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Who killed Sir Crispin Gibbons? A wedding invitation and news of mischief that could be murder, takes Lennox to the Earl of Bloxford's country pile. He soon finds himself in a world of purloined artworks, forgeries and a priceless Bloxford Beauty. But who are the Bloxford Beauties? And why are they the focal point around which swirls death? Lennox must confront life-long friends, unscrupulous artists and dealers to finally unravel a plot so complex that even his old adversary, Chief Inspector Swift of Scotland Yard, is befuddled.

Rubén Pablo Alcocer tiene 54 años, es detective privado y vive en Saltillo. Pudo haber sido filósofo y, quizá, más le habría valido, pues su más reciente trabajo lo ha llevado a una situación por demás complicada: un hombre y una mujer lo tienen amarrado a una silla, le han colocado una bolsa de plástico sobre la cabeza y le han clavado palillos debajo de las uñas. Sus captores quieren saber dónde ha quedado la antigua gargantilla de diamantes de su clienta, otrora propiedad de la corona de Rumania.

Walker Monroe, Yale professor, librarian, and expert in ancient languages, gets an unexpected visit from two U.S. Geological Service members. They show him a piece of unknown metal engraved with a mysterious, coded text, and seek his help in translating it.

Barbara Erskine returns with this beautiful and haunting tale of dark forces and mystical powers Cambridge, present day: Following the death of her mother, Abi Rutherford receives a mysterious bequest – a misshapen crystal sphere known as the Serpent’s Stone, which gives her glimpses into...

Лето 1914-го. Уже разыгрались события, которые приведут к Первой мировой войне. Премьер-министр Британии Герберт Асквит выбивается из сил, пытаясь предотвратить ее; он понимает, что иначе его страна неизбежно окажется втянута в бойню. Единственная отдушина для стареющего политика — редкие встречи и интенсивная переписка с тайной возлюбленной, молодой аристократкой, близкой к богемным кругам. А в стране уже началась шпиономания. Бдительные граждане находят в разных местах смятые листки с секретными дипломатическими сообщениями.

I saw it in a memory. I know how crazy that sounds. There were ten kingdoms of Atlantis, as Plato taught us, each ruled by one of the sons of the legendary Poseidon. I know where they all are. We are not the first advanced civilization. We aren't even the second. Others existed, and they left behind clues to help their descendants. To help us. I found those clues, including a device used by the ancients that allows me to relive their memories.

The Germans arrived with a plan to occupy a quiet French village. The French Resistance and Allied forces had other plans. Sturmbannführer Gunther Dettmer stands at the Franco-German border, poised with Hitler's war machine to unleash the western Blitzkrieg. Six hundred kilometers away, WWI veteran René Legrand tends to his fields in peaceful Sainte-Mère-Église, trying to forget his past as the French army's deadliest assassin

Unbeknownst even to himself, the kind, gentle, quietly brilliant Dr. Jekyll has created an alter ego—his polar opposite, the dark and dangerous, Mr. Hyde. A little bit Dexter, Hyde hunts down criminals to make them pay for their sins. But his "good deeds" go too far and, now, wanted for murder, he must lay low . . . until his love interest comes into Jack the Ripper's sights.

In a land where justice is a memory and vengeance carves the roads, one man walks the fog-wrapped edge of myth. Callum—warrior, wanderer, reckoning—has freed towns, buried tyrants, and turned mercy into blade. But when a coastal haven reveals the brutal trade that stole his family, his path sharpens into purpose. From haunted highlands to slave ships sailing toward Spain, Volume I: The Blade and the Hollow traces the birth of legend in the silence left after violence. Love flares and fades. Enemies rise and fall. And the double-edged axe waits, buried in soil where stories begin.

Cassie Woods's tenacity has helped her achieve a modicum of success in the male-dominated world of journalism in 1880s New York City. Despite her father's recent downfall, her courtship with gruff but handsome Detective O'Neill is going well. Now she has the opportunity to earn a place at the second-biggest newspaper in the city--if she can prove herself with an undercover story exposing the dangers of life in the city's garment factories.

Thomas Finbow is sent to London by Lady Margaret on a sensitive mission - to seek out and persuade her husband - his master - Sir Robert to give up his foolish infatuation with Lady Imogen - a notorious woman of the Court. But once there, Thomas is thrown into a much graver situation - the body of a young woman is found washed up beside the Thames, terribly mutilated, and soon Thomas becomes caught up in a bizarre series of events including the theft of a corpse, and even his own imprisonment.

A devastating scourge from the north is coming to Britain, one that will bring armies and entire kingdoms to their knees. Traveling along the whale road in their feared longships, the Great Heathen Army move fast, striking with a savagery unmatched, in a seemingly unstoppable tide of blood and iron. One inexperienced warrior will prove the difference, a young man who will lead from the front and, in time, aspire to become the savior of the Saxons . . . Alfred the Great.

In the Strait of Gibraltar, a pod of six orcas launch a coordinated attack on the Céleste Mistral, a 50-foot sailing vessel – sending it to the depths. Along the Amazon River, pink dolphins exhibit a never-before-seen behavior, forging an enigmatic bond with an ancient, isolated tribe. On the seabed of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone – a 2. 32-million-square-mile stretch of ocean between Hawaii and Mexico – a deep-sea mining operation begins harvesting billions of tons of polymetallic nodules, promising to revolutionize the extraction of precious metals.

The place will be of their choosing. The time will be of their choosing. But the Indians will have their vengeance. 1025 CE, India. Mahmud of Ghazni believes he has crushed the spirit of Bharat—the Shiva Linga at the Somnath temple lies shattered and thousands are dead. Mahmud of Ghazni believes he has crushed the spirit of Bharat—the Shiva Linga at the Somnath temple lies shattered and thousands are dead. But among the ashes of destruction, an oath is taken.

In October 1962, with the world teetering on the edge of nuclear war, a simple prank aboard the USS Point Defiance spirals into a high-stakes conspiracy. Seaman Earl Kinn, a bored kid from Iowa, sneaks into his authoritarian captain's cabin to move a pen set but accidentally stumbles upon Top Secret documents. Instantly branded a spy and thrown in the brig, his fate rests in the hands of Lieutenant Joe Pluss, a by-the-book JAG officer also from Iowa. Pluss is ordered to secure a quick confession, but he soon realizes Earl is a scapegoat, not a traitor.

Six months after the harrowing events at Idaho National Laboratory, renowned researcher of ancient civilizations Daniel Whitlock is hiding out in the remote wilderness of Camp Denali, Alaska.

Seft, um talentoso minerador, percorre a Grande Planície para assistir aos rituais que marcam o início de um novo ano. Ele está lá para comercializar pedra na Feira do Solstício e para encontrar Neen, a garota que ama. Ela pertence a uma família próspera, que acolhe Seft em sua comunidade de pastores e lhe oferece uma forma de escapar do pai e dos irmãos violentos.

In 1926, thanks to Prohibition, it’s hard to find a beer in Lido, New York. But trouble is always on tap at the Galliano Club in this explosive start to the riveting Prohibition-era historical fiction crime series. Social hub for the Italian immigrant community, the Galliano Club serves bootleg beer and Luca Lombardo’s signature sandwiches to workers from the city’s copper mills. The club means everything to Luca, who arrived in Lido with nothing left to lose. He’ll do whatever it takes to keep the club afloat, even staying silent about a murder in the alley behind the building.

An ancient secret. A forgotten science. A battle for the future of humanity. Seven thousand years ago, as he lay dying on the battlefield of Lanka, Ravana whispered a secret to Lakshmana about a mysterious technology that held the key to Ayodhya's prosperity and the world's destiny. For...

When a mission of critical importance arises, Lord Lynsley, the enigmatic head of Mrs. Merlin’s Academy for Extraordinary Young Ladies, is forced to take on the assignment himself. But when things take an unexpected turn, he has has no choice but to ask for help from a former agent whose injury during a botched mission ten years ago forced her to retire from the elite unit of unconventional lady spies.