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Islandia, rok 1904. Sigrid, córka hodowcy owiec z Brattholt, sprzeciwia się woli ojca, który zamierza sprzedać wodospad Gullfoss leżący na jego ziemi, a pieniądze rozdzielić między dzieci. W burzliwych wodach Gullfoss zginęła matka Sigrid, polska imigrantka Laura. Samobójstwo czy tragiczny wypadek? Jej śmierć pozostaje zagadką dla jej bliskich i całej wioski… Autorka do Islandii prowadzi nas z popowstaniowej Warszawy roku 1864 przez Kraków i Kopenhagę.

In King's Pyland, gelegen im dünn besiedelten Dartmoor, wird der berühmte Pferde-Trainer John Straker ermordet, und sein Pferd, das als schnellstes Englands gilt, bleibt verschwunden. Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson treffen bei der Spurensuche auf Silas Brown, den Widersacher Strakers.

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.

Главные герои романа «Танго с Пандорой» – военные разведчики на протяжении долгих лет передававшие в Москву ценнейшую информацию, полученную из секретных источников. Все они оказались в военной разведке благодаря одному из ее основателей - Яну Карловичу Берзину, которому удалось практически невозможное: за короткое время он создал мощнейшую разведывательную службу с резидентурами по всему миру, серьезно повысившими обороноспособность страны.

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.

Harriet White is settling into life in the post room of the Baker Street building society. Until she discovers a letter in The Times challenging Sherlock Holmes to prove his status as the world’s greatest detective by solving an impossible mystery. The letter, signed Professor James Moriarty, advises Holmes that the crime will be committed within the next seven days. Holmes himself must deduce which crime is the correct one to investigate. Dismissing the letter as a prank – after all, Sherlock Holmes isn't real – Harry goes about her business.

Legendary mystery writer Dashiell Hammett only wrote one novel about detective Sam Spade: The Maltese Falcon, the most famous private eye story ever told. But the case was never really solved—the priceless golden, bejeweled bird that men and women had been dying to possess turned out to be a fake.

When a priceless ruby known as the Malabar Rose vanishes while being guarded by Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson, the formidable Mrs. Hudson sets out to give a lesson in criminal deduction for her most famous and logical of tenants, the master sleuth himself.

An evil stalks London, blown in from the tropics. A group of merchants are dying one by one. The elementary choice to investigate these mysterious deaths is, of course, the team of Holmes and Dr. Watson. But the unique gifts of their housekeeper, Mrs. Hudson, and her orphaned assistant Flotsam, will also be needed to solve the case.

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.

Wales, 1369. Owen Archer is travelling to Wales on a mission for the Duke of Lancaster, recruiting archers in anticipation of King Charles of France's invasion of England. Joining him are Brother Michaelo, Geoffrey Chaucer and his father-in-law, Sir Robert D'Arby, who is on pilgrimage to the shrine of St David. When the body of John de Reine, one of the Duke of Lancaster's men, is found at the gate of St David's, the bishop asks Owen to return the corpse to John's father, Sir John Lascelles.

Londres, dans 40 ans, est une ville sur le déclin. John Watson, rentré de son service médical en Afghanistan, vit désormais seul dans un quartier délabré. Alors qu'il rentre du travail, il trébuche en pleine rue sur le corps d'un homme roué de coups, inconscient et complètement nu. Ses chances de survie semblent maigres. Ce même soir, un avion de ligne s'écrase dans le parc aux daims de Richmond. Il y a des victimes par centaines, aussi Watson et sa mystérieuse victime sont livrés à eux-mêmes.

When Kate goes to look after her estranged sister’s children in their creepy old house, she takes a photo of what seems to be a ghost. Frightened yet intrigued, Kate undertakes to uncover the secrets of the house and the two mysterious sisters who lived there over a hundred years before. But like the illusions of light and shadow in the sisters’ strange and disturbing Victorian post-mortem photography, Kate discovers that all is not what it seems. Someone – or something – has their own plans for Rookswood House – and for Kate.

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.

The Useful Idiot is the secret history of the first great Soviet lie - wrapped up in an electrifying novel perfect for fans of Robert Harris, Ken Follett, Frederick Forsyth, John le Carre, and Kate Atkinson. As Vladimir Putin rewrites the Nazi-Soviet pact, and with the horrors of Chernobyl and the Cold War so recent, this thriller of fake news in 1932 is real storytelling of enormous significance.

Slamming the door on the hellscape of 1980s Belfast, Detective Inspector Sean Duffy hopes that the 1990s are going to be better for him and the people of Northern Ireland. As a Catholic cop in the mainly Protestant RUC he still has a target on his back, and with a steady girlfriend and a child the stakes couldn’t be higher. After handling a mercurial triple agent and surviving the riots and bombings and assassination attempts, all Duffy wants to do now is live. But in his final days in charge of Carrickfergus CID, a missing persons report captures his attention.

November 1632. Der Dreißigjährige Krieg tobt – und auf einem nebligen Hohlweg nahe Weißenfels entdeckt Reitmeister Meding einen toten Reiter auf einem kostbaren Schimmel. Während um ihn herum Generäle, Emissäre und Spione ihre Fäden ziehen, beginnt Meding auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln – und stößt auf ein tödliches Spiel im Schatten großer Politik. Der Autor Thomas Thalmaier hat akribisch recherchiert und lässt die Zeit des Dreißigjährigen Krieges lebendig werden – mit allem, was dazugehört: Intrigen, Feldzüge, Reitkunst und strategisches Denken.

Скучая в Петербурге, от нечего делать молодая баронесса Амалия Корф отправляется навестить родственников мужа, которые живут в очаровательном доме, похожем на кукольный. Однако прошлое этой приличной и благопристойной семьи, как оказывается, таит немало тайн, и одна из них приводит к исчезновению человека. Удастся ли баронессе Корф вычислить преступника и расплести клубок загадок, корни которых таятся в далеком прошлом?

Long ago, Isolde ran from the Elders—despite their warnings and rules, she chose her own path. Their wrath caught up to her over the miles and waves and made her pay her debts. After killing her partner before her eyes, the Elders curse Isolde with a cruel vise: she’s trapped on the island that she used as her refuge, forced to sing a nightly song that creates maelstroms and lures men to their deaths.

Mit Entsetzen müssen Oscar Wilde und Edgar Allan Poe feststellen, dass es den Mitgliedern des Zirkels der Sieben diesmal tatsächlich gelungen ist, ihre Pläne zu durchkreuzen. Sie sind jedoch entschlossen, in England die Suche nach den "Ewig Liebenden" neu zu beginnen.