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April 1940, and Britain is in turmoil. Chamberlain's government is faltering, and a German invasion may be only weeks away. A body, wearing the uniform of a Luftwaffe captain, is found in the grounds of Trent Park - a stately home and now a prison to house high level German POWs. Trent Park's true purpose, however, is intelligence, gathered covertly from prisoners by secret listeners. The morning after the discovery of the body, one of the listeners goes missing.

Quando, nel 1871, la squattrinata e intrepida Philomela Drax riceve una lettera dal ricco nonno, che le rivela di temere per la sua vita a causa di una famiglia senza scrupoli, gli Slape, la nipote si precipita in suo soccorso. Ma il tempo stringe, perché Katie Slape, una donna crudele con il dono della chiaroveggenza e una certa abilità nello sferrare colpi di martello, sta per avere la meglio... Dalle strade polverose di un villaggio del New Jersey ai marciapiedi scintillanti di Saratoga e fino alle banchine di New York, Philo insegue Katie. O è il contrario?

Londra, 1799. Elijah e Helen Blake, stimati archeologi e titolari del rinomato Emporio di Antichità Esotiche sono rimasti uccisi dal crollo di uno scavo in Grecia. L’incidente ha lasciato illesa la figlia Pandora detta Dora che ormai è una giovane donna affidata, insieme all’Emporio, allo sciagurato zio Hezekiah. Un giorno Pandora scopre lo zio chiudere nello scantinato una misteriosa cassa di legno incrostata di molluschi e incapace di tenere a freno al curiosità si avventura nello stanzino buio per imbattersi in qualcosa che cambierà per sempre la sua vita.

In der Gegenwart kommen die Verfolger Doktor Nathan Sanders immer dichter und werden gefährlicher. Zur gleichen Zeit droht in Berlin ein Haus einzustürzen. Die Vorkommnisse 1945 auf dem flüchtenden U-Boot spitzen sich zu. Die Lage der Mannschaft scheint aussichtslos. Ein geheimnisvolles Gerät taucht auf.

The New York Times best-selling author continues his colonial-era thriller series with eight tales of mystery, adventure, and supernatural suspense.

Can the world be rescued by a financial expert? Does the world even know it needs to be saved from what lurks behind the curtain? The Sentinels are back with a new installment. The post-World War II military-industrial complex is explored in Zuckerman’s action-filled globe-trotting thriller.

At The Mercury Theatre in London's West End, rumours are circulating of a curse. It is said that the lead actress Lilith has made a pact with Melpomene, the tragic muse of Greek mythology, to become the greatest actress to ever grace the stage. Suspicious of Lilith, the jealous wife of the theatre owner sends dresser Jenny to spy on her, and desperate for the money to help her family, Jenny agrees.

After Germany's invasion of Poland, the world is holding its breath and hoping for peace. At home, the Nazi Party's hold on power is absolute. One freezing night, an SS doctor and his wife return from an evening mingling with their fellow Nazis at the concert hall. By the time the sun rises, the doctor will be lying lifeless in a pool of blood. Was it murder or suicide? Criminal Inspector Horst Schenke is told that under no circumstances should he investigate.

Hamburg 1920. Einbrüche und Raubüberfälle sind an der Tagesordnung. Die Polizei sieht sich einer gut organisierten Bande von Kriminellen gegenüber, die auch vor dem Einsatz brutaler Gewalt nicht zurückschreckt. Doch Gewalt gibt es auch anderswo. Das junge Nachkriegsdeutschland steckt in einer schweren Wirtschaftskrise. Kapp-Putsch, Hungerunruhen, Ausnahmezustand in Hamburg. Und die Polizei hat ihre eigenen Probleme. Bei einer Inflationsrate von mehr als 100 Prozent reichen die Gehälter der Beamten kaum aus, um ihre Familien zu ernähren.

Leningrad in Angst und Schrecken – Leutnant Rossel jagt einen rätselhaften Serienmörder. Winter 1953: In der weißen Hölle eines sibirischen Gulags ist der ehemalige Leutnant Revol Rossel dem Tod näher als dem Leben, als er überraschend gerettet wird – ausgerechnet von dem Mann, den er mehr als jeden anderen hasst: Major Nikitin. Seinetwegen wird der virtuose Geiger Revol nie wieder eine Violine halten können.

Los Buscadores, la organización secreta para la que trabaja Triso Alfaro y que se encarga de recuperar objetos del patrimonio arqueológico español que han sido robados o expoliados, pasa por sus peores horas. Pende sobre ellos la amenaza de la desmantelación. Mientras, tienen lugar una serie de robos en diferentes bibliotecas y archivos españoles. Alguien está sustrayendo los fragmentos de un antiguo códice islámico conocido como el Mardud de Sevilla.

Birmingham, 1933. Private enquiry agent William Garrett, a man damaged by a dark childhood spent on Birmingham's canals, specialises in facilitating divorces for the city's male elite. With the help of his best friend - charming, out-of-work actor Ronnie Edgerton - William sets up honey traps. But photographing unsuspecting women in flagrante plagues his conscience and William heaves up his guts with remorse after every job. However, William's life changes when he accidentally meets the beautiful Clara Morton and falls in love. Little does he know she is the wife of a client

At first the townspeople of Cherryvale welcome the rising medium Kate Bender and her family. Kate's messages from the Beyond give their tedious dreams hope and her mother's potions cure their little ills—for a price. No one knows about their other business, the shortcut to a better life. And why shouldn't their family prosper? They're careful. It's only from those who are marked, those who travel alone and can easily disappear, that the Benders demand their pound of flesh. But even a gifted seer like Kate can make a misstep.

July, 1944: The lush, rolling hills of Normandy are dotted with a new feature—German snipers. From their vantage points, they pick off hundreds of Allied soldiers every day, bringing the D-Day invasion to its knees. It’s clear that someone is tipping off these snipers with the locations of American soldiers, but who? And how? General Eisenhower demands his intelligence service to find the best shot in the Allied military to counter this deadly SS operation. Enter Earl Swagger, an Army Major assigned this crucial and bloody mission.

After four years of war, with attacks escalating day by day and public support crumbling at home, the American effort in Iraq rests on one last gambit: a tenuous alliance with the Sunni tribes of Anbar to deny al-Qaeda sanctuary and take the fight to the terrorists.

1942. The war at sea is being lost. One percent of all naval personnel are being referred to as psychiatric casualties. The British Admiralty introduces the Stone Frigate approach.

Two thousand years ago, the same emotions drove men’s and women’s needs and wants as today. In Cry for Jerusalem, we experience events and actions that forever changed the world for Jews and Christians through our cast of characters.

Flatlands is believable and complex. This story ranks with the classic depictions of the marvel that was the Old West: that great, vanished moment in history. Within its strong atmosphere of reality, fiction intertwines with known facts of the time. This novel is a study in the strength of interaction between individuals of the same family or group, and explores stress and loyalty in the face of hostile odds.

On December 7, 1941, the United States was thrust into the largest global conflict of all time. From adversity rose a generation of heroes both at home and abroad whose courage, valor and sacrifice would restore a world gone mad! Yet not all of WWII’s heroes were flesh and blood… they were also made of steel and forged in the fire of combat.

Dis die laat tagtigs in Johannesburg. Adriana van der Hoon is agtien. Haar aktivis-pa het jare lank oorsee geld vir die Education Trust ingesamel, en nou staan die veiligheidspolisie op haar drumpel met 'n ultimatum. In Berlyn leer sy oorleef. Dis waar sy haar talent om messe te gooi vervolmaak, en waar sy Yasen Todorov ontmoet. Hier, weg van alles wat bekend is, leer Adriana dat mens oor alles kan onderhandel, ook jou onskuld.

"Vicente Raga nos deleita con otra apasionante historia. Un submarino secreto, la lucha entre los servicios de inteligencia de Franco y Hitler, con el trasfondo de un misterio que ni se imaginan. Al final, todo cobra sentido. Concluye una gran aventura de misterio e intriga, basada en hechos históricos ". Harald Brook, Tribuna Libre.

A gripping historical thriller and the third instalment in the Rome's Invincibles saga. The battle for control of Rome continues. Octavian has defeated and killed Caesar's assassins, but the road to absolute power is still long and treacherous. A threat now comes from Sextus Pompeius – a cunning pirate who rules the Italian coastline, terrorising Perugia's citizens. Suddenly, Civil War seems like child's play in comparison to a campaign against piracy. Octavian is close to defeat and death.

1940. Dunkirk is over? Will Britain fight on or talk peace? Fugitive and Hitler admirer, Billy Houston, craves a Nazi-run Britain. Needing money and intent on burglary, it ends in murder. But he’s in luck, his victim has in his possession the entire anti-invasion plans for Southern Britain, this while Armistice talks are slated to take place on the Isle of Wight. A desperate Billy makes contact with Rudi Graebner, a German naval officer and spy embedded in the Spanish Embassy. The two have nothing in common - they instinctively take a dislike to each other and trust is at a premium.

How the mighty will fall... 1497. Pope Alexander VI Borgia is perfecting his plans for the control of Italy when a heinous crime deprives him of one of the people dearest to him. All of Rome is mobilised to discover the perpetrator but a strange series of coincidences means famous court painter Pinturicchio finds himself on the front line. To shed light on a murder, Pinturicchio is assisted by the city's most established artists, from Michelangelo Buonarroti and Filippino Lippi to Piermatteo d'Amelia and Perugino.

1940: Con el mundo en guerra, Eleanor Trigg lidera un misterioso grupo de agentes secretas femeninas en Londres. Doce de estas mujeres son enviadas para ayudar a la Resistencia francesa. Nunca regresaron a casa.

1946: Al pasar por la Estación Central, en Nueva York, Grace Healey encuentra una maleta abandonada escondida debajo de un banco. La maleta contiene una docena de fotografías, cada una de una mujer diferente. En busca de las mujeres reales de las fotos, Grace se siente cada vez más atraída por su misterioso destino...

LA ESPERADA NUEVA NOVELA INDEPENDIENTE DE VICENTE RAGA, EL AUTOR DE "LAS DOCE PUERTAS", LA SAGA DE MISTERIO HISTÓRICO MÁS VENDIDA DEL AÑO (MÁS DE 150.000 LECTORES). Aunque esté catalogado como el noveno libro de la serie, se puede leer de forma independiente.

PREGUNTA: ¿Qué podemos esperar de su primera novela independiente, ajena a la saga de «Las doce puertas»?

RESPUESTA: Una apasionante historia basada en hechos reales. Pero mis lectores ya conocen mi faceta algo «gamberra».

P: ¿Qué quiere decir con eso?

The Theory of Irv provides a suspenseful journey through not just the storyline of the book’s plot, but an overview of American health policy. How it came to be a hundred years ago. How it has adapted in the last several decades. Perhaps more importantly, how we can fix it so we can have better health and health care for all Americans into the future.

Zahlreiche Deutsche Wissenschaftler werden von den Alliierten, überwiegend den Amerikanern, außer Landes geschafft. In der neuen Heimat können sie, teilweise völlig unabhängig von ihrer Verwicklung im Nazi-Regime, ungestört ihre Arbeit fortsetzen. 75 Jahre später, wird ein amerikanischer Neuro-Wissenschaftler - Dr. Nathan Sanders - mit Krankheitsbildern konfrontiert, die er bisher in seinem Leben noch nie gesehen hat und stellt Nachforschungen an. Dabei stellt er fest, dass die historischen Ereignisse, so wie sie bisher dargestellt wurden, nicht stimmen können.

Opium fürs Volk. Berlin im aufregenden Jahr 1925. Die Sass-Brüder, ehemals Kleinkriminelle, die sich ganz nach oben gearbeitet haben, planen den nächsten Coup. Mit einem chinesischen Partner wollen sie Opium in die Hauptstadt bringen. Ihre Rechnung scheint aufzugehen. Der Stoff wird ihnen förmlich aus den Händen gerissen, doch immer wieder werden Überfälle auf ihre Transporte verübt. Offenbar sind auch andere Kreise an den Drogen interessiert. Und dann taucht auch noch ein zwielichtiger Politiker auf, der von Franz Sass Informationen will und auch vor Erpressung nicht zurückschreckt.

Bored with his desk job, Flight Lieutenant Harry "Flash" Rose is persuaded by his dear friend Daniel "Granny" Smith to re-join Excalibur Squadron, now flying Hawker Typhoons in the defence of the south coast of England. His success rate is extraordinary, but there is much more to Rose’s story than combat.