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When his friend shares half his fabulous silver claim, a smalltown storekeeper must battle claim jumpers, a corrupt judge and ruthless killers. Most people are at least dimly aware of the Great Depression of 1929. But how many have heard about the Panic of 1873, which was nearly as devastating? In White Money (a wonderful throw-back to old-timey Western novels like Shane and True Grit), Civil War veteran Morris Goldwater, like millions of his fellow Americans, has been caught up in the financial disaster of the Panic.

Lady Shonagon is an imperial courtesan, living at the court of the Japanese Emperor in the 10th century. When a series of disturbing thefts within the palace walls throws the court into confusion and unrest, Shonagon is appointed guide and assistant to Lieutenant Yukinari as he investigates. Together, Shonagon and Yukinari must solve the mysteries and escalating crimes that plague the Japanese court, and their romance blossoms in the tightly enclosed world behind the high palace walls. But soon Shonagon's lover, Tadanobu, becomes uncomfortable with how closely they are working together....

Conrad Browning is The Loner, a man on a mission, crossing the country — and crossing a lot of bad men — to rescue his kidnapped young twins. The trail has led him all the way to San Francisco’s perilous red light-district, where a crime lord is the proud father of newly adopted twins. The Loner knows his children when he sees them. But they’re hostage to a brutal, violent mob feud. Then, just when he needs it most, The Loner is no longer alone: He is joined by his own father, Frank Morgan — the most notorious gunman in the West.

April 1831, her grace Corinne Monroe wants her widowed son, Lord Julian, to marry her best friend’s daughter, Miss Sophie Wilkie. Julian last saw Sophie when she was twelve years old, silent, skinny, and always staring at him. However, his mother is nothing if not persuasive, and Julian reluctantly accompanies her to London to meet the young lady. And he knows that whatever happens isn’t going to be good. Lord Devlin Monroe, Julian’s nephew, is very fond of his intriguing reputation in society: he delights, he frightens, he brings on delicious shudders. He’s enjoying a pleasant bachelor life....

Dunkle Machenschaften in der größten Metropole ihrer Zeit! London, 1830: Constable Graham Cluskey von Scotland Yard ist der Verschwörung gegen die Krone auf der Spur. Für seine Fahndungserfolge wird er zum Chief Inspector befördert. Doch ist die Gefahr gebannt? Da wird Cluskey zu einem Unglück gerufen: Bei der Eröffnung der Liverpool and Manchester Railway wird der Parlamentsabgeordnete von Liverpool von der Lokomotive "The Rocket" überfahren. Alles deutet zunächst auf einen Unfall hin - bis Cluskey die Beteiligten vernimmt.

When a mysterious boat explosion - and the discovery of unidentifiable body parts - keeps her anchored to the present, Anna Pigeon finds crimes of past and present closing in on her. A tangled web that was woven before she arrived begins to threaten her sanity and her life. Cut off from the mainland by miles of water, poor phone service, and sketchy radio contact, and aided by one law-enforcement ranger, Anna must find answers or weather a storm to rival the hurricanes for which the islands are famous.

Martin Bora, giovane capitano del controspionaggio militare e protagonista fisso dei thriller bellici di Ben Pastor, arriva nella Ville Lumière per svolgere un incarico molto delicato: fare rapporto sulle strane mosse di Ernst Jünger, il grande scrittore, l'eroe della patria, l'amante della guerra, che però ha col regime di Hitler un infido rapporto. E sempre a lui toccherà investigare sulla misteriosa morte, avvenuta in Bretagna, della moglie di un commodoro della Marina del Terzo Reich.

The mythic West. Sprawling, violent, beautiful. The expansion of Americans into this vast landscape was America’s very own Iliad, its own Odyssey. These legendary times were immortalised in screen and print down the decades, but perhaps its greatest canvas was the radio waves. And Gunsmoke was perhaps the best of its breed. Now good versus bad, the epic legend of the American West is back on the airwaves.

Der Tod ist manchmal viel näher, als du glaubst... Zons 1502: Bastian Mühlenberg wirft der armen Gertrude ein paar Münzen zu. Wenig später ist sie spurlos verschwunden. Das Amulett, das sie stets bei sich trug, liegt noch dort, wo Bastian die Alte zuletzt gesehen hatte. Niemals hätte sie es freiwillig abgelegt. Doch nicht nur sie, auch andere Bettlerinnen sind plötzlich wie vom Erdboden verschluckt. Bastian kann sich keinen Reim darauf machen. Schließlich gibt es bei den Bettelweibern nichts zu holen.

In April 1831, her grace Corinne Monroe wants her widowed son, Lord Julian, to marry her best friend’s daughter, Miss Sophie Wilkie. Julian last saw Sophie when she was twelve years old, silent, skinny, and always staring at him. However, his mother is nothing if not persuasive, and Julian reluctantly accompanies her to London to meet the young lady.And he knows that whatever happens isn’t going to be good.Lord Devlin Monroe, Julian’s nephew, is very fond of his intriguing reputation in society: he delights, he frightens, he brings on delicious shudders.