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What do you do when there are no borders? When the lines you thought existed simply vanish? How do you plant your feet to make a stand when you no longer know what side you’re on? The war has come home. For over forty years, Art Keller has been on the front lines of America’s longest conflict: The War on Drugs. His obsession to defeat the world’s most powerful, wealthy, and lethal kingpin—the godfather of the Sinaloa Cartel, Adán Barrera—has left him bloody and scarred, cost him the people he loves, even taken a piece of his soul.

A thousand years ago in an ancient Scottish landscape, a woman is on the run with her three companions–a healer, a weaver, and a seer. The men hunting her will kill her–because she is the only one who stands between them and their violent ambition. She is no lady: she is the first queen of Scotland, married to a king called Macbeth. As the net closes in, what unfurls is a tale of passion, forced marriage, bloody massacre, and the harsh realities of medieval Scotland. At the heart of it is one strong, charismatic woman.

Convention-flouting Nora Harris is a determined young medical student in Gilded Age Manhattan. A surgeon’s daughter, she always leads with her head—until her father’s latest protégé, Euan Colquhoun, steals her heart. Love and logic bind the newly betrothed couple together, but a tragic accident cuts their bright future short. Grief-stricken, Nora finds surprising comfort in corresponding with Euan’s older brother, Malcolm. She decides to forsake her ambitions to retreat to the Colquhoun family farm deep in the tangled woods of upstate New York.

The Award winning short story 'The Cellist ' follows the story of a young musical protege Adolphina, as she attempts to evade the the clutches of the Gestapo in war torn Paris. Is she part of the resistance? Can she trust her mentor, lover and confidante Claudia? What dark family secrets has her Uncle kept from her?

Cornwall 1940: Um den Bombenangriffen auf London zu entgehen, bringt Robert Carlyon seine Familie nach Cornwall, wo sie auf dem Landsitz Higher Barton eine Bleibe finden. Während Roberts Frau und sein Sohn sich zunächst schwer in das Landleben einfügen, ist die siebzehnjährige Eve von dem Herrenhaus sofort begeistert. Doch nachts meint sie, jemanden ihren Namen rufen zu hören. Eve erfährt, dass Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts die junge Evelyn Tremaine spurlos verschwunden ist. Seitdem soll ihr Geist in den Mauern umgehen.

Sir William Gold is looking forward to a lucrative career as a hired sword in the endless warring between Italy's city states. But when a message comes from the Grand Master of the Hospitaliers, William is forced to leave his dreams of fame and fortune behind him. The Hospitaliers are gathering men for a crusade, and Sir William must join them. Yet before they set out for the holy land, the knights face deadly adversaries much closer to home . . .

Dublin, 1883. Another woman is found discarded in a coal pile on Dublin's south docks. Sub-Inspector Barn Blake, a policeman with a talent for solving macabre murders, is put on the case. However, certain authorities in the state would prefer the murders to remain unsolved and make every effort to hinder him. In the course of his investigation, he is attacked and infected with a deadly affliction leaving him with only seven days to stop the killer.

In London, twenty-six-year-old Venetia Stanley—aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless—is part of a fast group of upper-crust bohemians and socialites known as “The Coterie.” She’s also engaged in a clandestine love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age. He writes to her obsessively, sharing the most sensitive matters of state.

Jacob Fehr has devoted his life to neutralizing high-level threats. From his days in Unit 217, an elite division within the Israel Defense Forces, to his current service with the Mossad, Jacob's skills have been honed in the crucible of undercover operations across the Middle East. Little does he know that his most challenging mission is about to unfold.

Neapolis, 22 a.C. Dalla vasca delle murene di una lussuosa villa situata nella meravigliosa località di Pausilypon affiora una carcassa umana. È del ricco e spregevole eques romano Lucio Popilio Lepido, ospite del proprietario della villa, il cavaliere Publio Vedio Pollione, più feroce del morto. Pollione e Lepido non sono gli unici equites di Pausilypon: altri cinque loro sodali, con cui hanno sancito un patto segreto, si sono dati appuntamento nella dimora per un simposio. A pochi giorni – non è un caso – dall'arrivo in città dell'imperatore Augusto. Accanto al corpo di Lepido, un messaggio oscuro.

In 1966, The Wonder Boys, one of America’s top rock bands, embarked on a flight from Anchorage to Fairbanks for a concert. However, their plane mysteriously vanished en route. Adding to the mystery, the band’s manager, who opted out of the flight, disappeared the following day, leaving no trace. Fast forward nearly six decades to the present day. Bush pilot Scott Harper, accompanied by his recently adopted daughter Michaela and his former police dog Max, stumbles upon the wreckage of the missing aircraft.

During Operation Desert Storm, Major William Harrison led a team of Special Forces on a secret mission to capture Haidar Kamel, a ruthless arms dealer. The operation revealed a treasure trove of dangerous weapons, along with a series of strange artifacts from the ancient world. One of the most unlikely discoveries was a small bronze medallion. They named it the Medallion of Petra, and somehow, it was much more dangerous and valuable than anyone could have ever imagined…

Roma, dicembre 112 d.C. Mentre l’inverno è alle porte dell’Urbe, Flavia viene svegliata nel cuore della notte. Il figlio della sua amica Tarquinia è stato rapito dalla camera in cui dormiva e il suo corpo sostituito da un fantoccio di paglia. Sono state le streghe a rapirlo, per compiere i loro orrendi riti che contemplano sacrifici umani? Flavia non si perde d’animo e, con l’aiuto del centurione Decio e del servo Sosia, si mette a indagare, tuffandosi nelle insidie e nei misteri della magia nera di Roma. Quali segreti cela la strega Canidia? Cosa nasconde il sinistro mago Sorush?

Before hypnotism, there was Mesmerism. And in 1894 Minneapolis, in the wake of a national financial crisis, spiritualism of every stripe is all the rage, and women are dying under mysterious circumstances. But until a new guest lands at the Bethany Home for Unwed Mothers, refusing to speak or explain her arrival, the sordid stories of unexplained deaths seem unconnected. Faith’s reticence is quickly interpreted as malevolence, setting the house abuzz with whispers of dark magic.

Normandy. Sark Island. London. The Pacific. The Littlefield siblings, separated by the grim tide of war, fight on all fronts. The Dame of Sark, the Littlefield matriarch, faces starvation on Sark Island, while Lance grapples with the Wehrmacht on French soil. With every step shadowed by death, his sole goal is to liberate Paris and prepare for the final assault on Germany. With World War II raging, the Littlefield's stories intertwine with old and new friends alike.

An historic thriller set in France with a son seeking revenge against his father for the death of his mother.

In August 1980, a diabolical plot was hatched in the Swat valley, named 'Operation Junoon'. Its aim: to find the final solution for Indian Kashmir.

As war looms over Britain and there is talk of gas masks and blackout, people are understandably jumpy and anxious. Stella Fry, who's been working in Vienna for a Jewish family, returns home with no job and a broken heart. She answers an advertisement from a famous mystery writer, Hubert Newman, who needs a manuscript typed. She takes on the job and is shocked the next day to learn of the writer's sudden, unexplained death.

Flavia de Luce has taken on the mentorship of her odious, moon-faced cousin Undine who has come to live at Buckshaw following the death of her mother. Undine’s main talent, aside from cultivating disgusting habits, seems to be raising Flavia’s hackles, although in her best moments she shows potential for trespassing, trickery, and other assorted mayhem. When Major Greyleigh, a local recluse and former hangman, is found dead after a breakfast of poisonous mushrooms, suspicion falls on the de Luce family's longtime cook, Mrs. Mullet.

A plowman who fails to prevent a murder. A corpse stolen while a priest prays over it. A clever killer who must be caught in three days. Cathar country, (now southern France), late autumn in the year 1200. The alchemist sends Bertwoin to work in the château’s kitchen to prevent the murder of the visconte’s son. Bertwoin fails. And before the alchemist can examine the corpse for clues, the killer commits the impossible crime of stealing the body while a priest keeps vigil over it.