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On a mild autumn afternoon in 1882, William Trenchard sits smoking his pipe in the garden of his comfortable family home. When the creak of the garden gate heralds the arrival of an unexpected stranger, he is puzzled but not alarmed. He cannot know the destruction this man will wreak on all he holds most dear.

Once upon a time, I was your average spunky redhead with the lamest employment history ever, a shaky relationship with my only family member, and no idea what I was doing with my life. Now, I'm a pseudo mythic with the best bartending job in the world, the most amazing (and hot) best friends I never knew I needed, and a guild of misfit magic-users who've become my extended family. And I'm about to lose it all. In my desperation to save Ezra, I stumbled into a web of ruthless deception - and seriously pissed off a sleeping hydra.

Tucking her daughter into her hospital bed, Gail sent up a silent prayer. Her daughter’s heart is failing and without this life-saving operation she will die. But soon her peace is shattered when a nurse races into the room: “Lock the doors, close the blinds. The hospital’s in lockdown. We have a shooter.”

La teniente Valentina Redondo y su compañero Oliver deciden tomarse unas vacaciones y viajan a Escocia para visitar a la familia de este. Su padre, Arthur Gordon, está empeñado en recuperar parte del patrimonio y de la historia de sus antepasados y ha adquirido el castillo de Huntly, en las Highlands, que había pertenecido a su familia hasta el siglo XVII.

Adaptación a ficción sonora de El último barco, un nuevo caso del Inspector Leo Caldas. En las Rías Baixas gallegas, el inspector Leo Caldas se enfrenta a un caso que sacudirá los cimientos de la apacible localidad de Tirán. La desaparición de Mónica Andrade desencadena una investigación que entrelaza vidas aparentemente dispares: un pescador taciturno, una madre protectora, un joven con discapacidad y un talentoso estudiante de artes. Mientras Caldas desentraña los hilos de este misterio, se ve obligado a confrontar sus propios demonios y la compleja relación con su padre.

When a new empire rises, and old one must fall. After 16 years of bloody war against Rome, Hannibal Barca is on the verge of defeat. On the plains of Zama, Felix and his brother Antonius stand in the formidable Roman legions, ready to deliver the decisive blow. Victory will establish Rome as the pre-eminent power in the ancient world. But in northern Greece, Philip V of Macedon is determined to restore Alexander the Great's kingdom to its former glory.

A South African antiques dealer is murdered with a single bullet from an M-16 assault rifle. The contents of his safe are missing, and the only clues are a scrap of blank paper and the unusual weapon used: a gun that's generally the choice of mercenaries, not burglars. Now ex-cop Zed van Heerden has seven days to fill in the blanks in this dead man's past - a past that appears only to start in 1983.

Caressa Horvath, raised in the corrupting atmosphere of a traveling carnival, marries an anthropologist named Jacob Bowman, who takes her on a journey to North Africa. Jacob gets himself killed by a band of Bedouin who spare Caressa’s life. The only one of her party left alive, Caressa is forced to join the caravan on a harrowing journey across the African desert.

At Princeton University, a famed geneticist dies inside a biohazard lab. In Rome, a Vatican archaeologist is found dead in St. Peter's Basilica. In Africa, a U.S. senator's son is slain outside a Red Cross camp. The three murders on three continents bear a horrifying connection: all the victims are marked by a Druidic pagan cross burned into their flesh. The bizarre murders thrust Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force into a race against time to solve a riddle going back centuries.

Detective Amos Decker discovers that a mistake he made as a rookie detective may have led to deadly consequences in this compelling Memory Man thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci. Decker is visiting his hometown of Burlington, Ohio, when he's approached by a man named...

A hundred and forty years after a British ship wrecks on the way to an Australian penal colony and the survivors discover diamonds on the tropical island where they wash up, Maeve Fletcher, one of their descendants, is stranded on an island in Antarctica with a party of passengers after their cruise ship seemingly abandons them. Dirk Pitt, on an expedition to find the source of a deadly plague that is killing dolphins and seals in the Weddell Sea, finds Maeve and the passengers and rescues them from death.

«Консуэло» Жорж Санд – это история истинной любви, гимн музыке, творческой силе искусства, а также торжеству подлинности и вдохновляющей силе духа женщины. Изысканное повествование Санд мастерски переплетает романтику, тайну и историческую драму. В равной степени это роман о личностном росте и одновременно тщательное исследование классовой структуры, динамики власти и социальных норм эпохи, отражающее феминистские взгляды самой Санд.

Два почитателя таланта Шерлока Холмса, братья Густав и Отто Амлингмайеры, известные как Старый Рыжий и Верзила Рыжий, решаются круто изменить свою жизнь. Бывшие ковбои по найму бросают прежнее унылое ремесло и устраиваются охранниками на Южно-Тихоокеанскую железную дорогу. Это только первый шаг на пути к мечте Густава стать настоящим детективом, но неразлучные братья быстро обнаруживают, что на всех парах мчатся к катастрофе. Не успевает «Тихоокеанский экспресс» покинуть станцию, как подвергается налету печально известной банды Лютых, а смотритель багажа теряет голову — в буквальном смысле.

In the mist-shrouded town of Stonebridge, secrets don’t stay buried. They rise. When the body of Laura Fletcher is discovered near the tranquil edges of Lake Briar, Detective Eliza Stone is called into a case that will shatter the illusion of small-town peace. Laura, the beloved wife of a powerful local studio owner, had been preparing to expose her husband’s darkest truths. Instead, she wound up silenced forever. But Eliza has a gift: she listens to the things people don’t say.

Ich kenne eure Verstecke. Ich weiß, wo ihr schlaft, wo ihr atmet, wo ihr glaubt, sicher zu sein. Aber ihr seid es nicht. Ich werde euch finden – jeden Einzelnen von euch. Einen nach dem anderen. Bei einem nächtlichen Polizeieinsatz findet eine Diensthundeführerin in einem Versteck 14 Kilogramm Kokain und 450. 000 Euro Bargeld. Mehrere Mitglieder des Magori-Clans werden daraufhin festgenommen. Nur eine Woche später wird die Polizistin zusammen mit ihrem Hund vergiftet in ihrer Wohnung aufgefunden.

The ninth title in Paul Finch's thrilling Detective Mark Heckenburg series.

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson besuchen ein Krippenspiel in einer methodistischen Kirche, bei dem das Jesuskind, gespielt vom Sohn des Lords Arsfasten, entführt wird. Holmes Untersuchungen enthüllen, dass die Mutter des Babys, Lady Arsfasten, von ihrem Ehemann tyrannisiert wird. Zudem stößt Holmes auf ein dunkles Familiengeheimnis des Lord Arsfasten, das den Detektiv zu einer anderen Vorgehensweise drängt.

Kriminalkommissar Konrad Jung will mit seiner Freundin ein paar ruhige Tage an der Ostsee verbringen. Doch als sie in dem abgelegenen Haus ankommen, stoßen sie auf eine verweste Leiche. Noch ehe Sondermittlerin Lydia Westphal den Tatort erreicht, überschlagen sich die Ereignisse – und ein folgenschweres Unglück nimmt seinen Lauf. Unter dem Druck von allen Seiten gerät Konrad zunehmend ins Straucheln – bald stehen nicht nur seine Karriere und seine Beziehung auf dem Spiel, sondern auch sein Leben.

Nicht jeder Arzt ist ein Heiliger. Unzählige Male hat Dr. Christ Captain Monroe bereits zusammengeflickt. Dennoch misstraut Monroe dem Mann, über den er so gut wie nichts weiß. Als es Monroe nach einem verhängnisvollen Einsatz erneut auf die Krankenstation verschlägt, wirft er einen Blick hinter die noble Fassade des Doktors und steht plötzlich vor Abgründen voller todbringender Überraschungen. Dies ist der dritte Teil der Gay-Crime-Serie MIENAI – Die Unsichtbaren.

Things have been difficult for Annie since her husband left; her teenage daughter, Isla, has become a ghost of her former self. Annie's terrified that Isla might hurt herself, and she'll lose her, too. So when Annie receives a video of herself crying at Isla's funeral, she's immediately sick to her stomach. Confused and horrified, Annie races upstairs to check on Isla, who is perfectly alive and well. The video has been faked. But who sent it and what do they want?