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'One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written' LEE CHILD It is 1954 and Bernie Gunther is in Cuba. Tiring of his increasingly dangerous work spying on Meyer Lansky, Bernie acquires a boat and a beautiful companion and quits the island. But the US Navy has other ideas 'A man doesn't work for his...

Vivian Brazier never thought life as an art photographer would include nightly wake-up calls to snap photos of grisly crime scenes or headshots for aspiring male actors. Although she is set on a career of transforming photography into a new art form, she knows her current work is what’s paying the bills. After shooting crime scene photos of a famous actress, the latest victim of the murderer the press has dubbed the “Dagger Killer,” Vivian notices eerie similarities to the crime scenes of previous victims details that put Vivian at the top of the killer’s target list.

Incorporating original, never-before-published material from 007 creator Ian Fleming, New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz returns literary legend James Bond to his 1950s heyday in this exhilarating and dashing thriller. The world's most famous spy, James Bond, has just returned...

It is the year 1715, and Thomas True has arrived on old London Bridge with a dangerous secret. One night, lost amongst the squalor of London's hidden back streets, he finds himself drawn into the outrageous underworld of the molly houses. Meanwhile, carpenter Gabriel Griffin struggles to hide his double life as Lotty, the mollies' silent guard. When the queen of all 'he-harlots', Mother Clap, confides in him about a deadly threat, he realises his friends are facing imminent execution. To the horror of all mollies, there is a rat amongst them.

Düsseldorf, Februar 1929. Am Zaun einer Großbaustelle wird die Leiche eines kleinen Mädchens gefunden. Gewürgt, missbraucht, erstochen, mit Petroleum übergossen und angezündet. "Wer tut so etwas?", fragt einer der Polizisten erschüttert. Die zynische Antwort lautet: "Meistens der Vater. Oder der Onkel." Doch dieser Fall ist anders. Kommissar Wilhelm Berger sieht sich rasch mit einer ganzen Reihe brutaler Überfälle auf Männer, Frauen und Kinder konfrontiert. Ist hier ein Wahnsinniger am Werk? Ein Verdächtiger wird schließlich gefasst und gesteht alles.

A new civil war has begun: with the emperor Pertinax's murder Marcus and his protector Scaurus have escaped Rome, seeking sanctuary for their familia in the East. But they are soon pressed back into service by Septimius Severus, the ruthless commander who has seized the imperial capital and who holds the military balance of power over his two rivals. Niger, the would-be emperor in the East is on the march with six legions, and Scaurus's legion is ordered to Thrace as a sacrificial advance guard, tasked with delaying them. Whatever the cost.

Late spring, 1936. As Kitty Underhay steps onto the sun-drenched station platform in Nice, on orders from Whitehall to track down a missing man, she hopes there will still be time to lie by the pool, preferably with a cocktail in hand. But when she and her husband Matt take a brief evening stroll, instead of finding a perfect croissant, they stumble across a body. Kitty and Matt quickly realise it is Fred Bennett, the man from Whitehall they were hoping to find. Had he simply drunk too much fabulous French wine, or is something fishy going on in this seaside city?

The eighth novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Roman series. In the first century AD the Roman Empire faces a new threat from its long-standing enemy Parthia. Parthia is vying with Rome for control of Palmyra, an officially neutral kingdom. Palmyra's royal household is on the brink of open...

Lotte Bonnet, chocolatière-confiseuse à la carrière florissante, vit heureuse aux Pays-Bas avec son époux Emil, un ancien réfugié bosniaque. Après le cancer qu'il vient de vaincre, rien ne la prépare à la nouvelle brutale qu'elle s'apprête à recevoir : Emil s'est suicidé alors qu'il marchait sur le chemin de Compostelle, pour fêter sa guérison. Dévastée, Lotte se rend en Bosnie pour disperser ses cendres. Là, elle découvre l'impensable : l'homme qu'elle a aimé n'était pas celui qu'il prétendait être. Lotte décide de faire le Camino, dans les pas de son mari, afin de comprendre.

Hellis, Juni 1914: Ein verwegener Plan. Eine Zerstörung, die die Welt noch nicht erlebt hat. General Iblis, den alle nur "Meister“ nennen, lässt nichts unversucht, um den geheimnisvollen Garten aufzuspüren und zu vernichten. Ein tödliches Spiel beginnt, doch gerade seine stärkste Waffe macht ihn extrem verwundbar. Verwoben in die Ereignisse des 1. Weltkriegs nimmt die Geschichte ihren Lauf. Verzweigte Lebenswege, eine unheimliche Verschwörung, berührte Seelen, fallende Masken. In einem Netz aus Gefangenschaft und Zwängen führen alle Fäden zu der Stätte, an der die Schönheit geboren wurde.

Bernie Gunther returns in the thirteenth book in the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling series, perfect for fans of John le Carre and Robert Harris. 'One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written' LEE CHILD 'One of the greatest master story-tellers in English' ALAN FURST 1957, Munich...

Meurtres en Alabama. Birmingham, Alabama, 1963. Le corps sans vie d'une fillette noire est retrouvé. La police s'en préoccupe de loin. Mais voilà que d'autres petites filles noires disparaissent... Bud Larkin, détective privé bougon, alcoolique et raciste, accepte d'enquêter pour le père de la première victime. Adela Cobb, femme de ménage noire, jeune veuve et mère de famille, s'interroge : "Les petites filles, ça disparaît pas comme ça..." Deux êtres que tout oppose. A priori.

Fesselnde Landser-Geschichten in Romanheft-Länge. Der vorliegende Band "Kampf um die Ewige Stadt" lässt Sie in die Schlacht um Rom eintauchen. Die wenigen deutschen Divisionen müssen sich einem an Material und Menschen weit überlegenen Feind und einem hinterhältigen Gegner in Gestalt von italienischen Partisanen stellen. Erleben Sie durch die Augen des Ostfront-Veteranen Leutnant Sanders und des erfahrenen Panzerkommandanten Oberleutnant Moldenmann mit seinen Tiger-Panzern die schicksalsschweren Stunden im Kampf um die italienische Hauptstadt.

Lubji Hoch escapes from the Nazis, moves to Berlin and changes his name to Richard Armitage. After a successful career in the British Army, he takes over a struggling newspaper and with unrivalled ruthlessness begins building his media empire. Meanwhile, Keith Townsend, the son of a millionaire and Oxford educated, returns to Australia from London to take over his father's newspaper with similar ambitions. As both men move their quest for power to the world stage, they realise they are more than a match for one another's brilliance and ambition.

Ancora un caso per il commissario Bordelli, e questa volta è davvero una brutta faccenda. Siamo nell'aprile del '64, ma la primavera proprio non si decide ad arrivare. Firenze è coperta da un cielo grigio e umido, un cielo triste che non preannuncia niente di buono. Così come niente di buono preannuncia l'arrivo in commissariato di un ometto piccolo piccolo che, con l'aria allarmata, insiste per essere accompagnato da Bordelli. È Casimiro, il suo amico nano, che ha appena scoperto il cadavere di un uomo in un campo sopra Fiesole.

Paris, 1944. Louise Basset arbeitet als Hausmädchen im legendären Hotel Ritz. Niemand ahnt, dass Louise jedes Gespräch, jedes Flüstern belauscht und alles an die Résistance weitergibt. Als ein junger alliierter Pilot verletzt ins Hotel geschmuggelt wird, gerät Louises gefährliches Doppelleben ins Wanken. Zwischen Angst und Sehnsucht, zwischen Pflicht und Liebe steht sie vor einer Entscheidung, die ihr Leben – und das vieler anderer – für immer verändern wird. Jahrzehnte später stößt ihre Enkelin Nicole auf eine Spur, die Louise in einem völlig neuen Licht erscheinen lässt.

Narrated by Julian Rhind-Tutt “Anthony Horowitz throws down the gauntlet in his infernally clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche.” — Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review The game is once again afoot in this thrilling mystery from internationally bestselling author Anthony Horowitz...

Rome, once mighty, lies in ruins. The city swarms with suffering and degradation, her citizens living in the shadow of the ruthless Borgia family. Only one man can free the people from the Borgia tyranny - Ezio Auditore, the master assassin.

Ezio's quest will test him to his limits. Cesare Borgia, a man more villainous and dangerous than his father, the Pope, will not rest until he has conquered Italy. And in such treacherous times, conspiracy is everywhere - even within the ranks of the Brotherhood itself.

Brought to you by Penguin. Every painting tells a story, but what if the women on the canvas could talk... ADELE: passionate, fierce, obstinate. The daughter of a bourgeois family in 1900s Vienna, she rails against the strictures of her class and longs for freedom. GERTRUDE: spirited...

By Gaslight is a deeply atmospheric, haunting audiobook about the unending quest that has shaped a man's life. William Pinkerton is already famous, the son of the most notorious detective of all time, when he descends into the underworld of Victorian London in pursuit of a new lead on the fabled con Edward Shade. William's father died without ever finding Shade, but William is determined to drag the thief out of the shadows.