Historical

The isolated Monkshill Park boarding school seems a world away from the violence that has engulfed Europe. Yet its eerie ground have witnessed a murder. Annabel Warnock, a teacher with a checkered past, disappeared during the holidays. The teachers and girls assume she has left the school, but the truth is quite different. Her body is lying at the bottom of the Maiden’s Leap, along the dangerous and overgrown Gothic Walk. Annabel’s ghost is trapped at Monkshill, unable to move on whilst the mystery of hear death remains unsolved.

The unshakeable Amelia Peabody embarks on an Egyptian adventure armed with self-confidence, a journal to record her thoughts, and, of course–a sturdy umbrella. On her way to Cairo, Amelia rescues young Evelyn Barton-Forbes, who has been abandoned by her scoundrel lover. Together the two women sail up the Nile to an archeological site run a pair of handsome brothers.

Canada, 1898. The Gold Rush is on in the frozen wilderness of the Yukon. Fortunes are made as quickly as they're lost, and Dawson City has become a lawless settlement. In its midst, three women are trying to find their place on the edge of civilisation. Journalist Kate, along with her dog Yukon, has travelled hundreds of miles after receiving a letter from her sister warning that her husband means to kill her. Martha's hotel and livelihood are under threat from the local strongman, who is set on buying up the town.

The war is nearly over, but the wounds are still fresh, and for​ the picturesque village of Larkwhistle in the New Forest, it’s a time of​ great change and great sorrow.  Jill Metcalfe receives the news of her brother Henry’s death from his friend, US Army Officer Jack Stafford.  Henry had been on a mission in France and had discovered some vital information, but it was information he was unable to give to Jack before he was killed at the rendezvous point.   Jack has come to the village in the hopes that Henry’s cryptic last note will lead to a clue to the traitor he was searching for.

Early one morning, a body is found lying next to the railway tracks just outside of Kuki Station in Saitama Prefecture, shot dead. It is identified as belonging to the owner of a local mill which is embroiled in a labour dispute. Suspicion initially falls on the workers' union, then on a new religious sect that has been gaining followers recently. Chief Inspector Onitsura and his assistant Tanna are called in to investigate, and soon set off in a journey across Japan, from Tokyo to Kyoto and Osaka, and finally to the island of Kyushu, in a hunt for the killer.

Leonora Spencer has an acquaintance with death. Sixteen years ago, only she survived the brutal murder of her family. Now, as an assistant in her uncle's London morgue, she uses her photographic memory to catalogue details for his coroner reports. She also isn't opposed to helping him during postmortems if his skilled hands begin to shake. After a thief breaks into the morgue and steals a locket from a young woman's corpse, Leo is determined to understand why, even if it means going against Detective Inspector Jasper Reid's express orders to keep her nose out of it.

Ein Wildhüter und ein Flüchtlingsjunge auf der Spur eines Mythos Fichtelgebirge, 1630. Die calvinistische Familie des jungen Johann versucht, sich eine neue Existenz in einem entlegenen Dorf aufzubauen. Unterdessen grübelt der Junge über das Schicksal der Kinder des Ortes. Wer oder was hat zwei von ihnen getötet und wohin sind alle anderen verschwunden? War es der legendenumwobene »Wilde Jäger« – ein Wolfsmann, der im dicht bewaldeten Gebirge sein Unwesen treiben soll?

The British Museum gets one more corpse than they bargained for as doors open for their new Egyptian exhibit.

Ingebor Bullivant, the put-upon daughter of the Bishop of Redchester, suddenly rebels and takes a week's tour to Lucerne. Constantly in the company of a ponderous German pastor, she is put into a quandary when he proposes marriage. Faced with her father's wrath on her return, she accepts Herr Dremmel with simple relief. But as a pastor's wife in East Prussia, she finds she has merely exchanged one set of rules for another...

Ex-Polizist Sami Kierce ermittelt in einem sehr persönlichen Fall. MALAGA – 2000Der junge Sami Kierce reist quer durch Spanien und genießt das Leben. In Malaga lernt er die geheimnisvolle Anna kennen und verliebt sich Hals über Kopf in sie. Doch als er eines Morgens nach einer wilden Nacht aufwacht, ist er voller Blut. In seiner Hand liegt ein Messer – neben ihm Annas toter Körper.

Phillip Brown wakes up one bitter November morning to find a woman near frozen on the stoop of the Baltimore home he shares with his sister and uncle. The unconscious woman eventually awakens, unwilling to share who has terrified her while she makes a recovery in the Brown home. He continues his work at the Wiest Oyster Cannery and pouring beer on occasion at his neighborhood brewery while guarding his family from dangerous criminals’ intent of silencing his discoveries about the woman.

Den 11-årige Olive ved instinktivt, at hendes stedfar ikke har gode intentioner med de to søstre fra Choctaw-stammen, der er blevet anbragt i deres hjem. Da den ældste pige forsvinder, flygter Olive ud i skoven med den seksårige Nessa. Sammen drager de ud på en farefuld rejse til de barske Winding Stair Mountains for at finde hjælp, og undervejs møder de andre børn, der også har søgt tilflugt i skovene. Da parkbetjenten Valerie begynder på sit nye job ved Horsethief Trail National Park, drømmer hun om et stille liv med sin søn.

Im Jahre 1902 legen Strandpiraten zwischen Sagres und dem Cap São Vicente immer wieder falsche Leuchtfeuer, überwältigen die Überlebenden, nehmen diese als Geiseln und erbeuten, was an Bord ist. Bis eines Nachts die "Europa" gegen die Klippen schlägt und die Piraten es mit einem Gegner zu tun bekommen, der ihnen weit überlegen ist ... die Tochter Draculas.

Deux histoires, deux époques, deux lectures, pour une histoire à énigme palpitante. Côté pile : Angleterre, 1881. Simeon Lee, un jeune médecin londonien, se rend sur l'île de Ray, au large de l'Essex, à la demande de son oncle, Oliver Hawes. Ce dernier, gravement malade, est persuadé d'avoir été empoisonné. Peu de temps après son arrivée dans l'unique maison de l'île, Turnglass House , Simeon fait une découverte des plus étranges : dans un coin de la bibliothèque se trouve une immense cage de verre, dans laquelle est enfermée une femme.

Five years after Theo King's supposed death, he has returned to Graceling Hall, but a mystery remains. A stranger is buried in his grave, and nobody knows if the man's death was accidental… or murder. As Theo resumes his former life, the dead man’s sister shows up on his doorstep to hold him accountable. If he helps this Irish spitfire solve the mystery, will she finally leave him in peace?

Der neue Roman von den Gewinnern des Kindle Storyteller Award erzählt vom Mut einer Mutter und der Entschlossenheit einer Familie in dunkler Zeit Münster 1940: Die zweijährige Lotte Brinker ist anders - für ihre Familie ein Wunderkind, gesegnet mit einer außergewöhnlichen musikalischen Begabung, doch für die Nationalsozialisten gehört das seltsame Mädchen in eine Anstalt gesperrt. Lottes Eltern Anna und Gerhard ahnen, in welcher Gefahr ihre Tochter schwebt und tun alles, um sie zu schützen. Denn am Horizont ziehen dunkle Gefahren auf.

Sardegna, 1959. Villalta è un piccolo villaggio di pastori e mezzadri dove non accade mai niente. Il sole ferisce gli occhi e appesantisce le membra, la polvere e la terra riempiono il naso, i campi sterminati impediscono di pensare al mondo di fuori. Il primo a raggiungere Punta Mala, la desolata zona del crimine, è il maresciallo Deledda, quarantenne buono di carattere e coraggioso, fumatore smodato alto e grosso quanto una montagna, timido e insicuro con le donne. Per sbrogliare il caso viene chiamato persino un giovane e abile tenente dal "continente" con tanto di rinforzi.

WIOSNA 1925 ROKU. FRANIA TAŃSKA WRAZ Z KUSTOSZEM SKIEŁŁĄ WPADA NA KOLEJNY POMYSŁ, JAK PODREPEROWAĆ BUDŻET MUZEUM NARODOWEGO, I DOŁĄCZA DO EKSPEDYCJI ARCHEOLOGICZNEJ, KTÓRA BADA KUJAWSKIE PIRAMIDY. NA MIEJSCU TRAFIA NA ŚLAD BEZCENNEJ RZEŹBY O DUŻEJ WARTOŚCI MUZEALNEJ I RUSZA JEJ TROPEM, WBREW ZDROWEMU ROZSĄDKOWI I RADOM OTOCZENIA. OBIETNICA SENSACYJNEGO ODKRYCIA PRZYCIĄGA RÓWNIEŻ TAJEMNICZEGO KOLEKCJONERA WIDMO.

Ein kriminalistisches Abenteuer auf den Spuren Arthur Conan Doyles. London, 1889: Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson werden von einem jungen Schauspieler engagiert, um einem seltsamen Fall nachzugehen. Zu seinen Aufführungen kommen jeden Tag dieselben Zuschauer – jedoch immer in anderen Verkleidungen. Zur gleichen Zeit läuft Professor Moriarty und Sebastian Moran die Zeit davon: Sie werden für einen mysteriösen Mord verantwortlich gemacht und müssen untertauchen. Eine unsichtbare Hand zieht das Netz um die beiden verfeindeten Genies Holmes und Moriarty immer enger.

The Bell vibrated with a low, guttural tone—too deep for the ear, but heavy in the ribs. It wasn’t ringing. It was gathering. Calloway turned as Graves and Thorne crossed the threshold. Her eyes didn’t show fear—just fatigue sharpened by defiance. Calloway (dryly): Took you long enough. Graves (already at her wrists): Traffic was hell. Her shackles were lined with symbols—sacramental, but wrong. Graves worked the lock with a practiced flick. Thorne: We stopping a ritual or robbing a bank? Graves: With these bastards, it’s the same thing. Click.

Ein mitreißender Krimi, der Licht auf ein dunkles Stück Schweizer Geschichte wirft. Absolut fesselnd und eindringlich erzählt. Auf dem Sechseläutenplatz werden zu Mittsommer live Arien von der Opernhausbühne übertragen. Doch das musikalische Schauspiel kommt zu einem jähen Ende, als ein Mann tot im Orchestergraben aufgefunden wird. Werner Meier, der im Publikum sitzt, übernimmt die Ermittlungen. Zeugen wollen die Chorleiterin Lou Müller als Täterin erkannt haben.

Patrick Bird, police academy burnout turned PI, works divorce cases, using his camera to catch the unfaithful and the lonely looking for love in rented rooms. But his easy routine is shattered by a new case involving a missing girl.

Her mission: Save the soldier, save the future...even if she loses her heart. It's 2015, and librarian Beryl Blue shelves books in her hometown library. Dull, but after being orphaned and years in foster care, she prefers the mild life. Until a time cop from the future crash lands in her library with an offer Beryl isn't allowed to refuse—she must stop a rogue time traveler from killing a WWII soldier on leave and changing history forever.

When a wooden box filled with old newspaper clippings is found in Sophie Dawson’s attic of fifty years, no one is prepared for the family secrets they discover. With their grandmother’s unwillingness to answer questions about the findings, the family is left to guess at answers which will forever haunt them.

Napoli, 1935. È un afoso pomeriggio estivo quando la piccola Paola Marotta precipita dalla finestra della sua cameretta. Il commissario Francesco Ambrosino viene incaricato di svolgere le indagini per accertare le cause della morte della bambina. Un paio di giorni prima, è stato rapito dalla culla il figlio di Aniello Bellucci, segretario del fascio rionale. Le due storie si intrecciano sullo sfondo di una città piegata dalla povertà, in una narrazione in cui passato e presente si fondono rivelando la tormentata personalità del protagonista.