Showing results for "Vampire" in Crime Fiction

It is the autumn of 1880, and Dr. John Watson has just returned from Afghanistan. Badly injured and desperate to forget a nightmarish expedition that left him doubting his sanity, Watson is close to destitution when he meets the extraordinary Sherlock Holmes, who is investigating a series of deaths in the Shadwell district of London. Several bodies have been found, the victims appearing to have starved to death over the course of several weeks, and yet they were reported alive and well mere days before.

Undead investigator Miles Watson has seen his share of violence, but after his last case left a trail of dead bodies in its wake—some of which had belonged to people he actually liked—he's decided to take a break from policing the tenuous peace between vampires and humankind. Unfortunately, the powers that be aren't keen on him going off the grid, and the new mission they bring to his door isn't the kind that's easily ignored.

Im O‘Brien‘s Pub in Ballydehag gibt es jeden Freitagabend den Klassiker Irish Stew–bis dieser irische Eintopf einigen Gästen schwer im Magen liegt und in den sozialen Medien fürchterlich negative Kritiken nach sich zieht. Der Koch und Kneipenwirt Sean O‘Grady ist fassungslos. Als einer seiner Gäste nach dem Verzehr von Irish Stew sogar stirbt, wird ihm klar, dass er jetzt größere Probleme hat als giftige Online-Kritiken. Hat außer Sean wirklich niemand Zutaten in den Kochtopf gerührt? Oder verspürt hier jemand Mordgelüste?

Der älteste Sohn und Titelerbe des Barons Collingwood stirbt an einer mysteriösen Krankheit. Kurz darauf verschlechtert sich auch der Gesundheitszustand des zweitältesten Sohnes dramatisch. Da Ärzte und Polizei vor einem Rätsel stehen, engagiert der Baron Sherlock Holmes und Watson.

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.

Bei einem Flugzeugabsturz soll auch der Rechtsanwalt Severin Masur unter den Opfern sein. Privatdetektiv Cross war diesem zu ersten Mal im Jahre 1945 begegnet und ihm damals versprochen, ihm bei seiner Suche nach seinem im Krieg beschlagnahmten Familienschmuck zu helfen. Cross setzt sich auf die Fährte und versucht mit Hilfe seines Freundes Stoneway, die verlorenen Stücke wiederzubeschaffen. Eine spannende Jagd durch die Wirren des Zweiten Weltkriegs beginnt.

Narrated by award-winning audiobook narrator Mike Vendetti, The House of the Vampire (1907) by George Sylvester Vierick is not only one of the first known gay vampire stories, but it is also one of the first psychic vampire stories - where a vampire feeds off of more than just blood.

Si més no, quan fa sol i els ocells canten dalt dels arbres. Però... i de nit, sol en un castell en ruïnes, en una contrada famosa per la seva collita de cadàvers dessagnats? Afegiu a això un seguit de crims desconcertants, un pijo que li vol prendre la nòvia, un besnét de vampirs, un xatero misteriós i un curset accelerat d'esqui i entendreu per què, aquesta vegada, el Flanagan necessitarà molt d'enginy per sortir-se'n. Si és que se'n surt!

Difficile la vita di Patricia Campbell: divisa tra un marito troppo impegnato col lavoro, i figli e l'anziana suocera, la sua unica oasi felice è un gruppo di lettura di libri true crime. Un giorno al gruppo si unisce James Harris, bello, misterioso e sensibile, che fa sentire alla donna cose ormai non provate da anni. Eppure c'è qualcosa di strano in lui: non ha un conto in banca, non esce durante il giorno e la suocera di Patricia sostiene di averlo conosciuto da ragazza. Quando alcuni bambini scompaiono senza che la polizia faccia nulla, Patricia e le amiche sospettano che James sia un serial killer.

While investigating the origins of a mysterious donation to Oxford University, private detective Charles Maddox encounters the mysterious Baron Von Reisenberg, the subject of many rumors and macabre legends. In the light of day Maddox can find no evidence of anything sinister—until a series of disturbing incidents send him on a quest to expose whatever evil lurks in the Baron's castle. After a terrifying encounter nearly costs him his sanity, Maddox returns home to find London besieged by an elusive murderer branded the Vampire.

Le commissaire aux morts étranges et le moine hérétique ont trouvé refuge à Venise. Dans le palais où ils séjournent, de curieux évènements se produisent et nos enquêteurs croient déceler la nuit une présence suspecte. Mais de bien plus étranges événements se déroulent au dehors dans la cité d'ombres et de lumières. Des corps sont retrouvés vidés de leur sang. La population paniquée profane les cimetières pour brûler des corps après leur avoir percé le cœur.

Bram Stoker portrayed Dracula as a terrifying creature of the night: heartless, soulless, preying on the pure and innocent. Fred Saberhagen, bestselling coauthor of the official movie tie-in for Bram Stoker's Dracula, shows another side to Dracula as the vampire is summoned by Dr. Watson to rescue Sherlock Holmes.

In den Räumlichkeiten des japanischen Konsulats in London kommt es zu einem perfiden Mordanschlag. Der zuständige Geheimdienstoffizier wendet sich an Sherlock Holmes, um diplomatische Affären zu vermeiden und den Fall einer raschen Klärung zuzuführen.

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Baron Collingwood's eldest son and title heir dies from a mysterious illness. Now that the second eldest son is also in bad condition, it seems that a curse has befallen the family. Neither doctors nor police are able to find the cause. Confronted with a riddle the Baron hires Holmes and Watson to solve the mystery before it is tool late.

‘The history of crime detection has produced no more famous name than that of Sexton Blake’William Franklyn stars as paperback hero Sexton Blake, with David Gregory as his assistant Tinker, in four original BBC Radio dramatisations from 1967. Lost from the BBC archives for over 40 years...

The two parts of being a paranormal private investigator I could really do without are being forced to eat bananas by an animated statue with a potassium fixation, and being put on trial for murder by a self-appointed council of vampire oligarchs. To be fair, I did kind of do it (the murder, not the bananas). But I was kind of saving my girlfriend, who is kind of one of them. On top of this, I've also wound up with a primordial queen of the damned trying to strangle me in my dreams.

Holmes receives an odd letter that makes reference to vampires. Mr. Robert Ferguson, who comes to 221B Baker Street the next morning, has become convinced that his Peruvian second wife has been sucking their baby son's blood. By his first wife, he has a 15-year-old son named Jack, who suffered an unfortunate accident as a child and now, although he can still walk, he does not have the full use of his legs. After the bloodsucking began, Jack has unaccountably been struck twice by his stepmother, although Mr. Ferguson cannot imagine why.

Vampires and humans live side by side thanks to an uneasy peace maintained by the Assembly. As an Arbiter for the powerful organization, Miles Watson is authorized to act as judge, jury, and executioner for anyone—living or undead—who breaks the law. But now Miles is up against a threat more sinister than anything he's seen in his centuries as a vampire. A criminal network in London is offering wealthy humans the chance to become vampires without the Assembly's consent. When the process goes disastrously wrong, the Boss wants to eliminate any trace of the fiasco.

In Blackeberg, einem Vorort von Stockholm: Nachdem jedoch die Leiche eines kleinen Jungen entdeckt wird, verbreitet sich in Windeseile die Furcht, dass ein Ritualmörder sein Unwesen treibt...