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***SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MOLLY BELLE WRIGHT, MARTIN FREEMAN, JONATHAN PRYCE, AND TOBY JONES*** A nun’s corpse leads intrepid amateur sleuth Flavia de Luce to uncover decades-old secrets in this final instalment of the much beloved, New York Times bestselling series. “I...

Welcome, curious soul, to the shadowed streets of London, a city choked with fog and oil, where gas lamps flicker against walls slick with rain and something far older than humanity stirs beneath the cobblestones. I am Aryn Bats, your guide through a tale of flesh, steel, and madness, where science and horror entwine like gears in a cruel machine. In this book, you will meet a man, Dr. Jekyll, whose brilliance has fractured his very being, giving birth to a creature of nightmare, Hyde. But do not mistake this for a tale of duality and morality. Here, the serum does not simply transform.

In the secret archives of the Vatican, an ancient Tibetan document has remained hidden to everyone but the highest authorities in the Catholic Church. Those authorities had long ago disposed of the Cathars, the religious sect who’d once attempted to spread the document’s heresies of reincarnation. Centuries later, a young boy’s bizarre flashbacks as an Auschwitz prisoner threaten to prove the document’s theory of reincarnation, shattering the faith of millions around the world.

The Four Winds meets Bonnie and Clyde in this exhilarating historical thriller in which an unforgettable mother races to find the gangster she once loved—before the law gets to him first. "Die Famous is the best gangster novel I’ve ever read." —Stephen King “I loved the man and I wanted...

In 1931, in Munich, Germany, Adolf Hitler murders his beautiful twenty-three-year-old lover—and half-niece—Geli Raubal. So begins the most suspenseful novel in years. A determined detective, Thomas Bauer, obsessively pursues Hitler—putting Bauer’s Jewish wife and children in grave danger...

La conspiración de la Sangre de CristoAdéntrate en el Territorio de Nuevo México crudo e indómito de 1825, una frontera equilibrada al filo de la navaja. Cuatro años después de la independencia mexicana, el recién abierto Camino de Santa Fe inunda el Valle de Taos con comerciantes estadounidenses, encendiendo tensiones entre las autoridades mexicanas, comerciantes ambiciosos, colonos españoles desplazados y antiguas comunidades pueblo.

In the fog-choked alleys of Victorian London, fear has a new face. When a string of brutal murders strikes the heart of Whitechapel, Inspector John Maywills—a detective haunted by his own past—descends into the city’s darkest corners to uncover the truth.

Over a century after the infamous 1912 axe murders shocked the nation, investigative researcher Alex Hartman and forensic scholar Dr. Samuel Graves arrive in Villisca chasing rumors of something older and darker than anyone had ever imagined. When a modern family is found murdered in a chilling copy of the past, their investigation spirals into a tangled web of cryptic journals, forbidden sermons, and a long-forgotten traveling carnival that once passed through town... but did it ever leave?

The East Riding of Yorkshire 1709. The tiny village of North Burton. It’s March. In years to come they will call it The Great Frost. Meg and Nana know the cold will get worse – because everything always does. Meg’s husband is away at war, the roof is about to fall in and Carrick, the big rector up at St Michael’s, says the cold is a punishment for their sins. When a wounded highwayman bangs on their door in the night, and they take him in, they don’t realise just how much worse it will get.

È il 1584 quando, orfana, Emily St. Aubert raggiunge la zia Madame Cheron: un rifugio che presto si rivela prigione. Il matrimonio di lei con il conte Montoni la trascina in un dedalo di torri aguzze, stanze invase dall'ombra e corridoi in cui ogni eco vibra come un presagio. Quando cala la notte, note lontane e sussurri intrappolati nelle mura guidano Emily fino a lettere ingiallite, dietro a tende consumate dal tempo. Il conte Montoni la fissa con gelida determinazione, desideroso di soffocare ogni barlume di speranza.

Who can you trust in a "sunny place for shady people"? A trip to the French Riviera sounds like just the ticket for Marjorie and Mrs Jameson. But from the moment they step aboard the famous Blue Train to the Mediterranean coast, it becomes clear that this won't be an ordinary vacation. They've been invited to stay at the palatial Villa Beau Rivage for a month in the sun, after a dismal summer in London.

Three bodies are found scattered across South Africa. One on the shores of the Indian Ocean, one in a farm invasion in modern KwaZulu-Natal, and one in 1880, in the aftermath of the Anglo-Zulu War. Detective Sannie van Rensburg and marine biologist and former soldier Adam Kruger are each on the trail of a mystery, while more than a century ago colonial police officer Peter Gregory has a secret mission: to find the lost sword of the great Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

Masques Macabre is “a juicy collection of stories, with some great character development and a lot of original ideas. Recommended!” [Horror After Dark]. “This collection consists of four unique stories. Bruns handles plot, setting, and characterization exceptionally well in all four. The horror creeps slowly under your skin until you suddenly realize you’re in the midst of madness.” [Quiet Fury]. “Bruns creates realistic settings for his well-imagined, lively characters.” [Kirkus Reviews].

Brought to you by Penguin. Cold War Moscow is a place smouldering with secrets. Gabriel Dax has been tasked with delivering a mysterious Blanco drawing to celebrated defector Kit Caldwell. But Caldwell is convinced the KGB suspects him of treachery, and he wants out now. When Gabriel is ordered...

Nueva Orleans, 1897. Es la popular noche de Mardi Gras, y Alexander Le Bois, heredero de una de las familias más importantes de la ciudad, empieza a manifestar unos extraños síntomas durante el gran baile celebrado en Ópera Francesa. Isabella, su joven esposa nacida en Cuba y criada en Oviedo, busca desesperadamente ayuda y solo encuentra a Markus, un médico negro sin mucho crédito ni acceso a la medicina reservada a los blancos.

'Gritty, pacy historical fiction. The action never lets up and it's a real pleasure to share the perilous adventures of Will and his hard-fighting band of followers.' SIMON SCARROW, #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER How far will his loyalty go? The year is 1191, and for young knight Will Bowman, newly...

Inspired by real events, a vivid and sweeping Western in the grand tradition of Lonesome Dove and Blood Meridian: an unforgettable saga of fathers and sons, captivity and belonging, and the violent struggle between Texans, Comanche, and Kiowa in the years after the Civil War 1866. On a...

When his friend shares half his fabulous silver claim, a smalltown storekeeper must battle claim jumpers, a corrupt judge and ruthless killers. Most people are at least dimly aware of the Great Depression of 1929. But how many have heard about the Panic of 1873, which was nearly as devastating? In White Money (a wonderful throw-back to old-timey Western novels like Shane and True Grit), Civil War veteran Morris Goldwater, like millions of his fellow Americans, has been caught up in the financial disaster of the Panic.

Ethan Kane’s quest for the Solakari legacy leads him onto the perilous Natchez Trace in 1825. He hunts the outlaw Blackjack Stark, who unknowingly holds an ancient Bible containing a coded Solakari vellum. After a deadly confrontation where new ally Sally McGill avenges her family on Stark, Ethan recovers the Bible. Aided by the forgotten scholar Alaric Thorne, he deciphers the vellum, revealing a path to a lost Spanish presidio in Tejas.

From the pen of prizewinning author Tom Harper, this is a high-octane adventure thriller in the bestselling tradition of The Da Vinci Code. Jam-packed with murder, mystery and mind-blowing revelations, it is perfect for fans of Dan Brown, Clive Cussler and Scott Mariani. 'In the tradition of The...