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Westleham Village, May 1948 The villagers of Westleham are excited for the first village cricket match since the end of the war. But Martha Miller has more pressing concerns - namely, the sudden reappearance of her husband, Stan, missing for two years and acting as though nothing has happened. Martha doesn’t know what to feel, especially now that his return threatens her growing fondness for the kind-hearted village vicar, Luke. Yet she’s not the only one unsettled by Stan’s return…

Sommer 1986 im nordhessischen Zonenrandgebiet. Die Luft flirrt vor Hitze, der Wald stirbt leise. Die Region ist ein verwunschenes Idyll, in dem Dörfer Märchennamen tragen und die Grenze zur DDR das Ende der Welt markiert. Hier leben Martin Ritter, Bibliothekar mit einem Faible fürs Fotografieren, und seine Freundin Christine Lehmann, eine scharfsichtige Journalistin. Sie sind Suchende, die sich in einer schrecklichen Nacht, in der ein kleines Mädchen verschwand, kennen- und lieben lernten.

A cozy historical mystery set in the 18th century - perfect for Bridgerton fans! 1787, Bath. Mrs. Tiffany Lathrop has catalogued the entire library at Astwell Palace and is feeling rather dull when Mr. Thomas Montague invites her and her husband Samir to visit Bath. Thomas begs Tiffany to help...

Rok 1795. Jago ma za zadanie pomóc urzędnikowi państwowemu w dostarczeniu do Kongresu kopii traktatu, który ma uniemożliwić Amerykanom zawarcie sojuszu z Francją przeciwko Wielkiej Brytanii. Kiedy jednak urzędnik ginie w niefortunnym – i najwyraźnie „przypadkowym" – wypadku, a traktat znika, Laurence uświadamia sobie, że tylko on może zapobiec nadciągającej katastrofie.

¿Y si un retrato escondiera los secretos de toda una familia… y de un siglo entero? Viena, 1910. Gustav Klimt pinta el enigmático Retrato de una dama, una obra que esconde más de lo que revela. Décadas más tarde, el cuadro desaparece misteriosamente y reaparece en 2019, oculto en los jardines de un museo italiano. ¿Quién es esa mujer de mirada hipnótica? ¿Por qué fue retocado? ¿Qué historia oculta?

Moriarty triumphiert, da es ihm gelungen ist, Irene Adler, Oscar Wilde und Sherlock Holmes mit einem Sender auszustatten, mit dessen Hilfe er stets über den Aufenthaltsort der Sonderermittler der Krone informiert ist. Die drei Ermittler, die nicht ansatzweise ahnen, in welcher Gefahr sie schweben, versuchen indessen immer noch herauszufinden, aus welchem Grund die Mitglieder des Zirkels die Brandanschläge verübt haben.

The redcoat forces of King George II have defeated the Highland rebels led by Bonnie Prince Charlie. Now Government troops are free to plunder and punish the locals. To avoid court martial, Captain Shawwood is ordered to lead a band of troops and map-makers to chart the most isolated and mysterious landscape of the Highlands – the mighty Rannoch Moor. But the Moor is home to more than just bog and heather, it's a place of shadows and secrets. Before long, their expedition comes face to face with uncanny forces far greater than anything they have fought before.

Lady Eleanor Swift is at Buckingham Palace to see her new husband, Detective Chief Inspector Seldon, knighted. Brimming with pride, all she can hope is that Gladstone the bulldog behaves himself in front of the king. But the happy day is overshadowed when Dilly Dalrymple, a royal guard, collapses. The head of the royal police asks Eleanor and Hugh to investigate the murder–unofficially. This is her first clue that there’s more to the story....

London, 1878. A secret gift. A deadly vision. A relentless hunt for the truth. Electra Poole has spent much of her life hiding her abilities, fearing the same fate as her mother, who was labeled mad and locked away. But in order to survive on her own, she plays into London's obsession with...

Dr. Garrett Gibson, the only female physician in England, is as daring and independent as any man - why not take her pleasures like one? Yet she has never been tempted to embark on an affair - until now. Ethan Ransom, a former detective for Scotland Yard, is as gallant as he is secretive, a rumored assassin whose true loyalties are a mystery. For one exhilarating night, they give in to their potent attraction before becoming strangers again. But she is soon drawn into his most dangerous assignment yet.

In Depression-era Chicago, private eye Nathan Heller is caught between the Mob and City Hall in a battle for control of the 1933 World’s Fair while he attempts to find a lovely actress’ missing brother. Along the way, Heller meets an array of famed heroes and villains from Eliot Ness to Al Capone, climaxing with the detective dangling off a beam of the Fair’s sky tower.

Vienna, 1904. The body of a man—still sitting in a chair—is discovered in an abandoned piano factory on the outskirts of the city. He has been shot dead but his face has been horribly disfigured with acid, making identification impossible. In front of the body are three chairs positioned...

When Darcy runs off on another secret assignment, I am left to figure out how to travel to Italy sans maid and chaperone to help my dear friend Belinda, as she awaits the birth of her baby alone. An opportunity presents itself in a most unexpected way - my cousin the queen is in need of a spy to attend a house party in the Italian lake country. The Prince of Wales and the dreadful Mrs. Simpson have been invited, and Her Majesty is anxious to thwart a possible secret wedding.

Madrid 1945. El doctor Diego Rumbao fallece en un accidente de tráfico. Su mujer María está convencida que fue un asesinato y que el verdadero objetivo era ella.Afirma que la investigación que su marido llevaba a cabo en relación a unas extrañas muertes, acontecidas en el psiquiátrico El Retorno es la responsable de su fallecimiento. Encontrar su casa revuelta fechas después del entierro de Diego y su posterior ingreso en el psiquiátrico, por orden del juez, sin que haya motivo médico alguno, le persuaden de que la razón está de su parte. Aunque nadie la escucha.

From Graham Moore, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game and New York Times best-selling author of The Sherlockian, comes a thrilling novel - based on actual events - about the nature of genius, the cost of ambition and the battle to electrify America. New York, 1888. Gas lamps still flicker in the city streets, but the miracle of electric light is in its infancy. The person who controls the means to turn night into day will make history - and a vast fortune.

In dem kleinen Örtchen Griffin in den schottischen Highlands wurde eine riesenhafte Gestalt gesichtet. Die Bevölkerung ist in großer Aufregung, denn vor einigen Jahren ging schon einmal eine Bestie in den Wäldern von Griffin umher. Damals fanden zwei Menschen den Tod. Auf Bitten des Bürgermeisters von Griffin reist Oscar Wilde gemeinsam mit dem Großwildjäger Hawthorn in die Highlands.

When the body of a night watchman is found sprawled in the shadow of a rare 19th-Dynasty mummy case, panic ensues. For no one doubts that the guard's untimely demise is the work of an ancient Egyptian curse. No one, that is, except that tart-tongued Victorian Egyptologist, Amelia Peabody, whose...

1933. A body has been found on a luxury airship en route from Berlin to Rio de Janeiro. Police Detective Bruno Brückner, travelling on board, is immediately asked to investigate—and soon discovers that the murdered man was not the proud Nazi he claimed to be. What's more, he was carrying a stash of banned 'degenerate' material. As Brückner interviews his fellow passengers—a wealthy baroness, an antisemitic doctor, a debonair Englishman—he realizes that each of them has something to hide.

There, in the district of Lan-fang, separated from the vast Tartar steppes of Central Asia by only a boundary river, Judge Dee faces and solves one of the most frightening cases of his long career. Outside the east city gate, on a wooded hill, stood a centuries-old Buddhist temple. It was there that the phantom stalked; and there also a series of brutal murders were committed. Judge Dee's inquiry into them is complicated by a mysterious dying message from a young girl and by the theft of a large sum in gold from an imperial treasurer.

When Mr. Lepel and his friend Mr. Rothsay return from travels abroad, a half-forgotten play witnessed in Italy lingers uneasily in their memories. A subsequent visit to a quiet country estate draws Mr. Lepel into the lives of those around him, as a young woman at the gate becomes the unknowing centre of rival affections. As illness, friendship, and good intentions begin to intersect, events unfold that will test loyalty and conscience, and lead toward consequences no one has foreseen.