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Als Rena spurlos verschwindet, macht sich ihre beste Freundin Tilla auf die Suche. Doch schnell merkt sie: Nichts von dem, was Rena über sich erzählt hat, ist wahr. Die Verkäuferin, die angeblich Renas Mutter ist, hat gar keine Kinder. Das Haus an der Adresse, die ihre Freundin ihr genannt...

A blade in the dark. A death in the third act. A royal secret that could shake the throne. London. 1889. When the Duke of Steele invites Lady Rosalynd to share his box at the Royal Opera House for a performance of Rigoletto, neither expects the evening to end in blood. But as the doomed Gilda breathes her last onstage, a killer slips into the adjacent box and one of London's most ruthless industrialists falls to a stiletto blade. Both Rosalynd and Steele witness the shadowy figure flee, yet can do nothing to stop the crime.

1889 was a full year indeed... Against a vibrant backdrop of world events, local scandals and the lingering aftermath of the Ripper murders, we find our heroes, SHERLOCK HOLMES and DR. WATSON racing through the gaslit streets of London, bringing malefactors to justice–and saving the innocent from iniquity!

Set in 1915 against the atmospheric backdrop of the Mexican Revolution, "Land of Salt and Ash: Rosaura the Heiress of Silence" is a gripping historical mystery thriller. When Rosaura Valenzuela returns to the remote, sun-bleached village of San Jacinto del Desierto to settle a family inheritance, she expects a simple administrative task. Instead, she is confronted by a haunting environment filled with buried secrets, eerie voices, and locked rooms. As she navigates the deep shadows of her family's past, Rosaura uncovers a dangerous truth that permanently alters her destiny.

In Tillery, North Carolina, the past doesn't stay buried—it takes root. When Lila Harper returns home, she isn't looking for trouble. But in a town built on silence, questions have a way of uncovering what was never meant to be found. What begins as a search for answers soon reveals something deeper—whispers of secrets tied to the church, the land, and the people who have spent years protecting both. The more Lila uncovers, the clearer it becomes: someone doesn't want the truth to surface. Because in Tillery, history isn't just remembered. It's guarded.

Hartwell, New Jersey, was never meant to give up its secrets. When archaeologist Nora Hale returns to her hometown to oversee the redevelopment of the long-abandoned Blackwater Bootworks, she expects routine work: soil surveys, structural remnants, and fragments of the past neatly cataloged and explained. What she finds instead is something buried. Beneath the collapsed factory floor lies evidence that was never recorded—and was never meant to be found.

Traveling to the ancestral Matlock estate with her husband, Beatrice, Duchess of Kesgrave, is finally able to confront her greatest foe: the pinery. Forced to endure an endless parade of pineapple-inflected dishes early in her marriage, she has devised a scheme to sabotage the despised fruit, which she can now carry out at long last. Good gracious, no. Bea does not really mean the plants any harm, and approaching the building on a summer morning, she is struck by how lovely it is, with its elegant portico and high arching windows.

The Desert Keeps Its Secrets. In the silent of Nevada desert, where the wind moves like a whisper across endless sand and dry lake beds, there exists a place that officially did not exist for decades. A place erased from maps. A place denied, dismissed, and quietly protected. That place is Area 51.

More than a million dollars in government bonds have vanished from a locked bank vault—and the only visible clue is a tiny disk of steel. New York lawyer Lawrence Duncan is drawn into the mystery after receiving an urgent telephone call from wealthy real estate dealer Martin Anderson. George...

Lindisfarne in 1494 is a place of secrets. The scribe Linnet is running from her criminal past and seeking sanctuary in the island of her childhood. She’s friendless in the monastery, the monks resentful of a woman scribe, and her only company is Tom the fisherman and a child, Isabelle –...

The thirty-seventh mystery in Peter Tremayne's long-standing and much-loved series, featuring 7th-century Irish super-sleuth Sister Fidelma. AD 673. Sister Fidelma and her husband Eadulf are journeying back from the Kingdom of the East Angles to Cashel when a violent storm wrecks their ship on...

Patricia Peacock ist überglücklich, das Erbe ihres lang verschollenen Vaters antreten zu können - befreit es sie doch von ihrer ungeliebten Anstellung als Gesellschaftsdame bei Lady Blanford. In Kairo muss sie allerdings feststellen, dass der Verstorbene ihr nicht nur seinen Besitz samt Hausangestellten und der treudoofen Dogge Sir Tiny hinterlassen hat, sondern auch noch jede Menge Auflagen, um das Erbe überhaupt erst antreten zu können.

A frontier capital that believes its own paperwork. A murdered records clerk. A surveying firm that bears his dead father's name. The acclaimed Thorne & Linus historical mystery series reaches its sixth installment. In the snowbound territorial capital of Carson City, Nevada, every street, lot, and land claim is filed and certified— and whoever controls the record controls the truth. So when the one clerk who knew the old survey plats by heart is found dead behind a bolted office door the morning of his appointment with surveyor Silas Thorne, the official cause is a tired heart.

Eleanor Hartwell has spent fourteen years reading other people's households. When she accepts a governess position at Ashgrove, a quiet estate in Wiltshire, she quickly discovers that the previous governess did not leave willingly—no matter what the family claims.

Erpressung, Korruption, Verrat und Mord – ein ganz normaler Tag im alten Rom … Rom, 70 vor Christus: Gewalttätige Räuber beherrschen die Straßen der Ewigen Stadt, sie plündern, morden und brandschatzen, ohne dass ihnen jemand Einhalt gebieten kann. Selbst Decius Caecilius Metellus der Jüngere, Kommandant der Vigiles, kann nicht viel mehr tun, als Brände zu löschen. Als eines Morgens ein ehemaliger Gladiator tot auf der Straße gefunden wird, nimmt der hochgeborene Hauptmann die Ermittlungen auf.

Inspired by the true story of Jamaica’s first serial killer. Jamaica, 1772. Caribbean jewel, or a killer's playground? On the island of Jamaica, people have started disappearing without trace. Have they run away, trying to start new lives in the British colony under assumed names, or is...

A haunted castle. A deadly secret. And a duchess who can speak to the dead. When Lenora Fletcher arrives at Blackmoore Castle, she's tasked with uncovering the truth behind a scandal no one wants exposed: The former Duchess's death. Officially, it was ruled a suicide. But the spirits of Blackmoore tell a very different story.

A gripping mystery set in Tudor England! Perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, Robyn Young, Alison Weir and Anthony Riches. Is it an open and shut case…? Nottingham, England, 1593 Town Bailiff Francis Barton has been arrested for the murder of his former lover, the widow Agnes Timberlake, and the case against him is a strong one.

The explosive conclusion to the Cassie Woods, Reporter historical mystery romance series. Cassie Woods has discovered a series of murders linked by a mysterious star cut into the young women's shoulders. With her clout as a reporter now solidified in New York City, she convinces the police chief--and her beau, detective O'Neill--to establish a task force to delve deep into the infamous neighborhood of Five Points to discover the murderer.

When Abigail returns to her great-grandmother's mysterious Louisiana estate, she expects peace, not whispers in the dark and secrets buried for generations. As strange visions, hidden passageways, and long-forgotten journals begin to surface, Abby uncovers a tragic love story tied to her family's past. With her children caught in the center of unexplained events and a dangerous presence growing stronger, she must unravel the truth before history repeats itself.