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Nachdem Askanius die Brücke zwischen dem Dies- und Jenseits geöffnet hat, wird er von einem Satyr verschleppt. Nicholas, sein Freund, begibt sich auf die gefährliche Reise, Askanius zu retten und muss dabei die Grenzen zwischen den Welten überqueren. Mit dabei: ein Engel, der selbst auf...

With her beloved cousin, Sarah, still languishing in a labor camp in Linz, Monika Ritter and her fellow OSS operative, Hans Viertel, return to Austria on a double mission—to rescue Sarah and investigate a possible new wonder weapon Hitler is developing in the city he regards as his hometown. After parachuting in, they pick up an unexpected guest who forces them to change their plans. In the labor camp at Linz III, Sarah cultivates her relationship with Wolfgang Baum, a foreman who is moved by the horror he witnesses in the factories.

Award-winning novelist Val McDermid and Geographer Royal Professor Jo Sharp bring Scotland’s greatest historical catastrophe vividly to life. The Darien Venture was the singular event at the end of the seventeenth century that fundamentally altered Scotland's future. It took place on the other...

At twelve years old, Christopher Johnson becomes the unwilling obsession of the most dangerous house in Alabama. The Walton Wade mansion has been abandoned for decades—rotting, silent, and infamous for the disappearances that have stained its history. But the night Christopher and his friends dare each other to step onto the property, the house awakens. The gate rattles without wind. The front door opens on its own. And a voice only Christopher can hear whispers his name.

London, 1817: a city glittering with wealth and rotting with secrets. In the uneasy years after the Napoleonic Wars—before fingerprints, detectives, or organized policing—one man bears the burden of justice alone. Captain Winter, once a decorated soldier and now Whitehall's "special emissary," moves easily between the capital's extremes: the stately parlors where power is traded behind fans and smiles, and the shadowed alleys where danger has no name.

An ancient secret. A terrorist cell. The truth will change everything. Former soldier Marc O'Hara is acting as a reader for an intelligence service in London when the call comes in. He's to be re-activated as a field agent and assigned to solve a thirteenth century alchemical riddle. A terrorist...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF 'THE UNPICKING' When whispers of abuse at Arrol's department store reach Mabel, a determined policewoman, she knows she must act. Enlisting the help of Johnnie, a cunning thief, and Beatrice, a savvy businesswoman, they embark on a perilous journey to uncover the truth. Set...

June 1944. When a Wehrmacht war crimes investigator and his escort are killed in an ambush, it looks like an opportunistic act of revenge by the Polish Resistance. But Jan Kalisz of the Warsaw Kripo, investigator and Polish double-agent, has his doubts. Fortunately, with the Red Army only a few hundred kilometres from the city, Kalisz’s boss, Hauptsturmführer Hoth, finds his faith in the Führer waning, and allows an investigation.

An der rauen Küste Schottlands liegt Buchan Manor, ein altes Anwesen, das den Wind in seinen Mauern hält, seine Geheimnisse bewahrt und die Schatten derer, die darin verloren gingen. Als die Psychologin Fiona Ross mit ihrem Mann in das Schloss zieht, hofft sie auf Ruhe und einen Neuanfang. Sie ahnt nicht, dass in den nächtlichen Gängen ein Flüstern lauert, das nur sie zu hören scheint. Zwischen alten Briefen und aufwühlenden Träumen tritt eine Gestalt aus der Vergangenheit hervor: Maisie Simon, eine junge Frau, die 1917 in Aberdeen um das Leben ihrer Schwester kämpft.

In the summer of 1874, a beloved schoolteacher mysteriously goes missing upon closing up school. After a frantic search, the young woman is discovered horribly mutilated in the woods, and authorities question everyone in the small railroad village of St. Albans, Vermont. With the case turning cold, news arrives of an eerily similar crime committed in peaceful Pembroke, New Hampshire, in the autumn of 1875. This one, even more gruesome. Everyone questions whether the two beauties were intended victims or simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

"Ich verfluche euch! Mein Tod wird mir die Rache ermöglichen, welche mir im Leben verwehrt war." Deutschland, Anfang des 17. Jahrhunderts: Das große, jährliche Dorffest in Furtenblick endet unerwartet, als ein Fremder das Podium besteigt und den grausamen Tod von vier Bürgern ankündigt. Um seinen unheilvollen Fluch zu stärken, stürzt er sich über eine Klippe in den nahen Fluss. Am Tag danach findet man flussabwärts die zerschmetterte Leiche. Kurz darauf gibt es das erste Opfer. Genau wie im Fluch angekündigt, liegt der Tote nackt im Wald und ist von Insekten übersät.

After a month of various people clearing up various messes, Felicity Jardine is finally cleared to go back to her little village cottage. But when a celebratory cream tea with her new and well-connected friend Percy is interrupted by a sniper's bullet, she's off again, to a safe house in Notting...

A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION PICK 2026 'An enjoyable historical thriller' Sunday Times 'Out of the ashes of the Great Fire of London comes an unforgettable tale … T. L. Mogford has excelled himself' Michael Morpurgo ‘I swallowed up The Saffron Thief in 36 hours. It’s a tremendous...

Step into the world of Alexandre Dumas, where honor, betrayal, love, and vengeance collide in stories that have captivated readers for generations. This essential collection includes two of Dumas’s most celebrated novels, showcasing his talent for crafting unforgettable characters, breathtaking plots, and timeless drama.

Bloomsbury presents Duel of Beasts by Boyd and Beth Morrison, read by Mark Elstob. Savage beasts, fabulous treasures, perilous duels, and deadly treachery abound in this thrilling adventure novel set in medieval Spain. Málaga, Spain, 1352. Knight-errant Gerard Fox and his daring wife Willa seek...

The second in the highly praised Emily Grey series ‘Emily Grey proves so engaging that I hope she'll keep going into the Cold War', JakeKerridge, Daily Telegraph At the height of the First World War, Emily Grey finds herself far away from the action, collating Swiss rubber imports in a hut in...

For nearly three years, Thorgrim Night Wolf has fought his way across Ireland, Engla-land, and Frisia, seeking riches and battling to keep him and his men alive. Through all that hardship, his foremost thought has been to return to his farm in Norway and to give up the life of a raider. With...

London, 1942: The threat of German invasion has abated, and the war has entered a new chapter, famously summed up by Winston Churchill as "the end of the beginning." While Churchill faces mounting pressure and calls for his resignation, a dark new horror is unfolding across the channel, as the...

Lione, 1943. Quando la Gestapo le strappa il marito, il mondo di Elaine si sgretola. Ma nel buio dell'occupazione nazista, sceglie di non arrendersi e abbraccia la Resistenza. Insieme ad altre donne, tra macchine da stampa clandestine e documenti segreti, tesse una rete vitale in cui la comune vulnerabilità si trasforma in coraggio. Lontano, nella fragile neutralità di Lisbona, Ava, una bibliotecaria americana, usa la letteratura come scudo.

One fall. One fractured sky. One forgotten town lost in time. When Ethan Carrington steps onto a rooftop in the modern world, he never expects the sky to tear open—nor to awaken bruised and bewildered in the year 1860. In a town steeped in shadow and silence, Ethan becomes a stranger among strangers, thrust into a community with no clocks, no memory of him, and no clear way home. Saved from a hanging only to face deeper mysteries, Ethan is taken in by a stern widow with secrets of her own.