Titoli in Storico

En 1875, Mauricio Sargal, un millonario antillano retornado a España, libertino y bon vivant, se ve obligado a regresar a Cuba cuando le comunican que su hermana Dulce ha desaparecido de su hacienda en Siboney. Para saber de ella tendrá que enfrentarse a su cuñado, Bartolomé Gormaz, quien...

The latest puzzling mystery facing Jude Dee begins on the night of the Poo-yang dragonboat races in 699 A.D.: a drummer in the leading boat collapses, and the body of a beautiful young woman turns up in a deserted country mansion. There, Judge Dee—tribunal magistrate, inquisitor, and public avenger—steps in to investigate the murders and return order to the Tang Dynasty.

Spring, 1909, and Lady Hardcastle, amateur sleuth and all-round eccentric, is enjoying a well-deserved rest. But a week after a trip to the cattle market, Spencer Caradine, a local farmer, turns up dead in the pub, face-down in his beef and mushroom pie. Once again, it is up to Lady Hardcastle and her maid, Florence, to solve the case. Armed with wit and whimsy, not to mention Florence’s mean right hook, the pair set out to discover what really happened and why. Was it poison or just ill luck?

Late October 1909, and the season of ghouls and things that go bump in the night has descended on the village of Littleton Cotterell. Lady Hardcastle and her trusted lady’s maid, Florence, find themselves hosting a colorful cast of actors whose spooky moving picture, The Witch’s Downfall, is being shown to mark Halloween. But things take a macabre turn when the first night’s screening ends with a mysterious murder, and the second night with another. One by one the actors turn up dead in ways that eerily echo their film.

Aprile 1926. Sul transatlantico Pamphylia Neron Vukcic onora una promessa fatta a sé stesso nel 1914: andare a vivere a New York, la Mela d'Oro del XX secolo. Ma è mai possibile che il delitto non lo segua mentre teso e diffidente naviga verso il Nuovo Mondo? Naturalmente no.

The Carolinas, 1699: The citizens of Fount Royal believe a witch has cursed their town with inexplicable tragedies -- and they demand that beautiful widow Rachel Howarth be tried and executed for witchcraft. Presiding over the trial is traveling magistrate Issac Woodward, aided by his astute young clerk, Matthew Corbett. Believing in Rachel's innocence, Matthew will soon confront the true evil at work in Fount Royal....

Lady Emily Hardcastle is an eccentric widow with a secret past. Florence Armstrong, her maid and confidante, is an expert in martial arts. The year is 1908 and they've just moved from London to the country, hoping for a quiet life. But it is not long before Lady Hardcastle is forced out of her self-imposed retirement. There's a dead body in the woods, and the police are on the wrong scent. Lady Hardcastle makes some enquiries of her own, and it seems she knows a surprising amount about crime investigation...

Read by Hugh Fraser Now an Amazon Prime original limited series! Agatha Christie’s beloved classic The A.B.C. Murders sets Hercule Poirot on the trail of a serial killer. There’s a serial killer on the loose, working his way through the alphabet and the whole country is in a state of panic...

Tenochtitlàn, 1491 d.C. Il giovane Itzel è figlio di quello che, prima di cadere in battaglia, era stato uno dei migliori combattenti della città. Per ironia della sorte però, Itzel non aveva mai dimostrato il desiderio di seguire le orme di suo padre, era pigro, di indole pacifica e la sola vista del sangue gli causava repulsione. Tuttavia, come si conviene a ogni figlio di stirpe aristocratica, frequenta il calmecac, una scuola in cui ai rampolli viene insegnato il culto degli dei e soprattutto la nobile arte della guerra.

This hugely engaging story of murder, superstition, religious politics and drama in a medieval monastery was one of the most striking novels to appear in the 1980s. The Name of the Rose is a thrilling story enriched with period detail and laced with tongue-in-cheek allusions to fictional characters, the most striking of which is the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, who displays many characteristics of Sherlock Holmes.

Junio de 1960. Un temporal mantiene aisladas en la idílica isla de Utakos, frente a Corfú, a nueve personas alojadas en el pequeño hotel local. Nada hace presagiar lo que está a punto de ocurrir: Edith Mander, una discreta turista inglesa, aparece muerta en el pabellón de la playa. Lo que parece un suicidio revela indicios imperceptibles para cualquiera salvo para Hopalong Basil, un actor en decadencia que en otro tiempo encarnó en la pantalla al más célebre detective de todos los tiempos.

Along with cheering on her soon-to-be brother-in-law, Freddie Kentfield, at The British Open in Scotland, Stella embraces the chance to connect with her distant cousins, the McEwens, at their grand estate, Glenloch Hill. But she and Lyndy don’t receive the warm welcome they expect when their arrival is marred by missing luggage, evasive hosts, and the perceived mistreatment of a young laundry maid. Adding to the tense atmosphere, Freddie’s roguish father, Sir Edwin, appears at the manor uninvited, his presence casting a shadow over the events—and stirring up more unanswered questions …

WINNER OF THE AGATHA, ARTHUR ELLIS, DILYS, AND DEBUT DAGGER AWARDS “Wonderfully entertaining . . . sure to be one of the most loved mysteries of the year . . . [Flavia is] a delightful, intrepid, acid-tongued new heroine.”—Chicago Sun-Times Coming soon as the major motion picture Flavia...

Tra le dune di Venezia, una coppia in cerca di intimità ritrova un cadavere. È il 1943, la Seconda Guerra Mondiale non accenna a finire, e in Italia il Fascismo sta iniziando a crollare. In questa torrida estate, il maresciallo Russo dovrà indagare sulla morte dell'uomo ritrovato tra le dune, riconosciuto come Ludovico Ferri, ricco borghese molto noto in città. In questo giallo storico, l'orrore della Guerra rifletterà altri segreti che si nascondono tra i canali di Venezia.

Leaving behind tragedies surrounding their wedding at Morrington Hall, travel-worn Stella and Lyndy arrive at the grand Majestic Hotel in York to more misfortune-their stately honeymoon suite has been given away to Horace Wingrove, owner of England's largest confectionery. Stella refuses to let an innocent booking mistake spoil the mood, but her optimism vanishes when Horace suffocates in the room where she and Lyndy should have stayed . . .

Taking on the responsibilities that come with being Lady Lyndhurst, Stella is eager to embrace yuletide traditions in the Edwardian English countryside and use her strong social influence for good. Her world becomes so consumed with starting a horse farm charity for the holidays that she barely notices the usual oddities attached to her upper crust lifestyle. At least, not until items vanish from her bedroom and maligned housekeeper, Mrs. Nelson, becomes seriously ill—only to be found dead in the cold on Mistletoe Lane.

It's 1892, and Amelia and her now-husband Radcliffe Emerson have settled down in Victorian England after their escapade in Egypt. They're raising their young son Ramses and everything seems normal–until they are approached by a damsel in distress. Lady Baskerville's husband, Sir Henry, has died after uncovering what might be a royal tomb in Luxor. Despite rumors of a curse haunting all those involved with the dig, Amelia and Radcliffe proceed to Egypt and realize that Sir Henry did not die a natural death.

Spring, 1905: Free-spirited like the Thoroughbreds she rides across the Kentucky countryside, Stella takes adventure by the reins when she's asked to attend a mysterious wedding in rural England. But once she arrives at the lush Morrington Hall estate, her cold and ambitious father confesses that he won't only give away his best racehorses as gifts - he has also arranged to give away his daughter as bride to the Earl of Atherly's financially strapped son. Stella refuses to be sold off like a prized pony. Yet despite a rough start, there's something intriguing about her groom-to-be.

1955, Firenze, nel pieno della Guerra Fredda, che in Italia si traduce in guerra ideologica. La città deserta è riunita ad assistere all'amichevole di calcio tra la Fiorentina, squadra locale nonché favorita, e la Dinamo Mosca, supportata da una schiera di tifosi russi comunisti, che si limitano a fare il tifo in silenzio, il semplice fazzoletto rosso legato al collo. Una giornata come tante, all'insegna dello sport, ma non per il maresciallo Girolamo Betti, che si trova a dover sovrintendere alla rimozione del cadavere dell'ex fascista Catone Tagliapani, apparentemente morto per infarto.

Una triple trama, con un extraño manuscrito, el Libro de Abraham, como hilo conductor, nos llevará desde el Toledo de finales del siglo xv y la Sevilla del Siglo de Oro hasta el Madrid de nuestros días. Un antiquísimo manuscrito desvela en sus páginas la más preciada fórmula alquimista...