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December 1941. America teeters on the brink of war, and in Honolulu, Hawaii, police detective Joe McGrady is assigned to investigate a homicide that will change his life forever. The trail of murder he uncovers will lead him across the Pacific, far from home and the woman he loves; and though the U.S. doesn't know it yet, a Japanese fleet is already steaming toward Pearl Harbor. Spanning the entirety of World War II, Five Decembers is a beautiful, masterful, powerful novel that will live in your memory forever.

September, 1930. Fearless detective Miss Clara Vale is bound for Berlin, but this trip is all about la mode - not murder. Clara is set to walk the runway at Berlin Fashion Week, as a favour to her designer friend Juju, with her assistant Bella in tow. Elections loom in Germany, and among Juju's friends, the Spieglers, all the talk is of the National Socialists. But trouble brews closer to home, when a shocking murder at their clothing factory points the finger at the Jewish couple's brilliant young son.

Based on the real-life memoirs of the 19th Century investigator who inspired Sherlock Holmes, Inspector James McLevy, this atmospheric mystery series features the fictional casebook of Edinburgh's finest thief-taker. Accompanied by his loyal partner, Constable Mulholland, McLevy prowls the murky streets of 1840s Leith bringing criminals to justice—assisted by the madam of Edinburgh's finest bawdy-house, the deliciously immoral Jean Brash.

Am einsamen Strand der Nordseeinsel werden PDDDAVD und sein treuer Assistent und Chronist Hutchinson Hatch von einer strengen Dame in Schwarz gekidnappt und im Meer ausgesetzt. Unversehens sind die beiden in eine politische Intrige von höchster Brisanz verwickelt. Bis heute ist sie ein streng gehütetes Geheimnis geblieben, die sensationelle Affäre um den deutschen Kaiser Wilhelm II., die sich im Jahre 1904 auf der ostfriesischen Insel Norderney zugetragen hat.

Complete with fascinating biographies by Tony Medawar of all the featured authors, this latest volume in the annual Bodies from the Library series once again brings into the daylight the forgotten, the lost and the unknown, and is an indispensable collection for any bookshelf.

Erneut ereignet sich im Londoner East End eine grausame Mordserie. Um Aufstände seitens der Bevölkerung des East Ends zu verhindern, erhält Oscar Wilde den Auftrag, die Mordserie so rasch wie nur möglich ohne großes Aufsehen aufzuklären. Tatsächlich gelingt es Wilde schnell, einer erfolgversprechenden Spur zu folgen. Doch gerade als er glaubt, den Fall gelöst zu haben, muss er sich die Frage stellen, ob hinter den Verbrechen nicht mehr steckt, als er zunächst vermutet hat.

Full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of the first five Falco novels by Lindsey Davis, starring Anton Lesser as Marcus Didius Falco.

Drei spannende Kriminalfälle aus dem Dresden der 50er-Jahre: Es sind politisch unruhige Zeiten, der Arbeiteraufstand wurde blutig niedergeschlagen, das Misstrauen in der Bevölkerung ist groß. Doch auch das Verbrechen ruht nicht. Kommissar Max Heller bekommt es mit einem in Dresden agierenden Ring von Uranerz-Schmugglern zu tun und wird mit der Frage konfrontiert, ob sein alter Freund Saizev zur CIA übergelaufen ist. In seinem nächsten Fall wird in einem Betrieb für Wärmeisolierungen der Betriebsleiter tot aufgefunden und Heller rennt gegen eine Mauer des Schweigens.

1924. John Olson left his home in Kootenai, Idaho for a sales trip to Spokane, expecting to return in two days. Instead he disappeared; his personal effects found strewn along the south bank of the Spokane River. Meanwhile, a hobo dressed in a business suit is rousted from a freight train. He has no idea where he is and, incredibly, has no idea who he is. He assumes an alias and works odd jobs while he searches for himself. Lonely, and with no one to turn to, he writes about his trials and his turmoil in a diary.

1916. As thousands of Brits are fighting on the Front Line, a new breed of women emerges to hold the Home Front together. Fiercely independent and fiery-spirited, the munitionettes, or ‘canaries’, are easily recognisable with their chemically-stained yellow faces. Among the raucous group of women is Florrie Duncan, who plans to celebrate her birthday in style at the Golden Goose pub. But the celebrations are cut short when all but one are killed in a brutal explosion.

On a routine patrol, HM Submarine Searcher strikes an unidentified moving object where no obstruction should have been and sinks to the bottom of the sea. Her Captain, Lieutenant Peter Sinclair, RN, is court-martialed.

Salò, marzo 1938. L'apparente calma del lago di Garda è messa a soqquadro dalla frenetica preparazione della Mille Miglia, la mitica corsa automobilistica che collega Brescia e Roma, diventata una vetrina decisiva per il regime fascista. Il commissario Italo Sartori ha appena litigato con la sua amante, la ricca, audace vedova Anna Arquati, che vive sull'altra sponda del golfo di Salò: la donna vuole partecipare alla Mille Miglia con la sua auto, ma il commissario Sartori, abruzzese di nascita trapiantato sul Garda come il sommo vate D'Annunzio, non è d'accordo.

Paul Haydn was on his way home at last, to New York and the civilian life he longed for after years of war. Yet he would never forget the tormented people, desperate for refuge in Berlin. They had survived the war—but now a new, sinister presence threatened them, their families, the whole of society. Now he discovered that, back home, some of his former colleagues had dangerous political sympathies, that someone was trying to discredit the woman he had once loved. The pattern seemed suddenly familiar. He began to realize why there was such interest in his counter-propaganda skills.

It’s the season of peace and goodwill, but a Victorian Christmas is no holiday for the world’s most popular detective in this new book from Bonnie MacBird, author of the bestselling Sherlock Holmes novel Art in the Blood. It’s Christmastime in London, and Sherlock Holmes takes on two cases...

Private investigator and former knight Crispin Guest faces his most complicated case yet when he witnesses a body fall from London bridge into the frigid River Thames. Though the man's death is declared a suicide, Guest sees evidence of foul play. His investigation leads him to Sir Thomas Saunfayl, an old acquaintance from his knighthood days. It seems the dead man was bargaining with Sir Thomas for the Spear of Longinus, the weapon used to pierce the side of Christ on the Cross, which grants invincibility to its owner.

Gerd Köster, Sänger, Autor, Performer und gefragter Hörbuch-Sprecher setzt seine Hörbuchreihe mit Kriminalromanen des legendären, britischen Autors Edgar Wallace fort. Im siebten Band liest er die nächsten drei Kurzgeschichten aus Der Preller (englischer Originaltitel: The Mixer). Der Preller ist clever, gerissen und schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt. Dementsprechend wird er auch nie gefasst. Von edlen Motiven ist hier nichts zu sehen.

THE MYSTERY OF THE FIVE ORANGES. THE KIDNAPPING OF A YOUNG WOMAN LEADS SHERLOCK HOLMES INTO A DEADLY BATTLE WITH THE KKK. On a miserable rainy evening a desperate father enters 221B Baker Street. His daughter has been kidnapped and spirited off the North America. The evil network who has taken her have spies everywhere. Years ago in America they murdered his father and his wife. They set fire to his home and burned them to death. Now, if he goes to Scotland Yard he knows that they will kill his beloved daughter. There is only one hope - Sherlock Holmes.

306 d.C., anno 1059 dalla fondazione di Roma. L'imperatore Galerio decide di censire i cristiani dell'irrequieta provincia di Palestina con lo scopo di indurli a riconoscere la religione ufficiale e dà l'incarico a Elio Sparziano, fidato ufficiale di cavalleria, storico e biografo. Questo sulla carta, perché ciò che preme davvero a Galerio è mettere le mani sul leggendario tesoro dei Maccabei, nascosto in un luogo segreto circa vent'anni prima. E soprattutto, deve impedire che il tesoro cada nelle mani dell'ambizioso Costantino, pronto a succedere al trono.

As a renowned arbiter of fashion and design, Miss Amelia Bonnington’s upcoming nuptials to Lord Derrick Brinsley have become the most anticipated event of English society. Her plans to create the perfect wedding must be cast aside, however, when her best friend’s brother, a member of England’s top code breaking family, disappears.

A woman dies in a burglary in Fitzrovia. A man is murdered in an opium den in Limehouse. Gutsy Fleet Street reporter Penny Green suspects the two deaths are connected, but how can she prove it? The answer may lie in Whitehall where the India Office reaps the benefits of Britain's opium trade. But when Inspector James Blakely of Scotland Yard begins investigating, an unforeseen danger looms. Soon Penny is forced to act alone and is put to the ultimate test when her quest becomes personal.