Historical Thrillers

Ein Haus voller Geheimnisse, Angst und Wahnsinn.Die Schwindsucht raubte Dr. Pinecroft mehrere Kinder und die Frau. Nur seine Tochter Louise ist ihm geblieben. Erfüllt von Trauer zieht er mit ihr in ein weitläufiges Anwesen am Meer, das einsam über den Klippen von Cornwall steht.Aber Dr. Pinecroft hat Pläne: Überzeugt, dass eine Heilung möglich ist, lässt der Arzt einige an Schwindsucht leidende Gefangene in die Höhlen unter Morvoren House bringen. Was dort geschieht hat Folgen, die über die Jahrzehnte hinweg nachhallen. 40 Jahre später trifft Hester Why ein, um die inzwischen teilweise gelähmte und stumme Miss Louise zu pflegen. Doch in ihrem neuen Zuhause lauert das Unheil ...Laura Purcell hat mit ihren Romanen eine ganz eigene Art von düsterer, geradezu beängstigender Lektüre geschaffen, die den Leser in einen Hauch von Horror und Unheimlichkeit hüllt. Ist Übernatürliches am Werk oder Wahnsinn?Guardian: 'Purcell hat ein sicheres Gespür fürs Erzählen, für Atmosphäre und ein scharfes Auge für die wichtigen Details der Sozialgeschichte. Oh, und sie wartet mit einigen angemessen makabren letzten Enthüllungen auf.'Sunday Express: 'Eine viktorianische Geschichte voller Laudanum, Tuberkulose und möglicherweise Feen. Eine kluge, gruselige Lektüre.'

The estranged grandson of a wealthy collector of human curiosities becomes fascinated with teenaged twin sisters, leading them into a web of dark obsessions. A dazzlingly dark gothic novel from the bestselling author of The Somnambulist.

For fans of HBO’s The Gilded Age, explore the dark side of the alluring world of America’s 19th century elite in this gripping series of riveting mysteries…<BR><BR>As the nineteenth century comes to a close, the illustrious Vanderbilt family dominates Newport, Rhode Island, high society. But when murder darkens a glittering affair at the Vanderbilt summer home, reporter Emma Cross learns that sometimes the actions of the cream of society can curdle one's blood. . .<BR><BR>Newport, Rhode Island, August 1895: She may be a less well-heeled relation, but as second cousin to millionaire patriarch Cornelius Vanderbilt, twenty-one-year-old Emma Cross is on the guest list for a grand ball at the Breakers, the Vanderbilts' summer home. She also has a job to do--report on the event for the society page of the Newport Observer. <BR><BR>But Emma observes much more than glitz and gaiety when she witnesses a murder. The victim is Cornelius Vanderbilt's financial secretary, who plunges off a balcony faster than falling stock prices. Emma's black sheep brother Brady is found in Cornelius's bedroom passed out next to a bottle of bourbon and stolen plans for a new railroad line. Brady has barely come to before the police have arrested him for the murder. But Emma is sure someone is trying to railroad her brother and resolves to find the real killer at any cost. . .

'A tour de force' - S.A. Cosby<BR><BR>'An instant classic' - Alex Michaelides<BR>Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a murder case sets a duo of Black and white lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants. <BR><BR>**********<BR><BR>Jack Lee is a white lawyer from Freeman County, Virginia, who has never done anything to push back against racism, until he decides to represent Jerome Washington, a Black man charged with killing a wealthy, elderly white couple. Doubting his decision, Lee fears that his legal skills may not be enough to prevail in a case where the odds are already stacked against both him and his client. And he quickly finds himself out of his depth when he realizes that what is at stake is far greater than the outcome of a murder trial.<BR><BR>Desiree DuBose is a Black lawyer from Chicago who has devoted her life to furthering the causes of justice and equality for everyone. She comes to Freeman County and enters a fractious and unwieldy partnership with Lee in a legal battle against the best prosecutor in town. Yet DuBose is also aware that powerful outside forces are at work to blunt the victories achieved by the Civil Rights movement.<BR><BR>Lee and DuBose could not be more dissimilar. On their own, neither one can stop the prosecution's deliberate march towards a guilty verdict and the electric chair. But together, the pair fight for what once seemed impossible: a chance for a fair trial and true justice.<BR><BR>A Calamity of Souls is the gripping historical courtroom drama from international no. 1 bestselling author David Baldacci. And be sure not to miss Strangers In Time, Baldacci's pulse-pounding wartime novel. <BR><BR>**********<BR><BR>KILLER TWISTS. HEROES TO BELIEVE IN. TRUST BALDACCI. <BR><BR>'One of the world's thriller masters' - Daily Mail<BR><BR>'Baldacci is still peerless' - Sunday Times<BR><BR>'David Baldacci at his best' - Michael Connelly<BR><BR>'One of the all-time best thriller authors' - Lisa Gardner<BR><BR>'Baldacci on top form' - Peter James<BR><BR><BR>*The 6.20 Man, the first instalment in Baldacci's Travis Devine series, was an instant New York Times bestseller w/c 31/07/2024

The historical saga that has enthralled millions of readers, Ken Follett's Kingsbridge Novels continue with World Without End. <BR><BR>A childhood lost. <BR><BR>1327 and four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. It is All Hallow's Day and their lives are forever changed when they see two men-at-arms killed. At the behest of the man responsible they vow never to speak of it again.<BR><BR>A never-forgotten secret.<BR><BR>Lives forever entwined, one boy travels the world, one eye always on Kingsbridge; the other becomes a powerful, corrupt nobleman. One girl defies the might of the medieval church; whilst the other pursues an impossible love. As ambition, love, greed and revenge reign, those living under that long-ago day's fateful shadow wait.<BR><BR>A world on the verge of death.<BR><BR>But as the Black Plague sweeps Europe, disease reaches England and the city descends into anarchy. In desperate uncertainty for their futures, the four adults know the time must come for the secret to emerge . . .<BR><BR>World Without End is followed by the third of Ken Follett's novels, A Column of Fire.<BR><BR>More than 175 million copies sold worldwide. Published in over eighty territories and thirty-seven languages. The international No. 1 bestselling phenomenon returns.

Das Geheimnis des Bischofs aus Burgund Irland 672. Jahrhundert: Im Kloster Imleach kommt bei einem Brand ein Bischof aus Burgund ums Leben. Er war ein arroganter, unangenehmer Mensch, und niemand weiß, wonach er in der Bibliothek des Klosters suchte. Doch er wurde bereits vor dem Brand ermordet, wie Fidelma bald feststellen muss. Da erhängt sich der hoffnungsvollste Student des Klosters. Vor Fidelma und Eadulf tut sich eine fremde Welt der Angst, Intrige, Missgunst und des Verrats auf. Die erfolgreichste historischeSerie auf dem deutschen Markt'Wer einen Roman von Peter Tremayne gelesen hat, der möchte sie alle lesen.' NDR

The grand master of gripping fiction is back. International No.1 bestseller Ken Follett returns to Kingsbridge with an epic tale of revolution and a cast of unforgettable characters.<BR><BR>Revolution is in the air<BR><BR>1792. A tyrannical government is determined to make England a mighty commercial empire. In France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his rise to power, and with dissent rife, France's neighbours are on high alert.<BR><BR>Kingsbridge is on the edge<BR><BR>Unprecedented industrial change sweeps the land, making the lives of the workers in Kingbridge's prosperous cloth mills a misery. Rampant modernization and dangerous new machinery are rendering jobs obsolete and tearing families apart.<BR><BR>Tyranny is on the horizon<BR><BR>Now, as international conflict nears, a story of a small group of Kingsbridge people - including spinner Sal Clitheroe, weaver David Shoveller and Kit, Sal's inventive and headstrong son - will come to define the struggle of a generation as they seek enlightenment and fight for a future free from oppression . . .<BR><BR>Taking the reader straight into the heart of history with the fifth novel in the ground-breaking Kingsbridge series, The Armour of Light is master storyteller Ken Follett's most ambitious novel to date.<BR><BR>'Follett's storytelling skills make their adventures riveting' - The Times<BR><BR>'An effortlessly engaging and entertaining read' - Daily Mail<BR><BR>'Bold in scale and meticulously researched' - Sunday Times<BR><BR>'The plague scenes are expertly handled. Where Follett excels is in telling a yarn' - Independent<BR><BR>More than 175 million copies sold worldwide. Published in over eighty territories and thirty-seven languages. The international no.1 bestselling phenomenon returns.

Die neue Abenteuerreihe von Rick Jones, dem Schöpfer der Bestseller-Romane rund um die RITTER DES VATIKAN.Eine mythische Stadt - und ein uraltes Geheimnis. Vor der Küste Floridas legt ein Erdbeben eine untergegangene Stadt frei, die seit Jahrhunderten unter den Fluten verborgen war. Es ist eine Welt voller Rätsel und Wunder, und sie könnte ungeahnte Geheimnisse bergen.Monate nach ihrer Flucht aus Eden werden John Savage und Alyssa Moore aufgefordert, die uralten Inschriften in der allem Anschein nach versunkenden Stadt Atlantis zu untersuchen. Die Schriftzeichen ähneln denen, die sie in Eden vorfanden, und verkünden den Untergang der Menschheit. Zusammen mit einer Eliteeinheit entdecken John und Alyssa schnell die Fallen, die geschaffen wurden, um eine sagenhafte Reliquie zu beschützen, die »smaragdene Tafel«. Aber ist sie wirklich die Quelle unermesslichen Wissens und Macht, oder vielmehr die Büchse der Pandora?Rick Jones verwebt mit seiner EDEN-Reihe die spannende Suche nach mysteriösen Schätzen und untergegangenen Zivilisationen mit dem von ihm geschaffenen Kosmos der RITTER DES VATIKANS. Für Fans der Bestsellerreihe rund um Kimball Hayden ein absolutes Muss.

Venezia, 1725. Mentre un'epidemia di vaiolo miete vittime tra la popolazione, una delle donne più illustri della città viene trovata con il petto squarciato nelle acque nere e gelide del Rio dei Mendicanti. In un clima di crescente tensione, Giovanni Antonio Canal, detto Canaletto, viene convocato dagli Inquisitori di Stato, insospettiti da una sua recente opera, che ritrae proprio quel luogo malfamato: c'è forse un legame tra il pittore e l'omicidio? Mentre, sconvolto, sta lasciando il Palazzo Ducale, Canaletto viene fermato e portato al cospetto del doge, anche lui interessato a quel quadro, ilRio dei Mendicanti. Nel dipinto c'è qualcosa che, se rivelato, potrebbe mettere in grave imbarazzo un'importante famiglia veneziana: un nobile, ritratto in uno dei luoghi più popolari e plebei di Venezia. Perché mai si trovava in un posto simile? Canaletto riceve dal doge l'ordine di scoprirlo e riferire direttamente a lui. L'indagine ¿ che all'inizio lo spaventa e poi, lentamente, lo cattura ¿ lo porta però a frequentare ambienti apparentemente illustri in cui sembrano consumarsi oscuri riti, e nei quali si aggirano figure ambigue, dal passato avvolto nel mistero. Quali segreti si celano nei palazzi veneziani? Quali verità sarebbe meglio rimanessero sepolte?

Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited first work of fiction - at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal - is the always surprising, sometimes shocking new novel based on his Academy Award-winning film.<BR><BR>RICK DALTON - Once he had his own TV series, but now Rick's a washed-up villain-of-the week drowning his sorrows in whiskey sours. Will a phone call from Rome save his fate or seal it?<BR><BR>CLIFF BOOTH - Rick's stunt double, and the most infamous man on any movie set because he's the only one there who might have gotten away with murder . . . <BR><BR>SHARON TATE - She left Texas to chase a movie-star dream, and found it. Sharon's salad days are now spent on Cielo Drive, high in the Hollywood Hills.<BR><BR>CHARLES MANSON - The ex-con's got a bunch of zonked-out hippies thinking he's their spiritual leader, but he'd trade it all to be a rock 'n' roll star.<BR><BR>HOLLYWOOD 1969 - YOU SHOULDA BEEN THERE