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A respected white citizen of Cotton Point, Georgia, Paris Trout is a shopkeeper, a money-lender, and a murderer of blacks. And his friends, family and foes do not realize the danger they face in a man who simply will not see his own guilt...

Armand Gamache, Leiter der Mordkommission der Sûreté du Québec, reist mit seiner Frau Reine-Marie nach Paris, um ihre hochschwange- re Tochter zu besuchen. Die Gamaches genießen ihren Urlaub – bis Armands Patenonkel Stephen Horowitz nach einem gemeinsamen Abendessen angefahren und schwer verletzt wird. Alle anderen haben gerade den Lichterglanz des Eiffelturms bewundert, nur Gamache hat gesehen: Das war kein Unfall. Hilfesuchend wendet er sich an Claude Dussault, den Polizeipräfekten von Paris. Kurz darauf machen Gamache und Reine-Marie eine grausame Entdeckung in Stephens Wohnung.

Charles Paris is his own worst enemy, a louche lush who can resist anything except temptation – especially in the form of women and alcohol. He’s been out of work so long now he feels he may never get a job and he’s driving Frances, his semi-ex-wife, mad. So when he’s offered a small...

When Charles Paris’ agent rings with the news that he has a part for him in a new musical, Charles is delighted - and somewhat amazed, as he can neither sing nor dance. But Maurice has an ulterior motive: as one of the show’s backers, he wants Charles to play detective and investigate a series of accidents that have dogged the production. The pianist has been shot in the hand, and another cast member fell downstairs - or was he pushed? Anxious about their investment and their star, Chris Watt, the ‘angels’ are keen to ensure that nothing else goes wrong.

Bill Nighy returns as the loveably louche actor-cum-amateur detective Charles Paris Charles Paris is in Oxford, appearing in a re-imagining of Hamlet by a high-concept drama company. No fan of immersive theatre, he's unimpressed with the director's vision and less than thrilled to be rehearsing...

Actor and reluctant sleuth Charles Paris is facing chaos on the domestic front. He's lodging with his ex-wife Frances, and now their pregnant daughter has moved in as well. It's all a bit much.... So he is over the moon when he lands a job on the BBC Radio Rep - but the ink is barely dry on his...

Charles is out of work again, and to make matters worse his mother has come to stay and he's no way of escaping her. So when he's offered some voiceover work by old friend, Hugo, he's delighted to get out of the house. But Hugo's marriage is in trouble: his much younger wife, Ellie, spends all...

Charles finds himself uncharacteristically employed in a film, having landed the part of Szabec, a middle management vampire in The Wreathing. His co-star is swimwear model turned actress Jodie Ricks and before long, Jodie is using Charles as a confidant. Poor Jodie is in terrible trouble - not...

Bill Nighy returns as Charles Paris: unsuccessful actor, bad husband and dipsomaniac. Desperately in need of work, having been kicked out of the marital home, Charles jumps at playing a missing property developer in a crime reconstruction programme. But the missing person case soon turns to...

'Will keep you guessing and guessing' Cara Hunter ******** He jumped to his death in front of witnesses. Now his wife is charged with murder. Five years ago, Erin Kennedy moved to New York following a family tragedy. She now lives happily with her detective husband in the scenic seaside town of...

Charles Paris is thrilled – he’s landed a nice juicy part playing Sergeant Collins in the TV detective series, ‘The Stanislaus Braid Mysteries’, and his estranged wife Frances seems to be on the brink of taking him back. But filming turns out to be a tortuous process, with pompous star...

Cuando la minera canadiense Inuit Mining Corporation descubre uno de los yacimientos de litio más grandes del mundo en una pequeña localidad de Sonora, Ana Ochoa y otros pobladores serán presionados para vender sus tierras a precios irrisorios. Con la complicidad de autoridades locales y la participación del narcotráfico, los empresarios canadienses harán todo lo que sea necesario para conseguir el control del llamado oro blanco.

Jeff Griffin, a mechanic, and his wife, Sarah, travel from Montana to Manhattan to give their nine-year-old son, Cole, his dream vacation as they secretly face the heart-wrenching turmoil that has them teetering on divorce. In the wake of their heartbreak, a mother and son disappear. While sightseeing near Times Square, Jeff steps into a store to buy batteries for their camera - but upon returning to the street he finds that Sarah and Cole have vanished. Battling his anguish and police suspicions, Jeff fights to rescue them.

Un antieroe con molte macchie e poche paure è il protagonista di una nuova serie noir anticonvenzionale, ironica e cattiva Maria, l’adorata nipotina del boss della Sacra Corona Unita Nino De Guido, detto ‘Zi Nino, è stata rapita. Un solo uomo può ritrovarla, uno a cui non è rimasto niente da perdere perché ha già perso tutto, un fantasma. Mazzacani è un bandito, un cane sciolto, uno che non si è mai affiliato alla Sacra Corona, e per questo è stato punito. La sua banda è stata massacrata e lui è fuori dal giro.