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Two sisters. One village desperate for a witch. A truth no record will ever keep. East Anglia, 1645. Civil war has left the villages cold, hungry, and afraid. When a farmer's cow falls sick after a quarrel with a poor widow, suspicion spreads quickly. Someone must be blamed. Someone must be...

Bloomsbury presents The Canary Keeper by Clare Carson, read by Sarah Cullum. 'Historical fiction at its very best' ELLY GRIFFITHS. A Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month. They will see me hang for this. London, 1855. In the grey mist of the early morning a body is dumped on the shore of...

Eine Wikinger-Kriegerin und ein versklavter Medicus im Kampf auf Leben und Tod. Dänemark im Jahr 862. Für die junge Wikingerin Gunhild nimmt das große Opferfest am Königshof eine dramatische Wendung: Nach dem abendlichen Festmahl wird der Sohn eines mächtigen Jarls mit durchschnittener Kehle aufgefunden. Daneben liegt Gunhilds Bruder, schlafend, blutverschmiert, die Tatwaffe neben sich. War er der Mörder?

När Ebba Beckman kämpar med sina studier i Göteborg gör hon en märklig upptäckt på vinden i farföräldrarnas hus – en upptäckt som förändrar allt. Plötsligt dras hon in i en historia som varit begravd i familjen i decennier. En gammal inskription leder henne tillbaka till farfar Thore, frukthandlaren som under kriget påstås ha levt ett dubbelliv. Var han en kollaboratör med kopplingar till tyskarna – eller en hjälte inom den norska motståndsrörelsen? Ju mer Ebba gräver i familjens förflutna, desto fler frågor väcks om lojalitet, skuld och svek.

”… enkelt och följsamt språk som är smakfullt anpassat efter tiden den utspelar sig i. Karaktärerna är konsekventa och trovärdiga.” Helhetsbetyg: 4. BTJ Stockholm 1898. Liket av en sjuårig pojke flyter upp i Riddarholmskanalen. Ingen saknar honom, ingen vet vem han är. Ellen Bergman, som med hjälp av före detta ligaflickan Rakel driver Damernas juridikbyrå, börjar intressera sig för pojkens tragiska öde. Samtidigt gräver detektivkonstapel Johan Rådig i fallet trots att hans överordnade, den djupt korrupte kommissarie Berg, säger åt honom att avsluta ärendet.

Some ghosts wear boots. Some just whistle.Guatemala, 1977. Private Diego Morales didn't volunteer for the jungle — nobody in Second Platoon did. But the Petén doesn't care whose idea it was. It swallows roads, swallows silence, and, if the old stories are true, it sends something ahead of the...

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Ireland, 1805. A country on the brink of rebellion.American widow Marian Devlin arrives in the west of Ireland to restore the crumbling estate left by her late husband. But the land is failing, the tenants are starving, and resentment against the ruling classes is turning violent.When a...

La vicenda di un eccidio di neri, di «negri», durante la Guerra di Secessione. A raccontarla in modo fluviale, trascinante, inarrestabile, l'unico testimone sopravvissuto, Dick Stanton, soldato dell'esercito del Sud, stanato e pungolato in fin di vita da una giovane studentessa che vuole ricostruire la verità. Verità storica e romanzesca, perché Barbero inventa una voce indimenticabile, comica e inaffidabile, logorroica e irritante, dolente e angosciosa, che trascina il lettore in quegli abissi che ancora una volta si sono riaperti.

A basement prison. A city ruled by ancient shadows. And a family hunted by Jimmy Hoffa’s mafia. Detroit, 1962. When ER nurse Georgia Owens vanishes on her way to work, it’s just another disappearance in a city that knows how to forget. But Georgia wasn’t supposed to disappear. The...

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.

It is still the War of 1812 and Jack Aubrey - with his tetchy, sardonic friend Stephen Maturin - has set course across the South Atlantic to intercept a powerful American frigate outward bound to play havoc with the British whaling trade. If they do not come up with her before she rounds the Horn, they must follow her into the Great South Sea and as far across the Pacific as she may lead them.

Truth and justice have long memories, and Eugene Kennedy is about to uncover a truth possibly better left buried.The discovery of a hidden file in the attic of a former Nazi camp guard uncovers a chilling reference to an unsigned ‘Final Order’ and a command that could ignite the flames of a...

Beneath the shimmering waves of the Arabian Sea lies a ruin older than history itself, concealing an ancient prophecy that threatens to turn the world to ash… INDIA. At the largest human gathering in the world, black rain pours down upon 50 million pilgrims, and the Ganges runs red with blood...

For seventeen years, Hawthorne Mill has stood silent beside the river. Its machinery stopped in November 1919, its doors were locked, and the truth about its final night shift disappeared into rumours. Some villagers remember an accident. Others remember missing workers. But the surviving...

The deadly race for the secrets to absolute power begins… 1227 CE, MONGOLIA. The greatest conqueror ever lived is entombed with a terrifying weapon, a secret which can obliterate any enemy and bring the greatest nations to ruin. NOW, dark forces are gathering to possess what is in his grave to...

Falsely accused of a heinous crime in the 22nd century, former Interpol operative Nicholas Gates is now on the run through time. While roaming the United States in 1950, he detects the signal of another time traveler. Unfortunately, the traveler is sitting in a Boulder, Colorado jail—and...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. It was 0.003 seconds. No one was supposed to notice. But Judith did. Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1971. Judith Novak is a Bell Laboratories engineer working on the handoff protocols that will form the basis of cellular telephone networks, the most...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. She built something that could not be stopped. They found a way to stop it. Hollywood, 1940. George Antheil is an avant-garde composer better known for scandal than success when he meets Hedy Lamarr at a dinner party — and discovers that the most...

From the wildly creative minds of New York Times bestselling authors Steve Berry and Grant Blackwood comes the latest Luke Daniels adventure, in which an historic trip to South America during World War II launches Luke into a present-day quest to find a missing artifact. August 1941. Walt Disney...