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Impossible d'oublier le Dr John Archibald Cuthbert une fois qu'on l'a rencontré. Grand, raffiné, brillant mais tourmenté, ce médecin légiste écossais est le meilleur que Scotland Yard ait jamais connu. Durant l'hiver 1928, deux corps sont retrouvés sous la terre d'un parc londonien. Pour le légiste, chaque découverte dans la salle carrelée de la morgue menace de fissurer le masque du professionnel et de réveiller le soldat traumatisé enfoui en lui.

Im eisigen Londoner Winter 1683 kreuzen sich die Wege der willensstarken Emma, in die Ehe mit einem Adeligen gezwungen, und der rätselhaften Ruth. Diese sinnt auf Rache, nachdem ihr skrupelloser Mann, ein Spion der Krone, sie töten wollte. Als sich herausstellt, dass beide Ehemänner in eine Verschwörung gegen König Charles II. verstrickt sind, verbünden sich die Frauen, um den Staatsstreich zu verhindern.

Nessa brilhante reconstrução histórica, Robert Harris traça um retrato assustadoramente fidedigno do Vaticano durante um conclave papal agitado por muitos mistérios e intrigas. O livro que deu origem ao filme indicado a 8 categorias do Oscar 2025, incluindo Melhor filme. O papa, um...

Immersed in the underbelly of the theatre world in the gritty streets of Sydney in 1973, this addictive debut will have you wondering just how dangerous ambition – and love – can be. It’s opening night. The stage is set, the houselights have dimmed and the handsome male lead is waiting...

The Sunday Times number one bestselling author returns to Ancient Rome in his latest thriller. Narrated by Simon Russell Beale. Julius Caesar is dead, and the lives of two teenaged boys are about to be changed forever. One is Caesar’s 17-year-old nephew, Octavius, whom he has made his heir...

THE BRAND NEW HEART-POUNDING GOTHIC THRILLER FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Everyone believes that Lenora Hope is a mass murderer. When the Hope family was massacred decades ago, she was the only one left after that tragic night. Mute, paralysed and confined to a wheelchair, Lenora...

Mountain man Smoke Jensen lives by the rules of the frontier. The first rule is: the strongest survive. But when bad breaks, bad weather and bad bovines back Smoke into a corner, he needs something to go right. Instead, he faces the kind of tough luck only a gun can beat....A contract to deliver 3000 head of cattle might just do the trick. But a renegade Cheyenne warrior uses an early winter blizzard to attack Smoke and his out-gunned cowboys. 

Somewhere in his past, Smoke crossed paths with a lowlife who has now built a little kingdom as a frontier sheriff. For the corrupt lawman, holding Smoke's friend hostage is the perfect way to lure Smoke into a deathtrap. Now there's no choice for the mountain man. He knows how many guns are waiting up ahead. But he won't ever leave a brother behind. And this time, there won't be an enemy left standing — or a bullet left in Smoke's gun....

During the election of a new Pope in the mid-18th century, famed violinist Antonio Vivaldi learns of a ring of art forgers who are replacing the Vatican’s priceless treasures with expertly-painted fakes. Desperate, the composer hides a message in a special melody, hoping someone, someday, will take down the culprits....

El anciano filósofo Pitágoras es uno de los personajes con más poder político de su época. Está a punto de nombrar un sucesor entre sus grandes maestros cuando en su comunidad se inicia una serie de asesinatos. Cada muerte tiene lugar de un modo más desconcertante e imprevisible, reflejando tras ellas una mente oscura y poderosa que parece superar a la del mismísimo Pitágoras.

THE FINAL NOVEL FROM THE MASTER STORYTELLER November 11th, 1918. As the guns of the Great War fall silent, two babies draw their first breath. Eve is the daughter of an Earl. Adam, a shepherd's son. Yet from their first meeting they form an extraordinary bond that neither privilege nor prejudice...

Cuando los dioses callan y los reyes mueren, la historia la escriben los que sobreviven. Un thriller lleno de conspiración, pasión y peligro. Aristóteles es el filósofo más prestigioso de Grecia y el maestro de Alejandro Magno, el conquistador invencible que ha sometido todas las ciudades...

PREMIO PLANETA 2020 Un poderoso thriller histórico que atraviesa un siglo repleto de venganzas, incestos y batallas. «Actúa como un león. Arremete como un águila. Ejecuta como un escorpión.» 1137. El duque de Aquitania —la región más codiciada de Francia— aparece muerto en...

Fallout is a gripping Cold War–era domestic thriller that delves into the hidden tensions, loyalties, and secrets of American military families stationed in 1980s West Germany. The story blends coming-of-age drama with high-stakes suspense and rich historical detail. For the military families...

Impatient butcher Richard Turpin wants his share of the emerging wealth of the new United Kingdom. After poaching for easy profits, he finds himself on the run and falls in with the vicious Gregory Gang. As his comrades are sent to the gallows, Turpin evades the hangman and becomes the country's most wanted man.

2. Jahrhundert nach Christus, unter der Herrschaft von Kaiser Hadrian: Über der römischen Provinzstadt Vindobona braut sich neues Unheil zusammen. Inmitten eines verheerenden Schneesturms treffen im Haus des germanischen Händlers Thanar die Anhänger zweier geächteter Kulte aufeinander –...

Inspired by shocking true events, The Midwife's Remedy is a haunting exploration of desperation, courage, and the deadly lengths one woman will go to protect those who cannot protect themselves . . . Some cures are more deadly than the disease . . . In the quiet Hungarian village of Nagyrev...

A boxer turned attorney must fight a conspiratorial web of corruption to defend a client accused of murder in a knockout legal thriller by New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni. Working-class defense attorney Patsy Duggan was built to fight in the ring, at the chess table, and in the...

Matt Drakes Team zerfällt. Der Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten wird entführt. Amerika und die Welt sitzen vor ihren Bildschirmen und starren ungläubig auf die Bilder: Washington DC wird angegriffen. Der Blutkönig ist zurück! Die Nacht war noch nie so dunkel, der Morgen noch nie so fern...

Sie holen ihn beim Abendessen. Als er aufwacht, liegt er auf Beton, in einer russischen Zelle. Matt Drake hat gerade einen Waffenhändler und dessen nordkoreanische Partner ausgeschaltet. Das SPEAR-Team macht ein paar Tage Pause, ein neues Hauptquartier gibt es noch nicht — und genau in diesem...