Historical

Cleo’s holiday with her family to the seaside resort town of Brighton is everything she hoped it would be…until she receives a blackmail note. The blackmailer demands Cleo help her or a story revealing Cleo’s investigating will appear in the newspaper.

Former FBI profiler Adrian West is in Rome for a history conference when she learns that her friend and colleague, Dr. Sebastian Rossi, has been abducted....

The son of a wealthy plantation owner and a doting mother, Mungo St John is accustomed to the wealth and luxuries his privilege has afforded him....

From twice CWA award-winning author S. G. MacLean comes a gripping historical thriller set in Inverness in the wake of the 1746 battle of Culloden....

Sir William Gold is looking forward to a lucrative career as a hired sword in the endless warring between Italy's city states. But when a message comes from the Grand Master of the Hospitaliers, William is forced to leave his dreams of fame and fortune behind him.

Rudolf takes portraits of hundreds of souls marked for deportation, his heart shattering with every click of his camera. One day, when the guards aren't looking, he takes a picture of a little girl on a train to Auschwitz, her tear-filled eyes pleading for help.

September, 1356. Poitiers. The greatest knights of the age were ready to give battle. On the English side, Edward, the Black Prince, who'd earned his spurs at Crecy. On the French side, the king and his son, the dauphin. With 12,000 knights....

Lubji Hoch escapes from the Nazis, moves to Berlin and changes his name to Richard Armitage. After a successful career in the British Army...

After years fighting to reclaim his rightful home, Uhtred of Bebbanburg has returned to Northumbria. With his loyal band of warriors and a new woman by his side, his household is secure – yet Uhtred is far from safe....

London, 1654. Oliver Cromwell is at the height of his power and has declared himself Lord Protector. Yet he has many enemies at home and abroad....

Maureen Paschal thought she might rest and work on her book after discovering the gospel written by Mary Magdalene that revealed Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married....

A wagon train winding through the remote reaches of the Rocky Mountain high country can attract plenty of scavengers - some of them human - like Vic Bedell and his gang of cutthroats....

With their ill-fated raid on the monastary at Glendalough torn apart by betrayal and defeat, Thorgrim Night Wolf and his handful of survivors from the crew of Sea Hammer....

A desolate wasteland. A mission gone wrong. An impossible goal. Roman scout, Silus, is deep behind enemy lines in Caledonia. As he spies...

Late spring, 1936. As Kitty Underhay steps onto the sun-drenched station platform in Nice, on orders from Whitehall to track down a missing man, she hopes there will still be time to lie by the pool, preferably with a cocktail in hand.

AD 652. After surviving dark intrigues at the Merovingian court of Frankia, Beobrand is finally able to undertake the mission his queen set him: to escort a party of pilgrims to the holy city of Rome.

The New York Times best-selling author continues his colonial-era thriller series with eight tales of mystery, adventure, and supernatural suspense....

It is AD 55. As trouble brews on the eastern fringes of the Roman Empire, Prefect Cato and Centurion Macro must prepare for war....

Obstetrician Dr. Sophie Savard returns home to the achingly familiar rhythms of Manhattan in the early spring of 1884 to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. With the help of Dr. Anna Savard, her dearest friend, cousin, and fellow physician she plans to continue her work....

AD 838. Deep in the forests of Wessex, Dunston's solitary existence is shattered when he stumbles on a mutilated corpse. Accused of the murder, Dunston must clear his name and keep the dead man's daughter alive in the face of savage pursuers....

Journey through the colonies of 19th-century Australia with three stand-alone novels of love, loss, survival, and redemption. This collection includes One of Us Buried, Forgotten Places, and Playing the Ghost....

Erst kommt das Sterben, dann der Tod – doch manchmal ist es umgekehrt. Winter 1983. Auf der Glienicker Brücke ist alles bereit für den spektakulärsten...

Lachlan McKenzie doesn’t know why he and his family live on a remote trading post on the slave coast of Africa. "The past is best left buried" is all his father will say about it. But then, one day, three warships sail downriver and turn their guns on their tiny fort.

1926, Sussex. The Honourable Cressida Fawcett is delighted to return to her parents’ rambling mansion to introduce them to her pug Ruby’s puppies. But when the pups go running off with Cressida in hot pursuit, they lead her to a bubbling stream – Hell’s Ditch.

Africa, 1906: A young Australian adventurer is condemned to death.....

Amid the dust and mayhem of the Third Crusade, a fearsome knight, Thurstan Wildblood, 'a man with a hole where his soul should be', is charged with returning a female hostage to Christendom, specifically to Canterbury. Melinda of Jerusalem, they say, works miracles. She is touched by God and when she prays, astonishing cures are affected. The problem is that everyone seeks her as their prize. The crusaders captured her from an Islamic stronghold, and Sultan Saladin wants her back.

Rudolf takes portraits of hundreds of souls marked for deportation, his heart shattering with every click of his camera. He knows what the Nazis are doing to families just like theirs. One day, when the guards aren't looking, he takes a picture of a little girl on a train to Auschwitz, her tear-filled eyes pleading for help. His photograph could change the course of the war.

Nell'estate del 1956, Lára Marteinsdóttir sparisce misteriosamente da Viðey, un'isola a pochi minuti di traghetto da Reykjavík. Ha soltanto quindici anni e, per raccogliere qualche soldo durante le vacanze, lavorava come domestica nella casa di un noto avvocato e della moglie, unici abitanti di quella striscia di terra battuta dal vento; per il resto, solo uccelli marini che stridono sulla costa prima di tuffarsi nelle acque dell'oceano Atlantico. Il suo diventerà il cold case più celebre d'Islanda. Cos'è successo a Lára? È stata lei a decidere di andarsene o qualcuno l'ha costretta?

London, 1888. A monster prowls the gaslit streets, and the police are looking in all the wrong places, at all the wrong suspects. But three women refuse to stay silent. Emma, the chief detective’s sharp-witted wife, sees the investigation failing. Maggie, a private investigator, exposes men’s darkest secrets. Bet, a police station cleaner, overhears what others ignore. Together, they form an alliance to hunt down the killer dubbed Jack the Ripper.

Seft, um talentoso minerador, percorre a Grande Planície para assistir aos rituais que marcam o início de um novo ano. Ele está lá para comercializar pedra na Feira do Solstício e para encontrar Neen, a garota que ama. Ela pertence a uma família próspera, que acolhe Seft em sua comunidade de pastores e lhe oferece uma forma de escapar do pai e dos irmãos violentos.

The place will be of their choosing. The time will be of their choosing. But the Indians will have their vengeance. 1025 CE, India. Mahmud of Ghazni believes he has crushed the spirit of Bharat—the Shiva Linga at the Somnath temple lies shattered and thousands are dead. Mahmud of Ghazni believes he has crushed the spirit of Bharat—the Shiva Linga at the Somnath temple lies shattered and thousands are dead. But among the ashes of destruction, an oath is taken.

In October 1962, with the world teetering on the edge of nuclear war, a simple prank aboard the USS Point Defiance spirals into a high-stakes conspiracy. Seaman Earl Kinn, a bored kid from Iowa, sneaks into his authoritarian captain's cabin to move a pen set but accidentally stumbles upon Top Secret documents. Instantly branded a spy and thrown in the brig, his fate rests in the hands of Lieutenant Joe Pluss, a by-the-book JAG officer also from Iowa. Pluss is ordered to secure a quick confession, but he soon realizes Earl is a scapegoat, not a traitor.

Seven thousand years ago, as he lay dying on the battlefield of Lanka, Ravana whispered a secret to Lakshmana about a mysterious technology that held the key to Ayodhya's prosperity and the world's destiny. For centuries, desperately sought by explorers, marauders and emperors alike, it has been kept hidden, safeguarded by warriors bound by an ancient oath.

London, 1889. Lady Rosalynd, a fervent champion of women’s rights, is no stranger to challenging the status quo. But when a brutal murder casts suspicion on Rosalynd’s beloved cousin and implicates the enigmatic Duke of Steele's brother, her fiercely guarded independence is put to the ultimate test.

Acclaimed actress Olga Stormer has captivated audiences with her performances, but someone in the shadows knows the truth—before she was a star, she was Nancy Taylor. When a blackmailer from her past resurfaces, threatening to expose a secret she thought was long buried, Olga faces an impossible choice: pay the price or lose everything.

La vida de Rodolfo siempre ha estado marcada por el trauma de la guerra de Angola, pero sobre todo por el asesinato de su padre a manos de su hermano Geni, apodado Caballo Loco. Ahora, recién jubilado, Rodolfo se encuentra con que recobra la intimidad inesperada de su cuñada Nora, viejo amor de juventud, pero también con una noticia inquietante: van a excarcelar a su hermano parricida, aquejado de una enfermedad incurable, y no tiene otro destino que la casa familiar.

We begin with the last testament of William Shakespeare as he investigates the real-life murder mystery of his friend, playwright Christopher Marlowe. The second story is a 19th-century Gothic tale about the discovery of Shakespeare’s manuscript, set in an isolated former Priory, now a clinic for those who cannot sleep. The third is a lighter Golden Age detective tale set in Venice, where private investigator Honora Feldman looks into a baffling case of theft and murder in the British expat community, with the Gothic story at its heart. And finally, a 1940s American Noir...

La recherche du journal secret qui pourrait changer l'histoire à tout jamais. Moscou, 1990. La guerre froide touche à sa fin et les archives s'ouvrent petit à petit. Et lorsque Fluke Kelso, historien autrefois prometteur, tombe sur la piste du journal intime de Joseph Staline, il se voit déjà auréolé de gloire. Encore faudrait-il retrouver le-dit journal, apparemment dérobé par le chef de la police secrète la nuit de la mort de Staline, quarante ans plus tôt.

Ein herrschaftliches Anwesen. Eine Familie voller Geheimnisse. Und ein Mord, der alles verändert. Willkommen in Old Thatch, einem Ort, an dem die Schatten der Vergangenheit länger sind als die Flure des Hauses – und tödlicher. Als das Familienoberhaupt Sir Cedric Ashworth tot in seinem Arbeitszimmer aufgefunden wird, beginnt für Constable Charles Barnes ein Fall, der tiefer reicht als vermutet. Ein zerrütteter Sohn, eine trauernde Nichte, ein zu schweigsamer Butler, ein Arzt mit zweifelhafter Rolle und eine Frau mit verlorener Herkunft – sie alle tragen ein Stück Wahrheit in sich.

With its compelling portrayal of a paranoia-ridden Moscow and blockaded Berlin, The Moscow Defector sees Duchene and Sabine, torn apart by opposing ideologies, risk their lives to try to save one another. Evocative, gripping and full of twists, this taut thriller asks if lovers can reunite against an all-powerful regime.