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Georgie Paolini was doing his part in the war effort; working part-time at the factory as he planned his life. Graduate from high school, get married, enlist in the army, kill Nazis, come home and become a professional musician. But the best laid plans make God laugh.

The Homefront Sleuths thought their biggest challenge would be planning Blake and Katherine's perfect autumn wedding. But when a mysterious government inspector turns up dead at the Harvest Festival, their cozy village celebration becomes the scene of something sinister. What starts as a puzzling murder quickly becomes a race against time. Missing microfilm, coded messages, and suspicious "diplomats" suggest this case is far more dangerous than anything the Sleuths have faced before. With potential Nazi spies lurking behind familiar faces, no one in Crofter's Green is above suspicion.

Galvanised by a throwaway remark about an enigmatic inscription found at an ancient Egyptian turquoise mine, Holmes embarks in 1911 on a year-long quest to the Holy Land and the Sinai Desert in pursuit of the origins of the world’s first alphabet—and thereby, of Western literacy itself. A case with no villain, or client, "Sherlock Holmes and the Mistress of History" is a must-listen for fans of historical fiction, Holmesian adventures, and lovers of linguistic and archaeological puzzles.

Venture into the heart of one of the most mysterious and chilling places in America with Secrets in the Shadows: Skinwalker Ranch Conspiracy Theories. This captivating collection features over 20 mini-stories that explore the strange and unsettling events surrounding Skinwalker Ranch—an infamous site known for its eerie paranormal activity, inexplicable phenomena, and dark secrets. From strange lights in the sky to encounters with terrifying creatures, Skinwalker Ranch has long been a magnet for theories ranging from the supernatural to the extraterrestrial.

Die junge Miriam, eine ausgebildete Medica und Jüdin, stürzt in ein Netz aus Intrigen und Gefahr, als sie zufällig eine Verschwörung belauscht. Im Schatten wachsender Spannungen und angesichts einer drohenden Attacke auf die jüdische Gemeinde, muss Miriam Mut, Klugheit und Tatkraft beweisen, um ihre Liebsten zu beschützen und Gerechtigkeit zu suchen. Doch das ist einfacher gesagt als getan, denn Miriams eigenes Leben und das ihrer Tochter Rebecca ist eng mit der Verschwörung verknüpft.

Bei der Eröffnung des Bray-Museums kommt es zu einem gescheiterten Diebstahl, in dessen Folge die Besucher des Museums, unter ihnen auch Oscar Wilde, Sherlock Holmes und Irene Adler, von den Tätern als Geiseln genommen werden. Während die Sonderermittler der Krone um ihr Leben kämpfen, wird erneut ein Brandanschlag verübt. Diesmal sind es die Gewächshäuser einer Gärtnerei, die den Flammen zum Opfer fallen. Stecken auch diesmal wieder Mitglieder des Zirkels der Sieben hinter dem Anschlag?

Im Paris der Blütezeit der Régence kommt es zu abscheulichen Morden. Die Leiterin von PARABIOS plant eine geheime Versuchsreihe, doch bleibt sie dabei nicht so unbeobachtet, wie sie gehofft hatte. Der berühmte Schriftsteller und Abenteurer Jules Verne erreicht mit seinen Mitreisenden Augusto Berns und Nathaniel de Salis endlich das erste Etappenziel ihrer langen Reise.

Als in einer Ruine nahe dem Bahnhof Altona die Leichen dreier junger Frauen gefunden werden, ist die Bevölkerung erschüttert. Doch schon bald verdrängen Not und Alltag die grausamen Verbrechen – einzig die Kommissare Thiesen und Pfeiffer geben nicht auf. In einer Stadt voller Korruption, Habgier und Gleichgültigkeit verfolgen die Ermittler jede Spur.

A seemingly idyllic picnic ends in a macabre murder that echoes a pair of slayings fourteen years earlier in this riveting new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Who Cries for the Lost.

June 1815. The people of London wait breathlessly for news as Napoléon and the forces united against him hurtle toward their final reckoning at Waterloo. Among them is Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, frustrated to find himself sidelined while recovering from a dangerous wound he recently received in Paris. When the mutilated corpse of Major Miles Sedgewick surfaces from the murky waters of the Thames, Sebastian is drawn into the murder investigation, which threatens one of his oldest and dearest friends, Irish surgeon Paul Gibson.

The Bourbon King Louis XVIII has been restored to the throne of France, Napoléon is in exile on the isle of Elba, and Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, and his wife, Hero, have traveled to Paris in hopes of tracing his long-lost mother, Sophie, the errant Countess of Hendon. But his search ends in tragedy when he comes upon the dying Countess in the wasteland at the tip of the Île de la Cité. Stabbed—apparently with a stiletto—and thrown from the bastions of the island’s ancient stone bridge, Sophie dies without naming her murderer.

Drawing upon her background in ancient history and her experiences on archaeological digs, author C.S. Harris crafts authentic, compelling novels that appear regularly on best-seller lists and have won numerous awards. In 1812, surgeon Paul Gibson discovers a stiletto wound in the base of a corpse’s skull and immediately contacts Sebastian St. Cyr. And when another body turns up with the same injury, the lives of St. Cyr’s family are threatened if he doesn’t back off. Now, the pressure’s on to find the culprit before anyone else gets killed.

It's 1811, and the threat of revolution haunts the upper classes of King George III's England. Then a beautiful young woman is found savagely murdered on the altar steps of an ancient church near Westminster Abbey. A dueling pistol found at the scene and the damning testimony of a witness both point to one man - Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, a brilliant young nobleman shattered by his experience in the Napoleonic Wars.

Ayleswick-on-Teme, 1813. Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, has come to this seemingly peaceful Shropshire village to honor a slain friend and on a quest to learn more about his own ancestry. But when the body of a lovely widow is found on the banks of the River Teme, a bottle of laudanum at her side, the village's inexperienced new magistrate turns to St. Cyr for help.

Frances Wynn, the American-born Countess of Harleigh, enjoys more freedom as a widow than she did as a wife. After an obligatory year spent mourning her philandering husband, Reggie, she puts aside her drab black gowns, leaving the countryside and her money-grubbing in-laws behind. With her young daughter in tow, Frances rents a home in Belgravia and prepares to welcome her sister, Lily, arriving from New York - for her first London season.

In the latest mystery from the national best-selling author of When Falcons Fall, the gruesome murder of a young boy takes Sebastian St. Cyr from the gritty streets of London to the glittering pleasure haunts of the aristocracy....

London, 1812. The brutal slaughter of eight young prostitutes in a house of refuge near Covent Garden leaves only one survivor - and one witness: Hero Jarvis, reform-minded daughter of the prince regent's cousin, Lord Jarvis. When the Machiavellian power broker quashes any official inquiry that might reveal his daughter's unorthodox presence, Hero launches an investigation of her own and turns to Sebastian St. Cyr, viscount Devlin, for help.

From the start, St. Cyr's mission is sensitive: finding out who killed the bishop of London, a leading candidate for archbishop of Canterbury, in the crypt of the same country church where the mummified body of another murder victim was discovered only hours earlier. It becomes downright dangerous once the charismatic viscount unearths the surprising connection between the men as well as the many powerful enemies with motives for their murder - including his own father.

London, 1814. As a cruel winter holds the city in its icy grip, the bloody body of a beautiful young musician is found half-buried in a snowdrift. Jane Ambrose's ties to Princess Charlotte, the only child of the Prince Regent and heir presumptive to the throne, panic the palace, which moves quickly to shut down any investigation into the death of the talented pianist. But Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, and his wife Hero refuse to allow Jane's murderer to escape justice.

It's June 1814, and the royal families of Austria, Russia, and the German states have gathered in London at the Prince Regent's invitation to celebrate the defeat of Napoleon and the restoration of monarchical control throughout Europe. But the festive atmosphere is marred one warm summer evening by the brutal murder of a disgraced British nobleman long thought dead.