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The North Sea, October 1904 - When Russian warships bombard the Hull trawler fleet, killing innocent fishermen, public outrage pushes Britain and Russia to the brink of war, the sparks from which could inflame the entire continent. Doctor Ingo Finch, once of the Royal Army medical corps, is long done with military adventuring. But when a stranger seeks him out, citing a murderous conspiracy behind the infamous 'Dogger Bank Incident', Finch is drawn back into the dark world of espionage.

1899, South Africa: As the Boer War rages, Captain Ingo Finch of the Royal Army Medical Corps pieces together casualties at the front. Later, recovering in Cape Town, he is woken by local police. A British officer has been murdered, and an RAMC signature is required for the post-mortem. Shocked by the identity of the victim, the bizarre nature of the crime and what appears a too-convenient resolution, Finch turns detective. He is soon thrust into a perilous maze of espionage and murder.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of Conclave, V2, and Fatherland comes a WWII-era spy thriller set against the backdrop of the fateful Munich Conference of September 1938. Now a Netflix film starring Jeremy Irons. With this electrifying novel about treason and conscience...

Students of biblical Greek will learn all New Testament Greek vocabulary words that occur ten times or more in the New Testament by interacting with this audio product. Jonathan Pennington speaks all New Testament Greek words in descending order of frequency. Different tracks enable students to...

October 3, 1959: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s latest musical, “The Sound of Music,” starring Mary Martin, has just had its world premiere in New Haven, the first stop on its road to Broadway. But for one member of the company it will prove to be the final performance. The following morning, the lifeless body of beautiful newcomer Eva Rossi–Mary Martin’s understudy–is discovered in a bizarrely-appointed hotel room, beneath a wall defaced with a bloody inscription: How do you solve a problem like Maria?

Germany, 1660: When a dying boy is pulled from the river with a mark crudely tattooed on his shoulder, hangman Jakob Kuisl is called upon to investigate whether witchcraft is at play in his small Bavarian town. Whispers and dark memories of witch trials and the women burned at the stake just seventy years earlier still haunt the streets of Schongau.

A missing shipment of weapons for China and the murder of an aspiring scientist kickstart a madcap dash through the world of seances, prizefighting, cutting-edge technology, Holmesian cameos, and many disguises. London, 1924. Judge Cheng Gao Shang has been sent by Sun Yat Sen’s government to...

Murder in Canton takes place in the year 680, as Judge Dee, recently promoted to lord chief justice, is sent incognito to Canton to investigate the disappearance of a court censor. With the help of his trusted lieutenants Chiao Tai and Tao Gan, and that of a clever blind girl who collects crickets, Dee solves a complex puzzle of political intrigue and murder through the three separate subplots "the vanished censor," "the Smaragdine dancer," and "the Golden Bell."

Rok 1795. Jago ma za zadanie pomóc urzędnikowi państwowemu w dostarczeniu do Kongresu kopii traktatu, który ma uniemożliwić Amerykanom zawarcie sojuszu z Francją przeciwko Wielkiej Brytanii. Kiedy jednak urzędnik ginie w niefortunnym – i najwyraźnie „przypadkowym" – wypadku, a traktat znika, Laurence uświadamia sobie, że tylko on może zapobiec nadciągającej katastrofie.

Als auf dem Frankfurter Gallusberg die Leiche einer Hure gefunden wird, steht für Richter Blettner sofort fest: Es war Selbstmord. Doch seine junge Frau Hella sieht das anders. Und es dauert nicht lange, da liegt ein zweiter Toter am gleichen Ort: der verschwundene Gewandschneider Voss. Hella und ihre Mutter, die Witwe Gustelies, beschließen, dass es höchste Zeit ist für eine ordentliche Ermittlung. Die Spur führt sie hinauf in die oberste Riege der Frankfurter Zünfte und tief hinab in die dunkelsten Winkel der Reichsstadt.

The owners of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are back, and more determined than ever to bring love matches to the residents of Post-WWII London . . . so something as trivial as being dragged into a spy mission isn't going to stop them! Sparks fly when an old friend comes to town . . . London...

Ellie and Quinn's honeymoon in France is meant to be a celebration of love and new beginnings. But when they visit the quaint village her ancestor once called home, Ellie finds herself drawn into the story of why he left—and discovers that the roots of love, sacrifice, and hope stretch further than she ever imagined.

Agatha Christie's cherished housekeeper, Phyllida Bright, not only keeps the celebrated author's home running smoothly, but she has also proven herself an accomplished sleuth. So when a murderer brings mayhem to a wedding, in this USA Today bestselling series' latest installment, she's on hand...

Love is in the air in wartime England—but so is murder. Crofter’s Green is abuzz with excitement. Seven young couples are preparing to say their vows at a Valentine's Day celebration—an event made even more thrilling by the expected arrival of a very important (and very secret) guest: the most famous woman in the world.

Cassie Woods's latest feature story has made her one of the most talked about reporters in the male-dominated world of journalism in early 1880s New York City. Her editor brings her a new investigation: corruption within the police department, perfect for her, he says, because of her relationship with Detective O'Neill.

A nun is found dead. A priest is horribly attacked. An evil older than sin is loose in Yorkshire… Sir Ralph de Mandeville with his assistants Peter and Merek have recently come from Reeth to hold a court session in Marske but are pulled away at the news of a most heinous crime having been discovered further down the River Swale.

When Georgia Fenchurch is called in to find Sir Edward Hale's missing son, she's soon embroiled in multiple mysteries. After discovering young Teddy's been taken by his mother, her worry lessens. But further investigation reveals other well-to-do women have disappeared. Have they been kidnapped? Killed? Or is there something even more sinister going on...

Marzo 1939: un piroscafo in avaria, con il suo dolente carico di profughi della guerra civile spagnola, attracca al porto di Genova. A bordo, uomini, donne e bambini, e nella stiva un cadavere non identificato. Bruno Arcieri, capitano dei Carabinieri in servizio a Roma, da poco agente del SIM, viene mandato a indagare sulla presenza di possibili spie sulla nave. Ma la sua missione si complica quando scopre di dover collaborare con un emissario del Vaticano, che deve scoprire se a bordo c'è un misterioso agente segreto in possesso di documenti di vitale importanza per l'immediato futuro.

The scruffy detective Kosuke Kindaichi returns to solve another fiendish murder mystery. An old friend of Kindaichi’s invites the detective to visit the remote mountain village of Onikobe, the site of a 20-year-old unsolved murder case. But no sooner has Kindaichi in the village than a new series of murders strikes – several bodies are discovered staged in bizarre poses, and it soon becomes clear that the victims are being killed using methods that eerily echo the lyrics of an old local children’s song …

1915, London: Working in the dusty bookshop that her Aunt Violet mysteriously inherited, Hannah Merrill is accustomed to finding twists in every tale. But discovering her beloved best friend Lily-Anne – with a paperknife through her heart – in the middle of the bookshop, is not a plotline she saw coming. The case is anything but textbook. With the discovery of a coded German message, and Hannah’s instinct that Lily-Anne’s husband is keeping secrets, she determines to get to the bottom of it. She can’t do it alone though.