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From electrifying horror author Nick Cutter comes a haunting new novel, reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian and Stephen King's It, in which a trio of mismatched mercenaries is hired by a young woman for a deceptively simple task: check in on her nephew, who may have been taken against his will to a remote New Mexico backwoods settlement called Little Heaven. Shortly after they arrive, things begin to turn ominous.

Der Zauber der Karibik, ein hinterhältiger Mord und ein geheimnisvolles Amulett. Paris, 1840: Seit ihrer Reise zur Karibikinsel Guadeloupe trägt die junge Julie de Percault das schillernde Amulett, das ihr einst eine Wahrsagerin in Le Havre schenkte. Sie kann sich nicht davon trennen, doch es hat ihr bisher kein Glück gebracht: Ihre Plantage "Jardin de Fleurs" scheint für immer verloren und der Tod ihres Vaters ist weiter ungeklärt. Auch das Verschwinden ihres Bruders lässt nur einen Schluss zu: Gabriel de Percault lebt nicht mehr.

Tras años de luchas y victorias, Julio César conquista la Galia. En Roma, sin embargo, los adversarios del gran líder, temiendo su creciente poder, quieren enjuiciarlo e incluso su principal colaborador y amigo, Tito Labieno, lo ha abandonado. Justo cuando parece que sus opciones se acaban, César lanza los dados y sorprende a todos: cruza el Rubicón acompañado únicamente de la XIII legión y avanza imparable hacia Roma, desatando la guerra civil.

Believed complicit in her ex-husband’s prison escape, Cleveland police detective Alex Polonia is methodically being forced out of the department. Not waiting, she does them one better and resigns, taking on a new profession as a special agent for Teton, an international security firm. Her first assignment, bodyguard for the family of Nevio Lucchese, a wealthy Italian industrialist relocating to Ho Chi Minh City, old Saigon.

Christmas Day 1943, Arisaig, Scotland. The body of beautiful, well-connected Polish SOE agent Krystina Kowolska is found in the gardens of the country house where she's been preparing for a vital mission to France. The question is, was she already dead when she was hanged? Two days later, resistance double agent, Investigator Jan Kalisz of the Warsaw Kripo is flown to Britain where Winston Churchill himself tasks him with finding Krystina's killer, before the cracks in Britain's alliance with Poland become fractures.

When criminology student Zoey Montgomery takes a summer job as a camp counselor at Camp Medley, she has one goal: to discover what happened to her aunt Heather, who vanished from the camp over thirty years earlier. But what begins as a quest for closure quickly spirals into something far more sinister… It’s not long until Zoey notices disturbing patterns in the camp’s history. She hears rumors of more missing girls, and strange accidents occur that leave her shaken and afraid.

Amid the grim realities of wartime Britain, inside during the blackout hidden from the tatters left by the Blitz, glitz and glamour live onstage in the West End. But at one theater, The Regent, a malevolent force is causing escalating problems. Sabotage, damage and injury feed mistrust among the cast and crew.

It's been one hundred and sixty years since the Confederacy won its independence at the Battle of Altamaha Crossing. Slaves of African descent still perform most of the work in the South. This seems normal to Ryan Walters and his friends who attend high school in Huntsville, Alabama.

When investigative journalist Hana Sinclair uncovers a cryptic reference to an ancient botanical manuscript left to by her late grandfather, she unravels a thread tied to Hildegard von Bingen, a 12th-century abbess, healer, and mystic. Her findings reveal that Hildegard’s work holds more than historical value—it may conceal the key to curing some of humanity’s most devastating diseases. But someone is determined to ensure her secrets stay buried.

Marcus Sinclair is a history teacher whose life is stuck in neutral when he inherits a papyrus scroll from his antiquarian uncle. The mysterious scroll might contain a lost masterpiece from ancient Rome or perhaps an ancient recipe for personal tranquility, but it’s unreadable unless Marcus can figure out a way to unroll the scroll without destroying it. His quest takes him to Naples, where he befriends a Google software engineer days before the man is found dead.

1785. Twenty years ago, Sebastian Grave of Larnaca – a reserved man of arcane talents and many centuries, host to a spirit by the name of Sarmodel – brought himself to the remote French province of Gévaudan. The local Baron d'Ocerne and Bishop of Mende had called for volunteers to hunt the Beast, a monstrous creature believed to be responsible for the escalating and widespread slaughter of livestock and, now, citizens. Signing himself up to the Hunt, Sebastian found himself unexpectedly partnered with the fun-loving and handsome young nobleman Antoine d'Ocerne.

Il raggio d'ombra si ispira liberamente a un fatto accaduto nel 1927: un evaso politico trova rifugio presso alcuni compagni clandestini, ma si rivela una spia e li fa arrestare. Tra le vittime anche un medico milanese, diviso tra moglie e amante, che per amicizia aveva dato ospitalità all'evaso e ne vedrà la propria carriera annientata.

Britain stands alone against the forces of Nazi Germany. Livvy Redmond is a young newspaperwoman determined to serve Britain’s spymaster in the face of danger. When she arrives in neutral Lisbon, she discovers a city full of spies, refugees, and the secret police. At an elegant party to meet a double agent, Livvy witnesses him fall to his death from a balcony and must now determine what secrets he wanted to pass her. Further complicating matters, she must guard the man’s young daughter from sinister people trying to kidnap the girl.

The year is 1878 in the Arizona Territory. The small town of Guidance is on the brink of an economic explosion thanks to the unearthed copper residing in the nearby mountain. But buried deeper inside rests something wicked, threatening to be released by the progress of man. Devil Dancers is the story of an unlikely trio who must band together and save the world from an ancient evil hellbent on severing the connection to the spirit of all living things.

Vienna 1894. Augustin Rothmayer, the oddball gravedigger from Vienna’s Central Cemetery, is approached by Inspector Leopold von Herzfeldt with an unusual favor: he needs Augustin to teach him everything he knows about preserving a dead body, information vital to a new investigation. Opening an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus, employees of Vienna’s Museum of Art History have discovered the well- (and quite recently) preserved body of Alfons Strössner, famed professor of Egyptology. Some believe that the professor was the victim of an ancient curse.

1931. As Thomas Edison was dying, he left test tubes of what he believed would be his final breath, until it was. His intent was to leave his “last breath,” for his protégé, friend, and confidant, Henry Ford. But forty-two tubes were lost after he died. Then, year after year, one of the tubes of Edison’s breath would arrive at Ford’s Florida winter home where Ford would open it and breathe in the breath of his dead friend. He thought it brought him strength and wisdom.

Two small brothers, Billy and Richard, experience a difficult childhood when growing up in the East End. Evacuated from London during the Blitz, they are sheltered at the House of Nazareth and under the control of some viscous nuns. Life there is so bad that they prefer to go back to the bombs of London. The war, however, claims the lives of both their parents, and they are rehomed once more at Barnardo’s until separated by adoption. George Seagrave adopts Richard and takes him to his family in the country, where Richard has to adapt to strict Victorian rules.

Set in the gritty, fog-drenched streets of 19th-century London, Beneath the Cobblestones is a gripping tale of resilience, sisterhood, and the fight against exploitation. The narrative masterfully weaves a story that blends historical realism with thrilling suspense, drawing readers into the harrowing world of Annabelle and Susan, two working-class sisters trying to survive in an unforgiving society.

Louise, 17 ans, est issue d’une famille aisée très bien vue de la haute bourgeoisie parisienne. Alors, lorsqu’elle tombe enceinte hors mariage, ses parents l’envoient au couvent des Pascalines où résident les Accoucheuses afin de préserver sa réputation. En échange de leurs soins et de leur protection, les Accoucheuses gardent les bébés et se chargent de les confier à des couples désireux de devenir parents.

In wartime, people are either friends or enemies. In wartime, friends are friends and enemies die. While Tito’s rebel forces resist occupation, the Germans infiltrate and plan their destruction. Three Yugoslavs set out from Rome to relay the German battle plan – but their loyalties lie elsewhere. PARTISANS A dangerous journey with dangerous companions where no one is who they seem, where the three find intrigue and betrayal around every corner.