Titoli in Storico

This adventure transports Amelia Peabody and her husband Emerson to Amarna, the rustic desert site where the two archaeologists first met, beginning the 13-year association that would take them from mayhem to murder in the Egyptian outback.

Lady Georgiana Rannoch, 35th in line for the British throne, knows how to play the part of an almost royal - but now she's off to Hollywood, where she must reprise her role as sleuth or risk starring in an all-too-convincing death scene...

New York Times best-selling author Max Allan Collins has won multiple Shamus Awards for his detective novels featuring Nathan Heller. The third book in his JFK trilogy, Ask Not finds Heller investigating a bizarre string of deaths among the witnesses to JFK’s assassination—and tracing blame to LBJ’s right-hand man.

Just like the detective of the same last name Warlock solves crimes, but instead of using his powers of deduction, he uses powers of a more magical nature. With the help of his ever resourceful and trusted companion, Dr. Watson, Holmes solves some of the oddest and supernatural cases in England. Having recently returned from the dead, Warlock needs some serious recuperation time, so he can appear a little less corpse-like.

El maestro de la novela histórica de suspense nos deleita con una historia de mujeres fuertes, decisiones difíciles y heridas que nunca cerraron. 300.000 lectores ya tienen a Rafael Tarradas Bultó en su lista de imprescindibles Barcelona, 1880. Como protegida de una de las mujeres de la alta burguesía barcelonesa, Sara ha comenzado a trabajar en la colonia textil de la familia Bofarull . Allí, su prodigiosa mirada y su incomparable talento la llevarán a liderar el departamento de diseño , donde parece haber encontrado su vocación.

Cracovia, 1895. In una fredda mattina di aprile, sulle sponde della Vistola viene ritrovato il corpo di una giovane donna. I capelli sciolti, l'abbigliamento composto e una macchia di sangue scuro sulla camicetta chiara rendono la ricostruzione degli accadimenti più complessa rispetto alle comuni morti violente che si registrano di solito in quel quartiere periferico e poco raccomandabile della città. La vittima è Karolina Szulcówna, fino al giorno prima domestica irreprensibile nel Palazzo del Pavone.

Newly widowed at twenty-two, Tabitha, Lady Pembroke, is determined never again to be anyone’s pawn. Her late husband’s cousin and heir, Jeremy “Wolf” Chesterton, is a former thief-taker whose rough edges and razor intellect make him both an unlikely earl and an even less likely ally. Yet when murder intrudes upon London’s drawing rooms and country estates, it is Tabitha’s keen mind and Wolf’s streetwise instincts that form an irresistible, if occasionally frustrating, team.

Un convento. Una muerte. Un descubrimiento que cambiará el mundo para siempre. Corre el año de 1631. Mientras la peste asola Florencia, una red de intrigas y crímenes envuelve al convento de San Mateo, donde han tomado los hábitos Virginia y Livia, las dos hijas del científico más vigilado por la Inquisición, Galileo Galilei. Dentro de los muros de este recinto, ambas hermanas en compañía de sor Agnese, una monja apasionada por la ciencia, ayudan a transcribir las novedades astronómicas que surgen de la mente del genio.

When a group of friends gathers at a remote Dartmoor estate for an evening of ancient rituals and playful mystery, the night takes a deadly turn. A man lies dead, struck down as if by some unseen force. Is it murder or something far more sinister? In The Idol House of Astarte, Agatha Christie delivers a gripping blend of intellect and eeriness, where superstition meets cold logic and every guest hides more than they reveal.

York, 1369. As pestilence rages through the city of York, strange things are afoot at St. Leonard's Hospital. Corrodians are dying in mysterious circumstances and riches belonging to the hospital have been stolen. When a fire claims the life of a corrodian and badly injures another, it's clear it was no accident—both men were violently attacked. With a suspicious death and a lay sister suspected of being behind the thefts, Sir Richard de Ravenser, Master of St. Leonard's, appeals to his uncle, the Archbishop of York, for Owen Archer's help.

London, 1859. Nurse Gemma Tate boards the American packet ship the Prince Regent to aid Inspector Sebastian Bell in investigating the death of a British aristocrat. But when she sees the crime scene, Gemma realizes that her knowledge of human nature will be just as valuable as her medical training. Lord Anthony Blackstock lies murdered in his cabin, his head locked inside a nightmarish iron cage. His wife has vanished without a trace, and time is running out to find her, dead or alive…

Switzerland, 1924. Lady sleuth Olive Belgrave is set to enjoy a holiday of ice skating and snowshoeing in the glamorous alpine setting of St. Moritz, but her plans are rudely interrupted when an unfortunate accident takes place. It quickly becomes clear that the tragic event was a carefully concealed murder. Olive isn’t one to shy away from a challenge, and with her sharp intuition and knowledge of the high society set, she uncovers motives among the elite guests. However, this case is one of the most challenging she’s faced.

Private investigator Matilda Wren's new client is a woman seeking evidence to divorce her husband. She is also the former fiancée of her last client—and dear friend—Lord Ravenhurst. Though he has enthusiastically offered to aid Tilda with future investigations, she can't very well accept his help in this matter. Especially when her client's husband is murdered, and Ravenhurst is a suspect.

Sechs spannende Krimikurzgeschichten um den beliebten russischen Ermittler Fandorin im Russland des 19. Jahrhunderts: Fandorin kommt in den Besitz eines Rosenkranzes aus Jade, ein Antiquitätenhändler wird erschlagen, eine Adlige verschwindet und eine schreckliche Serie an Selbstmorden bei den Altgläubigen erschüttert den Norden des Landes. Doch Fandorin behält stets den Überblick über das Geschehen und löst dank seiner präzisen Kombinationsgabe die Fälle auf.

Inspector Sebastian Bell arrives at Paddington station through thick Victorian mist, hoping to reconcile with his estranged brother. Instead, he discovers a young woman’s body in an abandoned trunk, stabbed with a peculiar bone-handled knife. But with no clues to her identity and his new boss dismissing the case, Sebastian’s investigation seems doomed.

If there's one art the French have mastered as well as fine cuisine, it's haute couture. Tabitha and Julia are already accustomed to sampling the delights of the former. Now fashion is returning to the forefront in Paris, as the somber hues of wartime are replaced by vibrant colors and ultra-feminine silhouettes. Tabitha and Julia join a friend for a private showing at an exclusive fashion atelier, Maison Lannet. The event goes well, but when Tabitha returns later that evening to search for a lost glove, she finds the lights still on—and the couturier dead, strangled by a length of lace.

Inghilterra, anno del Signore 1498. Alan di Whitby non è un semplice monaco. La stazza possente, l'animo severo e il carattere schivo portano addosso il peso di un martello da fabbro e le ombre di ricordi lontani... Ora sfama orfani e bisognosi: non permetterà più agli eventi di lasciar emergere l'uomo che era. Ma mentre nello Yorkshire risuonano ancora gli echi di una guerra mai dimenticata, un relitto di cavaliere si presenta all'abbazia per chiedergli aiuto nel nome di un'antica amicizia, e la quiete è infranta.

London’s bright young things are partying, Soho’s nightlife is buzzing, and Augusta Peel is hiding in her basement. She has a reason to hide there: it’s home to her Bloomsbury workshop where she repairs old, neglected books. After a busy time during the war, all Augusta wants is peace and quiet. But events take a turn when Augusta agrees to chaperone nineteen-year-old Harriet Jones on a date. Failing to get her home on time, she ends up in a riotous nightclub. She can’t imagine the evening getting much worse when the police raid it. But then the murder happens.

I was so excited when Darcy announced out of the blue that we were flying to Kenya for our extended honeymoon. Now that we are here, I suspect he has actually been sent to fulfill another secret mission. I am trying very hard not to pick a fight about it, because after all, we are in paradise! Darcy finally confides that there have been robberies in London and Paris. It seems the thief was a member of the aristocracy and may have fled to Kenya. Since we are staying in the Happy Valley, we are well positioned to hunt for clues and ferret out possible suspects.

On a spring evening in 1140 Shrewsbury, the midnight matins at the Benedictine abbey suddenly reverberate with an unholy sound—a hunt in full cry. Pursued by a drunken mob, the quarry is running for its life. When the frantic creature bursts in to claim sanctuary, Brother Cadfael finds himself fighting off armed townsmen to save a terrified young man