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William 'Big Bill' Mulholland is head of one of New York's wealthiest dynasties. When Mulholland gets wind of a hostile biography planned, he commissions his journalist son-in-law John Glass to pen the official line. To help with the job, Glass hires a beady-eyed researcher - 'the lemur'. But the next day, the Lemur is found dead, shot through the eye with a Beretta. What is the secret he knew, had he told anyone else, and why are the police suddenly asking Glass a lot of questions?

A stranger on a mission of revenge. A hurricane on a path of destruction. The storm of the century hits Texas—with a vengeance. At the height of the Civil War, a Confederate soldier was captured and held in New York's infamous Elmira prison camp. He managed to escape during a snowstorm—after...

A dead surveyor. A corrupted compass. And buried iron that points to murder. Nevada Territory, 1882. Surveyor Virgil Peck is found face-up on the alkali flats east of Furnace Creek — no water, no hat, no horse, and a shattered compass at his side. The coroner rules it exposure. The desert, after all, doesn't require malice. Silas Thorne knows better. Hired to verify Peck's railroad survey, Silas and his partner Linus arrive in a town built around a water tower and controlled by a man who owns every spring in the basin. The survey should be routine.

Augsburg, 1463: Endlich verstummt das Geläut der Totenglocken. Die Pest ist überstanden und die Wohlhabenden kehren in die Stadt zurück. Lina und ihr Gemahl Ulrich wollen die Schatten der Vergangenheit hinter sich lassen und ein ruhiges Leben führen.

In 1905, Father Bellarma discovers ancient Gnostic manuscripts hidden in a remote desert cave. The early Church had tried to destroy them but Bellarma brings them to the cult of Abyssos in New York City. As ritual murders begin to plague the Manhattan streets, Lieutenant Peter Doolan, NYPD, comes face to face with an evil that defies rational explanation. With an enigmatic Ethiopean monk as his ally, Doolan uncovers a desecrated chapel hidden under a consecrated church and confronts the horror of Abyssos.

Nach der Schlacht von Stalingrad zerschlägt die Rote Armee mit einem Großangriff die italienischen Reihen, was zu Chaos und Panik führt. In den fluchtartigen Rückzug der Verbündeten gerät eine deutsche Infanterie-Division. Sie wird aufgespalten, zerrieben, bis auf klägliche Reste zermalmt. Nur in einem kleinen Steppendorf hält sich noch ein verbissener Widerstand.

Blut verlangt nach Blut. Und Rache kennt kein Gesetz. Britannien, 46 n. Chr. Eine Gruppe Rebellen treibt ihr Unwesen im Nordosten des Landes und überfällt die römischen Nachschublinien. Maximus und Brutus sollen dem ein Ende setzen, doch die Jagd fordert einen unvorstellbar hohen Preis. Ein grausamer Schlag trifft die Legion ins Herz und verwandelt ihren besten Krieger in eine Bestie.

December 1984. SIS field asset Heidi Sperling [codename Thistle] exfiltrates from East Berlin with the sole copy of a critical intelligence leak: a naval log containing a solitary message received from a previously unidentified Soviet submarine. Incredulously – impossibly – it seems the...

Cicéron avait touché le sommet du pouvoir, mais César a eu raison de lui. Le plus grand orateur de son temps est désormais contraint à l'exil, loin des sept collines de Rome.

Mike Mansfield’s cases are never easy. They’re dangerous and unpredictable, but there are patterns. Patterns in how criminals act and how they think. But this time, something is off. After a recent rescue, the emerging details seem very odd to Mansfield. Of his three culprits, one has no...

A murdered heiress. Missing jewels. A killer hidden among the passengers. When wealthy American heiress Flossie Halliday boards the Plymouth Express carrying a fortune in precious jewels, she expects nothing more than an ordinary journey. Instead, her body is discovered concealed beneath a train...

Wanneer Dr. Molly Whitcomb naar Colorado verhuist, verbergt ze een geheim dat de reputatie van de Sheriff op het spel zet en de rust in Timber Ridge bedreigt. Deel 2 van 3.

Philadelphia, 1778. The British are watching, the French have arrived, and freedom is still a rumor. Claire Valois-widowed, fluent, almost invisible-steps ashore with a sewing basket and a deadlier cargo: messages written in lemon ink, meant for General Washington's spies and Rochambeau's officers. Her nerve and quiet brilliance pull her through candlelit taverns, Loyalist parlors, and river crossings where one wrong glance can end a war-or a life. Shadowing her is Captain Edward Ashford, a British dragoon who prides himself on restraint and never misses a seam.

Un voyage palpitant à travers les secrets les mieux gardés de la Russie. 1584 : Ivan le Terrible vient de mourir. Les circonstances de sa mort restent mystérieuses, tout comme l'endroit où repose son corps. Sa légendaire collection de livres rares, composée de manuscrits hérités des bibliothèques de Constantinople et d'Alexandrie, demeure, elle aussi, introuvable. 2024 : Luke Daniels, l'élève de Cotton Malone, est envoyé par la CIA en Russie afin de localiser un agent porté disparu après avoir essayé de monter un réseau d'informateurs en Ukraine.

1673, Paris, rue Pastourelle : le corps d’une jeune femme, les lèvres cousues d’un fil de soie, est découvert. C’est la première victime d’une série de meurtres identiques. La Reynie, lieutenant général de police, missionne deux enquêteurs ainsi qu’un jeune artiste italien...

Kent, May 1941. The towns and countryside south of London continue to take a battering from German bombers. Canterbury, with the focal point of its distinctive cathedral, is among the hardest hit. The landmark and holy site is the scene of further tragedy when Canon Walter de la Coeur is found...

'A seductive and secretive novel, simmering with threat. And the ending! Just glorious. I loved it.' Emma van Straaten, author of This Immaculate Body 'I read it in one sitting.' Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin, author of Ordinary Saints White Lotus meets The Talented Mr Ripley in this sun-drenched...

Bloomsbury presents Bane of Bernicia by Matthew Harffy, read by Barnaby Edwards. Anglo-Saxon warlord Beobrand must navigate the caprices of kings as he fights for his honour and his life. The unmissable new Bernicia Chronicles novel from Matthew Harffy. Returning from a dangerous mission to Rome...

Antes de El hedor de la verdad, hubo una historia. Una historia en la que la lucha entre el bien y el mal comenzó a tomar forma y dejó una cicatriz imposible de borrar. Es ahí donde nació la grieta en el alma de Néstor. La herida que lo empujó, paso a paso, hacia el camino de los asesinos en serie.

Da Tyskland invaderer Polen i 1939, befinder Marta og hendes spejdertrop sig på et meget prekært sted, tæt på grænsen, og det eneste hendes far kan finde på, er at sørge for at hun straks bliver bragt i sikkerhed i et kloster langt fra Warszawa. Hvad faderen naturligvis ikke havde drømt om, er, at intet sted i Polen er sikkert, og da slet ikke for datteren af en officer. Der går ikke mange måneder, før Hitlers nye "ven", Stalin, begynder at sende potentielle modstandere i arbejdslejr, og kan man ikke få fat i officeren, må man nøjes med datteren.