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This riveting debut set in 1534 England secured C. J. Sansom’s place “among the most distinguished of modern historical novelists” (P. D. James). When Henry VIII’s emissary is beheaded at an English monastery, hunchbacked lawyer Matthew Shardlake is dispatched to solve the crime. But as he uncovers a cesspool of sin, three more murders occur - and Matthew may be the next target.

A thrilling BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation based on CJ Sansom's best-selling Tudor crime novel. Winter, 1537. Henry VIII has declared himself Supreme Head of the Church and instructed his Chief Minister, Thomas Cromwell, to dissolve England's religious houses and seize their wealth. But Cromwell's plot to bring down the abbeys has hit a snag - one of the King's Commissioners has been found brutally murdered in Scarnsea monastery, on the south coast of Kent.

Invierno de 1537, Inglaterra. En una época de revolución que experimenta los mayores cambios desde 1066, Enrique VIII se ha proclamado Jefe Supremo de la Iglesia. El país se despierta con nuevas leyes salvajes, juicios amañados y la mayor red de informadores jamás vista. Bajo las órdenes de Thomas Cromwell, la peligrosa y todopoderosa mano derecha del rey, un equipo de comisionados es enviado por todo el país para investigar los monasterios. Una investigación que sólo puede arrojar un resultado: la disolución.

The War of the Spider Queen begins here. While their whole world is changing around them, four dark elves struggle against different enemies. Yet their paths will lead them all to the most terrifying discovery in the long history of the drow and set them on a quest to save not only Menzoberranzan but the entire dark elf race from Dissolution....

NAMED A BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE “Suspenseful, provocative and surprisingly tender.”—NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW “Cleverly weaves together time travel and memory games into a hard-to-put-down thriller. It’s an expertly...

The twenty-fifth enthralling Hugh Corbett medieval mystery from Paul Doherty, perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom, E. M. Powell and Bernard Cornwell. January 1313. As London is gripped by a freezing winter, Sir Hugh Corbett becomes embroiled in a ghoulish game of kings played out between the...

For ten years the Cosa Nostra has ruled with an iron fist in Chicago—their reign is about to end, and I’ll be the one to bring them down. I’m the Grim Reaper of the Sicilian mafia, and I bow to no one, not even her, so when she asks me to teach her to fight, when she tells me she wants to be made, I give in just so I can piss off the bosses.

Xenofall is coming. Shanti returns to a divided Red Wild. Isaru, the puppet of Rakhim Shal, now rules from Haven. He plans to attack Colonia itself to win the support of the bickering Elekai kingdoms. Meanwhile, a resistance recognizing Shanti as Anna Reborn has formed at Kalear. But it will be crushed unless she can find further support. Lurking behind everything is the sinister power of the Hyperfold.

He wanted her to leave him, but, in the end, he was forced to do it. Separating himself from Lila puts Nathan in a level of hell he never knew existed. The journey is a spiraling descent where the beast inside is released and havoc reigns in the arena of self-destruction. But what is he to do? It was for the best, after all.