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Winter, 1607. A man is struck down in the grounds of Battle Abbey, Sussex. Before dawn breaks, he is dead. Home to the Montagues, Battle has caught the paranoid eye of King James. The Catholic household is rumoured to shelter those loyal to the Pope, disguising them as servants within the abbey walls. And the last man sent to expose them was silenced before his report could reach London. Daniel Pursglove is summoned to infiltrate Battle and find proof of treachery. He soon discovers that nearly everyone at the abbey has something to hide.

24 de Octubre de 2019. Ramón Santolaya, en calidad de secretario de Estado, asiste como testigo al acto de exhumación de Francisco Franco en El Valle de los Caídos. Posteriormente, desde el coche oficial, observa el vuelo que porta el féretro hasta Mingorrubio. Sin embargo, los restos del dictador nunca llegan a su destino. El helicóptero que los traslada se estrella pocos minutos después del despegue. ¿Atentado? ¿Accidente?

Moses is in line to become the next Pharaoh, god-king of Egypt. But when he discovers his true family identity as a Hebrew slave, Pharaoh seeks to kill him. So Moses flees to Midian, land of the mysterious Mountain of God. That God, Yahweh, calls him to return to Egypt and its new Pharaoh to bring his people out of slavery. But Pharaoh is not the only villain Moses must face. The 10 plagues are Yahweh’s war with the gods of Egypt. And those gods are not myths. They are demons. And they are not about to let the Israelites go without a fight.

It's 1966. London is swinging, and the Cold War is spiralling. Clear-cut lines have faded to grey areas. Whispers of conspiracies are everywhere. Spies on both sides of the Iron Curtain are running in circles, chasing constant plots and counterplots. And MI5 Agent Richard Knox is tired of all of it. But when Abey Bennett, his CIA comrade in arms, appears in London with a ghost from Knox's past and a terrifying warning that could change the balance of power in the Cold War for good, he has to fight to save the future.

Tra le calli della Serenissima, i Lupi di Venezia sono di nuovo a caccia...Venezia, XVI secolo. Marco Gianetti, l'assistente di bottega del celebre Tintoretto, deve fare i conti con le conseguenze delle proprie azioni. Corrotto dallo scrittore Pietro Aretino, al cui ricatto ha piegato il suo volere, è ormai odiato dagli ebrei del ghetto, che lo incolpano di un crimine atroce. Più passa il tempo e più Gianetti si convince che il denaro sia un subdolo alleato: invece di proteggerlo, ha messo in pericolo la sua vita.

Autunno 1919. Gabriele d'Annunzio ha conquistato Fiume e per sfidare i diplomatici franco-britannici ha deciso di invitarli a un beffardo banchetto nel manicomio del dottor Zoser, singolare e sinistra figura di psichiatra o, come si diceva allora, "alienista". Poco dopo il pranzo, però, Zoser muore folgorato, apparentemente vittima di un cortocircuito mentre è nel suo laboratorio, chiuso ermeticamente dall'interno. Il tenente Marni, il legionario responsabile della sicurezza interna, non crede si sia trattato di un incidente.

Año 61 a.c, durante el consulado de Pisón y Corvino. Una serie de crímenes perturba la vida diaria de Roma, una ciudad de por sí caótica y repleta de conflictos políticos. El senador Cayo Rabirio y el liberto Crisógono son hallados muertos. Ambos fueron mutilados y después ejecutados mediante una violenta puñalada en el corazón. Un modus operandi que recuerda a los sacrificios humanos que realizaban los sacerdotes de la diosa Ma.

A meticulously researched novel set in 19th-century British India, The Light Horse is the story of two men who join forces to capture one of the most dreaded murderers in history - one man driven by sworn duty and the other man by vengeance. It is a psychological thriller based on documented fact, crafted after years of research into this compelling and nearly unbelievable chapter in the true history of 19th-century British-occupied India.

Berlin im April 1945: Ein britischer Spion ist an Pläne für die neue Steuerung der gefürchteten V2-Rakete gelangt, die dem Krieg eine entscheidende Wende geben könnte. Da die Rote Armee bereits vor den Toren der Stadt steht, bittet man den Kreml um Hilfe, um den Spion sicher aus dem umkämpften Gebiet zu bringen. Die Mission ist ein Himmelfahrtskommando - und die Briten wollen genau einen Mann dafür: den legendären Inspektor Pekkala.

Corre el mes de febrero de 1933 en Berlín. Ante el edificio del Parlamento en llamas, el ministro de Propaganda del Tercer Reich, Joseph Goebbels, se dispone a hacer unas declaraciones a la prensa. Unos días antes, Siegfried Sauer, que había huido a Viena junto a Rosa, se encuentra en su casa con el agente doble Karl Julian.

For nearly 2000 years, the Catholic Church has revered and protected its priceless, sprawling inventory of holy relics. From the bones of apostles to pieces of the cross Jesus died on, Catholics worldwide have long viewed their cherished relics as sacred - reminders of the possibility of miracles, of the power of the Almighty. But, some of the holiest relics in all of Christendom have been lost down through the centuries to war, thieves, or worse. And, the Catholic Church has spent untold blood and treasure to recover them - often to no avail.

Charleston attorney Hanna Walsh finds her life in emotional and financial ruin when her husband's ties to a ruthless stranger unleashes a spiraling cascade of betrayal and murder in this twisting story of treachery and shattered dreams.

Printemps 1639. Depuis des mois, des vols inexplicables exaspèrent Gaston de Tilly. À ces larcins incompréhensibles s'ajoute maintenant l'horrible assassinat d'une plaideuse venue à Paris pour un procès à la Grand chambre. Dès lors, le jeune commissaire ne peut s'occuper du vol subi par le maître boucher Jehan Le Pontonnier, son ancien condisciple au collège de Clermont, qui va tenter de retrouver son voleur avec l'aide de Louis Fronsac.

Albert Jarvis is an unusually bright boy - a tragic temperament for the jailor's son in a gritty 1840s town at the edge of the American frontier. Desperate to belong, he fails repeatedly to prove himself worth his salt, until a captivating stranger offers an enchanting vision - a world where the path to heroism lies in words. The place is New York City. The stranger: Edward Rulloff, an accomplished physician, lawyer, professor, inventor, linguist fluent in 27 languages - and serial killer.

Genova, 1502. Dal giorno in cui è stato ferito da un sicario che aveva il compito di uc­ciderlo, Martino Durante giace su un letto privo di sensi. Veglia su di lui Sofia, una mercenaria conosciuta a Milano che più volte lo ha tradi­to, ma che ora non si allontana mai dal suo capezzale. Luomo che vole­va la morte di Durante è Goffredo Landriani, un nobile milanese senza scrupoli, che in passato è stato osta­colato più volte da Martino.

Bob è un uomo molto riservato e taciturno. L'incomunicabilità che lo caratterizza ha fatto naufragare il suo matrimonio. Pochissimi, però, conoscono il suo segreto. Bob è un agente della CIA. Una vacanza a Roma lo porta ad incontrare una affascinante ragazza ebrea con un dottorato in arte alle prese, insieme a un anziano professore di origine britannica esperto di esoterismo, con delle ricerche sui collegamenti internazionali che esistevano nell'Ottocento tra l'Italia e il resto d'Europa.

FBI Agent Ben Blanchard is angry at God for allowing his wife to die. He’s tasked with investigating a Nazi sabotage operation with a new partner, Vicky, a known German spy who looks strikingly like his late wife...and they’ll be posing as a married couple. They arrive in the isolated town of Sugar Falls, Ontario, where they find a mysterious lumber mill, a distressed German soprano, and murderous disputes over maple tapping.

The Bureau of Archaeology (BoA) receives a bizarre petition under the Right-To-Information (RTI) Act, demanding the bureau disclose authentic historical evidence for the legend of the World Heritage monument. The bureau dumps the case on Vijay Kumar, a brilliant but maverick archaeologist, who discovers that the RTI case is not as straightforward as it sounds. Mysterious deaths and an Interpol alert make matters worse.

Of supposed unsound mind without a penny to her name, Blanche Magruder lies alone in a home for the aged and infirm. Meanwhile, her house, a crumbled ruin in the heart of Georgetown, Washington, DC, is pillaged nightly by thieves looking for treasure rumored to be hidden there. A distant niece, Margaret O’Keefe, is tapped as executor and soon becomes embroiled in the hunt for recovering monies, taking it on as a welcome escape from her financial and marital woes. As Margaret discovers caches in unlikely spots throughout the house, family mysteries begin to unravel.

Wolf’s been promoted. He’s helped bring down one of the South’s greatest generals. Yet his country still has more to ask of him, and the costliest war in America’s history rages on. Sheridan’s cavalry raids west to destroy Confederate infrastructure and divert attention from Grant’s movement south of the killing fields of Cold Harbor. Yet Wade Hampton and his rebel forces have something else in store for the Union Cavalry Corps.