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This hugely engaging story of murder, superstition, religious politics and drama in a medieval monastery was one of the most striking novels to appear in the 1980s. The Name of the Rose is a thrilling story enriched with period detail and laced with tongue-in-cheek allusions to fictional characters, the most striking of which is the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, who displays many characteristics of Sherlock Holmes.

Benedict Cumberbatch reads these four new Sherlock Holmes stories by John Taylor: 'An Inscrutable Masquerade', 'The Conundrum of Coach 13', 'The Trinity Vicarage Larceny' and 'The 10.59 Assassin'. Inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes stories, John Taylor has written four more mysteries featuring the world's greatest detective. Read by acclaimed actor Benedict Cumberbatch, these new adventures share all the suspense of the original tales.

London, 1930. Lucy Hubbard is on the cusp of achieving her dreams. With her first mystery novel debuting with strong sales and glowing reviews, she's been invited by Horace Hazelmoor, the king of crime fiction, to join his elite group of writers—the Cloak and Dagger Club. Thrilled at the opportunity, Lucy finds herself swept up into Horace's glamorous world at the Ritz hotel. She's even willing to put up with the inconvenient presence of her former fiancé, Frank Murray, the club's rising star who is on track to eclipse Horace as Britain's most popular crime writer.

When a priceless ruby known as the Malabar Rose vanishes while being guarded by Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson, the formidable Mrs. Hudson sets out to give a lesson in criminal deduction for her most famous and logical of tenants, the master sleuth himself.

An evil stalks London, blown in from the tropics. A group of merchants are dying one by one. The elementary choice to investigate these mysterious deaths is, of course, the team of Holmes and Dr. Watson. But the unique gifts of their housekeeper, Mrs. Hudson, and her orphaned assistant Flotsam, will also be needed to solve the case.

Uncover the hidden truths behind the world of wealth and power with Secrets in the Shadows: Financial Conspiracy Theories. This fascinating collection features over 20 captivating mini-stories that delve into the mysterious and often controversial theories surrounding global finance.

When retired Southern sheriff-turned-New York City detective John Le Brun and his wife, Lordis, set sail in 1910 for a long-awaited honeymoon on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, they expect to find relaxation in paradise. However, they soon discover they’ve been lured to the island in part to tout its attributes as a burgeoning vacation retreat to wealthy investors back home. Instead of finding tranquility among the tropical isle’s quaint villages and sandy beaches, they encounter a land teeming with racial, social, and economic tension.

Париж охвачен смутой. После изгнания герцога Алансонского, брата и наследника короля Франции, столица погружается в хаос, расползаются слухи, плетется сеть заговоров и интриг. В водовороте исторических событий появляется неожиданная сила — сорок пять гасконских дворян, гордых, отчаянных, не самых состоятельных, но безмерно преданных своему государю.

Die Geschichte eines mysteriösen Verbrechens in einem westfälischen Dorf des 18. Jahrhunderts ist halb Kriminalerzählung, halb Sozialdrama – atmosphärisch dicht, psychologisch fein gezeichnet und bis heute spannend. Mit meisterhafter Sprache und eindrucksvoller Milieuschilderung beleuchtet Droste-Hülshoff Themen wie Moral, Vorurteil, Schuld und gesellschaftliche Zwänge.

Während Holmes und Watson die Begebenheiten im Stephansdom untersuchen, wird einer der Verschwörer von der Polizei gefasst. Die Wiener Ermittler erpressen von ihm unter Gewaltmaßnahmen Informationen über die restliche Gruppe.

Holmes, Watson und Götz erhalten eine Audienz beim Erzbischof von Wien, wo sie ihm das Bedrohungsszenario darlegen können. Doch Kardinal Ganglbauer weigert sich, die entsprechende Messe abzusagen oder ihre Leitung zu delegieren.

Holmes und der polizeiliche Einsatzleiter schmieden einen Plan für den vierten Adventsonntag. Der letzte flüchtige Verschwörer scheint fest entschlossen, sein mörderisches Vorhaben in die Tat umzusetzen.

Hamburg 1887. Die Richterstochter Johanna Ahrens hat sich Hals über Kopf in einen Sozialisten verliebt. Als sie ihn zu einer Protestaktion vor einer Tapetenfabrik begleitet, wird sie Zeugin, wie zwei Männer eine Leiche aus einem Nebengebäude tragen. Schockiert wendet Johanna sich an Criminalcommissar Hermann Rieker. Der kann vor Ort zunächst keine Spur eines Verbrechens finden, wird aber hellhörig, als auf einem nahe gelegenen Brachgelände ein grausam zugerichteter Toter entdeckt wird.

Am vierten Adventsonntag kommt es zum Showdown im Stephansdom: Während der Erzbischof vor eintausend Gläubigen die Heilige Messe zelebriert, suchen Holmes, Watson und die Polizei nach dem angehenden Attentäter und dem Speer des Schicksals.

Holmes und Watson besuchen Dr. Victor Adler in seiner Praxis in der Berggasse. Er gilt der Wiener Polizei als verdächtig, da er als prominentester Führer der österreichischen Sozialdemokratie schon öfter wegen aufrührerischen Aktivitäten verhaftet wurde.

What begins as a simple, late-night theft of Incan treasure propels Charlee, Sean, and Sydney Flynn into a perilous quest deep into the Peruvian Amazon, where something far more valuable—and far more deadly—awaits. A new discovery points them toward the Heart of the Forest, a precious stone pulsing with otherworldly energy, said to reside in an ancient city overflowing with the amassed riches of the Inca Empire. But the Heart’s shadowed history reveals a chilling truth.

April 1284. As a newly widowed lady-in-waiting to the very pregnant Queen Eleanor of England, Catrin never expected to return to Wales again. She was definitely unprepared to be confronted with murder when she got there-or to find herself face-to-face with Rhys, the childhood friend she lost twenty years before. Rhys had never intended to return home either, but a lifetime of war has deposited him right back where he started-impoverished and owing service to Catrin's older brother.

In the late 19th century, Dr. John Watson and the brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes are thrust into one of their most sinister investigations yet. When Mrs. Mary West approaches them with a desperate plea to find her missing husband, William, the case leads them across the Atlantic to the bustling streets of Chicago during the 1893 World’s Fair. Amid the dazzling splendor of the "White City" lies a dark underbelly of deceit, danger, and death.

In The Black Veil, Jack the Ripper terrorizes Victorian London with ritualistic killings that are linked to ancient magical artifacts. Blind occultist Miranda Griffin is plunged into a chilling mystery that blends history, literature, and the horror found in the arcane myths of Britain. Made invisible by a cursed ancient relic, Miranda steps into the darkness to uncover the truth behind the legendary Thirteen Treasures: objects that wield terrible power. Those who seek them leave bloody trails behind.

Vienna, 1895: nella cripta sotto la cattedrale di Santo Stefano un gruppo di turisti trova un cadavere. È il corpo di un uomo, che giace tra gli scheletri con il volto contorto dal terrore. Incaricato di indagare su quello che ha tutte le apparenze di un delitto è, ancora una volta, Leopold von Herzfeldt, il quale scopre che la vittima era un famoso medico, il dottor Theodor Lichtenstein, noto per la sua avversione nei confronti dello spiritualismo che dilaga nella città.