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¿Dónde se halla Menkaure? ¿Qué le sucede a Rebeca? ¿Acabarán encontrando uno de los veinte tesoros desaparecidos más intrigantes de la humanidad?

En 1934, Kristen, archéologue travaillant à la Miskatonic University, à Arkham, tente de faire reconnaître ses compétences dans un monde où les femmes restent méprisées.

Druhý díl detektivní trilogie odehrávající se v nejvýchodnějším cípu naší země. Trujkunt je autorův název pro trojmezí Česka, Polska a Slovenska. Jedná se o oblast, jejímž srdcem jsou Třinecké železárny, zvané werk. Tady pracuje značná část obyvatel silně religiózního kraje, dodnes poznamenaného rozdělením Těšínska po první světové válce. Žijí tu potomci mladých mužů, kteří kdysi museli narukovat do wehrmachtu. Zdejší lidé ctí a udržují staleté gorolské tradice. Vyšetřování vede major ostravské kriminálky Roman Saran, stejně svérázný jako kraj, kde žije.

Did you know that, in the Spring of 1940, the once famous author F. Scott Fitzgerald was recruited by an agent of the French Resistance to assassinate the premier of Vichy, France? Fitzgerald had hijacked the "Jazz Age" and made it his own in the Roaring 20s, but now as as a struggling, impecunious alcoholic, his only real comforts are multiple Coca-Colas and the elusive embrace of his paramour, gossip columnist Sheilah Graham.

Londres, 1945. Qui aurait pu imaginer à quel point un héritage pouvait bouleverser leur vies ? Lorsque Giles est déclaré héritier des Barrington, Harry Clifton peut enfin respirer : il est libre de se consacrer à Emma, son grand amour, et à leur fils Sebastian. Mais la tranquillité n'est que trompeuse alors que les secrets longtemps enfouis par la famille Barrington menacent leur équilibre... Les origines de Jessica, la petite fille que Harry et Emma ont choisi d’élever comme leur propre fille, sont particulièrement accablantes.

Ein Mordopfer, dem der Tod prophezeit wurde, und eine junge Kommissarin, die vor nichts zurückschreckt... Berlin 1928: Billa Morgenthal, eine der ersten Frauen bei der Berliner Polizei, ermittelt in einem mysteriösen Mordfall. Der Arzt Wilhelm Gössling wird bei einem mitternächtlichen Spaziergang nicht weit von seinem Haus erschlagen. Der Täter kann fliehen, doch der Hauptverdächtige ist schnell gefunden: Leonard Reiter, ein vermeintlicher Hellseher, hat dem Arzt zuvor den nahenden Tod vorausgesagt.

Totgesagte leben länger... Berlin, 1928: Inmitten von Scherben liegt eine Leiche im Innenhof des Nobelhotels Esplanade. Kommissarin Billa Morgenthal geht von einem Verbrechen aus, immerhin war das Fenster geschlossen, als der Mann hinausfiel. Ausgerechnet Leonard Reiter erhält einen Auftrag im gleichen Hotel. Sein Ruf als Hellseher liegt ebenfalls in Scherben, denn eine von ihm gerade erst totgesagte junge Frau tauchte am nächsten Tag plötzlich wohlbehalten wieder auf. Daher kommt ihm nun die Bitte des Hoteldirektors, eine Serie von Diebstählen unter den Gästen aufzuklären, gerade recht.

1347. Bruised and bloodied by an epic battle at Crécy, six soldiers known as the Essex Dogs pick through the wreckage of the fighting—and their own lives. Now a new siege is beginning, and the Dogs are sent to attack the soaring walls of Calais. King Edward has vowed no Englishman will leave France ‘til this city falls. To get home, they must survive a merciless winter in a lawless camp deadlier than any battlefield.

Thomas Grey – Spion und Abenteurer im Namen der britischen Krone. England, 1803: Eine französische Invasionsflotte steht kurz davor, die Strände Südenglands zu stürmen, als ein Mitglied aus Napoleons innerstem Kreis den britischen Marinegeheimdienst in der Hoffnung kontaktiert, mit brisanten Informationen nach London überlaufen zu können. Das internationale Schachturnier in Frankfurt gibt ihm die seltene Gelegenheit, außerhalb Frankreichs zu reisen. Der Geheimdienst schickt seinen besten Spion – und Schachspieler – Kapitän Thomas Grey, um die Flucht des Franzosen nach England zu arrangieren.

France, 1919. One year after the guns fell silent across the Western Front, Lieutenant Wilfred Rhodes receives his final classified mission before he can return to Australia. He must end the command of Captain Charles Kingsley, the unhinged radical leader of the Graves Recovery Unit. Still haunted by the loss of his platoon in the Battle of Passchendaele, Rhodes infiltrates Kingsley's unit and works with the war-weary men to exhume the Australian dead.

Londres, 1678. Le corps d'un jeune garçon est retrouvé sur les rives de la Fleet River, entièrement vidé de son sang. À ses côtés, un étrange cryptogramme, qui suscite nombre d'interrogations. Complot religieux ? Politique ? Tueur isolé ? Dépêché sur les lieux, Robert Hooke, éminent scientifique de la Société royale de Londres, doit faire face à une enquête aussi délicate que complexe.

Continuación de "El misterio de nadie", la nueva serie "Ángeles" de Vicente Raga, el autor de "Las doce puertas", una de las sagas de misterio histórico más vendida en los últimos años en España, México y Estados Unidos.

In City of Meat, Charles Swagger is on the hunt for notorious bank robber Baby Face Nelson when he traces a tip to the Chicago stock yards. While there, he’s brutally assaulted by a madman involved in a nearby narcotics ring. The ring plans to spread its new drug to the residents of the disenfranchised 7th District of Chicago and to make matters worse, this is no ordinary drug—it makes some users happy, drives others insane, and kills many of the rest. Will Charles be able to stop the ring before it’s too late? Or is he in over his head among the dark streets of Chicago?

1913.Captain Scott and his four companions reach the South Pole to find their Norwegian rival Roald Amundsen has won the race. Defeated, they set out on the 850-mile journey to their ship. Apsley Cherry-Garrard, the explorer sent out to meet them at One Ton depot, peering South through thick spectacles, sees only an infinity of white, and turns back. A year later Scott's pitched tent is found, just ten miles from the depot, and the bodies within speak of hunger, the unbearable strain of hauling the sledge, and the brutal winter cold. They lie in a tomb of ice.

Young, beautiful and courageous, Milady de Winter is a cunning spy, talented thief, and ruthless killer. She glides with ease through the streets and gilded halls of 17th-century France and England, turning heads or, with a click of her fingers, disappearing anonymously into a crowd. Driven by intellect and fierce desire, she is willing to go to any lengths to achieve her ambitions - and outwit the powerful men who try to crush her.

Munich in the 1930s is a magnet for rich, aristocratic young Brits. They come to learn German, but also to go wild. They ski in the Alps, swim in the lakes, drink in the beer cellars and fall for the charms of dashing SS officers. What they don't see - or choose to ignore - is the cold, brutal underbelly of the Nazi movement which considers Munich its spiritual home. But not every German is a Nazi. Murder squad detective Sebastian Wolff is one of those walking a tight line between doing his job and falling foul of the political party he abhors.

Two unlikely allies work to end the reign of a powerful cabal of depraved hedonists in 18th-century Stockholm in this spellbinding finale to the #1 internationally bestselling historical trilogy that is filled with “plenty of twists to satisfy thrill-starved readers” (The Washington Post)...

Lord Charles Sheridan and his American wife, Kate, have heard some truly awful things about Britain’s most notorious prison. But Dartmoor and its mist-shrouded environs hold special appeal for both Sheridans. Kate hopes to find inspiration for her new Gothic novel while Charles plans to implement a fingerprinting program at the prison—and arrange a meeting with one of its most infamous inmates, Samuel Spencer. He’s convinced that Spencer—a Scotsman who admitted to killing his wife—is, in fact, innocent. What’s more, he believes he has the evidence to prove it.

1945. In the waning months of World War II, Japan hid vast quantities of gold and other stolen valuables in boobytrapped underground caches all across the Philippines. By 1947 some of that loot was recovered, not by treasure hunters, but by the United States government, which told no one about the find. Instead, those assets were stamped classified, shipped to Europe, and secretly assimilated into something called the Black Eagle Trust.

Italy, 1351. English knight Gerard Fox and the resourceful Willa have come through a death-defying journey across war-torn Europe. Now looking towards their future together, they must first find a way to reconcile with their difficult pasts. In a small village between Florence and Siena, Fox and Willa are caught up in a deadly ambush. After rescuing the enigmatic woman who is the target of the attack, they take refuge in her opulent villa and learn her heartbreaking story—a tale of loss, deception... and a burning desire for freedom.