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An investigation into a girl’s disappearance uncovers a mystery dating back to World War II in a haunting novel of suspense by the best-selling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Paris Assignment.

Amateur sleuth Flavia de Luce, along with her pestilent younger cousin, investigates the murder of a former public hangman and uncovers secrets that bring the greatest shock of her life.

With her sharpened magical senses, Sylvia recognizes invisible writing while cataloging an obscure book for the library. She’s shocked to discover the message, written many years earlier, pleaded for help. She’s even more shocked to discover the author of the message was married to a paper magician.

From acclaimed fantasy author John Gwynne comes the first in the Bloodsworn trilogy, an epic of wild lands and wilder magic, where not all monsters fight with tooth and claw...and the treasures of the gods come at a price....

Hannah Miles navigates the etiquette of monster hunting through the parlours of a magical Regency England....

Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959. At the end of a scorching hot day, a local deliveryman makes a terrible discovery. A police investigation is called, and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most shocking and perplexing murder cases in the history of South Australia....

While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call...

Hours later, the man’s cold body lies in the city mortuary, alongside the woman he couldn’t save. And his sister, unconventional nurse Gemma Tate, tracks down troubled police inspector Sebastian Bell to unravel the truth....

An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic aristocrat. And a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets. . . . From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes “a terrifying twist on classic gothic horror” (Kirkus Reviews) set in glamorous 1950s Mexico.

It is 1873, and as the economies of Europe threaten to crumble, Mycroft Holmes finds himself in service to the Crown once again. A distant relative of Queen Victoria has been slain by the Fire Four Eleven killer, a serial murderer who leaves no mark upon his victims....

Librarian Sylvia Ashe knows nothing about her past, having grown up without a father and a mother who refused to discuss him. When she stumbles upon a diary that suggests she's descended from magicians, she's skeptical....

Gemma Tate has a new job and a new address. She is putting her past—her memories of nursing in the Crimean war—behind her. But when Jacob Harrow, a journalist with ties to Crimea, is found brutally killed, Gemma is pulled into the investigation.

In 1558 the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict....

In his wickedly brilliant first novel, Debut Dagger Award winner Alan Bradley introduces one of the most singular and engaging heroines in recent fiction: Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison....

In London, twenty-six-year-old Venetia Stanley—aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless—is part of a fast group of upper-crust bohemians and socialites known as “The Coterie.” She’s also engaged in a clandestine love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age.

Psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs unravels a profound mystery from her past in a war-torn nation grappling with its future....

Finding an old manuscript in the attic has always been a fantasy of Sylvia’s. She just never expected the fantasy to come true, or for it to lead her to answers about her mysterious family....

The year is A.D. 922. A refined Arab courtier, representative of the powerful Caliph of Baghdad, encounters a party of Viking warriors who are journeying to the barbaric North....

A cruise down the Nile, a camel ride around the pyramids, lunch in the shadow of the Sphinx… And a very dead body!

Detective Isaac Bell faces an attack on the Federal Reserve in this all-new adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Clive Cussler....

Charlotte Holmes is accustomed to solving crimes, not being accused of them, but she finds herself in a dreadfully precarious position as the bestselling Lady Sherlock series continues....

Georgie and Darcy are finally on their honeymoon in Kenya's Happy Valley, but murder crashes the party in this all-new installment in the New York Times best-selling series....

In exchange for help escaping her long and wrongful imprisonment, embittered magical healer Blackthorn has vowed to set aside her bid for vengeance....

Maisie Dobbs got her start as a maid in an aristocratic London household at thirteen. Her employer, suffragette Lady Rowan Compton, soon became her patron, taking the bright youngster under her wing. Ten years after the Armistice, Maisie sets out on her own as a private investigator....

On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife....

In London, twenty-six-year-old Venetia Stanley—aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless—is part of a fast group of upper-crust bohemians and socialites known as “The Coterie.” She’s also engaged in a clandestine love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age. He writes to her obsessively, sharing the most sensitive matters of state.

On March 8, 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished while on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing China. The location of the aircraft and 239 passengers and crew a mystery. Ten years later a woman spots one of the passengers, her husband, on a video. The search for answers leads to more questions and a mystery two millenniums old.

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?

On an isolated estate in late-eighteenth-century rural Wales, a young English doctor uncovers dangerous secrets that may threaten his own life in this spellbinding Gothic tale from the bestselling author of Pandora.

Los Angeles, 4 août 1962. La ville subit une vague de chaleur au milieu de l'été. Marilyn Monroe fait une overdose. Une starlette de série B est kidnappée. La police de Los Angeles, surmédiatisée, réagit de façon excessive. Le chef Bill Parker cherche à se venger. L'affaire Monroe a l'air de rapporter gros. Il fait appel à Freddy Otash.

When Muriel Carew attends a lavish society party, the last person she expects to bump into is her ex-fiancee Henry Jekyll, a man she's not seen for many years. When Jekyll turns out to be investigating a series of missing persons in London, Muriel is intrigued. But Jekyll is not working alone, and if Muriel wants to aid in the investigation, she must work with both Henry and his partner, the monstrous and uncouth Mr Hyde.

Twenty-four-year-old Daisy Moore is at a crossroads. Racked with guilt over her mother’s tragic death in a house fire, she needs a job and somewhere to live. She’s offered a lifeline, working at the Dolphin Hotel in the quiet Oxfordshire village of Fernfield. It’s a huge change after her exciting secret wartime work in London. Though the villagers aren’t keen on outsiders – or young women who speak their mind. But when a body is found in one of the hotel bedrooms, Daisy must use all her skills to help find the murderer.

An intriguing invitation from H. G. Wells brings Dr. Watson face to face with a man who claims to be a time traveler from ancient Rome. The 'time traveler' wants to change history and seeks Watson's help. Skeptical, Watson dismisses him, and he vanishes in a blinding flash of light. But when the light fades, Watson and Wells make a shocking discovery.

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.

Civil war is ripping England apart. Families are divided, emotions run high. Whether on the bleakness of the moors or in snug, wood-panelled rooms, danger lurks. A body is found, its mouth pierced with thorns. The Justice of the Peace, a godly man, is certain that witchcraft is involved. Only his assistant, former cavalryman John Carne, looks for reason where others see demons and witches.

Königsberg 1924: In einer Zeit des Umbruchs ermittelt der junge jüdische Kommissar Aaron Singer in einem spektakulären Mordfall ... Auftakt einer fesselnden historischen Krimireihe im Königsberg der Goldenen Zwanziger. Königsberg, 1924: In einer verschneiten Märznacht wird im Schlosshof der Sohn eines angesehenen Reeders tot aufgefunden. Seine Halsschlagader wurde durchtrennt und die Wand hinter ihm mit hebräischen Schriftzeichen aus seinem Blut beschmiert.

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.

It’s 1927 in Victoria, Australia. A time after the Great War when women have more options opened to them. At a weekend house party at Thornton Park, Alexandra Thornton decides to break the news to her father that she wants to be an antiques dealer, like her father, grandfather and great-grandfather before her. Guests include Zhang Huo, a Chinese antiques dealer who, with his son, has brought a Ming dragon statue from China for Thomas Thornton, Alexandra’s father. Benedict Archer, manager of Thornton Antiques in Melbourne, is also invited.

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.

In this 3rd mystery of the series, tracker/cartographer Mitch Holland and treasure hunter Rod Florea find themselves on Mt. Whitney (California), highest mountain in the contiguous USA. It is there that they come to the aid of two teenagers who are looking for hidden Spanish Gold. An old map purchased at a yard sale turns out to be quite authentic, and the 16th century pirate tale that gives the map that authenticity is indeed a bone-chilling account.

Durante visita a um museu, o narrador admira uma determinada múmia asteca em excelente estado de conservação, quando é interpelado por um misterioso homem que alega estar morto e reivindica para si a "fabricação" da preciosidade arqueológica. A partir deste incidente, desenrola-se uma interessante história a respeito da origem da múmia, repleta de curiosidades sobre o submundo das falsificações de relíquias pré-colombianas destinadas à venda para homens da ciência e turistas ingênuos.

Der erste Rand der großen Bettauer-Retrospektive. Der politisch visionäre Roman von Hugo Bettauer veranschaulicht das Sittenbild der 1920er Jahre und wirft brandaktuelle Fragen nach Schuld und Sühne in Krisenzeiten auf. Desillusioniert und völlig verarmt kehrt der ehemalige Freiherr Kolomann von Isbaregg aus dem verlorenen Ersten Weltkrieg zurück und findet sich in der gesellschaftlichen Neuordnung nicht mehr zurecht: Weder seine adelige Herkunft noch seine militärischen Leistungen für die untergegangene k. und k Monarchie Österreich-Ungarn, sind noch einen Deut wert.

" On dit qu'il y a un prix que doit payer tout voyageur s'aventurant dans les Terres oubliées. Un prix dépassant le simple coût d'un billet de train. " XIXe siècle. Quels secrets renferment les Terres oubliées, ces vastes étendues entre la Russie et la Chine totalement coupées du monde ? La seule activité que l'on y connaisse est le passage du Transsibérien Express. Si la traversée est réputée dangereuse, les voyageurs ne manquent pas, tous attirés par les mystères et les légendes de ce territoire isolé. Malgré d'inquiétantes rumeurs à propos d'un accident survenu lors du dernier trajet, la compagnie l'assure, tout est désormais sécurisé