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Emily Lloyd, a young widow in Reconstruction-era Virginia, is accused of poisoning her three-year-old daughter, Maud. It isn’t the first death in her home—her husband and three other children all died of mysterious illnesses—so when Maud succumbs to an unexplained malady, the town suspects foul play. Soon Mrs. Lloyd is charged not only with poisoning the child but also with murdering her children, her husband, and her aunt.

Finding the battered body of a young boy was not unusual in Bloody Mary’s cruel England. However, the stabbed tongue, a false seal and strange letter implicate Princess Elizabeth, threatening to bring down the Tudor Dynasty. Doctor John Dee and his secret apprentice, Margaretta, using his...

Summer, 1943. Daniel Berkåk works as a courier for the Press and Military Office in Stockholm. On his last cross-border mission to Norway, he carries a rucksack full of coded documents and newspapers, but before he has a chance to deliver anything he is shot and killed and the contents of his rucksack are missing. The Norwegian government, currently exiled in London, wants to know what happened, and the job goes to writer Jomar Kraby, whose first suspect is a Norwegian refugee living in Sweden, whose past that is as horrifying as the events still to come.

December, 1919. Clever crime reporter Lillie Mead hoped to celebrate a peaceful Christmas in the English countryside. But when a close friend's colleague turns up dead, Lillie knows there'll be little festive spirit until she unwraps this mystery. Following the clues to the wintery Scottish Highlands, she hopes to stop the killer cold before the next body hits the snow. But after she connects the victims to a clandestine wartime committee, she puts herself firmly in the murderer's sights.

Berlin, Ende 1918: Die drei Freunde Carl, Isi und Artur haben sich bis in die Hauptstadt durchgeschlagen. Der Kaiser ist gestürzt und Träume von Freiheit liegen in der Luft. Carl will nur noch eins: echten Frieden. Und Kameramann sein, bei der berühmten UFA. Artur hat sich in kürzester Zeit zum König der Berliner Unterwelt hochgearbeitet, während Isi die Nähe linker Aufständischer sucht - bis sie den Adelssprößling Aldo von Torstayn trifft und ihre Prinzipien ins Wanken geraten.

Walter Hartright, a drawing teacher to two sisters, wants to marry Laura, though she is betrothed to another. But who is the mysterious woman in white he encounters? Wilkie Collins was a master of suspense, but his transfer to audiobook requires a cast of readers to faithfully reflect the11 different characters who tell the story. Naxos AudioBooks brings together a strong cast to bring alive the mystery and suspense of The Woman in White.

Conrad Browning, aka The Loner, knows what it’s like to a have a family and a home. And he knows what it’s like to lose it all. Now, he has met a man living on the edge of sanity: a good man, a flawed man, a solitary man who might just cost The Loner his life.... Jared Tate is an aging US marshal who has saved lives, made enemies, and planted a lot of bad men in hallowed ground. But Tate is in deep trouble, the kind that comes from a troubled mind. Not remembering as much as he wants to, not forgetting as much as he should, Tate has one person to trust.

"Qui c'è in ballo un untore, senza dubbio. Ma se ho capito bene non diffonde la peste a casaccio, eh? Ne prende di mira uno e protegge gli altri. È Dio, maneggia il flagello di Dio. E in quanto Dio, sceglie quelli da chiamare a sé". Di notte, sulle porte delle case di Parigi, appaiono strani numeri neri. All'altro capo della città, intanto, vengono recapitate incomprensibili missive che parlano di malattia e di morte. Solo il commissario Adamsberg intuisce che tra i due fatti esiste un legame.

Lo único que el exiliado Callejas pretendía era escapar de la exaltación política que se vivía en la Miami tumultuosa de la década de 1960 para largarse a vivir a Ámsterdam, un paraíso cultural para intelectuales bohemios y amantes de la marihuana.

Der Denker, der zum gefährlichsten Eroberer der Welt wurde. Kublai Khan – Der Enkel des großen Dschingis Khan steht vor einem Imperium am Rande des Zerfalls. Als das weite mongolische Weltreich seines Großvaters ins Chaos stürzt, beginnt ein gnadenloser Wettlauf um die Macht. Von den brennenden Ruinen Bagdads bis zu den glitzernden Toren Chinas erzählt Conn Iggulden in atemberaubendem Tempo von Belagerungen, Verrat, gewaltigen Reiterheeren und einer Familie, die ihre Macht mit Blut verteidigt.

Dla Teofila Kłoska świat skończył się we wrześniu 1939 roku. Rzucony w środek wojennego chaosu, szybko uświadamia sobie, że jako żołnierz kampanii wrześniowej walczy nie tylko z najeźdźcami. O wiele groźniejsze od Niemców i Sowietów są zmagania z wewnętrznym wrogiem – strachem, rozpaczą i zwątpieniem.

Dla jednych świat skończył się we wrześniu 1939 roku, dla innych był zaledwie przedsionkiem piekła. Sowiecki reżim zgotował tysiącom ludzi okrutny los – bydlęcymi wagonami wywieziono ich do obozów pracy przymusowej i kołchozów. Jednym z tysięcy zesłanych był Teofil Kłosek. Tam, gdzie przetrwanie to codzienna walka, a zachowanie człowieczeństwa graniczy z niemożliwością, rozpoczyna się kolejny etap jego tułaczki.

Internationally bestselling author William Boyd offers his most exhilarating novel yet, following a reluctant spy drawn into the shadows of espionage and obsession. Gabriel Dax is a young man haunted by the memories of a fire that took his mother’s life. Every night, when sleep finally comes...

From a New York Times bestselling author, astronaut, and fighter pilot comes a Cold War thriller perfect for fans of Top Gun and The Hunt for Red October. "A full-throttle, adrenaline-laced espionage page-turner" —Jack Carr, New York Times bestselling author of The Terminal List series Israel...

From celebrated, #1 internationally bestselling author Steve Berry comes an exciting standalone thriller about the most stolen artwork in history and the shocking secret it conceals. "One of the best thrillers of the year.” ―Douglas Preston, #1 New York Times bestselling author The Ghent...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 CRIME WRITERS OF CANADA AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL A tragedy brings a young boy into the home of a "perfect" family—one whose dark secrets begin closing in, until a horrifying moment changes everything. Tommie Ware’s life is turned upside down the summer of 1958...

'Up there with the very best . . . Kanon writes beautifully, superbly . . . He is the master of the shadows of the era' THE TIMES From the author of The Good German (made into a film starring George Clooney), Leaving Berlin is a sweeping post-war story and an international bestseller. Berlin is...

A USA Today Best Mystery of All Time Steeped in the folklore of Eastern Europe, and set in the shadow of Nazi darkness erupting just beyond the Czech border, this bone-chilling, richly imagined novel is propulsively entertaining, and impossible to put down. "A wildly entertaining story...

From New York Times bestselling author and astronaut Chris Hadfield comes this exceptional thriller into the dark heart of the Cold War and the space race—soon to be a major TV series from Altitude and Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions. "An exciting journey" —Andy Weir, author of The...

Dickens’ timeless novel transports young listeners to a colorful Victorian England filled with mistreated orphans, grim workhouses, and gangs of thieving children. The hero finds himself in dire circumstances after he dares to beg for more food in the orphanage. Determined to make his way in the world, he escapes to London, where he becomes involved with criminals...and finally finds a real home.