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London, 1890. When the body of a wealthy widow is found in the neglected graveyard of St Anne’s Church, Soho, Emma Langley and Penny Green soon discover her respectable façade concealed a web of bitter enemies. From a disgraced doctor stripped of his livelihood to a governess whose reputation was destroyed by lies, the victim, Mrs Melbourne, left a trail of devastation in her wake. Then Mrs Melbourne’s Belgravia mansion is consumed by a mysterious fire. Emma and Penny must race to decipher water-damaged papers salvaged from the ruins that could hold the key to the truth.

UNA ISLA ENTRE DOS BANDERAS. UNA FAMILIA QUE FORJA SU DESTINO. Desde la invasión norteamericana hasta los albores de una nueva identidad política, una saga familiar de tradición y cambio, en donde lo único que perdura es el amor. El año 1898 despunta con una España en el ocaso de su imperio. En Puerto Rico, la más pequeña de sus colonias, la expansión norteamericana avanza con rapidez vertiginosa y a su paso se desvanecen las esperanzas de una solución simple. Sin ser consultada por perdedor o ganador, la isla pasa de ser colonia española a territorio estadounidense.

Explosive sequel to national bestseller 'Dharmayoddha Kalki: Avatar of Vishnu' (Book 1) After a defeat at the hands of Lord Kali, Kalki Hari must journey towards the Mahendragiri mountains with his companions to finally become the avatar he is destined to be. But the road ahead is not without peril . . . Not only is he trapped by the cannibalistic armies of the Pisach, he is also embroiled in the civil war of the Vanars. And in midst of all this, he meets a face from the legends.

St. Pauli in den 1920er-Jahren – ein Schmelztiegel der Kulturen im ersten Chinatown Deutschlands. Polizist Peder Hansen sucht dort den Mörder seines Bruders. Doch er ist nicht der Einzige mit einer Mission: Li Lim, Auftragskiller der Shanghaier Triaden, soll einen Oppositionellen töten. Als Hansen tiefer in die Unterwelt von St. Pauli vordringt, gerät er an seinen größten Feind: Woo Chong, Herrscher über das Nachtleben und mutmaßlicher Mörder seines Bruders. Schließlich bleibt Hansen nur eine Wahl: Er muss sich mit Li Lim verbünden.

Caithness, October 1871. When a strange vision leads cartographer Robert Sutherland out onto the moor, an accident leaves him inches from death. He is taken to Leask House, to recuperate under the care of Mrs. Sinclair and her beautiful daughter Isabel. At first, Robert thinks the dreadful visions that plague him at Leask House are the result of the laudanum he has been prescribed. But as events take ever stranger and more terrifying turns, Robert begins to wonder whether his presence at Leask House is really a coincidence at all.

April, 1867. A train departs King's Cross station bound for Lincoln. Among the passengers is a man attired in the garb of one in high ecclesiastical office.

September, 1145. The body of a Templar knight is discovered in the Forest of Wyre on Worcestershire's northern border, and concealed upon his person is a bloodstained document that reveals the identity of a traitor. Undersherif Hugh Bradecote, Sergeant Catchpoll and Underserjeant Walkelin must discover who the dead man was and whether his death was personal, political or an outlaw killing.

We begin with the last testament of William Shakespeare as he investigates the real-life murder mystery of his friend, playwright Christopher Marlowe. The second story is a 19th-century Gothic tale about the discovery of Shakespeare’s manuscript, set in an isolated former Priory, now a clinic for those who cannot sleep. The third is a lighter Golden Age detective tale set in Venice, where private investigator Honora Feldman looks into a baffling case of theft and murder in the British expat community, with the Gothic story at its heart. And finally, a 1940s American Noir...

Step into the perilous streets of Zamboula in Robert E. Howard’s Shadows in Zamboula, a gripping sword-and-sorcery adventure featuring Conan the Cimmerian. In this pulse-pounding tale of intrigue, betrayal, and survival, Conan faces sinister tavern keepers, bloodthirsty cannibals, and a treacherous priest in a city where danger lurks at every corner.

Im Jahr 2119: Die Welt ist überschwemmt, Europa eine Insellandschaft, Freiheit und Reichtum unserer Gegenwart – ein ferner Traum. Der Literaturwissenschaftler Thomas Metcalfe sucht ein verschollenes Gedicht von Weltrang. Der Dichter Francis Blundy hat es 2014 seiner Frau Vivien gewidmet und nur ein einziges Mal vorgetragen. In all den Spuren, die das berühmte Paar hinterlassen hat, stößt Thomas auf eine geheime Liebe, aber auch auf ein Verbrechen. Ian McEwan entwirft meisterhaft eine zukünftige Welt, in der nicht alles verloren ist.

An escaped convict! A Contessa who is not what she seems! What are the mysteries of the Whitaker Theatre company? And –– could a baby be on the way? Where is the doctor???

Roger Mifflin's bookshop is no ordinary store. Tucked away in Brooklyn, the Haunted Bookshop doesn't sell ghost stories haunted by the spirits of great literature. When young advertising man Aubrey Gilbert steps inside, he expects a simple business transaction. What he finds instead is a world of intrigue, wisdom, and unexpected danger.

An Advent Calendar of Twelve All New Sherlock Holmes Adventures Sherlock Holmes: Crimes for Christmas is a collection of new Sherlock Holmes stories to be listened to over the holiday season (i.e. from December 1st to December 26th). Each story is divided into two sections. The first day provides the case to the listener. The second day provides the ending. You get to think like Sherlock Holmes and see if you can solve the case before listening to the thrilling conclusion.

A notorious burglar known as The Snowman is currently terrorising the West End of London. Targeting the rich and fashionable, he leaves no evidence, except his calling card, a naively drawn snowman. Stylish lady detective, Miss Isabel Hewitt, is approached by retired actor Sir Willard Erskine and asked to find who this man is. Isabel has never investigated a burglar before but takes on the commission, as she has contacts in the criminal world, who may be able to help her.

Christmas Day 1944: After his last mission put him in the tailspin of the Battle of the Bulge, Captain Billy Boyle travels to southeast England to visit his girlfriend, Diana Seaton, for a brief holiday respite. Diana is engaged in classified work at RAF Hawkinge, including Operation Corona, which recruits German-speaking Women’s Auxiliary Air Force members—many of them Jewish refugees from the Kindertransport rescue—to countermand German orders and direct night fighters away from Allied bombers.

London, 1907: When the Season's most accomplished and elegant debutante, Victoria Goldsborough, collapses and dies at her engagement ball, the great and good of London Society prepare to mourn the tragic loss of an upstanding young woman. But all is not what it seems, and after a toxic beverage is revealed to be the cause of death, the king himself instructs Lady Emily and her husband Colin Hargreaves to unearth the truth.

After being sidelined for a pesky gunshot wound, typist-turned-field agent Evelyne Redfern is ready for her next assignment with Britain’s secretive Special Investigations Unit. When a British Intelligence informant in Portugal mysteriously disappears just after hinting that he has vital information about German plans that could tip the balance of World War Two, Evelyne and her dashingly irksome partner, David Poole, are sent headed to Lisbon to find him.

London, 1889. Lady Rosalynd, a fervent champion of women’s rights, is no stranger to challenging the status quo. But when a brutal murder casts suspicion on Rosalynd’s beloved cousin and implicates the enigmatic Duke of Steele's brother, her fiercely guarded independence is put to the ultimate test.

El maestro de la novela histórica de suspense nos deleita con una historia de mujeres fuertes, decisiones difíciles y heridas que nunca cerraron. 300.000 lectores ya tienen a Rafael Tarradas Bultó en su lista de imprescindibles Barcelona, 1880. Como protegida de una de las mujeres de la alta burguesía barcelonesa, Sara ha comenzado a trabajar en la colonia textil de la familia Bofarull . Allí, su prodigiosa mirada y su incomparable talento la llevarán a liderar el departamento de diseño , donde parece haber encontrado su vocación.

1895 год. В ночь на первое мая в институте благородных девиц разыгралась драма: застрелены двое молодых докторов, а вместе с ними найдена и одна из юных воспитанниц – отравленной. Дело поручено петербургскому сыщику Степану Егоровичу Кошкину, а в добровольные помощники вызвался его приятель и сосед, эксцентричный химик Воробьев, весьма сведущий в самой передовой криминалистике.