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Glamorous silent film star Eula Hartwin and her manager Winnie had a devoted partnership through the 1920s. So how did Winnie end up on trial for stealing from Eula a decade later? London, present day. Andie, an academic falling out of love with her job, is reeling from the discovery that she is...

“Beautiful, vivid, and atmospheric.” Fiona Valpy A forgotten photograph. A trailblazing ancestor. And a modern woman about to discover that her family’s past holds the key to her future. When overworked surgeon Jaanvi Chowdhury finds a mysterious photograph and a small stack of letters...

When desperate choices mean the difference between life and death. Inspired by true events, Bright One tells the story of Jetti Finkelthal, Lisajoy Sachs' great-grandmother. In Czernowitz, Romania, this young Jewish mother is forced to face impossible choices as the world begins to collapse around her.

Zeppelins overhead, shadows in the streets, and a sinister secret threatening Christmas—Becky and Flynn must race to solve a deadly mystery before the clock runs out! Narrated by the brilliant Iona Campbell. London, 1915. While the city braces for Zeppelin raids, Becky is recovering from a bullet wound, and Flynn is tangled in the dangerous world of espionage. But their holiday respite is shattered when a chilling discovery at a military clinic hints at a terrifying new weapon that could change the course of the war—and cost countless lives.

Norbert Gstrein schenkt uns ein ganzes Menschenleben. Dabei ist jedes Leben zerbrechlich in diesem Roman, der mit einem Axthieb beginnt: Adrians Vater macht ihn als Jugendlichen untauglich für den Ersten Weltkrieg, rettet ihn so vielleicht. Der störrische, zärtliche Mensch, der von da an durch über achtzig Lebensjahre hinkt, ist das Wunder dieses Erzählens. Adrian sieht zweimal seine Welt untergehen, hat zweimal mit jungen Männern zu tun, die weniger Glück hatten als er, und erlebt im Alter die unverhoffte Liebesgeschichte eines Mannes, der zu allem erzogen wurde, bloß nicht zum Lieben.

Nach dem sensationellen Debüt „Hast du uns endlich gefunden" befasst sich Edgar Selge erneut mit den dunkelsten Jahren der deutschen, der eigenen Geschichte und macht daraus große Literatur. In seinem neuen Roman stößt der Erzähler, Edgar, auf das Schicksal eines Jungen, der während der Blockade Leningrads durch die deutsche Wehrmacht verhungert ist. Jura hat ein Tagebuch hinterlassen, das Edgar immer wieder liest, sodass er bald glaubt, den Jungen zu kennen. Zwischen den beiden entspinnt sich ein Austausch über Jugend, Träume, Literatur, Mütter, Abschied, Fremdheit und Nähe.

Miss Marple meets Nancy Mitford in this glittering new Christmas murder mystery set in Bath, from the bestselling and award-winning author of D is for Death. On a frosty day in December 1936, librarian and part-time detective Dora Wildwood is summoned to Bath. She has no idea what will unfold...

Winter in the small Canadian town of Solace is a season of hibernation. But this year, the snowfall brings a series of accidental encounters that will shake up the lives – and loves – of an old man, a student on the run and an abandoned dog It is deep winter, 1969. As the Vietnam War drives...

Paris, 1945. Alors que la guerre vient tout juste de se terminer, un cadavre est découvert dans un hôtel borgne de Pigalle. L’assassin, arrêté sur les lieux, est un vagabond, dont la dernière adresse était le camp d’Auschwitz. L’homme qu’il a tué d’une balle dans la tête était...

The year is 1907 and Maurice Ravel is one of the most admired but also most controversial composers in France. An aloof, dandyish figure, he is at the centre of a group of rebellious artists who call themselves the Apaches. It is considered a scandal that he has never won the Prix de Rome...

War is frightening, but so is the man who would possess her. HONG KONG - 1941 One sultry evening at the Victoria Hospital for Women, Dr Rowena Rossiter is off-duty and in search of fun. With the world on the brink of war, she meets two men, Connor O’Connor, a rough Irish soldier and Kim...

Verona, 1944. When an air raid strikes Elisa's home, she is left with nothing but the clothes on her back, the teddy bear clutched in her arms and her beloved older brother. Traumatised into silence, six-year-old Elisa can no longer speak and relies on Robi to guide her through this war-torn...

The war ended in 1945, but for some, the killing never stopped. 1940 A bomb drops destroying everything London railwayman Jim Tate holds dear. Fuelled by a desperate desire for vengeance, Tate passes selection for the elite Special Operations Executive (SOE), transforming into a deadly...

Bloomsbury presents The Spy and the Snake by M J Robotham, read by Clare Corbett. THE NEW TRAILBLAZING NOVEL FROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR, MANDY ROBOTHAM One mission. One fake husband. One very real problem. Maggie Flynn has finally earned her place at of MI5—but with promotion comes...

“I’ve loved every one of Susanna Kearsley’s books!” —Diana Gabaldon, #1 New York Times bestselling author Step into a world of unforgettable mystery and heart-wrenching emotion—where a decades-old murder, a brave journalist, and the echoes of WWII converge in an irresistible...

East London, 1943: As air raid sirens wail, can the East End Girls join forces to protect their city and the people they love? Nell Reilly’s blonde curls and piercing blue eyes might look angelic, but she is ready to fight with everything she has for a better future. Brought up in London’s tough East End, she is fiercely determined to keep the promise she made to her little sister Jo to build a new life for them one day. Until a chance meeting changes everything…

Marianne ist sechs Jahre alt, als sie von ihrer Mutter an den Bahnhof in Berlin gebracht wird, wo sie im August 1939 die Reise in das ferne England antritt. Marianne ist eines von etwa 10.000 jüdischen Kindern, das dank des Engagements von Einzelpersonen und Organisationen vor der Vernichtung durch die Nazis gerettet wird.

1945. World War II is now in its sixth agonizing year. In Europe, the Allies are closing in on Hitler’s horrific Third Reich, but victory remains elusive. In the Pacific, US forces are locked in a grinding island-by-island struggle against Imperial Japan. Summoned from the battlefields of...

Award winning author Jamie Lisa Forbes brings us the story of Rowen Hart, the pampered only son of a prominent family in the small community of White Rock, North Carolina. It's the 1950's and Rowen is following the life path his parents have planned for him when his world is upturned by his...

Bloomsbury presents Tenderness by Alison MacLeod, read by Antonia Beamish, Tim Treloar, Sophie Aldred, Bill Hope and Elliot Fitzpatrick. "Powerful, moving, brilliant . . . an utterly captivating read, and I came away from it with this astonished thought: There’s nothing this writer can’t do...