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55 BC and 54 BC. Julius Caesar invades Britain twice...only to leave empty handed. 60 AD. The Romans single-mindedly target the extermination of the Druids and the destruction of their sacred sites. What fear drives them to do so? Present day: Who were the Druids? Were they priests or astronomers? Scientists or sorcerers? What is the ancient and terrifying secret from the Mahabharata that links the megalithic sites of Britain to the Druids, Julius Caesar and a mysterious Queen who lived 4,000 years ago? These are the riddles that Vijay Singh and the task force must answer.

Narrated by acclaimed British actor Edward Petherbridge, The Last Moriarty is set in London, 1895. On a cold November morning, a young American actress visits 221B Baker Street, desperate for Sherlock Holmes to protect her from the threats of a mysterious, menacing man who has recently appeared in her life. Holmes agrees to help, even though he has just promised the Prime Minister to solve the murder of John D. Rockefeller's security agent before the incident can derail an upcoming British-American summit.

"Wildly inventive, twisty tour de force"—BookPage The lush Gothic drama of Crimson Peak meets the murderous intrigue of Knives Out with an LGBTQIA+ love story to die for from award-winning author KJ Charles. WHO WILL SURVIVE LACKADAY HOUSE? When Zeb Wyckham is summoned to a wealthy...

Après la résolution d'un cold case vieux de trente ans (cf. tome 6), la vie reprend son cours à Wahlbourg pour Léopoldine et Quentin. C'est alors qu'arrive une grande nouvelle : Niels Anderson, parrain de la première édition du festival du polar, a été si enchanté par son séjour en Alsace et par l'accueil qui lui a été réservé (cf. tome 5) qu'il propose d'inviter à ses frais douze personnes à un séminaire sur le roman policier européen à Londres. Fin août, une joyeuse bande s'envole pour la capitale anglaise. Entre tourisme et shopping, ils sont censés passer un bon moment.

Abandoned by his father, Gareth Inglis grew up lonely, prickly, and used to disappointment. Still, he longs for a connection. When he meets a charming stranger, he falls head over heels—until everything goes wrong and he's left alone again. Then Gareth's father dies, turning the shabby London clerk into Sir Gareth, with a grand house on the remote Romney Marsh and a family he doesn't know. The Marsh is another world, a strange, empty place notorious for its ruthless gangs of smugglers. And one of them is dangerously familiar…

New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd takes readers into Scotland Yard detective Ian Rutledge’s past—to his perplexing final case before the outbreak of World War I. On a fine summer’s day in June, 1914, Ian Rutledge pays little notice to the assassination of an archduke in...

Against the vividly drawn backdrop of Victorian London, amateur sleuth Charles Lenox must unlock a mystery concealed in the architecture of the city itself, in this new novel from acclaimed author Charles Finch. It's 1879, and Lenox is convalescing from the violent events of his last...

Ian Rutledge returns to his career at Scotland Yard after years fighting in the First World War. Unknown to his colleagues he is still suffering from shell shock, and is burdened with the guilt of having had executed a young soldier on the battlefield for refusing to fight. A jealous colleague has learned of his secret and has managed to have Rutledge assigned to a difficult case which could spell disaster for Rutledge whatever the outcome. A retired officer has been murdered, and Rutledge goes to investigate.

“One of the best historical series being written today.” —Washington Post “Todd once and for all establishes the shell-shocked Rutledge as the genre’s most complex and fascinating detective.” —Entertainment Weekly The Confession is historical crime fiction at its finest, continuing...

After two London men end their business partnership, one of them is savagely murdered in a medieval tithe barn on his estate in Somerset. Investigating the killing, Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge discovers that the victim was universally despised in Cambury - even the victim's wife and the town's police inspector are suspect. And yet in London circles, the man was highly regarded. What triggered his death?

An engrossing collection of detective stories featuring all the great classic sleuths, including Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, Max Carrados, J. G. Reeder, and C. Auguste Dupin. 1.The Tea-Leaf by Edgar Jepson & Robert Eustace 2.The Queer Feet by G. K. Chesterton 3.The Curious Circumstances of the Two Left Shoes by Ernest Bramah 4. The Club of One-Eyed Men by Arthur Somers Roche 5.Diamond Cut Diamond by F. Britten Austin 6.The Game Played in the Dark by Ernest Bramah

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London 1930. Sherlock Holmes, inzwischen 76 Jahre alt, lebt vereinsamt in der Bakerstraße. Doch als nach so vielen Jahren der Rippermorde in London wieder brutale Frauenmorde geschehen, kann auf Holmes' Empfindlichkeiten keine Rücksicht genommen werden. Holmes beginnt also wieder aktiv als Detektiv zu arbeiten. Es gilt, einen gestohlenen Familienschatz zu finden und wiederzubeschaffen.

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London in the 1960s: gang wars, corrupt police, vice and pornography. Ex-boxer Charles Holborne has plenty of opportunities to build his reputation with the criminal classes as a barrister who delivers. But Charles, an East End boy made good, is not all he seems, and his past is snapping at his heels. When his philandering wife has her throat slashed, Holborne finds himself on the wrong side of the law and on the run. Can he discover the truth of the brutal slaying and escape the hangman's noose?

London 1930. Sherlock Holmes, inzwischen 76 Jahre alt, lebt vereinsamt in der Bakerstraße. Doch als nach so vielen Jahren der Rippermorde in London wieder brutale Frauenmorde geschehen, kann auf Holmes' Empfindlichkeiten keine Rücksicht genommen werden. Holmes beginnt also wieder aktiv als Detektiv zu arbeiten. Es gilt, einen gestohlenen Familienschatz zu finden und wiederzubeschaffen.

Ein grauenhafter Mord ereignet sich direkt in der Baker Street Nr. 221B. Sherlock Holmes und sein Begleiter Dr. Watson stehen vor einem der größten Rätsel ihrer Laufbahn. Holmes und Watson jagen fortan nicht nur einem gewissenlosen Mörder hinterher, sondern müssen zudem versuchen, das Geheimnis um das Verschwinden der Skulptur zu ergründen.

London 1930. Sherlock Holmes, inzwischen 76 Jahre alt, lebt vereinsamt in der Bakerstraße. Doch als nach so vielen Jahren der Rippermorde in London wieder brutale Frauenmorde geschehen, kann auf Holmes' Empfindlichkeiten keine Rücksicht genommen werden. Holmes beginnt also wieder aktiv als Detektiv zu arbeiten. Es gilt, einen gestohlenen Familienschatz zu finden und wiederzubeschaffen.

London 1930. Sherlock Holmes, inzwischen 76 Jahre alt, lebt vereinsamt in der Bakerstraße. Doch als nach so vielen Jahren der Rippermorde in London wieder brutale Frauenmorde geschehen, kann auf Holmes' Empfindlichkeiten keine Rücksicht genommen werden. Holmes beginnt also wieder aktiv als Detektiv zu arbeiten. Es gilt, einen gestohlenen Familienschatz zu finden und wiederzubeschaffen.

Dorset is the latest setting for the talents of Inspector Ian Rutledge, a veteran of the First World War still haunted, literally, by his actions. Indeed, his personal ghost only serves to complicate things as his inner doubts blend into the trauma of the case.