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Stellen Sie sich vor, die Geschichte hätte einen anderen Weg genommen – was wäre, wenn Frankreich und Großbritannien im Jahre 1915 eine gewaltige Landung an den Stränden Belgiens gewagt hätten, um den Stellungskrieg aus seiner Erstarrung zu reißen und das deutsche Kaiserreich zu bezwingen? Kann der Angriff auf Ostende das Blatt wenden oder gelingt es dem Kaiserreich, die Landung in ein Desaster zu verwandeln?

In 2002, Deputy Sheriff Roo Yoder is thrust into the hunt for a hundred-year-old treasure and a killer when his high school friend, now a successful financier, is murdered. The only clue in his hands–a fragment of a 1900’s stock share certificate—worth a fortune if the other half can be found. Roo, accused of the murder, goes on the run to New York. In hiding from both the police and the killers, while investigating the crime, he turns to his lover, Katya for help, and suspects she is betraying him with a Russian oligarch.

The oldest bonds are the hardest severed. When Fabio’s aunt Lucretia flexes her match-making muscles, he seeks escape from a marriage to shy, bored Adriane. Luckily, his friend Petros needs help investigating a possible rebellion in Vademlutra. All Fabio has to do is pretend to be poor and keep his wits about him. Certain there’s nothing to investigate, Fabio settles down for a week in the tavern until a lost young woman in the woods captivates him. Where is she from and why is she so keen to die?

Campo de prisioneros Stalag Luft 13, Alemania, Segunda Guerra Mundial. El joven teniente Tommy Hart, único superviviente de la tripulación de un B-25 abatido durante un bombardeo, pasa sus días confinado en un campo de prisioneros alemán, ajeno a las actividades cotidianas de sus compañeros de encierro. Solitario, dedica su tiempo a estudiar Derecho, carrera que tuvo que interrumpir cuando estalló la guerra.

Den berömda konstnären Astrid Sterners tavla Mjölkharen försvinner spårlöst från Göteborgs konstmuseum under en märklig konstkupp 1978. När hennes barnbarn städar ur släkthuset fyrtio år senare hittar de brev och en gammal dagbok som ger en helt ny bild av deras omtalade mormor. Astrid och hennes vän Viola lever konstnärsliv i 1910-talets Paris. De studerar för Henri Matisse, ser Gertrude Steins konstsamling, bor i dragiga vinds­kupor, kastar sig från famn till famn och går på den ena festen efter den andra. Men drömmen om att leva av och för konsten visar sig få katastrofala följder.

After returning the heads of assassins to the Master of Hashashini, Talon flees with his family and closest companions to the Kingdom of Jerusalem to escape retribution. But death and disaster follow them, dashing hopes of finding a safe haven. Talon and Max travel to Cyprus only to discover that it is ruled by a psychopathic tyrant. The self-styled emperor Isaac Komnenos captured the island earlier in the year with the help of mercenaries and is plundering his kingdom into destitution.

In the winter of 1942, an army vanishes into the icefields of the Eastern Front. In the summer of 1945, a massacre in small-town Italy makes international headlines. Today, an ordinary man is about to stumble onto a horrifying secret. Alex Lago is a jaded journalist whose family, marriage, and career are fading fast. So, when the accidental discovery of an aged photo from World War II offers him a last gasp at bonding with his dying father, Alex can't help but scratch at the scabs of a mystery seventy years in the making.

Klu and Shad complete the construction on the Bar TC ranch. Melody gives birth to a healthy boy and the future looks great. The Colorado Cattlemen’s Association decide that the best way to defeat the drought conditions of 1868 is to drive out all the farmers and small ranchers and use their land for grazing. First, the Lanswing ranch, the Slash L, finds themselves in the crosshairs of the Cattlemen’s Association hired guns. They refuse to sell or give in. Next in the sights of the hired gunmen is the Bar TC owned by Klu Klinger and Shad Benfold.

Johnny Rossendale zou liever op zee blijven, maar hij moet terug naar huis als het nieuws hem bereikt dat zijn moeder elk ogenblik kan sterven. Hij wordt opgewacht door ongure types die het gemunt hebben op de erfenis van zijn bemiddelde familie. De inzet: een echte Van Gogh. Meerdere daarvan (allemaal geschreven in de late jaren 1980 en vroege jaren 1990) spelen zich af op het water, met zeilboten in een belangrijke rol.

In this historical gothic, a young medical artist must face her grief-stricken past. The man she’s been hiding from has found her, and he wants revenge.

As the Soviet Union crumbles, chaos overtakes Ukraine. Criminal empires rise swiftly, filling the void left by a dying regime. Amid the storm of violence, betrayal, and ruthless ambition, a quiet young man from an intellectual family finds himself dragged into a world he never imagined. Climbing to the top of one of Ukraine’s most feared criminal gangs, he soon discovers the brutal price of power. Torn between insatiable greed and a longing for something deeper, he must confront life’s most profound questions: Does love truly exist? What matters more—following your dreams or simply surviving?

Christmas Day 1943, Arisaig, Scotland. The body of beautiful, well-connected Polish SOE agent Krystina Kowolska is found in the gardens of the country house where she's been preparing for a vital mission to France. The question is, was she already dead when she was hanged? Two days later, resistance double agent, Investigator Jan Kalisz of the Warsaw Kripo is flown to Britain where Winston Churchill himself tasks him with finding Krystina's killer, before the cracks in Britain's alliance with Poland become fractures.

Benevento, 1630. Corre, Bianca, attraversa il bosco col fiato in gola per tornare a casa. Non deve cedere alla paura, si dice, anche se proprio lì vicino sono state aggredite delle ragazze, e del vero colpevole non c'è traccia. Quando Maria sparisce, Bianca si troverà da sola a cercare la verità sul mistero della sua scomparsa.

Quando Hazel si imbatte in Jack fuori dalla Società reale degli anatomisti di Edimburgo non ne rimane particolarmente colpita. Nel momento in cui però le viene proibito di frequentare i corsi del celebre dottor Beecham in quanto donna, capisce che il suo nuovo amico potrebbe tornarle molto utile. Ora i due dovranno unire le forze per scoprire gli oscuri segreti nascosti non solo in quelle tombe senza nome, ma nel cuore stesso della buona società di Edimburgo.

When Templar Knight Sir Marcus de Rancourt's sergeant and best friend, Simon Chastain, expresses doubts about the new life they have undertaken, Marcus urges him to seek out the family he hasn't seen in over thirty years, then choose his own path to follow.

Cassie Woods has been assigned her first big article after the success of her first two investigations. She dives in, eager to prove herself as a journalist in the male-dominated world of 1880s New York City. Her relationship with the handsome but infuriating Detective O'Neill seems promising, but when she discovers that O'Neill is investigating her father for corruption, she must choose whom to side with and whom to protect. Will she be able to solve both cases and save her family's reputation?

When a string of gruesome modern-day murders sparks chilling echoes of the Whitechapel killings of 1888, profiler Jonah Merrin begins to see a pattern far older—and far darker—than anyone suspects. Victims are found drained of blood, mutilated not in haste but in contempt. No motive. No remorse. Only a presence that moves through shadow, feeding not on need… but on belief. A creature who sees humanity not as prey, but as proof of its own superiority.

Ein Mordverdacht. Eine unerwartete Leidenschaft. Und ein Frühling, der alles verändert. Im Schein gesellschaftlicher Skandale des Regency-Englands begegnen sich zwei verletzte Seelen – vereint durch Schmerz, getrennt durch Misstrauen. Lady Selina Whitcombe, nunmehr Lady Hollyfield, verliert ihren Ehemann unter mysteriösen Umständen. Die feine Gesellschaft flüstert, und Selina ist überzeugt: Viscount James Blackwood – charmant, gefährlich und mit einem zweifelhaften Ruf – steckt hinter dem tragischen Tod.

Cuando Thad McAlister, un joven y exitoso autor de bestsellers de terror, empieza a escribir su nueva novela, siente que las palabras fluyen sin esfuerzo. Lo que Thad todavía no sabe es que, involuntariamente, ha abierto una puerta al pasado que pronto pondrá en peligro su vida y la de su familia. Mientras tanto, en su casa, su mujer se pregunta en secreto si, quizá, ella es la culpable de todo lo que está ocurriendo por un oscuro trato que hizo mucho tiempo atrás.

At last, Tabitha and Wolf can relax and settle into newlywed bliss…or so they think. Just as they prepare to leave London for a quiet summer at the Pembroke Estate, an unexpected—and rather cryptic—invitation arrives. The notoriously flamboyant Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey, has personally requested their presence at Plas Newydd, his ancestral estate, accompanied by a desperate plea for their investigative skills. Intrigued, the couple agrees to a detour—with the ever-formidable dowager in tow, of course.