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Jun Nakayama was a silent-film star in the early days of Hollywood. By 1964, he is living in complete obscurity, until a young writer, Nick Bellinger, tracks him down for an interview. When Bellinger reveals that he has written a screenplay with Nakayama in mind, Jun is intrigued by the possibility of returning to movies. But he begins to worry that someone might delve too deeply into the past and uncover the events that abruptly ended his career in 1922. Like the changing social and racial tides in California - and the unsolved murder of his favorite director.

Early one morning, a body is found lying next to the railway tracks just outside of Kuki Station in Saitama Prefecture, shot dead. It is identified as belonging to the owner of a local mill which is embroiled in a labour dispute. Suspicion initially falls on the workers' union, then on a new religious sect that has been gaining followers recently. Chief Inspector Onitsura and his assistant Tanna are called in to investigate, and soon set off in a journey across Japan, from Tokyo to Kyoto and Osaka, and finally to the island of Kyushu, in a hunt for the killer.

Based on the real-life memoirs of the 19th Century investigator who inspired Sherlock Holmes, Inspector James McLevy, this atmospheric mystery series features the fictional casebook of Edinburgh's finest thief-taker. Accompanied by his loyal partner, Constable Mulholland, McLevy prowls the murky streets of 1840s Leith bringing criminals to justice—assisted by the madam of Edinburgh's finest bawdy-house, the deliciously immoral Jean Brash.

2 CHILDREN FOR SALE. In 1931, near Philadelphia, ambitious reporter Ellis Reed photographs the gut-wrenching sign posted beside a pair of siblings on a farmhouse porch. With the help of newspaper secretary Lily Palmer, Ellis writes an article to accompany the photo. Capturing the hardships of American families during the Great Depression, the feature story generates national attention and Ellis's career skyrockets. But the piece also leads to consequences more devastating than he and Lily ever imagined - and it will risk everything they value to unravel the mystery and set things right.

A gripping tale of survival and an epic love story in which a husband and wife–separated by the only battle of World War II to take place on American soil–fight to reunite in Alaska's starkly beautiful Aleutian Islands Following the death of his younger brother in Europe, journalist John...

I slutningen af det 19. århundrede sker der store forandringer i Stockholm. På en frostkold nytårsnat i 1896 bliver en ung kvinde fundet død i en indergård på Södermalm. I samme ejendom bor fire kvinder fra vidt forskellige samfundslag, og det tragiske dødsfald fletter deres skæbner sammen.

TO MODIGE KVINDER. EN SKÆBNESVANGER MISSION. ET FORRÆDERI, DER ENDER FATALT. 25 år efter krigens afslutning er Noah Ainsworths stadig plaget af erindringer om sin tid som britisk agent i det krigshærgede Frankrig. Efter en hjerneoperation lider han af blackouts, og særligt et uafklaret spørgsmål hjemsøger ham: Hvem var den agent, der reddede hans liv på den sidste mission, hvor alt gik så grueligt galt? Noahs datter, Charlotte, er opsat på at finde svar, og hendes søgen leder hende frem til to kvinder, Chloe og Fleur.

Magic is real, and hungry. It’s trapped in ancient texts and artifacts, and only a few who discover it survive to fight back. Detective Sal Brooks is a survivor. She joins a Vatican-backed black-ops anti-magic squad—Team Three of the Societas Librorum Occultorum—and together they stand between humanity and the magical apocalypse. Some call them the Bookburners. They don’t like the label.

Magic is real, and hungry—trapped in ancient texts and artifacts. Only a few who discover it survive to fight back. Join Detective Sal Brooks, newest recruit to a black-ops magic hunting team backed by the Vatican, as she travels the world to keep the supernatural in check.

Magic is real, and hungry—trapped in ancient texts and artifacts. Only a few who discover it survive to fight back. In this third season, join Detective Sal Brooks, newest recruit to a black-ops magic hunting team backed by the Vatican, as she travels the world to keep the supernatural in check.

Inspired by the real-life memoirs of Edinburgh's first detective, James McLevy, here are more fantastic fictional adventures featuring the tenacious Victorian crime-solver. Once again, McLevy and his faithful sidekick Constable Mulholland patrol the dark wynds and back alleys of 1840s Leith tracking down evildoers—aided by a surprising ally: the beautiful and resourceful brothel-keeper Jean Brash.

October 1964: Just months after freelance indexer Marjorie Trumaine helped solve a series of murders in Dickinson, North Dakota, she is faced with another death that pulls her into an unwanted investigation. Calla Eltmore, the local librarian, is found dead at work, and everyone considers it suicide. But Marjorie can't believe that Calla would be capable of doing such a thing. Marjorie's suspicions are further aroused when she notices something amiss at Calla's wake, but the police seem uninterested in her observations.

Mas Arai's best friend, Haruo, is getting married, and he has grudgingly agreed to serve as best man. But when an ancient Japanese doll display of Haruo's fiance goes missing, the wedding is called off with fingers pointed at Haruo. To solve the mystery and to save Haruo's life, Mas must untangle a web of secrecy, heartbreaking memories, and murder.

Coffins fill the basement of a crumbling Los Angeles movie theater. Five vampires crowd around fading horror idol Bela Lugosi, peppering him with questions. A malfunctioning plastic fang causes one of the undead-wannabes to lisp. The effect is less than fearsome, but Lugosi is terrified, for one of these oddballs has been making threats on his life. He hires Toby Peters to provide security against his unbalanced fans. The detective is not concerned, but he should be.

Den 18 mars 1990 anländer en polispatrull till Isabella Stewart Gardner-museet i Boston. Polisdräkten visar sig vara en fasad, och väl inne i museet binder fejkpolisen fast vakterna som är ansvariga för museets säkerhet. Därefter påbörjas den största konstkuppen världshistorien. Männen kommer undan med flera tavlor av mästarna Vermeer, Rembrandt, Degas och Manet. Målningen av Vermeer värderades till 200 miljoner dollar, och värdet av alla 13 tavlor som försvann beräknades till över 500 miljoner dollar.

In Grail's Hollow, einem kleinen Dorf in der Nähe von London, ereignen sich merkwürdige Dinge: Ein Schaf wird aufgefunden, das aussieht, als sei es mit bloßen Händen zerrissen worden, auf dem Friedhof des Ortes liegen Hühner ohne Köpfe in Blutlachen. Angus Bowden, der Ortsvorstand, hat die Befürchtung, dass einige Bürger des Ortes versuchen, den Teufel zu beschwören. Er wendet sich an Sherlock Holmes, in dem sich jedoch sofort ein anderer Verdacht regt.

Carter Roth, Angestellter in einer Firma für Unterwassertechnik, stürzt während der Arbeit von einem Gerüst und wird schwerverletzt in ein Krankenhaus eingewiesen. Doch war es tatsächlich nur ein Arbeitsunfall? Schließlich war Carter Roth schon zuvor in eine Reihe merkwürdiger Unfälle verwickelt. Auf Bitten der Schwester übernimmt Sherlock Holmes den Fall. Schnell wird klar, dass in der Firma etwas aufbewahrt wird, das von großem Interesse für den Zirkel der Sieben sein könnte.

Die geheimnisvolle, verführerische Mata Hari: Zielstrebig verfolgt sie ihren Plan, um den wertvollsten Saphir der Welt an sich zu bringen. Ohne voneinander zu wissen, versuchen auch Arsène Lupin und Harry Houdini diesen kostbaren Edelstein durch einen spektakulären Diebstahl an sich zu bringen. Auguste Dupin und Edgar Allan Poe wollen um jeden Preis verhindern, dass der Saphir in die Hände des Zirkels fällt. Aber haben sie überhaupt eine Chance?

Während Auguste Dupin und Edgar Allan Poe mithilfe des Entfesselungskünstlers Houdini hoffen Näheres über die neuen Pläne des "Zirkels der Sieben" zu erfahren, bereiten sich Draculas ausgewählte Kandidaten auf die ihnen gestellte Aufgabe vor. Ein unheimlicher Überfall bringt die Detektive aus dem Konzept. Steckt der Zirkel dahinter? Dupin und Poe sind gefordert wie nie und der Gentleman-Dieb Arsène Lupin beginnt damit, seinen so riskanten wie dreisten Plan in die Tat umzusetzen.

Als Irene Adler aus ihrer Betäubung erwacht, findet sie sich allein in einem Dorf der Mapuche wieder. Sie wird von den Bewohnern des Dorfes gefangen genommen. Zu ihrem Entsetzten muss sie feststellen, dass sich Theodora Sachs und Aleister Crowley ebenfalls in dem Dorf aufhalten. Im Gegensatz zu ihr werden die beiden allerdings als Gäste behandelt. Währenddessen sorgt sich Mr. Wu in Temuco über das plötzliche Verschwinden von Irene Adler. Mithilfe von Dr. Duerte und Fernando Abad setzt er alle Hebel in Bewegung, um ein Lebenszeichen von der Sonderermittlerin der Krone zu erhalten.