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Take one of the crowning musical geniuses of mid-nineteenth century Europe; surround him with enemies, some of whom are fiercely jealous of his talent, others in love with his beautiful wife (a musical genius in her own right); add several scoundrels including a seller of stolen jewels and a kleptomaniac music critic who ends up murdered under highly mysterious circumstances and there you have the world of Robert and Clara Schumann in the Germany of the 1850s, as told by the narrator, Dsseldorfs top detective, Inspector Hermann Preiss.

1942, New Zealand. Edith’s been locked away for a long time. She was just five years old when she was sent to Seacliff Lunatic Asylum. Fifteen years later, she has few memories of her life before the asylum, but longs for one beyond it. When she survives a devastating fire that destroys her ward, Edith is questioned by the police and a young doctor, Declan Harris. Intrigued by his beautiful patient, Declan begins to doubt the official reasons for her incarceration. Is she truly mad - or could the impossible stories she told as a child actually be true?

In a quiet coastal village, Irina spends her days restoring furniture, hiding away from the world. A family secret, long held and never discussed, casts a dark shadow and Irina chooses to withdraw into her work. When an antique bureau is sent to her workshop, the owner anonymous, Irina senses a history to the object that makes her uneasy. As Irina begins to investigate the origins of the piece, she unearths the terrible secret it holds within.

Mitten in der Ballsaison erschüttert ein Giftmord Londons High Society. Lucy Harrington und Robert Kurland ermitteln erneut im Regency England. Voller Vorfreude verlassen die Pfarrerstöchter Lucy und Anna Harrington ihr beschauliches Heimatdorf Kurland St. Mary, um der aufregenden Londoner Ballsaison beizuwohnen. Zur selben Zeit befindet sich auch Major Robert Kurland in London, wo er für seine Heldentaten im Krieg zum Baron geadelt werden soll. Doch der Wirbel von Bällen und formellen Dinnern wird überschattet von dem plötzlichen Tod der Witwe Countess of Broughton.

Pfarrerstochter Lucy und Major Kurland ermitteln in einem düsteren Fall... Die historische Cosy Krimi-Reihe im Regency England beginnt. Eigentlich ist Major Robert Kurland in sein ruhiges Heimatdorf zurückgekehrt, um sich von den Schrecken Waterloos zu erholen. Sein Körper ist verletzt, aber sein Geist immer noch hellwach. Als er aus seinem Fenster etwas Verdächtiges beobachtet, beginnt die idyllische Fassade des Dorfes zu bröckeln. Seine Beobachtung vertraut er Miss Lucy Harrington an, der cleveren Tochter des Pfarrers und Kurlands guter Freundin seit Kindheitstagen.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Confessions of Frannie Langton, written and read by Sara Collins. They say I must be put to death for what happened to Madame, and they want me to confess. But how can I confess what I don't believe I've done? 1826, and all of London is in a frenzy...