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Seven weeks after the river nearly claimed him, Robert Henley-Finch awakens to a world that has been holding its breath. Beaumont Hall stands unchanged, yet everything within it feels subtly misaligned, as though the house itself remembers something Robert does not. His body has healed, but his return carries a residue of the impossible: dreams of buried hands, hollow orchards, and a presence that will not release its grip. As fragments of his lost time begin to surface, it becomes clear that his collapse was not an accident—and that the river was only the threshold.

Um thriller de espionagem sobre traição e os limites da honra. Setembro de 1938, Hitler está desesperado para começar a guerra. Chamberlain quer manter a paz a qualquer custo. O desfecho da disputa acontecerá em Munique, em um dos momentos decisivos que antecederam a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Robert Harris compõe mais um thriller impressionante, cheio de fatos e personagens históricos, que transporta o leitor para um dos momentos mais importantes da história mundial.

Latem 1930 roku do dworu państwa Szymańskich w Kutach przyjeżdża kuzyn Antoni Mokrzycki i nikt się nie spodziewa, że jego wizyta wywróci do góry nogami świat trzech sióstr. Żywiołowa Aldona zakocha się do szaleństwa, stateczna Konstancja zwątpi w swoje małżeństwo z oficerem Korpusu Ochrony Pogranicza, a młodziutka Łucja zobaczy coś w nurtach Czeremoszu… Wojciech Dutka, autor bestsellerowych powieści o tematyce wojennej, w epicki sposób ukazuje Kresy, krainę zmitologizowaną, lecz wciąż będącą dla wielu elementem narodowej tożsamości.

Der junge Ritter Otto von Linn ringt mit der Last der Führung, der Knappe Wenzel mit der Angst auf dem Schlachtfeld und die Novizin Magdalena mit ihrer Berufung und ihren Sehnsüchten, die ihr Leben in eine völlig andere Richtung lenken könnten. Eine Todesprophezeiung und ein Mordanschlag vergiften das kaiserliche Lager. Zwischen Wahrheit und Verrat weiß bald niemand mehr, wem er den Rücken zukehren darf. Hunger, Hitze und Seldschuken fordern zahllose Opfer. Ein Triumph lässt Hoffnung aufglimmen. Kurz. Dann kommt der Tag, der alles nimmt.

Set in January 1965, A House in Winter tells the story of the visit of Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden to his sister's home in Abbeyleix, Ireland, when they faced local opposition and IRA petrol bomb attacks that confined them, without electricity, for 48 fraught hours. As well as the...

À l'aube du 4 novembre 1922, l'égyptologue britannique Howard Carter découvre dans la vallée des Rois la porte scellée d'une tombe inconnue. Très vite, il réalise qu'il s'agit de l'hypogée de Toutânkhamon, mystérieux pharaon, mort 1 327 années avant notre ère. Dans les semaines et les mois qui suivent, plusieurs savants et proches de Carter vont mourir dans des conditions obscures et parfois sinistres. Les journaux s'emparent de l'affaire et avancent l'hypothèse d'une malédiction visant tous ceux qui ont violé le tombeau du roi.

Brought to you by Penguin. It's 1965, and the world lives on a knife edge. After the nuclear standoff in Cuba, and with Vietnam even now becoming a major conflict zone, the Cold War is colder than ever. The Circus, home of British intelligence, has one formidable clandestine asset in Moscow: a...

Brought to you by Penguin. ON THE EVE OF WAR, A ROYAL GUEST IS LURED INTO HITLER'S DEADLY WEB . . . Munich, 1937. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor have arrived in Germany for a historic meeting at Hitler's mountain retreat. But recent attacks by ruthless Communist band, Red Freedom, has brought...

An all-female crime gang runs havoc in 1920s Glasgow. The first policewoman is determined to bring them down. FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE UNPICKING When whispers of abuse at Arrol's department store reach Mabel, a determined policewoman, she knows she must act. Enlisting the help of Johnnie, a...

The colonies stood on the cusp of victory after Yorktown, until King George bought twenty thousand Russian mercenaries using the gold Istäni stole from Lubrerum. While the war between Britain and the colonies erupts anew, another smaller but no less brutal war begins in the wilds of Vermont, when Istäni brings his rivalry with Murdoch back to Maralah.

In the shadow of King David's rising throne, as fractured tribes struggle toward nationhood, a new institution takes form: the city of refuge – part sanctuary, part courthouse, part cage.

Tres guardianes son designados para cuidar un nuevo faro situado en la Isla de los Estados, una isla localizada a 200 kilómetros al noreste del Cabo de Hornos, al Sur de Argentina. Desafortunadamente, la isla cuenta entre sus residentes con un grupo de piratas liderados por Kongre. El grupo...

Anne Perry's Inspector William Monk: in search of justice, he will not stop until he has found the truth... Oliver Rathbone, William Monk's close friend, has presided brilliantly over his first cases as a judge. But the next will bring a far greater challenge. Abel Taft, a charismatic minister...

Inspired by the eighteenth-century legend of the Beast of Gévaudan, The Red Winter is a lusty, dark, queer fantasy – perfect for fans of The Witcher and Susanna Clarke. ‘Charming, haunting, ambitious’ – T. KINGFISHER, author of Nettle & Bone A devastating love story. A bewitching twist...

Cuando los dioses callan y los reyes mueren, la historia la escriben los que sobreviven. Un thriller lleno de conspiración, pasión y peligro. Aristóteles es el filósofo más prestigioso de Grecia y el maestro de Alejandro Magno, el conquistador invencible que ha sometido todas las ciudades...

A gripping tale of moral courage in the shadow of victory—where the end of war begins history’s most perilous reckoning. With Hitler's suicide marking the end of the Third Reich and chaos consuming a shattered Germany, Captain Edward Hume continues to lead his bomb disposal squad—The...

June 1944: One weather forecast will determine if D-Day succeeds—or becomes history's greatest military disaster. USAAF Captain Andy Lockhart stands at the heart of history's most pivotal operation, providing the meteorological intelligence that will guide Eisenhower's decision to send 150,000...

Lotte Bonnet, chocolatière-confiseuse à la carrière florissante, vit heureuse aux Pays-Bas avec son époux Emil, un ancien réfugié bosniaque. Après le cancer qu'il vient de vaincre, rien ne la prépare à la nouvelle brutale qu'elle s'apprête à recevoir : Emil s'est suicidé alors qu'il marchait sur le chemin de Compostelle, pour fêter sa guérison. Dévastée, Lotte se rend en Bosnie pour disperser ses cendres. Là, elle découvre l'impensable : l'homme qu'elle a aimé n'était pas celui qu'il prétendait être. Lotte décide de faire le Camino, dans les pas de son mari, afin de comprendre.

Oslo, 1938. Johanna von Fehrsburg hat in Norwegen mit Sven ein neues Leben aufgebaut. Doch der Schatten des nationalsozialistischen Deutschlands reicht weit. Als ihr Bruder Karl-Georg eine gefährliche Widerstandsmission plant, nimmt Johanna gegen dessen Willen seinen Platz ein. In Berlin taucht sie unter falscher Identität in eine Stadt ein, die sie kaum wiedererkennt. Während sie im Auftrag des Widerstands Informationen sammelt, begegnet sie Moritz – dem Mann, der ihr einst das Herz brach.

Three women. Seven centuries. One unbreakable blood curse… It began in fire… Paris, 1307. When eleven-year-old Princess Isabella of France watches four men burn at the stake, a dying knight curses her bloodline: love will destroy everything she holds dear. It was forged in madness… Bedlam...