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Malta, 1943. The war in the air above Malta is over, but the battle for Europe is about to begin. Margarita, a young singer in a Valletta nightclub, has not seen her former lover Henry Dunn since breaking off their affair. His wife Vera, an enigmatic archaeologist, arrives at the club to tell her that Henry has disappeared, presumed dead. While investigating, Margarita stumbles upon the hunt for a notorious and dangerous spy: Nero. As an unlikely bond develops between the two women, and strange secrets emerge, an urgent quest to unmask Nero starts.

Dan Turells hovedperson - den navnløse journalist-detektiv - får en chok-meddelelse om, at hans ex-kone Helle er myrdet på en ferierejse på Malta. Undersøgelsen af Helles bungalow i Bellieha Holiday Centre giver intet resultat, men da journalisten og Ehlers begynder at stille ubehagelige spørgsmål blandt den lokale befolkning, tager tingene fat. Snart er de i hælene på en morder, der efterlader sig et blodigt spor af friske lig tværs over øen. En maltesisk familie mistænkes for kynisk narkotikahandel, og hele øens politistyrke sættes ind i en ubarmhjertig menneskejagt på én mand.

In March 1942, Battle of Britain Spitfire ace, Jack Williams, is one of 15 pilots flying the first Spitfires to reach the most heavily bombed place on Earth: the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta. Their task is simple, regain control of the air.

Mord im Schatten des Malteserkreuzes Eigentlich hatte Sherlock Holmes nur vor, sich auf dem Rückweg vom Sudan mit seinem Freund und zeitweiligen Assistenten David Tristram zu treffen. Umso größer ist sein Erstaunen, als ihm auf Sizilien sein alter Bekannter Colonel Hayter begegnet. Der ehemalige Klient, der sich inzwischen in der maltesischen Hauptstadt La Valetta niedergelassen hat, bittet Holmes inständig, Licht ins plötzliche Verschwinden des Kolonialangestellten Peter O'Brian zu bringen.

Malta, 1913, and hot air balloons hover over the Grand Harbour. But one of them falls from the sky, the balloonist dying later from his injuries. He is not the only one to die unexpectedly at the Naval Hopspital, however, as a letter to the Times points out. Special Investigator Seymour of the Foreign Office is sent out from London to uncover the truth. Malta is still a British protectorate; indeed, with its red post boxes, English beer, and English language, it seems like an exotic "Little Britain". But as the rumblings of war reach the small island, many of the old Maltese families are becoming divided in their loyalties.

El viaje en crucero de unos amigos argentinos por varias ciudades europeas se cruza de repente con el enigma de un homicidio. La visita a todos esos puertos mezcla el mundo presuntamente apacible de los guías turísticos con figuras mucho más misteriosas (como la del marsellés Jean Louis), al lado de lo cual aparecen secretos históricos y flores bellísimas pero potencialmente venenosas.

As the P. and O.s liner Neptune departs Australia for Britain, Ronald Monteith, a prosperous young Australian, is drawn into the haunting tale of Lionel Ventin, a fellow passenger with a tragic past. When Ventin is found murdered in his cabin, Monteith commits to solving the crime, assuming the culprit is Ventins vengeful ex-wife. Upon reaching London, he enlists a barrister and a detective to aid his quest. But as he delves deeper into the mystery, he is horrified to discover that the evidence is pointing towards the woman hes fallen for - the girl from Malta... - Summary by Celine Major

האפיפיור מת, והישיבה החשאית לבחירת יורשו עומדת להיפתח. החשמנים נוהרים לוותיקן לקראת הבחירות, אבל אחד מהם נמלט למלטה בחיפוש אחר מסמך שמקורו במאה הרביעית ובקונסטנטינוס הגדול, קיסר רומי.

Bryan Hale is a damaged man. The stresses of combat flying in England's summer skies during the Battle of Britain, and night-fighting in the icy darkness of the Blitz, together with the loss of friends and a shattered heart, have left him broken and grounded. Fortress Malta, and the unrelenting Nazi siege that aims to grind it away, will be the furnace that forges him anew.