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Rudolf takes portraits of hundreds of souls marked for deportation, his heart shattering with every click of his camera. He knows what the Nazis are doing to families just like theirs. One day, when the guards aren't looking, he takes a picture of a little girl on a train to Auschwitz, her tear-filled eyes pleading for help. His photograph could change the course of the war.

Cassie Woods has been assigned her first big article after the success of her first two investigations. She dives in, eager to prove herself as a journalist in the male-dominated world of 1880s New York City. Her relationship with the handsome but infuriating Detective O'Neill seems promising, but when she discovers that O'Neill is investigating her father for corruption, she must choose whom to side with and whom to protect. Will she be able to solve both cases and save her family's reputation?

Années 70 dans le Sud des Etats-Unis. Une femme sort de prison. Elle devra reconstruire sa vie. Et mener à bien sa vengeance.

When a string of gruesome modern-day murders sparks chilling echoes of the Whitechapel killings of 1888, profiler Jonah Merrin begins to see a pattern far older—and far darker—than anyone suspects. Victims are found drained of blood, mutilated not in haste but in contempt. No motive. No remorse. Only a presence that moves through shadow, feeding not on need… but on belief. A creature who sees humanity not as prey, but as proof of its own superiority.

Ein Mordverdacht. Eine unerwartete Leidenschaft. Und ein Frühling, der alles verändert. Im Schein gesellschaftlicher Skandale des Regency-Englands begegnen sich zwei verletzte Seelen – vereint durch Schmerz, getrennt durch Misstrauen. Lady Selina Whitcombe, nunmehr Lady Hollyfield, verliert ihren Ehemann unter mysteriösen Umständen. Die feine Gesellschaft flüstert, und Selina ist überzeugt: Viscount James Blackwood – charmant, gefährlich und mit einem zweifelhaften Ruf – steckt hinter dem tragischen Tod.

Cuando Thad McAlister, un joven y exitoso autor de bestsellers de terror, empieza a escribir su nueva novela, siente que las palabras fluyen sin esfuerzo. Lo que Thad todavía no sabe es que, involuntariamente, ha abierto una puerta al pasado que pronto pondrá en peligro su vida y la de su familia. Mientras tanto, en su casa, su mujer se pregunta en secreto si, quizá, ella es la culpable de todo lo que está ocurriendo por un oscuro trato que hizo mucho tiempo atrás.

In the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings, Styrkar, loyal housecarl to the fallen King Harold, journeys to Ireland in search of the dead king's exiled sons. When a plot to murder Harold's widow and infant son is uncovered, duty pulls him in a different direction. Fleeing back to England with the dowager and child, Styrkar's loyalties are tested as he's forced into an uneasy alliance with his old comrade Eadnoth, now sworn to William the Conqueror. When the sons of Harold return to reclaim their birthright, Styrkar must choose: stand with his blood brother or his brothers-in-arms?

Quando Hazel si imbatte in Jack fuori dalla Società reale degli anatomisti di Edimburgo non ne rimane particolarmente colpita. Nel momento in cui però le viene proibito di frequentare i corsi del celebre dottor Beecham in quanto donna, capisce che il suo nuovo amico potrebbe tornarle molto utile. Ora i due dovranno unire le forze per scoprire gli oscuri segreti nascosti non solo in quelle tombe senza nome, ma nel cuore stesso della buona società di Edimburgo.

Dublin, summer 1970, and Nicoletta Sarto is juggling work as the women’s editor at the Irish Sentinel with two twin baby girls at home. When she’s approached by a barrister, Louise Leonard, whose aunt has just died, she’s drawn into a story that could have dangerous consequences. Was Helen Leonard murdered, as her niece thinks? And who was the mysterious nurse who has now vanished, but to whom Helen left everything? As Nicoletta investigates, she has to fight not only her own family’s disapproval of her being a working mother, but also society’s.

AD 1044. All eyes are on the marriage of Beatrix de Hautville to Armand de Mortain. The union could calm a tense political situation in Normandy: a young, illegitimate nobleman called William is vying for the ducal throne, and making plenty of enemies along the way. One of these is Beatrix’s elder brother, Serlo, and it is hoped the joining of the two families will cool his anger.

1910, Londres. Un respectable médecin, Harvey Crippen, met fin à un mariage insupportable en assassinant sa femme, une flamboyante chanteuse d'opéra. Lorsque naissent les premiers soupçons, Crippen, accompagné de sa maîtresse, prend un bateau, le SS Montrose, à destination du Québec. Sur ses traces, un inspecteur de Scotland Yard qui, grâce à une invention toute récente de Marconi, la communication sans fil, va permettre au grand public de suivre, par médias interposés, cette incroyable poursuite en haute mer.

1973, une petite ville du Texas. Personne n'attend Delpha Wade quand elle revient après quatorze années derrière les barreaux pour avoir réglé son compte à l'un de ses deux violeurs. Delpha doit pourtant trouver un travail et tenter de se refaire une vie, " faire le plus possible semblant d'être calme et décontractée ", comme l'en avise son conseiller d'insertion. Alors Delpha décide de jouer la comédie à fond.

Chief Inspector Soobramania is called when three bodies are discovered in the space of twenty-four hours, with mutilations bearing an eerie resemblance to Jack the Ripper’s victims. Initial suspicion centres on an English Duke visiting Hyderabad and his friend, a powerful Deccani noble and the angry stepson of one of the dead. In the face of political pressure, Soob must ally with his rival in the British Residency Police, Inspector Wilberforce, to unearth the culprit.

John le Carré, the legendary author of sophisticated spy thrillers, is at the top of his game in this classic novel of a world in chaos. With the Cold War over, a new era of espionage has begun. In the power vacuum left by the Soviet Union, arms dealers and drug smugglers have risen to immense influence and wealth. The sinister master of them all is Richard Onslow Roper, the charming, ruthless Englishman whose operation seems untouchable.

In the tradition of Schindler's List comes a thrilling novel based on the heroic true story of Fritz Kolbe, a widowed civil servant in Adolf Hitler's foreign ministry. Recognizing that millions of lives are at stake, Kolbe uses his position to pass information to the Americans - risking himself and the people he holds most dear - and embarks on a dangerous double life as the Allies' most important spy.

Barcelona, summer 1909. When the scientist and explorer Randolph Foulkes is blown up in a random terrorist bomb attack, Private Detective Harry Lawton is hired by the man's widow to identify the beneficiary of a large payment Foulkes had made shortly before his death.

Agosto de 1939. Mientras los líderes de la Unión Soviética y la Alemania nazi se reúnen en Moscú para repartirse los territorios de Polonia, la joven Ania juega en el campo, ajena a toda barbarie. Sin embargo, todo cambia tras la ocupación de su pueblito Komarno por tropas bolcheviques: ella y su familia serán trasladados al Gulag siberiano, donde trabajarán sin descanso bajo un frío inclemente, arriesgando cada día su integridad física y viviendo bajo el despiadado peso de la desesperanza.

Only she knows the truth. Only he can tell the world. Vienna, 1946. A brilliant German scientist spirited out of the ruins Nazi Europe in search of a new life. Moscow, 1964. A rising star of the British diplomatic service whose job is not what it seems. London, the present day. A once promising academic offered an opportunity to seal his place in history. Their stories, their lives, and the fate of the world, are bound by a single document: The Scarlet Papers. The devastating secrets contained within teased by a brief invitation: Tomorrow 11AM. Take a cab and pay in cash. Tell no one.

La recherche du journal secret qui pourrait changer l'histoire à tout jamais. Moscou, 1990. La guerre froide touche à sa fin et les archives s'ouvrent petit à petit. Et lorsque Fluke Kelso, historien autrefois prometteur, tombe sur la piste du journal intime de Joseph Staline, il se voit déjà auréolé de gloire. Encore faudrait-il retrouver le-dit journal, apparemment dérobé par le chef de la police secrète la nuit de la mort de Staline, quarante ans plus tôt.

1915. The Atlantic. The Kaiser U-boats prowl the seas. Only the Royal Navy stands in their way. The relentless threat of German U-boats has forced the Royal Navy to deploy its most secret weapon: heavily armed and cunningly disguised merchant vessels—the Q-ships. Commander Gordon Campbell, a seasoned officer in His Majesty's Navy, commands the Farnborough, a tramp steamer converted into a Q-ship. Under his leadership, the Farnborough becomes a deadly decoy, luring German U-boats into range for a brutal strike.