Ergebnis für "VIER" in Historische Thriller

#1 New York Times Bestseller An Amazon Best Book of 2020 The thrilling and addictive prequel to The Pillars of the Earth--set in England at the dawn of a new era: the Middle Ages "Just as transporting as [The Pillars of the Earth] . . . A most welcome addition to the Kingsbridge series." --The...

WAS WÄRE, WENN DIE TITANIC NIE EINEN EISBERG GERAMMT HÄTTE? Am 15. April 1912 ging die "unsinkbare" Titanic unter und riss 1.500 Menschen mit sich. Was aber, wenn dieser Untergang kein Unfall war? Schnitt in die Gegenwart: Senator Everett Van Wick überlebt dank eines Arztes aus einer Kleinstadt ein Attentat. Doch nun weiß der Arzt zu viel und wird selbst zur Zielscheibe. Stichwort EDEN BLACK. Was als einfache Rettungsaktion beginnt, wird bald zu einer Verschwörung mit hohem Risiko, die vom zurückgezogenen Vater des Senators angeführt wird.

London, 1894. Aus Scotland Yards Schwarzem Museum, einer Sammlung von Mordwerkzeugen, verschwindet ein Ausstellungsstück. Wenig später wird die Leiche eines Freimaurers in einem Schlafwagen auf der Bahnstrecke London - York gefunden. Chief Inspector Donald Swanson - selbst Freimaurer - sieht sich gezwungen, in den Kreisen seiner eigenen Logenbrüder zu ermitteln. Als jedoch am Tatort eines weiteren Verbrechens Fingerabdrücke gefunden werden, wendet sich das Blatt.

Perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory, C. J. Sansom's bestselling adventures of Matthew Shardlake continue in the fourth book, the haunting Revelation. 'When it comes to intriguing Tudor-based narratives, Hilary Mantel has a serious rival' - Sunday Times ‘Sansom has the trick...

IF YOU DON'T KNOW SIMON SCARROW, YOU DON'T KNOW ROME! THE EAGLE AND THE WOLVES is the gripping fourth novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden. 'A new book in Simon Scarrow's long-running series about the Roman army...

It is 1552 and the royal galley Dauphine, under the command of Francis Crawford of Lymond, sails the glittering but dangerous Mediterranean looking for a lost son. Yet as the search grows more urgent, Lymond knows he is being drawn deeper into the intricate web of his enemy Gabriel, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St John, who is already weaving a subtle tapestry of revenge. It is a journey that will lead Lymond to Constantinople and the court of Suleiman the Magnificent, where a terrible game will be played with deadly and incalculable consequences....

A witty and inventive treat for lovers of all things Agatha Christie, Downton Abbey, and Knives Out. Housekeeper Phyllida Bright is quite in her element at Mallowan Hall, the charming English manor that she keeps in tip-top shape. By contrast, the bustling metropolis of London, where her famed...

The story of one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Pacific, the epic struggle for Guadalcanal. Daredevil pilot Charles Galloway learns the hard way to command a fighter squadron. Lieutenant Joe Howard teams up with the Coastwatchers. Jack 'No Middle Initial' Stecker leads his infantry battalion into the thickest of the fighting, at a terrible price. And Navy Captain Pickering grabs a helmet and a rifle to join the ranks at Guadalcanal....

The library holds not only hidden knowledge but also the most unsettling secret the world has ever known, a secret the Templars hope to use to control humankind's destiny. Five keys are needed to access the library-to find them, Ezio must travel to the troubled city of Constantinople, where a growing army of Templars threatens to destabilize the Ottoman Empire.Walking in the footsteps of his predecessor, Altaïr, Ezio must defeat the Templars for the final time. The stakes have never been higher, and what started as a pilgrimage has become a race against time.

Paris, 1355. Un homme est brûlé vif en place publique. Nicolas Flamel assiste à l'exécution : l'horreur ne fait que commencer car celui qui deviendra un célèbre alchimiste est sur le point de plonger dans les terribles révélations d'un livre interdit.Paris, 2007. Le commissaire franc-maçon Antoine Marcas découvre deux crimes rituels commis par l'un des siens, baptisé le "Frère de Sang". Un indice le met rapidement sur la piste d'un secret séculaire, entourant le mystère de l'or pur.

The Providence Rider is the fourth installment in the extraordinary series of historical thrillers featuring Matthew Corbett, professional problem solver. The narrative begins in the winter of 1703, with Matthew still haunted by his lethal encounter with notorious mass murderer Tyranthus Slaughter. When an unexplained series of explosions rocks his Manhattan neighborhood, Matthew finds himself forced to confront a new and unexpected problem. Someone is trying - and trying very hard - to get his attention.

La exitosa trilogía de Enigmas de los dioses del México antiguo, reunida en su décimo aniversario de publicación. El macabro hallazgo arqueológico de siete frailes franciscanos, torturados a muerte y abandonados en una mazmorra en 1556, desentierra un misterio que la Iglesia ha guardado celosamente. Cóatl, Balam y Cuauhtli llevan al lector a los sitios arqueológicos más emblemáticos de México: El Tajín, Chichén Itzá, Teotihuacán y Tenochtitlan.

The Confidential Files of John H. Watson collection contains the following titles: Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Sumatran Rat, Sherlock Holmes and the Father of Lies, Sherlock Holmes and the Nefarious Seafarers, Sherlock Holmes and the Time Machine.

1950s, rural Ireland. A loner comes across a mysteriously empty car in a field. Knowing he shouldn't approach, but unable to hold back, he soon finds himself embroiled in a troubling missing person's case, as a husband claims his wife may have thrown herself into the sea. Called in from Dublin to investigate is Detective Inspector Strafford, who soon turns to his old ally - the flawed but brilliant pathologist Quirke - a man he is linked to in increasingly complicated ways.

It is hardly surprising Verity Lark can’t sleep at night with all the thoughts darting through her mind: her recent stay in Newgate, her debt to Colson Hardwicke, the horrible abuse suffered by the children at Fortescue’s that her reporting on the orphan asylum several years earlier had failed to uncover. And then of course there are the shooting lessons she has promised to give to the Duchess of Kesgrave. Verity has spent three months cruelly mocking the former spinster for her investigative pretensions, and now she is obligated to teach the woman how to fire a deadly weapon.

En 1919, la Gran Guerra ha acabado, pero Inglaterra no es la misma. Diez años después de su última aventura, el equipo del Dreaming Spires vuelve a reunirse para inaugurar una nueva era del periódico. Mientras la nieve cae sobre un Oxford plagado de recuerdos, Oliver, Lionel, Theodora, August y Veronica descubren que ciertos secretos son capaces de sobrevivir incluso al fin del mundo y que, si quieren deshacerse de sus propios fantasmas, ha llegado el momento de compartirlos con los demás.

For Thomas Berrington, torn between two warring civilizations, Ronda is an escape from the madness engulfing Gharnatah. For al-Zagal, the default leader of al-Andalus, it is a return to his mountain stronghold. In the year 1485 this should be a time of recovery and replenishment. Until the Spanish army arrives, spreading across the plain below towering cliffs. And someone is murdering women so subtly the first the deaths go unnoticed. Thomas and Jorge are once more thrown into the pursuit of a killer as the world around them changes, and the end of a once great civilization draws closer. Can they unmask the Incubus before he steals the breath of more victims?

The fourth novella in the gripping INVADER series, set in Roman Britain, AD 44, from Sunday Times bestselling authors Simon Scarrow and T. J. Andrews In the winter of AD 44, Rome's plan to install a friendly king in the most hostile area of Britannia is facing a new threat. There are rumours of...

Los Angeles. Christmas, 1967. A city on fire as a killer strikes . . . A young nurse, Kerry Gaudet, travels to the City of Angels desperate to find her missing brother, fearing that something terrible has happened to him: a serial killer is terrorising the city, picking victims at random, and...

A murder in a far off castle. A deadly struggle to survive… An intense and gripping Medieval thriller. In the depths of winter at an ancient German castle, high up in the mountains, a noble is found dead under mysterious circumstances. Back at Rourell, Arnau is taking on the responsibilities...