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Some ruins hide more than just history… A generation of lost children… In Victorian England, unwanted babies were a problem to be solved. In a lonely part of the countryside, The Wainwright School was lauded as a sanctuary. But the children who passed through its doors were never seen again...

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...

This atmospheric and award-winning historical thriller inspired by the first female serial killer in history explores how far some will go for justice—and how far they may have to fall. In mid-seventeenth-century Rome, Giulia Toffana stands trial for her alleged crimes. Alongside her daughter...

When war changes the world, her courage stands strong Rosie Gallagher has always dreamed of being a conductress on Edinburgh’s trams, and when WW2 calls the men away, she finally gets her chance. Rosie finds friendship among her fellow clippies as they settle into their new jobs, even as they...

Lemuria: an annual event when householders in Ancient Rome drive the spirits of the dead from their homes by shouting 'Ghosts of our fathers and ancestors be gone!' and clanging metal pots with sticks and utensils. Flavia Albia and her husband Tiberius Manlius have lived in their house for less...

When a guest is murdered at her star-studded party, a woman becomes the prime suspect…again. To clear her name, she must finally confront what happened thirty years ago—the unsolved murder that made her a tabloid sensation and the famous friends who may have framed her—in this twisty...

Inspired by a true story! Vienna, 1938. As Hitler's forces roll into Austria, a desperate operation is undertaken… When Meira Taub’s father is arrested and her twin brother vanishes into the Nazi camp system, Meira’s helplessness quickly becomes a steely resolve to help the children she...

Aloysius Archer returns to find himself at the heart of a conspiracy bigger than anyone could ever imagine. From the internationally bestselling author of The 6:20 Man, David Baldacci. A CRY FOR HELP. Private investigator and World War II veteran Aloysius Archer is no stranger to trouble, but...

‘The master of historical crime fiction’ LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON With over 1 million copies sold, Andrew Taylor is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Ashes of London. This is the best of gripping, exquisitely researched historical crime fiction, perfect for fans of CJ Sansom, Robert...

Another rediscovered masterpiece from the author of Embers: an erotically charged novel–written within the framework of historical reality–about Casanova’s fateful encounter with the woman who finally defeats him. In 1756 Giacomo Casanova escaped from the dreaded cells of Venice’s most...

Raised within a cosseted circle of British ex-pats in Florence, Iris shocked her family and friends when she married Antonio. Despite the protests of both families, they found a crumbling villa on a windy Tuscan hilltop, called La Foce, and they poured themselves into the house and the land--and...

When a celebrity bad boy is murdered in Jazz Age New York, a reporter, a detective, and a wife must navigate the dangerous gap between truth and power. Based on a real-life crime, The Ace of Spades is a gripping tale of genius, ambition, and deception. New York City, 1920. On a bright June...

Partial Author Read 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...

Es ist Spätsommer 1984, und die Kleinstadt Waterville in Maine steht kurz vor dem Zusammenbruch. Ein Streik in der Papierfabrik dauert schon seit einem Jahr an, hat Nachbarn gegeneinander aufgebracht und alle mittellos zurückgelassen. Die Männer sind gebrochen und erschöpft, aber die Frauen sind nach wie vor bereit, alles zu tun, um Arbeitsplätze zu retten und ihr Viertel zurückzuerobern - mit Babs Dionne, der lokalen Gewerkschaftsvorsitzenden, an der Spitze. Als sie vor fünfzehn Jahren blutüberströmt aus dem Wald zurückkam, hat sie der Gewalt eigentlich abgeschworen.

A basement prison. A city ruled by ancient shadows. And a family hunted by Jimmy Hoffa’s mafia. Detroit, 1962. When ER nurse Georgia Owens vanishes on her way to work, it’s just another disappearance in a city that knows how to forget. But Georgia wasn’t supposed to disappear. The...

Pushed out of Hispaniola, driven from the island of Tortuga, Jean-Baptiste LeBoeuf and the buccaneers under his command find a new home on the north coast of Cuba. There, LeBoeuf and his men turn to the work they do best, the work that most satisfies their need for vengeance: plundering the...

An amnesic psychiatrist returns to the hospital where she was institutionalized as a teen to find answers, perfect for fans of The Silent Patient and Shutter Island. Forgetting can be dangerous. Remembering can be fatal. New York State, 1953. Dr. Claire Kendall is a psychiatrist-in-training at...

Set in the big band era on the eve of World War II, this is special collector’s edition of New York Times bestseller Rupert Holmes’s “imaginative, smart, and impressively elaborate” (The New York Times) mystery novel Swing. Jazz saxophonist and arranger Ray Sherwood, touring with the...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND WINNER OF THE SALTIRE FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR What if the only choice you have is no choice at all… Humberto Barbetti is unwilling secretary to the Dominican dictator, Rafael Trujillo. Mercurial, capricious and ruthless to the core, Trujillo has...

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