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Paisley Skell ist schockiert, als sie das Blutbad zu Gesicht bekommt, das die "Æthyr" in Genf angerichtet haben. Und sie begreift, dass die Zeit nun drängt... Während Damien Rain und seine Freunde sich auf den Weg machen, die verfallene Abtei im Grenzgebiet zu erreichen, empfängt Sir Reginald Bloome auf der "Margaux" Besucher: Mr. LeBail und auch Señor Dimossa sind nicht sehr erfreut über Bloomes Organisation "SERPICO".

Damien Rain und Natasha Yavorskaya sind fest dazu entschlossen, endlich Antworten auf ihre Fragen zu finden: Weshalb mussten Lady Helena Francis und Commander Dimitri Volyakow sterben? Wer ist für ihren Tod verantwortlich? Was hat es mit den rätselhaften Träumen und Visionen auf sich, die Damien Nacht für Nacht beschäftigen? Gemeinsam mit Julia Santini und Ernest T. Nightingale folgen Damien und Natasha der Einladung Paisley Skells, den britischen Milliardär Sir Reginald Bloome aufzusuchen.

Die Schlinge zieht sich immer weiter zu: Während Damien Rain und seine Verbündeten in einem abgelegenen Bergdorf der französischen Alpen in einen Hinterhalt geraten, fällt Paisley Skell in die Klauen eines schier übermächtigen Gegners, der sie vor eine teuflische Wahl stellt. Damien ahnt, daß der Schlüssel zur Rettung in seinen rückwärts ablaufenden Traumbildern liegt. Aber noch kann er das Rätsel nicht durchdringen, dessen Auflösung in einem uralten Manuskript verborgen liegt...

DCI Kelso Strang is led to believe that something very odd is going on around the prosperous fishing port of Tarleton on Scotland’s south-east coast. Firstly, a young Detective Inspector is traumatised after witnessing a doctor throwing herself off a cliff, and accusations of extortion have riven the local community. And when the ugly death of a young farmer sets off a murder investigation, Strang finds himself caught in a spider’s web of criminality.

UN MISTERO DA MORIR DAL RIDERE. HA SEMPRE DETTO CHE SAREBBE STATA ASSASSINATA... AVEVA RAGIONE. Campagna inglese, 1965. La giovane Frances Adams sta passando ore felici a una fiera di paese con i le sue due migliori amiche. La serata, però, prende una piega decisamente inaspettata quando una cartomante le legge il futuro: a quanto pare, è scritto nel destino di Frances che morirà assassinata. Da quella funesta predizione Frances inizia a vivere nel sospetto, architettando strategie di ogni tipo per non farsi ammazzare da nessuno.

En omstridd tysk professor ska utses till hedersdoktor vid Västgöta universitet. Beslutet utlöser en storm av reaktioner bland medier och personal. Då promotionshögtiden närmar sig ökar dramatiken eftersom universitetets rektor hotas till livet. Trots massiv polisbevakning slutar ceremonin i en oväntad mardröm. När litteraturforskaren Helena Waller upptäcker att en nära kollega burit på en mörk hemlighet ger hon sig in i jakten på en samvetslös mördare. Sökandet i det förflutna för henne ända till Berlin och tiden före murens fall.

1940: Weeks after the evacuation of Dunkirk, Germany is poised to invade a near-defenseless Britain. To safeguard the Crown Jewels from the Nazis, Winston Churchill devises a daring gamble to have them shipped overseas. The priceless artifacts will be secretly removed from the Tower of London and driven north to Scotland by two operatives posing as a young married couple, to be taken from there to Canada.

This time out, small-town caterer and minister’s wife Faith Fairchild’s neighbor, Pix Miller, takes center stage, heading off to Norway to investigate the sudden disappearance of a family friend. Determined to discover the truth, Pix is drawn into a suspenseful world of intrigue, stolen antiques, secret histories, and deadly echoes from Norway’s past and the Nazi occupation. Surrounded by the country’s breathtaking beauty, the ever-resourceful New Englander perseveres—until at last she finds herself face-to-face with a remorseless killer… with no way out.

Only weeks ago, former Navy SEAL Jedidiah Johnson, head of Joshua Bravo team at the Shepherds, helped to defeat Victor, the leader of the devil’s Dark Ones. Now, his boss, Ben Morvant, has tasked him with an even harder mission: Take a vacation. But before Jed has even managed to hit the beach in the Dominican Republic, he comes face-to-face with a new evil: Orphans are being abducted right off the streets of Santo Domingo. Are these disappearances just an unfortunate crime in an unfamiliar country, or do they hint at something bigger?

Once again we are in the cosy, but slightly scary, world of private eye Teddy Bean. It is 1959 and into his life comes a new client, Brian Amory, who claims he is being followed. Meanwhile, in a quiet leafy street in a north London suburb a woman is brutally murdered in her hallway. Teddy becomes unofficially involved in the case when Amory’s wife finds the murder weapon in the wardrobe and another client brings him an incriminating letter.

Karen Hartley is a charismatic agent in the British Secret Intelligence Service. She and her fellow SIS agent, Fiona Mossop, are assigned to investigate and expose a powerful syndicate operating between England, South Africa and Far Eastern Countries engaging in illegal poaching of rhino horns, elephant tusk and lion bone "sets".

Join the vivacious and inquisitive Camille and her companions, Elsie West and Cecily Nugent, with Ottilie Divine and Rose Dobbs, Camille and Elsie’s daughters, as they set out for a holiday filled with culture, laughter, and the promise of relaxation. Little do they know their picturesque getaway will take a sinister turn. As the trio immerses themselves in the vibrant atmosphere of Sicilian life, an unexpected melody of murder disrupts the harmony. An illustrious opera singer and a renowned orchestra conductor meet untimely deaths, sending shockwaves through the island.

Tutte le famiglie attirano guai, ogni famiglia li attira a modo suo. Amy Wheeler e suo suocero Steve non fanno eccezione. Lei per i guai è una vera e propria calamita, e di certo non l’aiuta il lavoro alla Maximum Impact Solutions, agenzia specializzata nella protezione di persone famose. Stavolta Amy si trova su un’isola privata al largo della Carolina del Sud per garantire l’incolumità dell’irriverente e ricchissima scrittrice Rosie D’Antonio, minacciata da un magnate russo a cui non è piaciuto riconoscersi in un personaggio del suo ultimo romanzo.

Spring 1941. It is the third year of war, and when the siren sounds the people of Cambridge trudge to the city's public bomb shelters. Crowded, smoky, often raucous, the shelters have become a way of life for the poor. At dawn the body of a young man is found in a shadowy corner of the Trinity Shelter, one of three on the city's great open space—Parker's Piece. Detective Inspector Eden Brooke searches the body and finds no wallet or papers, save for a cinema ticket dated six months earlier.

Why did she do it? After a day of simmering tension, Júlía snaps and abandons her husband Gíó on an uninhabited island in a freezing fjord in the depths of the Icelandic winter. When she returns the next morning, he is nowhere to be found. The police launch a manhunt, but soon their suspicion falls on Júlía. She spins them a story to hide her involvement, but she can feel the net closing in. Is Gíó alive or dead? In hiding or hunting her down? And can Júlía get to the truth before it destroys her?

Freshly twenty-one and sporting a daring new bob, Greta Gatsby - younger sister to the infamous Jay - is finally free of finishing school. An idyllic summer stretches ahead of her at the Gatsby Mansion, the jewel of West Egg. But when Greta arrives at the secluded white-stone estate bathed in the late-afternoon light, she finds she isn't the only visitor. Jay is hosting an intimate gathering of New York's fashionable set: Daisy and Tom Buchanan, along with his brother Edgar, Nick Carraway and Jordan Baker. That evening, the guests enjoy a candelabra-lit dinner party.

After taking command of a carrier strike group deployed to the Mediterranean, Greek and Turkish tensions reach the boiling point when ships are lost under mysterious circumstances. With Flip's strike group in the region, Russia flexes its muscle, first with airpower, then with a naval deployment the volume of which the world had not seen since the Russo-Japanese War to deny the West use of the North Atlantic. Tasked by Washington to confront the onslaught, Flip must maneuver his forces to avoid detection and be in position to strike first when the order comes.

Pour la première fois dans sa calamiteuse carrière de petit consul, Aurel Timescu fait l’objet d’une promotion. Le voici en Europe ou presque. Il est nommé en Albanie. Cet État voisin de la Grèce et de l’Italie n’est pas un pays comme les autres. Son territoire somptueux entre mer et montagne donne une trompeuse apparence de paix. Mais il a subi au fil des siècles bien des invasions, souffert sous des dictatures terribles. Le peuple s’est protégé en se forgeant ses propres lois.

London, 1924. Following several months abroad, Judge Dee Ren Jie has returned to the city to intercept a transaction between a Russian diplomat and a Japanese mercenary. Aided by Lao She—the Watson to his Holmes—along with several other colorful characters, Dee stops the illicit sale of an extremely valuable “dragon-taming” mace. The mace’s owner is a lovely Chinese businesswoman who thanks Dee for its retrieval by throwing a lavish dinner party. In attendance is British banking official A. G. Stephen, who argues with the group about the tenuous state of Chinese nationalism.

When Dr. Gul Delani receives a call in the middle of the night from the Sindh police, she thinks they may have finally found her niece, Mahnaz—a precocious, politically conscious teenage girl who went missing three years prior. Gul has been racked with grief since Mahnaz’s disappearance, and distracts herself through work: she’s a talented curator at the Museum of Heritage and History in Karachi, one of the country’s leading experts in archaeology and ancient civilizations, a hard-won position for a woman.