Historical

Banff, Scotland in the 1620s. A young man walks unsteadily through the streets. Is he just drunk or is there something more sinister happening? When he collapses in front of two sisters on that dark, wet night, the women guess that he's been poisoned. His body is discovered in the house of Alexander Seaton - a fallen minister, the discovery of whose clandestine love affair has left him disgraced.

1926 – Christie is a darling of the literary circuit and the most desired guest in London’s glittering social scene. She can often be found at meetings of the Detection Club – where mystery writers come together to share ideas, swap secrets and drink copiously. But then a fellow author's initiation ceremony takes a gruesome turn, and one of the group ends up dead. Now, Agatha is no longer just the creator of great mystery plots – she’s a player in one.

Suivez les Clifton dans leur traversée du XXe siècle. Des docks de Bristol aux prestigieux salons d’Oxford, leur vie sera transformée par la destinée.Élevé sur les quais de Bristol, Harry Clifton a toujours cru son avenir tout tracé : suivre la tradition familiale et devenir docker. Mais à l‘aube de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, sa réalité est bousculée. Doit-il aller étudier à Oxford ? S'engager dans l'armée pour batailler contre les forces nazies ? Et laisser son grand amour derrière lui ?

Hollywood, 1955. As head costume designer for Lux Pictures, Lena Taylor hears startling confessions from the biggest movie stars. She knows how to keep their secrets—after all, none of their scandals can match her own. Lena was once Elsie Gruner, the daughter of an Ohio dressmaker. Her gift for fashion design helped her win a coveted spot at an art academy in Rome. While in Italy, she became enthralled by the charismatic Julia, who drew her into a shadowy world of jazz clubs, code words, and mysterious deliveries.

In 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy makes a historic run for the White House. Despite concerns about his Catholicism, Kennedy’s outward charm is winning the country over, but his inner demons are putting his candidacy in danger and risk destroying his political career. That same year, Caitlin Russo, a former cop turned reporter, is devoting her skills to finding her husband’s killer. His job as a CIA operative posed its fair share of risks, but when Caitlin discovers his notes about the case that led to his death, she knows there’s more to the story than simple tragedy.

¿Dispuesto a unirte a la búsqueda de uno de los objetos más legendarios de la historia? Clarice ha decidido ayudar a John Campbell y a su amiga Sally...

Shanghai 1927. Pearl of the East or Whore of the Orient? Depends on who you ask. It's a cesspool of poverty, thronged with refugees, gripped by civil war. But for some it's still a fever dream: jazz clubs, film stars, and opium dens, celebrities and spies, easy money and easier women. The son of a rural Irish cop, Michael Gallagher has joined the Shanghai Municipal Police to escape an Ireland crippled by its recent bitter independence fight and escape a personal tragedy.

The year is 1925. In the borderlands of a newly partitioned Ireland, a doctor new to Northern Ireland begins a search for a missing patient, a young girl who has fallen pregnant. Meeting a wall of silence, she enlists the help of a local, a former IRA volunteer recently released from jail. Their enquiry brings them into contact with a community still suffering from the wounds of civil war. More worrying for them, they find they are beginning to rattle skeletons that some powerful people would prefer went undisturbed.

Alternating between London and Paris in the 1940s, the 1960s, and the present, Watching Over You explores the provenance of a collection of paintings hidden from the plundering Nazis during World War II and the fate of the families entangled in the search for the lost artworks.

1199: è la vigilia della festa di san Nicola e Kaspar Trevi, cavaliere templare, viene convocato dal reggente del Regno di Sicilia, in visita a Bari per assistere ai festeggiamenti. All'alba un uomo è stato trovato ai merli della fortezza, con il ventre squarciato e le viscere esposte: si tratta di Giuseppe Filangieri, un tempo consigliere della defunta regina Costanza di Altavilla. Dell'omicidio è ritenuta responsabile Filomena Monforte, la bellissima dama della regina, su cui ricade la terribile accusa di stregoneria.

...A secret that could reshape the world as we know it. Shane Riley thought his days of danger and adventure were behind him. But when his friend’s pub is destroyed in a violent attack, Shane is thrust back into the heart of a perilous journey that leads him deep into the Egyptian desert. Teaming up with the brilliant Professor Jack Swain and the resourceful Isaiah, Shane must uncover the truth hidden within the legendary tomb of Osiris.

During World War II, billions in pillaged loot suddenly vanished somewhere in Southeast Asia. Eighty years later, Charlee Flynn and her family embark on a death-defying quest to find it. Guided by the Book of Thieves, they must outwit ruthless marauders and black-market thugs to obtain their prize. The Flynns must also face off against a legendary guardian that is rumored to protect the treasure hoard. But surely that’s just an outlandish story…right?

When Thomas Berrington finds the bones of a human hand in his room at Ludlow Castle, he knows he must confront whoever left them. But when Thomas tracks the man down, his throat has been cut, and Thomas believes the killer is an old adversary.

With only days left until Christmas, uncle Albert is in a tizzy. The annual Twelve-Birds-Of-Christmas Dinner is looming, and his scheme to procure a copy of the latest book craze to sweep the Royal Society for Natural History Appreciation has been thwarted. Now, in a desperate bid to secure a Christmas miracle, Lady Caroline and Uncle Albert travel to an isolated castle on the Yorkshire moors in pursuit of the only available copy of the coveted book.

Bound by a deal forged in desperation, an immortal soul traverses centuries as a servant to forces beyond comprehension. His task is simple yet unyielding: to ensure every bargain struck is honored and every debt paid, no matter the cost. As he collects the remnants of humanity's most desperate choices, he wrestles with the weight of his eternal servitude, the morality of his task, and the elusive promise of redemption. But in a world where every deal has its price, the ultimate question lingers—what will you give for redemption?

Grayscale is the first book in the Callahan Chronicles series by Paul Campbell. Set in the 1890s, this gripping narrative blends real historical events and classic literature characters into a thrilling tale of adventure, mystery, and fantasy.

Las Vegas, 1945. Reeling from her husband’s death, Thelma Miles sets out to tear down a mafia empire. As federal agents circle, rival gangs plot, and her father’s empire grows more powerful by the day, Thelma masterminds an elaborate ruse. To pull off the con, she assembles an unlikely crew: a Hollywood starlet who is more than she appears; a relentless reporter on a crusade to root out corruption, and her former boss who may or may not be undermining the whole operation.

Ein großes Panorama aus historischem Wissen, Spannung, Intrigen und Liebe. 1540. Die kräuterkundige Verena von Pfäffikon soll als Hexe verbrannt werden. Doch bevor sie auf dem Scheiterhaufen stirbt, brennt das Dorf – Verena gelingt die Flucht. Drei beschwerliche Wochen später trifft sie – als Mann verkleidet und sich nun Johann nennend – in Padua ein. Im Sog einer Gruppe von Studenten gelangt sie ins anatomische Theater und wird Zeugin, wie der berühmte Anatom Andreas Vesal eine Obduktion ausführt.

In the tradition of Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Du Maurier’s Rebecca, All That Glitters takes listeners on a journey of self-discovery, danger, and survival. Join Sarah Anne as she unravels the secrets of Ripon House.

Henry Allen Carruthers had just celebrated his sixth birthday eleven days after he started first grade in 1955, and for him life was simply grand. But his idyllic existence would inexplicably grow dark with an unexpected life turn and the impact would slowly begin to change this sweet and lovable child.

Quando, nel 1871, la squattrinata e intrepida Philomela Drax riceve una lettera dal ricco nonno, che le rivela di temere per la sua vita a causa di una famiglia senza scrupoli, gli Slape, la nipote si precipita in suo soccorso. Ma il tempo stringe, perché Katie Slape, una donna crudele con il dono della chiaroveggenza e una certa abilità nello sferrare colpi di martello, sta per avere la meglio... Dalle strade polverose di un villaggio del New Jersey ai marciapiedi scintillanti di Saratoga e fino alle banchine di New York, Philo insegue Katie. O è il contrario?

Hundreds of years before Europeans first viewed the Appalachians, a Native American girl growing up in the shadow of Currahee Mountain becomes a skilled warrior and sets out on a quest to save her family from ruin. Half a millennium later, another girl, living under the same mountain and enduring similar hardships, faces a terrible decision. In order to save her family, she must face betrayal, degradation, and violence at the hands of murderous fanatics. The lives of these two girls converge during a devastating flood that hits the small town of Toccoa, Georgia.

On the night of March 17, 1934, in a small town in rural Pennsylvania, a man crept to a window and shot a woman through her heart. Her name was Susan Mummey, but she was better known as the Witch of Ringtown Valley. The shocking true story of her life and murder has never been told, until now. The cold-blooded shooting of a woman in her home would have been news on its own. But the victim who lay on her sitting room floor wasn’t just any woman. For years, the people of Schuylkill County whispered about how Susan Mummey practiced magic from her isolated farmhouse.

Feeling lonely and isolated, Marina Oswald tries to adjust to her life in this new country where she struggles with the local language. A surprise trip to visit her husband in Dallas leads her to a startling discovery—a discovery which validates Lee Harvey Oswald's claim that he didn't shoot President John F. Kennedy.

1987 Berlin: A brutal series of murders in the Jewish community force Saul Cohen into the role of detective. A victim of the concentration camps himself, Saul finds he must confront his own horrific past as one of the Jews who was forced to take part in the extermination of other jews, in order to solve the crimes being committed in the present day. However, he is fast losing control of his ability to restrain the nightmare images he has suppressed for so long.