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So lange wir nichts anderes wissen, so lange war das ein Wolf! In der bayerischen Provinz will man 1932 noch nichts von dem wissen, was in München vor sich geht. Hier nehmen die Bürger die Dinge noch selbst in die Hand. Als bestialische Morde das Dorf erschüttern, gilt es für den Bürgermeister und seinen Gemeinderat, die Gräueltaten schnellstmöglich aufzuklären. Während man zunächst vermutet, dass ein Wolf im nahen Wald sein Unwesen treibt, verdichten sich bald die Gerüchte, dass es sich um einen menschlichen Täter handeln muss.

Imagine if your grandfather had shared with you a so unbelievable story, and you find yourself unexpectedly inherited a four-thousand-year-old magical ring. What if you were told that this ring had the near unlimited power to grant you the ability to travel anywhere on Earth and also travel to any time in history. And what if you had unexpectedly in addition you found out at the same time, that you just inherited this ring from your grandfather, and on his death bed he reveals to you the magic of the ring that he is gifting now to you.

Sur une île au large de Cherbourg, un vieil homme et une jeune fille vivent isolés, entourés de serviteurs et de gardes du corps, à l'abri de tout reflet ; en aucun cas Hazel ne doit voir son propre visage. Engagée pour soigner la jeune fille, Françoise, une infirmière, va découvrir les étranges mystères qui unissent ces deux personnages. Elle saura pourquoi Hazel se résigne, nuit après nuit, aux caresses du vieillard.

Duke Boleslav, brother to Wenceslas, reveals to his young son his own life's dreadful tale, and why this boy must dedicate his life to his father's salvation. Pagan priests vie with one another and with the growing power of Christianity. Prague is a trading center with an important slave market, a thriving iron industry, and is a crossroads of far-reaching trade routes. It is growing in wealth, yet threatened by jealous enemies and forces, both external and within its borders.

Back from the Bardo is a historical novel, action adventure and psychological thriller written over a forty-six year period. Back from the Bardo by James Cage is a unique and unforgettable listening experience.

It is the year 1715, and Thomas True has arrived on old London Bridge with a dangerous secret. One night, lost amongst the squalor of London's hidden back streets, he finds himself drawn into the outrageous underworld of the molly houses. Meanwhile, carpenter Gabriel Griffin struggles to hide his double life as Lotty, the mollies' silent guard. When the queen of all 'he-harlots', Mother Clap, confides in him about a deadly threat, he realises his friends are facing imminent execution. To the horror of all mollies, there is a rat amongst them.

From prolific best-selling authors Susan Easton Black and George Durrant comes this gripping historical mystery.

Iceland 1940. Britain invades Iceland. Lieutenant Tom Marks is a British officer tasked with defending Whale Fjord. He meets Kristín, a young widow from a nearby farm, who has a small son. Tom is smitten. Iceland 2023. Inspector Magnus Ragnarsson is called to the shores of Whale Fjord where the skeletons of a man and a woman have been discovered, both shot with British wartime bullets. Magnus uncovers a web of anger and revenge that stretches back 80 years and forward to a shocking murder in Reykjavík.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER “A fun, DaVinci Code–style blend of puzzles, mysticism and high-octane action” (People, Best Books of the Month), from the author of The Puzzle Master “This rip-roaring adventure thriller is an escapist puzzle box of delights: a neurodivergent hero, an unsolvable...

Конец XX века. Столыпин убит, а новый министр МВД Макаров сразу невзлюбил статского советника Лыкова. Макаров приверженец законов, а сыщик часто пренебрегает ими в интересах дознания. Тут еще Лыков сунул нос не в свое дело, и пытается донести правительству английские происки по удушению майкопских нефтяных полей. Оказавшись втянутым в бандитские разборки, сыщик не успел опомниться, как сам оказался за решеткой. Лишенный чинов, орденов и дворянства за то, чего не совершал. Друзья спешно стараются вызволить бывшего статского советника. А между тем в тюрьме много желающих свести с ним счеты.

Out Front the Following Sea is a historical epic of one woman’s survival in a time when the wilderness is still wild, heresy is publicly punishable, and being independent is worse than scorned—it is a death sentence. At the onset of King William’s War between French and English settlers in 1689 New England, Ruth Miner is accused of witchcraft for the murder of her parents and must flee the brutality of her town.

Edgar Allan Poe afirmó: La muerte de una mujer hermosa es, sin duda, el tema más poético del mundo. María Docampo podría hacer honor a ese pensamiento: para los que la quisieron, así fue. María y Milton Wolff tienen en común que son contemporáneos, de Brooklyn y agentes del servicio de inteligencia de Estados Unidos, además de compartir una íntegra moral ¿Se puede sobrevivir al sistema con valores inquebrantables?

Finding the battered body of a young boy was not unusual in Bloody Mary’s cruel England. However, the stabbed tongue, a false seal and strange letter implicate Princess Elizabeth, threatening to bring down the Tudor Dynasty. Doctor John Dee and his secret apprentice, Margaretta, using his...

Taita è un umile schiavo; poeta, medico, ingegnere, sa bene come mantenere un segreto e proprio per questo è una delle proprietà che il nobile Intef considera più preziose. Eppure, quando sua figlia, la bellissima Lostris, viene data in sposa al faraone, inspiegabilmente il potente signore gli ordina di seguirla. Di colpo, Taita si ritrova immerso in un mondo di oscuri intrighi e biechi tradimenti.

Ein fesselnder Hollywood-Thriller aus den 1920er Jahren über die Entstehung des furchterregendsten Stummfilms aller Zeiten und die tödliche Suche nach der einzigen Kopie, die angeblich noch existiert. 1927: Mary Rourke - eine Hollywood-Studioausstatterin - wird dringend in das palastartige Haus von Norma Carlton gerufen, einem der bekanntesten Stars des amerikanischen Stummfilms. Norma hat an dem geheimen Film gearbeitet, über den alle reden - ein schrecklicher Horrorfilm mit dem Titel The Devil's Playground, der Gerüchten zufolge einen Fluch auf alle an der Produktion Beteiligten gelegt hat.

Van Bibber ist ein "man about town" - ein Mann, der das Stadtleben kennt. Als die Dame seines Herzens ihn versetzt, geht er kurzerhand zu einem Boxkampf, um dann ziellos durch die Straßen zu flanieren - wohlgemerkt, kurz vor Sonnenaufgang. Verdächtige Geräusche an der Tür eines Gebäudes erwecken sein Interesse, und so lernt Van Bibber einen ganz besonderen Einbrecher kennen.

Istanbul 1838. Lefevre, a French archaeologist, has arrived in Istanbul determined to uncover a lost Byzantine treasure. Yashim is hired to investigate him, but when the man turns up dead, there is only one suspect: Yashim himself. Once again, the investigator finds himself in a race against...

Во дворе собственного загородного дома убит молодой священник Георгий Вельяминов. Он не вел миссионерской деятельности и был известен только узкому кругу прихожан. Кому мог помешать отец Георгий? Орест Волин пытается найти ответ на этот вопрос и приступает к расследованию преступления. Тем временем генерал Воронцов расшифровывает новую порцию дневников Нестора Загорского. На этот раз они связаны с событиями 1904-1905 годов. Русско-японская война в самом разгаре. Нестор Загорский раскрывает в Санкт-Петербурге шпионскую сеть, которой руководит японский подданный Кэндзо Камакура. Камакура арестован.

After the publishing my 6th book, I move to New England to seek my next project... What I find is the century and a half old obsession of a the long-deceased spirit of a physician who performs vampire autopsies in the basement of my farmhouse... Who wants me to tell his story in the present. What follows is a collision course of 21st Century technology and loneliness with Victorian superstition and gruesomeness...

William Warwick, appena promosso ispettore, ha ricevuto un nuovo incarico che si prospetta assai più delicato e pericoloso dei precedenti. Perché non solo dovrà occuparsi, come al solito, dei crimini commessi in città, ma dovrà anche portare alla luce la corruzione che dilaga all’interno della stessa Scotland Yard. I suoi stretti collaboratori, agendo sotto copertura, si concentrano subito sul sergente Summers, un giovane ufficiale le cui abitudini di vita sembrano molto al di sopra di ciò che si può permettere con lo stipendio da poliziotto.