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London, 1963. The Beatles, Carnaby Street, mini skirts. But the new mood hasn't reached the drab and fearful corridors of MI5 and MI6. Many agents joined the secret service to fight the Nazis. Now they are locked in a Cold War against the Russians. And some of them are traitors. The service has been shaken to its core by the high-profile defections of Cambridge-educated spies Burgess, MacLean and now Philby. Appalled at such flagrant breaches of British security, the Americans are demanding a rigorous review.

Another audiobook in the Tommy & Tuppence series. It is World War II, and while the RAF struggles to keep the Luftwaffe at bay, Britain faces an even more sinister threat from ‘the enemy within’ – Nazis posing as ordinary citizens. With pressure mounting, the Intelligence service appoints...

The eighth book in the Empire sequence takes Centurion Marcus Aquila and his Tungrian legion on a dangerous mission to the heart of the Parthian empire With Rome no longer safe Marcus and the Tungrians are ordered east, to the desolate border lands where Rome and Parthia have vied for supremacy...

'Cooke is known for her ability to craft spellbinding tales filled with dread and terror, but also beauty' Scots Magazine 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...

1929 Las Vegas, New Mexico. When a man is murdered at the Castaneda Hotel, Josie MacFarland is given an impossible role: the first Harvey House Detective. Armed with only her determination, Josie faces a dismissive sheriff, the cold shoulder of old friends, and the hardships of the Great Depression. She can either return home in disgrace—or fight to prove she belongs in a world determined to shut her out. For readers of Jacqueline Winspear, Rhys Bowen, and Sulari Gentill.

Former SAS Sergeant Major John Carr is relaxing on a Spanish beach, when a man with dark eyes attracts his attention. Fixated on a group of young Britons, the man doesn’t notice Carr and soon moves on. Within the hour, the Costa del Sol will be plunged into one of the most audacious and horrifying terrorist attacks Europe has ever seen. In a co-ordinated strike, armed men storm both the beach and a cruise ship anchored further up the coast. But the terrorists - hiding personal greed under the veil of religious extremism - have an even bolder plan.

England, 1685. Decades after the end of the civil war, the country is once again divided when Charles II's illegitimate son, the Protestant Duke of Monmouth, arrives in Dorset to incite rebellion against his Catholic uncle. Armed only with pitchforks, Monmouth's army is quickly defeated by King...

AN ARTIFACT THAT PROMISES WORLD PEACE… BUT AT WHAT COST? Deep within Cambodia's Angkor Wat, a millennia-old secret is waiting to be unleashed —one powerful enough to build empires and now poised to destroy the world.

Christmas Day 1943, Arisaig, Scotland. The body of beautiful, well-connected Polish SOE agent Krystina Kowolska is found in the gardens of the country house where she's been preparing for a vital mission to France. The question is, was she already dead when she was hanged? Two days later, resistance double agent, Investigator Jan Kalisz of the Warsaw Kripo is flown to Britain where Winston Churchill himself tasks him with finding Krystina's killer, before the cracks in Britain's alliance with Poland become fractures.

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND WINNER OF THE SALTIRE FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR What if the only choice you have is no choice at all… Humberto Barbetti is unwilling secretary to the Dominican dictator, Rafael Trujillo. Mercurial, capricious and ruthless to the core, Trujillo has...

Praise for The Imperial Alchemist “Wang fuses authentic history with genuine momentum—Georgia Lee is a heroine worth following, and this is a confident, fast-moving debut.” —Gary McAvoy, bestselling author of the Vatican Secret Archive Thrillers Some discoveries rewrite history. Others...

'This novel's spell lingers long after it has been cast.' Lucy Rose, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lamb 'Emma Cowing is a glorious storyteller' Kate Foster, Women's Prize longlisted author of The Maiden 'Sarah Waters meets The Handmaid's Tale in a deliciously dark story packed with...

Two sisters. One village desperate for a witch. A truth no record will ever keep. East Anglia, 1645. Civil war has left the villages cold, hungry, and afraid. When a farmer's cow falls sick after a quarrel with a poor widow, suspicion spreads quickly. Someone must be blamed. Someone must be...

Bloomsbury presents Medici ~ Ascendancy by Matteo Strukul, read by Saul Reichlin. Florence, 1429 Giovanni de' Medici is dead. A lifetime of shrewd investment, strategic alliance and sly manipulation saw Giovanni climb from mere money-lender to the top echelon of Florentine society. But success...

Eine Wikinger-Kriegerin und ein versklavter Medicus im Kampf auf Leben und Tod. Dänemark im Jahr 862. Für die junge Wikingerin Gunhild nimmt das große Opferfest am Königshof eine dramatische Wendung: Nach dem abendlichen Festmahl wird der Sohn eines mächtigen Jarls mit durchschnittener Kehle aufgefunden. Daneben liegt Gunhilds Bruder, schlafend, blutverschmiert, die Tatwaffe neben sich. War er der Mörder?

In an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947—are brought together in a mesmerizing...

New York City, 1972–A dabbler in mathematics and chess, Catherine Velis is also a computer expert for a Big Eight accounting firm. Before heading off to a new assignment in Algeria, Cat has her palm read by a fortune-teller. The woman warns Cat of danger. Then an antiques dealer approaches Cat...

Conrad de Lancey has seen enough of evil: the shadow of fear on the faces of innocents; the sudden lull before the slaughter begins. Franco's bloody insurrection taught this Englishman all about hell. Arriving in his mother's country, the now Nazi Germany, Conrad is sick at heart. Even Berlin—infamous haven of decadence—salutes fascism. Himmler's black-shirted troops rule the city, and every German arm bears a Swastika. But does every German heart belong to Hitler?

Wartime secrets threaten to topple a President – in heart-stopping adventure from the incomparable Jack Higgins. In the waning days of World War II, Hitler entrusted his diary to a young aide, Baron Max von Berger. Over the years, von Berger has used his inheritance to become one of the...

'One of the best historical crime series out there' Crime Review 'Could challenge CJ Sansom for dominion' Sunday Times Summer, 1658, and the Republic may finally be safe: the combined Stuart and Spanish forces have been heavily defeated by the English and French armies on the coast of Flanders...