Historical Private Investigators

Ein vernunftbegabter Detektiv begegnet dem Unglaublichen und wird zum Ermittler für übernatürliche Fälle. Vernia im Jahr 1917 - Robert Fuchs und sein junger Gehilfe Emil leben in der Industriestadt Brasston. Der Winter ist hart, das Geld knapp. Da kommt ihnen der Fall des verschwundenen Blackwell-Sohns gerade recht. Auf dem Landgut des Schreibgeräte-Moguls sind die Ermittlungen ins Stocken geraten. Fuchs ahnt nicht, dass dieser Fall zum Wendepunkt seines Lebens werden wird.

With her husband, Emrys, still missing in action, Ann Morgan faces the prospect of spending her first wedding anniversary, and Christmas, alone. However, a phone call from Alistair Blythe, a young man she briefly walked out with before her marriage to Emrys, sets Ann on a trail that leads to murder, encounters with black market spivs, and threats to her life. With assistance from spymaster Charles Montagu and Detective Inspector Max Deveraux, Ann uncovers a major secret of the war. And, with the snow falling at Christmas, she receives a present she will never forget.

When Harris starts to investigate the disappearance of a young boy 20 years ago, he thinks that it’s going to be a sad but open-and-shut case. But then, he starts to discover signs that this wasn’t an isolated incident, that multiple boys were taken over the years, and that there might still be danger in the present day. His new independence gives Harris purpose and motivation, but without the police department behind him, and perhaps even against him, will he be able to close this case and prevent the past from becoming the present once again?

Jonas Watcher had no memory of how he got there. As he started climbing up the ladder to the wharf, he found he was tangled in some sort of net. Suddenly a large heavy object dropped onto him and he fell into the bay still snared by the net, which had also captured the object. Luckily, the weight of the object had tightened the net, so he was able to pull himself out of the water and climb up to the wharf.

Scotland on the brink of independence: the government is planning its own Scottish monarchy. But when a member of the close-knit planning group reveals the identity of the candidate for the throne, suddenly people appear who want to prevent this royal ascension at all costs - including murder. When CHASE is called in to assist, Jérome and Chen Lu travel to Glasgow. Together with the Scotsman James Campbell, they hunt for his father's murderer.

The Sign of the Broken Sword is a short story by G. K. Chesterton featuring his famous characters Father Brown and former criminal Flambeau. At the centre of the story is the mysterious death of General Sir Arthur St. Clare, who was hanged on a tree with his broken sword hung round his neck. It is a detective story and throughout it Father Brown reveals the mystery of General St. Clare.

Встановлення особи — одне з 56 оповідань про Шерлока Холмса, написаних сером Артуром Конан Дойлем і третя розповідь у збірці "Пригоди Шерлока Холмса". До Шерлока Холмса звертається жінка на ім'я Мері Сазерленд. Причина її візиту — зникнення нареченого. Холмс береться за цю справу, відзначаючи, що вона проста для нього, у той час як Ватсон бачить нерозрішиму загадку.

Інженерів палець — твір із серії "Пригоди Шерлока Холмса" Артура Конана Дойля. Історія, події якої відбуваються в 1889 році, розповідає дивну історію молодого консультанта з Лондона, інженер-гідротехніка, пана Віктора Хатерлі. До Хатерлі прийшов чоловік, який назвався Лісандром Старком. Він запропонував Хатерлі діло в заміському будинку — за вочевидь велику суму 50 гіней налаштувати загадковий гідравлічний прес.

Originale, klassische Sherlock Holmes Kurzgeschichten in zeitgenössischer Übersetzung aus der Zeit der Jahrhundertwende vom 20. ins 21. Jahrhundert, lebendig interpretiert.

Lord Simon ist wild entschlossen: Die Amerikanerin Hatty Doran will er heiraten - keineswegs standesgemäß. Wenig standesgemäß verhält sich auch die Braut: Sie ist spurlos verschwunden... Kein Wunder, dass der Lord den berühmtesten Detektiv der Welt mit diesem Fall beauftragt.

New York City Port - Eine Barsängerin wird tot in einem Diner gefunden, ihr Kopf gleicht nach der scheußlichen Tat nur noch einer aufgeknackten Walnuss. Grund genug für das New York Police Department, den Privatschnüffler Thomas Cartridge einzuschalten - wenn auch widerwillig. So bekommt Cartridge erneut die Möglichkeit, mit Detective Liam "Irish" McLaughlin zusammenzuarbeiten, einem irischen Draufgänger der vor Anfang der 1930er Jahre nach New York immigrierte, um als Polizist Karriere zu machen.

Holmes investigates a major industry and finds there is more to smoke than meets the eye. Orlando Pearson, Watson's successor as the assistant of Sherlock Holmes, was entrusted by the doctor with notes on cases too controversial to publish at the time.

In May 1941, Hitler's Deputy, Rudolf Heβ flew solo to Great Britain. The reason for his flight remained a mystery throughout the rest of the War as he brought no new peace proposals, provided no new insight into Hitler's plans, and did not claim political asylum. In May 1945 and with the war almost at an end, the British Government must decide whether to send the frequently overwrought Heβ back to Germany to face trial on war crimes charges.

In a farmhouse on the outskirts of Winston-Salem, PI Marshall Drummond is hired to help a girl accidentally cursed. But soon, he is in a fight for his life when the girl’s parents prove to be more dangerous than the curse itself. Welcome to the Marshall Drummond Case Files. These stories explore the dark mysteries and thrilling adventures of 1940s private investigator Marshall Drummond, before he died and became the ghost detective found in the best-selling Max Porter paranormal mysteries.