Nouveautés

Ali Dawson and her cold case team investigate crimes so old, they're frozen—or so their inside joke goes. Ali’s work seems like a safe desk job, but what her friends—and even her beloved son—don’t know is that her team has a secret: they can travel back in time to look for evidence. So far, Ali has only made short trips to the recent past, so she’s surprised when she’s asked to investigate a murder in 1850. The killing has been pinned on an aristocratic patron of the arts and antiquities, and member of a sinister group called The Collectors.

Die meisterhafte und spannende Kriminalnovelle handelt von der Schriftstellerin von Scuderi, und beginnt damit, dass ein gefährlich wirkender Fremder ein geheimnisvolles Kästchen für die Dame hinterläßt. Ein Mord an dem berühmten Goldschmied Monsieur Cardillac führt auf die Spur seines Gehilfen Olivier Brusson. Kann das Fräulein von Scuderi diesen Fall klären?

The most skilled of Merlin's Mauraders, Siena must unmask a traitor lurking among an exclusive club of book collectors. Armed with only her wits, her blades, and her sultry body, she joins the gentlemen at a country house party. But her prime suspect, disgraced ex-army officer Lord Kirtland proves as enigmatic as he is suspicious-and sinfully sensuous.

For Huntress Isabeau Agarwal, the countryside inn is the last stop in a deadly hunt. Armed with a gaslamp and guns, she tracks an insidious beast that wears the skin of its victims, mimicking them perfectly. Ten guests reside within Spindle Manor tonight, and the creature could be any one of them. Confined by a torrential thunderstorm and running out of time, Isabeau has until morning to discover the liar, or none of them—including her—will make it out alive. But her inhuman quarry isn't the only threat residing in Spindle Manor.

Told in a sharp, modern first-person voice, the story follows Evelyn Hart—a brilliant, introverted bookseller with a photographic memory—as she uncovers a hidden letter from her late grandmother. The letter reveals the existence of Elara, a long-lost city buried beneath the ice, and a device called the Heart of the Ancients, an ancient artificial intelligence which contains the knowledge of a forgotten civilization.

London, 1928. Mystery writer and amateur detective Marius Quin is reeling from his friend’s murder in his own home. Forced to stay away from the case, he’s in urgent need of distraction when fate points him towards Felicity Mortimer, a woman imprisoned for poisoning her husband fifteen years earlier. Marius soon becomes convinced of Felicity’s innocence, and when he discovers a key witness with his throat cut, it’s clear that the real killer is still on the loose.

If there's one art the French have mastered as well as fine cuisine, it's haute couture. Tabitha and Julia are already accustomed to sampling the delights of the former. Now fashion is returning to the forefront in Paris, as the somber hues of wartime are replaced by vibrant colors and ultra-feminine silhouettes. Tabitha and Julia join a friend for a private showing at an exclusive fashion atelier, Maison Lannet. The event goes well, but when Tabitha returns later that evening to search for a lost glove, she finds the lights still on—and the couturier dead, strangled by a length of lace.

In 1934, Lola was on top of the world. Dubbed "The Siren" by MGM, she was a protégé of Louis B. Mayer, the original talkie sex symbol before the rise of stars like Carole Lombard and Jean Harlow. But like Harlow, Lola Grayson had a dominant stage mother and bad health that struggled to meet the demand of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Exploited, pushed, primped, and promoted as MGM's biggest star, Lola Grayson made one fatal mistake—falling in love with fellow MGM star Robert Taggart. Together, they were the golden couple that audiences demanded to see.

Two years after her brother Charles Bingley weds Miss Jane Bennett, Miss Caroline Bingley is visiting her brother's country estate near Pemberley, the home of their best friends, Mr. and Mrs. Darcy. Restless and out of sorts, Caroline wonders if there's more to life than playing cribbage and paying calls on country neighbors. When Georgiana Darcy's maid, Jayani disappears and Georgiana sets off to find her, Caroline races to to find them in London, where she stumbles on a shocking, cold-blooded murder.

Late one night a distraught young woman on the run begs Reverend Lucian Shaw for help, claiming she has been kidnapped and held against her will at Ravenswood, a remote and heavily guarded country house. When she is later found dead in suspicious circumstances, Shaw enlists the help of Chief Inspector Ludd of the Suffolk Constabulary to investigate.

A beautiful weaver, the discerning son of the notorious William Tell and a fugitive Templar knight meet in this tale of allegiance, mystery, romance, and perhaps a little medieval magic, set in the magnificent but menacing Alps in the 14th century.

Frère Cadfael fait partie d'une délégation religieuse qui se rend au Pays de Galles pour ramener à l'abbaye bénédictine de Shrewsbury les reliques de Sainte Winifred. Les tractations avec les Gallois sont difficiles. Pendant le séjour, Rhisiard , leader de l'opposition au transfert, est assassiné. Immédiatement son pauvre serviteur, anglais et amoureux transi de sa fille, est désigné coupable. Ce n'est pas l'avis de frère Cadfael qui va apporter son aide à cet homme malheureux que le destin accable.

Été 1138, la guerre civile fait rage en Angleterre entre le roi Étienne et l'impératrice Mathilde. Le roi Étienne fait pendre les membres de la garnison de Shrewsbury fidèle à Mathilde. Cadfael est chargé de préparer les corps avant qu'ils ne soient rendus à leur famille ou enterrés. Mais en les alignant, il découvre qu'il y a un cadavre de trop. Il lui faudra beaucoup de diplomatie et d'esprit pour résoudre ce mystère. À noter l'arrivée de Hugh Beringar à Shrewsbury.

Долгожданный приквел одной из самых популярных книжных серий этого года — третья часть детективного цикла Юлии Яковлевой в уникальных декорациях Москвы начала XIX века. 1812 год. Армия Наполеона покидает Москву, оставляя ее в огне и разрухе. Первые русские гусары возвращаются в город, разоренный и опустошенный войной. Патрулируя незнакомые улицы, ротмистр Мурин и его товарищ встречают на своем пути полуразрушенный особняк. Внезапно, из здания доносится пронзительный женский крик, молящий о помощи на французском.

Капитану полиции Юрию Бурлаку во время захвата лихой московской банды кто-то выстрелил в голову, в упор. Очнулся он не только в далеком прошлом (как потом выяснилось — в 1912 году), но и в чужом теле. Но ведь в теле отпетого бандита по прозвищу Жора-Гимназист!

Paris, 1928: Agatha Christie and fellow writer Dorothy L Sayers board the Orient Express, bound for Constantinople. Christie in particular is looking forward to a break from recent dispiriting events in both her work and private life – the finalisation of her divorce from her philanderous husband Archie, and the miserly reception of her latest book.

Georgi has been admitted to Grantabridge University, one of only four women to achieve this honor in 1870. Finally, she can attain her life-long dream and become a barrister. Or can she? Her dream is shattered when she learns the law of Brythion prohibits women the right to claim a place in the legal world. A world ruled by men. Now what will she do?

Ein großes Ereignis wirft seinen Schatten voraus. Queen Victoria wird die Royal Courts of Justice eröffnen. Holmes und Watson werden eingeladen, den Feierlichkeiten beizuwohnen. Doch der Bau des Gebäudes stand unter keinem guten Stern. Nach Streitigkeiten, einem vermeintlichen Unfall und tragischen Umständen ist es nun ein unerklärlicher Todesfall, der den beratenden Detektiv und seinen Freund auf den Plan ruft. Bei den Ermittlungen ist es schwer, eine heiße Spur zu finden. Eiseskälte und Geister verursachen Gänsehaut, bis am Ende hoffentlich die Gerechtigkeit siegt.

Eine Reihe grauenvoller Verbrechen erschüttert London. Allesamt tragen sie die Handschrift eines ebenso gefürchteten wie legendären Verbrechers - Jack the Ripper! Doch kann wahr sein, was nicht wahr sein darf, über zwölf Jahre nach dem Ende der blutigen Mordserie in Whitechapel? Holmes nimmt Kontakt zum mittlerweile pensionierten Chief Inspector Abberline auf, der seinerzeit die Ermittlungen führte. Bekommen Holmes und Abberline eine zweite Chance, um diesen schrecklichen Schatten der Vergangenheit ein für alle Mal zu vertreiben?

Während der Zugfahrt durchs deutsche Kaiserreich erinnert sich Hutchinson Hatch, wie Professor van Dusen und er sich vor fünf Jahren kennenlernten, wie der große Wissenschaftler den Beinamen "Die Denkmaschine" bekam und wie er seinen ersten Kriminalfall löste, an dem die New Yorker Kriminalpolizei in Gestalt von Detective Sergeant Caruso sich vergeblich die Zähne ausbiss. Das, denkt Hatch gerührt, wurde der Beginn einer wunderbaren Freundschaft.