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Viscount Montcrief was a man of wealth, refinement—and secrets. A recluse by nature, he lived in seclusion behind the iron gates of Montcrief House, a palatial estate renowned for its opulence and exquisite painted ceilings. Few were ever admitted, and those who entered were bound to silence. But in the spring of 1924, the Viscount developed a curious obsession with plays broadcast over the wireless. When he invited a troupe of actors—seven players and their director—to perform a private drama within his grand drawing room, the staff raised their eyebrows.

A nun’s corpse leads beloved amateur sleuth Flavia de Luce to uncover decades-old secrets in this charming novel in the New York Times bestselling series. “I love the Flavia de Luce novels! Flavia is the best female detective I’ve ever read, full of realism, self-confidence, and emotion...

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND MODERN CLASSIC FROM MASTER STORYTELLER STEPHEN KING A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if...

The brand-new Miss Marple mystery from Lucy Foley, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List and The Midnight Feast. High in the Swiss Alps, accessible only by a single, winding railway, stands the luxurious Grand Alpine Hotel. With glorious mountain views and exclusive access...

AudioFile Earphones Award Winner As she did with The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code, Saskia Maarleveld’s nuanced narration brings to life every character in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse in New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn’s haunting and powerful story of female friendships and...

London, 1868: Edith 'Etty' Redgrave has spent two years perfecting the art of quiet rebellion. But when her best friend, Princess Louise, begs her to retrieve a scandalous sketch before it destroys the royal family, Etty's carefully curated independence shatters. Enter Tristan Bankes-Fernsby, Duke of Rockingham. Cold, controlled, and the Queen's personal fixer, he has been sent to contain the same problem and has no patience for interference. Especially from a determined woman who refuses to stay in her place.

The #1 New York Times bestselling sequel to A Discovery of Witches, book two of the All Souls series. Look for the hit series “A Discovery of Witches,” now streaming on AMC+, Sundance Now, and Shudder! Picking up from A Discovery of Witches’ cliffhanger ending, Shadow of Night takes...

Porfirio Díaz ha gobernado durante más de tres décadas; decidiendo el destino del país desde la silla presidencial. Pero la llegada de un nuevo siglo conlleva otras ideas; conflictos latentes y personas que claman por libertad. Francisco I. Madero; un hombre guiado por los espíritus y sus visiones de democracia; descubre en una inquietante sesión espiritista una profecía sobre la maldición que yace en la silla presidencial: sólo con la muerte del último caudillo; México encontrará la paz.

Things are heating up for the archaeologists digging at Hamblin's Fort, an ancient Native American settlement in Arkansas. The local sheriff tries to involve them in his drug dealing. A mysterious black dog is shadowing their excavations. The marriage of "Boss Man," the crew chief, is unraveling, and Cecelia, one of the crew, claims she can see a menacing dark red energy vortex flowing up from the temple mound.

Suecia, 1434. En una época de conspiraciones y secretos oscuros, una familia se enfrenta a su destino. Dinamarca, Suecia y Noruega llevan un siglo fusionadas en la Unión de Kalmar, pero ahora está a punto de desmoronarse. Puede que el rey Erico controle los reinos escandinavos con puño de hierro, aunque hay muchas familias reales que recuerdan su antigua grandeza y tienen dificultades para tolerar su yugo. Entre ellas, el linaje de Sten Bosson, con su blasón de azur y oro, sueña con recuperar su antiguo esplendor.

The explosive Robert Langdon thriller from Dan Brown, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol, Inferno, and The Secret of Secrets. An ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating new weapon of destruction. An unthinkable target. When world-renowned Harvard...

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER now in a 7 1/2 anniversary edition with new work from Stuart Turton outlining how he wrote one of the most mind-bending mysteries of all time. The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is a breathlessly addictive mystery that follows one man's race to find a killer, with an...

A sweeping historical adventure inspired by the life of Grace O’Malley, the legendary Irish folk heroine who risked everything to defend her people. Venture onto the high seas with the thrilling latest from the New York Times bestselling author of The Frozen River and I Was Anastasia. Grace...

THE #1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER FROM THE ICONIC AUTHOR OF THE DA VINCI CODE AND THE NEW ROBERT LANGDON THRILLER, THE SECRET OF SECRETS “Impossible to put down.” —The New York Times “Thrilling and entertaining, like the experience on a roller coaster.” —Los Angeles Times Famed Harvard...

An unsolved murder. A lost artifact. A secret buried beneath the floodwaters of history… During the catastrophic Dutch flood of 1953 – the Watersnoodramp – more than 1,800 lives were lost to the fury of the North Sea. But amid the devastation, one death went unnoticed... a murder disguised by disaster. Seven decades later, a skeleton is uncovered in the silted remains of a drowned village. Clutched in its grasp lies a mysterious artifact – one that may unlock the location of the mythical Shield of Hercules, a relic of untold power hidden since the ancient world.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Calamity of Souls comes a novel set in 1940s London about a bereaved bookshop owner and two teenagers scarred by the Second World War, and the healing and hope they find in one another. "A masterpiece of a historical thriller." —Lisa...

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...

From the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel, THE ALICE NETWORK, comes another fascinating historical novel about a battle-haunted English journalist and a Russian female bomber pilot who join forces to track the Huntress, a Nazi war criminal gone to ground in America...

Narrated by Samantha Bond Don’t miss Magpie Murders on PBS's MASTERPIECE Mystery! ""A double puzzle for puzzle fans, who don’t often get the classicism they want from contemporary thrillers."" —Janet Maslin, New York Times New York Times Bestseller | Winner of the Macavity Award for Best...

La Ahnenerbe, la división esotérica de las SS, ha encontrado la pista de un texto antiguo capaz de alterar el equilibrio del mundo. Clarice Cooper y la División OpenMind deberán enfrentarse a una carrera contrarreloj que los llevará desde monasterios ocultos hasta el corazón del infierno, sabiendo que son lo único que se interpone entre el fanatismo nazi y el despertar de una amenaza ancestral. Un libro prohibido. Un ritual olvidado. Un secreto capaz de reescribir el destino de la humanidad.