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It is 1628, Charles 1 is on the throne, and the British Crown is finally taking control of Ulster. Returning to his rooms one night, Alexander Seaton is shocked to find a stranger standing there - a man who could be his double. His name is Sean O'Neill, and he carries a plea for help from Maeve O'Neill, forbidding matriarch of Alexander's mother's family in Ireland. All those who bear their blood have been placed under a poet's curse: one by one they are going to die.

1635, Aberdeen. A girl lies dead in a frozen garden. A young man goes missing after a drunken brawl and a sinister cloaked figure watches from the shadows . . .The missing student, son of a Highland chief, is one of Alexander Seaton's pupils. When the young man's companion turns up bruised and bloodied, suspicion mounts that he has murdered his friend. But Alexander is convinced that there's another explanation.

Aberdeen, 1631. University librarian Robert Sim takes receipt of a gift of books recently arrived from overseas, mysterious works on alchemy and hermetics - the pursuit of ancient knowledge. By nightfall he has been brutally murdered. His colleague and good friend Alexander Seaton is left with the task of hunting for clues as to his killer's motive, as well as locating the missing books. What did Sim discover in the package, and what makes these books so dangerous?

El 19 de julio de 1909, Elsie Thornton, la niñera de los señores Desvalls, aparece muerta flotando en las aguas del lavadero mayor el día siguiente a la recepción que se celebró en el parque del Laberinto de Horta, en la finca familiar. Al tratarse de una ciudadana británica, Ossorio, el gobernador, ordena a Ignasi Requesens que sea él, junto a su inseparable Cristóbal, quien se encargue de la investigación.

England, 1069. King William has finally stamped his authority on this conquered kingdom. His lands are held in the grasp of Frankish lords, and their castles dominate the skyline. But a rebellious few still lurk on the fringes, and they will not fade quietly into the wilderness. In the east, an outlaw rebel has risen, gathering support from the common folk, and building an island fortress that stands as a bastion of hope against Frankish oppression.

Croatia, 1351. Daring knight Gerard Fox and his adventurous wife Willa, fresh from a dangerous quest across Italy and Greece, soon find themselves embroiled in a new intrigue as they sail toward the walled city of Dubrovnik. Having inadvertently hindered a rescue mission, Fox and Willa make amends by helping a desperate Croatian couple forced into a terrible dilemma: either they betray their hometown to a treacherous nobleman and the brutal warlord he serves, or their abducted child will be murdered.

Spring 1930. In the quiet streets of Craynebrook, a sinister presence lurks in the shadows, ready to pounce on the unsuspecting women of the suburban London town. After every attack, the assailant disappears into the night, leaving behind no trace, no witnesses, and no clues for Detective Inspector Matthew Stannard to follow.

Einen Tag nach Pearl Harbor versammeln sich die schockierten Amerikaner vor ihren Radios und müssen mit anhören, wie Franklin D. Roosevelt den Kriegseintritt der USA erklärt. In Los Angeles plant unterdessen der deutsche Spion Martin Browning einen Anschlag auf den amerikanischen Präsidenten. Er will Roosevelt am Weihnachtsabend töten, wenn dieser vor dem Weißen Haus den Weihnachtsbaum erleuchtet. Wer wird ihn aufhalten?

Deux héros échappés de la tourmente révolutionnaire enquêtent sur l'attentat de la rue Saint-Nicaise contre Napoléon Bonaparte au soir du 24 décembre 1800. Le soir de Noël 1800, Bonaparte échappe de peu à un sanglant attentat au cœur de Paris. Aussitôt, le ministre de la Police, Fouché, se lance dans une folle traque pour arrêter les responsables. Mais rien ne se passe comme prévu... et les cadavres se multiplient. Alors que la France prend peur et que le pouvoir vacille, Talleyrand fait appel à son ami Armand de Calvimont pour découvrir la vérité.

Humble layman Will Bowman lives in the countryside with his pregnant wife, when soldiers from Richard Lionheart's army tear through his home. Will is beaten unconscious, and awakes to find his wife murdered, his farm burnt down, and his life forever changed. In vengeance, Will infiltrates Richard's army to find the marauding gang, and finds himself swept along in the march of the Crusades. With the help of new allies and fuelled by his loss, Will crosses Europe with the King's army.

Un soldado de oscuro pasado y un fiel sargento del Ejército reciben la misión de encontrar el móvil y al culpable, pero no hallarán facilidades de parte de una cúpula militar llena de secretos... De su mano se irán despejando los misterios de una historia en la que nada es lo que parece, y donde los pasos nos encaminan hacia un lugar en el que reina el horror, el vacío, el absurdo, los emperadores extraños.

What if home became a place of dread? Maliha Anderson returns to her family in French-owned Pondicherry, and it's worse than she expects. Her grandmother is trying to marry her off but that's nothing compared the suicide of an unknown woman in front of a family wedding party. Or that her rejected lover has returned unexpectedly. Maliha refuses to allow the woman's death to be brushed under the carpet but her investigations bring her to a very dark place. Slavery, sexual violence and taboo relationships guide her to a devastating revelation that might destroy her family.

Un importante, pero macabro hallazgo arqueológico desentierra un misterio que ha sido celosamente guardado por la iglesia: en una mazmorra, construida en los tiempos de la conquista, son encontrados los cadáveres de siete frailes quienes fueron abandonados y torturados a muerte.

London, 1952. Seven years after the chaotic aftermath of World War II, London has is coming alive again, with jazz clubs and flickering cinema awnings lighting up the night sky. But for widowed Helen ‘Dexie’ Dexter, she’s still a woman in a man’s world. She longs to prove herself as an officer in the London Metropolitan Police, yet she’s stuck intervening in domestics and making tea for her male colleagues.

In between the shootouts, violence, and debauchery, there is the overarching question of "can people actually change?" The listener will see that the answer is not so simple—especially when you live in a place like New Orleans.

Der neue Thriller von Bestseller-Autor Jean-Christophe Grangé liefert einen gnadenlosen Blick in die dunkelsten Abgründe der menschlichen Seele. Während der Pariser Studentenproteste tauchen die Leichen von mehreren jungen Frauen auf. Das Bizarre: Sie sind alle in Yogaposen arrangiert. Die blutige Spur des Mörders führt um die halbe Welt bis nach Indien. Paris, 1968: Die Straßen brennen, die staatliche Ordnung scheint ausgehebelt – und mitten in diesem Chaos befindet sich Hervé, ein ebenso kluger wie wütender Student. Er hätte ein Held der Studentenproteste werden können.

The Award winning short story 'The Cellist ' follows the story of a young musical protege Adolphina, as she attempts to evade the the clutches of the Gestapo in war torn Paris. Is she part of the resistance? Can she trust her mentor, lover and confidante Claudia? What dark family secrets has her Uncle kept from her?

Madrid, 1889. Largas lenguas de fuego desdibujan la solidez arquitectónica del Gran Hotel Inglés. Entre la muchedumbre, el humo, los escombros y el caos, Elvira Pardo Losada detiene la camilla sobre la que los bomberos trasladan a uno de los heridos. Se trata de Leonardo, su gran amigo, cómplice de sus verdaderos impulsos por la escritura. La mujer se acerca asustada para escuchar lo que su amigo le intenta decir.

Dublin, 1883. Another woman is found discarded in a coal pile on Dublin's south docks. Sub-Inspector Barn Blake, a policeman with a talent for solving macabre murders, is put on the case. However, certain authorities in the state would prefer the murders to remain unsolved and make every effort to hinder him. In the course of his investigation, he is attacked and infected with a deadly affliction leaving him with only seven days to stop the killer.

Cornwall 1940: Um den Bombenangriffen auf London zu entgehen, bringt Robert Carlyon seine Familie nach Cornwall, wo sie auf dem Landsitz Higher Barton eine Bleibe finden. Während Roberts Frau und sein Sohn sich zunächst schwer in das Landleben einfügen, ist die siebzehnjährige Eve von dem Herrenhaus sofort begeistert. Doch nachts meint sie, jemanden ihren Namen rufen zu hören. Eve erfährt, dass Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts die junge Evelyn Tremaine spurlos verschwunden ist. Seitdem soll ihr Geist in den Mauern umgehen.