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More than a million dollars in government bonds have vanished from a locked bank vault—and the only visible clue is a tiny disk of steel. New York lawyer Lawrence Duncan is drawn into the mystery after receiving an urgent telephone call from wealthy real estate dealer Martin Anderson. George...

Patricia Peacock ist überglücklich, das Erbe ihres lang verschollenen Vaters antreten zu können - befreit es sie doch von ihrer ungeliebten Anstellung als Gesellschaftsdame bei Lady Blanford. In Kairo muss sie allerdings feststellen, dass der Verstorbene ihr nicht nur seinen Besitz samt Hausangestellten und der treudoofen Dogge Sir Tiny hinterlassen hat, sondern auch noch jede Menge Auflagen, um das Erbe überhaupt erst antreten zu können.

DCI Lilian Wyles is confronted by a troubling case, one that only the four queens of crime can help solve—even amidst the ongoing war efforts. Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham, and Ngaio Marsh are back in the follow-up novel to The Four Queens of Crime. 1941, London. When...

Eleanor Hartwell has spent fourteen years reading other people's households. When she accepts a governess position at Ashgrove, a quiet estate in Wiltshire, she quickly discovers that the previous governess did not leave willingly—no matter what the family claims.

Rok 1957. Młoda kobieta zostaje znaleziona martwa w domu położonym milę od pałacu Buckingham. Kiedy ktoś jej bliski zostaje wplątany w sprawę, młoda królowa Elżbieta II nie ma wyjścia i potajemnie bierze śledztwo w swoje ręce. Wie jednak, że nie może stawić czoła temu wyzwaniu sama. Potrzebuje wsparcia kogoś sprytnego, dyskretnego i lojalnego, kogoś, komu może zaufać.

Na plaży nieopodal królewskiej posiadłości w Sandringham zostaje znaleziona odcięta ludzka dłoń. Wprawdzie Elżbieta II przyzwyczaiła się do rozwiązywania nawet najbardziej skomplikowanych zagadek kryminalnych, lecz tym razem znalezienie mordercy może nie być łatwe. Jej Królewska Mość identyfikuje ofiarę na podstawie charakterystycznego sygnetu–jest nią stary znajomy rodziny królewskiej–Edward St. Cyr. Ale kiedy kolejny mężczyzna zostaje znaleziony martwy, a jedna z mieszkanek niemal ginie w wyniku potrącenia, sprawy przybierają jeszcze mroczniejszy obrót.

Dezember 1137, vor einer erbärmlichen Hütte in einem Dorf in Tirol: Kaiser Lothar ist tot. Dies ist der Auftakt für ein raffiniertes Intrigenspiel um den Thron, in dem Welfen, Askanier und Wettiner mitmischen und keine Skrupel haben, von ihren Schwertern Gebrauch zu machen. Und nicht nur Fürsten und Geistliche ringen erbittert um die Macht im Reich, sondern auch so manche Frau – mit ganz anderen Mitteln.

1 September 1939 As the mass evacuation takes place across Britain, thousands of children leave London for the countryside, but when a little girl vanishes without trace, it seems that danger can lurk in the quietest village. In the chaos of war, crime novelist Josephine Tey struggles with the...

It's 1965 and Rosie Churchill has arrives at run-down Castaway House. But when she uncovers a scandal locked away in the old house, she soon realises that secrets never stay buried for long. In 1924 fresh-faced Robert Carver comes to Castaway House to spend the summer with his cousin, Alec Bray...

1588. In Lisbon the Spanish Armada prepares to set sail for England. Behind it is a dark and secretive game, one of murder, treachery and deceit. This is the realm of the spy, and home to legendary spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham. Gradually his intelligence sources vanish, until finally he...

1564: Catholic herald William Harley, Clarenceux King of Arms, is the custodian of a highly dangerous document. When it is stolen, Clarenceux immediately suspects a group of Catholic sympathisers, the self-styled Knights of the Round Table. Soon Clarenceux enters a nightmare of suspicion...

'You frighten me,' the Gypsy said. 'Never have I seen my crystal ball so filled with darkness.' For Flavia de Luce, the old gypsy's words open up old wounds and new possibilities. Is she a faker, or is there some truth to her powers? And when the village is rocked by another ghastly murder, how...

The legendary Knights of St John, the last of the great surviving Christian chivalric orders, have retreated to the small island of Malta. But Emperor Suleiman wants the Knights wiped off the map, and dispatches the greatest armada that ever set sail to annihilate them. The Order seems doomed...

A taut and gripping thriller: King Edward VIII is on the throne and keen to broker peace at any cost - WWII could turn out very differently... As the storm clouds gather over Europe and German troops are amassing, a clandestine 'King's Party' of fascist peace campaigners is stealthily...

1192. Returning from the Holy Land at the end of the Third Crusade, Sir John de Wolfe, finds England simmering with rebellion and the body of the king’s courier washed up on the shores of the River Exe. Tasked by the Chief Justiciar to discover why the man died and who killed him, Sir John is...

AD 264 - The Roman Empire is torn in two. The latest blazing novel in the Warrior of Rome series The western provinces - Gaul, Spain and Britain - have been seized; to the east, on the plains of northern Italy, armies muster. War is coming. Everyone must choose a side. Ballista must journey the...

Fear haunts the streets of London after the assassination of a protestant Prince, and the recurrence of the plague. Giordano Bruno suspects someone is following him, but on confronting his stalker, he realizes it is the woman he once loved – she is on the run, accused of murder. Bruno travels...

May, 1937, and London prepares to crown a new king. At the height of the Coronation celebrations, Detective Chief Inspector Archie Penrose is called to the BBC to investigate the murder of a famous broadcaster, a death which Josephine Tey suspects is linked to a decade-old scandal. With Archie's...

1946, Texarkana. Disgraced New York reporter Charlie Yates has been sent to cover the story of a spate of brutal murders - young couples who've been slaughtered at a local date spot. Charlie finds himself drawn into the case by the beautiful and fiery Lizzie, sister to one of the victims. But...

AD 255; the Roman Imperium is stretched to breaking point, its authority and might challenged throughout the territories and along every border. Yet the most lethal threat lurks far to the east in Persia, where the massing forces of the Sassanid Empire loom with fiery menace. The far-flung and...