LIBROS DEL AUTOR: clara benson

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  • Der Vorfall auf Fives Castle
    Clara Benson / Rita Kloosterziel
    Hogmanay, das schottische Silvesterfest, steht bevor, und Angela Marchmont ist auf Fives Castle zu Gast, dem Landsitz des Earl of Strathmerrick. Als sie erfährt, dass der Außenminister, der amerikanische Botschafter und der Leiter des britischen Geheimdienstes ebenfalls dort sein werden, um in das Jahr 1928 hineinzufeiern, keimt in Angela der Verdacht, dass etwas Bedeutsames im...
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    13,92 €

  • The Lucases of Lucas Lodge
    Clara Benson
    Maria Lucas is quite resigned to never marrying, but when a new family comes to live at Netherfield Park, she suddenly finds herself with not one suitor, but two. As a friend schemes against her and misunderstandings abound, can Maria avoid the unwelcome advances of the man all Meryton expects her to marry, and win the heart of the man she truly loves?NB: If you’re looking for ...
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    11,23 €

  • A Case of Duplicity in Dorset
    Clara Benson
    When the Duke of Purbeck throws a house party to celebrate his daughter’s twenty-first birthday and present her with a family heirloom, nobody expects that the weekend will end in murder. The fabled Belsingham pearls have a history steeped in blood and slaughter dating back more than a century-and now it seems they’ve claimed another life, when the interfering and opinionated P...
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    15,86 €

  • A Case of Murder in Mayfair
    Clara Benson
    When Hollywood star Dorothy Dacres plummets six floors from her hotel terrace on the night of her greatest triumph, it initially looks like a tragic accident. But her death is so very convenient to her many enemies that press-man Freddy Pilkington-Soames, who was there on the night she died, begins to suspect foul play. And when cocaine is found in her room, it only complicates...
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    16,00 €

  • A Case of Perplexity in Piccadilly
    Clara Benson
    West End theatre impresario Septimus Gooch is a man with many enemies, but when he’s found dead in his leading lady’s dressing-room the police put it down to an accident.The cast of Septimus’s latest musical production at the Jollity Theatre are having none of it, however-this is the second mysterious death in two months, and they’re convinced Septimus died after being frighten...
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    15,91 €

  • A Case of Conspiracy in Clerkenwell
    Clara Benson
    The ladies of Clerkenwell Central Hall are none too pleased at having their Temperance meetings disrupted by the rowdy Communists next door, but for Miss Olive Stapleton in particular, the uneasy coexistence proves fatal when she is found stabbed through the heart with a paper-knife. Enter Freddy Pilkington-Soames, who’s been recruited by British Intelligence to investigate a s...
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    15,94 €

  • A Case of Suicide in St. James’s
    Clara Benson
    When Douglas Westray, the son of an eminent aircraft manufacturer, is found shot dead in a locked room at a society ball, it seems obvious that it’s suicide-after all, he had two failed engagements behind him, and had lost the family firm a prestigious prize through his own neglect. But not everybody is convinced-including Freddy Pilkington-Soames, who soon discovers that there...
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    15,93 €

  • Das Rätsel von Gipsy’s Mile
    Clara Benson / Rita Kloosterziel
    Im Nebel über der Romney Marsh stößt Angela Marchmont auf die Leiche einer Frau, deren Gesicht entstellt wurde - vermutlich, um die Identifizierung zu erschweren. Wer ist sie, und was hatte sie da draußen in der einsamen Marschlandschaft gemacht? Die Suche nach einer Antwort führt Angela von einem prächtigen Herrenhaus in Kent nach London in einen der mondänsten - und verrufens...
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    14,05 €

  • Der Schatz von Poldarrow Point
    Clara Benson / Rita Kloosterziel
    Als Angela Marchmont auf Empfehlung ihres Arztes nach Cornwall fährt, freut sie sich auf eine geruhsame Zeit, in der nichts Aufregenderes passiert, als dass sie im Meer badet. Ihre Hoffnungen auf einen friedlichen Sommerurlaub zerschlagen sich jedoch, als sie in die Jagd nach einem Diamantencollier verwickelt wird, das der Legende nach seit über einem Jahrhundert in Poldarrow P...
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    13,94 €

  • Das Geheimnis von Underwood House
    Clara Benson / Rita Kloosterziel
    Der alte Philip Haynes hatte immer schon seinen Spaß daran, wenn sich die Mitglieder seiner Familie gegenseitig an die Gurgel gingen. Selbst nach seinem Tod sorgt sein Testament dafür, dass die Streitereien weitergehen. Doch nun sind drei Menschen tot und Misstrauen und kaum verhohlene Anschuldigungen sind an der Tagesordnung. Ist eines der Familienmitglieder tatsächlich ein Mö...
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    14,03 €

  • Der Mord auf Sissingham Hall
    Clara Benson / Rita Kloosterziel
    Nach seiner Rückkehr aus Südafrika wird Charles Knox für ein Wochenende auf den Landsitz von Sir Neville Strickland eingeladen, dessen schöne Frau Rosamund einst Charles’ Verlobte war. Eines Nachts wird Sir Neville ermordet - doch wer ist der Täter? Der Verdacht fällt nach und nach auf jeden der Hausgäste und Knox sieht sich einem tückischen Geflecht aus Intrigen und Verrat geg...
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    13,28 €

  • The Shadow at Greystone Chase
    Clara Benson
    After her bruising encounter with the law, Angela Marchmont has vowed to give up detecting, and is doing her best to forget the events of last winter and the terrible lie she told to save herself. So when a letter arrives from beyond the grave requesting her help and reminding her of the past, she is anything but pleased. Drawn reluctantly into one final case and spurred on by ...
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    13,41 €

  • The Incident at Fives Castle
    Clara Benson
    It is Hogmanay, and Angela Marchmont is at Fives Castle, the Scottish seat of the Earl of Strathmerrick, to see in the start of 1928. But when she finds out that the Foreign Secretary, the American Ambassador and the Head of British Intelligence are also among the guests, Angela begins to suspect that something momentous is afoot. Before long, they are all snowed in and a body ...
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    13,25 €

  • The Imbroglio at the Villa Pozzi
    Clara Benson
    While holidaying in Italy, Angela Marchmont is persuaded to postpone her trip to Venice and go to Stresa instead, to investigate a pair of spiritualists who are suspected of defrauding some of the town’s English residents out of their money. But what starts out as a minor matter swiftly becomes more serious when one of the residents in question is found dead in the beautiful ga...
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    13,36 €

  • The Trouble at Wakeley Court
    Clara Benson
    When the Grand Duke of Morania learns of a plot to assassinate him, he sends his daughter Princess Irina to school in England, out of harm’s way. British Intelligence scent trouble and ask Angela Marchmont to investigate. But dark forces are at work, and when the Princess disappears in mysterious circumstances Angela must race against time to find her, before the throne falls a...
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    13,43 €

  • The Problem at Two Tithes
    Clara Benson
    On a reluctant visit to her painfully respectable brother and his wife, Angela Marchmont finds herself once again caught up in murder when a local farmer is shot dead, apparently at the hands of his sworn enemy. But the case is not as simple as it seems, for other motives and suspects soon come to light. With reporters hot on the scent and her friend Inspector Jameson battling ...
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    13,38 €

  • The Scandal at 23 Mount Street
    Clara Benson
    When an unwelcome figure from her past turns up unexpectedly, Angela Marchmont has no idea that she is about to become the most notorious woman in Britain. Forced to reveal secrets she has kept to herself for many years and which she had thought were safely buried, Angela faces a fight for her very life which she looks almost certain to lose without the help of the man she love...
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    13,41 €

  • The Murder at Sissingham Hall
    Clara Benson
    On his return from South Africa, Charles Knox is invited to spend the weekend at the country home of Sir Neville Strickland, whose beautiful wife Rosamund was once Knox's fiancée. But in the dead of night Sir Neville is murdered. Who did it? As suspicion falls on each of the house guests in turn, Knox finds himself faced with deception and betrayal on all sides, and only th...
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    12,55 €

  • The Mystery at Underwood House
    Clara Benson
    Old Philip Haynes was never happier than when his family were at each other's throats. Even after his death the terms of his will ensured they would keep on feuding. But now three people are dead and the accusations are flying. Can there really be a murderer in the family? Torn between friendship and duty, Angela Marchmont must find out the truth before the killer can strik...
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    13,30 €

  • The Treasure at Poldarrow Point
    Clara Benson
    When Angela Marchmont goes to Cornwall on doctor's orders she is looking forward to a nice rest and nothing more exciting than a little sea-bathing. But her plans for a quiet holiday are dashed when she is caught up in the hunt for a diamond necklace which, according to legend, has been hidden in the old smugglers' house at Poldarrow Point for over a century.Aided by th...
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    13,21 €

  • The Riddle at Gipsy’s Mile
    Clara Benson
    Lost in the mists of the Romney Marsh, Angela Marchmont stumbles upon the body of a woman whose face has been disfigured—presumably to prevent recognition. Who is she, and what was she doing out there in the middle of nowhere? The search for answers will take Angela from a grand stately home to London’s most fashionable—and disreputable—nightclub, and into a murky world of ille...
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    13,27 €

  • Zabójstwo w Sissingham Hall
    Clara Benson
    'Naprawdę urocza książka, którą poleciłabym wszystkim fanom Sary Caudwell lub Agathy Christie oraz miłośnikom pomysłowych brytyjskich zagadek kryminalnych rozgrywających się w latach 20. minionego wieku' – Gillian Flynn, autorka 'Zaginionej dziewczyny' Po powrocie z Afryki Południowej Charles Knox zostaje zaproszony na weekend do wiejskiej posiadłości sir Neville’a Stricklanda,...
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    16,38 €

  • The Stolen Letter
    Clara Benson
    The longer her imprisonment went on, the more she cast her mind back to the stolen hours they had spent together. His love had blown in like an unexpected breath of warm summer air, giving her the promise of life and joy. But now they had been torn apart and she was tormented by the thought that they might never be reunited.Italy, 1938: When Stella arrives in Florence, it’s lov...
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    11,12 €

  • In Darkness, Look for Stars
    Clara Benson
    Paris, 1941: Going against her mother’s orders, spirited Maggie devotes herself to the Resistance. Her life is a whirlwind of forged passports and secret midnight runs, helping Jews escape. Much to her high-society mother’s disproval, she has fallen in love with Emil, a Jewish Resistance fighter, who is wanted by the Nazis.The city is growing more dangerous by the day, with sig...
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    12,28 €