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1940: Weeks after the evacuation of Dunkirk, Germany is poised to invade a near-defenseless Britain. To safeguard the Crown Jewels from the Nazis, Winston Churchill devises a daring gamble to have them shipped overseas. The priceless artifacts will be secretly removed from the Tower of London and driven north to Scotland by two operatives posing as a young married couple, to be taken from there to Canada.

Bei archäologischen Ausgrabungen in einem norwegischen Kloster wird scheinbar zufällig ein alter, goldener Schrein gefunden. Als der Leiter der Ausgrabung den kostbaren Fund unterschlagen will, beschließt Bjørn Beltø, der Kontrolleur der Ausgrabung, den sagenumwobenen "Schrein der Heiligen Geheimnisse" an sich zu nehmen, um seinen mysteriösen Inhalt zu ergründen. Seine Recherchen führen ihn über London bis nach Israel, wo er den dunklen Machenschaften des Geheimordens der "Wächter des Schreins" gefährlich nahe kommt …

Jack Reilly is nearly finished with an extended vacation in Rome. Alongside him is Mayleen Wu, former Chinese operative and Jack’s newfound love. Posing under aliases, they attend a private event set against the backdrop of the historic Roman Colosseum, one that features a remarkable display of artifacts once belonging to the elusive Ninth Legion. Among these treasures is the headpiece to the legion's quasi-sacred aquila, their revered eagle standard.

An epic, world-spanning thriller with high-octane action and adventure, The Book of Bones is a perfect blend of history, science, religion, and travel. You will not be able to put it down!

In 1892, Elijah Whitman arrives on an isolated New England island for a four-week assignment as a lighthouse keeper’s assistant. Beneath the looming, weather-beaten tower, surrounded by the endless sea, he finds himself under the command of Thomas Graham—a hardened, enigmatic veteran of the trade. The work is grueling, the isolation suffocating, but the real torment lurks beneath the surface.

Lancelot Nowlton, Viscount Lakehurst, writes gothic novels. The widow Lady Cassandra Tidemark, Marchioness of Darkford, is living a gothic nightmare. The young marchioness is haunted by nightmarish visions of a past she can't escape. The memory of her husband's death, shrouded in a ritualistic mystery reminiscent of Sir Francis Dashwood's notorious Hell Fire club, casts a chilling pall over her life. By chance, Cassandra reads a bestselling gothic novel penned by the elusive ‘Anonymous’ that describes what happened that night.

Lady Eleanor Swift’s marriage to dashing Chief Inspector Hugh Seldon is just days away. There’s a lot to organise from the dress to the catering, including, of course, the all-important wedding cake. But Eleanor is heartbroken when their chef, apple-cheeked Annie Tibetts, dies of poisoning. And as the doctor confirms her death wasn’t an accident, accusations fly around the whole community.

En creusant pour faire une piscine en Dordogne, un entrepreneur découvre une grotte aux parois couvertes d'empreintes de mains de femmes, beaucoup amputées de deux ou trois doigts, et deux squelettes dont la position fait penser à une scène de crime... Une paléontologue brillante et opportuniste va mener l'enquête sur ce crime commis il y a 35 000 ans et mettre au jour un monde passionnant, surprenant et pourtant si familier.

One chilly October day in 1873, three lonely people with very different pasts leave the desolation of fire-ravaged Chicago and board a Great Lakes steamship hoping for a better life. Maribeth Eaton escaped the suffocating expectations of her wealthy British family to make her own path and find purpose in America, and though things haven’t worked out as planned, one last chance for success awaits at the end of this voyage.

Pearl Fitzgerald arrives in Limehouse - London's very ­first Chinatown - to settle her late father's affairs and claim her inheritance. But when she unwittingly ­finds herself at the scene of a murder, her plans are thrown off course. Even more so by the alluring Mei, sister to the dead man. Utterly infatuated, Pearl promises Mei that she will bring her brother's killer to justice, and she dives into the East End's criminal underworld.

Simon and Elizabeth return in book four of the Out of Time series. Simon and Elizabeth's plans for their honeymoon are interrupted when they discover a list of unfinished business hidden in Simon’s grandfather’s journal. Picking up where Grandfather Sebastian left off, Simon and Elizabeth, along with Jack Wells, travel to glamorous 1933 Hollywood to save the life of movie star Alan Grant. But the Golden Age of Hollywood is more than parties and premieres. Behind the bright lights and bigger-than-life contracts, shadows lurk and no one is what they seem.

À la veille de la première croisade, une mission diplomatique tourne mal et plonge un novice bénédictin de 17 ans dans un périple vertigineux autour de la Méditerranée du XIe siècle. Mare Nostrum est un roman d’aventures à la croisée des genres entre histoire, fantastique, romance et quête existentielle.

Anna Thalberg is a villager shunned for her red hair and provocative beauty, so when she is dragged from her home and accused of witchcraft, her neighbors do not intervene. Only Klaus, her husband, and Father Friedrich, a priest experiencing a crisis of faith, set out to Würzburg to prove her innocence. There, locked in a prison tower, Anna faces isolation and torture while anxiety builds over strange happenings within the city walls. Can the two men convince the Church inquisitors to release Anna, or will she burn at the stake?

A riveting novel of historical suspense, from the bestselling author of Ask for Andrea, and based on the harrowing true story of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Three women, connected by one of the most brutal mass slayings in US history. Lucy is sick of turning the other cheek. Ten years ago, an...

England 1904. Mirror twins Adelaide and Victoria have spent their lives in orbit of each other–doomed to be in the other’s shadow, their lives are intertwined and inextricable as each other’s identical inverse. Adelaide is dutiful and reserved, happy to remain in her childhood home, Harewood Hall, forever. Victoria wishes for a thrilling life, exploring the world and finding a great romance–but the twins cannot live apart. Visiting Lord Stanley bewitches Victoria with his talk of a life of luxury in New York, but it is obedient Adelaide whom he marries against her will and to Victoria’s fury

Everyone at the party had a secret. Someone killed to keep theirs. London, 1922. Draper’s daughter Marjorie Swallow is 24, independent, and determined to live life to the full. A secretarial post with enigmatic American detective Mrs Jameson looks just the ticket. And soon she’s in the thick of it. When the bohemian party they attend ends in murder, there is no shortage of suspects. Half of Bloomsbury wanted Mrs Norris dead – but who wielded the knife? Was it the handsome but troubled artist? The vivacious young actress? Or even the aristocratic lady novelist?

Another mystery awaits Vera and Tolliver in British East Africa. Justin Tolliver and his tribal lieutenant Kwai Libazo are still smarting from the dreadful events that ended their work on the police force a year ago. Justin and his wife, Vera, are establishing their farm in Ngong. Kwai and his baby daughter are living on the property, but tension still exists between the two men. One beautiful Sunday morning, a passing stranger discovers a dead body on the road that leads to their home. A Kukuyu man has been shot in the back.

The summer of 1976 in Huntsville, Arkansas, was supposed to be unforgettable—for all the right reasons. For Jake and his tight-knit group of friends, it marked their first true taste of freedom: a week-long camping trip deep in the uncharted wilderness of the Ozark Mountains. The boys expected adventure, laughter, and maybe a few scares from the campfire stories. What they didn’t expect was the terror that would emerge from the shadows of the forest.

In this gripping and atmospheric tale, Sarah Chen, a dedicated historian and photographer, embarks on a haunting journey to uncover the untold stories of the soldiers who fought and died at the Battle of Gettysburg. As she delves deeper into the mysteries of the past, Sarah finds herself inexplicably drawn to the ghostly figure of Private Eli Thompson, a young Confederate soldier whose tragic story becomes inextricably linked to her own.

I fratelli Venerando e Gualtiero Scaccola sono titolari dell’omonima forneria a Bellano. Tirati su a pedate dal padre panettiere, conoscono solo il piccolo mondo del forno e dell’abitazione al piano di sopra. Si alternano in negozio con un sincronismo perfetto, che però inizia a cedere la mattina del 7 aprile 1930.