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May 1942. Thousands of American GIs are stationed across eastern England building airfields to bomb Germany. Cambridge is a liberty town - a hot spot for Yanks on leave. DI Eden Brooke is called to the aerodrome five miles east of the city when the remains of an airman, identified by his dog tag, are uncovered as workmen extend the runway. Its clear the victim has been buried for decades. Brooke discovers the base was used to train US pilots in the Great War - a quarter of a century earlier. When another soldiers body turns up just days later, its clear there is a connection . the clues all lead back to a long-lost parish register, and a story of love and revenge which spans two world wars.

A summer of pleasure. A storm on the horizon.Its a hot, beautiful summer in 1905, and Russias elite retreat to the countryside to swim, sip champagne and start affairs.When theyre having this much fun, why care about anything else? But Varvara just cant shake the feeling that their holiday idyll is built on borrowed time.As the party continues, how long can they ignore the storm on the horizon?Nina Raine and Moses Raines new adaptation of Maxim Gorkys razor-sharp portrait of class, privilege and denial is premiered at the National Theatre, London, in 2026.

((Fur die Vorschau))Die Pariserin Madame LEspanaye und ihrer Tochter Camille wurden im vierten Stockwerk ihres ansonsten leerstehenden Hauses auf grausame Weise ermordet. Doch alle Turen und Fenster zum Raum sind von innen verriegelt. Wie konnte der Morder also fluchten? Der brillante Detektiv Auguste Dupin bringt Licht in den unerklarlichen Fall.((Fur Onix))The Parisian Madame LEspanaye and her daughter Camille are found gruesomely murdered on the fourth floor of their otherwise empty house. Yet all the doors and windows to the room are locked from the inside. How could the murderer have escaped? The brilliant detective Auguste Dupin sets out to shed light on this baffling case.

((Vorschau))Wie erzahlt man ein Leben? In diesem bewegten Portrat eines Sommertags im Leben einer Londonerin setzen die Vorbereitungen fur ein Fest einen Gedankenstrom in Gang, der Literaturgeschichte schrieb: In der Uberlagerung innerer und auerer Stimmen erleben wir Clarissa Dalloways Welt in all ihren Facetten. Poetisch und voller Ironie, stellt Virginia Woolf den konventionellen Roman ihrer Zeit auf den Kopf.((ONIX))How do you narrate life? In this vivid portrait of a summer day in the life of a London woman, Clarissa Dalloways preparations for an evening party initiate a unique stream of thoughts and memories. Accompanied by the chimes of Westminsters Big Ben, the interference of inner and outer voices allows us to experience the world of Clarissa in its rich plurality. Poetic, full of irony and audacity, Virginia Woolf explains how our memories and surroundings affect our reality and thus turns the conventional novel of her time upside down.

((Fur die Vorschau))Ein Sommer im landlichen Massachusetts: Die 17-jahrige Charity Royall lebt in einer verschlafenen Kleinstadt bei ihrem trunksuchtigen Adoptivvater und traumt von einem besseren Leben. Als eines Tages ein junger Architekt aus der Grostadt auftaucht, sieht sie ihre Chance gekommen. Die beiden beginnen eine Liebesbeziehung.((Fur Onix))A Summer in rural Massachusetts: Seventeen-year-old Charity Royall lives with her hard-drinking adoptive father. She dreams of escaping the sleepy little town for a more exciting and fulfilling life. Her chance comes when a young architect from the city arrives one day. She starts a passionate love affair.

((Vorschau))Eigentlich wurde der Hexer fur tot erklart. Doch jetzt treibt der beruchtigte Killer erneut sein Unwesen in Londons Straen. Seine Mission: Rache fur den Mord an seiner Schwester. Scotland Yard-Inspector Wembury und Polizeiarzt Lomond ermitteln, aber dieser Gegner ist ein Meister der Verkleidung In seinem Krimiklassiker verbindet Edgar Wallace eine rasante Geschichte mit elegant gezeichneten Charakteren. Kein Wunder, dass The Ringer (1926, dt. Der Hexer) in gleich mehreren Kultfilmen aufging.((Onix/Online))The Ringer was supposed to be dead. Now the notorious killer walks the streets of London again. His mission: vengeance for his sisters murder. Scotland Yard Inspector Wembury and police doctor Lomond investigate, but this villain is a master of disguise ...In this classic crime thriller, Edgar Wallace blends a well-paced story with delightfully crafted characters, and its no surprise, that The Ringer (1926) has been adapted as a cult movie more than once.

((Vorschau))Die schone Lady Susan ist gerade erst Witwe geworden, doch schon ist sie wieder umringt von Verehrern. Um dem lastigen Gerede zu entgehen, beschliet sie, sich auf die Suche nach dem nachsten Ehemann zu begeben. Ziel ihrer Bemuhungen ist der attraktive und vermogende Reginald. Fur ihn interessiert sich allerdings auch ihre Tochter ((Onix/Online))Recently widowed, the beautiful and manipulative Lady Susan finds herself courted again. To escape the annoying gossip, she sets out to find a new husband. Her primary target is the handsome and wealthy Reginald DeCourcy. But her daughter has her eye on him as well.

((Fur die Vorschau))Eine ratselhafte Gestalt taucht in den nachtlichen Straen Londons auf und ist ebenso schnell wieder verschwunden. Sie erscheint als Verkorperung all der dunklen Leidenschaften, die in den Tiefen der menschlichen Seele schlummern, eine Ausgeburt des Bosen, die auch vor einem Mord nicht zuruckschreckt. Alles, was man uber sie wei, ist ihr Name: Mr. Hyde.((Fur Onix))A mysterious figure emerges on the streets of London at nightonly to vanish just as quickly. He seems to embody all the dark passions that lie dormant in the depths of the human soul: a spawn of evil who does not shy away from murder. All that is known about him is his name: Mr. Hyde.

((Vorschau))Peter Pan kann fliegen, versteht die Sprache der Vogel und Feen und wird nie erwachsen. Wendy, Michael und John, drei Kinder aus London, begleiten Peter Pan eines Nachts in sein Phantasiereich, auf die Insel Nimmerland, und erleben dort staunenswerte Abenteuer mit Feen, Piraten und Meerjungfrauen. Kaum ein Buch hat Erwachsene und Kinder je so bezaubert wie die Geschichte von Peter Pan.((Onix/Online))Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up, can fly and understands the languages of birds and fairies. One night he takes the Darling children from London to his fantasy realm, Neverland. There, they have breathtaking adventures with fairies, pirates, and mermaids. Few books have enchanted both adults and children as much as Peter Pan.

((Vorschau))Dorothy, ein Madchen aus Kansas, wird mit ihrem Hund Toto von einem Wirbelsturm ins geheimnisvolle ferne Land Oz geweht. Um den Weg nach Hause zu finden, brauchen sie die Hilfe des Zauberers von Oz, der uber das Land herrscht. Sie machen sich auf eine abenteuerliche Reise in die Smaragdstadt, wo der Zauberer wohnt. Begleitet werden sie von der Vogelscheuche, dem Blechmann und dem mutlosen Lowen.((Onix/Online))A tornado has blown young Dorothy and her dog Toto far from home to the magical Land of Oz. Only the powerful Wizard of Oz can help to find the way home to Kansas. The Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion join them on their adventurous journey to the Emerald City, where the Wizard lives.

((Vorschau))London, 1984. Winston Smith arbeitet fur den Uberwachungsstaat von Oceania und er hat es satt, standig die Wahrheit zu verdrehen. Als er sich in seine Kollegin Julia verliebt und sie von der Widerstandsbewegung erfahren, wollen sie die Partei gemeinsam sturzen. Doch eine Katastrophe bahnt sich an.1984, einer der prophetischen Romane des 20. Jahrhunderts, pragt unsere Vorstellung von Uberwachung und Unterdruckung bis heute.((ONIX))London, 1984. Winston Smith no longer wants to rewrite history to serve the surveillance state of Oceania. When he falls in love with his colleague Julia, they make contact with an underground organisation and want to put an end to the rigid rule of the Party, as the disaster takes its course.Often regarded as one of the most prophetic novels of the 20th century, 1984 still shapes our thinking about surveillance and oppression.

In this brilliant sequel to The Clockwork Boys, old foes resurface, and Slate and Caliban are forced to deal with the echoes of their past choices.Slate and her crew have arrived in Anuket City, the city of artificial marvels where Clockwork Boys are created. But the secret of their existence is as mysterious as ever.Slate has a history in Anuket City, history which just wont leave her alone. And her increasing attraction to Caliban is driving her up the wall. Caliban is, of course, too noble to do anything about it.As Slates history in the city grows more entangled with their mission, the groups chances of survival seem to be getting ever slimmer. If theyre to stand a chance of destroying the Clockwork Boys, Slate must confront her past, and find a way to stop it from killing them all.

VUELVE LA EXPERIENCIA MÁS BRUTAL DE LA NOVELA NEGRA: LA NUEVA ENTREGA DE LA SERIE JOTADÉ, UN POLICÍA AL LÍMITE.Por «uno de los reyes de la novela negra en España» (Cadena SER) y autor del fenómeno In

An unhappy family returns to Britain from a hot country, filling their suburban house with the glittering hoard they brought back from their exotic sojourn. But the sadness of A, the wife, dulls the shine of their treasure. The house grows quieter, darker. Daughter B learns to hide inside it, in a night-time world whose colours are undimmed by the tense misery of the daytime household. There she sails aquamarine seas on a thistledown boat, ponders the proliferation of dream-tigers, and watches dances and celebrations from the windows of a house whose rooms multiply and change position all the time. As daylight circumstances deteriorate, with her mothers death and Bs departure to boarding school, she becomes determined to take up permanent residence in the house of sleep. But there are night-time institutions determined to control her, and night-time battles to be fought, before she can come home to the dark forever. A kaleidoscopic autobiographical narrative, which speaks the language of childhood dreams which was once known to us all, this is a work of astonishing visual power and devastating loneliness.

Homeless on Aucklands streets, Max Grimes fights to survive when someone starts killing the citys forgotten. Pulled into a dark past, he must stop the killer or be next. The gripping second instalment in a breathtaking series, from New Zealands queen of crime.___A killer is hunting Aucklands homeless. No one cares. No one but Max. These are his people.Max Grimes is homeless, living on the streets of Auckland among the forgotten, the invisible. But now someone is hunting the homeless, killing them one by one. No one cares. Except Max.Trying to put his shattered life back together, Max is pulled into a deadly game when a face from his past reappears, reopening wounds he thought were long buried.As whispers of a Grim Reaper spread terror through the city, Max must race against time not only to find the killer, but to outrun the ghosts chasing him.Because if he fails, hell be next.____

A spellbinding tale of female defiance and rageIn a time outside time, in a world hemmed in by dark woods and silence, the villagers of Les Montées endure a life of hardship and submission. The land is stingy, the Lords are merciless, and for the village women, resistance is a futile dream. One day, a foundling appears at the edge of the forest. Madelaine grows up to be mysterious, magnetic, and shockingly adept with an axe. One day, she slaughters a stag in defiance of the Lords decrees. The land, the laws, and the lives of those around her tremble in response, and a new destiny begins to take root. Madelaine Before the Dawn is a wild, lyrical novel about the inheritance of silence and the fire of female defiance. Collette has created an electrifying vision of revolt and resilience at the edge of civilization.

In 50,000 acres of remote Scottish mountains and moor sits Dorcha Hall: a former hunting lodge nestling amongst ancient forests, on the shores of the enigmatic Black Loch. At night, lights glow from within, smoke curls from its chimneys, and in the forgiving murk of the gloaming, it looks magical. In daylight, its mouldering plasterwork and failing plumbing present a less romantic reality.Dr Ava Dickens has come to Dorcha to visit her godson, Alastair a young man whose parents sudden death has taken him from a quiet life in academia to owning Loch Dorcha. He and his very new wife are convinced the only way to make the estate work is to run the Hall as a hotel. But Ava is a rigorous scientist, her specialty animal behaviour, and she is by no means certain that the evidence is indicative of a successful outcome.When one of the hotel guests is found dead in his bed, having gulped down poisonous insect repellant rather than the whisky sitting next to it, Avas knowledge of the female Culicoides impunctatus aka the Highland midge leads her to doubt that it was an accident. And worse is to come

Six of the best recent short stories, disassembled by their authors. Magic & Mechanics features six phenomenal stories, each followed by an interview with its author exploring how it was written. An innovative anthology revealing the inspiration, the ideals and the work involved in great writing. An essential book for everyone interested in how fiction works

Códigos, espías y secretos familiares en el corazón de Bletchley ParkVerano de 1940. El mundo está en guerra. En estos días, no sabes en quién puedes confiar ni quién podría ser un espía secreto... Jakob Novis, un genio de las matematicas, ha sido reclutado por el centro secreto de descifrado de codigos de Bletchley Park. Mientras Jakob trabaja para descifrar la maquina Enigma de los nazis, su hermana menor, Lizzie, esta ocupada en su propia mision encubierta: encontrar a su madre.

The Tribe is the epic tale of a family and its history and a family in history.The Carraches are a powerful Sephardic dynasty in the cosmopolitan city of Salonica during the dying days of the Ottoman Empire. After the Greek annexation of the city, they settle in France until, in 1940, the Nazi Occupation sends some into hiding, some into flight and others into camps. In the early 1960s, the survivors and their children confront the familys past, with long hidden secrets uncovered and deep-seated conflicts exposed, even as the Eichmann trial forces the world at large to confront the full enormity of the Holocaust.The Tribe crosses cultures and continents in its exploration of family, race, nation and empire. As the central characters journey from adolescence through early adulthood to late middle age, they experience first loves, political and sexual awakenings, artistic triumphs, religious pressures, marital struggles, dynastic rivalries, brutal persecution, resilience and liberation, before, helped by their children, they finally achieve a degree of reconciliation both with one another and the city of their birth.