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Londres, été 1914. Venetia Stanley, jeune aristocrate proche de Churchill, vit une liaison clandestine avec le Premier ministre, Herbert Henry Asquith. Séduit par sa beauté et sa fougue, Asquith voit aussi en Venetia une conseillère hors pair pour analyser les affaires d'État les plus sensibles, qu'il lui rapporte dans des lettres quotidiennes ou au cours de balades intimes en voiture.

Venise, 1907. D'étranges incidents viennent perturber les répétitions de Chung Ling Soo, le légendaire magicien chinois. Dans les coulisses du Teatro Rossini, des ombres sans visage rôdent, les murs semblent respirer, murmurer et la scène réclamer le sang des intrus. Pour Paolo, le vieux gardien, il n'y a aucun doute : le Fantôme de l'Opéra est de retour !

Ein Doppelagent will in Kasachstan ein letztes großes Ding drehen, ein Dichter hofft auf das Abenteuer seines Lebens und eine Italienischlehrerin versucht, das Schlimmste zu verhindern. Der junge Dichter wird in Rom für sein Werk gefeiert, der Kalte Krieg ist endlich Geschichte und die russische Botschaft lädt zum Gartenfest mit Krimsekt und Piroggen. Germeshausen braucht einen Plan, so viel steht fest. Und er braucht Jakob Dreiser. Denn für seinen großen Coup gibt es keine bessere Tarnung als einen international gefeierten Dichter.

A homesteader living alone in the Northwestern Territory of the 1820's, Roy knows his land as well as the back of his hand. But when times get tough, is that enough? Good Stock, a satisfying story of solitude during an understated period in American history, shows us what it takes to survive when there's little to live for.

Paris, 1944. Louise Basset arbeitet als Hausmädchen im legendären Hotel Ritz. Niemand ahnt, dass Louise jedes Gespräch, jedes Flüstern belauscht und alles an die Résistance weitergibt. Als ein junger alliierter Pilot verletzt ins Hotel geschmuggelt wird, gerät Louises gefährliches Doppelleben ins Wanken. Zwischen Angst und Sehnsucht, zwischen Pflicht und Liebe steht sie vor einer Entscheidung, die ihr Leben – und das vieler anderer – für immer verändern wird. Jahrzehnte später stößt ihre Enkelin Nicole auf eine Spur, die Louise in einem völlig neuen Licht erscheinen lässt.

Chief Inspector Mason of Erdington Police Station is summoned to a suspicious death at the BB Sauce factory in Aston on a wet Monday morning in late November 1944. Greeted by his enthusiastic sergeant, O’Rourke, Sam Mason finds himself plunged into a challenging investigation to discover how Harry Armstrong met his death in a vat containing BB Sauce – a scene that threatens to put him off BB Sauce on his bacon sandwiches for the rest of his life.

💥💥The grand finale in JC Duncan's epic Last Viking adventure series featuring 👑Harald Hardrada ⚔️ Must-read for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Peter Gibbons and Matthew Harffy ⚔️ Born to be king. Destined to die for glory. 1066 AD, Norway Harald Hardrada, King of Norway, the...

Porfirio Díaz ha gobernado durante más de tres décadas; decidiendo el destino del país desde la silla presidencial. Pero la llegada de un nuevo siglo conlleva otras ideas; conflictos latentes y personas que claman por libertad. Francisco I. Madero; un hombre guiado por los espíritus y sus visiones de democracia; descubre en una inquietante sesión espiritista una profecía sobre la maldición que yace en la silla presidencial: sólo con la muerte del último caudillo; México encontrará la paz.

Suecia, 1434. En una época de conspiraciones y secretos oscuros, una familia se enfrenta a su destino. Dinamarca, Suecia y Noruega llevan un siglo fusionadas en la Unión de Kalmar, pero ahora está a punto de desmoronarse. Puede que el rey Erico controle los reinos escandinavos con puño de hierro, aunque hay muchas familias reales que recuerdan su antigua grandeza y tienen dificultades para tolerar su yugo. Entre ellas, el linaje de Sten Bosson, con su blasón de azur y oro, sueña con recuperar su antiguo esplendor.

An utterly unique, Victorian-era mystery with a clever play on the famous Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde tale, where the monster becomes the hero, and lines are crossed along the way. Unbeknownst even to himself, the kind, gentle, quietly brilliant Dr. Jekyll has created an alter ego—his polar...

December 1941: As bombs fall on Pearl Harbor, singer Hattie James faces a personal nightmare when her sister Olivia vanishes. The kidnappers demand an impossible price—her father's classified list of undercover American and Nazi spies. Wartime paranoia and family loyalty take Hattie to Washington, D.C., with Maya and Commander Leo Bell to hunt an elusive, high-ranking mole in the War Department who is after those lists. Leo, a military intelligence officer with access to classified operations, becomes their crucial inside man, navigating the treacherous corridors of power.

Viscount Montcrief was a man of wealth, refinement—and secrets. A recluse by nature, he lived in seclusion behind the iron gates of Montcrief House, a palatial estate renowned for its opulence and exquisite painted ceilings. Few were ever admitted, and those who entered were bound to silence. But in the spring of 1924, the Viscount developed a curious obsession with plays broadcast over the wireless. When he invited a troupe of actors—seven players and their director—to perform a private drama within his grand drawing room, the staff raised their eyebrows.

Ethan Kane's years-long quest for lost Solakari wisdom reaches its climax. With his devoted companions, he faces the final, brutal trials: the unforgiving Colorado Desert and the towering, treacherous Sierra Nevada. Nature's fury in perilous canyons like the Roaring Fork, and the greed of men like Captain Cortina, exact a heavy toll, costing them precious supplies and their loyal pack animals.

London, 1868: Edith 'Etty' Redgrave has spent two years perfecting the art of quiet rebellion. But when her best friend, Princess Louise, begs her to retrieve a scandalous sketch before it destroys the royal family, Etty's carefully curated independence shatters. Enter Tristan Bankes-Fernsby, Duke of Rockingham. Cold, controlled, and the Queen's personal fixer, he has been sent to contain the same problem and has no patience for interference. Especially from a determined woman who refuses to stay in her place.

Allongé dans son lit, les stores baissés, Théo regarde sans les voir les images qui défilent sur l'écran de télévision. Elle, c'est Claire. Un nouveau patient requiert toute son attention. Elle est pressée de le retrouver. Elle sent qu'il peut l'arracher à son quotidien par ses récits. Et qu'elle ne pourra résister. Même si ce voyage l'emmène à des milliers de kilomètres et des décennies en arrière. Et qu'il y aura un prix à payer.

Cassie Woods's latest feature story has made her one of the most talked about reporters in the male-dominated world of journalism in early 1880s New York City. Her editor brings her a new investigation: corruption within the police department, perfect for her, he says, because of her relationship with Detective O'Neill.

An unsolved murder. A lost artifact. A secret buried beneath the floodwaters of history… During the catastrophic Dutch flood of 1953 – the Watersnoodramp – more than 1,800 lives were lost to the fury of the North Sea. But amid the devastation, one death went unnoticed... a murder disguised by disaster. Seven decades later, a skeleton is uncovered in the silted remains of a drowned village. Clutched in its grasp lies a mysterious artifact – one that may unlock the location of the mythical Shield of Hercules, a relic of untold power hidden since the ancient world.

En Villa Diodati, donde nació Frankenstein, también nació un secreto capaz de cambiar la Historia. Verano de 1816. En Suiza no deja de llover. Los poetas más célebres de Europa, entre ellos el afamado Lord Byron y Percy Shelley (que está acompañado por su amante, Mary, y la hermana de esta, Claire), se refugian del mal tiempo en una mansión alquilada junto al lago: beben, bromean, discuten y se retan a inventar historias de terror. Mientras tanto, Elisabeth Müller, una joven doncella con un pasado que no conviene nombrar, se esfuerza por ser invisible.

When Georgia Fenchurch is called in to find Sir Edward Hale's missing son, she's soon embroiled in multiple mysteries. After discovering young Teddy's been taken by his mother, her worry lessens. But further investigation reveals other well-to-do women have disappeared. Have they been kidnapped? Killed? Or is there something even more sinister going on...

In the early 17th century, the relentless machine of the Portuguese Empire is devouring the African interior, fueled by the brutal demands of the slave trade and a messianic certainty of its own superiority. But on the shores of Ndongo, one woman stands in the doorway of what the colonizers call the "Gate of Hell," and she refuses to let them pass.