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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.

As World War II reaches its final, desperate throes, Captain Edward Hume and his battle-hardened squad of bomb disposal experts—The Kaboom Boys—move methodically through the shattered remnants of Europe. While working to maintain steady hands and unwavering focus, they neutralize the silent killers left in war's wake, each defused bomb a small victory against chaos.

Set in the shadowy underbelly of 1950s Hollywood, Black Madonna follows Lana Vesper, an iconic horror hostess bound to an ancient and malevolent deity, and Evan Cross, a rebellious actor drawn into the occult secrets of Tinseltown. As their bond deepens, Lana's curse threatens to destroy them both, while Evan's search for answers leads him into forbidden rituals and dark conspiracies.

Nottingham, England, 1590: County Bailiff Edward Mountsorrel and Town Bailiff Francis Barton have vowed to root out the criminals of Nottinghamshire and bring them to justice. But after acting on information from a questionable source, Edward is tricked into allowing several deer to be stolen from a local estate. Furious, he sets about tracking them down. Meanwhile, Francis is asked to investigate the disappearance of Nell, a young woman who was last seen at a local alehouse with a wealthy stranger.

December 1941: As bombs fall on Pearl Harbor, singer Hattie James faces a personal nightmare when her sister Olivia vanishes. The kidnappers demand an impossible price—her father's classified list of undercover American and Nazi spies. Wartime paranoia and family loyalty take Hattie to Washington, D.C., with Maya and Commander Leo Bell to hunt an elusive, high-ranking mole in the War Department who is after those lists. Leo, a military intelligence officer with access to classified operations, becomes their crucial inside man, navigating the treacherous corridors of power.

Alse Young is a wife, a mother, and a woman of faith. But when sickness and death spread through her town, whispers gather like storm clouds. Accused of witchcraft, she becomes the first person hanged for the crime in the American colonies. Thirty years later, her daughter Alice Beamon carries the same stain.

Eine Frau entdeckt ein seltenes Buch, Verbindungen zu ihrer Vergangenheit werden aufgedeckt, lang gehütete Geheimnisse über ihre vermisste Schwester und ihre Kindheit im englischen Hinterland während des Zweiten Weltkriegs enthüllt. Im kriegszerstörten London von 1939 werden die vierzehnjährige Hazel und ihre fünfjährige Schwester Flora in ein ländliches Dorf evakuiert, um den Schrecken des Zweiten Weltkriegs zu entkommen.

Londres, été 1914. Venetia Stanley, jeune aristocrate proche de Churchill, vit une liaison clandestine avec le Premier ministre, Herbert Henry Asquith. Séduit par sa beauté et sa fougue, Asquith voit aussi en Venetia une conseillère hors pair pour analyser les affaires d'État les plus sensibles, qu'il lui rapporte dans des lettres quotidiennes ou au cours de balades intimes en voiture.

At a midnight crossroads, Phineas Appomatix bartered more than snake-oil and lies, he bartered his bloodline. His curse runs north with the rails, dogging every step of the Cirque des Ténèbres, where prophecy and spectacle blur until no oath can be broken without a price.

A widowed academic investigating strange historical practices gets drawn back in time and into the year 1299 in Oxford. Join a cast of compelling characters-nuns, novices and outsiders-as they battle the forces of darkness. Enter their struggle against evil, clandestine organizations. Join their life-threatening fight to protect each other, be willing to die for each other, and occasionally fall in love.

After surviving a disastrous western expedition, scholar Ethan Kane is violently rerouted by his ruthless patron, Julien Devereaux. New orders, fueled by obsession, send him into the sacred Cherokee Nation in Tennessee (c. 1820-21) on a perilous quest for the "Solakari Heartstone." Amidst rising tensions and the shadow of Indian Removal, Ethan and Captain Rourke's party find a sacred mound desecrated and revered elder Yonaguska vanished. Suspicion points to the sinister U.S. Major Elias Thorne.

In late-1930s Europe, not everyone is attentive enough to see what the future holds—certain war. In Prague, however, prescient Jaroslav Blaschka is desperate to transport his family’s wealth beyond the reach of the Nazis. In New York, Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt are still confident enough to travel on their annual trek to Paris.

Tra cacce all'uomo e segreti che qualcuno vorrebbe seppellire per sempre, le vite di tre generazioni si intrecciano in un viaggio che è insieme suspense mozzafiato, indagine storica e riflessione profonda sulla violenza, sulla perdita e sul perdono. Michel Bussi, maestro della suspense, ci regala un romanzo totale: fa entrare la Storia nel romanzo e il romanzo nella Storia coniugando la costruzione romanzesca con i fatti storici.

When the formidable Marchioness of Bandberry arrives at Ashcombe Hall, Lady Ellen feels the weight of her critical gaze upon her. But pomp and pageantry soon give way to scandal when a London journalist is found dead on Ellen’s drive. And his body has been marked with the chilling symbol of the Vigilante Slasher.

In the unforgiving Rocky Mountains, the legend of a lost French treasure has lured men to their deaths for a century. They call him Red Coat, a solitary mountain man who wants nothing to do with the myth. But when a dying trapper gives him the first clue, he is thrust into a violent race for a fortune he never wanted.

But let’s not forget that the NW Mounted Police are in the midst of some big changes both inside and out. Politicians are threatening to do away with them, at least one law-breaker is proving hard to find, and changes within the force are being resisted to point of mutiny.

A Riveting Legal Drama of Murder, Corruption, and Hidden Truths in 1980s Australia. Queensland, 1986. When the man he secretly loves is found dead, respected lawyer, Robert’s quiet suburban family life is shattered. And then he becomes the prime suspect – framed by a small group of corrupt police officers intent on burying the truth.

Ethan Kane’s desperate deceptions deepen in Charleston’s Coil of Shadows, where invented prophecies lead to real horrors and a fight for survival. At Belle Ombre plantation, captive scholar Ethan Kane spins elaborate Solakari lore for the ruthless Julien Devereaux, inventing a quest for the mythical "Jagged Tooth Peak" to stay alive. Devereaux, consumed by obsession, launches a perilous expedition based on these lies.

Marcus Sinclair is a history teacher whose life is stuck in neutral when he inherits a papyrus scroll from his antiquarian uncle. The mysterious scroll might contain a lost masterpiece from ancient Rome or perhaps an ancient recipe for personal tranquility, but it’s unreadable unless Marcus can figure out a way to unroll the scroll without destroying it. His quest takes him to Naples, where he befriends a Google software engineer days before the man is found dead.

Dresden, Mai 1883. Eine Eilmeldung stört jäh die sonnige Frühjahrsstimmung: Aus dem Zoologischen Garten ist ein Tiger entkommen. Zwei Tage später kommt die nächste Schreckensnachricht – ganz in der Nähe des Zoos wird ein Toter gefunden. Das Opfer, ein junger Mann aus reichem Haus, wurde bestialisch ermordet. Als weitere Morde folgen, scheint sicher: Ein Serienmörder geht um, der die Kinder gut situierter Dresdner Bürger im Visier hat. Gustav Heller steht vor seiner größten Herausforderung!