Private Investigators

Here is the world's first ever fully dramatised Sherlock Holmes canon: 56 short stories and 4 novels, all made by the same team of directors, producers, dramatists and leading actors, and packed with the high production qualities of a film or TV drama that set it apart....

On the day he retires, Inspector Ashwin Chopra inherits two unexpected mysteries. The first is the case of a drowned boy, whose suspicious death no one seems to want solved. And the second is a baby elephant....

Detective Sebastian Clifford and his partner Lucinda "Birdie" Bird are about to embark on their most challenging case yet when Lady Angelica Charing tasks them with finding the son she secretly gave away when she was only sixteen.

Benedict Cumberbatch reads these four new Sherlock Holmes stories by John Taylor....

The first three crime thrillers in the Detective Sebastian Clifford series together in a single collection for the first time. This collection includes Web of Lies, Speak No Evil, and Never Too Late....

For twenty-first century connoisseurs of crime, The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries celebrates how the nineteenth century added a fierce modern twist to the ancient theme of bloody murder....

Private investigator Sebastian Clifford and his partner Birdie step into the world of celebrity when a star of children's TV turns to them for help. She's being blackmailed by someone who knows about her murky past, and she's desperate to keep it hidden....

A million-pound heist. A man on the run. A gang hellbent on seeking revenge....

In November 2014 Arla Macleod bludgeoned her mother, father and sister to death with a hammer....

The complete BBC Radio adaptations of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency featuring Botswana's only female private detective agency, run by the irrepressible Precious Ramotswe....

For fans of The Thursday Murder Club comes a charming cosy-crime fiction featuring a very special calico cat....

A wealthy woman needs to find her sister to settle a will....

Julia's Chapman's latest witty and engaging Dales Detective novel sees Delilah's brother under suspicion of murder. Can Delilah and Samson prove he's innocent? Perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Robert Thorogood, this is cosy crime at its very best....

Hessu Laine on tavallinen suomalainen mies, jonka elämän suunta tuntuu olevan hukassa. Työnteko lääkefirma PharMaxilla ei ota sujuakseen...

The White Council of Wizards has drafted Harry Dresden as a Warden and assigned him to look into rumors of black magic in Chicago....

John Moffatt stars as the famous Belgian detective in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of one of Christie's most popular novels....

Dr. Amy Winslow tells the story: in foggy, nighttime San Francisco a jogging SFPD captain is savagely attacked by a Bengal tiger which then vanishes. In her ER, Amy labors unsuccessfully to save the captain’s life, then consoles his aggrieved closest friend, Lt. Luis Ortega....

Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is a very powerful wizard and a dedicated private eye. He is also a wise cracking trouble magnet....

When one such creature threatens an independent tutor, Harry Dresden must shake off the blood and dirt of his most recent battles and rise to the occasion, even when it turns out that the new predator is far more dangerous and connected than first appearances would suggest....

Fifteen grippling short stories of Arsène Lupin: one of the most famous and intriguing figures of French detective literature. He was created...

No one's tried to kill Harry Dresden for almost an entire year, and his life finally seems to be calming down. For once, the future looks bright. But the past casts one hell of a long shadow....

Declan Walsh has a new job, a new office and a new remit—but when a City of London art gallery discovers the star of their latest exhibition dead, with only a signed, painted "kiss" on his neck to go on, Declan and his team must investigate.

Ten grippling short stories of Arsène Lupin: one of the most famous and intriguing figures of French detective literature. He was created by Maurice Leblanc...

In Chicago, someone has been killing practitioners of magic, those incapable of becoming full-fledged wizards....

Syksyllä 1946 entinen Valtiollisen poliisin osastopäällikkö Väinö Mujunen on asettunut mukavasti Helsingin Katajanokalle naisystävänsä Sirkan...

Жилица под вуалью - рассказ из серии Архив Шерлока Холмса английского писателя Артура Конан Дойла (англ. Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930). Холмс получает сообщение от дамы под вуалью, которая настаивает на встрече. Это миссис Рондер, чье дело вызвало немало толков в лондонских кругах. Славу сэру Артуру Конан Дойлу принесли романы Собака Баскервилей, Знак четырех, Пестрая лента, Скандал в Богемии, Сэр Найджел Лоринг, Маракотова бездна, Картонная коробка и Пять зернышек апельсина.

Аристократ-холостяк — произведение из цикла «Приключения Шерлока Холмса» всемирно известного шотландского автора Артура Конана Дойля (англ. Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859 — 1930). Хетти, молодая жена лорда Сен-Симона, исчезает вскоре после свадьбы. Лорд винит в этом свою бывшую супругу, которая наведалась к ним домой как раз перед исчезновением Хетти. Поисками жены Сен-Симона занялся Шерлок Холмс.

It's 1942, and as far as her father knows, Evelyn Bishop, heiress to an aeronautics fortune, is working as a translator in London. In truth, Evelyn—daring, beautiful, and as adept with a rifle as she is in five languages—has joined the Office of Strategic Services as a spy. Her goal is personal: to find her brother, who is being held as a POW in a Nazi labor camp. Through one high-risk mission after another, she is paired with the reckless and rebellious Nick Gallagher, growing ever close to him until the war's end brings with it an act of deep betrayal.

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson müssen überhastet nach Southend-on-Sea an der Themsemündung reisen. Ein verzweifelter Hilferuf von Inspektor Lestrade deutet darauf hin, dass es für ihn um Leben und Tod geht.

Sarah Malloy has just helped with the delivery of a bouncing baby girl at her women's clinic, when she receives a visit from an engaging and determined young woman writing an article for New Century Magazine. Louisa Rodgers explains that she is researching the dangers of patent remedies. Sarah is only too happy to tell Louisa exactly what she thinks of the so-called medicines. A few days later, Sarah receives a visit from a bereft Bernard Rodgers, who explains that his daughter, Louisa, has been found strangled in the lobby of the building where New Century has its offices.

Spätsommer auf Amrum. Die Künstlerin Finja Herder aus dem alten Fischerdorf Nebel nimmt mit anderen Frauen ein Bad im Meer. Seenebel zieht auf, und plötzlich ist Finja verschwunden. Bald kursiert das Gerücht, ein Spuk aus den Albträumen ihrer Kindheit habe sich bewahrheitet. Auch ein Unglück oder Freitod wird vermutet. Doch es mehren sich die Anzeichen für ein Verbrechen.

From the February 1960 issue of Manhunt magazine, every smoker has a ritual that they go through when they smoke. Detective MacKinstry became acutely aware of the rituals other smokers would go through and helped him catch a thief.

Ein berüchtigter Bankräuber plant den Coup seines Lebens. Bevor er das Ding drehen kann, kommen ihm allerdings drei Rookies in die Quere. Jetzt gilt es den Witzfiguren die Beute abzujagen. Doch ahnt der Zirkusclown nicht, dass Sherlock Holmes ihm auf den Fersen ist.

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson werden mit der Aufklärung eines sonderbaren Giftmordes beauftragt. Obwohl die Zusammenhänge von Opfer, Tat und Motiv einige Rätsel und Überraschungen beinhalten, kommt Holmes der Lösung Schritt für Schritt näher. Doch dann gerät er selbst in höchste Gefahr.

Isle of Iona, 1927 Cast away on a remote locale, Jane's latest assignment depends on concealing her identity and blending in at an occult gathering. Not even her fiancé, Redvers, can be too close as she uncovers the truth about Robert Nightingale, enigmatic leader of the Order of the Golden Dawn--a group made up of supernatural ceremonies, influential people, and an undefinable darkness

Die galaktischen Fälle des Sherlock Holmes (Band 4): Der großartige Sherlock Holmes braucht nicht auf die Wiederauferstehung des Fleisches zu warten! Über 200 Jahre nach seinem Ableben benötigt die Crew des Raumschiffes Ultimo-1 dringend einen cleveren Detektiv und reist in die Vergangenheit, um ihn abzuholen. Leicht irritiert vom technischen Fortschritt und teils lockeren Sitten, kann Holmes dennoch seine Logik zielgerichtet einsetzen und knifflige Fälle lösen, denn das Böse lauert immer und überall.

Al 221B di Baker Street è cosa di tutti i giorni che persone in difficoltà o addirittura in pericolo si rivolgano a Sherlock Holmes in cerca di aiuto. Non accade altrettanto di frequente che vengano uccise poche ore dopo. Eppure è questa la sorte toccata a un cliente italiano, trovato cadavere in un appartamento londinese con una profonda ferita all'altezza del cuore.

Der großartige Sherlock Holmes braucht nicht auf die Wiederauferstehung des Fleisches zu warten! Über 200 Jahre nach seinem Ableben benötigt die Crew des Raumschiffes Ultimo-1 dringend einen cleveren Detektiv und reist in die Vergangenheit, um ihn abzuholen. Leicht irritiert vom technischen Fortschritt und teils lockeren Sitten, kann Holmes dennoch seine Logik zielgerichtet einsetzen und knifflige Fälle lösen, denn das Böse lauert immer und überall.

Reformed-swindler-turned-private-eye Jack O’Shea investigates a strange death at a shadowy Northern California mountain college—a “visa mill” with close ties to Silicon Valley. Accompanied by his retired racing greyhound, Jack discovers the school sits on top of an abandoned gold mine with dark secrets buried underneath. Rooting out deception, and navigating murder, is Jack’s stock-in-trade.

Dies ist der erste Band von den neuen Abenteuer des Sherlock Holmes: Über Jahre hinweg begleitete Dr. John H. Watson seinen Freund und Kompagnon Sherlock Holmes bei der Aufklärung einer Vielzahl von Verbrechen und Geheimnissen. Beginnend mit den 1880er Jahren und in das 20. Jahrhundert hineinragend, stellte Holmes seinen Status als brillantester und erfolgreichster Detektiv der Welt immer wieder unter Beweis. Davon zeugen die schriftlichen Notizen Watsons, die dieser gewissenhaft angelegt hat, und in denen von den Abenteuern von Sherlock Holmes erzählt wird.