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A Civil War spy is pulled out of retirement to find a killer. It's 1862, and for Harrison Raines, the Civil War is finished. Since the First Battle of Bull Run, he has served the Union Army as a spy, crisscrossing the war-torn country and witnessing more death, misery, and carnage than any man should. Although a Virginian, he loathes slavery and is proud to have served Abraham Lincoln. But Raines has had enough killing and wishes only to retire to a tranquil patch of land.

It's been years since Harrison Raines set foot in Richmond. Although a proud Virginian, he fled the South before the Civil War, unable to bear the evil of slavery. In 1862, battles rage on all sides of the Confederate capital, but Raines is not here as a soldier - he comes as a spy. Union intelligence, led by the formidable Allen Pinkerton, has sent him to steal the plans for a rumored Confederate superweapon: a seagoing ship clad entirely in iron that could break the Union blockade and turn the war around.

Harrison Raines is caught in no-man's-land - and suspected of murder. The messenger finds Harrison Raines in one of the finest gambling halls in Washington. As usual, Raines is losing. Union intelligence demands his presence immediately - it's a matter that could affect the outcome of the Civil War - but Raines delays. He's holding four eights, and as a Southern dandy who renounced his family to serve the Union government as a secret agent, Raines can't resist a bet.

A Southern gambler hunts a killer in the thick of the first great battle of the Civil War. It's July 1861, and both the Union and Confederate armies expect to win the war within 24 hours. For Harrison Raines, a Southern dandy ensconced in DC society, it's time to choose a side. Though Raines loves Virginia, he hates slavery with a passion. And joining either army would mean leaving Washington and deserting the beautiful Caitlin Howard.

Harrison Raines hunts for a savage double murderer on the killing fields of Shiloh. General Grant's army is camped along the Tennessee River, ready to deal a crushing blow to the South. If they are able to capture Corinth, the Confederacy's railways will disintegrate, bringing its army to its knees. But first, Grant must pass through the crucible of Shiloh - the most fearsome fight of the Civil War.

Florence, 1497 - Bûcher des vanités. Ce matin, des bandes d'enfants ont terrorisé la rue pour confisquer tous les objets incarnant la richesse ou le plaisir. Savonarole peut compter sur son "armée des anges". Le feu qui consumera tout à l'heure le paganisme et l'impiété sera son triomphe. Songeur, Sandro Botticelli observe l'une de ses plus belles œuvres se faire dévorer par les flammes, quand une main se pose sur son épaule. Léonard de Vinci, son vieil ami, son plus grand ami est revenu en terre florentine !Mais l'artiste apporte une triste nouvelle : sa mère, Caterina, est morte, lui laissant pour tout héritage une étrange lettre indéchiffrable.

When a traveling peddler discovers the murder of a farm family in colonial North Carolina whose bodies have been left in bizarre positions, circumstances point to an Indian attack. But Harry Woodyard, a young planter who is the volunteer constable of Craven County during a period in America's past when there was no professional police force, finds clues that seem to indicate otherwise. The county establishment wants to blame the crime on a former inhabitant, an elderly Indian who has suddenly reappeared in the vicinity like an old ghost.

England 1727. Tom Hawkins will lieber verdammt sein, als Landpfarrer zu werden wie sein Vater. Er liebt die Frauen, das Bier und das Glücksspiel - und landet eines Nachts im berüchtigten Londoner Schuldgefängnis "The Marshalsea". Schnell erkennt Tom, dass in diesem "Teufelsloch" nur überlebt, wer sich nützlich machen kann: Er verdingt sich als Ermittler in einem hinterlistigen Gefängnismord - eine Idee, an der sein düsterer Zellengenosse Fleet sogleich Gefallen findet. Doch Tom ist auf der Hut, gilt Fleet doch selbst bei den abgebrühtesten Bütteln des Marshalsea als Ausgeburt der Hölle.

It's a beautiful day in Greenwich Village, and for once Bedford Green is selling paintings. Business is booming, and this gossip columnist turned art dealer owes it all to his invaluable assistant, Sloane - who goes and spoils the fun by announcing that she's leaving on safari. Sloane is a Midwestern girl and has never laid eyes on any animal more exotic than a house cat, but she can't resist her uncle Dixon's invitation to visit Kenya to hobnob with everyone from the department-store king of Chicago to the prince of Wales.

Trieste, primavera del 1902. Il ricordo dei fatti di sangue seguiti al primo sciopero operaio dell'Impero asburgico è ancora vivo nella mente della cittadinanza. A pochi giorni dalla revoca dello stato d'assedio proclamato dal governo di Vienna, un sottufficiale dell'esercito viene trovato morto e sfigurato in un vicolo. Intanto, una preziosa reliquia cristiana, il Mandylion, viene rubata, perduta e infine ritrovata da Davorin, un ragazzino di dodici anni che in seguito a ciò pare acquisire strani poteri.

1854, London: Ein grausamer Ritualmörder versetzt die ganze Stadt in Angst und Schrecken. Detective Shawn Ryan verdächtigt den opiumsüchtigen Schriftsteller Thomas de Quincey. Mit seiner Abhandlung "Der Mord als eine schöne Kunst betrachtet" hatte dieser kurz zuvor einen Skandal ausgelöst und seinen Ruf als Enfant terrible gefestigt. Als sich Ryans Verdacht als falsche Fährte erweist, schließen sich die beiden zu einem kongenialen Ermittlerpaar zusammen. Schon bald führen ihre Nachforschungen in höchste politische Kreise und in die Schattenwelt des Opiumschmuggels.

The theatres are padlocked. Christmas has been cancelled. It is 1657, and the unloved English Republic is eight years old. Though Cromwell's joyless grip on power appears immovable, many still look to Charles Stuart's dissolute and threadbare court-in-exile, and some are prepared to risk their lives plotting a restoration. For the officers of the Republic, constant vigilance is needed. So, when the bloody corpse of a Royalist spy is discovered in a small Essex village, why is the local magistrate so reluctant to investigate?

Two more adventures for the Saint based on episodes from the TV series starring Roger Moore: in 'The Art Collectors' the Saint comes across a collection of Old Masters that have been hidden for many years, but then the art collector herself goes missing.... And in 'The Persistent Patriots', the Saint comes to the aid of the prime minister of Nagawiland when he becomes the target for blackmail and assassination.

When the Saint goes fishing, he catches an unusual specimen in the shape of a young lady claiming to be Adolf Hitler’s daughter. And when the Ungodly also arrive on the scene, it seems clear the fish will just have to wait. Leslie Charteris was born in Singapore and moved to England in 1919. He left Cambridge University early when his first novel was accepted for publication. He wrote novels about the Saint throughout his life, becoming one of the 20th century's most prolific and popular authors.

The Saint is on holiday in Naples when a brawl interrupts his lunch; a tweedy English tourist has casually addressed an Italian as Dino Cartelli - provoking the paunchy individual so named to set his hulking henchman on the bewildered Briton. The Saint intervenes, and soon the disagreement is all but forgotten...until the following morning’s newspaper headlines reveal that the Englishman has been murdered.

Newspaper man Joe Henry finds himself the primary suspect when his friend, fellow reporter Wynton Gresham, is murdered. Both were veterans of French battles during WWI - the war that was supposed to end all wars.

Wahlkampf in Rom: Decius Caecilius Metellus bewirbt sich um das Amt des Praetors...

Rom, 51 v. Chr.: Decius Caeclilius Metellus soll das östliche Mittelmeer von dreisten Piraten säubern. Als er auf Zypern ein Flottille ausrüsten will, muss er feststellen, dass seine Gegner bestens informiert und ihm stets einen Schritt voraus sind.

Julius Caesar hat einen monumentalen Plan: Er möchte im ganzen Imperium den Kalender reformieren und hat dafür Astronomen aus der gesamten bekannten Welt in Rom versammelt. Mit Feuereifer machen sich diese an die Arbeit - bis einer von ihnen tot aufgefunden wird. Als weitere Mordopfer folgen, bangen die verbleibenden Wissenschaftler um ihr Leben. Decius Caecilius Metellus muss mit Fingerspitzengefühl ermitteln - denn die Kalenderreform hat zahlreiche prominente Gegner...

Rom, im Jahre 54 vor Christus: Die Moral ist an einem Tiefpunkt angelangt, der Mob regiert die Straßen und die Ordnungskräfte sind machtlos. Ausgerechnet in diesen Zeiten wird Decius Caecilius Metellus in das undankbare Amt des Ädilen gewählt. Als solcher hat er nicht nur die Aufsicht über die Getreideversorgung, Märkte, öffentliche Straßen und Gebäude, er ist auch für die Organisation der öffentlichen Spiele zuständig. Dabei kommt Decius zwei mächtigen Patriziern in die Quere, welche die Errichtung des Amphitheaters betreiben.