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Investigative duo, Dora Fitz-Pennington and Dr Jacob Sandys, have escaped London and headed north to the Lakes, both needing time away from danger after their two most recent cases. Death, unfortunately, hasn’t got the message that it isn’t welcome to join them. Now, as William Wordsworth’s opus goes missing, and disappearances and a murder follow in quick succession, Dora and Jacob are forced to abandon their holiday and use their unique skills to track down a reckless killer intent on destroying the Romantic poets and all they stand for…

Set in London 1929, A Queer Case follows the exploits of Selby Bigge, a gay man who finds himself embroiled in a murder. Selby is a bank clerk by day and a denizen of London’s homosexual underworld by night. He yearns for a more glamorous life and is delighted to receive an invitation to the birthday of the rich banker Sir Lionel Duker.

Ambientato nel primo quindicennio del Settecento, il nuovo romanzo di Camilleri si ispira a un episodio della storia siciliana. Erano gli anni in cui la Sicilia era con i Savoia, si succedevano rivolte e rivoluzioni. Per sei giorni Girgenti diventò un regno indipendente con un contadino che si autoproclamò re. Si chiamava Michele Zosimo.

Contains Two Novellas: Cocktails & Chloroform and Schemes & Scandals.

Вернувшись на родину, в Российскую империю после сложного задания, Амалия Тамарина даже не подозревала, что ждет ее впереди. Происходит покушение, а потом и жестокое убийство царя-Освободителя Александра II, и Амалия вызывается помочь в расследовании дела государственной важности.

At Breakneck Bay, the rides are fast, the injuries frequent, and the lawsuits endless. But when a teenage employee vanishes after closing, leaving behind a blood-soaked crime scene, it’s clear this summer will be the deadliest yet. Suspicion falls on park manager Mitch Blue, forcing his newlywed wife Kit to confront the cracks in their marriage—and the unsettling secrets he’s been keeping. But Kit and the police aren’t the only ones looking for answers. Someone is watching from the shadows, waiting to finish what they started years ago.

The Home Office has asked Sir Bertrand Thorndike to head an investigation into stolen royal jewels. And as with everything concerning the Prince Regent, discretion is paramount. It's the perfect chance for Bertie to step out of his brother's long shadow. Unfortunately, his superior, the Duke of Haverly, has a plan that makes him balk. In order to sell his cover, Bertie must play the part of a man looking for love, ready to reform his rakish ways.

When Beth Loveday retreats to a shadowed corner of the Devon coast, she hopes to rebuild her life in peace. But the old timbered shop she buys—Tenpenny House—has other plans. Strange objects hidden in the walls. A book of forgotten remedies. And dreams that feel like memories. In 1660, Susanna Loveday walks the same worn floors. Apprentice to a healer, she’s swept into a deadly game of suspicion and power when whispers of witchcraft begin to spread. As danger closes in, a single choice will echo through time.

It’s 1916, and Warwick Easton’s traveling show has landed him in California. Out of money and about to return to England, Easton gets lucky when silent movie star and “King of Comedy” Mack Sennett offers him a job performing slapstick comedy stunts as a Keystone Cop.

Alma Lee isn’t expecting much at the party she has been invited to. The host is one Baron Edmund Inglethorpe, a rather conventional Victorian aristocrat. Things get more exciting when a gruesome murder unfolds and Alma is forced into a central role in the investigation, uncovering secrets and deceit. With her own freedom at stake, Alma is willing to do anything to prove her innocence to the world.

A grand tournament is about to begin, and the excitement grows as King Edward III joins the festivities at Mablethorpe Castle. Meanwhile, Lady Vivienne Harlowe's past comes back to haunt her, and she will do anything to find answers to the questions that have plagued her for the past seven years regarding her parents' unsolved murders. Meeting the king is nerve-wracking, but he is the only one who might be able to shed light on her nightmarish quandary.

A second chance to set the record straight, and rekindle a lost love. Wisconsin, 1931—Buck Wilson refuses to accept failure as his reward for all he has sacrificed, but he’s kept secrets for too long to be believed. With his freedom on the line, there’s only one person he trusts to mine for the true story: the woman he left one month before their wedding. All investigative journalist Caroline Wagoneer wants is to shine a light on the truth wherever darkness threatens to obscure it. Which is the only reason she agrees to help her ex-fiance when he begs for her to go undercover in Crow’s Nest.

The Ryukyu Islands, a center of diverse cultures, have absorbed martial arts techniques from various nations, giving birth to the distinctive and deadly Okinawan martial arts. This fusion, a product of centuries of trade and cultural exchange, has created a unique style forbidden for use except in self-defense. However, the question arises as to whether this tradition still holds relevance in Japan's current occupation of the island, especially in light of the Meiji Restoration.

Eine rätselhafte Karte führt Phileas Fogg und seine Freunde nach Frankreich, wo sie weitere Spuren der Halbgöttin Isais vermuten. In England macht Sherlock Holmes in der Zwischenzeit eine beunruhigende Entdeckung. Er bittet die Sonderermittler Irene Adler und Oscar Wilde um Mithilfe bei der Aufklärung eines Mordfalls. Dieser bestätigt Holmes' schlimmste Befürchtungen: Fogg und seine Begleiter schweben in größter Gefahr, von der sie nicht das Geringste wissen.

Es fing ganz harmlos an, mit einem Strandspaziergang in Biarritz - dann führte die Spur zum französischen Finanzminister und schließlich zum finsteren Spukschloss Urganza in den Pyrenäen. Van Dusen löst den Fall brillant, auch wenn er schließlich das Phantom entkommen lassen muss.

The most ladylike of "Merlin's Mauraders," Sofia possesses a natural grace and grandeur to go along with her deadly arsenal of martial skills—which makes her the perfect choice for a dangerous assignment to investigate rumors of government corruption. She must spin through the glittering ballrooms of Mayfair and the sinister back alleys of the city in search of the truth.

Sussex, November 1959. There’s a chill in the air at the Lewes bonfire celebration. Carnival floats fill the narrow streets, fireworks crackle overhead, and Flora and Jack feel the heat of the burning torches lining the streets. But when Trevor French, chief of the Grove Bonfire Society, tumbles from his parade float, they know something is afoot. Trevor didn’t just fall – and amidst the crowds, his killer slips away through the smoke-filled night.

Tras el fenómeno de El consentimiento, traducido en 31 países, aclamado por la crítica y llevado al cine, vuelve Vanessa Springora con una impactante novela que desenmascara el pasado de los hombres de su familia.

When Samuel Pepys and his loyal inquisitors, Abby Harcourt and Jacob Standish, are summoned to King Charles II’s court, they anticipate frivolous entertainment and unimaginable luxury. Instead, they find only death. One of the King’s beloved mistresses lies slain beneath a fallen chandelier, its rope cunningly sabotaged. Was her demise the work of a jealous rival, or a duplicitous courtier with dire secrets to hide?

Et løfte bandt Uthred af Bebbanburg til kong Alfred. Ligesom et løfte bandt ham til Æthelflaed. Nu tvinger et løfte ham væk fra hans fædrene hjem, som han har kæmpet så hårdt for at genvinde. Sammen med en lille gruppe krigere rejser Uthred mod syd og direkte ind i skiftende alliancer og kampen om kongedømmet, hvor han får brug for al sin styrke for at overvinde den stærkeste kriger af dem alle.