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Marcus Sinclair is a history teacher whose life is stuck in neutral when he inherits a papyrus scroll from his antiquarian uncle. The mysterious scroll might contain a lost masterpiece from ancient Rome or perhaps an ancient recipe for personal tranquility, but it’s unreadable unless Marcus can figure out a way to unroll the scroll without destroying it. His quest takes him to Naples, where he befriends a Google software engineer days before the man is found dead.

Nils Shapiro embarks on an international quest to avenge his wife’s murder in this gripping, emotionally charged thriller from New York Times bestselling and Emmy Award-winning author Matt Goldman.

A finales de 1931, poco después de la gran fiesta republicana, se descubre el cadáver de una mujer enterrado bajo las baldosas de una pequeña edificación del barrio de Llefià, en Badalona. La historia de este crimen real, que llenó durante meses las páginas de los periódicos de toda España, es recreada en esta novela, recorrida por una trama absorbente que recoge no solo el crimen de la alemana Emmy Langer, sino los primeros años de un tiempo de esperanza y de rupturas revolucionarias que pronto fueron enterradas en fosas anónimas, como lo fue el cadáver de la propia Emmy.

Things aren't always what they seem to be. Sometimes the forger escapes. Sometimes love wins. Sometimes the perfect crime is to disappear completely and find peace in anonymity. This is the story of a man who wanted to be Rembrandt and became himself instead.

Holmes erwacht in der Drachenhöhle von Chiu Chung. Im Wahn taumelt er umher. Er weiß nicht, wie er hierhergekommen ist. Als Lestrade mit seinen Leuten zur Tür hereinstürmt, sieht er den Meisterdetektiv mit einer Waffe in der Hand neben einer Leiche stehen. Noch ahnt keiner der beiden Ermittler, dass sie Teil eines perfiden Spiels sind.

Leningrad 1989. The Cold War is over. Or is it? Amid the euphoria over the looming US-Soviet presidential summit, forces conspire to destroy the peace process…

Un assassin hanté par son passé. Deux jeunes réfugiés en eaux troubles qui ont besoin de ses talents. John Milton n’est pas étranger au monde glauque des bas-fonds. Mais confronté à un impitoyable réseau de traite d’êtres humains, l’ancien agent des services secrets britanniques devra se battre plus dur que jamais pour vaincre le mal qui se dresse sur son chemin.

Adam Emerson always believed martial arts were about discipline, respect, and mastering the self—until he found himself in the middle of a deadly conspiracy that demanded more than skill. It demanded survival. After witnessing a brutal crime connected to a powerful underground network, Adam is thrust into a world where political corruption, shadowy operatives, and ruthless killers collide. With danger closing in, Adam must rely on every lesson he’s ever learned—on and off the mat—to uncover the truth and stay alive long enough to expose it.

Christmas isn’t just about joy. It never was. Behind the carols, the candles, and the carefully wrapped lies hides a history soaked in blood and superstition.

When a drowned man comes back to life, Georges Simenon’s detective must figure out who might have wanted him dead—before they try again. Emile Ducrau, the kingpin of a small town on the outskirts of Paris, is stabbed and left for dead in the harbor one night. When he’s pulled from the...

In The Misty Harbor, a missing harbormaster turns up, only to be murdered on his first night home, in another captivating tale featuring Georges Simenon’s intrepid Inspector Maigret. A man, clad in brand-new clothes with no identification, is found on the streets of Paris. Mute, he also has a...

Sun, sand, the Côte d’Azur—and a mysterious dead man with multiple hidden lives. Who was Mr. Brown? And why does the mystery of his life preoccupy Maigret so? Georges Simenon’s Maigret arrives in Antibes on the French Riviera tasked with discreetly solving the murder of one Mr. Brown...

“I’ve read a lot of Simenon, who’s a favorite writer of mine.” —Sigrid Nunez In a run-down Paris suburb, housebound widow Juliette Boynet is strangled. For Inspector Maigret, this murder hits home more than most: he’s well acquainted with Juliette’s live-in carer, her selfless...

"[Narrator] James Faulkner delivers a resonant, understated performance as the no-nonsense Inspector Maigret...Faulkner's transitions between characters are seamless, and the female suspects are voiced with a gentle lift in tone that captures nuances of personality. A compelling, atmospheric...

A gripping novel that sees Maigret brought out of his peaceful retirement. When Maigret’s police officer nephew is framed for a gangland murder, the former chief inspector must swap his countryside retirement for his old stomping ground: Paris’s seamy underworld. Fueled by regular tipples...

In a dimly lit apartment building, where shadowy figures come and go, a man has been killed in Georges Simenon’s The Shadow Puppet. On the dimly lit Place des Vosges, Maigret hears the sound of a woman in distress. But this is no crime; she is giving birth in a room above. The lights of the...

A man on the run, a madman on the loose terrorizing the town, and Maigret on the case—a thrilling, nerve-racking mystery from Georges Simenon. The Madman of Bergerac finds Maigret on the train to Bordeaux trying to sleep, to no avail. A man in the bunk above is tossing and turning, perhaps...

Orlando Pearson mixes the Great Baker Street detective with history both familiar and unfamiliar to deliver his customary heady brew of Holmesiana.

A visit to Krakow intended to test a new relationship turns out to be fraught with danger when two Americans encounter a man pursuing a dark ambition in the waning months of the last millennium. Adam Kasper is a historian delving into the archives of an old museum; traveling with him is Joan Templeton, a journalist.

DI Maggie Dent is thrust into a major investigation when three members of the same family are found murdered, but her team is hard pushed to uncover motives and links. What they discover are secrets, hidden lives and harboured jealousy. This police procedural will have you wondering, not only about the case, but about the lives of Maggie and her team, about loyalty, trust and respect. Throughout the investigation Maggie's life is itself, about to take another devastating twist … will she cope … or be completely broken … ?