Pagan Mystery

Paganini – showman, womaniser, dazzling virtuoso – is one of the most fascinating characters in the history of classical music. His violin is now kept in Genoa, where it is played once every two years by the winner of an international competition. This year, an unsavoury art dealer is found dead in his hotel room the day after the concert. Clutched in his fist is a scrap of sheet music torn off a page that belongs to the competition winner. But how did the dead man get hold of it? And why?

Celebrating her escape from East Germany and the success of her new film, teen starlet Pagan Jones returns to Hollywood to reclaim her place among the rich and the famous. She's thrilled to be back, but memories of her time in Berlin - and elusively handsome secret agent Devin Black - continue to haunt her daydreams. The whirlwind of parties and celebrities just isn't enough to distract Pagan from the excitement of being a spy or dampen her curiosity about her late mother's mysterious past.

Some mysteries refuse to stay buried. Some fates refuse to be denied. Kathleen came to Wales for research, not intrigue. But the morning she finds a woman’s body washed up on the shore, her summer holiday takes a dark turn. The mystery surrounding the dead woman draws Kathleen in—an unsettling thread of echoes from long ago. Who was she? How did she end up there? And why does the tragedy feel strangely familiar? Then there’s him—the enigmatic stranger whose presence stirs both unease and undeniable fascination. He seems linked to the woman on the beach… and to another who drowned ...

The year is AD641 and the great Oswald of Northumbria, bretwalda over England, must battle against an alliance of the old Britons and the Saxons led by Penda of the Hwicce, the victor of Hæ∂feld nine years before, the only Saxon leader seemingly immune to Oswald's beguiling talk of the new Christianity spreading through England from both the north and the south.

L'inspecteur principal Claude Schneider revient dans la ville de sa jeunesse après la guerre d'Algérie. Nommé patron du Groupe criminel, il ne tarde pas à être confronté à une douloureuse affaire : Betty, la fille d'un modeste cheminot, n'est pas rentrée alors que la nuit est tombée depuis longtemps. Schneider n'arrive toujours pas à accepter sa mort. Faire la lumière sur cette affaire ne l'empêchera pas de demeurer au pays des ombres...

This two-volume history of the supernatural, first published in 1863, is a staggering feat. William Howitt attempts to describe the engagement with the supernatural in all ages and all parts of the world in order to identify a common link between them. Howitt (1792-1879), a well-known writer in his day, published over 50 books in his lifetime, some in collaboration with his wife, writer, and translator Mary Howitt.

Foxlowe is a crumbling old house in the moors - a wild, secluded, and magical place. For Green, it is not just home, but everything she knows. Outside, people live in little square houses, with unhappy families and tedious jobs. At Foxlowe, Green runs free through the hallways and orchards, in the fields and among the Standing Stones. Outside, people are corrupted by money. At Foxlowe, the Family shares everything. Outside, the Bad is everywhere. At Foxlowe, everyone in the Family is safe - as long as they follow Freya's rules and perform her rituals.

Herodoto Corominas, un inspector de policía frío y cerebral, se enfrenta a un caso de asesinato inusual: un agente municipal aparece en plena calle con el vientre rajado. Nadie parece echar de menos a la víctima, pero en cuanto Corominas empieza a investigar, se desvela una trama de secretos, libros y amarguras de la vida cotidiana. Carlos Bassas nos presenta aquí una novela con su habitual prosa que se mueve entre lo lírico y lo cotidiano con una agudeza impresionante. Carlos Bassas del Rey es un escritor español nacido en Barcelona en 1974.

Rachel grew up on a small farm on the edge of Aspire. She has always loved animals, but doesn’t feel like there is a place for pets in her new apartment. Besides, she’s too busy trying to keep her brother Matt from making one of the biggest mistakes of his life. Her life suddenly becomes very complicated when an ultra sexy billionaire inserts himself into her world in the worst way possible, by attempting to purchase and destroy her childhood home. At the same time, she finds herself playing host to a sleek tomcat with attitude.