Showing results by publisher "Saga Egmont" in Mystery

The fate of Rome, and thousands of lives, rests on the shoulders of one man. After murdering his brother, and taking the position of Emperor for himself, Caracalla orders a brutal purge of the supporters of Geta. Meanwhile, Caracalla’s ally Marcellus is captured by Syrian warriors. They wish to use his son, Avitus, as a puppet emperor to affirm a new Eastern Empire. Caracalla orders Silus to track down and rescue Avitus, rumoured to be Caracalla’s child.

Eine Ermittlerin, die mit ihrem eigenen Trauma konfrontiert wird. Als Helena Briest in einer Kleinstadt im Sauerland ihre Privatdetektei eröffnet, ahnt sie noch nicht, dass gleich ihr erster Auftrag die Albträume ihrer eigenen Vergangenheit wieder aufwühlen wird: Die siebenjährige Tshala verschwindet – und die Polizei findet keine Spuren. Verzweifelte bittet die Familie des Mädchens Helena um Hilfe.

A lost girl. A mysterious house in Ireland. An invitation that changes everything. Twenty years ago, at the end of a hot long Irish summer, three sisters walk down to the cool lake at their home, Swan Hall. As Maeve and Aisling watch their beautiful younger sister Nuala laughing and splashing, it is hard to hide their envy of her. But later that morning, when Nuala drowns, they are devastated. Now, as Iris scatters the ashes of her beloved mother Aisling onto the golden leaves of Central Park, she feels very alone.

"The Extraordinary Life of Arsène Lupin in Prison", as per the original title, opens with a letter from Lupin to Baron Nathan Cahorn. Lupin demands the wealthy Baron send him several of his most precious valuables, or else... he will come and take everything. But Lupin is incarcerated in the famous La Santé Prison! When the deadline comes, detective Ganimard and his men keep a keen eye on the belongings.

A single death could plunge the Empire into chaos... Silus, a member of Emperor Caracalla's elite assassins, the Arcani, is dispatched to Numidia. Rumours of assassination plots against Marcellus, the Emperor's closest aide, are rife. Silus must stop them. But the forces arrayed against the Arcani are now as powerful as they are clandestine. Inducted into the Emperor’s bodyguard, his Lions, Silus soon discovers secrets that should have stayed hidden. And as the Emperor becomes ever more reckless in battle, Silus unearths a conspiracy that runs deeper than his worst nightmares.

Run. When the body of seventeen-year-old student Melanie Pirt is found, DS Gabe Martin is more than ready to take the lead on her first murder case. Determined to prove herself to the cold and mysterious DI Juliet Stern, Gabe can’t afford any distractions – especially not ones that wake her in the night, reminding her of a past she’d rather forget. Because while Gabe and Juliet have few leads, there are plenty of suspects. And every one of them is lying.

New propulsive thriller from Denmark’s King of Crime Criminal investigator Thomas Ravnsholdt—better known as Ravn—is on leave from Copenhagen’s special crime unit following the brutal murder of his wife. Racked with guilt over her death, Ravn must navigate the seedy underbelly of Stockholm he'd hoped to leave behind when he is informed of a young woman's strange disappearance. As he races to determine if the woman is still alive, Ravn's investigation takes a dangerous turn when he is drawn into the web of a sadistic murderer...

It's Friday the thirteenth and Detective Inspector Andy Horton’s luck is about to run out. His Harley-Davidson is vandalized, a strange symbol etched into the paintwork. A convicted murderer, Luke Felton, a name he recognizes, has gone missing. A decomposing corpse washes up in Portsmouth Harbour. A mysterious phone call leads him to another in a windswept garden in Portchester. To make matters worse, Horton's nit-picking boss, DCI Lorraine Bliss, has returned early from her secondment to HQ. Horton's got a lot on his plate. Can he connect the dots before anyone else dies?

The game of cat and mouse begins... Following an eight month suspension for gross misconduct, Detective Inspector Andy Horton returns to his job after the charges are dropped, but the stain on his career and personal life persists. When Horton stumbles across a naked corpse, brutally bludgeoned, he sets out to find the killer. And while his colleagues want him off the case, fate has other plans.

Ein spannender Historienroman mit mystischen Elementen! Darin gibt die Äbtissin Hildegard von Bingen im Sterbebett ihre letzte große Vision an die Novizin Margarete weiter. Doch dieses Wissen soll die engsten Vertrauten der im Jahre 1179 verstorbenen Klostergründerin in höchste Gefahr bringen. Denn schon bald kursiert das Gerücht, Hildegard von Bingen hätte kurz vor ihrem Tod noch den Verbleib des "Stein der Weisen" verraten. Der Erzbischof will an dieses Geheimnis gelangen und schickt seine Gefolgsleute los.

Les hôpitaux sont censés être des lieux sûrs. Sauf quand une infirmière décide d'entrer dans la chambre d'un patient âgé avec une seringue contenant une surdose d'un médicament pour le cœur.

Wer schoss dem Kleinkriminellen Kummeder auf dem Gipfel des Riederstein mit einem Präzisionsgewehr den Kopf weg...

London, 1903: Glamour thrives, but so do deadly secrets.Amid the dazzling theatres and opulent restaurants of fashionable Knightsbridge, Flora Maguire is drawn into a web of intrigue that stretches far beyond London’s polished facade.When the body of a prominent socialite and leader of the women’s suffrage movement is discovered, Flora’s curiosity leads her to uncover mysterious letters, cryptic ties to the Foreign Office, and a chilling connection to the assassination of a Baltic king.As she pieces together the clues, Flora realises this is no ordinary murder.

Kampf ums Überleben in den Ruinen von Berlin. Berlin, 2. Weltkrieg: Oppenheimer, einst angesehener Kommissar, muss im Untergrund überleben. Bei einem seiner Schwarzmarktgeschäfte geschieht ein brutaler Mord. Kurz darauf wird seine Unterstützerin Hilde verhaftet. Der Tote war ihr Ehemann, SS-Hauptsturmführer Erich Hauser.

Oonagh O'Neil is back with another dark and chilling investigation. 'Do that which is good and no evil shall touch you.' This is the message the so-called Raphael killer leaves on each of his victims. A clue - and a reminder - that three decades later they're still at large. When investigative journalist Oonagh O'Neil is given a tip off about one of the biggest tragedies to hit the NHS, the tainted blood scandal, she can't help but spot that the two seemingly different events could be linked.

Ein mysteriöser Serienkiller versetzt Frankfurt in Angst und Schrecken. Alle Opfer sind junge blonde Mädchen...

Nach einer stürmischen Dezembernacht wird am Ufer des Lago d'Orta die Leiche einer Frau angespült. Schnell ist klar, dass sie nicht bloß mit ihrem Ruderboot gekentert ist. Die Tote ist eine junge und ausgesprochen hübsche Nonne, die erst kürzlich auf die Isola San Giulio gekommen war, um nach ihrer verschwundenen Mutter zu suchen. Hat sie etwas herausgefunden, das sie das Leben kostete? Was verschweigen die Besitzer des nahe gelegenen Reishofs? Als am Grund des Sees zudem ein Autowrack mit zwei Leichen geborgen wird, ist es für Simon Strasser wieder nichts mit dem Dolce Vita.

Detective Inspector Andy Horton has a lot on his plate. A celebrity receives threatening phone calls. A nursing home resident is assaulted. A man is found in a pit with several of his fingers severed. Perry Jackson and his team are filming a new TV series about wrecks in the Solent and staying at the large and luxurious Royal Hotel on Portsmouth’s seafront. Shortly after they’ve checked in, Jackson receives a series of threatening phone calls telling him to watch his back and you’ve been warned. Horton thinks it’s a publicity stunt to promote the new TV show.

Dark waters hide deadly secrets. When the headmistress of a Portsmouth school is found brutally murdered on an old structure in the middle of Langstone Harbour, Detective Andy Horton of Portsmouth CID is assigned to the case. The victim, discovered with a note with the words ‘Have you forgotten ME?’, was a steely, determined woman who made enemies on her path to success. But did any of them hate her enough to want her dead?With the clock ticking and Superintendent Uckfield pressing for results, Horton is forced to make a decision that will put his life on the line.

"Hast schon gehört?" "Was meinst?" "Na die Sache mit dem jungen Grafen." "Was ist mit dem? Jetzt sag schon." "Er heiratet ein Mädchen von hier. Isabella Kirnbauer." "Oh... das ist ja..." Jeder im Bezirk wusste, wer der Isabella ihr Vater war. Der alte Säufer. Und ihre Großmutter - über die sprach man besser gar nicht. Das ist ja wie in der "Neuen Post". Nur besser, weil man im Südburgenland ist und die Leute persönlich kennt. Und dass dann die Gegenbraut auf der Hochzeit Blut spuckend zusammenbricht, ist erst der Anfang der Katastrophe.