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Manhattan, 1928. When Alan Priest, reporter for the New York World, discovers a body at the demolition site for the new Chrysler Building, both his and his wife Lorraine's lives are thrown into turmoil. Can they navigate the worlds of vicious mobsters, corrupt police, and Broadway stars to find the killer?

Jane Austen fears that without her siblings at home, there won't be much Christmas cheer in the Austen household this year. But when she uncovers a skeleton in the cellar of Deane Rectory, Jane soon forgets her woes. Her investigation leads her to the legend of a young bride who's long been thought to haunt the woods nearby. After fleeing her wedding breakfast, the bride was never seen again.

It's a baking hot summer in 1960s California and three women have formed an unlikely friendship. From the outside, Beverly, Elsie and Margot lead idyllic lives, but behind the false smiles and glittering pools lies the truth: their husbands are some of the country's most notorious convicted killers. But when a string of local killings hits the news, the women – underestimated and overlooked – are hurled into an investigation of their own. After all, who better to catch a killer than those who have shared their lives with one?

Scotland, 1886. Lil is an archaeologist who has dedicated herself to a life of rational enquiry. But she is plagued by nightmares which haunt her sleep, and by memories of her mother, a famous medium.

Chicago, 1920s: Movie starlet Silver Dollar Tabor's glittering life shatters after a brutal attack awakens a hidden self. Plunging into the city's dangerous underworld of burlesque speakeasies, she blurs the lines between ambition and destruction, testing her love for screenwriter Carl. This Jazz Age, Prohibition-era tale explores the dark side of fame and the fragility of identity.

When Ginger’s former sister-in-law Felicia, now Lady Davenport-Witt, first received a mysterious note in the post, she dismissed it as coming from a nuisance writer. These things were known to happen to those who enjoyed social popularity. But with a third one, she began to feel ill at ease. Ginger, however, had been worried since the first short missive had arrived. Someone knew of a family secret that would upset Felicia’s apple cart in a very big way.

November, 1939. A conscription officer arrives in the peaceful farming village of Rautjärvi. The Soviet Union has invaded, and for the first time in its history as an independent country, Finland is at war. Setting off into the depths of winter to face the Red Army, the small group of childhood friends recruited from Rautjärvi have no idea whether any of them will ever return home. But their unit has a secret weapon: the young sniper Simo Häyhä, whose lethal skill in the snow-bound forests of the front line will earn him the nickname 'The White Death'.

1895. Der Papst weilt in London zu Gesprächen mit der anglikanischen Kirche. Als der an den Gesprächen beteiligte Kardinal Tosca tot aufgefunden wird, wendet sich ein Vertreter des Papstes an Sherlock Holmes und bittet um Mithilfe bei der Aufklärung des Falles.

Die legendäre Grüne Serie der 1970er Jahre - restauriert und zum ersten Mal chronologisch auf CD! Mit dem Look der alten MARITIM-Langspielplatten. Hörspiel von Kurt Stephan nach dem berühmten Roman von Karl May . In dieser Folge hört Ihr " Unter Geiern ".

Matthew Cutler, newly widowed and caring for two spirited daughters, takes his position as constable for the parish of Spitalfields very seriously. So when Paulo Brisco, a quiet Venetian perfumer is found brutally murdered in his own shop, Cutler throws himself into his first major crime, and one which threatens to set all Bishopsgate alight.

Эдуард Марч, новый герцог Йоркский, объявляет себя королем Англии — королем по праву крови. И вот уже возникают и распадаются союзы аристократов, вершатся предательства и ломаются судьбы. Гражданская война словно живет собственной жизнью — и нет оснований надеяться, что когда-нибудь ей придет конец.

Par une nuit glaciale, le père Lamandre recueille une fillette de six ans venue frapper avec insistance à sa porte. Vingt ans plus tard, Anne est devenue Lady Clarick. Pourtant, dans l'ombre, quatre hommes connaissent son vrai visage et sont prêts à tout pour la punir de ses forfaits. Magnifique portrait d'une femme libre menant, pour sa survie, un jeu dangereux.

Am Flughafen London-Heathrow erwartete mich eine so ungewöhnliche wie grausame Fracht. Der untote Körper einer Frau in Form eines indischen Rachegeists! Wir stießen auf drei ehemalige Offiziere aus Zeiten der britischen Besatzung Indiens, die alle einst in die Verurteilung und Hinrichtung eines jungen Mädchens verstrickt gewesen waren...

Winter 1883: Die frisch gebackene private Ermittlerin Cedar Neill soll den Selbstmord eines Jägers im Auftrag seiner Tochter genauer untersuchen und gerät im Zuge dessen mit einem Unbekannten aneinander, der vor nichts zurückschreckt, um seine dunklen Geheimnisse zu bewahren. Zur selben Zeit treibt in Levior ein offenbar geisteskranker Mörder sein Unwesen, der seine Taten vor der Ausführung bei der Polizei ankündigt und als letzten Gruß auf den Spiegeln seiner Opfer die Umrisse eines Totenschädels hinterlässt.

When Augusta Lockwood and her friends form a society to investigate crime, they don't have long to wait before a murder falls into their laps. A disappearing gardener and the discovery of a gruesome crime scene launch a series of mysterious events that soon engulf even the bravest of the amateur detectives in danger.

Kate Quinn regresa con una inolvidable y poderosa historia de amistad y secretos en una casa de huéspedes de Washington D. C. durante la era McCarthy. Washington D. C., 1950. Todo el mundo guarda las distancias en la Casa Briarwood, una deslucida casa de huéspedes para mujeres donde los secretos se ocultan tras cercas blancas de madera.

Corre la primera mitad del siglo XIII cuando el abad del monasterio de San Millán encarga a uno de sus servidores, Gonzalo de Berceo, la misión de viajar al monasterio de Silos para copiar un manuscrito latino y hacer con él un poema castellano. La secreta intención de la visita es que los dos monasterios aúnen fuerzas contra el papa y sus obispos, que pretenden quedarse con los beneficios de la producción de vino, y contra la pujanza de los nobles castellanos, ávidos también de entrar en el negocio.

New York, 2002. Una serie di attentati sanguinosi sta seminando il terrore in ogni parte del mondo, ma i vertici delle agenzie di intelligence brancolano nel buio. Unici indizi i folli comunicati di un serial bomber, che preannuncia i massacri a mezzo di messaggi tortuosi fra le righe del Corano, agghiaccianti promesse di morte siglate dall'arcano simbolo di un anello leggendario. Un anello che incatena avvenimenti lontanissimi nel tempo, drammaticamente legati al suo infausto luccichio.

Dos mujeres. Una misión: evitar que los nazis roben y destruyan invaluables obras de arte. Los hermanos Sophie y Dietrich abandonaron su hogar en Alemania para escapar del régimen nazi. Cuando París, el lugar donde huyeron, cae bajo el yugo alemán, Dietrich es asesinado por pertenecer a la resistencia.

Catania, 1965. La giovane Norma Speranza viene trasportata all’ospedale dal marito e dal portinaio di casa in gravi condizioni e muore poco dopo. Si è sparata in salotto con una carabina, o almeno questo è ciò che concludono le indagini, sebbene siano molti i dubbi sulle modalità del gesto e sul movente. A confermare l’ipotesi del suicidio c’è un biglietto trovato accanto al corpo: “Tutto è distrutto e io mi ammazzo”. Ma la famiglia è invece convinta che si tratti di un omicidio, e che il biglietto sia stato creato ad arte per offrire un alibi all’assassino.