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Am 10. April 1934 entgleiste der D-Zug Wien–Paris bei Oftering durch ein gezielt herbeigeführtes Eisenbahnattentat, bei dem ein Heizer ums Leben kam und mehrere Postbeamte verletzt wurden; die Täter wollten den verunglückten Zug ausrauben, scheiterten jedoch an den chaotischen Umständen nach dem Anschlag. Erst Jahre später konnte der Fall durch Zufall und ein Geständnis aufgeklärt werden.

The Bell vibrated with a low, guttural tone—too deep for the ear, but heavy in the ribs. It wasn’t ringing. It was gathering. Calloway turned as Graves and Thorne crossed the threshold. Her eyes didn’t show fear—just fatigue sharpened by defiance. Calloway (dryly): Took you long enough. Graves (already at her wrists): Traffic was hell. Her shackles were lined with symbols—sacramental, but wrong. Graves worked the lock with a practiced flick. Thorne: We stopping a ritual or robbing a bank? Graves: With these bastards, it’s the same thing. Click.

The only thing hotter than their animosity is their attraction. Lady Gigi Harrington has a plan: save her sleepy village from ruin and prove she's more than just a pretty debutante. The arrival of ruthless industrialist Conrad Godwin jeopardizes everything. A powerful man with a secret agenda—and identity—Conrad is flummoxed when the spirited miss dares to get in his way.

The case of Samuel Pepys’s missing pocket watch escalates rapidly when Eustace Blount, writer and wit, is found murdered in Rose’s Coffee House on The Strand. Blount was a prig, a poseur and a parliamentarian – nobody liked him, not even his friends – and Pepys’s intrepid personal inquisitors, Abby Harcourt and Jacob Standish, find themselves with a suspect list as unwieldy as it is perplexing.

Den 11-årige Olive ved instinktivt, at hendes stedfar ikke har gode intentioner med de to søstre fra Choctaw-stammen, der er blevet anbragt i deres hjem. Da den ældste pige forsvinder, flygter Olive ud i skoven med den seksårige Nessa. Sammen drager de ud på en farefuld rejse til de barske Winding Stair Mountains for at finde hjælp, og undervejs møder de andre børn, der også har søgt tilflugt i skovene. Da parkbetjenten Valerie begynder på sit nye job ved Horsethief Trail National Park, drømmer hun om et stille liv med sin søn.

Sardegna, 1959. Villalta è un piccolo villaggio di pastori e mezzadri dove non accade mai niente. Il sole ferisce gli occhi e appesantisce le membra, la polvere e la terra riempiono il naso, i campi sterminati impediscono di pensare al mondo di fuori. Il primo a raggiungere Punta Mala, la desolata zona del crimine, è il maresciallo Deledda, quarantenne buono di carattere e coraggioso, fumatore smodato alto e grosso quanto una montagna, timido e insicuro con le donne. Per sbrogliare il caso viene chiamato persino un giovane e abile tenente dal "continente" con tanto di rinforzi.

For years, Lady Bancroft’s Valentine’s Ball at Bancroft Hall had been a glittering gathering of high society’s most eligible men and women. Countless happy couples owe their love stories to her matchmaking, their gratitude keeping Lady Bancroft in the genteel comfort of her grand Cotswolds estate. But this year tragedy strikes. A murder threatens to ruin everything. Desperate, Lady Bancroft turns to her neighbour, the dashing Major Heathcliff Lennox. A decorated war hero and now a consultant to Scotland Yard, Lennox would much rather be fishing.

Алистер Маклин (1922–1987) — британский писатель, автор 28 остросюжетных романов и приключенческих рассказов, сценарист. Он входил в первую десятку самых продаваемых авторов мира; книги Маклина разошлись тиражом более 150 миллионов экземпляров, по его романам, сценариям и сюжетам было снято 18 фильмов. В 1983 году Университет Глазго присвоил писателю степень доктора литературоведения. С 1941 по 1946 год Маклин служил на флоте, принимал участие в военных операциях и полярных конвоях, что дало ему богатейший материал для творчества и определило тематику его лучших книг.

1789 год. Соседи уважают Марту Баллард, повитуху из небольшого городка Хэллоуэлл в штате Мэн, не только за знание медицины и сильный характер, но и за умение хранить секреты, столь необходимое в строгом пуританском обществе. Поэтому, когда в разгар зимы подо льдом реки находят тело мужчины, Марту первой вызывают осмотреть тело. Погибший — Джошуа Бёрджес, которого вместе с городским судьей Джозефом Нортом недавно обвинили в изнасиловании жены проповедника Ребекки Фостер.

Her mission: Save the soldier, save the future...even if she loses her heart. It's 2015, and librarian Beryl Blue shelves books in her hometown library. Dull, but after being orphaned and years in foster care, she prefers the mild life. Until a time cop from the future crash lands in her library with an offer Beryl isn't allowed to refuse—she must stop a rogue time traveler from killing a WWII soldier on leave and changing history forever.

Pippa Stanhope envisions a world teeming with her mechanical creations. So after a lifetime of hiding her love for inventing steam-powered gadgets, she's thrilled when her local university finally opens its doors to women. And the determined novice fearlessly sets out to pursue a higher education despite her family’s threat to disown her. Refusing to be intimidated by resentful male students and professors, she quickly befriends the three other ladies attending the school.

Deux histoires, deux époques, deux lectures, pour une histoire à énigme palpitante. Côté pile : Angleterre, 1881. Simeon Lee, un jeune médecin londonien, se rend sur l'île de Ray, au large de l'Essex, à la demande de son oncle, Oliver Hawes. Ce dernier, gravement malade, est persuadé d'avoir été empoisonné. Peu de temps après son arrivée dans l'unique maison de l'île, Turnglass House , Simeon fait une découverte des plus étranges : dans un coin de la bibliothèque se trouve une immense cage de verre, dans laquelle est enfermée une femme.

January 1313. As London is gripped by a freezing winter, Sir Hugh Corbett becomes embroiled in a ghoulish game of kings played out between the English and French courts. Years earlier, Corbett prevented a gang of rifflers from breaking into the Royal Treasury, but the leading chieftain, Sarasin, escaped. Now Sarasin is caught killing a squire of Queen Isabella's and Corbett swiftly has the riffler tried and hanged from the signpost of The Twilight tavern.

The British Museum gets one more corpse than they bargained for as doors open for their new Egyptian exhibit.

Ex-Polizist Sami Kierce ermittelt in einem sehr persönlichen Fall. MALAGA – 2000Der junge Sami Kierce reist quer durch Spanien und genießt das Leben. In Malaga lernt er die geheimnisvolle Anna kennen und verliebt sich Hals über Kopf in sie. Doch als er eines Morgens nach einer wilden Nacht aufwacht, ist er voller Blut. In seiner Hand liegt ein Messer – neben ihm Annas toter Körper.

In the spring of 1990, we return to Champton, where the characters we've come to love are all aflutter as a glamorous Hollywood movie takes over Champton House as its set location. As the actors and extras hired from the village don their farthingales, gowns and crowns for a masque set in the 1600s, a murder interrupts filming on set - and it's an ingenious one. Can Daniel solve the mystery with help from his sidekick Detective Sergeant Neil Vanloo - even when things are so sticky between them?

Spannung, Liebe, Geheimnisse – Die Fortsetzung der norwegischen Familiensaga Norwegen | Insel Engeløya – Haus Breidablikk: Im Doktorhaus stehen große Veränderungen an: Truls geht auf den Lofoten angeln, während sowohl Bera als auch Dina sich auf ihre Konfirmation vorbereiten. Agnete setzt währenddessen alle daran, ihre Rivalin Marie aus dem Rennen um Gabriels Herz zu drängen, bevor dieser merkt, was vor sich geht. Bera gefällt jedoch überhaupt nicht, wie sich die Tochter des Amtsmannes im Haus des Arztes breitmacht.

When Mary Russell was a child, she adored her black sheep Uncle Jake. But she hasn’t heard from him in many years, and she assumed that his ne’er-do-well ways had brought him to a bad end somewhere—until he presents himself at her Sussex door. Yes, Jake is back, and with a load of problems for his clever niece. Not the least of which is the reason the family rejected him in the first place: He was involved—somehow—in the infamous disappearance of the Irish Crown Jewels from an impregnable safe in Dublin Castle.

Canada, 1898. The Gold Rush is on in the frozen wilderness of the Yukon. Fortunes are made as quickly as they're lost, and Dawson City has become a lawless settlement. In its midst, three women are trying to find their place on the edge of civilisation. Journalist Kate, along with her dog Yukon, has travelled hundreds of miles after receiving a letter from her sister warning that her husband means to kill her. Martha's hotel and livelihood are under threat from the local strongman, who is set on buying up the town.

Apprentice Sarah Fisher is helping to fund Dr Will Raven's emerging medical practice in exchange for being secretly trained as a medic, should the rules barring women ever change. Sarah needs no instruction in the inequalities that beset her gender, but even she has her eyes opened to a darker reality when a relative seeks her help in searching for her missing daughter. Annabel Banks was promised a situation in a prestigious household, but there has been no word from her since she left home, and the agency that arranged her position says she never appeared.