Showing results for "Sophia" in Traditional Detectives

1957 - A young woman is found dead in a mews house a mile from Buckingham Palace, wearing only silk underwear and a a diamond tiara. An older man is discovered nearby, garrotted and pierced through the eye with a long, sharp implement. According to the police, a high society card game was going on downstairs that night. One of the players surely committed the murders, but each of them can give the others an alibi.

It's 1961 and the Queen is planning her state visit to Italy aboard Britannia. But before she goes, an unreliable witness claims to have seen a brutal murder from the royal train. Did it really happen, and could the victim be a missing friend of Princess Margaret's new husband, Tony Armstrong Jones?

The Queen identifies the 70 year-old victim, Edward St Cyr, from his signet ring. But the search for his killer is not so straightforward. Suspects include the Queen's horse groom, a shady land agent, an aristocrat neighbour, as well as the victim's many cousins and relations. The investigation leads the Queen - and her trusted assistant, Rozie - to a local pigeon racing club, back to London, and to the ancient, moated Godwick Hall. But how do the seemingly disparate pieces of the puzzle fit together? And who is the next victim?

Queen Elizabeth II is having a royal nightmare. A referendum divides the nation, a tumultuous election grips the United States - and the body of a staff member is found dead beside Buckingham Palace swimming pool. Is it a tragic accident, as the police think? Or is something more sinister going on? As Her Majesty looks for answers, her trusted assistant, Rozie, is on the trail of a treasured painting that once hung outside the queen's bedroom.

"Babylon Berlin" meets "Agatha Christie" - Ein fiebernder Alptraum aus Lüge, Gier und Rache. Havanna, 1920: Er geht wieder um - Ángel de la Muerte - der Todesengel. Die Privatdetektivin Ada untersucht einen mysteriösen Mord an einem ebenso reichen wie verhassten Großgrundbesitzer und stößt dabei auf ein Netz aus Verbrechen und Intrigen, das bis in die Zeit der Sklaverei zurückreicht. Doch alle beteiligten Personen hüllen sich bewusst in einen Mantel des Schweigens. Was bleibt ihr da anderes übrig, als mit nicht ganz legitimen Methoden an Informationen zu kommen?

Inspector Yash had just retired from the police force and moved to a quiet place nestled in greenery. But no one told the criminals that! When the house he moves into, proves to be haunted, Yash is in great danger. He finds an unexpected friend to help him solve this spooky mystery. Will the two...