Historical

Duy, Phong, Minh, and Edmond have been best friends since childhood. Now, as young men running their families’ formidable businesses, they make up Saigon’s most powerful group of friends in 1928 Vietnam’s elite society. Until one of them is murdered. In a lavish mansion on a hill in Dalat, all four men have gathered for an evening of indulgence, but one of them won’t survive the night.

On Dr. Benjamin Bones’s first night in the quaint Cornish village of Birdswing, a shocking hit-and-run leaves him seriously injured and his unfaithful wife dead. As he recuperates, Lady Juliet, a fiery aristocrat who won’t take no for an answer, pulls him into a sleuthing partnership destined to change both their lives. Suspecting that Ben’s late wife was murdered, he and Juliet dive headfirst into the investigation, questioning Birdswing's most eccentric and suspicious residents.

Arriving in Constantinople in 1273, Anna Zarides vows to prove the innocence of her twin brother, Justinian, who has been exiled to the desert for conspiring to kill a nobleman. Disguising herself as a eunuch named Anastasius, Anna moves freely about in society, maneuvering close to the key players involved in her brother’s fate, including Zoe Chrysaphes, a devious noblewoman with her own hidden agenda, and Giuliano Dandolo, a ship’s captain conflicted by his growing feelings for Anastasius.

The descendant of adventuring-dead-aristocrats, Clarissa Knightley supplements a modest inheritance by penning gothic novels that cost more than they earn. Upon learning that she has mysteriously inherited a share of an earl's estate, she rashly packs up her household. In remote Gravesyde Priory, she hopes to find a safe haven and family who will welcome her and her young nephew. Instead, she discovers a drunken American army captain, his African servant, and ancient, surly caretakers.

Less than one year into her marriage to respected magistrate George Knightley, Emma has grown unusually content in her newfound partnership and refreshed sense of independence. The height of summer sees the former Miss Woodhouse gracefully balancing the meticulous management of her elegant family estate and a flurry of social engagements, with few worries apart from her beloved father's health . . . But cheery circumstances change in an instant when Emma and Harriet Martin, now the wife of one of Mr. Knightley's tenant farmers, discover a hideous shock at the local church.

Los Angeles 1947: Auf einem verlassenen Grundstück wird die Leiche einer jungen Frau entdeckt – nackt und bestialisch zugerichtet. Der Mord der Schwarzen Dahlie macht Schlagzeilen und löst die größte Verbrecherjagd in der Geschichte Kaliforniens aus. Für Bucky Bleichert und Lee Blanchard vom Los Angeles Police Department wird die Suche nach dem Mörder zur Obsession.

Miss Marigold Manners may be steeped in the etiquette of her old-money Boston family, but she is also an accomplished, modern woman and an avid student of archaeology who can handle any situation with poise. When the death of her parents leaves her too destitute to pursue her academic career and she receives a letter from a distant relative on Great Misery Island, Marigold decides she must do what any person of superior sense and greater-than-average curiosity would: she mounts her trusty bicycle and heads up the craggy, fog-shrouded coast of New England for a date with fate.

Summer, 1958. Vivienne Rhodes thinks she’s finally landed her break playing Helen of Troy in Apex Pictures’ big-budget epic, A Thousand Ships, an anticipated blockbuster meant to resurrect the failing studio. Naturally, she’s devastated when she arrives on the remote Italian island of Tavalli and finds herself cast as the secondary character, Cassandra—while her nemesis, the fiancé-stealing Lottie Lawrence, America’s supposed “sweetheart,” is playing the lead role instead.

In the quaint village of Birdswing, the winter of 1939 is bitterly cold. Still haunted by his ex-wife’s murder and eager to contact the Fenton House ghost, Ben enlists Lady Juliet in an amateur séance. But the surprise return of Juliet’s rogue husband, Ethan, upends her life, setting tongues wagging. While she fights to make him sign divorce papers, a bloodless, naked corpse confronts Ben. The murdered man, handsome but uneducated and known to make passes at all things female, is discovered in an oh-so-proper estate.

The title itself, "Bound by Feathers," is an intentional paradox. It pairs the tight social restrictions at the turn of the century with the uninhibited and loose structure of feathers. The paradox here is that feathers are incapable of binding anything, but the invisible social restraints are impossible to loosen. The feathers that bind these women, in this sense, are the social norms and expectations they find difficult to escape.

After her abusive German husband left her for dead and took their daughter with him behind enemy lines, Dottie Lincoln learned it's better to be a trained soldier rather than a victim. As a newly minted squad leader in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, she spends her days moving men and materials to the front and her nights attending mandatory dances to boost the morale of the men. Despite the grueling nature of her job, she has found a sanctuary amongst the women in the Army. When Ruth, a member of her squad, is murdered, she's devastated and determined to get to the bottom of the murder.

Zwischen Dichtung und Wahrheit. Thomas Mann, wie Sie ihn noch nie erlebt haben. Nidden im Sommer 1930. In dem idyllischen ostpreußischen Fischerdorf kreuzen sich die Wege des weltberühmten Schriftstellers Thomas Mann und des jungen Übersetzers Žydrūnas Miuleris, genannt Müller, unter außergewöhnlichen Umständen. Nach der Auflösung des Reichstags droht das Ende der Weimarer Republik und der tief beunruhigte Dichter arbeitet in der Sommerfrische heimlich an einer politischen Rede, mit der er das Deutsche Volk vor dem erstarkenden Nationalsozialismus warnen will.

1922. Twenty-year-old Eleanor Mackridge is horrified by the future mapped out for her – to serve the upper classes or find a man to marry (preferably kind). She ‘proved useful’ working in a munitions factory during the war – handling explosives – but now, society is returning to normal and women are being put back in their place.

Four people's lives are dramatically torn apart by a single terrifying event. Two days before Christmas the express train to Strasbourg crashes into a local train in the winter darkness outside Paris. On board is Gilles Malroux, a man with a shady past and a strong reason to avoid the police. In the mayhem of the crash he is badly injured but to avoid capture by the police he swaps identity papers with one of the other victims of the impact. Gilles tries to flee in the dark but finds himself taken to the house of a woman he doesn't know but who calls him Davide.

Hamburg 1887. In einem Kontor wird die Leiche einer jungen Frau entdeckt, die mit zahllosen Messerstichen getötet wurde. Der Fall wird zur Bewährungsprobe für den frisch zum Criminalcommissar beförderten Hermann Rieker. Bei seinen Ermittlungen trifft er auf Johanna Ahrens, Tochter eines Richters, die heimlich arme Frauen im Gängeviertel unterrichtet.

En el corazón de El espejo de Salomón yace un enigma ancestral: un manuscrito del siglo X en ulfiliano, el alfabeto de los visigodos. Alejandra Espinosa, una historiadora desempleada, se adentra en una investigación que revela un tesoro perdido desde hace mucho tiempo y desencadena una persecución mortal. Este thriller histórico de León Arsenal teje una trama vertiginosa que conecta personajes históricos con sociedades secretas, desafiando los límites del tiempo y la historia.

In Reconstruction-era Baltimore, members of the city’s elite keep turning up dead. Below the polished surface of high society, there are illicit affairs, jilted lovers, financial hardships, and countless motives for murder. When Jane Gray Wharton’s husband, Ned, dies unexpectedly while overnighting at his brother’s home, Jane has no reason to question the circumstances of his death. But on a visit to the same house a few weeks later, both Jane and her daughter fall gravely ill, and Jane begins to suspect foul play.

Northern New England, summer, 1688. Perched on the brink of disaster, Resolve Hammond and her mother, Deliverance, struggle to survive in their isolated coastal village. They're known as healers taught by the local tribes—and suspected of witchcraft by the local villagers. Their precarious existence becomes even more chaotic when summoned to tend to a poisoned woman. As they uncover a web of dark secrets, rumors of war engulf the village, forcing the Hammonds to choose between loyalty to their native friends or the increasingly terrified settler community.

The position of lady’s companion at the grand, isolated Hemford House was meant to save Estelle Glass from the scandal of her own making. But when she arrived at the mansion and was greeted by the stern, mysterious and intimidating Mrs. Blackwell, Estelle began to see what had been meant as a punishment might possibly become more like a reward…if only she could manage to find her place in the dreary household and the service of Mrs. Virginia Hemford, the childlike beauty Estelle had been sent to serve.

It was a sweltering summer night in 1952 when Mary, an 18-year-old African American girl, was bludgeoned to death. Her body was found by the riverbank that separated the small town in Arkansas. The news of her death spread quickly, and the town was rocked by the brutality of the crime.

Oberhalb des Brienzersees thront das Grandhotel Schwandenbach. Seine Eröffnung feierte das Hotel im Jahre 1875 eine ganze Woche lang mit illustren und zahlungskräftigen Gästen. Darunter ist die Familie von Bonstetten aus Bern. Wilhelm von Bonstetten rennt jedem Rock nach und vernachlässigt seine Frau Charlotte, wie auch seine drei Kinder. Sie machen einmal im Jahr für eine Woche Ferien im Grandhotel. 147 Jahre später entdecken Bauarbeiter bei der Renovation eingemauerte Leichen. Wer waren sie? Was geschah damals? Und warum wurden die Menschen nie als vermisst gemeldet?

A nearly forgotten corner of California gives up it's secrets, steeped in the region's mystery, intrigue and bloodstained past.

Des Mordes an einem römischen Offizier beschuldigt? Willkommen in der Arena - schneller als du "Nicht schuldig!" sagen kannst. Thanar, zwielichtiger Händler und verstoßener Sohn eines germanischen Stammesfürsten, wird verdächtigt, einen römischen Offizier ermordet zu haben. Doch bevor er versuchen kann, seine Unschuld zu beweisen, fällt er selbst auf nächtlicher Straße beinahe einem Attentäter zum Opfer.

Berlin 1929: Eine neue Zeit bricht an. Die Gesellschaft sehnt sich nach Wohlstand und Glamour, manche streben sogar nach Macht. Mit Spannung wird ein neuer Film der UFA erwartet, der im größten Studio der Universal-Filmstudios in Babelsberg gedreht wird. Doch die Dreharbeiten rufen finstere Gestalten auf den Plan, die dunkle Drohungen gegen alle Beteiligten ausstoßen.

Cassandra Ayers investigates and debunks supernatural occurrences in London, 1900s. In this book, she embarks on a case of grave desecration at Highgate Cemetery allegedly haunted by a terrifying ghost; however, the most mysterious and frightening case she is challenged to solve lies in her own past and is related to her mother's death. Maybe now, after Cassandra sees her mother’s ghostly hand in her photo, she will be able to find the answers.