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Ciarli ha sedici anni quando decide di partire alla ricerca della madre naturale, che l'ha abbandonata in tenera età. In una terra ricca di contrasti, tra il vuoto di un deserto indefinito e le claustrofobiche capitali nomadi, incontra la natura predatoria dell'uomo, la violenza, la menzogna e l'inganno, ma anche i vincoli preziosi della solidarietà e dell'amicizia, fino a quando dovrà fare i conti con la più cruda delle realtà.

Nell'atmosfera misteriosa e inquietante di un monastero, adagiato sulle colline toscane e in prossimità del fiume Mugnone, un giallo ambientato nella seconda metà degli anni Ottanta. Dal fiume Mugnone, infatti, riaffiorano a pochi giorni di distanza i cadaveri di due adolescenti, orrendamente sfigurati. Il richiamo ad altri due identici delitti irrisolti di tre anni prima porterà Riccardo Rosco a richiedere l'aiuto della sua ex ispettrice Porzi.

Howard Lenormand, libraire spécialisé dans la vente de livres rares, met la main sur un poème inconnu de Victor Hugo. Aidé par Alice Lanvin, une universitaire passionnée, il comprend qu'il s'agit d'un texte codé. Tous deux se retrouvent dès lors embarqués dans une aventure aussi inattendue que dangereuse.

À la veille de la première croisade, une mission diplomatique tourne mal et plonge un novice bénédictin de 17 ans dans un périple vertigineux autour de la Méditerranée du XIe siècle. Mare Nostrum est un roman d’aventures à la croisée des genres entre histoire, fantastique, romance et quête existentielle.

En los albores del siglo XVII, Juan de Mesa, uno de los más grandes escultores e imagineros del Barroco, está concluyendo la que será, con el paso de las centurias, su obra culmen: la imagen del Jesús del Gran Poder. La personalidad de Juan es totalmente contrapuesta a la de su insigne maestro, Martínez Montañés, que observa con recelo cómo su discípulo más dilecto le ha sobrepasado.

El reportaje que María, una joven periodista, realiza sobre el Homo antecessor, la pondrá tras la pista del robo de huesos fósiles en Peña Laja, un yacimiento arqueológico con importantes restos de homínidos. Seguirá el rastro de una trama que llegará mucho más lejos de lo que nunca hubiera podido imaginar; que la guiará desde la oscuridad que habita en las entrañas de la Tierra, hasta la cegadora luz de la última tecnología científica. Un apasionante viaje a la sima de los tiempos donde se reencontrará, gracias a los misterios del ADN, con el corazón de la Humanidad.

The latest in a new series of classic detective stories from the vaults of HarperCollins is a reissue of one of literature’s most audacious and thought-provoking novels of murder and intrigue, performed by Richard E. Grant. Includes John Inglisham’s foreword from the original Detective Story...

Imperium . . . Conspirata . . . and now Dictator—the long-awaited final volume of Robert Harris’s magnificent Ancient Rome Trilogy At the age of forty-eight, Cicero—the greatest orator of his time—is in exile, separated from his wife and children, tormented by his sense of failure...

“This is a novel for our times. . . . The Witchfinder’s Sister [lays] bare the visceral horror of what a witch hunt truly is.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) “Vivid and terrifying.”—Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train and Into the Water “Connects...

S. J. Parris returns with the next Giordano Bruno mystery, set inside Queen Elizabeth’s palace and steeped in period atmospherics and the strange workings of the occult. It is the year of the Great Conjunction, when the two most powerful planets, Jupiter and Saturn, align—an astrologi­cal...

Masterfully blending true events with fiction, this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page-turning murder mystery set on the sixteenth-century Oxford University campus.Giordano Bruno was a monk, poet, scientist, and magician on the run from the Roman Inquisition on charges of heresy for...

The fourth in a new series of classic detective stories from the vaults of HarperCollins involves a tragic accident during a shooting party. As the story switches between Paris and Hampshire, the possibility of it not being an accident seems to grow more likely. “The Detective Story Club”...

The second installment of the thrilling maritime adventure; two mighty empires battle each other for control of the high seas. Atticus is the young captain of the Aquila, the flagship of the attack fleet of the Roman navy. But his commander is a young upstart whose position has been purchased...

In 1919, Kathryn Wombacher finds a lonely-hearts ad placed by one Walter Andrew: "Would be pleased to correspond with a refined young lady or widow. Object, matrimony.” Kathryn and Walter fall in love and marry within weeks. What Kathryn doesn’t know...is that her new husband is really James “Bluebeard” Watson, a notorious West Coast serial killer who catfished and married 22 women, murdering 10.

1929 Las Vegas, New Mexico. When a man is murdered at the Castaneda Hotel, Josie MacFarland is given an impossible role: the first Harvey House Detective. Armed with only her determination, Josie faces a dismissive sheriff, the cold shoulder of old friends, and the hardships of the Great Depression. She can either return home in disgrace—or fight to prove she belongs in a world determined to shut her out. For readers of Jacqueline Winspear, Rhys Bowen, and Sulari Gentill.

In rugged Calabria, historian Carmen Nero is drawn into a perilous hunt for the lost tomb of Alaric I, the Visigoth king who looted ancient Rome. As Carmen teams up with Cesco Rossi, a charismatic conman with a fierce thirst for revenge against the same Mafia, their search draws the attention of Israeli archaeologist Zara Gold, determined to recover the fabled Menorah, rumoured to be hidden alongside Alaric's treasures. Soon, Carmen, Cesco, and Zara are swept into a dangerous web of organised crime, international intrigue, and ancient mysteries.

Beneath the striped canvas of the Dark Circus, prophecy, blood, and betrayal collide. When the troupe arrives in Montreal, the Ringmaster Seimouir Dunn believes his crown is unshakable. But among the new arrivals is Eveline Marr, the Keeper of the Menagerie, a half-monster in a human mask, her cages filled with stitched horrors and a moth child that kills without sound. As elephants refuse to kneel, lions roar defiance, and hunters stalk the shadows, alliances fracture. Pawlucee Dunn, the scarred clown and true seventh son, must decide whether to defend the circus or watch it burn.

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.

A “prop spellbook” on an MGM studio soundstage led to Annabelle making friends and discovering they all have powers up their sleeves. How fun! Now that these gals have found each other though, it’s the spellbook that vanishes. But the summer of 1932 in Los Angeles is a busy one: star-studded picnic cookouts, the Olympic Games, demanding bosses. Not to mention the murder of Scottie Merlot, the head of the props department who was helping them track down their magical prop to better understand their powers.

In the mist-shrouded marshlands of northern England, something ancient awakens with clockwork precision. By day, Patience Worth appears merely a meticulous London librarian, but as dusk falls, she transforms into something else entirely—a relentless investigator with an attic sanctuary where newspaper clippings form a tapestry of mysterious disappearances spanning generations. With forensic precision and a mind that catalogs the smallest details, she ventures to Bolam Village, where whispers of "the cycle" hang in the air like the bog's perpetual fog. The village holds its secrets close.