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Hamburg 1887. In einem Kontor wird die Leiche einer jungen Frau entdeckt, die mit zahllosen Messerstichen getötet wurde. Der Fall wird zur Bewährungsprobe für den frisch zum Criminalcommissar beförderten Hermann Rieker. Bei seinen Ermittlungen trifft er auf Johanna Ahrens, Tochter eines Richters, die heimlich arme Frauen im Gängeviertel unterrichtet.

In the sleepy town of Raven’s Point, the annual ball at the opulent Park Mansion is the highlight of the year—a night of pure fantasy. This year, the Regency masquerade theme adds an extra layer of allure, and sisters Helen and Maybelle can hardly contain their excitement. Dressed in exquisite period costumes, they enter the grand estate, eager to glimpse the luxurious lives of the Park family, the town’s wealthiest residents. But the glittering evening takes a dark turn when Jeffrey Park, the man controlling the family fortune, is brutally murdered during a sudden power outage.

With the war behind them, Germans struggle to rebuild both the structures demolished in the war, and their society decimated by the Nazis. While Willi works to rebuild the civilian police a serial killer targets young women in both the Western and Eastern zones. At the same time, Major Ross, now fully engaged in US intelligence, is ensnared in the growing conflict between the Russians and their Western allies. Entangled with a female Russian defector, she demands Ross provide both security and, in her words, comfort during this trying moment in her life.

Cracovia, nel 1893, non offre granché se sei una donna che non si accontenta dei ruoli assegnati dai tempi correnti. E a Zofia, trentotto anni, moglie avveduta di un professore universitario, gran consumatrice di specchi nelle migliori boutique e dispensatrice di convenevoli sulla via per il mercato, la sola veste di perfetta padrona di casa comincia a stare stretta. È così che si mette in testa di primeggiare nella raccolta fondi dell'imminente lotteria di beneficenza, la cui riuscita necessita del patrocinio delle ricche residenti di Casa Helcel, luogo di riposo gestito dalle suore.

Londyn 1899 rok. Simeon Lynch prowadził dostatnie życie, służąc jako zabójca rodzinie Moriartych, która kierowała najpotężniejszą organizacją przestępczą ówczesnego świata. Teraz, stojąc prawie na stopniach szubienicy, dowiaduje się mrocznej prawdy o swoim pracodawcy, o Sherlocku Holmesie i swojej własnej przeszłości. Ta wiedza sprawia, że Simeon postanawia za wszelką cenę uciec z więzienia i zabić raz jeszcze.

Neapolis, 22 a.C. Dalla vasca delle murene di una lussuosa villa situata nella meravigliosa località di Pausilypon affiora una carcassa umana. È del ricco e spregevole eques romano Lucio Popilio Lepido, ospite del proprietario della villa, il cavaliere Publio Vedio Pollione, più feroce del morto. Pollione e Lepido non sono gli unici equites di Pausilypon: altri cinque loro sodali, con cui hanno sancito un patto segreto, si sono dati appuntamento nella dimora per un simposio. A pochi giorni – non è un caso – dall'arrivo in città dell'imperatore Augusto. Accanto al corpo di Lepido, un messaggio oscuro.

La prima indagine della nuova squadra investigativa al servizio del papa. Una serie di omicidi per avvelenamento dilaga ormai da troppo tempo tra tutte le classi sociali di Roma. Come se non bastasse, diversi neonati spariscono misteriosamente e i casi di aborto procurato si moltiplicano. Papa Benedetto non può accettare questa nuova piaga che si è abbattuta sulla città.

When an innocent man goes on the run from police, Sylvia finds herself harboring an accused murderer. Drawn into investigating the violent crime, her search for the truth leads her into the unfamiliar world of betting and horseracing.

The Home Office has asked Sir Bertrand Thorndike to head an investigation into stolen royal jewels. It's the perfect chance for Bertie to step out of his brother's long shadow. His superior, The Duke of Haverly, has a plan that makes him balk: in order to sell his cover, Bertie must play the part of a man looking for love, ready to reform his rakish ways. The duke is willing to let Bertie name his own investigative team, but his recommendation that the team include Philippa Cashel has Bertie on his guard. Does the duke-known for his behind-the-scenes machinations-have an ulterior motive?

Four people's lives are dramatically torn apart by a single terrifying event. Two days before Christmas the express train to Strasbourg crashes into a local train in the winter darkness outside Paris. On board is Gilles Malroux, a man with a shady past and a strong reason to avoid the police. In the mayhem of the crash he is badly injured but to avoid capture by the police he swaps identity papers with one of the other victims of the impact. Gilles tries to flee in the dark but finds himself taken to the house of a woman he doesn't know but who calls him Davide.

In the early 1940s, NYPD Dan Brady, an Irish immigrant who, as a boy in Dublin ran messages for the Sinn Fein, is working on a string of anti-Semitic assaults when he catches a murder case of a Bronx Sunday School teacher by a serial rapist. He soon discovers the rapist's pattern of hitchhiking into and out of the city and pioneers a process of cooperation with the FBI and other police departments to conduct a dragnet from Louisiana to New England.

Ty Dawson, now the sheriff of Oregon's Meriwether County, is ready to put a trying year behind him, but he's afforded no such luck. In a country still coming to grips with the Vietnam War, Watergate, and Charles Manson, Ty's neck of the woods isn't safe from the turmoil-especially when a commune of young so-called hippies springs up out of nowhere . . .

Familie Rath steuert auf ein dramatisches Ende zu: Gereon hat nach der Rückkehr aus den USA ein Versteck in Rhöndorf bei Bonn bezogen und schlägt sich nach Berlin durch, um Charly beizustehen. Sie muss Hannah Singer aus den Wittenauer Heilstätten befreien und Fritze verteidigen, der unter Mordverdacht gerät. Der Judenhass wächst und mit der Reichsprgromnacht kulminiert eine Entwicklung, die Charly vorhergesehen und Gereon lange geleugnet hat.

Harry Fox is after the man who ripped his family apart. How can he get his revenge? By tempting the man with a relic he can't refuse. But fate intervenes when an earthquake reveals the tomb of a Thracian king. A tantalizing missive in the tomb pulls Harry away from his quest for revenge and launches him on a perilous chase to uncover the truth behind this Thracian mystery. Except Harry isn't the only person racing through the past. Harry follows a treacherous path across ancient Thrace as a mysterious adversary closes in.

Starting in New York City, The Plan quickly moves to the Mississippi Delta and winds up in Ecuador. Based on a true story of two murdered civil rights lawyers, Susan Klopfer’s intriguing work weaves factual history through alternative or paranormal fiction themes.

As Lenora struggles to decipher the eerie happenings surrounding her daughter and strives to free her friend’s trapped spirit, a new puzzle emerges—one that hits too close to home. When her father is brutally murdered, Lenora must plunge into the dark depths of his past, unearthing secrets that sends shivers down her spine. With her life hanging in the balance and a treacherous fate looming, Lenora must unravel a sinister web of connections or risk becoming the next victim.

The Stolen Heart has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

Благопристойные английские поместья напоминают глубокие озера с темной водой. Что скрывается там, за невозмутимой гладью? Твердое надежное дно или коварные омуты, мелкие безобидные рыбешки или страшные зубастые чудовища? Твердость духа, незыблемые принципы и типично английское чувство юмора помогают Эмме Норидж блестяще разрешать загадки, которые подбрасывает ей жизнь. Берегитесь, господа – гувернантка выведет вас на чистую воду! Это сборник потрясающих рассказов, посвященных расследованию английской гувернантки Эммы Норидж.

After a riding accident involving her uncle, a respected General, Mina's life takes a dark turn. A new groom with a mysterious past and unsettling talents arrives at the estate, stirring whispers of hidden secrets and dangerous motives. As Mina delves deeper into the groom's enigma, she unravels a web of intrigue that threatens to upend everything she knows.

Fiona Mahoney’s past returns to haunt her present as a prizefighter from her hometown becomes the only suspect in a gruesome, high-society murder. No one in London knows what befell Fiona’s family back in Ireland. At least, no one left alive. That is until her late brother’s best mate arrives in the city for the bareknuckle bout of the century.