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The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis, an utterly addictive new novel that will transport you from New York City’s most glamorous party to the labyrinth streets of Cairo and back. Egypt, 1936: When anthropology student Charlotte Cross is offered a coveted spot on an archaeological dig in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, she leaps at the opportunity...Categorized as:
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The Wraith by Jeffery H. Haskell
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIf Punisher and Batman had a baby raised by John Wick... How far would you go to see justice done? How far is too far? For Madisun the answer is simple. There are people in this world that need killing, and she's just the woman for the job!From the bestselling author of the Full Metal Superhero comes an exciting new ongoing series set in the same world as Arsenal...Categorized as:
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade by Rob MacGregor, George Lucas
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe time is the 1930s.Indiana Jones had always managed to get into enough trouble on his own. But this time, he finds himself in the deadliest situation imaginable -- he must rescue his father, eminent professor Dr. Henry Jones, from the Nazis' clutches to keep them from discovering secret information only Dr. Jones possesses...Categorized as:
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Judgment of The Witch by Robert McCammon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter a decade, New York Times bestselling author Robert McCammon returns with an epic novel of suspense that reinstates him as one of the great storytellers of our time.... The Carolinas, 1699: The citizens of Fount Royal believe their town is cursed by a witch... -
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The Errant Flock by Jana Petken, Elisa Pardini
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsValencia, Spain, 1491 The ambitions of four men merge and collide in a deadly game of intrigue. David Sanz, a young militiaman, is forced to carry out a heinous crime, and he becomes an unwitting pawn in a tense battle for power. Luis Peráto, the duke of Sagrat, sacrifices his own people to cover up dark secrets that could see him burnt at the stake for treason... -
Empires of Sand by David Ball
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn epic novel of adventure in the grandest tradition of historical fiction, Empires of Sand takes us on a thrilling, unforgettable journey. As civilizations collide around two men, a battle begins: for survival, for love, and for a destiny written in a desert's shifting sands.The year is 1870. Paris is under siege, and two boys, best friends and cousins, are swept from their life of privilege... -
Raudrästiku aeg by Indrek Hargla
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMenukate apteeker Melchiori lugude autori Indrek Hargla uue kriminaalromaani tegevus toimub alternatiivajaloolises muinasaja Eestis. Selle riigi nimi on Kuningavald ning muistses Viljandis, mida siis Veelindeks kutsuti, valitseb noor kuningas Uljas. Romaani peategelaseks on kuninga nõunik Koiola Aotõiv, kelle terav vaist ja nutikus aitavad tal lahendada mitu mõrvamõistatust...Categorized as:
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A Death in the Venetian Quarter by Alan Gordon
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn 1203, the relative peace of the Byzantine Empire is imperiled when the ships of the Fourth Crusade show up outside the walls of Constantinople. Instead of traveling to the Holy Land to battle the infidels, the Crusade, having sailed out of Venice, has been subverted and is now besieging the city... -
Die Spur der Bücher by Kai Meyer
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLondon – eine Stadt im Bann der Bücher. Mercy Amberdale ist in Buchläden und Antiquariaten aufgewachsen. Sie kennt den Zauber der Geschichten und besitzt das Talent der Bibliomantik. Für reiche Sammler besorgt sie die kostbarsten Titel, pirscht nachts durch Englands geheime Bibliotheken...Categorized as:
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The Incense Game by Laura Joh Rowland
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWinner of RT Magazine's Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Historical MysteryIn the wake of a terrifying earthquake, Sano Ichiro races to solve a crime that could bring down the shogun's regimeWhen a massive earthquake devastates Japan in 1703, even the shogun's carefully regulated court is left teetering on the brink of chaos... -
The Dragon of Handale by Cassandra Clark
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the fifth in this stellar series Hildegard returns from pilgrimage to Compostela only to be sent by her Prioress to the remote and sinister Handale Priory. Used as a house of correction for sinning nuns, it lies in the north of the county in the middle of a vast wood and is run by the ambiguous Abbess Basilda and her close group of hard-faced acolytes... -
The Holy Innocents by Kate Sedley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt is a shadowy early morning in April 1475 - Hock Monday, two weeks and a day past Easter. There's spring in the air and in Roger's step as he approaches the thriving village of Totnes. But Roger also senses danger in the air: A pack of cutthroats wanders the forest after a night of stealing and pillaging in the surrounding villages, and Roger barely manages to hide from them in the brush... -
The Heresy of Dr Dee by Phil Rickman
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll talk is of the End-time...and the dead are rising. At the end of the sunless summer of 1560, black rumour shrouds the death of the one woman who stands between Lord Robert Dudley and marriage to the young Queen Elizabeth... -
Lord Mord: A Prague Thriller by Miloš Urban
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Bulgakov-like cocktail of romance, murder, and mystery are conjured up in this existential thriller set in the Czech capital This witty, inventive Gothic novel tells the story of Count Arco, a keen fencer and debauched womanizer in 19th century Prague, who makes a lone stand against the destruction of the popular Jewish quarter, with its Bohemian nightlife and whorehouses... -
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In the Mouth of the Dragon by Myriam Millán
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn evil force is mutilating people in modern-day London, and the horror resembles that of another era.In the 1600s, a small town in Transylvania grew increasingly panic-stricken as more than five hundred young women lost their lives to a mysterious fiend. Some believed that a demon lurked in the woods, craving the blood of girls... -
Roger Ascham and the King's Lost Girl by Matthew Reilly
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLength: 48 minutesIn this special prequel to Matthew Reilly’s The Tournament, Roger Ascham, the unorthodox tutor of Princess Elizabeth, is charged with tracking down a favourite prostitute of King Henry VIII’s who has gone missing...Categorized as:
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Unnatural Fire by Fidelis Morgan
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAnastasia Ashby de la Zouch, Baroness Penge, Countess of Clapham and former mistress to Charles II, has fallen on hard times. Forced to turn to journalism, the Countess and her maidservant gather salacious titbits for a scandal sheet... -
Auriel Rising by Elizabeth Redfern
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe acclaimed author of The Music of the Spheres works literary alchemy in this latest novel set in 1609 London, where the quest to turn lead into gold drives men and women to acts of daring, deception, and even murder... -
مخطوطة بن إسحاق: مدينة الموتى by حسن الجندي
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsجلس الأربعة وفي وسطهم شمعة صغيرة إذا ارتفع لهبها إلى سقف الدار كان خادم الجن قد حضر. وجلس الحي بن القصاب بعيدا عنهم. ثم بدأ الأربعة ينطقون الكلمات بصوت واحد حتى انتهوا منها... -
Drakenfeld by Mark Charan Newton
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“I am Lucan Drakenfeld, second son of Calludian, Officer of the Sun Chamber and peace keeper. Although sometimes it seems I am the only person who wishes to keep it …”The monarchies of the Royal Vispasian Union have been bound together for two hundred years by laws maintained and enforced by the powerful Sun Chamber... -
The Discovery of Chocolate by James Runcie
Rated: 3.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat delicious ingredients James Runcie has blended together in his first novel, The Discovery OF Chocolate--a picaresque, time-travelling journey of self-discovery. Told by the Spaniard, Diego de Godoy, accompanied by his faithful greyhound Pedro, Diego wanders the world, like Don Quixote bereft of his Dulcinea, in search of his beloved Ignacia--and the perfect chocolate... -
Der Puzzlemörder von Zons by Catherine Shepherd
Rated: 3.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsZons 1495: Eine junge Frau wird geschändet und verstümmelt aufgefunden. Offensichtlich war sie Opfer des Rituals eines perversen Mörders geworden. Eigentlich ist das kleine mittelalterliche Städtchen Zons, das damals wie heute genau zwischen Düsseldorf und Köln am Rhein liegt, immer besonders friedlich gewesen... -
The Complete Frank Miller Batman by Frank Miller, Dennis O'Neil
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Complete Frank Miller Batman contains: Batman Year One, Wanted: Santa Claus Dead Or Alive and The Dark Knight Returns. With a new introduction by Richard Bruning, then DC design director. Batman Year One and The Dark Knight Returns are reprints of their trade paperbacks and not individual issues so they include the introductions to those volumes by Frank Miller and Alan Moore... -
The Apothecary Diaries 09 by Nekokurage, Natsu Hyuuga
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter breaking a "curse" on the imperial heirs, a palace servant with training in herbal medicine is promoted up the ranks to food taster.. -
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Batman (2011-2016) #14 by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe Joker is back and somehow more sinister than ever! What caused this change? And can even Batman stop a Joker so driven and dangerous? “Death of the Family” part 2... -
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1 by Frank Miller
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThis masterpiece of comics storytelling brings to life a dark world…and an even darker man. Frank Miller completely reinvents the legend of Batman in his saga of a near-future Gotham City gone to rot, ten years after the Dark Knight’s retirement... -
Daredevil: Born Again by Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCollects Daredevil #226-233. "And I -- I have shown him... that a man without hope is a man without fear." The definitive Daredevil tale! Karen Page, Matt Murdock's former lover, has traded away the Man Without Fear's secret identity for a drug fix. Now, Daredevil must find strength as the Kingpin of Crime wastes no time taking him down as low as a human can get... -
Alias Omnibus by Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Gaydos
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsOnce upon a time, Jessica Jones was a costumed super-hero, just not a very good one. Her powers were unremarkable compared to the amazing abilities of the costumed icons that populate the Marvel Universe. In a city of Marvels, Jessica Jones never found her niche... -
Kabuki, Vol. 4: Skin Deep by David W. Mack
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsby David Mack In stores the week of May 1st. The Concept: A woman whose face is horribly scarred finds herself in an institution for "defective" government agents. She (Kabuki) is interrogated to find out if she is hiding something to do with the nature of her scars, or if she is simply crazy... -
Hellboy Omnibus, Volume 4: Hellboy in Hell by Mike Mignola
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Hellboy saga concludes, with the most ambitious chapter, Hellboy in Hell, collected in its entirety--all written and drawn by Mike Mignola.On the heels of Hellboy Omnibus Volume 3: The Wild Hunt, Hellboy is cast into Hell, where familiar faces reveal secrets of his origins, and previously unknown family members come forward...
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