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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.

I was just a freelance hero doing his best in a hard world.' The spirit of adventure calls Falco on a new spying mission for the Emperor Vespasian to the untamed East. He's picking up extra fees from his old friend Thalia the snake dancer as he searches for Sophrona, her lost water organist. With the Chief Spy Anacrites paying his fare, Falco knows anything can go wrong. A dangerous brush with the Brother, the sinister ruler of Nabataean Petra, sends Falco and his girlfriend Helena on a fast camel-ride to Syria.

In der mächtigen Römischen Republik herrscht Friede, nur in den Straßen Roms fließt das Blut. Als ein Bankier und ein Bauunternehmer ermordet aufgefunden werden, erkennt Decius Caecilius Metellus, der Kommandeur der hauptstädtischen Polizei, die bedrohlichen Zeichen einer Verschwörung, die ihre Wurzeln im Zentrum der Macht hat. Doch lässt er sich von keiner Drohung einschüchtern, sondern begibt sich in die Höhle des Löwen - und damit in höchste Gefahr...

The Earl of Burford can't believe his luck. Rex Ransom, his favourite star from the 'talkies', and his hot-shot producer, Haggermeir, want to film their next feature at Alderley, the family's seventeenth-century country estate. Somewhat less enthusiastic is the Countess, who finds herself hosting an impromptu house party for the incoming Hollywood crowd.

Berlin, 1930. Sound film is conquering the big screen, leaving many by the wayside: producers, cinema owners - and silent film stars. Investigating the violent on-set death of actress Betty Winter, Inspector Gereon Rath encounters the dark side of glamour and an industry in turmoil. When his father requests that he help his friend, the mayor of Cologne, Konrad Adenauer, and his ex-girlfriend, Charly, makes a renewed attempt at rapprochement, things start to get out of hand.

It is the late 14th century, a dangerous time beset by war and plague. Nicholas Barber, a young and wayward cleric, stumbles across a group of travelling players and compounds his sins by joining them. Yet the town where they perform reveals another drama: a young woman is to be hanged for the murder of a 12-year-old boy. What better way to increase their takings than to make a new play, to enact the murder of Thomas Wells?

But as the actors rehearse, they discover that the truth about the boy's death has yet to be revealed.

Julius Caesar has taken his legions north into mighty battles with the Gallic tribes. But as his successes mount, overwhelming ambition and new alliances begin to threaten his friendship with Marcus Brutus, brother-in-arms and fellow warrior. Although the conquest of Gaul has made Caesar a hero all over again, his victories on the battlefield cause still more rivalries at home. And ultimately Caesar and Brutus will have to choose whether to cross the Rubicon - together or singly - and to take the fight to Rome itself.