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Walk the dark halls and threatening streets of 1920s Asheville in this thrilling third installment of The Stephen Robbins Chronicles, as fan-favorite Robbins confronts the dangerous contrast between appearance and reality at the exclusive Grove Park Inn.

Returning to the sanctuary of Everly Manor after years of exile, Neve and Hugo wish for nothing more than safety and tranquillity. When Neve gives birth to twins, it brings new joy and hope for their family. Contemplating the hidden timeslip passageway at Everly that has shaped their lives, Neve is astonished when a man she recognises from the 21st century stumbles through the magical gateway. But Simon’s arrival sparks a terrible fear, because according to history, Hugo will be dead within the year…

The Monkey and The Tiger includes two detective stories, "The Morning of the Monkey" and "The Night of the Tiger," based on a real-life judge in T'ang Dynasty China who became legendary for his crime-solving skills. In the first story, a gibbon drops an emerald in the open gallery of Judge Dee's official residence, leading the magistrate to discover a strangely mutilated body in the woods—and investigate how it got there. In the second, Dee is traveling to the imperial capital to assume a new position when he is separated from his escort by a flood.

Summer 1918 and stylish lady detective Miss Isabel Hewitt is approached by a nervous young woman, Miss Rosalind Rafferty. She claims she is being terrorised by a ghost and is in fear of her life. She lives in a cottage on her late fiancé' Captain Reuben Gifford's family estate in Hickory Green Hertfordshire. Her maid, Margery died a couple of weeks before after being bitten by an unknown creature. The doctor attending said it was natural causes but Rosalind is not convinced. The maid's mother has asked for a second opinion.

It is March 1570. England is reeling from the Northern Rebellion, when Lords rose up and tried to marry Mary Queen of Scots to the Duke of Norfolk and put her on the English throne. A body is found in what appears to be a ritualistic killing. In his dwelling a message has been daubed on the wall...

India Steele ist verzweifelt. Ihr Vater ist verstorben, ihr Verlobter hat sie um ihr Erbe erleichtert, und niemand will ihr Arbeit geben, obwohl sie jahrelang ihren Vater, den Uhrmacher, unterstützt hat. Vielmehr scheinen sich die Uhrmacher von London vor ihr zu fürchten. Auf sich gestellt, verarmt und am Ende ihrer Kräfte lässt sich India vom einzigen Menschen anstellen, der sie nimmt – einem geheimnisvollen Mann aus Amerika. Einem Mann mit einer seltsamen Taschenuhr, die ihn regeneriert, wenn er krank wird.

Rural Scotland, 1629. Amidst the bogs and oat fields, children are going missing, and others seem to have fallen under a malevolent spell. When a young serving girl is imprisoned on suspicion of witchcraft, it falls on healer and midwife Mòrag to uncover the truth behind the matter. However, investigation only raises more questions, and soon a violent truth comes to light which threatens to upend local life.

Romeo and Juliet (yes, that Romeo and Juliet) invite you to join them in celebrating the union of their spinster daughter, Rosie (she’s 20!) to Escalus the younger, prince of Verona, where murder is the unexpected guest at the wedding. My Lady Jane meets Knives Out in Fair Verona, as New York...

Cold-case detective Raquel Laing faces new threats and long-buried secrets in this gripping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series. SFPD Homicide Inspector Raquel Laing had what might politely be termed a “difficult childhood,” until...

Victorian London comes to vivid life in this riveting heist novel about an all-female thieving gang and one young woman’s heroic plan to escape a life of crime, from the USA Today bestselling author of Down a Dark River. She’s stolen gems, purses, and hearts—but can she steal her life back...

Generationen lasen begeistert die Abenteuer der beiden Weltenbummler Rolf Torring und Hans Warren. Was aber geschah mit unseren Helden in der Zwischenzeit? Wenn es nun die Möglichkeit gibt, eine Fortsetzung der Erlebnisse nach dem letzten VK-Heft 445 zu lesen, so wird der Leser möglicherweise die Frage nach der Herkunft stellen. Hans Warren und Rolf Torring wissen nicht mehr, wem sie trauen können – werden sie von einem uralten ägyptischen Gott verfolgt?

Rebecka lebt weit entfernt von ihrer Familie in Stockholm; zu ihrer Mutter hat sie schon lange keinen Kontakt mehr. Als ihre Großmutter Anna ins Krankenhaus kommt, beschließt Rebecka, die ohnehin eine Auszeit braucht, für ein paar Tage in die südschwedische Heimat zu fahren.

The Last of the Greatest Generation captures the disruptive, uncertain times during WWII, as seen through the eyes of the last living WWII veteran. "Papa John" is nearing the end of his life and has been harboring painful wartime secrets for many years. A fateful meeting with a damaged journalist turns the veteran and his granddaughter's life upside down, with shocking reverberations. Told in two timelines, this novel is a fast-paced mystery that embraces generational romance, patriotism, the horrors of war, and the race to find hidden truths that will impact Japan and the United States.

'Does for Elizabeth's reign what CJ Sansom does for Henry VIII's' Sunday Times The fifth book in the iconic John Shakespeare series, beloved by thousands of readers, from true master of historical fiction, Rory Clements. ------------------------------------------------------- 'Sixteenth-century...

The stunning final story in the one-of-a-kind mystery series, the last mission in the iconic career of John Shakespeare, Queen's Spy. ------------------------------------------------------- 'Sixteenth-century London comes alive in all its tawdriness' Daily Mail 'Beautifully done . . . alive and...

After their recent adventures in Transylvania, Russell and Holmes look forward to spending time with Holmes' son, the famous artist Damian Adler, and his family. But when they arrive at Damian’s house, they discover that the Adlers have fled from a mysterious threat. Holmes rushes after Damian while Russell, slowed down by a recent injury, stays behind to search the empty house. In Damian’s studio, she discovers four crates packed with memorabilia related to Holmes’ grand-uncle, the artist Horace Vernet.

Back in 1956, a cargo plane left a small airport outside Los Angeles and flew straight into a raging storm, never to be seen again. Sixty some years later, retired military assassin and would-be Buddhist Cordell Logan catches sight of something as he and his fiancé Savannah are flying over the Sierra Nevada Mountains. That tiny plane and its mysterious cargo have finally been found.

When young Tyballis discovers her husband has been arrested for murder, she is delighted. As a young orphan coerced to marry her abusive neighbor, she was horribly used. Now is her chance to be rid of him for good and find the confidence she never had. When Tyballis joins forces with the motley network of Andrew’s informers and thieves, they are lured into the dark and dangerous world of medieval London’s political intrigue and back alley slums.

1913. The clouds of war are gathering. The world’s great empires vie for supremacy. Europe is in turmoil, a powder keg awaiting a spark. A body is discovered on the shore below Beachy Head, just a mile from Sherlock Holmes’s retirement cottage. The local police are satisfied that it’s a suicide. The victim, a young man, recently suffered a disappointment in love, and Beachy Head is notorious as a place where the desperate and depressed leap to their deaths. Holmes, however, suspects murder. As he and Watson investigate, they uncover a conspiracy with shocking ramifications.

 Bath, England, 1892. Celebrated mystery author Lady Amy Lovell is set to tie the knot with Lord William Wethington, a fellow member of the Mystery Book Club of Bath. Amy's great-aunt, Lady Priscilla Granville, has offered to host their wedding at her stately Derby Manor House.