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La primera trascurre en los principios del tribunal de la inquisición de Valencia, dónde es protagonista destacado el humanista Luis Vives, la inquisición y sus secretos. Todos los personajes existieron en su época y todos los hechos narrados se corresponden con la realidad histórica. La segunda historia es protagonizada por un grupo de amigos en la Valencia actual, que descubren que el misterio que creían resuelto, en realidad no ha hecho más que comenzar.

È il 10 settembre 1314, e Bologna freme per il passaggio di una cometa - a detta di alcuni preludio di un luminoso domani, secondo altri il presagio dell'imminente apocalisse. Mondino de' Liuzzi, medico anatomista e accademico, sta per tenere una delicata lezione alla scuola di medicina quando in aula irrompe Rambertuccio, il capitano del popolo: un uomo è stato ucciso, ma prima di morire ha pronunciato il nome del medico, e Rambertuccio è convinto che stesse indicando il suo assassino.

Berlin in den Goldenen Zwanzigern! Ein jüdischer Bankier wird erschlagen im Hausflur seiner Geliebten aufgefunden. Kommissar Ariel Spiro ist gerade aus der Provinz nach Berlin gezogen und übernimmt direkt seinen ersten Fall. Zunächst deuten die Ermittlungen auf ein politisches Motiv hin. Doch auch die wohlhabende und exzentrische Familie des Toten gibt Spiro Rätsel auf.

Siglo XVII. La pugna por el poder en la Nueva España se intensifica con la llegada de un nuevo virrey. Las prebendas y privilegios otorgados por el antiguo representante de la corona han levantado envidias y enfrentamientos entre la burguesía, el Estado y la Iglesia, representada en esta lucha por su brazo armado, la Santa Inquisición. En medio de este choque una nueva fuerza está surgiendo de las sombras: una hermandad secreta de mujeres que han heredado las imprentas de sus difuntos maridos.

Er zeigt dir ein Geheimnis, doch es ist tödlich. Gegenwart: Maras Leben verwandelt sich schlagartig in einen Albtraum. Als sie nach Hause kommt, liegt ihr Vater tot in der Badewanne. Kommissar Oliver Bergmann untersucht den Mord an dem renommierten Arzt. Der Täter hat die Wanne mit einem merkwürdig riechenden und schlammigen Wasser gefüllt, dessen Zusammensetzung das Ermittlerteam vor ein Rätsel stellt. Die Ermittlungen laufen an, doch schon wird eine Ärztin aus der Klinik des Vaters ermordet. Und dann verschwindet auch noch Mara.

17th May 1899. Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone on the site of a new museum being built in South Kensington, which she names as The Victoria and Albert Museum. Shortly after, Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton are called to the site because the dead body of a man, Andrew Page, has been found in one of the trenches. The more Wilson and Fenton dig, the more they discover other potential motives for Page's murder, some with potentially explosive implications for the royals and the government.

2002, Quebec. A former schoolteacher is accused of brutally stabbing her husband—a famous university professor—to death. Detective Maxine Grant, who has recently lost her own husband and is parenting a teenager and a new baby single-handedly, takes on the investigation. Under enormous personal pressure, Maxine makes a series of macabre discoveries that link directly to historical cases involving black magic and murder, secret societies and spiritism...and women at breaking point, who will stop at nothing to protect the ones they love.

Narcís Presas, a prop dels seixanta anys, s’ha retirat a un casalot enmig del bosc amb la intenció de matar Amanieu de Palol, el protagonista de la sèrie de novel•la històrica que l’ha convertit en un escriptor d’èxit. Abans que ho enllesteixi es presenta a la casa una amant de vint anys enrere amb una oferta sorprenent: serà la seva esclava. Per sempre. Però la incapacitat de l’escriptor per comprendre els sentiments de la seva filla, enamorada d’un il•lusionista, i per afrontar la vida, la naturalesa i tot allò que l’envolta, el fa dubtar.

Vom Bau bis zum Fall der Berliner Mauer — der zweite Teil der großen deutsch-deutschen Romantrilogie. 1973. Die Weltfestspiele der Jugend verwandeln den Berliner Alexanderplatz in ein Festivalgelände mit acht Millionen Besuchern. Während vordergründig freie Liebe, lange Haare und buntes Chaos herrschen, sieht Oberleutnant der Staatssicherheit Eickhoff die Gelegenheit, sich an einer alten Feindin zu rächen: der Spionin Ria Nachtmann. Mit dem Versuch, Rias Tochter auf seine Seite zu ziehen, kommt er ihr gefährlich nahe.

Vom Bau bis zum Fall der Berliner Mauer — der zweite Teil der großen deutsch-deutschen Romantrilogie. 1973. Die Weltfestspiele der Jugend verwandeln den Berliner Alexanderplatz in ein Festivalgelände mit acht Millionen Besuchern. Während vordergründig freie Liebe, lange Haare und buntes Chaos herrschen, sieht Oberleutnant der Staatssicherheit Eickhoff die Gelegenheit, sich an einer alten Feindin zu rächen: der Spionin Ria Nachtmann. Mit dem Versuch, Rias Tochter auf seine Seite zu ziehen, kommt er ihr gefährlich nahe.

Milano, 1958. Leonardo Bruni dirige l'omonima e fortunata casa editrice con sede in Porta Venezia. Tra i suoi collaboratori spicca Alberto Masserini, correttore di bozze poi promosso a redattore capo dopo aver scovato e fatto pubblicare un romanzo di successo. La sua fortuna però si esaurisce presto, perché viene trovato con la gola squarciata nel suo appartamento in via Settala. L'assassinio del giovane e brillante redattore capo porta Arrigoni a indagare in un ambiente per lui del tutto nuovo, quello dell'editoria.

Detective Helen Carter is called to a crime scene: a barmaid, Tina French, has been strangled. Murdered on her way home from work to look after her sick son. Meanwhile, Moira McKenzie leaves her lover's townhouse and gets home to find her abusive husband, Reggie, washing blood from his hands. Later, in their garden shed, she finds incriminating photos, keepsakes and newspaper cuttings about old murder cases. When the police are called to their home, they find a pool of blood and a shattered glass table, but no sign of Moira.

Una coppia di nobili e il loro autista sono assassinati in un agguato. Il delitto rischia di avere gravi conseguenze politiche: tutto porta verso la pista socialista. Eppure qualcosa non torna. In particolare a Clara Simon, collaboratrice senza firma de "L' Unione". Clara è giovane, bella e ricca. Quello che non le perdonano a Cagliari è di essere per metà cinese e di voler diventare la prima giornalista investigativa italiana. Un sontuoso galà di beneficenza ha riunito tutta la buona società cagliaritana allo scopo di raccogliere fondi per i terremotati della Calabria.

Une enquête de Nicolas Le Floch, commissaire au Châtelet sous le règne de Louis XVI. Septembre 1789. La Bastille a été prise, la nuit du 4 août a tout changé. Mais le destin de Louis XVI n'est pas encore scellé. Qui sont ses alliés ? Qui sont ses ennemis ? Le commissaire Le Floch quitte sa Bretagne pour porter une nouvelle fois secours au roi et à la reine. Mais où est sa fidélité ? À un régime qui a forgé sa carrière mais dont il connaît toutes les failles ? À une Révolution qui montre que le temps du changement est arrivé ?

An American art expert raised in a world of European wealth and privilege, Lanny Budd is dedicated to his socialist ideals and to combatting the twin scourges of Nazism and Fascism. In 1937, a chance encounter in New York with Professor Charles Alston—his boss at the Paris Peace Conference and now one of President Roosevelt’s top advisors—provides Lanny with the opportunity to make a profound difference.

Janvier 1519 : Le capitaine Philippe d'Alesani est chargé par le Connétable Charles de Bourbon d'épurer la France des sorcières qui la hantent et qui continuent à échapper à la Sainte Inquisition. Lors d'une mission, il poignarde le sorcier Bune avant que ce dernier ne puisse lui révéler l'emplacement de la porte du mal.

Imprisoned in Damascus, Dragonetz suffers the mind games inflicted by his anonymous enemies as he is forced to remember the traumatic events of the crusade two years earlier. His military prowess is as valuable and dangerous to the balance of power as the priceless Torah he has to deliver to Jerusalem, and the key players want Dragonetz riding with them—or dead. Instead of remaining safely at home, Estela is desperate to rescue Dragonetz at all costs. She sets out for the Holy Land, never realizing that the person she thinks will be her knight's savior might actually be his doom.

Autumn, 1942. Rule breaker OSS Agent Conor Thorn is assigned a mission to help the Allied war effort when a key Swedish cryptographer stationed in England goes missing. Thorn is determined to find him before critical information falls into enemy hands, but when his MI6 colleague vanishes trailing the code-breaker to Stockholm, Thorn is plunged yet again into a sinister Nazi conspiracy. Can Thorn stop prized secrets from triggering more wartime carnage?

There might be a war on, but that doesn't stop Georgina Garrett running her business with an iron fist. No one said running the Battersea gang was going to be easy, but her unflinchable nature makes Georgina unstoppable. With a role that requires a ruthless ability to seek revenge and pay out crippling punishments, Georgina's enemies are growing in number. With a target on her back, Georgina knows she must do everything to protect her family. But, with the loss of someone closest to her, can Georgina rise up from the ashes or allow a usurper take her crown?

Wide Is the Gate followed the 1943 Pulitzer Prize-winning Dragon’s Teeth and introduces Lanny as a secret double agent fighting the Nazis as a supporter of the resistance in Germany. Lanny is living in England with his wife of almost five years, Irma Barnes, the twenty-three-million-dollar heiress. But Lanny is conflicted continuously in his heart and soul for the workers and social justice. He attempts to commit to Irma, to “behave” himself and lead a normal aristocratic life.