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Galveston, 1900. Beatrice Whitmore knows her husband's secrets: his gambling debts, his mistress, his lies. When she threatens to expose him, he silences her forever. Hours later, the deadliest hurricane in American history erases all evidence of his crime. Galveston, present day. Doctoral student Julia Lynn moves into the historic Whitmore house, expecting to research the Great Storm. Instead, she encounters a ghost desperate to be heard, a woman with bruises on her throat and a story that refuses to stay buried.

1942-1944 Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial la estación internacional de Canfranc, en Huesca, se convirtió en un enclave de vital importancia para los aliados. Por allí cruzaron miles de judíos e información trascendental para el devenir de la contienda a través del cura del pueblo, la...

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...

When Yvette Dubois's husband inherits a remote chateau, she reluctantly leaves Lyon behind – only for Armand to abandon her there to manage the vineyard alone. Everything changes the day she hears a mysterious knocking in the library. Behind a tapestry, she discovers a hidden tunnel – along with two frightened orphans. Yvette vows to continue the important work, wanting to honour the legacy. But Armand insists their safety depends on appeasing the occupiers.

The darkly atmospheric and gruesome tale of Jack the Ripper unfolds against the backdrop of a Victorian London reform school, as a young inmate sets out to find the identity of the elusive serial killer in a riveting new book perfect for fans of The Woman in the Window and Enola Holmes. London...

Noirceur et magie côtoient médecine et enquête scientifique dans ce polar historique, où l'on croise le Roi Soleil et Mme de Montespan. Septembre 1677. Des « sorcières » violées, retrouvées crucifiées la tête en bas. Des médecins étouffés, pendus eux aussi la tête en bas... C'est...

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...

Lindisfarne in 1494 is a place of secrets. The scribe Linnet is running from her criminal past and seeking sanctuary in the island of her childhood. She’s friendless in the monastery, the monks resentful of a woman scribe, and her only company is Tom the fisherman and a child, Isabelle –...

Latem 1930 roku do dworu państwa Szymańskich w Kutach przyjeżdża kuzyn Antoni Mokrzycki i nikt się nie spodziewa, że jego wizyta wywróci do góry nogami świat trzech sióstr. Żywiołowa Aldona zakocha się do szaleństwa, stateczna Konstancja zwątpi w swoje małżeństwo z oficerem Korpusu Ochrony Pogranicza, a młodziutka Łucja zobaczy coś w nurtach Czeremoszu… Wojciech Dutka, autor bestsellerowych powieści o tematyce wojennej, w epicki sposób ukazuje Kresy, krainę zmitologizowaną, lecz wciąż będącą dla wielu elementem narodowej tożsamości.

Der junge Ritter Otto von Linn ringt mit der Last der Führung, der Knappe Wenzel mit der Angst auf dem Schlachtfeld und die Novizin Magdalena mit ihrer Berufung und ihren Sehnsüchten, die ihr Leben in eine völlig andere Richtung lenken könnten. Eine Todesprophezeiung und ein Mordanschlag vergiften das kaiserliche Lager. Zwischen Wahrheit und Verrat weiß bald niemand mehr, wem er den Rücken zukehren darf. Hunger, Hitze und Seldschuken fordern zahllose Opfer. Ein Triumph lässt Hoffnung aufglimmen. Kurz. Dann kommt der Tag, der alles nimmt.

Anne Perry's Inspector William Monk: in search of justice, he will not stop until he has found the truth... Oliver Rathbone, William Monk's close friend, has presided brilliantly over his first cases as a judge. But the next will bring a far greater challenge. Abel Taft, a charismatic minister...

Seven weeks after the river nearly claimed him, Robert Henley-Finch awakens to a world that has been holding its breath. Beaumont Hall stands unchanged, yet everything within it feels subtly misaligned, as though the house itself remembers something Robert does not. His body has healed, but his return carries a residue of the impossible: dreams of buried hands, hollow orchards, and a presence that will not release its grip. As fragments of his lost time begin to surface, it becomes clear that his collapse was not an accident—and that the river was only the threshold.

Um thriller de espionagem sobre traição e os limites da honra. Setembro de 1938, Hitler está desesperado para começar a guerra. Chamberlain quer manter a paz a qualquer custo. O desfecho da disputa acontecerá em Munique, em um dos momentos decisivos que antecederam a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Robert Harris compõe mais um thriller impressionante, cheio de fatos e personagens históricos, que transporta o leitor para um dos momentos mais importantes da história mundial.

Set in January 1965, A House in Winter tells the story of the visit of Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon to his sister's home in Abbeyleix, Ireland, when they faced local opposition and IRA petrol bomb attacks that confined them, without electricity, for 48 fraught hours. As well as the conflict outside the walls, there's plenty within, with Margaret's difficult mother-in-law gleefully contributing to her disintegrating marriage. Meanwhile in the nearby village local woman Cait has struggles of her own, unable to escape family responsibilities and small town life.

À l'aube du 4 novembre 1922, l'égyptologue britannique Howard Carter découvre dans la vallée des Rois la porte scellée d'une tombe inconnue. Très vite, il réalise qu'il s'agit de l'hypogée de Toutânkhamon, mystérieux pharaon, mort 1 327 années avant notre ère. Dans les semaines et les mois qui suivent, plusieurs savants et proches de Carter vont mourir dans des conditions obscures et parfois sinistres. Les journaux s'emparent de l'affaire et avancent l'hypothèse d'une malédiction visant tous ceux qui ont violé le tombeau du roi.

Brought to you by Penguin. It's 1965, and the world lives on a knife edge. After the nuclear standoff in Cuba, and with Vietnam even now becoming a major conflict zone, the Cold War is colder than ever. The Circus, home of British intelligence, has one formidable clandestine asset in Moscow: a...

Brought to you by Penguin. ON THE EVE OF WAR, A ROYAL GUEST IS LURED INTO HITLER'S DEADLY WEB . . . Munich, 1937. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor have arrived in Germany for a historic meeting at Hitler's mountain retreat. But recent attacks by ruthless Communist band, Red Freedom, has brought...

An all-female crime gang runs havoc in 1920s Glasgow. The first policewoman is determined to bring them down. 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...

Es 1943 y la neutralidad de Suecia en la Segunda Guerra Mundial está bajo presión. Laura Dahlgren, la brillante y joven mano derecha del negociador jefe del gobierno está al tanto de estas tensiones. Sin embargo, cuando la mejor amiga de Laura de la época universitaria, Britta, es descubierta asesinada a sangre fría, Laura está decidida a encontrar al asesino.

Carrying out wartime patrols from Malta with the famous "Fighting Tenth" Submarine Flotilla, HM Submarine Rugged has orders to disrupt Axis supply convoys. Deep in enemy waters, Rugged encounters deadly mines, depth-charges, and torpedoes! Hunted down by the remorseless destroyers of the Trapani First Eleven, the crew of Rugged, fast running out of oxygen and slowly poisoned by carbon dioxide, must call on every ounce of their reserve if they are to evade the enemy and escape with their lives.