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William 'Big Bill' Mulholland is head of one of New York's wealthiest dynasties. When Mulholland gets wind of a hostile biography planned, he commissions his journalist son-in-law John Glass to pen the official line. To help with the job, Glass hires a beady-eyed researcher - 'the lemur'. But the next day, the Lemur is found dead, shot through the eye with a Beretta. What is the secret he knew, had he told anyone else, and why are the police suddenly asking Glass a lot of questions?

Que fait une fille de médecin quand le père de son ami est gravement malade? Elle met son propre père – et elle-même – dans un carrosse, à destination de la Normandie, pour leur venir en aide, bien sûr! C'est ainsi que Joséphine se met en route pour Arranges, fief de la famille de Jérôme, sans se douter que ce voyage ne va pas du tout tourner comme elle l'imaginait. Car le château des Faulcon de Montessand compte un locataire inattendu: un fantôme, que l'on accuse bientôt de meurtre! Pour la demoiselle et le mousquetaire, à l'esprit rationnel, c'en est trop.

After Leo and Jasper are summoned to the reading of a last will and testament for a woman they do not know, they are stunned to receive not only a joint bequest, but also a bidding from the grave: to find out if the woman's young son fell to his death a dozen years ago . . . or if he was, as she...

Britannien, 43 n. Chr. Die Adler Roms haben gelandet, doch der wahre Krieg um die Insel hat gerade erst begonnen. An der blutigen Grenze des Imperiums kämpfen der junge Tribun Gaius Julius Maximus und der wettergegerbte Zenturio Brutus Seite an Seite. Ihre Mission: das eroberte Land für Rom zu sichern. Doch während der charismatische Keltenführer Caratacus im Verborgenen eine gewaltige Armee sammelt, lauert ein noch heimtückischerer Feind in den eigenen Reihen der römischen Legion.

For Detective Constable Faye Smith, London is not as safe as it seems. The criminal underworld is gaining strength, enjoying a lively existence below the surface. Then two bodies are found in the war-time shelters, a man and a woman. Faye, keen to unravel the mystery of the double murder, finds herself tangled up in crimes that stretch far beyond a simple killing. Faye and Ellie must face their toughest case yet as their lives change, irrevocably, for the future.

Civil unrest sweeps the mountains of Jalisco, displacing Mexico's elite. Under the cover of darkness, Catalina steals away from her vast ranch with her two daughters. Stuffed into their saddlebags, the precious jewels of the Hernandez-Castañeda family fortune begin their journey across time and legend. Over one hundred years later, in the United States, Sophie's marriage takes its dying breath after she catches Adam cheating. The demise of her marriage shakes her to the core, and she hopes it isn't too late to build the stable family of her dreams.

Elizabeth Bates must use everything she knows about the art of the con to stop a fellow scammer in his tracks in this first-ever thrilling crossover in the Victoria Thompson universe, featuring characters from her bestselling Gaslight Mysteries. Famed former police detective turned private...

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.