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Alors que la guerre couve en Europe, une arme bactériologique est dérobée dans un laboratoire clandestin de Londres. Un fléau terrible menace maintenant les populations. Le gouvernement de sa Majesté prie Sherlock Holmes de sortir de sa retraite pour enrayer cette machination. L'intrigue s'oriente vers différents lieux de Londres avant de mener les protagonistes de cette terrible affaire à l'Hôtel du Palais de Biarritz, lieu prestigieux où la haute société internationale côtoie les plus vils espions.

A fashionable new sanatorium is attracting London's elite with the promise of curing many ills, but whispers soon emerge of questionable practices. Do they offer miracle treatments . . . or something far more sinister? Amelia Greystone is alarmed by the rumors as a friend currently resides...

With her hometown awash with crime, a sleuth must solve a slaying. Can she save her family from a treacherous plot? Yorkshire, England, 1962. Miss Riddell definitely isn’t having a merry Christmas. With her mother sick and brother pestering her to investigate a forged will, the worst winter in...

The War may be over, but Su Lin's troubles are returning—along with the British—to Singapore . . . When two of Uncle Chen's associates come visiting Chen Mansion on the third day of Chinese New Year—an unlucky date in the Chinese calendar—Su Lin doesn't let them in. Not just because of...

When a self-proclaimed medium contacts Amelia Greystone with chilling knowledge of a corpse's location, she turns to the one man she can trust—Scotland Yard Inspector Henry Field . . . Henry has no patience for mystics or séances. He believes in evidence, not whispers involving a dark...

Orlando Forbes und Star d'Aplièse sind alte Freunde und führen gemeinsam eine Buchhandlung in Kent. An einem verschneiten Winterabend taucht ein mysteriöser Unbekannter auf und bittet sie, eines der raren Exemplare der Erstauflage von Charles Dickens »Weihnachtsgeschichte« ausfindig zu machen. Wenig später entdeckt Orlando ein Päckchen im Briefkasten – es enthält das Buch eines vergessenen Autors, einen alten Brief, der an ein Pfarrhaus adressiert ist, und einen Schlüssel.

Orlando Forbes und Star d'Aplièse sind alte Freunde und führen gemeinsam eine Buchhandlung in Kent. An einem verschneiten Winterabend taucht ein mysteriöser Unbekannter auf und bittet sie, eines der raren Exemplare der Erstauflage von Charles Dickens »Weihnachtsgeschichte« ausfindig zu machen. Wenig später entdeckt Orlando ein Päckchen im Briefkasten – es enthält das Buch eines vergessenen Autors, einen alten Brief, der an ein Pfarrhaus adressiert ist, und einen Schlüssel.

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When a self-proclaimed medium contacts Amelia Greystone with chilling knowledge of a corpse's location, she turns to the one man she can trust—Scotland Yard Inspector Henry Field . . . Henry has no patience for mystics or séances. He believes in evidence, not whispers involving a dark...

A baffling burglary. A suspicious death. Can an up-and-coming amateur sleuth sort coincidence from crime? Northern England, 1954. Miss Pauline Riddell is determined to stay busy. Grieving for her fiancé killed in Korea, the churchgoing young woman welcomes the distraction of viewing a priceless...

A simple case of abandonment draws Ella Bridges into a deadly game of secrets, lies, and international intrigue. Autumn, 1936. Ella Bridges, Scotland Yard’s only female consultant, is shocked to find a baby abandoned in Kensington Palace Gardens. With no adult in sight and a deadly storm...

New York, 1874. Die Krankenschwester Alessa Arlington verwirklicht ihren Traum, sie studiert Medizin, was ihr in ihrem Zuhause in London verwehrt geblieben war. Wenige Wochen nach ihrer Ankunft wird auf den Stufen des Women's Medical Colleges of the New York Infirmary eine junge Frau tot aufgefunden, die Wörter „Hell Gate" sind ihr auf den Unterleib eingebrannt worden. Kurz zuvor wurde George Ehrets „Hell Gate Brewery", New Yorks größte Bierbrauerei, ausgeraubt und die Brauereimühlen zerstört. Besteht ein Zusammenhang zwischen den beiden Fällen?

The Allies have defeated Germany in Europe, but Japan refuses to surrender the East. In Singapore, amid rumors that the Japanese occupiers are preparing to wipe out the population of the island rather than surrender, a young aide is found murdered beneath the termite mushroom tree in Hideki...

A stolen work of art and a murder connect two women across time in a thrilling and emotional novel about sisters, secrets, and healing the wounds of the past by the author of The Restoration Garden. To rebuild her life, grieving widow Maya Bishop moves to a cottage she inherited in the Pacific...

Caught between her family back in Harlem and her glamorous new life, Louise Lloyd finds that her knack for solving crimes translates when she’s called to investigate un meurtre in Paris. When a popular band leader is murdered, Louise Lloyd and her best friend, Rafael Moreno, are tasked with...

Skandale, Geheimnisse und pikante Fotos kommen ans Licht, als die Ehefrau eines Politikers ermordet wird. Entwirren Sie mit Cleo und ihren Freunden das Lügengeflecht und entlarven Sie den Täter. Als Harry Armitage einen Fall von Ehebruch an Cleo abtritt, glauben beide, dass dies in einer...

The second gripping novel in the Lovely Lane series, from bestselling author Nadine Dorries. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Catherine Cookson. The nurses of Lovely Lane – Dana, Victoria, Pammy and Beth – are now in their second year and are about to face some truly harrowing and...

1950s Liverpool. In the tight-knit Irish Catholic community of the Four Streets, two girls are growing up. One is motherless – and hated by the cold woman who is determined to take her dead mother's place. The other is hiding a dreadful secret which she dare not let slip to anyone, lest it...

Evidence of a struggle. Blood on the carpet. And a housekeeper, vanished. For Detective Inspector Jasper Reid, Mrs. Zhao is more than just an employee—she is family. So, when it appears Mrs. Zhao has been abducted, Jasper and the woman he loves, morgue assistant Leonora Spencer, will stop at...

1894, Washington: This is not the kind of homecoming Nellie Grant hoped for. The only daughter of former President Ulysses S. Grant, Nellie has left England after being granted a divorce from her abusive husband. She plans to hide away with her three children at the home of her mother, Julia...