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When Mr. Rushworth, the former husband of Edmund's sister Maria, is discovered dead in his home, Jonathan and Juliet find themselves with problems far weightier than the marriage market. In one of the greatest scandals of its day, Maria abandoned her new husband in favor of the notorious rake Henry Crawford, and when he wouldn't marry her, was forced to flee to the continent in disgrace. Now Maria is back, accompanied by a daughter she claims Mr. Rushworth fathered after their divorce—and who he wrote into his will just before his death.

Duy, Phong, Minh, and Edmond have been best friends since childhood. Now, as young men running their families’ formidable businesses, they make up Saigon’s most powerful group of friends in 1928 Vietnam’s elite society. Until one of them is murdered. In a lavish mansion on a hill in Dalat, all four men have gathered for an evening of indulgence, but one of them won’t survive the night.

1938, London. The four queens of British crime fiction, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, and Margery Allingham, are hosting a gala to raise money for the Women’s Voluntary Service to help Britain prepare for war. Baronet Sir Henry Heathcote has loaned Hursley House for the event, and all the elites of London society are attending. The gala is a brilliant success, despite a few hiccups, but the next morning, Sir Henry is found dead in the library. Detective Chief Inspectors Lilian Wyles and Richard Davidson from Scotland Yard are quickly summoned.

Audrey Rose und Thomas stecken nicht zum ersten Mal in einer Mordermittlung. Diesmal führt sie ihr Weg auf einem Ozeandampfer nach New York. Eine Truppe Zirkusartisten sorgt für Unterhaltung an Bord, doch das Vergnügen ist von kurzer Dauer. Bald erschüttert eine Reihe brutaler Morde die Passagiere. Jeder ist verdächtig, auch der undurchsichtige Entfesselungskünstler Harry Houdini. Der einzige Fluchtweg führt in den dunklen Abgrund der See. Es liegt an Audrey Rose und Thomas, den Mörder zu überführen, bevor sie die nächsten auf seiner Liste sind.

È la primavera del 1832 e un'epidemia di colera terrorizza i parigini. La "morte blu", come viene chiamata, provoca centinaia di morti e scatena dicerie incontrollate. Per una sinistra coincidenza, nello stesso periodo una serie di atroci omicidi decima il povero quartiere di Saint-Merri. Le vittime sono state accoltellate e poi hanno subito la mutilazione degli organi. Chi può uccidere in questo modo barbaro, disumano? L’ispettore Valentin Verne esplora ogni possibile pista. Assistito da Aglaé e da due nuove reclute, va a caccia della verità negli angoli più bui di Parigi.

Königsberg 1924: In einer Kaserne wird ein junger Soldat erschlagen aufgefunden. Das Brisante: Das Waffenlager, das der Gefreite bewachte, wurde komplett ausgeräumt. Der jüdische Kommissar Aaron Singer und sein Kollege Heinrich Puschkat, preußisches Urgestein, stehen unter großem Druck. Soziale und politische Spannungen drohen Ostpreußen zu zerreißen. Planen die Nationalisten mit dem Diebesgut einen Putsch? Um eine Katastrophe zu verhindern, verfolgen Singer und Puschkat die Spur inkognito bis in ein Seebad an der ostpreußischen Nehrung. Dort stoßen sie auf eine heimtückische Intrige.

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was born on 24th June 1842 at Horse Cave Creek in Meigs County, Ohio. His parents were poor but they introduced him to literature at an early age, instilling in him a deep appreciation of books, the written word and the elegance of language. He began his first foray as a fabulist, publishing ‘Fantastic Fables’ in 1899. But tragedy struck two years later when his second son Leigh died of pneumonia relating to his alcoholism. He continued to write short stories and poetry and also published ‘The Devil’s Dictionary’.

Carmen Posadas se embarca con Doña Emilia Pardo Bazán en una aventura detectivesca. En abril de 1912, la adinerada viuda de Peñasco tuvo un mal presentimiento mientras almorzaba en su palacete de Madrid. Algo les había pasado a su único hijo y su nuera, a quienes en ese momento creía en París, disfrutando de su luna de miel. La dama no se equivocaba: a pesar de las advertencias que les había hecho, los recién casados se habían embarcado en el que se creía el barco más seguro del mundo y sin duda era el más lujoso: El Titanic.

Nine heiresses are missing in Gilded Age New York with no ransom demand. Journalist Miriam Cole's sister was the first to vanish twelve years ago. The only connection? They all attended the exclusive Pembroke School. Now, a bizarre murder has Miriam on the run, questioning the very nature of reality as she joins forces with a handsome ex-Pinkerton agent, a reluctant psychic, Mark Twain, and the NY League of Skeptics. Can Miriam save the girls or will New York City be destroyed in the crossfire?

The stifling summer of 1826, the death of a young man in Hyde Park uncovers a web of blackmail and corruption so far-reaching that even the redoubtable Constable Sam Plank is shocked. A Quaker charity hides a terrible secret, a dangerous enmity is growing between London’s hackney carriage drivers and its watermen, and fraternal loyalty is tested to its limits. Susan Grossey’s third Sam Plank novel plunges the magistrates’ constable, his determined wife Martha and his protégé William Wilson into a dark and desperate world.

October 1924. After their magical wedding, Kitty Worthington and her husband, Inspector Robert Crawford Sinclair, head to Paris for their honeymoon. Art museums, haute couture, French cuisine. Wondrous nights. It’s everything Kitty has always dreamed of and more. But then a body drops putting a damper on things. At least this time, it’s a matter for the French police. There’s no need for Kitty and Robert to get involved. Things change, however, when a dear friend becomes the chief suspect, and she begs Kitty for help. Unable to walk away, she and Robert agree to investigate.

Reclutado por un legendario agente de la CIA, Callejas, hombre mundano y ya maduro, es lanzado al teatro europeo en medio de La guerra fría. Son tiempos en que La crisis de octubre y La invasión de Bahía Cochinos tienen alborotado al avispero humano que es la Miami de la década del ’60. Los líderes del exilio anticastrista se piden la cabeza unos a otros y todos se unen para hacer lo mismo con el presidente Kennedy por haber dejado a la Brigada de Asalto 2506 sin apoyo aéreo en los manglares de Playa Girón.

Less than one year into her marriage to respected magistrate George Knightley, Emma has grown unusually content in her newfound partnership and refreshed sense of independence. The height of summer sees the former Miss Woodhouse gracefully balancing the meticulous management of her elegant family estate and a flurry of social engagements, with few worries apart from her beloved father's health . . . But cheery circumstances change in an instant when Emma and Harriet Martin, now the wife of one of Mr. Knightley's tenant farmers, discover a hideous shock at the local church.

Der Tod ist nicht das Ende.Viel schlimmer.Er ist erst der Anfang ... Port, New Hampshire, am Ende des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. Nach dem Tod seines vermögenden Vaters zieht der junge Robert Barton zurück in den Stammsitz seiner Familie.Doch das uralte Gebäude beherbergt manches finstere Geheimnis ... Robert beginnt, den merkwürdigen Umständen auf den Grund zu gehen, die zum Tod seines Vaters führten und gerät bald selbst in einen Strudel aus üblen Vorahnungen und uralten Geheimnissen.

After a tragic accident, former piano virtuoso Lord Ethan Harrington takes refuge at a tumbledown country manor that is supposedly haunted. He hires Xenia Loveday to be his housekeeper, unaware that her mousy appearance is a disguise, and she’s a naughty storyteller on the run. As Ethan and Xenia are drawn together by a sizzling attraction, they must contend with dangerous enemies…and unravel the mystery of a century-old curse.

Berlin 1929: Eine neue Zeit bricht an. Die Gesellschaft sehnt sich nach Wohlstand und Glamour, manche streben sogar nach Macht. Mit Spannung wird ein neuer Film der UFA erwartet, der im größten Studio der Universal-Filmstudios in Babelsberg gedreht wird. Doch die Dreharbeiten rufen finstere Gestalten auf den Plan, die dunkle Drohungen gegen alle Beteiligten ausstoßen.

The fourteen haunting stories in this collection span the whole of Daphne du Maurier's writing career and explore every human emotion: an apparently happily married woman commits suicide; a steamer in wartime is rescued by a mysterious sailing-ship; a dull husband breaks loose in a surprising fashion; a con woman plays her game once too often; and a famous novelist looks for romance, only to meet with bitter disappointment.

It is 1628, Charles 1 is on the throne, and the British Crown is finally taking control of Ulster. Returning to his rooms one night, Alexander Seaton is shocked to find a stranger standing there - a man who could be his double. His name is Sean O'Neill, and he carries a plea for help from Maeve O'Neill, forbidding matriarch of Alexander's mother's family in Ireland. All those who bear their blood have been placed under a poet's curse: one by one they are going to die.

1635, Aberdeen. A girl lies dead in a frozen garden. A young man goes missing after a drunken brawl and a sinister cloaked figure watches from the shadows . . .The missing student, son of a Highland chief, is one of Alexander Seaton's pupils. When the young man's companion turns up bruised and bloodied, suspicion mounts that he has murdered his friend. But Alexander is convinced that there's another explanation.

Aberdeen, 1631. University librarian Robert Sim takes receipt of a gift of books recently arrived from overseas, mysterious works on alchemy and hermetics - the pursuit of ancient knowledge. By nightfall he has been brutally murdered. His colleague and good friend Alexander Seaton is left with the task of hunting for clues as to his killer's motive, as well as locating the missing books. What did Sim discover in the package, and what makes these books so dangerous?