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“Between Amelia Peabody and Indiana Jones, it’s Amelia—in wit and daring—by a landslide.” —New York Times Book Review Intrepid archaeologist and superior sleuth Amelia Peabody returns in A River in the Sky. In this breathtaking new adventure, New York Times bestselling Grand Master...

It's 1911, and war is brewing across Europe. However, Melody Chesterton, an independent young woman with her own fortune, has more important things on her mind. Melody is determined to do more with her life than marry well; she wants exciting escapades with perhaps some romance sprinkled in along the way. Chaperoned by her older brother, Rat, who secretly works for Britain's newly formed Secret Service Bureau, Melody sets off for the first stop on her Grand Tour of Europe, Venice.

Neve shivers with apprehension. She has been to London countless times in her life, but never like this, a 21st century woman in 1685, walking the busy streets by the side of Lord Hugo Everly, plotting to save a doomed man from the gallows… The timeslip Neve discovered at Everly Manor can be a curse as well as a blessing. Through it, she met passionate, honourable Hugo and began a life she never dreamed could be possible, but it has also allowed his traitorous relative Max into their world.

Across the centuries, their bond will never break… Separated from each other by prison bars, terrified of the future, Neve and Hugo are fighting to survive. But just when all hope seems lost, an unexpected visitor arrives with an audacious proposition—one that could change the course of...

Returning to the sanctuary of Everly Manor after years of exile, Neve and Hugo wish for nothing more than safety and tranquillity. When Neve gives birth to twins, it brings new joy and hope for their family. Contemplating the hidden timeslip passageway at Everly that has shaped their lives, Neve is astonished when a man she recognises from the 21st century stumbles through the magical gateway. But Simon’s arrival sparks a terrible fear, because according to history, Hugo will be dead within the year…

Can a fresh new start protect them from an old enemy? Freshly settled in France to protect their growing family, Neve and Hugo yearn for a life free from the dangers they faced in London. However, fate has other plans in store… When Hugo receives a mysterious summons, he is thrust into the...

Summer. A dark, brooding season of oppressive heat and thunderstorms, and Flotsam yearns for fresh air and a sea breeze. But business is brisk in Baker Street and becomes even brisker when a lady who purports to be a spiritualist brings Sherlock Holmes a mysterious message from the dead. The...

As bodies continue to fall and the past bleeds into the present, Dr Alan Twist must confront a killer no one can see and a crime that defies logic. Three young ladies are thrown into raging waters, seemingly pushed by an invisible hand. Six years later, when a famous actor is flung from his...

'Superbly plotted...pure escapism and utterly joyful' JOANNA CANNON 'Vivid and entertaining, and powered by such a wonderfully dry wit' THE TIMES 'An excellent mystery...superbly rendered' GUARDIAN 'A beautifully woven debut full of escalating secrets...hugely enjoyable' AJ PEARCE 'An...

The basis for the blockbuster motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Shutter Island by New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane is a gripping and atmospheric psychological thriller where nothing is quite what it seems. The New York Times calls Shutter...

Das Grauen hat seinen Meister gefunden. Stockholm im Jahr 1793: Eine verstümmelte Leiche wird geborgen. Arme und Beine fehlen, der Rest ist fast bis zur Unkenntlichkeit entstellt. Zwei Ermittler tun sich zusammen, um diesen grausamen Fund aufzuklären: Jean Michael Cardell, ein traumatisierter Kriegsveteran mit einer Holzhand, und der Jurist Cecil Winge, genialer als Sherlock Holmes und bei der Stockholmer Polizei für "besondere Verbrechen" zuständig. Schon bald finden sie heraus, dass das Opfer mit chirurgischer Präzision gefoltert wurde.

A cozy historical mystery set in the 18th century - perfect for Bridgerton fans! 1787, Bath. Mrs. Tiffany Lathrop has catalogued the entire library at Astwell Palace and is feeling rather dull when Mr. Thomas Montague invites her and her husband Samir to visit Bath. Thomas begs Tiffany to help...

Join the T'ang Dynasty detective Judge Dee on his very first full-length mystery! Poisoned plums, a cryptic scroll picture, passionate love letters, and a hidden murderer with a penchant for torturing and killing women lead Judge Dee to the heart of the Governor’s garden maze and the answers to three interwoven mysteries. This book kicked off Robert van Gulik's long-running series and introduced countless listeners to a cozy, clever series and the incredible detective at its center. Listen to this one, and you'll quickly find yourself seeking out the whole series.

Brought to you by Penguin. Fatherland is set in an alternative world where Hitler has won the Second World War. It is April 1964 and one week before Hitler's 75th birthday. Xavier March, a detective of the Kriminalpolizei, is called out to investigate the discovery of a dead body in a lake near...

Under the plain gray skirts of Miss Beatrice Lockwood's gown, a pistol waits at the ready. For Beatrice is a paid companion on a secret mission—and with a secret past—and she must be prepared to fight for her life at any moment.

Lotingen. Tre anni dopo gli omicidi di Könisberg, Hanno Stiffeniis e la moglie Helena conducono una vita di ristrettezze dopo la sconfitta dell'esercito a Jena contro le truppe napoleoniche. Quando vengono ritrovati i cadaveri mutilati di tre bambini, figli di un ufficiale ussaro, appare evidente che Stiffeniis dovrà indagare spalla a spalla con il nemico.

When the body of a night watchman is found sprawled in the shadow of a rare 19th-Dynasty mummy case, panic ensues. For no one doubts that the guard's untimely demise is the work of an ancient Egyptian curse. No one, that is, except that tart-tongued Victorian Egyptologist, Amelia Peabody, whose...

After more than a decade, the handsome amateur detective Xavier Kilgarvan has returned to Winterthurn just in time to see the fifth young woman’s body carried from Devil’s Half Acre. A brutal fiend has left her mutilated body in this desolate plot of land filled with hulking boulders, quicksand, and twisted trees. Can detective Kilgarvan discover the forces motivating the mysterious “Gentleman Suitor” who has lured five innocent women to their deaths?

Romulus and Fabiola are twins, born into slavery after their mother is raped by a drunken nobleman on his way home from a good night out. At 13 years old, they and their mother are sold: Romulus to gladiator school, Fabiola into prostitution, where she will catch the eye of one of the most powerful men in Rome, and their mother into obscurity and death in the salt mines. Tarquinius is an Etruscan, a warrior and soothsayer, born enemy of Rome, but doomed to fight for the Republic in the Forgotten Legion.

Brought to you by Penguin. Shogun meets Sherlock Holmes! Over 24 million copies have been sold of this beloved samurai adventure It has been half a year since Akiyama Daijiro became a samurai; half a year since he left his father Kohei – once the most skilled swordsman in the land – to set...