Historical

Egypt, 1936: When anthropology student Charlotte Cross is offered a coveted spot on an archaeological dig in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, she leaps at the opportunity. That is until an unbearable tragedy strikes. New York City, 1978: Nineteen-year-old Annie Jenkins is thrilled when she lands an opportunity to work for former Vogue fashion editor Diana Vreeland, who’s in the midst of organizing the famous Met Gala, hosted at the museum and known across the city as the “party of the year.”

Terrified he may be going mad, he must keep the disturbing skill secret. But when it proves helpful in tracking his would-be killer, he has no choice but to embrace the newfound power. The retrocognition leads him to the house of a man recently deceased, where he encounters the clever and intriguing Miss Matilda Wren—who may be able to help him solve the many questions raised by the attack.

Returning to an England now alien to him Thomas Berrington falls foul of a thieves’ guild. In his efforts to protect a stranger he becomes their target. When the bonemen come to inflict punishment he has no choice but to kill one of their order. Fleeing London in the company of Arthur, Prince of Wales, heir to the English throne, Thomas believes he has escaped retribution for his actions. But it is a mistake that may get him and his companions killed.

1940: When twenty-one-year-old Nita Bineham is offered the chance of independence, away from the high walls of her family’s Surrey estate, she grasps it with both hands. But her new role at a local newspaper coincides with the emergence of a sinister rumour in their quiet village: that there is a traitor in their midst. Nita is determined to prove herself by uncovering the truth, but is she prepared for revelations that could change her life forever?

After the horrors of war against the forces of Napoleon and the hardships of guarding convicts in Australia, ex-soldier Gregory Hardiman is enjoying the quiet life of an ostler at a Cambridge coaching inn, with only the occasional nightmare to disturb his sleep, and memory of lost loves to disturb his waking hours. But when the inn’s cook is found drowned in the river in the spring of 1825 and his distraught widow pleads for help, Gregory finds himself caught up in the unexpectedly murky world of college life in the town.

Les secrets d'une famille norvégienne fortunée, des héritiers machiavéliques : le nouveau maître du polar scandinave. La matriarche d'une riche dynastie norvégienne se suicide sur le domaine familial. Elle laisse derrière elle le mystère d'un testament disparu et un manuscrit, seule trace d'un drame familial : une catastrophe maritime durant la deuxième guerre mondiale dans laquelle son mari et des centaines de personnes ont perdu la vie. Sa petite-fille se lance à la recherche de ce testament.

War es ein Unfall? Selbstmord? Mord? Der erste Skandal der deutschen Filmgeschichte. Berlin 1920: Fritz Lang und Thea von Harbou sind das Glamourpaar des frühen deutschen Films. Den Regisseur und die Drehbuchautorin verbindet eine Leidenschaft, die weit über das Künstlerische hinausgeht. Das Filmmärchen hat nur einen Haken: Beide sind verheiratet. Als Langs Ehefrau durch einen Schuss zu Tode kommt, steht der junge Kriminalkommissar Beneken vor einem Rätsel: Hat die Frau sich das Leben genommen, weil sie die Schmach des Betrugs nicht ertrug?

All’indomani del gala annuale della Venice Preservation Society, il restauratore e leggendaria spia Gabriel Allon entra nel suo caffè preferito sull’isola di Murano e trova ad attenderlo il generale Cesare Ferrari, a capo del Comando per la Tutela del Patrimonio Culturale. Ad Amalfi, nella villa di un magnate sudafricano recentemente assassinato, è stato scoperto un caveau segreto contenente una cornice e un telaio vuoti che corrispondono alle dimensioni del Concerto a tre di Johannes Vermeer, una delle tredici opere d’arte rubate nel 1990 all’Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum di Boston.

If you love early rock & roll, poodle skirts, clever whodunnits, a charming cat, and an even more charming detective, you're going to love this series.

"A me piacevano le banche con la porta girevole, un calcio e il mondo cominciava a girare. Uscivo per primo, facevo fuori un caricatore intero e davo il via al Far West. Ci chiamavano "il mucchio selvaggio"." È questa la Milano degli anni Settanta. Oscura, plumbea, e irriconoscibile rispetto a quella di oggi. Per le strade si calpestano i bossoli di pistola, la media di omicidi è di 150 all'anno, nei locali notturni si mescolano delinquenti, imprenditori e personaggi dello spettacolo e le bische sono nascoste dentro a palazzi insospettabili.

Five years before the story begins, a man convicted of murdering a powerful, corrupt financier escaped and disappeared. Now, five years later, another financier, an honest one, is murdered in Seattle. The famous lawyer, who is his executor, is attacked on the train stuck in the snow in the wilds of Montana. Who can be the attacker?

Previously fired for speaking out against workplace injustices, twenty-five-year-old Kay Thompson finds her true calling once appointed to support Eleanor Roosevelt, a champion of human rights known as ER among those in her inner circle. Kay fully embraces her new role as the former First Lady's right hand—typing up daily columns and juggling a blur of political meetings, ribbon cuttings, and charitable dinners. It's not until a dead body is discovered on a train that her most compelling task comes into focus.

In 1796, the men at Fort Kenay or Russian Redoubt Saint Nicholas are terrified. A ghost, a woman in a tattered white dress, screams nightly along the banks of the Kenai River below the bluffs where the fort stands. Young Nicholas arrives with Captain Zaikov on his fur trading ship from Russia at the fort. Nicholas is sent by powerful people in Russia to accomplish a task, yet no one knows anything about him. An Orthodox priest is among the arrivals in search of a missing missionary.

Wenn ein altes Verbrechen selbst die erste Detektivin von Brighton vor Rätsel stellt ... Auch im zweiten Band der humorvollen Cosy Crime-Reihe ist die englische Küstenstadt voller Geheimnisse! Es ist nicht einfach Brightons erste weibliche Detektivin zu sein – schon gar nicht, wenn man für seinen Klienten schwärmt. Obwohl für Clara Fitzgerald die Professionalität an erster Stelle steht, findet sie sich im Charme des unwiderstehlich leichtsinnigen Piloten Captain O'Harris gefangen.

MIŁOŚĆ, MEDYCYNA I TAJEMNICZY MANUSKRYPT W CZASACH WOJENNEJ APOKALIPSY... Podczas listopadowej nocy 1938 roku w Breslau dochodzi do pogromu Żydów. Lekarka, Iris Selinger, niepokoi się, ponieważ jej brat Joachim nie powrócił tego dnia do domu. Zaginiony miał przed bliskimi sekrety, a jego przeszłość owiana jest tajemnicą. Zdarzało mu się mówić przez sen o obrazie ukazującym boginię Lofn w perłach i ukrytych klejnotach...