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Abridged edition, read by Alex Jennings (The Undeclared War, This Is Going to Hurt). As the Nazis bring Denmark to its knees, a resistance forms – and make a discovery that could turn the tide of war. From the master storyteller Ken Follett, Hornet Flight is a startling thriller set amidst the...

His name, they tell him, is William Monk, and he is a London police detective. But the accident that felled him has left him with only half a life; his memory and his entire past have vanished. As he tries to hide the truth, Monk returns to work and is assigned to investigate the brutal murder of a Crimean War hero and man about town. Which makes Monk’s efforts doubly difficult, since he’s forgotten his professional skills along with everything else.

Inspector William Monk is ordered to investigate in a manner that will give the least possible pain to the influential family. But Monk, brilliant and ambitious, is handicapped by lingering traces of amnesia and by the craven ineptitude of his supervisor, who would like nothing better than to see Monk fail.

The Great War is over, and Elizabeth and Gideon are busy planning their wedding. Gideon is happily welcoming home old friends who have been discharged from the army. One of them, Archie Carstens, the son and heir of a wealthy Knickerbocker family, served as a captain in the army and now seems less happy to be home than Gideon had expected. While Archie was in France, he met and fell in love with a beautiful French woman named Noelle. He would have gladly proposed, but he was already engaged to a girl he had known all his life back in America.

In the gripping new spy thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Hitler's Secret, a Cambridge spy must unravel a dangerous mystery that goes all the way to the heart of the Third Reich - and the British Monarchy. 'Master of the wartime spy thriller' - FINANCIAL TIMES ________________...

1950s Dublin, in a lock-up garage in the city, the body of a young woman is discovered, an apparent suicide. But pathologist Dr Quirke and Detective Inspector Strafford soon suspect foul play. The victim's sister, a newspaper reporter from London, returns to Dublin to join the two men in their quest to uncover the truth. But, as they explore her links to a wealthy German family in County Wicklow, and to investigative work she may have been doing in Israel, they are confronted with an ever-deepening mystery.

China, 16th century. The Assassins are gone. Zhang Yong, the relentless leader of the Eight Tigers, took advantage of the emperor's death to eliminate all his opponents, and now the Templars hold all the power. Shao Jun, the last representative of her clan, barely escapes death and has no choice but to flee her homeland. Vowing to avenge her former brothers in arms, she travels to Europe to train with the legendary Ezio Auditore. When she returns to the Middle Kingdom, her saber and her determination alone will not be enough to eliminate Zhang Yong.

Brought to you by Penguin. DISCOVER THE LATEST INSTALMENT IN THE FARGO ADVENTURES FROM BESTSELLING GRAND MASTER OF ADVENTURE CLIVE CUSSLER The legend of Croesus's riches has echoed across millennia. Stolen and hidden by pirates after the Persian King's defeat in 546 BC, his staggering wealth was...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett, read by David Monteath. Summer, 1551, and Francis Crawford of Lymond is in Malta to assist the Knights of St John defend the island from an invading Turkish fleet. But under a weak leader there is dissension in the...

Penguin presents the audio edition of Checkmate by Dorothy Dunnett, read by David Monteath. It is 1557 and legendary Scottish warrior Francis Crawford of Lymond is once more in France. There he is leading an army to rout the hated English from Calais. Yet while Lymond seeks victory on the...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Deighton is a marvel ... a tale told by an author at the height of his power' Chicago Tribune World-weary agent Bernard Samson is losing control of his personal and professional life. Sent to Mexico to aid the defection of a KGB agent to the West, he has a chance to...

SOLA Jennifer Lavender fue una niña solitaria. Siempre se sintió en segundo lugar y ansiaba desesperadamente el amor de sus padres. Cuando se entera de que fue adoptada, todo encaja. Pero su sueño de encontrar a su verdadera familia nunca podrá cumplirse: su madre murió sola al dar a luz...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Cambridge, Massachusetts. 3:14 in the morning. Evolutionary biologist Thomas Wren is staring at a watch that should not exist. It arrived without a return address. Engraved inside the case: C.D. H.M.S. Beagle. 1831. The teeth of its escape wheel have...

Fins on series capaç d'arribar per venjar la teva família? Quan l'any 1871 la intrèpida i arruïnada Philomela Drax rep una carta del seu avi en què li confessa que tem per la seva vida a causa d'una família sense escrúpols, els Slape, no dubta a acudir a ajudar-lo. Comença aleshores una persecució desenfrenada, des dels carrers polsegosos d'un poble de Nova Jersey fins a les voreres resplendents de Saratoga, passant pels molls de Nova York.

2. Jahrhundert nach Christus, unter der Herrschaft von Kaiser Hadrian: Über der römischen Provinzstadt Vindobona braut sich neues Unheil zusammen. Inmitten eines verheerenden Schneesturms treffen im Haus des germanischen Händlers Thanar die Anhänger zweier geächteter Kulte aufeinander –...

Wenn die Zeit zerbricht, herrscht das Chaos. Im American Museum of Natural History in New York City steht der Paläontologe Noah Clark kurz davor, seine größte Entdeckung zu präsentieren. Doch am Tag der geplanten Enthüllung erschüttert ein kosmisches Ereignis die Realität. Die Trümmer...

À Narbonne, un chasseur de trésors est retrouvé assassiné chez lui, le crâne fracassé. La veille, il avait confié à Pierre Cavaignac et Marjolaine Karadec, archéologues et francs-maçons, un extraordinaire rouleau de cuivre gravé en araméen et en grec ancien. Cavaignac et Karadec...

Nessa brilhante reconstrução histórica, Robert Harris traça um retrato assustadoramente fidedigno do Vaticano durante um conclave papal agitado por muitos mistérios e intrigas. O livro que deu origem ao filme indicado a 8 categorias do Oscar 2025, incluindo Melhor filme. O papa, um...

The brand new absolutely gripping and heartbreaking World War II historical novel from master storyteller Marius Gabriel. Tatra Mountains, Poland, 1942. Tamar Varga joins the Polish Resistance Movement to take whatever revenge she can against the Nazis - having watched in horror as her Roma...

Pete Simon's all-American life was everything he had ever wished for: a good home, a satisfying career, and a marriage still strong and loving after nearly twenty years. But in the days following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, everything was about to change. It begins with the appearance...