Historical

The New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code returns with a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse during the McCarthy era.

Fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters is up to no good, but for a very good reason. Without parents, peerage, or merit, ducking school but barred from actual work, he steals what he needs, living day-to-day until he’s old enough to enlist to fight the Germans.

On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? Maybe Jake Epping can....

World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist....

The Lost Symbol is a masterstroke of storytelling - a deadly race through a real-world labyrinth of codes and unseen truths...all under the watchful eye of a terrifying villain....

Ken Follett's masterful new prequel The Evening and the Morning takes us on an epic journey into a historical past rich with ambition and rivalry, death and birth, love and hate, that will end where The Pillars of the Earth begins....

Los Angeles, 2005. Sienna Hayes, Hollywood’s latest It Girl, has ambitions to work behind the camera. When she meets Lena Browning, the enormously mysterious and famous Golden Age movie star, Sienna sees her big break....

A costume designer’s past casts a long shadow over her well-constructed lies in this intriguing story about stolen identities, friendship, and betrayal from the author of A Splendid Ruin and A Dangerous Education.

From the exceptionally original mind of CWA Gold Dagger Award winner and Booker longlisted author Belinda Bauer comes this sweeping tale of obsession, greed, ambition, and a crime that has remained unsolved for a hundred years.

It’s the early 1960s, and the newly built Berlin Wall looms large. British intelligence officer Alec Leamas, caught in its shadow, feels the chill all too keenly: the preceding years have seen nearly every member of his Berlin spy network either murdered or captured.

Bestselling author James Lee Burke tells his most thrilling and insightful story yet through the eyes of fourteen-year-old Bessie Holland.

For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking, and the law of the land rests with those ruthless enough to make it....

Two paleontologists pillage the Wild West, hunting for dinosaur fossils while surveilling, deceiving, and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars....

A Jaws universe expansion novel providing details and backstory to enhance the performances in the original movie. For the 50th Anniversary in 2025, after you experience The Book of Quint, watch Jaws again for the first time.

It's 1949. When war veteran Aloysius Archer is released from Carderock Prison, he is sent to Poca City on parole with a short list of dos and a much longer list of don'ts....

When Jane Treen is summoned to her boss’s office at the end of a long day, she smooths down her tweed skirt and makes them both another strong pot of coffee. Brigadier Remmington-Blythe slides a folded copy of the evening newspaper towards her, with one small article circled in red ink.

Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical over-reaching" by the British Secret Service “to investigate historical over-reaching.” Monochrome’s mission was to ferret out any hint of misconduct by any MI5 officer....

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Termination Shock and Cryptonomicon, the first installment in a monumental new series—an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age.

Cleo’s holiday with her family to the seaside resort town of Brighton is everything she hoped it would be…until she receives a blackmail note. The blackmailer demands Cleo help her or a story revealing Cleo’s investigating will appear in the newspaper.

The acclaimed New York Times bestselling writer returns with a masterpiece to rival Mystic River—an all-consuming tale of revenge, family love, festering hate, and insidious power, set against one of the most tumultuous episodes in Boston’s history....

His name was Feliks. He came to London to commit a murder that would change history. A master manipulator, he had many weapons at his command, but against him were ranged the whole of the English police, a brilliant and powerful lord, and the young Winston Churchill himself....

A ruthless Nazi master agent is on the loose in Cairo. His mission is to send Rommel’s advancing army the secrets that will unlock the city’s doors. In all of Cairo, only two people can stop him....

Tommie Ware’s life is turned upside down the summer of 1958, just after his eleventh birthday. When his beloved aunt—the woman who raised him—doesn’t return after her shift as a night nurse and is later found murdered, there is only one place left for Tommie to go....

A riveting novel of historical suspense, and based on true events, from the bestselling author of Ask for Andrea, None Left to Tell is the story of the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

In 1866, tragedy strikes the exclusive Windfield School when a young student drowns in a mysterious accident. His death and its aftermath initiate a spiraling circle of treachery that will span three decades and entwine many lives....

At the beginning of the 20th century, as America grapples with forces of human and natural violence more powerful than humanity has ever seen, Bessie Holland yearns for the love that she has never known. She finds a soulmate and mentor in a brilliant but tormented suffragette English teacher, who inspires Bessie to fight the forces of evil that permeate her world.

As the recently promoted assistant to the Tate's Modern Collections keeper Diana Gilden, Lily helps plan a world-class Picasso exhibit to honor the passing of the great artist—and she's waited her whole life for this moment. The opening is beyond anyone's expectations—the lighting, the champagne, the glittering crowd, and the international acclaim—until Lily does the unthinkable. She stops in front of a masterpiece and hears her own voice say, "It's a forgery." The gallery falls silent.

Max finally made his way out of hell—literally, only to find past choices coming back to haunt him. After clawing his way back, Max is faced with the consequences of his past he can’t escape. He and his band of misfits are about to uncover the terrifying power behind Lilith’s fostered children. As they grow older, they’re becoming harder to hide from a world already on edge.

Born a year apart, May and June Anderson were once as close as twins. Time and a loveless marriage changed the once vibrant May into June's timid counterpart. Now, two years after June abruptly disappeared, May receives a letter from her sister, inviting her to visit a mysterious colony in southern California. Eager to match June's boldness for once, May doesn't hesitate.

La nouvelle enquête de Cotton Malone, le héros culte de Steve Berry, sur les traces d'un trésor perdu converti en cryptomonnaie. L'or de Yamashita fascine les chasseurs de trésors du monde entier. Butin de guerre de l'armée impériale japonaise dérobé dans toute l'Asie du Sud-Est durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il aurait été dissimulé dans des galeries souterraines de l'archipel des Philippines. Mythe ou réalité ? Le trésor n'a rien d'une légende.

La racine du capuchon du moine est le nom d'un onguent merveilleux pour le traitement des rhumatismes. C'est aussi un poison très dangereux si on l'avale. Et il en faut très peu pour tuer son homme: Maître Bonnel vient d'en faire les frais. Peu après avoir légué ses terres à l'abbaye de Shrewsbury en échange d'une retraite chez les frères, on l'a retrouvé mort. Verdict : empoisonnement à la racine de capuchon du moine, dérobée chez Frère Cadfael. L'accord du legs n'ayant pas été ratifié, il devient caduc.

Charlotte had spent her entire life in the historic town of Riverside. Since her childhood, she had been captivated by an old, mysterious house located in the heart of town, right by the banks of the Coosa River. Determined to make her dream a reality, she purchased the creepiest house in town with plans to restore it for herself. However, she was unaware that the home of her dreams would soon transform into the source of her nightmares. She decides to host a costume ball to welcome her friends to her newly renovated home when the past literally comes back to haunt them.

Herrmann "Zeke" Walter's life is falling apart. His father has just died and he has lost his job hosting a hunting show called Zeke Hunts the Big Boys. When he finds a package of letters from his grandfather among his father's belongings, he embarks on a journey to discover his ancestry. What initially starts as a simple mid-life rediscovery, quickly turns into a Pandora's box of murder and secret societies.

Tussen de zestiende en de achttiende eeuw werden duizenden vrouwen en mannen onterecht beschuldigd van hekserij. De Spaanse Nederlanden, eind zestiende eeuw. Het zijn barre tijden voor de bevolking uit Gottem. De eigenzinnige, jonge Anna staat op de drempel van een nieuw leven wanneer ze huwt met de welgestelde boerenzoon Thomas. Maar door religieuze twisten en oorlogen wordt het steeds moeilijker hun familiehoeve te hoeden. En wanneer een ontslagen knecht de roddel verspreidt dat Anna een heks zou zijn, komen ze pas echt in de problemen.

Marcus Sinclair is a history teacher whose life is stuck in neutral when he inherits a papyrus scroll from his antiquarian uncle. The mysterious scroll might contain a lost masterpiece from ancient Rome or perhaps an ancient recipe for personal tranquility, but it’s unreadable unless Marcus can figure out a way to unroll the scroll without destroying it. His quest takes him to Naples, where he befriends a Google software engineer days before the man is found dead.

Flames of Anarchy is an exciting, pulse-pounding thriller that dives into a turbulent era in American history, where anarchists and radicals strike terror and fear into the hearts of bourgeois businessmen and politicians, setting the stage for a global conflict.

Nevica sangue nei tre inverni della paura. Sono le stagioni più dure della guerra civile italiana e dell'interminabile dopoguerra. Tedeschi, fascisti e partigiani combattono con obiettivi diversi, ma compiono le stesse atrocità. È questo disordine crudele a travolgere Nora Conforti. Diciotto anni, ragazza di famiglia ricca, Nora si rifugia con il padre sulle colline fra Reggio Emilia e Parma. Non immagina che proprio lì incontrerà il primo amore e subito dopo orrori in grado di sconvolgere la sua esistenza.

This tale begins in London in the 1730s. Tom Ellis is trapped in debt and heading for the Fleet, a notorious debtors’ prison. By happenstance Tom is sucked into a fight, defending a drunken aristocrat who happens to be James Oglethorpe, the eventual founder of Savannah, Georgia, and Tom's life is changed forever.

1755, Grand Pré, Acadia. As British troops forcibly remove Acadian families from their land, young Clément Gosselin stumbles upon a covert exchange that thrusts him into the heart of an imperial conspiracy. What begins as exile quickly becomes espionage, as Clément leads his brothers through burning villages and hostile forests into a secret war for survival—and revolution.

Wien 1928. Im Lainzer Tiergarten fallen Schüsse, unter einer Eiche steigt Rauch auf. Kurz darauf wird eine Frauenleiche entdeckt. Doch wer ist die Tote? Lange tappt die Polizei im Dunkeln. Erst als eine Moulage, ein Wachsmodell, des Gesichts angefertigt und veröffentlicht wird, kann die Frau identifiziert werden. Aber wer hat sie getötet? In der mondänen Wiener Welt der späten 1920er-Jahre begeben sich die Ermittler auf Mörderjagd. Ist er unter den Schleichhändlern zu finden, die ihre Netze zwischen Karlsbad, Wien und Triest spannen?

The Blue Wall is an action thriller where two young Kite-surfers discover remains of a hand and ring on a desolate beach—a clue to a legendary sunken U-boat holding a hoard of Nazi Gold. But the Gold hides a shocking secret, as they turn to their ex-Special Forces uncle to fight deadly operatives of a notorious Swiss Bank that must beat them to the Treasure's surprising revelation.

Tras años de luchas y victorias, Julio César conquista la Galia. En Roma, sin embargo, los adversarios del gran líder, temiendo su creciente poder, quieren enjuiciarlo e incluso su principal colaborador y amigo, Tito Labieno, lo ha abandonado. Justo cuando parece que sus opciones se acaban, César lanza los dados y sorprende a todos: cruza el Rubicón acompañado únicamente de la XIII legión y avanza imparable hacia Roma, desatando la guerra civil.

Lucienne Vallauris, spurned former lover of Count Alain d'Aubenas, stands convicted of strangling the Count's infant daughter in her cradle. The sentence is death...by guillotine. With witnesses placing her at the scene of the crime, no alibi, and incriminating evidence found in her home, the evidence against her is overwhelming, but Chantecoq is convinced she is innocent.

From beyond the grave, a malevolent entity known as Titus has returned. His unholy purpose: to drown a town in blood and chaos. With each brutal murder, Titus inches closer to his ultimate, terrifying goal – the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. In this desperate hour, the unlikely hope of salvation rests on Virgil, a young slave burdened by his own prejudices and fears. He must rise above his inner turmoil and forge a team of disparate individuals to confront the seemingly unstoppable evil that threatens to consume not just their town, but the very nation.

Der Zauber der Karibik, ein hinterhältiger Mord und ein geheimnisvolles Amulett. Paris, 1840: Seit ihrer Reise zur Karibikinsel Guadeloupe trägt die junge Julie de Percault das schillernde Amulett, das ihr einst eine Wahrsagerin in Le Havre schenkte. Sie kann sich nicht davon trennen, doch es hat ihr bisher kein Glück gebracht: Ihre Plantage "Jardin de Fleurs" scheint für immer verloren und der Tod ihres Vaters ist weiter ungeklärt. Auch das Verschwinden ihres Bruders lässt nur einen Schluss zu: Gabriel de Percault lebt nicht mehr.

Based on a true story. As the Korean War threatens to ignite a global nuclear inferno, the fate of the free world rests on a razor's edge, while on the home front, two towering American titans – the resolute President Truman and the legendary General MacArthur – engage in a perilous battle of wills that could either avert Armageddon or tear the nation apart.

Three murder mysteries. One diarist. Two brilliant but unlikely sleuths. Step into the dark heart of Restoration England with celebrated diarist, Samuel Pepys, and his loyal inquisitors, Abigail Harcourt and Jacob Standish, as they unravel deadly plotting behind respectable façades.

1931. As Thomas Edison was dying, he left test tubes of what he believed would be his final breath, until it was. His intent was to leave his “last breath,” for his protégé, friend, and confidant, Henry Ford. But forty-two tubes were lost after he died. Then, year after year, one of the tubes of Edison’s breath would arrive at Ford’s Florida winter home where Ford would open it and breathe in the breath of his dead friend. He thought it brought him strength and wisdom.

Noord-Amerika, 1942. June Hudson is de manager van het Avallon Hotel & Spa, een luxehotel in de bergen van West-Virginia waar de high society graag vertoeft en het zoete bergwater dat uit de kranen stroomt alle zorgen kan wegspoelen. Terwijl listige plannen worden gesmeed en onverwachte allianties ontstaan, wordt June geconfronteerd met de werkelijke prijs van luxe.

Phillip Brown wakes up one bitter November morning to find a woman near frozen on the stoop of the Baltimore home he shares with his sister and uncle. The unconscious woman eventually awakens, unwilling to share who has terrified her while she makes a recovery in the Brown home. He continues his work at the Wiest Oyster Cannery and pouring beer on occasion at his neighborhood brewery while guarding his family from dangerous criminals’ intent of silencing his discoveries about the woman.