Tudor Mystery

Exeter, 1323. A strange man is entering people’s houses at night, causing panic amongst householders. Although many had thought him harmless, now he seems to have committed murder. A man lies dead in his own home, slaughtered merely for trying to protect his children, and the folk of Exeter want this menace caught and hanged. Sir Baldwin de Furnshill suspects that the solution isn’t that simple.

Battle and burial are built into the history of Lansdown Hill, so it is no great shock when part of a skeleton is unearthed there. But Peter Diamond, Bath's Head of CID, can't ignore the fresh corpse found close to the folly known as Beckford's Tower. The hill becomes the setting for one of the most puzzling cases he has investigated, involving golf, horseracing, Civil War re-enactment and the Cyrillic alphabet.

En liten by. Ett mörkt förflutet. En farlig nuti... För 500 år sedan brändes åtta martyrer på bål. För 30 år sedan försvann två tonåringar spårlöst. För två månader sedan begick kyrkoherden självmord. Ett mörkt förflutet dröjer sig kvar i Chapel Croft. För femhundra år sedan blev protestanter i byn förrådda och sedan brända på bål. För trettio år sedan försvann två tonårsflickor spårlöst. Och för några veckor sedan hängde sig församlingens kyrkoherde i kyrkans mittskepp.

Spanish Netherlands, 1620s: raised by her father Lucas to know her mind, Antonia Vorsterman sees everything that goes on in her world—all the rivalries and jealousies that course through the artists' studios and workshops of Antwerp. Drawn into the lively household of the artist Peter Paul Rubens, whose work her father engraves for a living, Antonia begins to see a life of colour and possibility for herself—until Lucas entrusts her with a terrible secret that will alter the course of their family's future.

In "The Detective's Wife", Tudor Jenks, perhaps having had a bit too much of all-knowing and near omniscient sleuths, seems to be having his own joke on Conan Doyle and his followers. This audiobook takes you back into the parlor of one such brilliant and undefeatable detective, who brags to his wife that the logical and mathematical male mind is superior to the disorganized and emotional mind of the female. His wife disagrees.

An honorably discharged Navy SEAL, Jack Sterling moves to Dayton to emotionally support his recently divorced mother. Rather than find her crushed as he expected, she’s surprisingly energized by a new, religious faith. Hired as a bounty hunter, Jack begins tracking down a war veteran fugitive that jumped bail, while encountering his own spiritual crisis. There's action, humor and personal reflection as Jack, in a dual pursuit, searches to find a brother in arms and his own soul.

London, 1471. The War of the Roses rages on. Edward of York has claimed the English throne, and his Yorkist supporters gleefully slaughter their adversaries; there's no mercy for anyone who supported the Lancastrian cause. Margaret Beaufort - mother of Henry Tudor, the only hope for the House of Lancaster - knows her enemies are closing in. Desperate for help, she turns to Christopher Urswicke for protection. But when ruthless scheming and pitiless killings are the only routes to survival, Urswicke will have to choose where his loyalties truly lie.

In 1483, Edward and Richard of York—Edward, by law, already King of England—were placed, for their protection before Edward's coronation, in the Tower of London by their uncle Richard. Within months the boys disappeared without a trace, and for the next five hundred years the despised Richard III was suspected of their heartless murders.

In To the Tower Born, Robin Maxwell ingeniously imagines what might have happened to the missing princes.

Cold-blooded murder has transformed Simon Puttock's official obligation into something horrid, and he will need the able assistance of his friend, Sir Baldwin Furnshill, to draw a criminal out. A former Knight Templar, Sir Baldwin knows much of duty and servitude and of evil freely indulged in the name of godliness or greed. Now, justice must be served, even if their search exposes extortion, foul corruption, rule by fear, and killers willing, even eager, to shed more blood.

London, 1593. Five years on from the Armada and England is taking its first faltering steps towards a future as a global power. Nicholas Shelby – reluctant spy and maverick physician – and his companion Bianca Merton are settling into a life on Bankside. But in London there is always a plot afoot.... Robert Cecil, the Queen’s spymaster, once again recruits Nicholas to embark on a dangerous undercover mission that will take him to the back alleys of Marrakech in search of a missing informer.

Varina Westcott is a young widow and a talented candlemaker for the royal court and church. At a time of great political unrest in 1501, Varina is conscripted for a secret project by Queen Elizabeth of York. Her task? To carve wax figures of four dead children. But soon, news comes to the court: The queen's eldest child, heir to the throne, Arthur, prince of Wales, has died. Deep in her grief, Elizabeth of York does not believe her son died of natural causes or because of a sudden illness - she believes he was murdered by the king's enemies.

In modern-day London, architectural historian and recovering alcoholic Annie Kendall hopes to turn her life around and restart her career by locating several long-missing pieces of ancient Judaica. Geoff Harris, an investigative reporter, is soon drawn into her quest, both by romantic interest and suspicions about the head of the Shalom Foundation, the organization sponsoring her work. He's also a dead ringer for the ghost of a monk Annie believes she has seen at the flat she is subletting in Bristol House.

Im Jahr 1546 ruft Sultan Süleyman der Prächtige alle Könige Europas auf, an einem nie dagewesenen Wettstreit teilzunehmen: In einem großen Turnier soll der beste Schachspieler der Welt gefunden werden... Unter den Tausenden Reisenden, die in Konstantinopel eintreffen, reihen sich auch der Gelehrte Roger Ascham und seine Schülerin Elisabeth ein, Tochter von Heinrich VIII. Bald überschlagen sich die Ereignisse.

Quando Joe Thorne era adolescente, sua irmã mais nova desapareceu. Vinte e cinco anos depois, um e-mail anônimo o leva mais uma vez ao passado: “Eu sei o que aconteceu com sua irmã. Está acontecendo de novo.” Atolado em dívidas e bem longe do vilarejo onde cresceu, Joe precisa escapar das pessoas perigosas que estão atrás dele, mas também vê a oportunidade de resolver o que arrasta consigo há mais de duas décadas. Retornar a Arnhill parece a única opção.

London, 1594. The queen's physician has been executed for treason and conspiracy theories flood the streets. When Nicholas Shelby, unorthodox physician and unwilling associate of spymaster Robert Cecil, is accused of being part of the plot, he and his new wife, Bianca, must flee for their lives. With agents of the Crown on their tail, they make for Padua, following the ancient pilgrimage route, the Via Francigena. But the pursuing English aren't the only threat Nicholas and Bianca face.

Gabe Forman está preso em um engarrafamento, atrasado para o jantar em casa com a família, quando o rosto de sua filha, Izzy, de cinco anos, aparece no vidro traseiro do carro à frente e balbucia “papai”. Três anos depois, Gabe passa seus dias e noites rodando pela estrada em que viu Izzy pela última vez.

Em 1986, Eddie e os amigos passam a maior parte dos dias andando de bicicleta pela pacata vizinhança em busca de aventuras. Os desenhos a giz são seu código secreto: homenzinhos rabiscados no asfalto; mensagens que só eles entendem. Mas um desenho misterioso leva o grupo de crianças até um corpo desmembrado e espalhado em um bosque. Depois disso, nada mais é como antes. Em 2016, Eddie se esforça para superar o passado, até que um dia ele e os amigos de infância recebem um mesmo aviso: o desenho de um homem de giz enforcado.

Há muito tempo uma história sinistra é contada na pequena Chapel Croft. Cinco séculos atrás, mártires protestantes foram traídos, e então queimados. Trinta anos atrás, duas adolescentes desapareceram sem deixar vestígios. E há algumas semanas, o responsável pela paróquia local se enforcou na nave da igreja. A reverenda Jack Brooks, mãe solteira de uma jovem de quatorze anos, chega a esse vilarejo em busca de um recomeço. Em vez disso, encontra um lugar tomado por conspirações e segredos, e é recebida com um estranho pacote de boas-vindas—um kit de exorcismo e um bilhete.

Da Joe Thorne var dreng, forsvandt hans søster fra sin egen seng og var væk i 48 timer. Annie Thorne kom tilbage, men hun var som forandret og ville ikke fortælle, hvad der var sket. Mange år senere vender Joe Thorne tilbage til Arnhill, hvor det hele skete. Han flytter ind i et hus, hvor en mor for nylig har slået sin egen søn ihjel og derefter taget livet af sig selv. Han havde helst været fri, ville helst overhovedet ikke have været tilbage. Men han er tvunget til det, for det der skete, dengang hans søster forsvandt, ser ud til at være ved at ske igen.

Apothecary John Rawlings has travelled to Devon to be by the side of his mistress, Elizabeth di Lorenzi, who is due to give birth to their child. Leaving his shop and his new carbonated water business in good hands, John is presented with a surprise on his arrival at Sidmouth House. While Elizabeth is recuperating, he learns that Lady Sidmouth's daughter, Miranda, is to marry the elderly Earl of St. Austell, who is 54 years her senior and has a cruel reputation.