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Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, veterans of many battles, return in this novel to the seas where they first sailed as shipmates. But Jack is now a senior captain, commanding a line-of-battle ship sent out to reinforce the squadron blockading Toulon, and this is a longer, harder, colder war than the dashing frigate action of his early days.... A sudden turn of events takes him and Stephen off on a hazardous mission to the Greek islands. All his old skills of seamanship - and luck when fighting against odds - come triumphantly into their own as the story concludes with some fierce and thrilling action.

'This is right up there with the best of C. J. Sansom and Andrew Taylor' – Amanda Craig, author of The Golden Rule From the pleasure palaces and gin-shops of Covent Garden to the elegant townhouses of Mayfair, Laura Shepherd-Robinson’s Daughters of Night follows Caroline Corsham as she seeks...

In 1919, Kathryn Wombacher finds a lonely-hearts ad placed by one Walter Andrew: "Would be pleased to correspond with a refined young lady or widow. Object, matrimony.” Kathryn and Walter fall in love and marry within weeks. What Kathryn doesn’t know...is that her new husband is really James “Bluebeard” Watson, a notorious West Coast serial killer who catfished and married 22 women, murdering 10.

AN EMPIRE IN DECLINE. Centurion Aurelius Castus – once a soldier in the elite legions of the Danube – believes his glory days are over, as he finds himself in the cold, grey wastes of northern Britain, battling to protect an empire in decline. Here he must face the barbarians beyond...

Don't miss the traditional murder mystery with a delightful twist from the King of classic crime, Martin Edwards – MISS WINTER IN THE LIBRARY WITH A KNIFE is available to order now. ‘A true master of British crime writing’ RICHARD OSMAN A superb Golden Age mystery packed with twists, from...

THE ROMAN EMPIRE HAS NO MERCY IN ITS QUEST FOR POWER. Aurelius Castus is one of the leading military commanders of an empire riven by civil war. As the Emperor Constantine grows ever more ruthless in his pursuit of power, Castus fears that the world he knows is slipping away. On the eve of the...

THE WALL MAY HAVE FALLEN. BUT THERE ARE STILL NAZIS IN BERLIN. Wannsee, 1942 Fifteen of the most powerful men in the Third Reich meet in secret. Their goal: the implementation of the Final Solution. West Berlin, 1990 Anglo-German journalist Michael Braun makes a living tracking down old Nazis...

When a terrified informant is gunned down in front of HARPA Director Jim Gates, he leaves behind a terrifying revelation: a missing, original chapter from the Book of Exodus has been discovered. Now, Ulrich Faust, the world's richest and most dangerous man, is determined to claim the plague for himself. From the shadowy crypts of Seville to the bustling souks of Marrakech and the mysterious tombs of Egypt, the elite HARPA team must race against the clock. The only thing between him and his apocalyptic plan is archaeologist Max Hunter, Special Agent Amy Fox, and rest of the elite HARPA team.

“William Boyd once again brings to the spy novel his particular storytelling genius. The result is brilliant fun.”—Mick Herron “One of my favorite authors—he never disappoints.”—Kate Atkinson From the internationally bestselling author, the third literary thriller starring beloved...

Un prêtre curieux découvre un secret mystificateur... Un secret qui mène à une relique longtemps enterrée que certains feraient tout pour posséder. Pourra-t-il déjouer des adversaires qui ne reculeront devant rien pour l'empêcher de révéler un objet qui remet en cause l'histoire telle que nous la connaissons ? Le père Michael Dominic découvre un puzzle du XIIIe siècle étrangement construit, caché dans les archives secrètes du Vatican.

It is May 1944. Something huge is coming. After a well-earned rest following their collective escape from the Reich, Monika Ritter, her husband, Michael, her cousin, Sarah, and her fiancé, Oliver, resume their respective duties. Michael returns to Switzerland to fly for the OSS once more. Sarah goes to Berlin alone to continue the flow of information from the most critical OSS asset in Nazi Germany.

When the past comes for blood, you either draw first or die trying. Tom Callahan was once the government's deadliest secret—a lethal gun-for-hire leading a team of assassins no one knew existed. Now those days are long gone. Or so he thought. Now an aging cowboy trying to keep his ranch alive, Callahan wants nothing more than peace… and a sliver of forgiveness. But when word reaches him that his wife and son—long believed dead—may still be alive, that peace turns to dust.

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A gripping installment in John J. Gobbell's acclaimed Ingram family saga, blending authentic military detail with pulse-pounding international intrigue. For readers who lived through Todd Ingram's battles, Across the Black Water is the story of the trials his grandson faces when the next war...

Tracks Beneath the Clay A story unearthed a legacy rewritten Janice thought she was only fixing up a forgotten house in the Georgia countryside. What she finds instead is a grave without a name a letter that was never meant to be read and whispers in the walls that refuse to rest. The land is old. And it remembers everything. More than a century earlier Natalie arrives at the Cheney plantation a northern girl sent south for the summer. But the house is not what it seems.

Es ist Spätsommer 1984, und die Kleinstadt Waterville in Maine steht kurz vor dem Zusammenbruch. Ein Streik in der Papierfabrik dauert schon seit einem Jahr an, hat Nachbarn gegeneinander aufgebracht und alle mittellos zurückgelassen. Die Männer sind gebrochen und erschöpft, aber die Frauen sind nach wie vor bereit, alles zu tun, um Arbeitsplätze zu retten und ihr Viertel zurückzuerobern - mit Babs Dionne, der lokalen Gewerkschaftsvorsitzenden, an der Spitze. Als sie vor fünfzehn Jahren blutüberströmt aus dem Wald zurückkam, hat sie der Gewalt eigentlich abgeschworen.

May 1945. The world celebrates the fall of Nazi Germany and the reported death of Adolf Hitler—yet, one young Jewish survivor sees the impossible: Hitler alive and slipping into the shadows. Second Lieutenant Cy Jacobson, fresh from West Point and untested in real combat, is thrust into his first assignment—investigate a vast Nazi tunnel complex hidden beneath the rolling Austrian hills.

The final battle looms as ultimate secrets are unveiled. A single question haunts both sides: Who is the true "Devdhwaja" – Nagendra or Om? Tensions among allies reach a breaking point. Nagendra shocks everyone by returning from apparent death, unharmed and more powerful than ever before, suggesting he has unlocked some forbidden science or magic. Even trusted comrades shake: LSD and Parimal struggle to trust each other as buried truths emerge.

Paris, 1909: a city of contrasts and of ambition, of beauty and of treachery Maud Heighton came to Lafond's famous Académie to paint, and to flee the constraints of her small English town. It took all her courage to escape, but Paris eats money. While her fellow students enjoy the dazzling joys...

Goslar im Jahr 1368: Ein gnadenloser Serientäter dezimiert eine Adelsfamilie. Der ehemalige Ordensritter Jan von Granitweiler ist ein Mann mit einer eigenen Vergangenheit und einem scharfen Verstand, der sich nicht von den Wirren des mittelalterlichen Aberglaubens beirren lässt. Seine Ermittlungen führen ihn tief in die Geheimnisse der Goslarer Gesellschaft, wo alte Wunden und ungesühnte Sünden neu aufbrechen.