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The Blue Wall is an action thriller where two young Kite-surfers discover remains of a hand and ring on a desolate beach—a clue to a legendary sunken U-boat holding a hoard of Nazi Gold. But the Gold hides a shocking secret, as they turn to their ex-Special Forces uncle to fight deadly operatives of a notorious Swiss Bank that must beat them to the Treasure's surprising revelation.

A dying millionaire hires historian Cameron Thorne to help raise what he claims is a Roman-era ship wrecked off the coast of Massachusetts' Plum Island. Roman coins and artifacts scattered around New England and the Ohio River Valley appear to confirm legends of early Romans crossing the Atlantic. It seems like a harmless assignment until a sultry Mossad agent threatens Cam's life. Why would the Mossad care about ancient Roman artifacts? The answer, it turns out, could destabilize the Middle East for generations to come.

An elderly recluse informs historian Cameron Thorne that he has discovered the secret at the core of Freemasonry. The next day, he is killed. Thorne quickly focuses on a mysterious stone tablet, given to Moses by God along with the Ten Commandments, purportedly passed down to the Freemasons by the medieval Knights Templar. When a sultry Mossad agent joins the search—claiming that the tablet contains ancient scientific equations and formulas lost to mankind—Thorne becomes certain of one thing: He needs to locate the tablet before he becomes its second victim.

1755, Grand Pré, Acadia. As British troops forcibly remove Acadian families from their land, young Clément Gosselin stumbles upon a covert exchange that thrusts him into the heart of an imperial conspiracy. What begins as exile quickly becomes espionage, as Clément leads his brothers through burning villages and hostile forests into a secret war for survival—and revolution.

This tale begins in London in the 1730s. Tom Ellis is trapped in debt and heading for the Fleet, a notorious debtors’ prison. By happenstance Tom is sucked into a fight, defending a drunken aristocrat who happens to be James Oglethorpe, the eventual founder of Savannah, Georgia, and Tom's life is changed forever.

Lucienne Vallauris, spurned former lover of Count Alain d'Aubenas, stands convicted of strangling the Count's infant daughter in her cradle. The sentence is death...by guillotine. With witnesses placing her at the scene of the crime, no alibi, and incriminating evidence found in her home, the evidence against her is overwhelming, but Chantecoq is convinced she is innocent.

Amidst this chaos lies the allure of The Beasts of the City, a mystifying tome of alchemy and prophecy. This elusive book promises immense wealth, power, and eternal life to those who can unearth it’s secrets. Yet to do so comes with perilous consequences.

Phillip Brown wakes up one bitter November morning to find a woman near frozen on the stoop of the Baltimore home he shares with his sister and uncle. The unconscious woman eventually awakens, unwilling to share who has terrified her while she makes a recovery in the Brown home. He continues his work at the Wiest Oyster Cannery and pouring beer on occasion at his neighborhood brewery while guarding his family from dangerous criminals’ intent of silencing his discoveries about the woman.

Nevica sangue nei tre inverni della paura. Sono le stagioni più dure della guerra civile italiana e dell'interminabile dopoguerra. Tedeschi, fascisti e partigiani combattono con obiettivi diversi, ma compiono le stesse atrocità. È questo disordine crudele a travolgere Nora Conforti. Diciotto anni, ragazza di famiglia ricca, Nora si rifugia con il padre sulle colline fra Reggio Emilia e Parma. Non immagina che proprio lì incontrerà il primo amore e subito dopo orrori in grado di sconvolgere la sua esistenza.

When Olive Wallace offers to take several friends and relatives on a once-in-a-lifetime bus tour through post-WWII Europe, they all jump at the chance—even though Olive can be petty, demanding, and judgmental. But do they really care about seeing the wonders of Europe—the magnificent Roman temples and the majesty of Carcassonne, an ancient, fortified city in southern France—or are they just trying to stay in Olive’s good graces?

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.

Amerika im Bürgerkrieg. Die Küsten sind abgeriegelt, das Land gespalten – und mitten hindurch wagt sich ein kleines, wagemutiges Schiff. Ein Kapitän, ein geheimes Ziel und eine gefährliche Mission gegen die Übermacht der Nordstaatenflotte – Verne vermischt historische Realität mit dramatischer Zuspitzung und erschafft ein Miniaturabenteuer auf hoher See.

For nearly a century, treasure hunters have searched for the lost treasure of notorious gangster, Dutch Schultz. When Dane Maddock and Bones Bonebrake take up the search, they find themselves in a race against a dangerous enemy and in the crosshairs of deadly assassin. Maddock and Bones must unravel the clues and survive a game of cat and mouse where failure could mean death.

This is not just fiction, it’s a reflection of a true international scandal that fractured diplomatic relations between Thailand and Saudi Arabia for over 30 years. Salem Saleem masterfully weaves fact and fiction into a razor-sharp narrative filled with tense interrogations, political gamesmanship, and moral reckoning.

The most skilled of Merlin's Mauraders, Siena must unmask a traitor lurking among an exclusive club of book collectors. Armed with only her wits, her blades, and her sultry body, she joins the gentlemen at a country house party. But her prime suspect, disgraced ex-army officer Lord Kirtland proves as enigmatic as he is suspicious-and sinfully sensuous.

Historians Cameron Thorne and Amanda Spencer-Gunn uncover a stolen painting which the Nazis believed was a secret map to the Holy Grail and the lost treasure of the Knights Templar. Hitler planned to weaponize the Holy Grail and monetize the treasure as part of his campaign of world dominance. Cam and Amanda just want to find the legendary artifacts. The Nazis failed because they were unable to decipher the secret Templar clues left in the painting. Cam and Amanda may fail—perhaps fatally—because a group of modern-day Nazis remain obsessed with finishing Hitler's work.

It’s June, 1920. The Jazz Age and Wall Street's boom are getting into full swing. The Great War and the Spanish Flu pandemic are over and America's looking forward to good times. But renowned Whist and Bridge expert and wealthy Wall Street investor Joseph Elwell won’t live long enough to see those times because someone put a bullet in his head. Most confounding for the NYPD, He was murdered in a locked room with no means for the killer to escape. Elwell was a notorious womanizer and the question isn’t who wanted him dead but who didn’t?

Während der ersten Dezembertage des Jahres 1944 setzen sich Angriffskolonnen deutscher Soldaten in Bewegung zu dem letzten Versuch, eine Kriegswende herbeizuführen. ln diese Phase des Krieges fällt ein Unternehmen, das in seiner Geschichte als eines der abenteuerlichsten Kapitel eingegangen ist: Der Einsatz deutscher Kommandotrupps in amerikanischen Uniformen im feindlichen Hinterland.

Un cautivador thriller histórico-religioso situado en el siglo II d. C., en pleno auge de las primeras herejías. Los cimientos de la iglesia de Antioquía se ven sacudidos por el robo de una considerable suma de dinero atesorada en la sede del obispo. En el siglo II, el cristianismo continuaba su proceso de expansión por el Imperio romano, desarrollaba una estructura organizativa y configuraba su doctrina básica gracias a la labor de los denominados Padres Apostólicos.

Été 1138, la guerre civile fait rage en Angleterre entre le roi Étienne et l'impératrice Mathilde. Le roi Étienne fait pendre les membres de la garnison de Shrewsbury fidèle à Mathilde. Cadfael est chargé de préparer les corps avant qu'ils ne soient rendus à leur famille ou enterrés. Mais en les alignant, il découvre qu'il y a un cadavre de trop. Il lui faudra beaucoup de diplomatie et d'esprit pour résoudre ce mystère. À noter l'arrivée de Hugh Beringar à Shrewsbury.