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Lorsque le prince Aldo Morosini, expert en pierres anciennes, rencontra Simon Aronov, surnommé le boiteux de Varsovie, il ne s'attendait pas à la mission que ce mystérieux personnage lui confierait : retrouver les quatre pierres manquantes du pectoral du Grand Prêtre du Temple de Jérusalem, une plaque en or où s'enchâssaient douze pierres précieuses. Or, une tradition veut qu'Israël ne retrouve sa terre ancestrale que lorsque le pectoral reconstitué pourra y revenir.

Doctor John Dee and Margaretta, assisted by his pupil Christopher, are charged with unraveling the mystery. But then there is a kidnapping, a ransom threat and more bodies appear. Amongst secrets and rumors, the scandal of the Seymour Affair threatens to resurface. Elizabeth's road to the throne could be ruined and with that comes the fall of the Tudor Dynasty. Can John Dee keep Elizabeth's secret before it casts a shadow over them all?

Lord Elgin's Greek marbles are the talk of London society, so when a death threat arrives, the earl hires actress Dora Fitz-Pennington and the honourable Dr Jacob Sandys to investigate. They plunge into the scandals of society's most eminent members, from the Byron circle to the secret world of collectors. As danger lurks around London's every corner, in the most exclusive ballrooms and the roughest taverns, Dora and Jacob will face not only what has been left unsaid simmering between them but the threat of silent assassins, traitorous acquaintances and the darkest of secrets...

Catherine Howard stumbles upon the tomb of her granddaughter, Anne Howard Brandon, who'd been swept back through time. Horrorstruck, she discovers Anne was murdered in the year 1562. She calls upon a time-traveling priest, Father Daniel, to rescue her precious granddaughter. But journeying back to the 16th century is a dangerous undertaking; the life and death risks sobering and real. Daniel calls upon the forces of heaven and earth - including a secret Vatican society of time travelers - to aid in this quest.

London, 1881: Ein Jahr ist vergangen, seit Leo Stanhope nicht nur die Frau verloren hat, die er liebte, sondern beinahe auch sein eigenes Leben. Eigentlich möchte er nur ein ruhiges Leben führen – doch dann steht erneut die Polizei vor seiner Tür. Eine Anarchistin ist ermordet worden, und sie trug Leos Adresse bei sich. Am Tatort trifft Leo überraschend auf einen Mann aus seiner Vergangenheit: Der junge Adlige John Thackery ist unter falschem Namen zum Arbeiterführer geworden, um gegen seinen tyrannischen Vater zu rebellieren.

The game’s afoot once more as the long-suffering Dr. John Watson and a partially decomposed Warlock Holmes (though he’s getting better) face off against Moriarty’s gang, the Pinkertons, flesh-eating horses, a parliament of imps, boredom, Surrey, a succubus, an overly Canadian aristocrat, a tricycle-fight to the death and the dreaded Pumpcrow. Oh, and a hell-hound, one assumes.