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England, 1069. King William's iron rule grips the land, his Frankish lords dominating with towering castles. In the east, an outlaw builds an island fortress, rallying common folk against Norman oppression. Edgar the Aetheling remains defiant, seeking the throne that is rightfully his. Alongside him sails Styrkar, the legendary Danish warrior, to forge a fragile alliance in Denmark.

When Oscar Wilde answers an urgent summons to the British Museum Reading Room, he finds his friend, Arthur Conan Doyle, in a state of profound agitation. The Scots author has discovered a mysterious Casebook #5 entitled: The Faerie Vortex. The Casebook contains a highly fantastical story about a trip the two authors made to the seaside town of Darvington in response to a letter from a woman who claims her daughters had been abducted by faeries.

A volte il passato ritorna e racconta. Un libro nato da un fatto realmente accaduto nel 2010 a Forlì, quando alcune persone raccontarono nelle cronache locali di aver visto un fantasma nel vecchio palazzo del municipio che girava con una parte della testa fracassata lamentandosi. Ma chi era costui e chi l’aveva ridotto in quel modo?

In Nazi-occupied Normandy, Resistance fighter Marie Leclerc and American OSS operative Jack Davis risk everything to undermine German defenses. Through clandestine operations, coded messages carried by pigeons, and daring sabotage, they navigate a landscape of betrayal and danger. As their bond deepens amidst the chaos, they confront the brutal Gestapo officer known as the Bavarian Butcher, whose shadow looms over their mission. With Allied forces closing in, their courage and love become a beacon of hope in a world on the brink of liberation.

Under the leaden skies of the Midwest, a gusty wind whips across the grasses, bringing the turning of the season to a small hilltop overlooking a desolate valley. Something rustles in the dry grasses… whispers from a scrap of humanity... not alive and not quite dead. Hollow and empty, it has lain on these plains for decades, held captive by a life it isn't quite able to remember... until kindness and compassion in the form of a boy and a baseball stumbles upon him.

Marcus Tullius Cicéron n'est alors qu'un jeune avocat, sans fortune ni famille affluente, amis avec des rêves de grandeur. Il ne vise pas moins que l'Imperium, la plus haute fonction de l'état. Mais, doté uniquement de ses talents d'orateur, comment avancer dans le monde ?

Cicéron est sur le point de devenir consul. Mais sa tâche ne s'annonce pas de tout repos. Rome est en proie à des tensions croissantes et un jeune Jules César cherche à s'accaparer du pouvoir de gré ou de force.

Cicéron avait touché le sommet du pouvoir, mais César a eu raison de lui. Le plus grand orateur de son temps est désormais contraint à l'exil, loin des sept collines de Rome.

Betrayed by his kinsmen, his forces overrun by Danes, King Alfred of Wessex has retreated deep into the marshes of his homeland, lying in wait for his chance at redemption. The scourge of the heathen horde that has ravaged the kingdom for decades is at its peak. Led by the fearsome Viking warlord Guthrum, the fate of the men, women, and children at their mercy appears all but sealed. But underestimate the great king at your peril . . .

Lasciate Parigi, Verne è giunto tra le alture della Vandea, in un clima di rivolta imminente, per indagare su due morti misteriose. Molte sono le voci sui presunti assassini: spie di Luigi Filippo, oppure sostenitori della duchessa di Berry, aspirante al trono di Francia; messaggeri del diavolo che solcherebbero i mari su imbarcazioni avvolte nella nebbia, oppure adoratori di culti arcani che lanciano maledizioni.

Three novellas to expand and enrich the world of Victorian Gothic: A Spurned Woman follows a reclusive old woman, tired of life. When she is surprised by a young mother, begging help for her stricken child, the old woman reluctantly agrees to return to the village which once wanted to burn her for witchcraft. Bedlam is set between Victorian Gothic Volumes 2 and 3.

It’s 1971, the Cold War is still chilly, and ex-Detective Sergeant Cameron Kyle returns from an aborted trip abroad to discover that his solo rescue of a coach load of tourists from a terrorist attack has been closely monitored by MI6. Not only are the spooks fully aware of his Giza heroics, his dire medical condition, his Welsh misadventures and his involvement in disposing of a high-profile Italian extortionist, but they also break the news that his partner-in-crime, the rather attractive ex-copper Jude Bates, has been released from prison following her successful appeal and retrial.

La arqueóloga náutica Haven Ambrose acaba de llegar a la soleada ciudad de Positano para investigar los misteriosos naufragios de la costa amalfitana, pero a la vez, en secreto, busca el tesoro de gemas de valor incalculable que su padre descubrió durante su última inmersión. Tras la llegada de Haven, extraños remolinos y desgracias comienzan a encadenarse. En 1821, Mari DeLuca y las mujeres de la ciudad practican el legendario arte de la stregheria, la magia para controlar el poder del mar.

Emma, a struggling American artist in Paris, thought she had left her dreams behind when she took a job cleaning for the city’s wealthy elite. Then she meets Stella Swanson, the widow of one of the most notorious art dealers in the business. The Swansons move in a world where billionaires, oligarchs, and heads of state pay fortunes for masterpieces. Drawn in by their dazzling wealth and the pull of a dangerously charming grandson, Emma becomes both a player and a pawn in a family battle to protect their empire and conceal its crimes.

Die schwarze Standuhr des Hexenmeisters Lucien Massard; liegt wirklich ein unheimlicher Fluch auf ihr? Zwei mysteriöse Todesfälle in der Villa Cartier erregen die Aufmerksamkeit von Auguste Dupin und Edgar Allan Poe. Um diesen Fall zu klären, begeben sich die Ermittler in tödliche Gefahr. Wenn die Uhr zur vollen Stunde schlägt, wird das Schicksal eines Menschen besiegelt. Können Dupin und Poe dem Spuk noch rechtzeitig ein Ende machen und werden sie beide dem Sensenmann entgehen ...?

Au cœur de l'ancien pays cathare, le dénouement bouleversant d'un grand thriller médiéval. Mars 1313. Tandis que Guillaume de Nogaret, le conseiller du roi de France, arrive à Carcassonne pour déjouer les ambitions du Grand Inquisiteur de la cité, de sombres évènements s'abattent sur le Haut Razès. Les attaques répétées d'un mystérieux loup blanc, l'assassinat de quatre anciens templiers et l'arrivée d'un groupe d'inquisiteurs déterminés à retrouver l'or caché du Temple, menacent le secret de Margaux de Dente.

Lido, New York. 1926. Blackmail is an easy game when everyone at the Galliano Club has something to hide. Bootlegger Benny Rotolo has a fresh scheme to seize the Galliano Club and turn the humble neighborhood club into the finest speakeasy north of Manhattan: blackmail. He’ll use the same tactics as the infamous La Mano Nera terror group that preys on successful Italian immigrants. Anonymous letters. Bullets. Fire. Unaware of Benny’s plan, Galliano Club bartender Luca Lombardo is in the spotlight after surviving an attempted murder. What will happen when Luca’s darkest secrets are for sale?

The Birthday Boys tells the story of Scott's doomed expedition through the voices of five men on the voyage. As Scott, Petty Officer Taff Evans, ship's doctor Edward Wilson, Lieutenant Henry Bowers and Captain Lawrence Oates step forward for their place in the narrative, the reader is gripped by the characters themselves alongside the vividly evoked period.

Westmorland, 1949. Someone is mutilating livestock on the fells. Who would do such a horrible thing? Ruth Tyler, a police sergeant based in Ambleside, needs to speak to the fly camper in a hidden valley.

It's 1920 and Christmas is coming. Major Lennox finds a body on his doorstep — why on his doorstep? Was it to do with the Countess? Was it about the ruby necklace? Lennox goes to Melrose Court, home to his uncle, Lord Melrose, to uncover the mystery. But then the murders begin and it snows and it all becomes very complicated....