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Quando il tenente Richerme lo fece picchiare a sangue dai suoi sgherri e cacciare dall'esercito, Bartolomeo Leseni non immaginava come sarebbe riuscito a vendicarsi di quel nobile. Non sapeva che sarebbe andato a servizio dal conte di Cavour, che questi lo avrebbe preso a benvolere, portato a Torino, fatto addestrare dalla polizia segreta e poi tenuto come suo assistente personale. Il conte gli affida compiti sempre più delicati perché la battaglia politica è aspra.

Janine, jeune veuve de guerre, dirige une filière d'évasion à travers les Pyrénées. Robert, tout juste vingt ans, a fui ses montagnes de Kabylie pour rejoindre la Résistance. Mike, pilote américain engagé dans la RAF, a miraculeusement survécu aux tirs allemands. De l'Algérie à Londres en passant par les réseaux clandestins de Toulouse et du Pays basque, dans le feu des passions et du combat, ils font face à l'ennemi.

Wilbur and Elouise Saxton are forced to move south after losing their fortune following the Civil War. Hot-headed Wilbur was not happy about the adjustment, but his wife is glad to finally return to her home state. At least she was until they arrive at the home her late uncle left her, and find it in much despair. It also comes with a dark secret, something her family hid from her for good reason.

LIDAR scans of the area beneath the Great Pyramids have revealed something astonishing. An entire city lies beneath the sands, hidden for countless millennia, remembered only by the ancient priests of the early dynastic Egyptians. Thoth left behind the Emerald Tablets to explain what lies within the Halls of Amenti, a place that transcends life and death. There he met 32 immortal sages, and became the 33rd so that he could pass the knowledge onto the Egyptians.

France, 1096. Crowds gather in Sens, Northern France, to hear the man known as the Hermit speak. He talks of a great pilgrimage to Jerusalem, a quest filled with promise for those Christian soldiers who march with him. Sybill knows the perils of the road ahead, but follow it she must. Her husband is a reckless gambler, easily swayed by the Hermit's words. For Odo, the pilgrimage provides the chance to demonstrate his unshakeable piety, while his brother Fulk craves adventure and excitement.

New York City, 1880, in a time of industry, mystery, and glamour. All to be found is vice, corruption, and injustice. When prominent New York City socialites are found brutally murdered in their lavish Millionaires' Row mansions, junior detective Charles Reed, new to the city and with no experience, gets partnered with unconventional senior detective and war veteran Lucas Briggs as they're called in to investigate the most recent killing. But in their search for the murderer, the detectives realize the killings are the start of something far worse.

Your undercover operation is blown before you get to San Francisco. What next? If you’re Orpen, you join the cops. Sort of. It’s the Fall of 1883. Irish revolutionaries are changing the face of London with American dynamite, and not in a good way. Irish-born London Metropolitan Police Sergeant, Robert Emmet Orpen is sent, badly disguised as a tourist, to San Francisco to prevent at least some of the explosives getting into the wrong hands. He realizes that he may be out of his depth when his cover is blown before he even gets as far as the west coast. Now what does he do?

Zu ihrem Entsetzten müssen Nikola Tesla, Theodora Sachs und Aleister Crowley feststellen, dass man sie in der Tempelanlage in einen Sarkophag aus Marmor gesperrt hat. Unter großer Anstrengung versuchen sie, sich aus ihrem düsteren Gefängnis zu befreien. Doch mit reiner Körperkraft lässt sich der Sarkophag nicht öffnen und allmählich wird die Atemluft knapp. Während die drei um ihr Überleben kämpfen, schmieden die Mitglieder der Voodoo-Gemeinschaft bereits einen neuen Plan, um endlich an ihr Ziel zu gelangen.

Escape to the tranquil setting of the Saint John's River in Florida with Evangeline Bright, a talented actress and amateur herbalist on the run. When she's framed for murder, she must use her acting skills to survive and find the real killer before it's too late. But as she delves deeper into the mysteries of the river, she discovers that danger lurks around every corner, and she maynot be able to trust anyone, including the handsome boat captain who has caught her eye. The clock is ticking, and if she doesn't solve the case, she may face a sentence of death.

Blut und Spiele – Der zweite Fall für Carl von RabenauBaden-Baden, Sommer 1963. Während die mondäne Kurstadt sich in Glanz und Pferderennen verliert, stößt der Ermittler Carl von Rabenau auf ein Netz aus Korruption, Zuchtideologien und geheimen Machtstrukturen. Ein mysteriöser Spieler mit einer Spektralbrille, gezinkte Karten im Casino und verschlüsselte Botschaften in Pferdezuchtakten führen tief in die Schatten der Nachkriegszeit – dorthin, wo die Erleuchteten von Zion ihre Spuren hinterlassen haben.

They say the girls were witches. But Beatrice Scarlet, the apothecary's daughter, is sure they were innocent victims... London, 1758: Beatrice Scarlet , the apothecary's daughter, has found a position at St. Mary Magdalene's Refuge for fallen women . The charity is supported by a wealthy merchant who offers the most promising girls steady work in his factory. But when seven girls go missing , Beatrice is uneasy. Their would-be benefactor claims they were a coven of witches , beholden only to Satan and his demonic misdeeds.

The Birthday Boys tells the story of Scott's doomed expedition through the voices of five men on the voyage. As Scott, Petty Officer Taff Evans, ship's doctor Edward Wilson, Lieutenant Henry Bowers and Captain Lawrence Oates step forward for their place in the narrative, the reader is gripped by the characters themselves alongside the vividly evoked period.

Revenge is a dish best served cold, but the heat is on at the Galliano Club. Lido, New York. 1926. Widow of a hitman who worked for Al Capone, Hanna Gorski leaves Chicago to hunt for her sister’s killer. The trail leads to Lido and a letter written by Luca Lombardo, bartender at the Galliano Club. To Hanna’s surprise, Luca is in jail on trumped up charges of attempted murder and kidnapping. His opponent has money, status, and connections. Everything that a poor immigrant like Luca doesn’t. The secrets of his past could come out at the trial.

England, 1069. King William's iron rule grips the land, his Frankish lords dominating with towering castles. In the east, an outlaw builds an island fortress, rallying common folk against Norman oppression. Edgar the Aetheling remains defiant, seeking the throne that is rightfully his. Alongside him sails Styrkar, the legendary Danish warrior, to forge a fragile alliance in Denmark.

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.

Father Mercier is on a mission to save the souls of the possessed in the Kingdom of France, but he makes a mistake when he pries a young woman from the arms of her loving family in the sleepy village of Crécy-la-Chapelle. For this is the home of Templar Knight Sir Marcus de Rancourt and his men, and the young woman is a friend. Once word is received of her abduction, Sir Marcus and his men spring into action to not only try and save their friend, but uncover the shocking secret behind what motivates this unholy exorcist and his loyal followers.

Barbara O'Connell discovers more of her family history than she can imagine. Hidden in her house, she finds her father-in-law's diary of events in SE Asia in the 1960s. The secrets in this diary lead Barbara and her colleagues on a chase to save a kidnapped friend and the final resolution of Nazi gold sitting in a Swiss safety deposit box. The gold is only one part of the story revealing the remains of a spy.

Upstate NY, 1933. When Clara Dawson learns of her estranged father's death, she’s relieved to close that chapter of her life for good. But as his only child, Clara unexpectedly inherits Hollowfield House, a remote inn at the edge of a small town that she didn’t even know existed. Selling it could help her escape her mounting financial troubles, but first, she must confront the chilling mysteries that haunt its halls.

In Book 4 of the explosive Hollow Man Series, espionage, terror, and betrayal collide in a relentless race for survival that sounds like the most gripping biographies of espionage ever written.

Leaving behind 1950s London, Nathan becomes bound to Wake, a teenager from Essex travelling with other yteenagers aboard the ship Tarantula. Through their strange connection, Nathan experiences Wake’s youthful energy and social world, even as the mysterious glow that marks him deepens in power and danger. Meanwhile, the manipulative presences of Mayzee and Danie press harder, pulling Nathan toward darker realms of psychic transformation and control. Around them, the tragic Geelong family and Wake’s companions on the Tarantula circle the mystery, testing loyalties and shattering certainties.