Zeigt Titel in Historische Thriller

Un hombre de fe obligado a desentrañar los más terribles crímenes, un joven samurái erigido en su protector, un viaje a través de un país castigado por siglos de guerra.

Nachdem Robin Hood einen korrupten, aber mächtigen Kirchenmann zusammengeschlagen hat, flieht er aus dem einzigen Heim, das er je gekannt hat—Wakefield in Yorkshire. Er wird zum Mitglied einer berüchtigten Band von Geächteten, und Hood und seine neuen Kameraden—einschließlich John Little und Will Scaflock—verstecken sich im großen Wald von Barnsdale, wo sie um ihr bloßes Leben kämpfen, als das Gesetz sie wie Tiere jagt.

Inspector Rudge does not encounter many cases of murder in the sleepy seaside town of Whynmouth. But when an old sailor lands a rowing boat containing a fresh corpse with a stab wound to the chest, the Inspector's investigation immediately comes up against several obstacles. The vicar, whose boat the body was found in, is clearly withholding information, and the victim's niece has disappeared. There is clearly more to this case than meets the eye - even the identity of the victim is called into doubt.

Chief Inspector Soobramania is called when three bodies are discovered in the space of twenty-four hours, with mutilations bearing an eerie resemblance to Jack the Ripper’s victims. Initial suspicion centres on an English Duke visiting Hyderabad and his friend, a powerful Deccani noble and the angry stepson of one of the dead. In the face of political pressure, Soob must ally with his rival in the British Residency Police, Inspector Wilberforce, to unearth the culprit.

In the bestselling tradition of espionage novels by John LeCarre and Alan Furst, Istanbul Passage brilliantly illustrates why Edgar Award–winning author Joseph Kanon has been hailed as "the heir apparent to Graham Greene" (The Boston Globe). Istanbul survived the Second World War as a magnet...

'Impressive to an astounding extent' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review 'Impossible to put down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review 'A fascinating story: authentic, action-packed and full of humour' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review 'The bone crunching, blood letting and all our fury of ancient warfare is...

Magic is real, and hungry. It’s trapped in ancient texts and artifacts, and only a few who discover it survive to fight back. Detective Sal Brooks is a survivor. She joins a Vatican-backed black-ops anti-magic squad—Team Three of the Societas Librorum Occultorum—and together they stand between humanity and the magical apocalypse. Some call them the Bookburners. They don’t like the label.

Breathless and painstakingly researched, this is a stunning debut mystery in which Sherlock Holmes unmasks Jack the Ripper. Lyndsay Faye perfectly captures all the color and syntax of Conan Doyle’s distinctive nineteenth-century London.

The New York Times best-selling author continues his colonial-era thriller series with eight tales of mystery, adventure, and supernatural suspense.

Lena Woodward, elegant and poised, has lived a comfortable life among Chicago Society since she immigrated to the US and began a new life at the end of World War II. But now something has resurfaced that Lena cannot ignore: an unfulfilled promise she made long ago that can no longer stay buried. Driven to renew the quest that still keeps her awake at night, Lena enlists the help of lawyer Catherine Lockhart and private investigator Liam Taggart. Behind Lena’s stoic facade are memories that will no longer be contained.

La nueva dama del misterio histórico. Una intriga entre el San Sebastián de los años 50 y la Florencia de los 30. Florencia, 1938. Para Manuela, una adolescente instruida en la complacencia, conocer a Ava, enigmática e independiente, en un colegio para señoritas en la capital de la Toscana, supone traspasar las puertas de un universo desconocido: atreverse a ser ella misma lejos de los preceptos de su familia. Pero pronto Manuela también descubrirá las sombras de Ava, quien plasma en oscuras pinturas escenas que vislumbra en sueños y que un día desaparecerá sin dejar rastro, como si ella y su obra jamás hubiesen existido.

The year is 1703, and Matthew Corbett, professional "problem solver", is missing. Last seen by his friends in New York before he departed on a lucrative, seemingly straightforward mission for the Herrald Agency in Charles Town, he's been too long absent. His comrade-in-arms Hudson Greathouse has an increasing sense the young friend he thinks of as a son must have met with some unexpected peril.

The year is 1703. The place: The Carolina settlement of Charles Town. Matthew Corbett, professional 'problem solver,' has accepted a lucrative, if unusual, commission: Escorting a beautiful woman to a fancy dress ball. What should be a pleasant assignment takes a darker turn when Matthew becomes involved in a murder investigation.

Un matin de janvier 1313, Andréas Saint-Loup, dit l'Apothicaire, découvre dans sa boutique une pièce qu'il avait oubliée... Il comprend alors que jadis vivait ici une personne qui a soudainement disparu de toutes les mémoires. L'Apothicaire, poursuivi par d'obscurs ennemis, accusé d'hérésie par le roi Philippe le Bel et l'Inquisiteur de France, décide de partir à la recherche de son propre passé, de Paris à Compostelle, jusqu'au mont Sinaï.

London, 1889. Lady Rosalynd, a fervent champion of women’s rights, is no stranger to challenging the status quo. But when a brutal murder casts suspicion on Rosalynd’s beloved cousin and implicates the enigmatic Duke of Steele's brother, her fiercely guarded independence is put to the ultimate test.

The son of a wealthy plantation owner and a doting mother, Mungo St John is accustomed to the wealth and luxuries his privilege has afforded him. That is until he returns from university to discover his family ruined, his inheritance stolen and his childhood sweetheart, Camilla, taken by the conniving Chester Marion. Fuelled by anger and love, Mungo swears vengeance and devotes his life to saving Camilla - and destroying Chester.

At last, Tabitha and Wolf can relax and settle into newlywed bliss…or so they think. Just as they prepare to leave London for a quiet summer at the Pembroke Estate, an unexpected—and rather cryptic—invitation arrives. The notoriously flamboyant Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey, has personally requested their presence at Plas Newydd, his ancestral estate, accompanied by a desperate plea for their investigative skills. Intrigued, the couple agrees to a detour—with the ever-formidable dowager in tow, of course.

En 1929, Berlín es una metrópoli rutilante donde están a punto de producirse eventos que cambiarán la historia. En su primer caso, el comisario Gereon Rath deberá dar con una gran cantidad de oro que un noble ruso ha introducido de contrabando en la ciudad.

Oscar Wilde und Irene Adler erfahren, dass William Shakespeare eine noch unbekannte Fassung des Stückes Macbeth hinterlassen haben soll, die angeblich brisanten Informationen über das Königshaus enthält. Es gibt einen Hinweis, dass das Schriftstück in Cawdor Castle versteckt liegt. Oscar Wilde und Irene Adler machen sich auf die Reise nach Inverness, ohne zu ahnen, dass Teile des Zirkels der Sieben schon längst über die Existenz des Manuskripts Bescheid wissen und sich selbst auf die Suche danach begeben haben.

Belfast 1993: Für den jungen Sanitäter Ryan wird ein nächtlicher Einsatz zum Verhängnis. Er gerät in die Schusslinie der IRA und wird schwer verletzt. Die Polizei legt den Fall schnell zu den Akten. Doch wer war der alte Mann, der wie ein Geist am Tatort auftauchte und Ryan das Leben rettete? Kaum genesen, macht Ryan sich auf die Suche. Dabei wird er immer tiefer in den gewalttätigen Kampf zwischen IRA und militanten Protestanten verstrickt, mit fatalen Folgen … Ein spannender Roman um Schicksale im Nordirland des 20. Jahrhunderts.