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The weekend was supposed to be an enjoyable time with her family at the neo-Gothic manor of Lord and Lady Kershaw, but when the gamekeeper is murdered, Cleo can’t rest until the killer is caught. As a witness herself, she’s frustrated with the incompetence of the local police who lay the blame on a man who conveniently disappeared. When she realizes their ineptitude is a result of Lord Kershaw’s influence, she focuses her investigation on the earl and his family, against the wishes of her uncle.

When the celebrated biographer of the infamous pirate Blackheart takes a suite at the Mayfair Hotel to live out his final months, Goliath the porter is desperate to ask the one question that has haunted treasure hunters for decades: Where is the loot buried? Forbidden to disturb a guest, he instead visits the man writing the author’s own life story, only to discover him dead at his desk. Accused of the crime, Goliath turns to Cleo and Harry to clear his name.

The medical profession’s faith in electric shock therapies for treating female nervous conditions is shaken after a patient dies while connected to one such device. Harry Armitage is hired by the doctor arrested for her murder, and he invites Cleo to help him uncover the truth. After all, the doctor is the same one who tried—and failed—to treat Cleo’s aunt. As they dig deeper, it becomes apparent the doctor has failed other patients too, and those patients’ loved ones want revenge.

Renisenb, rimasta vedova, torna nella casa del padre Imhotep, sacerdote del dio Ka. La giovane cerca conforto e serenità, ma trova una situazione di caos: i suoi tre fratelli sono sempre in contrasto, mentre le cognate e la vecchia malvagia Henet gettano olio sul fuoco. Le cose peggiorano con l'arrivo della sensuale Nofret, la giovanissima nuova concubina di Imhotep. In questa atmosfera di gelosia, passioni e rancori incominciano a verificarsi strane morti: sono il risultato di una maledizione divina? O di molto più umani intrighi?

"C'era una volta in America" è il romanzo dello scrittore americano Harry Grey dal quale Sergio Leone ha tratto ispirazione per l'omonimo e celeberrimo film...

When Gavin travels to Edinburgh with his good friend Oscar Barratt, he’s eager to acquire a centuries-old book on witchcraft for the soon-to-open Glass Library. Even with ruthless railroad magnate John J. Defoe in the bidding, the victory comes easily. Perhaps too easily. Hours later, the book is stolen. A single clue links the theft to the recent abduction of two women, both magicians.

India Steele ist verzweifelt. Ihr Vater ist verstorben, ihr Verlobter hat sie um ihr Erbe erleichtert, und niemand will ihr Arbeit geben, obwohl sie jahrelang ihren Vater, den Uhrmacher, unterstützt hat. Vielmehr scheinen sich die Uhrmacher von London vor ihr zu fürchten. Auf sich gestellt, verarmt und am Ende ihrer Kräfte lässt sich India vom einzigen Menschen anstellen, der sie nimmt – einem geheimnisvollen Mann aus Amerika. Einem Mann mit einer seltsamen Taschenuhr, die ihn regeneriert, wenn er krank wird.

Tre donne che lottano per conquistarsi uno spazio nella società veneziana dell'anno 1000. Un delitto misterioso che rischia di spezzare un legame d'amore sopravvissuto ad anni di avversità. I personaggi che abbiamo conosciuto nei primi romanzi, ovvero lo scriba Edgardo, la schiava Kallis, il medico magister Abella, il mercante Magdalena Grimani, lo speziale Sabbatai, il fiolario Tataro, tornano al centro del racconto. Siamo nell'anno 1119 d.C., Venezia è oppressa da uno dei più lunghi periodi di siccità della sua storia.

In una Venezia medievale sconvolta da una carestia devastante e dai festeggiamenti di un carnevale dominato da istinti primordiali ed eccessi di ogni genere, i protagonisti della "Bottega dello speziale" inseguono un sogno di rinascita, l'illusione millenaria di sconfiggere la morte. La giovane Costanza, della nobile famiglia Grimani, scompare nel nulla. Lo scriba, Edgardo, promette che la riporterà alla sua famiglia e si mette alla ricerca della fanciulla. Medici, speziali, becchini, mercanti orientali, fiolari, molti sembrano coinvolti nel mistero della sparizione.

Summer has arrived along with a plethora of social events that keep Cleo and her cousins busy. Between balls, dinners, concerts and picnics, they attend the final match between two proud polo clubs. When the winning team’s captain is found murdered in the stables, everyone assumes the opposing team’s captain killed him. After all, he was found holding the murder weapon, and everyone knows they hated each other.

Venezia, Anno Domini 1106. La città che conosciamo, ricca, potente, con i suoi maestosi palazzi e chiese, non è ancora nata: è solo un agglomerato di isolette di fango rubate alla laguna. Questo è il paesaggio che si presenta a Edgardo d'Arduino, giovane chierico amanuense dell'abbazia di Bobbio, quando arriva a Venezia. Una malattia l'ha colpito agli occhi, la vista vacilla, e per uno scriba dedito alla copiatura questo significa la fine di tutto.

A young autistic man with psychic powers is called upon to help solve a missing-persons case in the small mountain town of Renfro, PA. The story includes gangsters, moonshiners, and a touch of autism.

Cleo’s holiday with her family to the seaside resort town of Brighton is everything she hoped it would be…until she receives a blackmail note. The blackmailer demands Cleo help her or a story revealing Cleo’s investigating will appear in the newspaper. With her uncle warning her to keep her detecting activities private, Cleo agrees to meet the blackmailer when they return to London. But when the woman is seen getting on the train but not off, Cleo grows concerned.

With her sharpened magical senses, Sylvia recognizes invisible writing while cataloging an obscure book for the library. She’s shocked to discover the message, written many years earlier, pleaded for help. She’s even more shocked to discover the author of the message was married to a paper magician. Could there be a connection to Sylvia’s father? With a magical mystery on her hands, Sylvia engages the help of Gabe Glass, and together they follow the clues to the location of two hidden ledgers that implicate a very dangerous individual in an illegal bookmaking scheme.

Cleo is hired by the housekeeper at a Mayfair residence after the police rule the sudden death of the butler was the result of natural causes. Not convinced by the verdict, she wants Cleo to prove foul play was involved. Considering he was acting mysteriously around some of the guests, and they were equally mysterious when they saw him, murder is a possibility. When the investigation leads Cleo to another decades-old murder and the sudden disappearance of the primary suspect, she’s even more determined to uncover the truth.

December 1899. After the death of her beloved grandmother, Cleopatra Fox moves into the luxury hotel owned by her estranged uncle in the hopes of putting hardship and loneliness behind her. But the poisoning of a guest on Christmas eve throws her new life, and the hotel, into chaos. Cleo quickly realizes no one can be trusted, not Scotland Yard and especially not the hotel’s charming assistant manager.

A wealthy businessman with a reputation for taking risks rose from the slums to the height of success. But success comes at a price, especially when it’s achieved at the expense of others.

'Does for Elizabeth's reign what CJ Sansom does for Henry VIII's' Sunday Times The third book in the iconic John Shakespeare series, beloved by thousands of readers, from true master of historical fiction, Rory Clements. ------------------------------------------------------- 'Sixteenth-century...

Finding an old manuscript in the attic has always been a fantasy of Sylvia’s. She just never expected the fantasy to come true, or for it to lead her to answers about her mysterious family.