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""A captivating Cold War page-turner."" — Real Simple The New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Wives returns with a gripping and profoundly human story of Cold War espionage and family devotion. In the autumn of 1948, Iris Digby vanishes from her London home with her American...

Late Victorian London. When James Miller, the most respectable of Scottish businessmen, is pulled, dead, from the Thames, his daughter is drawn into an investigation which reveals a whole world of secrets and corruption. Alongside local detective Culley, Catriona’s search for her father’s killer leads all the way to the tragic truth behind the ghostly legend of The Darkwater Bride and the power of her deadly kiss. The Darkwater Bride combines the genres of the Victorian mystery thriller with the equally classic Victorian mode of the ghostly tale.

One of the most desolate stretches of railroad in the West. Travelling along it is a crowded troop train, bound for the cholera-stricken garrison at Fort Humboldt. On board are the Governor of Nevada, the daughter of the fort’s commander and a US marshal escorting a notorious outlaw. Between them and safety are the hostile Paiute Indians – and a man who will stop at nothing, not even murder…

Tra cacce all'uomo e segreti che qualcuno vorrebbe seppellire per sempre, le vite di tre generazioni si intrecciano in un viaggio che è insieme suspense mozzafiato, indagine storica e riflessione profonda sulla violenza, sulla perdita e sul perdono. Michel Bussi, maestro della suspense, ci regala un romanzo totale: fa entrare la Storia nel romanzo e il romanzo nella Storia coniugando la costruzione romanzesca con i fatti storici.

Cornwall 1940: Um den Bombenangriffen auf London zu entgehen, bringt Robert Carlyon seine Familie nach Cornwall, wo sie auf dem Landsitz Higher Barton eine Bleibe finden. Während Roberts Frau und sein Sohn sich zunächst schwer in das Landleben einfügen, ist die siebzehnjährige Eve von dem Herrenhaus sofort begeistert. Doch nachts meint sie, jemanden ihren Namen rufen zu hören. Eve erfährt, dass Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts die junge Evelyn Tremaine spurlos verschwunden ist. Seitdem soll ihr Geist in den Mauern umgehen.

Landshut, 1922: Ein blutiger Doppelmord erschüttert ganz Süddeutschland. Als die ledige Clara Ganslmeier und ihre alte Mutter grausam ermordet in ihrer Wohnung gefunden werden, gerät die kleine bayerische Stadt in Aufruhr. Der Hauptverdächtige ist Hubert Täuscher, Sohn eines reichen Bürstenfabrikanten, das schwarze Schaf der Familie und Verlobter von Clara. Als er in den Gerichtssaal geführt wird, wo ihm wegen kaltblütigen Doppelmordes der Prozess gemacht werden soll, ist die Menge kaum noch zu halten.

As a special bonus, this audiobook download also includes a recording of the short story, The Admiral’s Mark, read by Scott Brick. He was called by many names—Columb, Colom, Colón—but we know him as Christopher Columbus. Many questions about him exist: Where was he born, raised, and...

1936 год. Гражданская война. Новая Испания - оплот веры и национализма. Лоренцо Фалько - бывший контрабандист оружия, шпион и тайный агент службы разведки. Холеный и утонченный, как Джеймс Бонд, умный и рассудительный, как Эраст Фандорин. Ни одна из женщин не может устоять перед ним, но его сердце не принадлежит ни одной из них.

Zdá se, že v už Čechách není tak bezpečno, jak bylo dříve. Lupiči na Menším Městě pražském se nebojí uchýlit i k zabíjení a ze zchudlých šlechticů se stávají lapkové. Královský písař Jiří Adam z Dobronína je povolán do kanceláře nejvyššího purkrabího Jana z Vartemberka. Důvodem je vražda velmožova syna Jindřicha, ke které došlo téže noci. Zároveň však, jak mu Jan z Vartemberka sdělí, již více jak před týdnem zmizel jeho nevlastní syn Jakub. V jeho ložnici se našel list, v němž stálo, že syn pána z Vartemberka dluží dvacet tisíc kop grošů, a pokud je za něj nezaplatí, bude to Jakuba stát život.

Japan, 1869. A time of reform and rebellion. Detectives Kazuki and Kawaji are assigned to investigate a series of seemingly impossible murders. Together with the help of a mysterious shrine maiden, can they solve each gruesome death and piece together the dark connection between them?

Enter a world of samurai and geishas, ninjas and Zen masters in this “rousing tale of Shogun Japan” (New York Post) from the acclaimed author of Autumn Bridge. “Triumphant . . . terrific . . . This is a riveting read, alternately playful and suspenseful.”—People The year is 1861. After...

Конец XX века. Столыпин убит, а новый министр МВД Макаров сразу невзлюбил статского советника Лыкова. Макаров приверженец законов, а сыщик часто пренебрегает ими в интересах дознания. Тут еще Лыков сунул нос не в свое дело, и пытается донести правительству английские происки по удушению майкопских нефтяных полей. Оказавшись втянутым в бандитские разборки, сыщик не успел опомниться, как сам оказался за решеткой. Лишенный чинов, орденов и дворянства за то, чего не совершал. Друзья спешно стараются вызволить бывшего статского советника. А между тем в тюрьме много желающих свести с ним счеты.

Año 1284. Cae la noche en una de las ciudades medievales más bellas del mundo. Poderosas montañas y murallas inexpugnables la protegen de los reinos que la rodean y codician. ¿Te atreves a caminar por sus estrechas calles, por sus empinadas cuestas y sus asombrosos rincones? Empieza a oscurecer. Sientes frío. Escuchas los rumores acerca de las inexplicables muertes que se están sucediendo. De los secretos que esconden los gremios. De la peligrosa mujer encerrada en las mazmorras.

An inexplicable explosion rocks the antiquities collection of a London museum and the race begins to determine how it happened, why it happened, and what it means. Lady Kara Kensington's family paid a high price in money and blood to found the gallery that now lies in ruins. Her search for...

Fulvia is the daughter of a wealthy but unimportant Roman family. Raised in the countryside, she longs for a life of intrigue and influence. When her father dies and her inheritance is threatened, Fulvia makes her way to the city of Rome to secure her future. There she marries a young aristocrat named Clodius, who is more interested in partying with his hedonistic friends than politics. Fulvia is drawn into their world of debauchery, and learns just how precarious the balance of power in the Republic is.

Agosto de 1939. Mientras los líderes de la Unión Soviética y la Alemania nazi se reúnen en Moscú para repartirse los territorios de Polonia, la joven Ania juega en el campo, ajena a toda barbarie. Sin embargo, todo cambia tras la ocupación de su pueblito Komarno por tropas bolcheviques: ella y su familia serán trasladados al Gulag siberiano, donde trabajarán sin descanso bajo un frío inclemente, arriesgando cada día su integridad física y viviendo bajo el despiadado peso de la desesperanza.

The year is 1819, and the renowned chef Owen Wedgwood has been kidnapped by the ruthless pirate Mad Hannah Mabbot. He will be spared, she tells him, as long as he puts exquisite food in front of her every Sunday without fail. To appease the red-haired captain, Wedgwood gets cracking with the meager supplies on board. His first triumph at sea is actual bread, made from a sourdough starter that he leavens in a tin under his shirt throughout a roaring battle, as men are cutlassed all around him. Soon he's making tea-smoked eel and brewing pineapple-banana cider.

Monaco, settembre 1931. Il commissario Sigfried Sauer è chiamato con urgenza in un appartamento signorile di Prinzregentenplatz, dove la ventiduenne Angela Raubal, detta Geli, è stata ritrovata senza vita nella sua stanza chiusa a chiave. Accanto al suo corpo esanime c'è una rivoltella: tutto fa pensare che si tratti di un suicidio. Geli, però, non è una ragazza qualunque, e l'appartamento in cui viveva ed è morta, così come la rivoltella che ha sparato il colpo fatale, non appartengono a un uomo qualunque: il suo tutore legale è "zio Alf".

Paris, janvier 1895. Georges Picquart, un officier de l'armée, assiste devant vingt mille personnes hurlant "À mort le juif !" à l'humiliation publique d'un capitaine accusé d'espionnage : Alfred Dreyfus. Picquart est promu : il devient le plus jeune colonel de l'armée française et prend la tête de la section de statistique - le service de renseignements qui a traqué Dreyfus.

Twenty-six-year-old Lieutenant Commander Jacob Miller is now on his second combat tour in the Western Pacific. He's survived the Battle of Midway and been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. But now the war is grinding away at him. And another bloody battle is always just around the corner.... Commander Warren Troost is determined to prove himself worthy of his family's outstanding naval legacy. He's already earned a Navy Cross for his bravery at Pearl Harbor, but now he has to do all he can just to stay alive....