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It is the year 1715, and Thomas True has arrived on old London Bridge with a dangerous secret. One night, lost amongst the squalor of London's hidden back streets, he finds himself drawn into the outrageous underworld of the molly houses. Meanwhile, carpenter Gabriel Griffin struggles to hide his double life as Lotty, the mollies' silent guard. When the queen of all 'he-harlots', Mother Clap, confides in him about a deadly threat, he realises his friends are facing imminent execution. To the horror of all mollies, there is a rat amongst them.

London, 1896. Madame Tussauds opens to find one of its nightwatchmen decapitated and his colleague nowhere to be found. To the police, the case seems simple: one killed the other and fled, but workers at the museum aren’t convinced. Although forbidden contact by his superior officer, Scotland Yard detective John Feather secretly enlists ‘The Museum Detectives’ Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton to aid the police investigation. When the body of the missing nightwatchman is discovered encased within a wax figure, the case suddenly becomes more complex.

Christopher Marlowe turns government spy in these four comedy crime dramas. Murder and intrigue are all in a day's work for Kit Marlowe, England's leading playwright and undercover agent in Her Majesty's Secret Service. Amid the squalor and splendour of Elizabethan London, he probes a series of baffling mysteries, aided by his trusty underworld accomplice Bartholomew Ratsbane.

Best-selling author, superstar physicist, and cofounder of the World Science Festival Brian Greene (The Elegant Universe, The Fabric of the Cosmos) and an ensemble cast led by award-winning actor Paul Rudd (Ant-Man) perform this dramatic story tracing Albert Einstein's discovery of the general theory of relativity.

Infinity Engine is the third and final novel in the Transformation series, by bestselling science fiction author Neal Asher, following Dark Intelligence and War Factory. A man battles for his life, two AIs vie for supremacy and a civilization hangs in the balance . . . Several forces now pursue...

Ein spannender Ausflug steht bevor: Die Klasse 5a darf die New Ocean Voyager besichtigen – ein beeindruckendes Kreuzfahrtschiff mit Pools, Restaurants und einer endlosen Wasserrutsche. Begeistert entdecken die Kinder das schwimmende Paradies, bestaunen die moderne Technik und genießen das Abenteuer an Bord – bis plötzlich alles ganz anders kommt. Denn als das Schiff ohne jede Vorwarnung ablegt, finden sich die Grundschul-Superhelden Jonas, Anna, Caro und Finn mitten auf hoher See wieder.

André Hazes (1951-2004) blijft voor eeuwig bij ons, omdat hij met ons, in ons en over ons zingt. Hazes is een meeslepend, spannend en adembenemend relaas over een kleine jongen, die door zijn daden en zijn doen en met bloed, zweet en tranen uitgroeit tot de vlieger die hoog in de hemel is. Hazes is een intiem portret van Nederlands grootste levensliedartiest, met talloze bekende en onbekende verhalen uit het enorme archief van Bert Hiddema.

Jolijns liv kører på skinner – arbejdet som dyrepasser i Artis er et drømmejob, og hendes kæreste Boaz er i gang med at renovere deres nyligt købte lejlighed i Amsterdam. Men hendes verden styrter sammen, da hun en sen aften finder ham knivdræbt på gulvet i lejligheden. Nogle måneder...

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett is a defining work of hardboiled detective fiction, centered on private investigator Sam Spade. When a mysterious woman hires Spade and his partner to follow a man, the case quickly spirals into murder, deception, and a ruthless hunt for a priceless jeweled falcon. As Spade navigates a web of lies involving a cast of cunning criminals, he relies on his sharp instincts and moral code to stay one step ahead. Set in a shadowy, morally ambiguous world, the novel is known for its crisp dialogue, atmospheric tension, and complex characters.

Während einer Fahrt durch den Nordatlantik stößt die Nautilus auf eine kleine Gruppe Schiffbrüchiger. Kapitän Nemo lässt sie an Bord nehmen, ohne jedoch zu ahnen, dass er sich damit allerhand Ärger und Gefahren einhandelt. Der Forscher und Wissenschaftler Dr. Adams entpuppt sich als ein Mann, der von der Idee besessen ist, die verschollenen Schiffe der John-Franklin-Expedition zu finden. Was er dabei Kapitän Nemo offenbart, ist eine schier unglaubliche Geschichte. Tatsächlich stößt die Nautilus im Eismeer auf ein Schiffswrack.

Die Einsamkeit des Langstreckenläufers – ›Laufen ist bei uns zu Hause immer großgeschrieben worden, besonders das Weglaufen vor der Polizei‹ – ist die Einsamkeit des jungen Colin Smith, der für einen Diebstahl in eine Jugendstrafanstalt geschickt worden ist. Der Direktor der Anstalt, der Colins Lauftalent entdeckt, will, dass er das Rennen um die Landesmeisterschaft gewinnt. Doch für Colin heißt gewinnen etwas anderes.

Reenas will sich mit Tony treffen. Um Mr. Silver zu helfen, sagt der Dämonenhasser zu. Doch dort wird er hart von einer Eisenkette am Kopf getroffen und ab diesem Moment hat er immer wieder Blackouts. Als Tony vor laufenden Kameras den Star-DJ Adrian Hooker erschießt, können es seine Freunde nicht fassen. Was ist nur mit Tony passiert?

Reenas, der schwarze Druide, hatte Mr. Silver in eine andere Zeit entführt, doch Tony und Lance konnten den Kristall an sich bringen, der dies ermöglicht hatte. Wird es ihnen gelingen, mit dessen Hilfe die Spur zu Mr. Silver zu finden? Reenas will das auf jeden Fall verhindern und er will seinen Kristall zurück.

In Neal Asher's The Technician, the Theocracy has been dead for twenty years, and the Polity rules on Masada – but it is an order that the rebels of the Tidy Squad cannot accept, and the iconic Jeremiah Tombs is top of their hitlist. Tombs, meanwhile, has escaped his sanatorium. His insanity...

The Books of Blood combine the ordinary with the extraordinary while radiating the eroticism that has become Barker's signature. Weaving tales of the everyday world transformed into an unrecognizable place, where reason no longer exists and logic ceases to explain the workings of the universe, Clive Barker provides the stuff of nightmares in packages too tantalizing to resist.

A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today, the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation, viewing modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world through the lives of a handful of ordinary people.

Discover the fate of the original black Magician, Pug, and his motley crew of agents who safeguard the world of Trigia, as prophecy becomes truth in the first book of the last ever Midkemian trilogy. THE KINGDOM BESIEGED The Darkness is coming… The Kingdom is plagued by rumour and instability...

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Classic adventure from the million copy best seller Jack Higgins. If there’s such a thing as a grade A terrorist then his name is Frank Barry. His ideology is money, and his track record is flawless. When the Russians want review copies of the latest NATO missile system, Barry’s the man to deliver them. Stopping him will be near enough impossible, but one man knows all the moves. Martin Brosnan is a poet, scholar and trained killer. A graduate of Vietnam and polished in the ranks of the IRA, he could be the key to ending Barry’s reign.

In The Time Meddler, the turbulent English coastline in 1066 is the scene of a troubled encounter between the Meddling Monk and the First Doctor, Steven and Vicki. In The Deadly Assassin, the Fourth Doctor returns to Gallifrey and is framed for presidential murder. In Shada, the Fourth Doctor and Romana visit their old friend, the retired Time Lord Professor Chronotis, at Cambridge University. In The Mark of the Rani, the TARDIS lands the Sixth Doctor and Peri in the Industrial Revolution.