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Gabriel Allon has been awarded a commission to restore one of the most important paintings in Venice. But when he discovers the body of a mysterious woman floating in the waters of the Venetian Lagoon, he finds himself in a desperate race to recover a lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci. The painting, a portrait of a beautiful young girl, has been gathering dust in a storeroom at the Vatican Museums for more than a century, misattributed and hidden beneath a worthless picture by an unknown artist.

In a spellbinding new masterpiece by #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva, Gabriel Allon undertakes a high-stakes search for the greatest art forger who ever lived Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon has at long last severed ties with Israeli intelligence and settled...

‘Allon is the 21st century Bond’ – Daily Mail Gabriel Allon, secret agent, assassin and master art restorer, returns in a spellbinding new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Europe is exploding. And one man must find out why. For Gabriel Allon and his wife Chiara, it was...

Im Paris der Blütezeit der Régence kommt es zu abscheulichen Morden. Die Leiterin von PARABIOS plant eine geheime Versuchsreihe, doch bleibt sie dabei nicht so unbeobachtet, wie sie gehofft hatte. Der berühmte Schriftsteller und Abenteurer Jules Verne erreicht mit seinen Mitreisenden Augusto Berns und Nathaniel de Salis endlich das erste Etappenziel ihrer langen Reise.

Wizard for hire Harry Dresden gets mixed-up with the dead in this “haunting, fantastical novel”(Publishers Weekly) in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Harry Dresden’s faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career. Giant scorpions. Oversexed vampires. Psychotic werewolves. It...

Art restorer, assassin, spy—Gabriel Allon returns in The Fallen Angel, another blockbuster espionage thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva. The acclaimed author of Portrait of a Spy, Silva (“a world class practitioner of spy fiction” —Washington Post) is an...

'A riveting thriller with nonstop action' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Full of rollercoaster twists and turns' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A compelling mix of history, mystery, and high-stakes action' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Former Justice Department operative, Cotton Malone, is called...

The stranger could be insane. Or he just might be our salvation. Archaeologist Annja Creed is more than curious when a decrepit, ancient-looking man visits her, claiming the end of the world is near. The stranger spins wild tales and speaks as if he actually knew King Arthur. But, strangest of all, he insists that Annja is the only one who can stop the horrible event that is about to happen. 

Brought to you by Penguin. THE JAPANESE BESTSELLER A PERFECT READ FOR CAT-LOVERS Against changing seasons in Japan, seven cats weave their way through their owners' lives ... We meet Spin, a kitten rescued from the recycling bin, whose simple needs teach an anxious father how to parent his own...

Romance, intrigue, legend and adventure meet in this Lebanon-set classic gothic romance by beloved author Mary Stewart. Legend has it that when the Gabriel Hounds run howling over the crumbling palace of Dar Ibrahim, high in the Adonis Valley of Lebanon, death will follow on their heels. When...

‘Allon is the 21st century Bond’ Daily Mail Gabriel Allon, master art restorer and assassin, returns in a spellbinding new thriller from No.1 bestselling author Daniel Silva. For all fans of Robert Ludlum. Gabriel Allon – art restorer and legendary spy – is in Venice when he receives an...

The eighth dramatized audiobook of this dark urban fantasy series follows necromancer Eric Carter through a world of vengeful gods and goddesses, mysterious murders, and restless ghosts.

Hendrike Blank, Berlinerin mit Herz und Schnauze, arbeitet als Busfahrerin und Hausentstörerin, obwohl sie nicht an Geister glaubt. Ihre Überzeugung gerät jedoch zunehmend ins Wanken. Gerade ist sie nach ihrer Scheidung wieder etwas zur Ruhe gekommen, als ihr ein Mann mit zweifelhaftem Interesse an ihrem verstorbenen Vater auflauert. Und als sie in Mitte ein Haus von Geistern befreien soll, stolpert sie auch noch über Leichen. Hängen die mysteriösen Vorfälle zusammen? Fieberhaft sucht Hendrike nach einer logischen Erklärung.

It's not the dead body - Jack Leightner has seen hundred of bodies in his tour with the NYPD. It's not the dank setting - the narrow banks along Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal. So why does the sight of the fatally stabbed young man make the detective almost faint in the canal's tangled weeds? Jack doesn't understand why he becomes obsessed with this low-priority case, why he allows it to jeopardize his career and even his life. Especially since the investigation draws him exactly where he doesn't want to go: into the heart of Red Hook.

In this third novel in Gabriel Cohen’s Edgar Award-nominated Jack Leightner crime series, the Brooklyn homicide detective investigates the serial killing of prostitutes in Crown Heights and the murder of a friend who ran afoul of Russian gangsters in Brighton Beach.

A floating coffin draws Brooklyn homicide detective Jack Leightner into a murder investigation in hidden parts of New York Harbor and the old Brooklyn Navy Yard in this second novel in Edgar Award nominee Gabriel Cohen’s acclaimed crime series.

Brooklyn South homicide detective Jack Leightner is at home enjoying a quiet day off when a stranger appears at his door and completely overturns his understanding of his own past. The following day, what looks like a mundane killing in a Brooklyn deli takes a bizarre turn when a crew of Homeland Security agents suddenly show up wearing anti-radiation gear.

Gabriel Baryllis spannender Roman gewährt einen atmosphärischen Einblick hinter die Kulissen der glamourösen Opernwelt und entlarvt die Welt der perfekten Inszenierung.

Trockener Humor, bissige Dialoge, großartiges Gespür für Land und Leute. Sattgrüne Hügel, weite Wälder, kühle Tobel, naturverbundene Menschen und reines Quellwasser – das Emmental ist Idylle pur. Bis ein Tierarzt und eine junge Frau ermordet werden. Wie hängen die beiden Fälle zusammen? Privatdetektiv Bergmann nimmt die Spur auf – und stößt auf einen perfiden Plan, der das gesamte Emmental in eine Katastrophe stürzen könnte.

Trocken, bissig und mit viel Gespür für Land und Leute. Auf den Straßen des Berner Mittellandes taucht auffallend reines Kokain auf – Gerüchten zufolge stammt es aus dem Emmental. Dabei trinkt man in der grünen Hügellandschaft höchstens Schnaps; Kokain kennen die Menschen nur vom Hörensagen. Als die Drogen ein erstes Opfer fordern, macht sich Privatdetektiv Alexander Bergmann auf die Suche nach den Hintermännern. Er ahnt nicht, dass er sich mit Gegnern anlegt, die ihn zwingen, die Grenze des Legalen zu überschreiten.