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A heart-stopping novel of adventure and suspense from #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins—the first in his critically acclaimed Sigma Force series A freak explosion in the British Museum in London ignites a perilous race for an earth-shaking power source buried deep beneath the...

Londra, 1799. Elijah e Helen Blake, stimati archeologi e titolari del rinomato Emporio di Antichità Esotiche sono rimasti uccisi dal crollo di uno scavo in Grecia. L’incidente ha lasciato illesa la figlia Pandora detta Dora che ormai è una giovane donna affidata, insieme all’Emporio, allo sciagurato zio Hezekiah. Un giorno Pandora scopre lo zio chiudere nello scantinato una misteriosa cassa di legno incrostata di molluschi e incapace di tenere a freno al curiosità si avventura nello stanzino buio per imbattersi in qualcosa che cambierà per sempre la sua vita.

Distrito Federal, 1955. La madrugada se asienta sobre las calles de la capital cuando una patrulla de la Policía Secreta llega hasta el portón de los estudios San Ángel. Lleva las sirenas apagadas, no quieren que nadie, mucho menos la prensa, conozca el motivo que los ha llevado hasta ahí...

"Ich verfluche euch! Mein Tod wird mir die Rache ermöglichen, welche mir im Leben verwehrt war." Deutschland, Anfang des 17. Jahrhunderts: Das große, jährliche Dorffest in Furtenblick endet unerwartet, als ein Fremder das Podium besteigt und den grausamen Tod von vier Bürgern ankündigt. Um seinen unheilvollen Fluch zu stärken, stürzt er sich über eine Klippe in den nahen Fluss. Am Tag danach findet man flussabwärts die zerschmetterte Leiche. Kurz darauf gibt es das erste Opfer. Genau wie im Fluch angekündigt, liegt der Tote nackt im Wald und ist von Insekten übersät.

Vampire und Werwölfe, die Ermittler der Unterwelt! Nr.1 Horrorthriller von Simone Homberg (Simone H.) In einer kleinen Hafenstadt verschwinden immer wieder Menschen. Eine Spezialeinheit der Polizei wird darauf angesetzt. Zu ihr gehören auch Annabell und David. Sie sind keine gewöhnlichen...

SOME SECRETS ARE BETTER LEFT BURIED From the morgues of London to the mists of Scotland, the rot is spreading London, 1953. The Coronation’s glitter has faded, leaving behind a city still shivering in the shadow of the Great Smog and the Cold War’s deepening chill. Under the fog-infested...

The Realm Invisible, a new HarperVoyager book, full description to follow when available...

Askanius, junger Student für Archäologie, zieht durch Europa und Nordafrika, während er von Visionen geplagt wird, in denen ein Satyr versucht mit ihm Kontakt aufzunehmen. Vielleicht hat Askanius ihn aber auch mit seiner ersten Vision erweckt? Während Askanius versucht, dem Mysterium auf den...

An inexplicable explosion rocks the antiquities collection of a London museum and the race begins to determine how it happened, why it happened, and what it means. Lady Kara Kensington's family paid a high price in money and blood to found the gallery that now lies in ruins. Her search for...

It's 1811. Wellington has finally driven Napoleon's armies from Portugal, but the cost has been high. Fearing a French counter-attack, the British must rally their tired men and go on the offensive. Lieutenant Hamish Williams of the 106th Foot relishes the call to action. Spurred on by the...

A hero will fall. An emperor will rise. Mark Antony has avenged Julius Caesar. Victor over Caesar's murderers, Brutus and Cassius, Antony is hailed as the most powerful man in the world. Yet he cannot be complacent. Octavian, Caesar's heir, is ambitious, intelligent, and ruthless. To hold onto his position, Antony must prove himself with a great military victory.

Northern Michigan is a land of ghosts and sweeping vistas. In a small town, an ancient oak stands heavy with grief, its twisted limbs hung with shoes like eerie gravestones. The town whispers about Colwyn Cueny—the child murderer, the woman who sees specters in the woods and locked her own sister away. The curse of the ancient forest witch carved into flesh and bone. But when embattled Chicago attorney Marcus Lenarsic arrives to board with her, he doesn't find a monster. He finds a haunted woman, bound by secrets and buried beneath a decade of fear.

Private investigator Riley Sullivan uncovers the smuggling of opium into the Port of San Francisco in this 1933 historical mystery/suspense thriller. He's hired by a lawyer for the San Francisco Port Authority to investigate the heist of a delivery to Madame Dalyu Wu, owner of an art galley in Chinatown. Riley becomes quickly involved in an international opium smuggling ring. His assistant in this endeavor is Gina Gallo an agent and sharpshooter with the Bureau of Narcotics.

The black market in antiquities is thriving. Stolen artifacts slip into the United States every year, each one carrying buried secrets, power, or the kind of history people kill for. Behind velvet ropes and inside glass cases, a quiet crime wave spreads through museums, galleries, and private collections.

Deux femmes que deux siècles séparent enquêtent chacune sur la mystérieuse disparition de Louise Joubert, leur ancêtre commune. La Rochelle, 1867. Avec la révocation de l'édit de Nantes par Louis XIV, les persécutions contre les protestants ont repris de plus belle. Fuyant la ville avec sa grand-mère, la jeune Suzanne Joubert décide de quitter la France. Ce sera Amsterdam, d'abord, puis l'Afrique du Sud, parmi d'autres colons résolus à vivre librement leur foi.

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.

Bloomsbury presents The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt. STUART TURTON'S INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE LAST MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD NOW IS OUT NOW ‘If you read one book this year, make sure it’s this one’ Daily Mail CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE...

On June 9, 1865, while traveling by train to London with his secret mistress, 53-year-old Charles Dickens -- at the height of his powers and popularity, the most famous and successful novelist in the world and perhaps in the history of the world -- hurtled into a disaster that changed his life...

Murder and family secrets, a touch of romance and deeply-felt revenge – with the twist of all twists – make up the perfect audiobook, One Good Deed, from one of the world's bestselling thriller writers, David Baldacci. 'One of his finest books. Great character, great story, great portrait of...

The year is 1968: The Cold War is far from over, and nuclear annihilation is always only a heartbeat away. America is racing the Soviet Union to land men on the moon, a war is raging, and a pivotal presidential election looms on the horizon. A child of the early space age, Lieutenant Scott Ourecky joined the air force with aspirations of going to flight school.