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Chief Inspector Mason of Erdington Police Station is summoned to a suspicious death at the BB Sauce factory in Aston on a wet Monday morning in late November 1944. Greeted by his enthusiastic sergeant, O’Rourke, Sam Mason finds himself plunged into a challenging investigation to discover how Harry Armstrong met his death in a vat containing BB Sauce – a scene that threatens to put him off BB Sauce on his bacon sandwiches for the rest of his life.

Million-copy bestselling author Kate Ellis returns with the brand new mystery in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series. 'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times South Devon is returning to its usual calm after the summer tourist season when DI Wesley Peterson and his team...

¿Y si un retrato escondiera los secretos de toda una familia… y de un siglo entero? Viena, 1910. Gustav Klimt pinta el enigmático Retrato de una dama, una obra que esconde más de lo que revela. Décadas más tarde, el cuadro desaparece misteriosamente y reaparece en 2019, oculto en los jardines de un museo italiano. ¿Quién es esa mujer de mirada hipnótica? ¿Por qué fue retocado? ¿Qué historia oculta?

Hampshire, inverno del 1798. Il Natale è alle porte, ma alla canonica di Steventon l'allegria sembra rimasta intrappolata nel gelo. Con i fratelli lontani e troppe serate davanti al camino, Jane Austen teme che le feste si riducano a un infinito susseguirsi di tè, sbadigli e canti stonati. Finché non inciampa in uno scheletro ben nascosto in cantina. Altro che tombola di famiglia: finalmente qualcosa di davvero interessante!

1959. El rey Balduino de Bélgica conoce a Fabiola de Mora y Aragón, la aristócrata española que pronto se convertirá en su esposa. Mientras tanto, la periodista y detective Margot Sanz Peters recibe una llamada de la comisaría para retomar el caso más complicado de su carrera: la enigmática desaparición de la hija de unos marqueses.

En las profundidades de las ruinas de Derinkuyu, la legendaria ciudad subterránea situada en el corazón de Capadocia, el arqueólogo David Birch descubre un artefacto de bronce cubierto de inscripciones griegas y dotado de mecanismos increíblemente avanzados para su época. Mientras descifran los orígenes del artefacto, tropiezan con la asombrosa leyenda de la Máquina del Destino, un dispositivo poderoso oculto al mundo, ligado a los secretos de los dioses y capaz de vislumbrar el porvenir de los días.

Are you ready for a heart-pounding adventure on Florida’s St. John’s River and in the aftermath of the Civil War? The tranquil waters mask a dangerous secret as a gang of robbers target unsuspecting travelers on steamboats. Amidst this chaos, investigator Sadie Snow is on a mission to bring the culprits to justice. But when her best friend is taken hostage and murder enters the picture, Sadie realizes she’s in a race for time. Will she be able to save her friend and bring the criminals to justice, or will she become their next victim?

Are you ready for a heart-pounding adventure on Florida's St. John's River in the aftermath of the Civil War? The tranquil waters mask a dangerous secret as a gang of robbers target unsuspecting travelers on steamboats. Amidst this chaos, Pinkerton Detective Agency's newest woman investigator Sadie Snow is on a mission to bring the culprits to justice. But when her best friend is taken hostage and murder enters the picture, Sadie realizes she's in a race against time. Will she be able to save her friend and bring the criminals to justice, or will she become their next victim?

Viscount Montcrief was a man of wealth, refinement—and secrets. A recluse by nature, he lived in seclusion behind the iron gates of Montcrief House, a palatial estate renowned for its opulence and exquisite painted ceilings. Few were ever admitted, and those who entered were bound to silence. But in the spring of 1924, the Viscount developed a curious obsession with plays broadcast over the wireless. When he invited a troupe of actors—seven players and their director—to perform a private drama within his grand drawing room, the staff raised their eyebrows.

Dive back in time to Elizabethan England! Perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, Robyn Young, Alison Weir and Anthony Riches. Tudor power is under threat… Nottinghamshire, England, 1591Two of Queen Elizabeth I’s justices have been murdered within a week of each other, along with a woman who was involved with one of them and a man who had been awaiting trial by the other.

As winter draws to a close, something suspicious lurks outside the walls of Colmar. Appel, Gritta, and Efi, the three alewives of Colmar, are enjoying a calm month of brewing and friendship after solving the deeply unsettling riddle of the severed hands. But peace is not destined to last for long. The disappearance of two novice monks in the care of Friar Wikerus spark tales of a supernatural beast on the loose, and when a lowly street sweeper is terrorized one night, fear stalks the town like a monster.

A sweeping wartime tale of secrets and love, mystery and redemption, moving from the snow-capped Himalayas to the steamy heat of battle in the Burmese jungle. Hampshire, UK, 2015. When Chloe Harper's beloved grandmother Lena dies, a stranger hands her Lena's wartime diary. Chloe sets out to...

Die Medizinstudenten Fettes und Macfarlane haben einen undankbaren Job: Unter der Anleitung des berühmten Dr. Knox sind sie für den Nachschub an Sezierobjekten zuständig. Doch in einer Zeit, in der Leichen knapp sind, stellt man besser keine Fragen, woher die „Frischware" mitten in der Nacht kommt. Als Fettes jedoch ein vertrautes Gesicht auf dem Seziertisch entdeckt, beginnt ein Albtraum aus Schuld, Gier und übernatürlichem Schrecken. Eine Geschichte, die auf wahren historischen Begebenheiten beruht.

Sommer 1986 im nordhessischen Zonenrandgebiet. Die Luft flirrt vor Hitze, der Wald stirbt leise. Die Region ist ein verwunschenes Idyll, in dem Dörfer Märchennamen tragen und die Grenze zur DDR das Ende der Welt markiert. Hier leben Martin Ritter, Bibliothekar mit einem Faible fürs Fotografieren, und seine Freundin Christine Lehmann, eine scharfsichtige Journalistin. Sie sind Suchende, die sich in einer schrecklichen Nacht, in der ein kleines Mädchen verschwand, kennen- und lieben lernten.

Ethan Kane's years-long quest for lost Solakari wisdom reaches its climax. With his devoted companions, he faces the final, brutal trials: the unforgiving Colorado Desert and the towering, treacherous Sierra Nevada. Nature's fury in perilous canyons like the Roaring Fork, and the greed of men like Captain Cortina, exact a heavy toll, costing them precious supplies and their loyal pack animals.

London, 1868: Edith 'Etty' Redgrave has spent two years perfecting the art of quiet rebellion. But when her best friend, Princess Louise, begs her to retrieve a scandalous sketch before it destroys the royal family, Etty's carefully curated independence shatters. Enter Tristan Bankes-Fernsby, Duke of Rockingham. Cold, controlled, and the Queen's personal fixer, he has been sent to contain the same problem and has no patience for interference. Especially from a determined woman who refuses to stay in her place.

In the latest installment of this fan-favorite WWII mystery series, US Army Captain Billy Boyle is dispatched to Cuba, where he makes unlikely alliances to defeat a common enemy. January, 1945: If Billy Boyle thinks a summons to Havana will give him a chance to sip a cold Hatuey under the...

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...

The second mystery following Ali Dawson, the brilliant time-traveling detective, on her newest foray into Victorian London Detective Ali Dawson leads a unit that investigates cases so cold her team must travel back in time to solve them. But ever since their technical expert, Jones, got stuck in...

General Fentiman is found dead in his armchair at London's Bellona Club. His passing appears entirely natural for a ninety-year-old veteran. However, the exact time of his death sits at the centre of a fierce inheritance dispute. If the General died even a minute before his wealthy sister, Lady...