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OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER IN OVER 30 LANGUAGES A THRILLER UNLIKE ANY YOU HAVE EVER READ MOSCOW, 1953. Under Stalin’s terrifying regime, families live in fear. When the all-powerful State claims there is no such thing as crime, who dares disagree? An ambitious...

O ano é 1944. Os Aliados estão se preparando para desembarcar na Normandia e libertar os territórios ocupados por Hitler, na operação que entrou para a história como o Dia D. Para que a missão dê certo, eles precisam convencer os alemães de que a invasão acontecerá em outro lugar. Assim, criam um exército inteiro de mentira, incluindo tanques infláveis, aviões de papelão e bases sem parede. O objetivo é que ele seja fotografado pelos aviões de reconhecimento germânicos. O sucesso depende de o inimigo não descobrir o estratagema.

1914: A Alemanha se prepara para a guerra e os Aliados começam a construir suas defesas. Ambos os lados precisam da Rússia, que enfrenta graves problemas internos e vive na iminência de uma revolução. Na Inglaterra, Winston Churchill arquiteta uma negociação secreta com o príncipe Aleksei Orlov, visando a um acordo com os russos. No entanto, o anarquista Feliks Kschessinsky, um homem sem nada a perder, está disposto a tudo para impedir que seu país envie milhões de rapazes para os campos de batalha de uma guerra que nem sequer compreendem.

A superb collection of dramas guaranteed to thrill and entertain from best-selling author Peter Ackroyd. Set in the heart of London, these star-studded adaptations feature parallel investigations into killings across two centuries, black magic, haunted houses, holy ghosts and a stunning performance by Simon Callow as the magnificent Charles Dickens. Novelist, biographer and critic Peter Ackroyd has cemented his place at the heart of the culture and history of London. This fantastic collection is full of vitality from a world-class author and stellar cast.

Firenze, 1481. Uno spietato assassino, subito ribattezzato "Strappacuori", uccide le sue vittime dopo indicibili tormenti, strappando loro il cuore. Ser Pardo de' Giovannini, consigliere del Magnifico, ha bisogno di qualcuno che conduca le indagini in modo non ufficiale: le vittime sono molto vicine a Lorenzo de' Medici. Decide allora di avvalersi dell'ingegno del giovane Leonardo da Vinci.

1940. Dunkirk is over? Will Britain fight on or talk peace? Fugitive and Hitler admirer, Billy Houston, craves a Nazi-run Britain. Needing money and intent on burglary, it ends in murder. But he’s in luck, his victim has in his possession the entire anti-invasion plans for Southern Britain, this while Armistice talks are slated to take place on the Isle of Wight. A desperate Billy makes contact with Rudi Graebner, a German naval officer and spy embedded in the Spanish Embassy. The two have nothing in common - they instinctively take a dislike to each other and trust is at a premium.

1859. The village of Nomaton, Michigan. After a reclusive childhood within the dank walls of Haggard House, Adam Bolton, at the age of eleven, is finally allowed to attend the village school, providing he obeys his mother, Sarai's, injunction. Against all outward influence, he must: “Keep to the straight and narrow.” An easy bidding, until Adam meets Penny, his bright-eyed, bright-spirited classmate. Frightened of the consequences their friendship threatens, Adam builds another Haggard House—only this one in his mind—and keeps Penny there, safe from his zealot mother; safe from himself.

1942. Trahie par son propre mari parce qu'elle est une résistante allemande, Orli n'a plus personne au monde lorsqu'elle trébuche du camion à bestiaux sur le terrain gelé d'Auschwitz. Elle est arrivée croyant être condamnée à une mort certaine mais au lieu de cela, elle est affectée à l'infirmerie pour assister le Dr Josef Mengele. Très vite, Orli apprend que Mengele est connu comme l'Ange de la mort, et qu'il est l'homme le plus redouté d'Auschwitz. Depuis l'infirmerie, elle va tenter de sauver secrètement autant de déportés que possible.

Paris, 1944. Louise Basset arbeitet als Hausmädchen im legendären Hotel Ritz. Niemand ahnt, dass Louise jedes Gespräch, jedes Flüstern belauscht und alles an die Résistance weitergibt. Als ein junger alliierter Pilot verletzt ins Hotel geschmuggelt wird, gerät Louises gefährliches Doppelleben ins Wanken. Zwischen Angst und Sehnsucht, zwischen Pflicht und Liebe steht sie vor einer Entscheidung, die ihr Leben – und das vieler anderer – für immer verändern wird. Jahrzehnte später stößt ihre Enkelin Nicole auf eine Spur, die Louise in einem völlig neuen Licht erscheinen lässt.

Los Angeles, 1916: Photographer Bill Ogden has opened a portrait studio in seedy Hollywood, where he is joined by his granddaughter, Flavia—a woman in need of a fresh start after bludgeoning her drunken, abusive husband to death. Though his business is mainly legit, Bill finds himself brushing up against the porn industry growing in the shadows of the motion picture mainstream. When a series of grisly murders take place across the city, Bill and his granddaughter are pulled into events as tricky and tangled as anything this side of The Big Sleep.

Chief Inspector Mason of Erdington Police Station is summoned to a suspicious death at the BB Sauce factory in Aston on a wet Monday morning in late November 1944. Greeted by his enthusiastic sergeant, O’Rourke, Sam Mason finds himself plunged into a challenging investigation to discover how Harry Armstrong met his death in a vat containing BB Sauce – a scene that threatens to put him off BB Sauce on his bacon sandwiches for the rest of his life.

Porfirio Díaz ha gobernado durante más de tres décadas; decidiendo el destino del país desde la silla presidencial. Pero la llegada de un nuevo siglo conlleva otras ideas; conflictos latentes y personas que claman por libertad. Francisco I. Madero; un hombre guiado por los espíritus y sus visiones de democracia; descubre en una inquietante sesión espiritista una profecía sobre la maldición que yace en la silla presidencial: sólo con la muerte del último caudillo; México encontrará la paz.

Things are heating up for the archaeologists digging at Hamblin's Fort, an ancient Native American settlement in Arkansas. The local sheriff tries to involve them in his drug dealing. A mysterious black dog is shadowing their excavations. The marriage of "Boss Man," the crew chief, is unraveling, and Cecelia, one of the crew, claims she can see a menacing dark red energy vortex flowing up from the temple mound.

A homesteader living alone in the Northwestern Territory of the 1820's, Roy knows his land as well as the back of his hand. But when times get tough, is that enough? Good Stock, a satisfying story of solitude during an understated period in American history, shows us what it takes to survive when there's little to live for.

Suecia, 1434. En una época de conspiraciones y secretos oscuros, una familia se enfrenta a su destino. Dinamarca, Suecia y Noruega llevan un siglo fusionadas en la Unión de Kalmar, pero ahora está a punto de desmoronarse. Puede que el rey Erico controle los reinos escandinavos con puño de hierro, aunque hay muchas familias reales que recuerdan su antigua grandeza y tienen dificultades para tolerar su yugo. Entre ellas, el linaje de Sten Bosson, con su blasón de azur y oro, sueña con recuperar su antiguo esplendor.

Viscount Montcrief was a man of wealth, refinement—and secrets. A recluse by nature, he lived in seclusion behind the iron gates of Montcrief House, a palatial estate renowned for its opulence and exquisite painted ceilings. Few were ever admitted, and those who entered were bound to silence. But in the spring of 1924, the Viscount developed a curious obsession with plays broadcast over the wireless. When he invited a troupe of actors—seven players and their director—to perform a private drama within his grand drawing room, the staff raised their eyebrows.

Ethan Kane's years-long quest for lost Solakari wisdom reaches its climax. With his devoted companions, he faces the final, brutal trials: the unforgiving Colorado Desert and the towering, treacherous Sierra Nevada. Nature's fury in perilous canyons like the Roaring Fork, and the greed of men like Captain Cortina, exact a heavy toll, costing them precious supplies and their loyal pack animals.

London, 1868: Edith 'Etty' Redgrave has spent two years perfecting the art of quiet rebellion. But when her best friend, Princess Louise, begs her to retrieve a scandalous sketch before it destroys the royal family, Etty's carefully curated independence shatters. Enter Tristan Bankes-Fernsby, Duke of Rockingham. Cold, controlled, and the Queen's personal fixer, he has been sent to contain the same problem and has no patience for interference. Especially from a determined woman who refuses to stay in her place.

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A nun’s corpse leads beloved amateur sleuth Flavia de Luce to uncover decades-old secrets in this charming novel in the New York Times bestselling series. “I love the Flavia de Luce novels! Flavia is the best female detective I’ve ever read, full of realism, self-confidence, and emotion...