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Berlin, 1942. For four years, the men in field grey have helped themselves to country after country across Western Europe.  For Werner Nehmann, a journalist at the Promi - the Ministry of Propaganda - this dizzying series of victories has felt like a party without end. But now the Reich's attention has turned towards the East, and as winter sets in, the mood is turning. Werner's boss, Joseph Goebbels, can sense it. A small man with a powerful voice and coal black eyes, Goebbels has a deep understanding of the dark arts of manipulation.

Juli 2005. Bij archeologische opgravingen aan de voet van de Pyreneeën ontdekt Alice Tanner twee eeuwenoude skeletten. Het zijn niet alleen de oude botten die haar een onprettig gevoel geven, de gehele tombe straalt een overweldigende, kwaadaardige sfeer uit. Als de politie zich met de vondst gaat bemoeien, besluit Alice om op eigen houtje naspeuringen te doen en stuit ze op zeer merkwaardige zaken... Juli 1209. Aan de vooravond van de kruistocht die de Languedoc uit elkaar zal rijten, krijgt de zestienjarige Alaïs een mysterieus boek van haar vader.

When Brandon Walker receives a plea for help from an old adversary, he wastes no time in recruiting the extraordinary talents of India Summers to unravel a trail of murder, tragedy and the possibility of untold wealth. They soon discover a letter from 500 years earlier, and the trail leads them to one of the missing treasures of the modern world, the Piris Reis map. India and Brandon attempt to uncover the secrets of the map, but as they travel the world they are closely watched at every step by a family of assassins with an agenda of their own.

In the early morning of September 28, six shots ring out on the otherwise quiet grounds of the Lexington Country Club. As dawn breaks, news spreads that golf champion Marion Miley - winner of every US women’s amateur tournament save the National Title - has been brutally murdered. A giant manhunt begins, and a flood of support pours in from around the country to bring the killers to justice. 

Espagne, automne 1936. Sous le commandement de Franco, l'armée s'est soulevée pour renverser la République. Les services secrets franquistes chargent Lorenzo Falcó, ex-trafiquant d'armes et espion dénué de scrupules, d'une mission impossible : pénétrer en zone rouge et organiser, avec l'aide d'un groupe de miliciens, l'évasion du fondateur de la Phalange, José Antonio Primo de Rivera, détenu par les républicains dans la prison d'Alicante. Un homme et deux femmes - Ginés Montero, sa soeur Cari et l'énigmatique Eva Rengel.

The villain Cleander has fallen, his wickedness gone from the imperial court, but his influence lives on. Amongst the Praetorians, a network of spies, killers and thieves remain, clawing on to the power they have enjoyed. Rufinus, returned to the Guard at the hands of the devious Frumentarii, Rome’s imperial secret service, is intent on bringing the entire web of villainy to justice. But Commodus’s reign falters and Rome is in peril. Wolves are at the door and every man with power prepares to make a bid for the purple. 

The beautiful province of Hangzhou has become a stronghold of the Japanese puppet government. One day, five officers from the code-breaking department are escorted to an isolated mansion outside the city. One of them has been sharing secrets with the communists. No-one is leaving until the traitor is uncovered. It should be a straightforward case of sifting truth from lies. But as each code-breaker spins a story that proves their innocence, events are re-framed, and what really happened is called into question again and again.

Mit dieser Geschichte lässt Catherine Shepherd dich in die düstere Dimension der Musik eintauchen. Halt dich fest, denn dieser Thriller wird dich nicht wieder loslassen. Zons 1497: Eine junge Novizin wird gekreuzigt in der Kirche aufgefunden. Stadtsoldat Bastian Mühlenberg entdeckt eine Rose ohne Blütenblätter bei der Leiche des Mädchens. Noch bevor er ihrem Mörder auf die Spur kommt, muss eine weitere Frau ihr Leben lassen. Wieder schmückt ein Pflanzensymbol den Körper der Toten. Bastian steht vor einem Rätsel.

El Secreto de los Assassini es un thriller histórico lleno de aventuras, de las que los tres protagonistas: Hércules Guzmán Fox, John Lincoln y Alicia Mantorella van a contarnos recorriendo medio mundo desde las pirámides de Egipto pasando por una Turquía en guerra hasta la Acróipolis griega, para llegar a conseguir.

En un derrumbe parcial en la nueva carretera que comunicará Tungus con Skardu (Pakistán) se descubre una caverna centenaria. En su interior encuentran vestigios del pasado: utensilios de labranza, distintas alforjas repletas de semillas y un decrépito arcón de madera que contiene varios códices en perfecto estado, sorprendentemente, escritos por una mujer.

AD 838. Deep in the forests of Wessex, Dunston's solitary existence is shattered when he stumbles on a mutilated corpse. Accused of the murder, Dunston must clear his name and keep the dead man's daughter alive in the face of savage pursuers desperate to prevent a terrible secret from being revealed. Rushing through Wessex, Dunston will need to use all the skills of survival garnered from a lifetime in the wilderness.

Belfast 1993: Für den jungen Sanitäter Ryan wird ein nächtlicher Einsatz zum Verhängnis. Er gerät in die Schusslinie der IRA und wird schwer verletzt. Die Polizei legt den Fall schnell zu den Akten. Doch wer war der alte Mann, der wie ein Geist am Tatort auftauchte und Ryan das Leben rettete? Kaum genesen, macht Ryan sich auf die Suche. Dabei wird er immer tiefer in den gewalttätigen Kampf zwischen IRA und militanten Protestanten verstrickt, mit fatalen Folgen … Ein spannender Roman um Schicksale im Nordirland des 20. Jahrhunderts.

In the spring of 1914, Nadia Shulkina, the daughter of Russian aristocrats, looks toward a bright future. She has no premonitions of war, let alone the revolution that is about to destroy her comfortable world. Her once-noble family is stripped of every possession, and more terrible losses soon follow. To save what's left of her family and future, Nadia marries a zealous Bolshevik in an act of calculated reinvention.

In the murky world of Kings Cross in 1932, aspiring crime writer Joan Linderman and her friend and flatmate Bernice Becker live the wild bohemian life, a carnival of parties and fancy-dress artists' balls. One Saturday night, Joan is thrown headfirst into a real crime when she finds Ellie, her neighbour, murdered. To prove her worth as a crime writer and bring Ellie's killer to justice, Joan secretly investigates the case in the footsteps of Sergeant Lillian Armfield. 

Una storia d'amore e di vendetta, che vede il soldato di ventura Fulvio Alciati combattere per la propria vita e per quella della moglie, Miriana, messa in pericolo dalle folli ambizioni di un uomo che non si fa scrupolo di uccidere, pur di raggiungere i propri scopi. - Il racconto da cui è stato sviluppato il romanzo "I bastioni del coraggio"Ducato di Milano, 1573. Il soldato di ventura Fulvio Alciati è in forza alla guarnigione di Marignano, a pochi chilometri da Milano.

Medio Oriente, 1981. Tra i monti dell'Afghanistan si trova la Valle dei Cinque Leoni, un luogo di antiche leggende ora rifugio di Masud e dei suoi guerriglieri che combattono gli invasori sovietici. È qui che trovano compimento i destini incrociati di tre personaggi: un americano e un francese che al tempo della Guerra fredda hanno combattuto su opposti fronti, e Jane, la donna che li unisce e li divide.

A professor from Jerusalem, an expert in decoding ancient Hebrew manuscripts, is hired to carry out a mysterious task, one that sends him to three continents. He becomes entangled in a web of murders that leave him deeply puzzled. However, he quickly discovers that if he does not succeed in deciphering the enigmatic manuscripts, through his in-depth knowledge of Kabbalah, the lives of many people - including his own family - will be endangered.

Summer, 1658, and the Republic may finally be safe: the combined Stuart and Spanish forces have been heavily defeated by the English and French armies on the coast of Flanders, and the king's cause appears finished. Yet one final, desperate throw of the dice is planned. And who can stop them if not Captain Damian Seeker? The final gripping book in this acclaimed and award-winning series of historical thrillers. Will Seeker's legacy endure?

With Ulysses S. Grant now the head of the Union armies, plans have been put into place to dismantle the Confederate war machine once and for all. But, you can’t fight decisive battles against evasive opponents that fade into the landscape and strike like lightning in the night. A daring raid is devised to draw out the Confederate cavalry. The Union needs a group of soldiers just brazen enough to do it or die trying. Libby Prison’s most recent escapee, Johannes Wolf, and his unit of misfits, might just be the ones to get the job done - if they don’t kill each other first.

Un attentato a Mussolini di cui nessuno si accorge. Un sacrificio umano nelle paludi pontine. Un colloquio con gli spiriti etruschi, una tragica vendetta nella laguna veneta, una medium al Vittoriale. Sette casi improbabili per Cesare Marni, eroe fiumano e svagato architetto alla perenne ricerca di lavoro.