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A survivor accused of a decade-old grisly murder. A disgraced lawyer with everything to prove. And the only witness has stood watch for more than a millennium. Northern Michigan is a land of ghosts and sweeping vistas. In a small town, an ancient oak stands heavy with grief, its twisted limbs...

A gripping tale of moral courage in the shadow of victory—where the end of war begins history’s most perilous reckoning. With Hitler's suicide marking the end of the Third Reich and chaos consuming a shattered Germany, Captain Edward Hume continues to lead his bomb disposal squad—The...

It is the winter of 1777. At Valley Forge, the American Revolution is dying in the freezing mud. General George Washington, a man of reason and Providence, is staring into the abyss of total defeat. With his men rotting from disease and the British Empire closing the noose, Washington realizes that lead and steel will not be enough. He needs a miracle —or a monster. Deep within the shifting mists of the Great Dismal Swamp, Washington strikes a clandestine pact with Ronald Jameson, a man burdened by an ancient, lupine curse. Jameson is no mere soldier; he is a force of nature unleashed.

The Eye That Watches is the first installment of a gripping historical mystery thriller that blends medieval history, forgotten archives, and modern investigation into a story where every discovery raises even greater questions. When historian Dr. Florian Radecki and his colleague Marek Kaczmarek uncover evidence of a forgotten research project known only as Project 1093, they begin to trace the footsteps of scholars who vanished while investigating a mysterious gap in European history.

Cuando en 1871 la intrépida Philomela Drax recibe una carta de su abuelo temiéndose lo peor, acude en su ayuda. Pero el tiempo apremia porque Katie, líder del clan, una joven despiadada con el don de la clarividencia y una notable habilidad criminal con el martillo, está a punto de lograr su objetivo. Comienza entonces una persecución desenfrenada, desde las polvorientas calles de un pueblo de Nueva Jersey hasta las relucientes aceras de Saratoga, pasando por los muelles de Nueva York. Philo sabe que es un duelo a muerte.

Утром 22 июня 1941 года молодой лётчик летит на биплане У-2 к границе, чтобы передать приказ командующего Западным военным округом генерала Павлова. Это война? Или провокация? Ответа нет, связь потеряна, этим утром никто ничего не знает. Рушатся военные планы, совершают внезапный поворот человеческие жизни.

She came west to escape a scandal. She never expected to find love—or danger. After scandal forces Clarissa Whiting to flee Boston society, she travels to the Arizona Territory with her camera and a determination to start over. In the frontier town of Old Town, she meets Homer McNellis, a rugged rancher determined to protect his land from a powerful railroad baron. When Clarissa discovers evidence that the desert's hidden springs could determine the future of the entire territory, she and Homer become targets of men willing to threaten, deceive, and kill to control the land.

It's 1699 in the coastal settlement of Fount Royal in the Carolinas when Rachel Howarth is sentenced to be hanged as a witch. She's been accused of murder, deviltry, and blasphemous sexual congress, and the beleaguered, God-fearing colonial village wants her dead. But Matthew Corbett, young...

AN ARTIFACT THAT PROMISES WORLD PEACE… BUT AT WHAT COST? Deep within Cambodia's Angkor Wat, a millennia-old secret is waiting to be unleashed —one powerful enough to build empires and now poised to destroy the world.

Na het overlijden van haar ouders moet het vissersmeisje Julie voor haar jongere broers en zusje zorgen. Samen proberen ze stand te houden in een bestaan dat wordt getekend door armoede en ontbering. In oktober wordt de kuststad ingenomen door het Duitse leger. De bewoners kreunen onder bombardementen, voedseltekorten en de strenge hand van de bezetter. Om tijdens die harde oorlogsjaren te overleven, wordt Julie een alsjeblieftmeisje: gedwongen om als prostituee te werken voor de Duitse soldaten.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A sweeping historical adventure inspired by the life of Grace O’Malley, the legendary Irish folk heroine who risked everything to defend her people. Venture onto the high seas with the thrilling latest from the New York Times bestselling author of The Frozen River...

In the shadowy alleys of Fleet Street, BLEEDERS: The Terrible Tale of Sweeney Todd reimagines the infamous barber’s story as a gothic revenge thriller. Falsely accused and orphaned by a corrupt system, Sweeney Todd sharpens his razors for a bloody crusade against those who destroyed his life...

Manches Geheimnis überdauert seine Träger. Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs entscheidet nicht nur Feuerkraft über Sieg oder Niederlage. Zwischen den abgelegenen Wetterstationen Grönlands, den Hinterzimmern des neutralen Lissabons und den Schaltzentralen des europäischen Funkkriegs beginnt...

Bloomsbury presents Old Bones by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, read by Cynthia Farrell. The latest pulse-pounding thriller from New York Times bestsellers Preston & Child. Nora Kelly, a young curator at the Santa Fe Institute of Archaeology, is approached by historian Clive Benton with a...

Father Michael Dominic is mere weeks from his wedding to Hana Sinclair when an art restorer dies inside the Vatican's Borgia Apartments, and a sealed niche behind Pinturicchio's frescoes surrenders a five-hundred-year-old secret. A ledger, a founding charter, and a reliquary pendant cataloging one hundred and eleven objects spirited out of Rome in the dying hours of Alexander VI's pontificate. The documents name a trafficking confraternity—the Sisters of the Sacred Vigil—chartered to move Borgia assets into the shadows and never disband. They never did.

-'This a beautifully crafted and poignant book' - Alison Weir - 'Resonant and compelling, it brings its complex subjects vividly to life. I loved it' - SJ Bennett - 'Glittering, gripping and sharply observed, A House In Winter is a riveting page-turner. I devoured it!' - Evie Woods -...

The stylish mystery from acclaimed bestseller William Boyd takes you deep into a shadow-drenched world where loyalty blurs, motives darken and every step could be fatal. COLD WAR MOSCOW IS A PLACE SMOLDERING WITH SECRETS . . . Gabriel Dax is on route to Russia, tasked with delivering a...

63 vor Christus, eine Zeit des Friedens und des Wohlstands: Die Legionen der mächtigen Römischen Republik haben alle Feinde in die Knie gezwungen. Doch auf den Straßen Roms fließt das Blut. Während die Obrigkeit wegsieht, führt Decius Caecilius Metellus der Jüngere, Hauptmann der Vigiles, einen einsamen Kampf gegen die grassierende Gewalt. Als ein Silberwechsler und ein Bauunternehmer ermordet aufgefunden werden, erkennt Metellus die bedrohlichen Vorzeichen einer großangelegten Verschwörung – einer Verschwörung, die ihre Wurzeln im Zentrum der Macht selbst hat.

Vor 50.000 Jahren war der Mensch noch ein Neuankömmling in den Wäldern Europas – ohne scharfe Klauen, ohne Reißzähne und mit nur primitiven Speeren aus Holz. Als Ugh-lomi und Eudena auf einem schmalen Felsvorsprung Unterschlupf suchen und das erste Feuer entfachen, lockt der heiße Rauch den unerschrockenen Koloss an. Der Höhlenbär kennt keine Furcht, selbst Mammuts weichen ihm aus. Doch er ahnt nicht, dass der Mensch ein neues Werkzeug erfunden hat: die erste Steinaxt. Und dass Erfindungsgeist am Ende mächtiger ist als Muskeln und Klauen...

Una lettera ingiallita dal tempo scivola in una cassetta della posta: sono passati cinquant'anni da quando è stata spedita. È il 1992, e quel messaggio inatteso riporta tutto indietro, a un mondo oscurato dalle tende nere del Blitz londinese e ai segreti inconfessabili sepolti tra le mura di Milderhurst Castle. Per Edie Burchill, quella busta non è soltanto posta smarrita: è la chiave per scardinare il passato enigmatico di sua madre e scoprire una verità rimasta ostinatamente nascosta per mezzo secolo.