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Scary creepy tale of London's Tower Hill after dark. Beware the dark moving shadows....

Five linked families live out their destinies as the world is shaken by tyranny and war in the mid-20th century. Berlin in 1933 is in upheaval. Eleven-year-old Carla von Ulrich struggles to understand the tensions disrupting her family as Hitler strengthens his grip on Germany. Into this turmoil step her mother’s formidable friend and former British MP, Ethel Leckwith, and her student son, Lloyd, who soon learns for himself the brutal reality of Nazism.

Tudor England. The word treason is on everyone's lips. Arbella Stuart, niece to Mary, Queen of Scots, and presumed successor to Elizabeth I, has spent her youth behind the towering windows of Hardwick Hall. As presumed successor to the throne, her isolation should mean protection - but those close to the crown are never safe. Aemilia Lanyer, writer and poet, enjoys an independence denied to Arbella. Their paths should never cross. But when Arbella enlists Aemilia's help in a bid for freedom, she risks more than her own future.

Shanghai im Jahr 1931, die Bühne ist bereitet für ein neues Jahrzehnt voller Intrigen. Vor vier Jahren ist Rosalind von den Toten zurückgekehrt, aber das Experiment, dem sie ihr Leben zu verdanken hat, verlangt seinen Tribut. Jetzt strebt sie als Assassinin verzweifelt nach Wiedergutmachung. Codename: Fortuna.

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.

On the Greek island of Vidos the past lingers like salt in the air. The inhabitants - former members of MI6 - are sent here to be forgotten. Exiled. Either too damaged or too compromised to be allowed to live freely. For years, residents make the best of their fate - old enemies reconcile, long-lost friends swim together in the warm sea and estranged lovers share a bed once more. But secrets bind tightly. And when one of their own washes up dead, alliances fracture and a tide of suspicion begins to rise.

This time, there's no doubt about it: somebody is dead. A mass murderer is on the loose in London, but lady detective Rosemary Lillywhite has bigger problems. With the perfect wedding dress just out of reach, her best friend, Vera, is planning a rushed elopement with Rosemary's brother, Frederick. Unfortunately, Rosemary knows her mother, Evelyn, will have a conniption when she hears the news! Hoping to avoid a disaster, she vows to change Vera's mind and sets about acquiring the coveted gown before it's too late.

Stellen Sie sich vor, die Geschichte hätte einen anderen Weg genommen – was wäre, wenn Frankreich und Großbritannien im Jahre 1915 eine gewaltige Landung an den Stränden Belgiens gewagt hätten, um den Stellungskrieg aus seiner Erstarrung zu reißen und das deutsche Kaiserreich zu bezwingen? Kann der Angriff auf Ostende das Blatt wenden oder gelingt es dem Kaiserreich, die Landung in ein Desaster zu verwandeln?

Als die Jüdin Astrid eine Vorladung der Gestapo erhält, weiß sie: Wenn sie bleibt, wird sie sterben. Nur die Flucht kann ihr Leben retten, doch der einzige Weg in die Freiheit führt über die verschneiten Alpen. Im abgelegenen Montafon trifft sie auf Bärbel, eine mutige Frau die ebenfalls auf der Flucht ist und gemeinsam wagen sie das riskante Unternehmen.

Sussex, November 1959. There’s a chill in the air at the Lewes bonfire celebration. Carnival floats fill the narrow streets, fireworks crackle overhead, and Flora and Jack feel the heat of the burning torches lining the streets. But when Trevor French, chief of the Grove Bonfire Society, tumbles from his parade float, they know something is afoot. Trevor didn’t just fall – and amidst the crowds, his killer slips away through the smoke-filled night.

In 2002, Deputy Sheriff Roo Yoder is thrust into the hunt for a hundred-year-old treasure and a killer when his high school friend, now a successful financier, is murdered. The only clue in his hands–a fragment of a 1900’s stock share certificate—worth a fortune if the other half can be found. Roo, accused of the murder, goes on the run to New York. In hiding from both the police and the killers, while investigating the crime, he turns to his lover, Katya for help, and suspects she is betraying him with a Russian oligarch.

September 1940. As Nazi forces sweep across Europe, the wealth of nations vanishes into the desert. The gold reserves of France, Belgium, and Poland—a treasure so vast it could determine the outcome of World War II—have been hidden in the badlands of French West Africa.

The summer of 1942 finds the Allies desperate for a foothold in Hitler's Europe. Operation Jubilee is born in the smoke-filled rooms of the War Office—a daring raid that will test not just military might, but the moral fabric of those who command from safe distances. Arthur Cutter, a haunted SOE operative barely out of Oxford, is forced back behind enemy lines for one final mission: infiltrate Dieppe's defenses to gather intelligence critical for the raid.

Den berömda konstnären Astrid Sterners tavla Mjölkharen försvinner spårlöst från Göteborgs konstmuseum under en märklig konstkupp 1978. När hennes barnbarn städar ur släkthuset fyrtio år senare hittar de brev och en gammal dagbok som ger en helt ny bild av deras omtalade mormor. Astrid och hennes vän Viola lever konstnärsliv i 1910-talets Paris. De studerar för Henri Matisse, ser Gertrude Steins konstsamling, bor i dragiga vinds­kupor, kastar sig från famn till famn och går på den ena festen efter den andra. Men drömmen om att leva av och för konsten visar sig få katastrofala följder.

The oldest bonds are the hardest severed. When Fabio’s aunt Lucretia flexes her match-making muscles, he seeks escape from a marriage to shy, bored Adriane. Luckily, his friend Petros needs help investigating a possible rebellion in Vademlutra. All Fabio has to do is pretend to be poor and keep his wits about him. Certain there’s nothing to investigate, Fabio settles down for a week in the tavern until a lost young woman in the woods captivates him. Where is she from and why is she so keen to die?

After returning the heads of assassins to the Master of Hashashini, Talon flees with his family and closest companions to the Kingdom of Jerusalem to escape retribution. But death and disaster follow them, dashing hopes of finding a safe haven. Talon and Max travel to Cyprus only to discover that it is ruled by a psychopathic tyrant. The self-styled emperor Isaac Komnenos captured the island earlier in the year with the help of mercenaries and is plundering his kingdom into destitution.

In the winter of 1942, an army vanishes into the icefields of the Eastern Front. In the summer of 1945, a massacre in small-town Italy makes international headlines. Today, an ordinary man is about to stumble onto a horrifying secret. Alex Lago is a jaded journalist whose family, marriage, and career are fading fast. So, when the accidental discovery of an aged photo from World War II offers him a last gasp at bonding with his dying father, Alex can't help but scratch at the scabs of a mystery seventy years in the making.

Klu and Shad complete the construction on the Bar TC ranch. Melody gives birth to a healthy boy and the future looks great. The Colorado Cattlemen’s Association decide that the best way to defeat the drought conditions of 1868 is to drive out all the farmers and small ranchers and use their land for grazing. First, the Lanswing ranch, the Slash L, finds themselves in the crosshairs of the Cattlemen’s Association hired guns. They refuse to sell or give in. Next in the sights of the hired gunmen is the Bar TC owned by Klu Klinger and Shad Benfold.

Johnny Rossendale zou liever op zee blijven, maar hij moet terug naar huis als het nieuws hem bereikt dat zijn moeder elk ogenblik kan sterven. Hij wordt opgewacht door ongure types die het gemunt hebben op de erfenis van zijn bemiddelde familie. De inzet: een echte Van Gogh. Meerdere daarvan (allemaal geschreven in de late jaren 1980 en vroege jaren 1990) spelen zich af op het water, met zeilboten in een belangrijke rol.

Campo de prisioneros Stalag Luft 13, Alemania, Segunda Guerra Mundial. El joven teniente Tommy Hart, único superviviente de la tripulación de un B-25 abatido durante un bombardeo, pasa sus días confinado en un campo de prisioneros alemán, ajeno a las actividades cotidianas de sus compañeros de encierro. Solitario, dedica su tiempo a estudiar Derecho, carrera que tuvo que interrumpir cuando estalló la guerra.