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In post-war Flanders Adelais de Wolf's family is slowly but surely coming apart after an event nobody will talk about: her mother evermore lost to religious devotion, her father to alcohol. But with the death of a beloved uncle, Adelais finds herself in receipt of an unexpected legacy: a shuttered house in a rundown district and its contents – contents which hold the promise of wealth and independence. All that is required is application, nerve, and a willingness to operate outside of the law.

When two strangers find themselves sitting next to each other on a cross-country flight, neither realize that the identities of their seat mate aren’t exactly what they are saying. In a taut and tension-filled thriller, a cat and mouse game ensues with each person trying to stay one step ahead of the other until there comes a final, inevitable showdown and all is revealed. A perfect vacation listen that is a pause-resister from beginning to end. The Audible version is a masterpiece voiced by British actress Poppy Damon.

Fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters is up to no good, but for a very good reason. Without parents, peerage, or merit, ducking school but barred from actual work, he steals what he needs, living day-to-day until he’s old enough to enlist to fight the Germans. After barely surviving the Blitz, Charlie knows there’s no telling when a falling bomb might end his life.

What if the past refuses to stay buried? What if spirits from a century-old tragedy still haunt the aisles of your local Walmart? Could you handle the truth behind the creepy laughter and cries ringing during the night? Galveston Haunted Walmart is a gripping account of author Denise Sandoval's experiences while working at a Walmart, which was built over the tragic grounds of St. Mary's Orphan's Asylum in Galveston, Texas. In this book, she uncovers the eerie and unsettling events that continue to plague this modern-day store, more than a century after the deadly storm of 1900.

In the spirit of Stephen King, the natural becomes supernatural in Isla Chillido—a true tale of terror. Isla Chillido is a luxury Caribbean island resort that is largely populated during the summer season by the grown children of uber-rich parents who feel entitled, empowered, and carefree to a fault. Their only parameters in life seem to be an abject worry of being ridiculed by their peers or appearing “uncool” at any moment in time. These pretentious young adults fear nothing and no one until…until they are faced with a horror beyond imagination.

She was seventeen when she'd first met Gabriel. Over that heady, intense summer, he made her think and feel and see differently. She thought it was the start of her great love story and that it would last forever. When Gabriel left to become the person his mother expected him to be, she was broken. It was Frank who picked up the pieces. Together they'd built a home very different from the one she'd imagined with Gabriel. But then Gabriel came back, and all Beth's certainty about who she was and what she wanted crumbled.

In the ghetto, the last 50,000 Jews await their fate, but, unlike those who preceded them to the death camps, these Jews are prepared to fight. Jan Kalisz, Kripo investigator and Resistance double-agent, has promised to supply them with weapons. But how will he fulfil his vow? The murder of a German officer appears to provide an opportunity.

In 1987, as the Cold War reaches a climax, British agent Bernard Samson confronts difficulties at home and on the job as he copes with an affair with a coworker, his wife, ethical conflict, and high-level government scandal.

In 1933 Cuba, a deadly game of cat and mouse unfolds. An IRA sharpshooter, driven by vengeance and a relentless mission, has Winston Churchill in his crosshairs. But just as the assassin is about to strike, Churchill's tenacious bodyguard, Walter Thompson, intervenes, forcing the killer into the shadows. Years later, amid the fiery rain of the German Blitz on London, Thompson locks eyes with a ghost from Havana—the very same assassin. But now, the stakes are higher.

Hellenic Gendarme, Major Mikhail Remis is a man in demand. Feared as much by fellow officers as the criminal underworld, Remis grapples with his own sense of rough justice. When the body of Mossad undercover agent, Konrad Tafel is found deep in the Balkan Mountains, Remis is ordered by his veiled, powerful master, Manolis Callas to clear up yet another unwanted mess. Within hours the policeman is drawn into a web of lies and corruption and finds himself on the trail of a vicious killer.

When former US Navy specialists Carter Hunt and Jayden Takada join forces with acclaimed archaeologist Dr. Madison Chambers, they expect a routine transfer of artifacts from a desert excavation site to a city museum. Instead, they plunge into the shadows of a vast black market antiquities operation. But there's more at stake than just preserving history: a radical Taliban faction seeks fragments of the fabled True Cross of Jesus, believing that uniting them will bestow unparalleled might.

Duke Widukind, leader of the Saxon rebels, is sheltering in the North, beyond Karolus's reach. He hopes to persuade Bjarki Bloodhand - once a famous berserker, but now a father and family man - and his fierce sister the shield-maiden Tor, to join his revolt against tyranny. But Bjarki has eloped with Widukind's sister Edith, who was betrothed to Abbio the Crow. In revenge, Abbio uses seithr to strike at Bjarki - a powerful spell to drive him insane. Can Bjarki resist the long slide into madness?

Des millions de lecteurs captivés : le chef-d'œuvre du thriller historique ! Sud de la France, printemps 1790: la Révolution menace les biens des monastères et des couvents. À l'abbaye de Montglane, la mère supérieure charge deux jeunes novices d'une mission urgente : mettre à l'abri des pillages les pièces d'un mystérieux jeu d'échecs. Beaucoup parmi les grands d'Europe veulent en effet s'en emparer : Talleyrand, Robespierre, Bonaparte ou encore Catherine II de Russie.

Hollywood, 1955. As head costume designer for Lux Pictures, Lena Taylor hears startling confessions from the biggest movie stars. She knows how to keep their secrets—after all, none of their scandals can match her own. Lena was once Elsie Gruner, the daughter of an Ohio dressmaker. Her gift for fashion design helped her win a coveted spot at an art academy in Rome. While in Italy, she became enthralled by the charismatic Julia, who drew her into a shadowy world of jazz clubs, code words, and mysterious deliveries.

In 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy makes a historic run for the White House. Despite concerns about his Catholicism, Kennedy’s outward charm is winning the country over, but his inner demons are putting his candidacy in danger and risk destroying his political career. That same year, Caitlin Russo, a former cop turned reporter, is devoting her skills to finding her husband’s killer. His job as a CIA operative posed its fair share of risks, but when Caitlin discovers his notes about the case that led to his death, she knows there’s more to the story than simple tragedy.

In "Waterway Death," listeners are transported back to the tense atmosphere of 1939, on the brink of World War II. Arthur W. Phillips crafts a gripping spy story centered around a master German spy, referred to as Dr. Death, and his dangerous plans for a newly developed explosive. Narrated by the talented Mike Vendetti, this audiobook is filled with suspense, intrigue, and high-stakes espionage as a Canadian government agent races against time to stop Dr. Death before it's too late.

UNE INTRIGUE QUI MULTIPLIE LES PIÈGES ET LES FAUX-SEMBLANTS. Mademoiselle Henriette, une jeune fille qui vit dans le plus grand dénuement, est sauvée in extrémis du suicide par son voisin brocanteur, le père Ravinet. Alors qu'il s'apitoie sur le sort de la malheureuse, son attention est attirée par deux lettres laissées sur la commode. Elles sont, selon les instructions d'Henriette, à porter après son décès au Comte de la Ville-Handry et à Maxime de Brévan.

Anno Domini 1626. Uno spirito malvagio si aggira per l’ex capitale estense. Molti lo credono il malach ah-mavet, l’angelo della morte. Di sicuro è un assassino spietato, che profana i corpi delle vittime per compiere un rituale arcano. L’incarico di fermarlo è affidato all’inquisitore Girolamo Svampa, che il Sant’Uffizio, stanco della sua condotta ribelle, vuole allontanare da Roma. Ma non saranno solo gli omicidi a tenere occupato lo Svampa. Perché nella vicenda si inserirà anche Margherita Basile, ammaliante donna d’intrigo della corte papalina, e il suo intervento risulterà quanto mai decisivo.

Gerusalemme, assedio babilonese del 586 a.C. Il profeta Geremia porta in salvo l'Arca dell'Alleanza e la nasconde nel monte Horeb. Dopo di che, sconvolto da un'incredibile scoperta, scompare nel nulla... Medio Oriente, II millennio d.C. Mentre lo scontro fra i terroristi palestinesi e il Mossad israeliano infuria, l'egittologo William Blake si trova davanti alla tomba di un faraone nel deserto Paran, migliaia di chilometri lontano dal Nilo. Nella sua mente si fa strada un'ipotesi che potrebbe far crollare i più sottili equilibri del mondo.

Alessandria d’Egitto, 112 dopo Cristo. Il ritrovamento del corpo senza testa del governatore romano Servio Simile spinge l’imperatore Traiano a inviare con urgenza dall’Urbe il suo fidato amico e compagno d’armi Gaio Ticio Massimo. Mentre l’Egitto centrale brucia nella rivolta, nell’oscurità dei vicoli di Alessandria esseri soprannaturali compiono la loro sanguinaria vendetta. Per liberare il fido Sosia dai contrabbandieri che lo hanno rapito, Massimo e il centurione Decio si imbarcheranno, in compagnia di una donna bellissima e misteriosa, in un viaggio sul Nilo che li porterà verso la guerra.