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Estamos nos anos 1970, às vésperas de um feriado, quando o detetive Adam McAnnis se junta a um velho amigo para aproveitar o fim de semana prolongado no West Heart, um clube exclusivo e tranquilo em meio à natureza. Nesse primeiro momento, você talvez não desconfie das intenções dele, mas, em um livro de mistério, nada acontece por acaso.

A mysterious summons. A fatal hot chocolate. And a duchess who never expected mourning to be this dreadfully dull. Hampshire, 1891. Six months into widowhood, Alice, Duchess of Stortford, is restless. Black gowns and seclusion in the country have their limits, so when Clarissa, Dowager Countess...

Człowiek tak naprawdę nie zna samego siebie… Jest rok 1903. W mroku piwnicy przy ulicy Tschepiner we Wrocławiu znalezione zostaje ciało radnego. Podejrzenie pada na radcę kryminalnego, jednego z najlepszych policjantów w Prezydium Policji. Julian Reisky, by ratować swoje dobre imię, musi opuścić Wrocław. Na miejsce banicji wybiera Kraków, miasto swojego dzieciństwa. Tu podejmuje się śledztwa dla Heleny Modrzejewskiej, a prosta sprawa kradzieży zamienia się w niebezpieczną grę.

It's the year 1784 and the shogun rules with an iron fist . . . except within the walled pleasure quarter of Yoshiwara. Inside the Great Gate, samurai law does not apply, and it's women who pull the strings. Magistrates bow to courtesans, prostitutes snub potentates, and those with the most...

A spellbinding tale of hidden desires, whispered secrets, and a darkness that lingers behind every locked door. Yorkshire, 1898. When twenty-one-year-old Lilianne Loxley is sent to Lord Bexton's isolated estate to work off her uncle's debts, she expects drudgery—not danger. With her gift for...

Plagued by guilt after escaping her impoverished childhood, Fontaine Shepherd, the Dowager Lady Kerry, uses her position on the board of a charitable foundation to relocate starving orphans—until contact with the office is lost. Fearing the foundation will discover she's been using funds to...

In London, 1896, private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker's world is upturned when his longtime nemesis, Sebastian Nightwine, previously believed dead, turns up with evil on his mind, launching devastating and secretive attacks against not just Barker, but his network of friends and close associates...

Intrepid reporter Charlotte "Charlie" James investigates the mysterious disappearance of a well-connected American tourist, unaware of the trouble that awaits her ... At a glitzy gala in the ballroom of the Ritz Hotel in pre-War Paris, young American tourist Maisy Bell meets an intriguing man...

二人の「きたさん」が事件に翻弄されつつ成長していく物語で、著者が「生涯、書き続けたい」と願う捕物帖。 舞台は江戸深川。一人目の「きたさん」こと北一は、亡くなった岡っ引き・千吉親分の本業だった文庫(本や小間物を入れる箱)売りで生計を立てている。

With the University preparing for Michaelmas term in 1827, Cambridge is alive with promises of fortunes to be made. University constable Gregory Hardiman has neither the appetite nor the funds to invest, but many others are tempted by the gleam of Bolivian silver. On patrol one evening Gregory is called to a violent incident at an inn, and before long his enquiries lead him to several of the town’s best-known figures–including the Master of St Clement’s College.

When love and money collide, will a wintry house party lead to murder or matrimony? Haro Emison, thrust into his new role as Earl of Anglesford, discovers that his late father has left the family teetering on the edge of financial ruin. Intent on rescuing the estate, Haro abandons his long-held interest in his second cousin Eda and searches instead for a wealthy heiress. But when pride and jealousy cause his plan to spiral out of control, he begins to wonder if he has made a dreadful mistake. Eda Swanycke is enjoying her first season in London when her debut comes to a crashing halt.

Is something wrong at the Halstead ranch? Lake Wood can't shake the feeling that trouble is in the wind for his pretty neighbor, Jane Halstead. First her uncle didn't show when he promised, and now suspicious strangers are lurking about her ranch. But is the trouble purely in his own imagination? Or is there real cause for concern? When odd happenings, jarring revelations, and convenient accidents pile up, Lake enlists the help of his family and friends to get to the bottom of things. But can they find the truth in time to foil the plot? And what more can Lake do to protect the girl he loves?

Ein einziger Befehl hat alles zerstört. An den blutigen Grenzen Britanniens hat Tribun Gaius Julius Maximus einen Fehler begangen – und der Preis dafür war das Leben der Familie seines besten Freundes. Nun ist Lucius Junius Brutus, einst der gefeiertste Krieger seiner Legion, nur noch eine leere Hülle. Getrieben von Schuld, unternimmt Maximus eine waghalsige Reise von den nebligen Küsten des Imperiums zurück ins Herz der Macht: nach Rom.

Sie ist das Licht der Bitterkeit, das personifizierte Vorzeichen des Todes. Er ist Kurier im Dienst einer Abtei, der einst als Waisenkind in die Obhut des Abtes kam. Ihre Verbindung ist genauso rätselhaft wie die Vergangenheit des Boten, die ihn zum Ziel fremder Mächte macht. Eine vertrauliche Nachricht führt Paul in den von Wäldern und Hügeln umringten Ort am Rande des Elsass.

Step into a gritty historical crime thriller where haunting cold cases expose the dark underbelly of a divided city. Perfect for a daily commute or a late-night binge listen, this immersive investigative journey tracks ten chilling crimes across distinct eras. Follow a relentless contemporary...

Er half ihnen. Er heilte sie. Er tötete sie. Südostasien, 1975. Entlang des Hippie Trails verschwinden junge Rucksacktouristen. Manche ertrinken in Gezeitenbecken, manche verbrennen an Straßenrändern. Die Polizei spricht von Unfällen. Nur ein niederländischer Diplomat erkennt das Muster...

1910. A young misfit throws himself under the wheels of a steam train and a young woman is disowned by her wealthy family. 2016. One autumn night, Chris crashes his bike on a wooded trail, only to have an encounter he can’t explain. Now, after a lost century of pain and intrigue, can the uneasy ghosts of the past at last be laid to rest? Switching between the heady days of the Industrial Revolution in South Wales and the present, this short story weaves together history and folklore in a ghostly tale that starts and ends in the very real White Cross Inn of Groeswen.

Paris 1890. Lady's maid Denise le Louarn fears the worst when her mistress, Odette de Valois, vanishes from the Père-Lachaise cemetery during a visit to her husband's grave. All alone in the great metropolis, Denise knows just one person she can go to for help: Odette's former lover, Victor...

Ein toter Gauner, gefährliche Gangs aus dem Untergrund ein großer Karneval in der ganzen Stadt: In ihrem neuesten Fall ermittelt Clara inmitten zwielichtiger Gestalten und bringt sich dabei selbst in Gefahr. Brighton im Karnevalsrausch: Masken, Musik und tausend Möglichkeiten, jemanden verschwinden zu lassen. Genau das hat jemand mit Mervin Grimes getan, einem der berüchtigsten Gangster der Stadt. Nur Privatdetektivin Clara ist fest entschlossen, herauszufinden, was wirklich passiert ist.

From the bestselling author of Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month The Specimens comes a new historic novel set during the Scottish witch trials filled with confessions and betrayal. Rural Scotland, 1629. Amidst the bogs and oat fields, children are going missing, and others seem to have...