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Lissabon, 1938. Europa steht am Rand des Krieges, und für die junge Schauspielerin Lara Hope beginnt ein neuer Lebensabschnitt. Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters sucht sie einen Neuanfang und reist nach Lissabon. Während über Europa der Krieg tobt, findet Lara Zuflucht in der Buchhandlung ihrer Vermieterin, einem Ort voller Frieden, Geschichten und Hoffnung. Als sie eines Tages beobachtet, wie ein Kunde heimlich ein Buch austauscht, wird ihr klar: Diese Buchhandlung birgt Geheimnisse.

Zwischen Wirtschaftswunder und Halbwelt tummeln sich die Spione. Ruhrgebiet, 1960er Jahre: Hedy Voss ist gewitzt, unabhängig - und verzweifelt. Um für ihre kranke Schwester Elsa sorgen zu können, hat sie keine andere Wahl, als zu tun, was sie am besten kann: Einbrüche verüben. Eines Tages fallen Hedy dabei gefährliche Informationen in die Hände, mit denen Elsa leichtfertiger umgeht, als es den beiden Schwestern guttut. Plötzlich schweben die beiden in höchster Gefahr, und Hedy muss sich entscheiden, wie weit sie bereit ist zu gehen, um Elsa und sich zu schützen.

It’s 1957, with Mitch Miller on the radio and Sputnik orbiting overhead. In this fourth Father Hardy outing, Hardy and his friends brave the drifting snow and deadly Arctic chill to search for a missing local woman. Can they find her in time? What Hardy reveals to the marshal about her, will shock you. There’s a prowler on the loose. Is he a murderer? Is he a stranger or, God forbid, “one of us?” Can they catch him before he strikes again?

Her scandal. His revenge. The unforgettable new historical novel from award-winning author, Kate Foster. St Monans, Fife, Scotland 1790. Two women are forced to publicly repent in church, one for adultery the other for breaching the sabbath. Wealthy housewife, Florrie, and salt serf, Eliza, form...

Dos clásicos imprescindibles de Agatha Christie reunidos en una colección de audiolibros llena de asesinatos, espionaje y misterio en la legendaria mansión de Chimneys. Incluye dos novelas completas protagonizadas por el Superintendente Battle: El Secreto de Chimneys y El Misterio de Las 7...

February 1913. Lady Hardcastle and her diminutive but brave lady’s maid, Flo, have been invited by their friend JB McIntyre to spend the weekend at his recently renovated Tudor fort on a remote island off the Devonshire coast. But the holiday quickly turns sinister when first a number of valuable jewels go missing—and then a fellow guest is murdered with a most unusual weapon.

Sadie Snow was excited to qualify as a Pinkerton agent, but now her first official case has put her own life and the lives of the family she's supposed to be protecting in danger. On the serene St. John’s River in the wilds of 1865 Florida, Sadie is on her first official job as a lady Pinkerton agent, tasked with protecting a wealthy family in a small town in the middle of nowhere. The former actress is determined to prove herself as a capable investigator. She is skilled in self-defense and has a sharp mind, but her inexperience may prove to be her downfall.

Quanto può essere misterioso un invito a cena? Se arriva dalla contessa Mazzucco, che detesta profondamente il genere umano, parecchio. Soprattutto quando il destinatario è uno scrittore di poca fama che nulla ha a che fare con la nobiltà. Perché sì, a metà degli anni Sessanta, per...

Now president of her father's company, Bishop Aeronautics, Evelyn is presiding over a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of her factory when she is approached by Billy Takemura, a Japanese American soldier who announces that she's building on stolen land. Like Evelyn and Nick, Billy is a...

A gripping historical cozy mystery featuring a fragile young widow who discovers she is stronger than she thinks, an unlikely partnership, and enough suspects to keep you guessing until the final page from the author of the hugely popular Dodo Dorchester, Percy Pontefract, and Saffron Weald...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The daughter of a powerful tycoon escapes to a glamorous artists’ retreat—where dark secrets and dangerous temptations await—in this gripping Prohibition-era novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea. “Enthralling . . . While history...

“The Kyiv Mysteries provide timely lessons for anyone living under an oppressive regime.” —The Atlantic “Though [The Lost Soldiers] is set more than a century ago, its parallels to conditions today are clear. A darkly comic mystery with deep roots in history.” —Kirkus (starred...

Der Tower of London. Festung, Gefängnis, Waffenlager und nicht zuletzt der Aufbewahrungsort der Kronjuwelen. Doch es ist kein unterhaltsamer Ausflug, der Holmes und Watson hierherführt. Dreihundertfünfzig Jahre nach dem gewaltsamen Tod zweier Königinnen werden auf dem Richtplatz erneut Menschen Opfer eines Henkers. Wer trachtet den Männern, deren Familiengeschichten eng mit dem Empire verbunden sind, nach dem Leben?

Wien, 1906: In einem Hotel wird die Leiche einer Prostituierten aufgefunden. Der auffällige Schmuck der jungen Frau führt Ermittler Max von Krause erneut zur Wiener Werkstätte, wo er Lili Feigl wiedertrifft. Als Lili auf eigene Faust nach dem Käufer des Schmucks sucht, stößt sie auf ein Netz aus Lügen und Intrigen, das bis in die höchsten Kreise Wiens reicht. Gemeinsam versuchen sie, den Täter zu entlarven, doch die Zeit scheint gegen sie zu spielen, denn schon bald geschieht ein weiterer Mord.

Germany, 1947. Roxi has survived what should have broken her. Then a lost talisman resurfaces. It can only mean one thing: the man who destroyed her family is alive. As she tracks him through a shattered country determined to look the other way, Roxy is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse. In a time when perpetrators hide behind new identities and survivors are told to stay silent, her search for justice could cost her everything. A gripping novel in the German Wife series about the aftermath of the Holocaust, the cost of silence and a woman who refuses to be a victim ever again.

Ein Zeitungsbericht über eine Wunderheilung führt Matt und India zu Dr. Hale. Sie hoffen, dass er kein Quacksalber ist, sondern ein magischer Arzt, der sie zu Chronos führen kann. Aber Hale entpuppt sich als Drogistenmagier, der unbedingt die Gesellschaft über Magie aufklären will. Ihre Enttäuschung darüber, Chronos nicht aufspüren zu können, ist bald vergessen, als Matt des Mordes an Hale verdächtigt wird.

On the east coast of Ireland, one of the country's most prominent citizens takes his business partner's son out sailing and, while out at sea, shoots himself dead. This strange, enigmatic event captures the attention of pathologist Quirke who begins to investigate. When a second death occurs, one even more shocking than the first, Quirke uncovers dark secrets buried in a rivalry between two entangled families.

When spring storms descend on 1950s Dublin, a body is found in a canal, and pathologist Quirke must find the truth behind this brutal murder. The investigation leads him into the dark heart of the organisation that really runs this troubled city: the church. As Quirke's traumatic childhood in a priest-run orphanage returns to haunt him, he must face his greatest trial yet.

1949. The Cold War is intensifying and rumours abound that the Russians are close to creating an atomic bomb. Beattie Cavendish, special operative for a covert section of GCHQ is sent to Scotland, to a listening station in the Highlands at Kilbray. Beattie's arrival is greeted with suspicion by...

Charlie James is back in this glamorous historical mystery of murder, fashion, food, secrets, and danger in 1930s Paris. At a glitzy gala in the ballroom of the Ritz Hotel, young American tourist Maisy Bell meets an intriguing man. She accepts his charming offer to take her on a day trip. When...