Something happened in 1994 Berlin that forever changed MI5. Very few know that story and those who do will do anything to keep it secret. Two years ago, a hostile prime minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "...
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Auteur:Pullman, PhilipSommaire:In nineteenth-century London, sixteen-year-old Sally, a recent orphan, becomes involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby.
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Auteur:Rizzolo, S. K.Sommaire:This well imagined, carefully detailed, and cleverly plotted debut draws on actual historical events of 1811 London. Regency London knows Constance Tyrone as the conspicuously celibate founder of the St. Catherine Society, dedicated to...
- Auteur:Gleason, ColleenSommaire:
Beneath the glitter of dazzling nineteenth century London Society lurks a bloodthirsty evil…Vampires have always lived among them, quietly attacking unsuspecting debutantes and dandified lords as well as hackney drivers and Bond Street...
- Auteur:Ivory, JudithSommaire:
Accepting the challenge to convert brash, handsome, incorrigible Mick Tremore into a gentleman in only six weeks, Lady Edwina Bollash is concerned less with her abilities than with resisting the man's considerable charms.
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Auteur:Wilde, OscarSommaire:Young and beautiful Dorian Gray wishes that a newly commissioned portrait would age in place of his splendid body. His wish is granted, and the newfound lack of consequence attracts him to dark deeds and decadence. A classic fable about...
- Auteur:Melville, HermanSommaire:
"The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids" is a short story written by American writer Herman Melville (1819-1891). A combination of two sketches, one set in the center of London's legal industry and the other in a New...
- Auteur:Candlish, LouiseSommaire:
The "queen of the sucker-punch twist" (Ruth Ware, #1 New York Times bestselling author) and author of Our House weaves a suspenseful thriller about a commuter who becomes a suspect in his friend's mysterious disappearance...
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Auteur:Worth, JenniferSommaire:An unforgettable story (and now a BBC TV series) of the joy of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the hope of one extraordinary woman.
- Auteur:Harris, EveSommaire:
Set in the Orthodox Jewish community in North West London, The Marrying of Chani Kaufman is the poignant and humorous story of nineteen-year-old Chani Kaufman and the lead-up to her wedding night. Nineteen-year-old Chani lives in the...
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Auteur:Forbes, ElenaSommaire:Mark Tartaglia of the London murder squad investigates a series of bizarre and brutal murders in these gripping and compulsively readable thrillers — get the exclusive bundle featuring books 1, 2, and 3 now!This bundle includes:Die With...
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Auteur:Winspear, JacquelineSommaire:August 1914. Michael Clifton is mapping the land he has just purchased in California's beautiful Santa Ynez Valley, certain that oil lies beneath its surface. But as the young cartographer prepares to return home to Boston, war is...
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Auteur:Chesteron, G. K.Sommaire:Set in early 1900s London, this metaphysical thriller follows undercover officer Gabriel Syme and his secret involvement with Scotland Yard's task force that attempts to take down underground anarchists. In doing so, Syme encounters...
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Auteur:Matthews, MimiSommaire:A PROUD BEAUTY... Society beauty Sylvia Stafford is far too pragmatic to pine. When the tragic death of her gamester father leaves her destitute and alone, she finds work as a governess in a merchant’s household in Cheapside. Isolated...
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Auteur:Shah, LondonSommaire:At the end of the twenty-first century, the world has changed dramatically, but life continues one thousand feet below the ocean's surface. In Great Britain, sea creatures swim among the ruins of Big Ben and the Tower of London,...
- Auteur:Bilefsky, Dan.Sommaire:
Over Easter weekend 2015, a motley crew of six English thieves, several in their sixties and seventies, couldn't resist coming out of retirement for one last career-topping heist. Their target: the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit, in...
- Auteur:Bunn, T. DavisSommaire:
Eager to minister to the poor, well-bred Abigail ignores her parents' warnings and ventures into the slums of London. But instead of gaining converts, she causes a scandal when she ventures into a seedy theater. To save the family...
- Auteur:Messud, ClaireSommaire:
"A Simple Tale" is the moving account of Maria Poniatowski, an aging Ukrainian woman who was taken by the Germans for slave labor and eventually relocated to Canada as a displaced person. She struggles to provide her son Radek...
- Auteur:Fein, LouiseSommaire:
"The Hidden Child is a heart-wrenching depiction of a golden couple in the 1920s.... Shocking, emotive, and compelling, but ultimately a story of hope. I loved it." - Deborah Carr, USA Today bestselling author of The Poppy Field. In...
- Auteur:Hopkinson, DeborahSommaire:
The suspenseful tale of two courageous kids and one inquisitive scientist who teamed up to stop an epidemic. “A delightful combination of race-against-the-clock medical mystery and outwit-the-bad-guys adventure.” — Publishers Weekly,...
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