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BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick! Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who is charged with the brutal murder of her former master. Inspired by a true story, Burial Rites is perfect for fans of Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood and The...

Brought to you by Penguin. February 1944. Six months since Nazi forces occupied Rome. Inside the beleaguered city, the Contessa Giovanna Landini is a member of the band of Escape Line activists known as ‘The Choir’. Their mission is to smuggle refugees to safety and help Allied soldiers, all...

Brought to you by Penguin. September 1943: German forces occupy Rome. SS officer Paul Hauptmann rules with terror. The war's outcome is far from certain. An Irish priest, Hugh O'Flaherty, dedicates himself to helping those escaping from the Nazis. His home is Vatican City, the world's smallest...

The serial killer Gregg Thorton was introduced to you in my short story "Serial Family Man", giving you an insight to the man who spent 44 years murdering over 20 people. In this new story, Gregg Thorton will confess like he never has before.

A new spymaster thriller series set during the reign of Elizabeth I! For fans of Rory Clements, S J Parris, S W Perry and Andrew Taylor. Will Tom Walsingham’s first mission be his last…? England, 1581: Nineteen-year-old Thomas Walsingham is thrilled to be working as a confidential courier, carrying messages between London and Paris for his illustrious cousin, Queen Elizabeth’s spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham … until everything goes wrong.

In 1933 Cuba, a deadly game of cat and mouse unfolds. An IRA sharpshooter, driven by vengeance and a relentless mission, has Winston Churchill in his crosshairs. But just as the assassin is about to strike, Churchill's tenacious bodyguard, Walter Thompson, intervenes, forcing the killer into the shadows. Years later, amid the fiery rain of the German Blitz on London, Thompson locks eyes with a ghost from Havana—the very same assassin. But now, the stakes are higher.

Behind the Iron Curtain, the Truth Can Kill You. Europe, 1956. The Iron Curtain divides the Free West from the Soviet Bloc, and the battle for hearts and minds is waged with words, not bullets. Charlie Atkins, a 23-year-old California farm girl, works at Radio Free Europe in Munich, relaying Western news to millions trapped behind Soviet borders. She longs to report real stories—like her own, marked by the mysterious disappearance of her father, Captain A. J. Atkins, in the last days of World War II. Her boss dismisses her: too young, too green, too female.

Ci sono imprenditori che si sforzano di trovare un’idea geniale per cambiare le sorti di un settore, ma ci sono anche uomini che, giovanissimi, s’innamorano di un sogno e fanno di tutto per realizzarlo. Romano Artioli, fondatore di Autexpò, è un imprenditore che ha inseguito il desiderio di far rinascere una delle più prestigiose marche automobilistiche del mondo, la Bugatti. E, con passione e dedizione, ha raggiunto questo obiettivo.

Mit tugendhafter Erscheinung und abgründiger Seele schleicht der Vampir von Düsseldorf durch die Schatten und tötet seine Opfer. Tauche ein in die düstere Welt der 1920er Jahre, in der das Lachen der Menschen von Angst und der Grausamkeit eines Mörders erstickt wird. Kein Ort, keine Person ist sicher, wenn der Vampir zuschlägt. Seine Spuren sind ebenso mysteriös wie grausam und die Ermittler stoßen an ihre Grenzen, während der Serienmörder seine Jagd auf unschuldige Seelen fortsetzt.

This is the story of Willow 'Twig' Olsen, a woman of Scandinavian descent, who was trapped into an existence of traditional servitude for the first 38 years of her life, and what transpires after her last parent dies, and she is finally free to seek male companionship, as she has long desired. What happens thereafter is a whirlwind of unexpected events that lead to greed, deception, and eventually murder.

After serving seventy years in prison for the murder of her sister, Eula, Della Lee has finally returned home to the Texas town of Puerto Pesar. She's free from confinement - and ready to tell her secrets before it's too late. She finds a willing audience in journalist Mick Anders, who is reeling after his suspension from a Boston newspaper and in town, reluctantly, to investigate a mysterious portrait of Eula that reportedly sheds tears.