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Cracovia, 1895. In una fredda mattina di aprile, sulle sponde della Vistola viene ritrovato il corpo di una giovane donna. I capelli sciolti, l'abbigliamento composto e una macchia di sangue scuro sulla camicetta chiara rendono la ricostruzione degli accadimenti più complessa rispetto alle comuni morti violente che si registrano di solito in quel quartiere periferico e poco raccomandabile della città. La vittima è Karolina Szulcówna, fino al giorno prima domestica irreprensibile nel Palazzo del Pavone.

Lady Eleanor Swift is at Buckingham Palace to see her new husband, Detective Chief Inspector Seldon, knighted. Brimming with pride, all she can hope is that Gladstone the bulldog behaves himself in front of the king. But the happy day is overshadowed when Dilly Dalrymple, a royal guard, collapses. The head of the royal police asks Eleanor and Hugh to investigate the murder–unofficially. This is her first clue that there’s more to the story....

Evil is masquerading in the halls of Parliament, and Sir Bertrand Thorndike is tasked with investigating from the inside. With his new position as a member of the House of Commons, he has access to the power brokers of English government. His tactic is to listen and learn, careful not to reveal his true motives, and he’s quickly inducted into the mysterious Theban Club.

Inez Stannert has reinvented herself—again. Fleeing the comfort and wealth of her East Coast upbringing, she became a saloon owner and card sharp in the rough silver boomtown of Leadville, Colorado, always favoring the unconventional path—a difficult road for a woman in the late 1800s. Then the teenaged daughter of a local prostitute is orphaned by her mother's murder, and Inez steps up to raise the troubled girl as her own.

A welcome interlude of calm has descended on Wrexford and Charlotte, though with three lively young boys in their care and an unconventional circle of friends and allies, quiet rarely lasts. And sure enough, in the dead of night, an old acquaintance appears and asks for help. His brother-in-law has been accused of murdering a fellow member of the prestigious Royal Society at their London headquarters, Somerset House.

Alnwick, Northumberland, 1813: Lady Percy's worries about spending her first holiday season as a new countess grow worse upon their arrival at Alnwick Castle. When the old duke calls her by the wrong name, she is left with unsettling questions: Who was this mysterious woman in the duke's past, and why does his fading mind cling to her memory so fiercely? Meanwhile, Lord Percy confronts a crisis outside the castle walls. Children are disappearing from neighboring villages, vanishing without a trace into the Northumberland wilds.

Can Vita Carew expose the truth behind a ruthless doctor and his lethal assistant, save an injured man, and escape unscathed with time to resume her vacation studying?

Newlyweds Lucy Lawrence and Phineas Stone arrive at the glittering shores of Lake Como, Italy, not to enjoy a romantic honeymoon but to answer a frantic plea for help. Phin's brother-in-law—the charismatic Count Luca Carmosino—has vanished without a trace from his Belle Époque villa, and the couple find themselves thrust into a world of stolen diamonds and smuggling rings.

Virginia Abrams believed the war had taken all it could from her when her husband was killed in the Philippines. One year later, she's in a dark, unexpected quandary—pregnant and on the run to avoid a ruthless political family that wants to erase all connections between her and the man who assaulted her.

>Born in the quiet village of Shambala, Kalki Hari, son of Vishnuyath and Sumati, has no idea about his heritage until he is pitted against tragedies and battles. Whisked into the province of Keekatpur, which is under the fist of Lord Kali, Kalki sees the ignominy of death trumping life all around him. He learns that he has been born to cleanse the world he lives in, for which he must journey to the North and learn the ways of Lord Vishnu’s Avatar; from an immortal who wields an axe.

Ein herrschaftliches Anwesen. Eine Familie voller Geheimnisse. Und ein Mord, der alles verändert. Willkommen in Old Thatch, einem Ort, an dem die Schatten der Vergangenheit länger sind als die Flure des Hauses – und tödlicher. Als das Familienoberhaupt Sir Cedric Ashworth tot in seinem Arbeitszimmer aufgefunden wird, beginnt für Constable Charles Barnes ein Fall, der tiefer reicht als vermutet. Ein zerrütteter Sohn, eine trauernde Nichte, ein zu schweigsamer Butler, ein Arzt mit zweifelhafter Rolle und eine Frau mit verlorener Herkunft – sie alle tragen ein Stück Wahrheit in sich.

In 1939, Amelia Hartley is slinging hash at Schwab’s Pharmacy, but a girl can’t live on soda fountain shtick forever. When she learns of the revival of a long-forgotten film gem, Amelia seizes her chance for stardom—if she can convince the right people to believe in her. At Selznick International, opportunity comes knocking when she’s offered the role of stand-in. But as Amelia works to make her mark, she uncovers an unexpected web of corruption stretching from Sunset Boulevard to Palm Springs. At its center stands a woman Hollywood cast aside—one whose secrets could upend Tinseltown.

On the windswept Isle of Islay, retired fisherman Ruairidh MacEachern dies suddenly during lunch with a friend, leaving behind a cryptic legacy. Among his possessions, his grandson Alasdair finds an ancient bagpipe chanter and a mysterious musical composition—keys to secrets buried for centuries. In his quest for answers, Alasdair hires the Sandalwood Investigation Agency, and together they unravel a complex web of ancient Scottish clans, royal conspiracies, and the rich Gaelic heritage that has shaped Scotland’s turbulent history.

It is the Whitsun weekend of 1931 in the once-fashionable resort of Frencham-on-Sea. A housewarming party at Seaview One, the thoroughly modern home of Sir James and Lady Theodora Phillips, goes horribly wrong when Lady Theodora is found drowned in the swimming pool. Suspicion falls immediately on one of the servants, but the police are unable to make the charge stick. Two of the house guests, Clarice Thompson and Cliff Thorley, begin to notice the undercurrents of tension and rivalry among the guests, and that one person in particular is acting very suspiciously.

London 1895. Auf Bitten seiner früheren Nemesis Sherlock Holmes, mit dem ihn aktuell ein angespannter Waffenstillstand verbindet, wird Professor Moriarty erneut detektivisch tätig. Der Grund ist ebenso simpel wie bestürzend: Ein beruflicher Konkurrent Holmes' wurde überfallen und schwer verletzt, und Dr. Watson ist dringend tatverdächtig. Bei ihren Recherchen stoßen Moriarty und Molly Miller schon bald auf die Familie Cavendish-Smythe, Teemagnaten mit politischen Ambitionen und einigen dunklen Geheimnissen.

London 1912: Ist der verurteilte Mörder Charles Linkworth in Wahrheit unschuldig? Nach dessen Hinrichtung wird der zuständige Gefängnisarzt von Erscheinungen gepeinigt, die er sich nicht erklären kann. Schnell wird klar, dass der Verbrecher gar nicht so tot ist, wie es den Anschein hatte - und dass er noch eine Rechnung im Diesseits zu begleichen wünscht.

Der junge Angus Weaver macht sich nach dem Tod seines Vaters auf die Suche nach seinem verschollenen Bruder Alistair. Angusʼ Bruder ist anders. Kleinwüchsig mit nur einem Arm, fristet er sein Dasein als Ulkfigur in einem Zirkus. Ein uraltes, mysteriöses Wesen gehört zu den Schaustellern und es tötet grausam.

Der Spion in den eigenen Reihen ist enttarnt. Nach wochenlanger Suche gelingt den Mitarbeitern von Mycroft Holmes endlich der entscheidende Durchbruch. In einem geheimen Gewölbe stoßen sie auf Hinweise auf ein Treffen hochrangiger Mitglieder des Zirkels. Die Spur führt nach Schottland. Oscar Wilde begibt sich auf eine gefährliche Mission mitten ins Herz des Feindes.

Berlin-Westend, 1973 – ein Tonband, ein Interview, eine Überraschung: Der Privatdozent Hans Singer besucht den 74-jährigen Kriminalkommissar a.D. Gereon Rath im Seniorenheim, weil er über die Arbeit der Berliner Polizei im Wechsel der politischen Systeme forscht. Insbesondere die Polizistenmorde am Bülowplatz 1931 und zwei damals steckbrieflich gesuchte Männer interessieren den Historiker. Denn die haben später im Staatsapparat der DDR eine steile Karriere gemacht.

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.