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.”

Portrait of the Medical Student as a Young Body Snatcher. Yet I must insist that in the end, this is not a story about Death. It is perhaps a Life story, or even—yes—a Love story. It is the story of how I clawed my way from the decay of a crumbling legacy into the modern era of Reason and Science. It is the story of how I escaped the prison of archaic superstition to the freedom of enlightenment. It is the story of how a rose can blossom from even the bloodiest soil, of how light can grow from shadow, how love can grow from despair.

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.

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.

Winter 1264. England is in turmoil. King Henry III's reign is under threat. In Oxford the barons prepare to challenge his rule. Searching for his lodgings down a dark alley, young student Thomas Symon hears a scream. It's a young girl, her throat slit. Mistaken for the fleeing killer, Thomas is saved from a vengeful town mob by a stranger pulling him into a dark passageway. The man is his new university tutor, renowned academic Regent Master William Falconer.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ever wondered what ancient secrets lie buried beneath the sands of Egypt? Let me tell you about Sekhet, a curious and determined girl from a humble village whose life takes an extraordinary turn. She stumbles upon a mysterious amulet—heavy, pulsing with an otherworldly energy, and etched with cryptic hieroglyphs. It's like it has a life of its own, hinting at forgotten powers and secrets lost to time. Intrigued by this enigmatic artifact, Sekhet seeks out Neferu, a girl from a distant and mysterious family who've just moved into the grand, crumbling estate on the outskirts of the village.

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...

Anna, alternde Schauspielerin, ehemalige Zirkusakrobatin und aktive Kunstdiebin, lebt und reist in ihrem eigenen Art-Déco-Zug. Auf der Bühne vor Publikum zu stehen, reicht ihr schon lange nicht mehr, um ihren Durst nach Adrenalin zu befriedigen. Als ihr ein harmloser, aber überbezahlter Insiderjob angeboten wird, bei dem sie ein Bild stehlen soll, nimmt sie trotz ihres anfänglichen Misstrauens an.

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.