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When Hugh and Kate’s newborn son is taken to the church to be baptized, they are astounded to find that the locked font is completely dry. The possibility of a leak is quickly ruled out, and just as Hugh is beginning to wonder if there may be a sinister explanation for the stolen holy water, Father Robert is found lying motionless by the rood screen in a pool of blood.

In the heart of Bolivia, nestled high in the Andes, lies the ancient city of Potosí—once the wealthiest silver city in the world, now a quiet place hiding secrets that could alter the course of history. When American cardiologist Roger Jackson and his partner, Isabel, a passionate nurse born in Bolivia, set out on a routine exploration of Potosí’s historic sites, they stumble upon a discovery that defies all logic. These artifacts, with the potential to revolutionize the world, threaten to unearth dangerous secrets long buried, sparking an exciting journey of discovery.

Auf der Suche nach ihrem Ehemann gerät Molly Murphy in tödliche Gefahr ... Ein spannender Fall der Cosy Crime-Reihe von NYT Bestseller-Autorin Rhys Bowen. Molly Murphy ist besorgt: Ihr Mann Daniel, ein Captain beim New York Police Departement, wird vom Geheimdienst für einen Undercover-Auftrag angefordert. Er reist ab, ohne ihr zu sagen, wohin er geht und in was für einem Fall er ermittelt. Mollys schlechtes Gefühl bestätigt sich, als sie einen kryptischen Brief von Daniel erhält, der sie bittet, ihn in San Francisco zu treffen.

Wenn ein altes Verbrechen selbst die erste Detektivin von Brighton vor Rätsel stellt ... Auch im zweiten Band der humorvollen Cosy Crime-Reihe ist die englische Küstenstadt voller Geheimnisse! Es ist nicht einfach Brightons erste weibliche Detektivin zu sein – schon gar nicht, wenn man für seinen Klienten schwärmt. Obwohl für Clara Fitzgerald die Professionalität an erster Stelle steht, findet sie sich im Charme des unwiderstehlich leichtsinnigen Piloten Captain O'Harris gefangen.

In the summer of 1143, William of Lythwood arrives at the Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul, but it is not a joyous occasion—he's come back from his pilgrimage in a coffin. William's body is accompanied by his young attendant Elave, whose mission is to secure a burial place for his master on the abbey grounds.

Hinter Wiener Schmäh, Lebenslust und Zauberkunst lauert ein grausamer Mörder. Wien, 1896: Ausgerechnet bei dem Zaubertrick "Die zersägte Jungfrau" stirbt die junge Bühnendarstellerin vor dem schockierten Publikum. Inspektor Leopold von Herzfeldt ermittelt, ihm dicht auf den Fersen ist die Reporterin Julia Wolf, seine unglückliche große Liebe. Rund um den Prater werden weitere Frauen getötet. Junge Dirnen und Dienstmädchen, die keiner groß vermisst. Jede der Toten ist anders verkleidet. Ist es ein und derselbe Mörder? Leo braucht Unterstützung und wendet sich an seinen Freund Augustin Rothmayer.

Sylvia and Miles travel to London to investigate the murder of Miles's late wife. At last, Miles is about to solve the crime that has haunted him for so long. There's just one problem. The killer is dangerous and cunning. With Miles tracking down leads in the city, can Sylvia uncover the truth during a deadly weekend in the English countryside? Or will the killer strike again one final, terrible time?

Step into the eerie world of Unsolved Mysteries of Germany: Murders, Mysteries, and the Paranormal, where the unexplained meets the unbelievable. Author Theodore F. Johnboro invites you to delve into the shadows of German history, uncovering chilling tales that have haunted the nation for generations.

When Kate goes to look after her estranged sister’s children in their creepy old house, she takes a photo of what seems to be a ghost. Frightened yet intrigued, Kate undertakes to uncover the secrets of the house and the two mysterious sisters who lived there over a hundred years before. But like the illusions of light and shadow in the sisters’ strange and disturbing Victorian post-mortem photography, Kate discovers that all is not what it seems. Someone – or something – has their own plans for Rookswood House – and for Kate.

Rosemary Simpson presents Book 9 in the Gilded Age Mystery series.

Tre soldati morti ammazzati, un movente nebuloso e tanti dubbi: torna il delegato Beretta in un giallo storico che vi terrà incollati fino all'ultima pagina. Lugano, Vigilia di Natale 1941. Su un pendio nelle vicinanze del campo internati di Vico Morcote vengono trovati, sepolti nella neve, tre soldati polacchi morti ammazzati. Il delegato di polizia Ezechiele Beretta si trova tra le mani un nuovo e oscuro caso, ma a complicare maggiormente l’indagine compare la polizia giudiziaria dell’esercito svizzero, la quale ha totale giurisdizione sui campi internati e il relativo compito investigativo.

Drake: Shakespeare is ordered to protect him. With Drake on land fitting out his ships, he is frighteningly vulnerable. If he dies, England will be open to invasion. In a London rife with rumour, Shakespeare must decide which leads to follow, which to ignore. When a high-born young woman is found mutilated and murdered at an illicit printing house, it is political gunpowder - and he has no option but to investigate.

One night, in a corridor of the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, nurse Hester Monk is approached by a terrified girl. She's from a hidden ward of children, all subject to frequent blood-letting, and her brother is dying. While William Monk's River Police fight to keep London safe from gun-runners, Hester takes on a new role at the hospital, helping to administer a secretive new treatment. But she slowly realises that this experimental cure is putting the lives of the children at risk.

It's not the dead that seem strange to Quirke. It's the living. One night, after a few drinks at an office party, Quirke shuffles down into the morgue where he works and finds his brother-in-law, Malachy, altering a file he has no business even reading. Odd enough in itself to find Malachy there, but the next morning, when the haze has lifted, it looks an awful lot like his brother-in-law, the esteemed doctor, was in fact tampering with a corpse—and concealing the cause of death.

Two years have passed since the events of the bestselling Christine Falls, and much has changed for Quirke, the irascible, formerly hard-drinking Dublin pathologist. His beloved Sarah is dead, the Judge lies in a convent hospital paralyzed by a devastating stroke, and Phoebe, Quirke's long-denied daughter, has grown increasingly withdrawn and isolated. With much to regret from his last inquisitive foray, Quirke ought to know better than to let his curiosity get the best of him.

Eine atemberaubend spannende Mischung aus Medizinhistorie und Krimi. Wien, 1908: Die Gerichtsmedizin ist eine noch junge Wissenschaft, die sich ständig weiterentwickelt. Fanny Goldmann treibt diesen Fortschritt normalerweise mit voran, doch jetzt ist die sonst unerschrockene Ärztin zwiegespalten. Die Polizeiinspectoren haben begonnen, Fanny und ihre Kollegen zu Tatorten zu rufen, um die Leichenbeschau vor Ort vorzunehmen.

A monster stalks the gaslit streets of Edwardian London, draining the blood of the city's mediums. Lily Albright knows who's next. Lily is plagued by visions of the future she can never change. When a mysterious fiend threatens someone she loves, she's determined this time will be different.

Following the death of his wife, Paul moves with his young daughter Hope to the Peak District. When he finds a menu card from a past family holiday to the Caribbean he is immediately haunted by visions of a young girl. As memories are stirred, Paul discovers that the menu from the cruise ship Oriana is covered in personal messages from the ghosts of his childhood...and one particular address catches his eye.

The year is AD641 and the great Oswald of Northumbria, bretwalda over England, must battle against an alliance of the old Britons and the Saxons led by Penda of the Hwicce, the victor of Hæ∂feld nine years before, the only Saxon leader seemingly immune to Oswald's beguiling talk of the new Christianity spreading through England from both the north and the south.

Venezia, 1752. In una gelida notte di dicembre, un uomo viene trovato morto in una piccola calle. E il primo di una serie di omicidi che coinvolge l'avogadore Marco Pisani, alto magistrato della Serenissima. Scrupoloso, idealista e passionale, Pisani è un illuminista romantico, in anticipo sui tempi, consapevole che legge e giustizia non sempre coincidono. Ama disperatamente la sua città eppure ne avverte l'inarrestabile decadenza. È fatale perciò che nel corso delle indagini arrivi a scoperchiare il lato in ombra di una società preda di conflitti familiari, vizi e pettegolezzi.