précieuses. Or, une tradition veut qu'Israël ne retrouve sa terre ancestrale que lorsque le pectoral reconstitué pourra y revenir.

Après le succès de "L'Affaire Léon Sadorski", une nouvelle enquête du sinistre et fascinant inspecteur des Renseignements généraux. Paris, 29 mai 1942 : une bombe explose devant le Palais de justice, dans un café fréquenté par les Brigades spéciales, faisant deux morts et plusieurs blessés. Quelques jours plus tard, le cadavre d'une inconnue est découvert en banlieue. Crime passionnel ou politique ? Chargé d'enquêter sur ces deux affaires, l'inspecteur Léon Sadorski voit ses projets de vacances contrariés ?

Wien, 1906. Die Stadt lebt in Angst vor einem Serienmörder, der seine Opfer scheinbar zufällig auswählt - und sie dann brutal und effektvoll tötet. Zur gleichen Zeit wird dem arbeitslosen Julius Pawalet überraschend eine Stelle im Kunsthistorischen Museum angeboten. Julius hat eine faszinierende Gabe: Jede Einzelheit eines Werks, das er längere Zeit studiert hat, brennt sich ihm ins Gedächtnis. Schon bald fallen ihm Details der Morde auf, die auf seinen neuen Arbeitsplatz hinweisen, an dem nicht alles mit rechten Dingen zugeht.

What do you do when the dead come back and your loved ones disappear? All Gabe McKenna wanted was a new floor for his barn. What he got was seven corpses, all long dead. Seven rich men missing from New York. One of his closest childhood friends is gunned down in an Albuquerque casino. After escaping two attempts on his own life and with time running out, McKenna must uncover the connection and prevent his loved ones from joining the growing ranks of the dead.

Pourquoi tant de troubles et de drames dans le royaume de France en ce début du XIVè siècle ? Héluise, qui court les chemins sous le nom de Druon de Brévaux, médecin itinérant, traquée par l'Inquisition, M. de Nogaret et l'évêque d'Alençon, poursuit ses investigations au sujet de la mort de son père. Malgré le danger, il lui faut découvrir où est cachée la pierre rouge qui a fait couler tant de sang, dont tous ignorent les pouvoirs, mais que l'Église et le roi convoitent.

1963, France: A farmer reports a truck ramming into a car near Picardie, followed by gunfire. A group of Englishmen are brought in after a bar fight. A tramp's body is discovered in a burnt out truck. All this occurring after multiple attempts on the President's life. Inspector Lucas Rocco knows there's a connection somewhere, and is recruited by Colonel Saint-Cloud to assist with the President's Security.

Smokey Dalton and Jimmy, the young boy he protects, have settled into a new life on Chicago’s South Side. But when Smokey gets hired to investigate the death of a black man in a local park, he realizes that the murder might not be an isolated case. The Chicago Police Department doesn’t really investigate black deaths, particularly near the South Side. Smokey thinks the case easy, until he digs deeper into the history of the area, a history that includes gangs, racism, and secrets so dark they threaten his very existence.

The murder of Judge Hugo Jackson is out of Detective Simon Ziele's jurisdiction in more ways than one. For one, its high-profile enough to command the attention of the notorious new police commissioner, since Judge Jackson was presiding over the sensational trial of Al Drayson. Drayson, an anarchist, set off a bomb at a Carnegie family wedding, but instead of killing millionaires, it killed passersby, including a child. The dramatic trial has captured the full attention of 1906 New York City.

Trieste, primavera del 1902. Il ricordo dei fatti di sangue seguiti al primo sciopero operaio dell'Impero asburgico è ancora vivo nella mente della cittadinanza. A pochi giorni dalla revoca dello stato d'assedio proclamato dal governo di Vienna, un sottufficiale dell'esercito viene trovato morto e sfigurato in un vicolo. Intanto, una preziosa reliquia cristiana, il Mandylion, viene rubata, perduta e infine ritrovata da Davorin, un ragazzino di dodici anni che in seguito a ciò pare acquisire strani poteri.

During the Great War, Hermann Kohler and Jean-Louis St-Cyr fought in Alsace on opposite sides of the barbed wire. Two decades later, they return as partners: a Gestapo officer and a French cop investigating everyday crimes in a world gone mad with war. In February 1943, Alsace is unrecognizable - an occupied country where speaking French is all it takes to lose one’s freedom.

When her father fails to appear for lunch at their country estate, Martha Beale knows something is wrong. The family's faithful dogs discover Lemuel Beale's hunting rifle by the river, but there is no sign of the millionaire financier. Refusing to believe he is dead, his daughter - and sole heir - begins a discreet investigation with the help of the mayor's aide, Thomas Kelman. But Philadelphia in 1842 is a dangerous place for a female, especially a 26-year-old single woman.

It is August, 1645, one year since York fell into Puritan hands. As the city suffers through a brutal summer heat, Bridget Hodgson and Martha Hawkins are drawn into a murder investigation more frightening than their last. In order to appease God’s wrath—and end the heat-wave—the city’s overlords have launched a brutal campaign to whip the city’s sinners into godliness. But for someone in York, this is not enough. First a prostitute and her client are found stabbed to death, then a pair of adulterers are beaten and strangled.

When the Earl of Wraysbury rescues a young woman from a carriage accident, he can't resist her laughing eyes and wry sense of humor, even though their families have been locked in a feud for generations. Anemone may be achingly lonely but she's loyal to her family. When she wakes up after an accident in the strong arms of a handsome stranger, she's immediately drawn to him, and appalled when she discovers he's her family's sworn enemy, the Earl of Wraysbury.

In defiance of society's strictures, Lady Olivia is determined to share her fascination with fencing with other ladies and enjoy the thrill of facing an opponent like the dashing Lord Milbourn. Ignoring convention comes at a cost, however. If she wants to start a fencing academy for ladies, then her family insists that she agree to a betrothal to the wealthy, but conventional, Lord Saunders. Despite her secret longing for Lord Milbourn and their shared passion for fencing, she reluctantly agrees.

It's a beautiful day in Greenwich Village, and for once Bedford Green is selling paintings. Business is booming, and this gossip columnist turned art dealer owes it all to his invaluable assistant, Sloane - who goes and spoils the fun by announcing that she's leaving on safari. Sloane is a Midwestern girl and has never laid eyes on any animal more exotic than a house cat, but she can't resist her uncle Dixon's invitation to visit Kenya to hobnob with everyone from the department-store king of Chicago to the prince of Wales.

Raised in the Congo herself, the child of missionaries, Myers uses her intimate knowledge of the people, the culture, and the landscape to add richness to this stunning story of an abandoned infant raised by a tribe of headhunters - a masterful mystery that fans of Alexander McCall Smith and The #1 Ladies’ Detective Agency will adore.

Yorkshire 1855. When Colonel Aubrey Tarleton walks into the path of a speeding train, he is crushed to death on the track. The famous Railway Detective, Inspector Robert Colbeck, is immediately put on the case to determine why such a well-respected man would have resorted to suicide. Tarleton's wife had recently gone missing, but was the colonel responsible for her disappearance? It's up to Colbeck and his trusty sergeant Victor Leeming to uncover the truth.