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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.

In 1314, Jacques de Molay, the last Templar Grand Master uttered a curse as he burned at the stake. Within months, both men responsible for his downfall, the King of France, and the Pope, lay dead. Centuries later, a Templar descendant discovers the key to unleashing the curse's power: The legendary Seal of Solomon. Learning of the relic's power, he plans a cataclysmic event which will return civilization to the Dark Ages.

Minnesota's winter is freezing cold, but its market for guns has never been hotter. February 1922 Prohibition has reached a fever pitch, transforming lowly bootleggers and gangsters into wealthy businessmen beyond sanction. The city of St. Paul, Minnesota, known to the criminal underworld as Crooks' Haven, has a rule for out-of-town mobsters: Come visit anytime; just pay your bribes and keep your criminal activity outside the city limits. Niklas and Kessler Kristofferson, Danish brothers recently returned from the Great War, recognize this as an opportunity.

From the award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author of Mrs England and The Household, comes Stacey Halls' most gripping, unsettling and thought-provoking novel yet. London, 1960. When Celia and Gregory Ringrose buy their first home on the edge of Hampstead Heath they feel like they've won...

Award-winning novelist Val McDermid and Geographer Royal Professor Jo Sharp bring Scotland’s greatest historical catastrophe vividly to life. The Darien Venture was the singular event at the end of the seventeenth century that fundamentally altered Scotland's future. It took place on the other...

Jack Walker never figured on being a boss. He was the mob’s lawyer. But when moonshine money and mob muscle collide during Prohibition, he finds himself steering the wildest, richest racket Appalachia ever saw. With Sofia at his side too sharp and too fearless to ever stay in the shadows Jack has a shot at turning outlaw hustle into Rockefeller wealth. The crown jewel? The Newport Queen a floating casino, speakeasy, and cathouse all rolled into one. She’s stacked with booze, broads, blackjack, and a bitchin’ still. Every gambler, bootlegger, and lawman with a badge or a grudge wants a piece.

Ein mutiger Krieger, Barbarossa und Heinrich der Löwe, Macht und Intrigen. 1154: Berengar schließt sich König Barbarossa für den Zug nach Italien an. Kaum liegt der beschwerliche Alpenübergang hinter ihnen, gibt es Schwierigkeiten: Mailänder Truppen stellen sich dem Heer in den Weg, und die Gegner von Berengars Familie trachten ihm nach dem Leben.

A century-old secret is hidden in the cove, guarded by a lighthouse keeper and a bookshop owner. What if the lost manuscript they found could change the world—or get them killed?

In Visbek soll die St. • Vitus-Kirche an das Fürstenhaus Corvey zurückverkauft werden – mehr als 1.200 Jahre, nachdem das Kloster zuletzt in dessen Besitz war. Doch kurz nach der Vertragsunterzeichnung werden zwei Unterhändler tot aufgefunden – vergiftet. Kommissar Heinz Rotklee übernimmt die Ermittlungen. Bald stößt er auf rätselhafte Warnungen, alte Pergamente und Spuren, die zu einem fast vergessenen Missionar des 9. Jahrhunderts führen: Abt Geldern Castus. Was wie ein provinzieller Mordfall beginnt, weitet sich zu einer internationalen Verschwörung aus.

A dead maid. A poisoned aristocrat. A deadly secret buried deep. Lenora Fletcher is no stranger to murder. But when the ghost of a teenage maid appears with a chilling warning—someone is going to kill Lord MacCovington—Lenora is thrust into another dark mystery. And this time, she might be the prime suspect. As Lenora investigates, aided by her spectral friend Tilly and her ever-skeptical companions, she uncovers whispers of blackmail, a masked figure, and a secret so vile it’s worth killing for.

Bloomsbury presents War at the Edge of the World by Ian Ross, read by Peter Noble. 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...

Bloomsbury presents Gallows Court by Martin Edwards, read by Helen MacFarlane. ‘A true master of British crime writing’ RICHARD OSMAN A superb Golden Age mystery packed with twists, from the winner of the Diamond Dagger 2020 LONDON, 1930 The night is sooty, sulphurous, and malign. A spate of...

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...

“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 secret interdit… Le destin de l'Église en suspens… Un duo de limiers amateurs révélera-t-il une vérité qui pourrait bouleverser le monde chrétien ? La Résurrection est la pierre angulaire de la foi chrétienne. Toutefois, lorsqu'un indice jaillit qui suggère un récit différent, les conséquences pourraient bien changer la chrétienté à jamais. Le poste du prêtre Michael Dominic aux légendaires Archives secrètes du Vatican l'amène à découvrir un papyrus perdu, enseveli dans les sous-sols de Rome : les écrits jusqu'alors inconnus de Marie Madeleine.

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.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Goddess of Warsaw comes a suspenseful novel of art, deception, and revenge, a dual-time line story of a contemporary hired killer out to avenge the horrors of World War II. When a paintbrush proves more lethal than a pistol . . . The Shadow...