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"The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. One wretched November night, Inspector Stanley Hopkins visits Holmes at 221B Baker Street to discuss the violent death of Willoughby Smith, secretary to aged invalid Professor Coram. Coram had dismissed his previous two secretaries. The murder happened at Yoxley Old Place near Chatham, Kent, with a sealing-wax knife of the professor's as the weapon.

"The Adventure of the Second Stain", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes and the only unrecorded case mentioned passively by Watson to be written. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Second Stain" eighth in his list of his twelve favourite Holmes stories.

"The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. It was originally published in The Strand Magazine in 1904 with illustrations by Sidney Paget. Mr. Cyril Overton of Trinity College, Cambridge, comes to Holmes seeking his help in Godfrey Staunton's disappearance.

"The Adventure of the Abbey Grange", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes wakes Doctor Watson up early one winter morning to rush to a murder scene at the Abbey Grange near Chislehurst. Sir Eustace Brackenstall has been killed, apparently by burglars. Inspector Stanley Hopkins believes that it was the infamous Randall gang who have committed several other burglaries in the neighborhood.

"The Adventure of the Three Students", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in a university town when a tutor and lecturer of St Luke's College, Mr. Hilton Soames, brings him an interesting problem. Soames had been reviewing the galley proofs of an exam he was going to give when he left his office for an hour.

Ralf Wilcke, der berüchtigte Hamburger Immobilienspekulant, ist tot. Auf seiner Brust liegt ein verstörendes Symbol: eine kleine Hai-Spielfigur. Doch wer hat sie dort platziert? Das fragen sich auch die Ermittler Rainer Zufall und Leonie Weber, als sie den Tatort betreten. Denn ihnen ist klar, dass die Figur eine Botschaft darstellt. Schnell decken ihre Ermittlungen die Abgründe von Ralf Wilckes Geschäften auf. Erpressung, Drohungen und Gewalt haben ihn zur Zielscheibe seiner Feinde gemacht.

Auf Ersuchen des britischen Premierministers übernimmt Sherlock Holmes den Fall eines vermissten Studenten. Die Angelegenheit erhält politische und internationale Brisanz, da es sich bei der verschwundenen Person um ein Mitglied des hawaiianischen Königshauses handelt.

Wer ermordet Bad Killingens Bürgermeisterkandidaten? Langsam gehen dem romantischen Städtchen die Bewerber aus, denn einer nach dem anderen fällt einem grausigen Unfall zum Opfer. Emma Kirsch und ihre betagten, aber rüstigen Freundinnen Lucy und Phil vermuten ein mörderisches Komplott. Dann ist da noch der jährliche Wettbewerb zur Tannentaler Tortenkönigin und bei dem gehts für die junge Cafébesitzerin um weit mehr geht als nur eine Krone.

È difficile accettare di non conoscere affatto una persona cara, soprattutto se si tratta di qualcuno della tua famiglia. Per questo quando l'avvocato Liam Bonaga scopre che l'adorata figlia Asia frequenta il Laboratorio Hegel, un controverso gruppo di estrema destra, decide di ingaggiare l'agenzia investigativa più in voga di Bologna, la Marple. La direttrice Ginevra Martino, dal temperamento spigoloso e con una vita sentimentale tormentata, ha all'attivo la risoluzione dei casi più difficili.

Bei einem wichtigen internationalen Turnier in London messen sich die besten Schachspieler der Welt. Als über Nacht der russische Teilnehmer spurlos aus dem Hotel verschwindet, wird Sherlock Holmes mit der Suche beauftragt.

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.

It should have been a simple drive, from San Francisco International Airport, to Boulder, Wyoming, despite the snow. Was it because Lacklan was tired? Was it because he was thinking about the woman he loved, or the international crisis he had recently caused? Or was it the crazy blizzard that came out of nowhere and blinded him? Whatever it was, it made him turn the wrong way, it made him turn onto Bloody Creek Road, to the ghost town of Independence, population twenty-five.

L’ormai famosa agenzia Strike ed Ellacott ha risolto molti casi inestricabili. Quello che rimane non risolto è il rapporto trai due soci, segnato da un’amicizia profonda e inquieta, tra slanci imprevedibili e sotterranee gelosie. Quando l’anziano Sir Colin Edensor chiede il loro aiuto per tirar fuori il figlio Will da una setta che lo ha plagiato, i due accettano senza esitare. In nome della lotta per un mondo migliore, la Universal Humanitarian Church allontana i suoi membri dai loro affetti e li induce a elargire enormi donazioni, diventando sempre più potente.

Ein kriminalistisches Abenteuer auf den Spuren Arthur Conan Doyles. London, 1889: Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson werden von einem jungen Schauspieler engagiert, um einem seltsamen Fall nachzugehen. Zu seinen Aufführungen kommen jeden Tag dieselben Zuschauer – jedoch immer in anderen Verkleidungen. Zur gleichen Zeit läuft Professor Moriarty und Sebastian Moran die Zeit davon: Sie werden für einen mysteriösen Mord verantwortlich gemacht und müssen untertauchen. Eine unsichtbare Hand zieht das Netz um die beiden verfeindeten Genies Holmes und Moriarty immer enger.

Private investigator and former knight Crispin Guest faces his most complicated case yet when he witnesses a body fall from London bridge into the frigid River Thames. Though the man's death is declared a suicide, Guest sees evidence of foul play. His investigation leads him to Sir Thomas Saunfayl, an old acquaintance from his knighthood days. It seems the dead man was bargaining with Sir Thomas for the Spear of Longinus, the weapon used to pierce the side of Christ on the Cross, which grants invincibility to its owner.

After a dog belonging to local pet activist Tilly Lawson is snatched right out of her backyard in Sunflower County, MS, Sarah Booth and the Delaney Detective Agency are up to their ears in concerned pet owners. Could Tilly's work liberating abused animals have come back to bite her, or was this a random act of dognapping?

Bridget Sway is still uncertain about her future as a private investigator. But when the Bureau of Ghostly Affairs invites her and her business partner, Sabrina, to give a presentation at a conference, they can't really say no. Thinking it will be all tea, biscuits, and boring speeches, Bridget isn't expecting too much excitement. Until she finds a dead body. That's not totally out of the ordinary for Bridget, but something about this murder has echoes of the past.

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson ermitteln in einem ebenso bemerkenswerten wie merkwürdigen Mordfall. Der Täter scheint überführt und befindet sich in Polizeigewahrsam, doch er gibt an, das Verbrechen gegen seinen Willen unter Hypnose ausgeführt zu haben.

Still living out of the back of his Ford pickup truck in the Pacific Northwest, Tony Caruso is hired to find his old Navy buddy, missing for a week in the Puget Sound area of Washington. Tony is on the case for less than a day when someone blows up a forest service building, killing a man, and attracting the attention of FBI special agent Bob McCallum, Tony's old nemesis, who was now in charge of the Seattle office. Curious as usual, Tony goes to the fire site with his bomb-sniffing giant schnauzer, Panzer.

Der Betreiber eines australischen Wanderzoos wird in London ermordet. Die Polizei verhaftet rasch einen Verdächtigen, der dem Volk der Aborigines angehört. Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson erhalten den unerwarteten Auftrag, die Unschuld des mutmaßlichen Täters zu beweisen.