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Ferrara, octubre del año del Señor de 1187. Durante la celebración del funeral por la muerte del papa Urbano III, frente a la gran catedral, en el pequeño y aislado convento de San Lázaro encuentran ahorcada a una monja. Según parece, se ha suicidado. No obstante, dos de las hermanas de la congregación sospechan que, tras dicha muerte, se esconde una trama urdida desde fuera de los muros del cenobio.

Kehren Sie zurück in die Baker Street, wo der berühmteste Detektiv der Welt auf sechs neue Fälle trifft, die seine Expertenhand erfordern. Londons Meisterdetektiv Sherlock Holmes macht sich mit dem langmütigen Watson auf den Weg, während die Detektive von Scotland Yard wieder einmal ratlos sind. Wie zu erwarten war, taucht bald das böse Genie – der Napoleon des Verbrechens – Professor Moriarty wieder auf. Trotz Moriartys Intrigen wird Sherlock die Wissenschaft der Deduktion nutzen, um Mysterien von Diebstahl, Entführung, politischen Intrigen und Mord aufzuklären.

It's the hottest summer on record. Norfolk is parched. One steaming night an old thatched barn at Wild Thyme Farm is torched. The battle to put out the blaze rages. Detective Sara is on the scene when there's a horrifying discovery: there's a body in the embers. Sara and her team have been investigating a series of fires breaking out all over the county—but this is the first body. Accident or murder?

Два почитателя таланта Шерлока Холмса, братья Густав и Отто Амлингмайеры, известные как Старый Рыжий и Верзила Рыжий, решаются круто изменить свою жизнь. Бывшие ковбои по найму бросают прежнее унылое ремесло и устраиваются охранниками на Южно-Тихоокеанскую железную дорогу. Это только первый шаг на пути к мечте Густава стать настоящим детективом, но неразлучные братья быстро обнаруживают, что на всех парах мчатся к катастрофе. Не успевает «Тихоокеанский экспресс» покинуть станцию, как подвергается налету печально известной банды Лютых, а смотритель багажа теряет голову — в буквальном смысле.

It's mid-Winter in the Cornish seaside town of St Foy. In the midst of a family birthday party Emily Duggan, missing for three years and presumed dead after murdering her best friend Star Bright, arrives unannounced. To the bewilderment and shock of her family, Emily insists she didn't do it and has an alibi, but refuses to answer any questions.

China has a plan for the next hundred years, and they're making moves around the world for complete domination politically and economically. When this situation suddenly becomes clear to Jake Adams in a very personal way, he and Sirena are forced to depart their sedate life on Pico Island in the Azores. Jake quickly discovers that his life could change forever, or suddenly end, if he allows the Chinese to seek total hegemony. He must gather his strength for a life or death battle to counter evil forces. But China will not go quietly without a fight.

Quando Lloyd McNeil, poliziotto con vent'anni di servizio alle spalle, scopre di avere pochi mesi di vita davanti, si rende conto che i suoi risparmi non sono sufficienti per garantire un buon futuro a Bishop, suo figlio adolescente. Ma se morisse in servizio, Bishop potrebbe riscattare una lauta assicurazione. Così a Lloyd, che è sempre stato un poliziotto corretto ma pigro, figlio di un capo del Dipartimento dal temutissimo pugno di ferro, balena l'idea di cercare volontariamente le situazioni più pericolose, facendo di tutto per trovare una fine "eroica" e redditizia per il figlio.

Graham Greene, lo scrittore spia, scelse il treno per Istanbul, rievocante il fascino luccicante dell'Orient Express, per mettere in azione il suo campionario di tipi umani. I passeggeri del treno di Greene sono uomini e donne in viaggio attraverso l'Europa e attraverso le proprie vite: chi per la prima volta di fronte a una specie di amore, chi alle prese con un ultimo riflesso di idealismo; tutti, però, vittime e carnefici di un cinismo generale.

Kriminalkommissar Konrad Jung will mit seiner Freundin ein paar ruhige Tage an der Ostsee verbringen. Doch als sie in dem abgelegenen Haus ankommen, stoßen sie auf eine verweste Leiche. Noch ehe Sondermittlerin Lydia Westphal den Tatort erreicht, überschlagen sich die Ereignisse – und ein folgenschweres Unglück nimmt seinen Lauf. Unter dem Druck von allen Seiten gerät Konrad zunehmend ins Straucheln – bald stehen nicht nur seine Karriere und seine Beziehung auf dem Spiel, sondern auch sein Leben.

Jake Adams is living on Pico Island in The Azores with his girlfriend Sirena, the former Israeli CIA officer. When he is called back to work with Spanish billionaire, Carlos Gomez, Jake is not completely on board with this mission. Something isn't adding up with his job to track down a hacker last known to be in the autonomous Basque Country of Spain. Jake and Sirena quickly discover that they are not alone in search of this hacker who has been on the run for more than a decade.

Die Geschichte spielt in der Zeit nach der Französischen Revolution, 1815 bis 1838. Napoleons Stern ist untergegangen, und die Restauration unter den Königen Ludwig XVIII. und Karl X. hat sich durchgesetzt. Dann folgt die Julirevolution von 1830, durch die der „Bürgerkönig" Louis-Philippe I. auf den Thron kommt. Zwischen 1844 und 1846 veröffentlichte Dumas den Graf von Monte Christo als Fortsetzungsroman in der Zeitschrift Le Journal des débats und erzielte damit ungeahnten Erfolg.

Sir Augustus Wall had seen a lot of death. From the fields of Flanders to the alleys of Cairo, he's solved several murders and sent many men to their grave. But he's never had a body delivered to his antiquities shop encased in a 5,000 year-old coffin.

Elizabeth Siddal fu modella e poetessa per il movimento dei Preraffaelliti. Morì suicida per amore circa due secoli fa, ma dicono che nel cimitero di Highgate sia possibile vederla ancora vagare con la sua lunga chioma fulva. Roversi l'ha incrociata per caso in Pronto Soccorso.

Ex-Secret Service operative turned world traveler, John Beckett planned to marvel at Venezuela’s majestic Angel Falls. Instead, he’s thrust into a nightmare when rebel guerrillas capture his tour group. In a jungle prison camp rife with danger, Beckett allies with Vanessa Adler, a CIA officer with her own motives, to orchestrate an escape. As rebel tensions explode and a monstrous enforcer takes control, Beckett must navigate a deadly web of bloodshed, betrayal, and survival. But with his identity a guarded secret, even from those hunting him, every decision risks exposure and disaster.

Deux ans après les évènements survenus en 2017, l'équipe de l'inspecteur Bloom et de l'étrange Andrew Bennett se retrouve confrontée à un nouveau mystère : le petit village de Pic-au-Vent, situé plus en amont dans les montagnes, ne donne plus de nouvelles. Les policiers de Marmotin lancent donc une expédition pour découvrir ce qui se trame dans ce village, bravant la tempête. Ils découvriront, lors de leur périple, qu'une fois encore des phénomènes surnaturels sont de la partie.

When Siel unearths the bones of villagers massacred on his fiance's orders, his heart breaks. His fiance: the king. A monster and the man who saved Siel from the depth of melancholia. The man Siel loves. But some loves have to die, and Siel will kill this one. With no army, his only weapon is his secret ability to change into a fox—he's a familiar.

Sherlock Holmes’ determination to destroy the powerful criminal organization of Professor Moriarty reaches its crisis as Holmes and Watson attempt to track down and finally apprehend the criminal genius behind the most foul and evil events plaguing the good people of England.

'The Five Orange Pips' is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. It details a peculiar case that revolves around the deaths of several individuals who had received letters containing orange pips prior to their demise.