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Molly Murphy has finally begun to forget the unpleasant murder of a would-be rapist back in Ireland, not to mention her investigation into the murder of a fellow recent Irish immigrant, and is finally free to begin her life in New York City. Given her experiences so far in the New World, Molly has decided that her first order of business is to become a private investigator, a people finder of sorts, working for families in Europe who've lost touch with relatives in America.

Following the disastrous retreat of the British army from Dunkirk in 1940, England is plunged into a state of fear. The threat of a German invasion is real, and many German Nationals are interned in camps across the country. One such camp is on the ancient moor land of Prees Heath, near the small town of Whitchurch in Shropshire, where Tom Tyler is the sole detective inspector. Young women from all walks of life have joined the Land Army, to help desperate farmers keep the country fed. Then one turns up dead.

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The Railway Detective faces his most dangerous adversary yet. It is 1852, and Inspector Robert Colbeck and his assistant Sergeant Victor Leeming are faced with their most complex and difficult case to date. As a train speeds over the Sankey Viaduct, a man is hurled from a carriage and plummets into the canal below. It later transpires that he has been stabbed to death. With no papers by which to identify the man, the detectives' investigation is hampered from the start. Suspecting that the victim may have come from continental Europe, Colbeck and Leeming take the case to France where a new railway is being built by a British contractor.

Despatched on a secret mission, the company of a 28-gun frigate must face the hazards of conspiracy, treason, and piracy. And recently appointed third lieutentant Richard Bolitho must learn to accept his new responsibilities as a King's officer.

With the versatile voice talent of William Gaminara, acclaimed novelist Kim Newman explores the darkest depths of a reinvented Victorian London. It is 1888, and Queen Victoria has remarried, taking as her new consort the Wallachian Prince infamously known as Count Dracula. Peppered with familiar characters from Victorian history and fiction, the novel tells the story of vampire Geneviève Dieudonné and British spy Charles Beauregard as they strive to solve the mystery of the Ripper murders.

Das alte Alexandria - der faszinierende Schauplatz für den neuen Fall des unerschrockenen römischen Detektivs. Dankbar nimmt Decius Caecilius Metellus die Gelegenheit wahr, nach Alexandria zu reisen. Doch kaum dort angekommen, steckt er auch schon bis zum Hals in den Ermittlungen um den höchst merkwürdigen Tod eines jähzornigen Philosophen. Decius erkennt bald, dass hinter diesem heimtückischen Mord eine Verschwörung steckt, die das ganze römische Imperium bedroht ...

It is February 1813. With convoys from Canada and the Caribbean falling victim to American privateers, Sir Richard Bolitho returns to Halifax to pursue a war he knows will not be won, but which neither Britain nor the United States can afford to lose. England's youngest admiral desires only peace. But peace will not be found in the icy Canadian waters, where a young, angry nation asserts its identity and men who share a common heritage die in close and bloody action.

Ein ehemaliger Gladiator wird eines Morgens tot auf der Straße gefunden. Das hat Caecilius Metullus dem Jüngeren, Kommandant der Polizei, gerade noch gefehlt. Denn seit einiger Zeit regiert der Terror in der Stadt - verbrecherische Banden plündern, morden und brandschatzen. Metullus nimmt die Ermittlungen auf und gerät immer tiefer hinein in einen Sumpf aus Korruption und Intrigen...

Questo luogo è il rifugio segreto del mio maestro, il pittore Michelangelo. Qui si è rifugiato mentre tutta Roma lo cercava. E qui, a volte, si riunisce con un gruppo di persone il cui scopo principale è la conoscenza. È una notte del 1534 quando Jacopo, che da grande vuole diventare un pittore, fugge da Pistoia e dal padre, che non condivide il suo sogno e lo vorrebbe costringere a lavorare in bottega.

Ucraina nord-orientale, 1943. Il maggiore Martin von Bora è tornato eroicamente da Stalingrado. Nel suo ruolo di ufficiale dell'Abwehr, il servizio segreto dell'esercito tedesco, ha per le mani due generali dell'Armata Rossa, Platonov e Tibyetsky, detto Khan. Entrambi sono a parte di segreti strategici. Platonov, che è stato vittima delle purghe di Stalin, è restio a collaborare. Invece, Tibyetsky-Khan, nobile passato alla rivoluzione, che tra l'altro è lontano parente di Martin, sembra più equivocamente implicato in un'opera di controllo, di disinformazione o qualcos'altro.

The Carolinas, 1699: The citizens of Fount Royal believe a witch has cursed their town with inexplicable tragedies -- and they demand that beautiful widow Rachel Howarth be tried and executed for witchcraft. Presiding over the trial is traveling magistrate Issac Woodward, aided by his astute young clerk, Matthew Corbett. Believing in Rachel's innocence, Matthew will soon confront the true evil at work in Fount Royal....

Roma, 46 d.C. Durante un inverno particolarmente freddo, la domus di Publio Aurelio Stazio diventa il terreno di caccia di un assassino feroce e crudele, che colpisce con intelligenza e sprezzo del pericolo, lasciando una vera e propria scia di sangue tra le stanze della villa. Sembra prediligere vittime omosessuali, ma comprendere la logica, il movente del killer, è impossibile. C'è un disegno dietro quelle morti, o si tratta solo di brutale follia omicida? Quale legame c'è, se c'è, tra le vittime? E, soprattutto, cui prodest?, "a chi giova?" si chiede addolorato Publio Aurelio.

Amen Corner, London, 1864. Two gruesome murders take place - first a customs officer at the docks and next a jeweller in Hatton Garden, both of whom are strangled in an unusual, distinct way. A local simpleton, Holy Joe, is blamed for the murders, but neither Lily Korechnya nor Sarah O'Reilly is convinced the police have the right man. The trail of the missing gems leads them back to India, ghosts and the dangerous cult of the destroyer goddess Kali.

Roma, 45 d.C. Il senatore Publio Aurelio Stazio si appresta a trascorrere una serena giornata di festa alle nozze di Lucilla, figlia del celebre retore Arriano, con il discepolo prediletto di costui, il brillante Ottavio. Ma le sue aspettative sono presto frustrate: la sposa, infatti, viene ritrovata cadavere in una vasca di fanghi termali. Sembra essere stata stroncata da un malore durante i preparativi.

Idaho Territory, June 1887. A small-town judge takes his young daughter fishing, and she catches a man. Another body surfaces, then another. The final toll: over 30 Chinese gold miners brutally murdered. Their San Francisco employer hires Idaho lawman Joe Vincent to solve the case. Soon he journeys up the wild Snake River with Lee Loi, an ambitious young company investigator, and Grace Sundown, a metis mountain guide with too many secrets.

Molly and Daniel Sullivan are settling happily into the new routines of parenthood, but their domestic bliss is shattered the night a gang retaliates against Daniel for making a big arrest. Daniel wants his family safely out of New York City as soon as possible. In shock and grieving, but knowing she needs to protect their infant son, Liam, Molly agrees to take him on the long journey to Paris to stay with her friends Sid and Gus, who are studying art in the City of Light.

A woman private eye in a man's world, Molly Murphy is having a hard time succeeding as a New York shamus. That's why she agrees to go undercover for the NYPD to expose a pair of spiritualist sisters as con-artists even though the offer comes from police captain Daniel Sullivan. Sullivan had once won Molly's heart - until she discovered he already had a socialite fiancée and an upcoming wedding. Now Molly's masquerading as a cousin from Ireland at the Hudson River mansion of Senator Barney Flynn. Flynn's invalid wife hopes the psychic sisters can contact her dead son, kidnaped and lost in a sensational crime.

Yorkshire 1855. When Colonel Aubrey Tarleton walks into the path of a speeding train, he is crushed to death on the track. The famous Railway Detective, Inspector Robert Colbeck, is immediately put on the case to determine why such a well-respected man would have resorted to suicide. Tarleton's wife had recently gone missing, but was the colonel responsible for her disappearance? It's up to Colbeck and his trusty sergeant Victor Leeming to uncover the truth.

Europe's elite have gathered at the glittering Congress of Vienna--princes, ambassadors, the Russian tsar--all negotiating the fate of the continent by day and pursuing pleasure by night. Until Princess Tatiana, the most beautiful and talked about woman in Vienna, is found murdered during an ill-timed rendezvous with three of her most powerful conquests… Suzanne Rannoch has tried to ignore rumors that her new husband, Malcolm, has also been tempted by Tatiana.