Historiske krimier

Delia has been in search for a man she believes is her real father. However, she has been unable to find him. Was her mother telling the truth? Delia decides to go home to the man who raised her and a brother who has protected her.Lucas has loved Delia almost from the first moment they met. He has done all that he could to help her find her real father. But now he has, he wants to protect her from a man who he knows she will not want to meet.Their families have been caught up in a twisted tale of love, loss, and villainy. Now they have a chance at real love and a happy ever after. Will it be for Delia and Lucas?

Magdalena von Herff barely knows what name to use before men begin to exploit her beauty, intelligence, and talents, but she soon realises that none are there to help her, except perhaps one-her enemy. Becoming Helen is a 1930s tale of deceit, disillusionment, and retribution after a British Intelligence Officer compromises a young German girl into spying on her own country, expecting her to lie, cheat and bed chosen German military targets for the Allied cause. Set in Europe when the world was tilting toward total war the novel asks what choices did Magdalena have other than to become Helen?

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the life of a former spy cannot remain quiet for long.

"Harlem, 1936. Clyde "The Viper" Morton boards a train from Alabama to Harlem to chase his dreams of being a jazz musician. When his talent fails him, he becomes caught up in the dangerous underbelly of Harlem's drug trade. In this heartbreaking novel, one man must decide what he is willing to give up and what he wants to fight for. Viper's Dream is a fast-paced story that is charged with suspense. A snappy, provocative voice and a stark look at Viper's Black American experience weave with endless plot twists to offer readers a stunningly original, achingly beautiful read."--

Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, has spent years unraveling his family’s tragic history. But the secrets of his past will come to light in this gripping new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of What the Devil Knows. March, 1815. The Bourbon King Louis XVIII has been restored to the throne of France, Napoleon is in exile on the isle of Elba, and Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, and his wife, Hero, have traveled to Paris in hopes of tracing his long-lost mother, Sophie, the errant Countess of Hendon. But his search ends in tragedy when he comes upon the dying Countess in the wasteland at the tip of the Île de la Cité. Stabbed—apparently with a stiletto—and thrown from the bastions of the island’s ancient stone bridge, Sophie dies without naming her murderer. Sophie had been living in Paris under an assumed name as the mistress of Maréchal Alexandre McClellan, the scion of a noble Scottish Jacobite family that took refuge in France after the Forty-Five Rebellion. Once one of Napoleon’s most trusted and successful generals, McClellan has now sworn allegiance to the Bourbons and is serving in the delegation negotiating on behalf of France at the Congress of Vienna. It doesn’t take Sebastian long to realize that the French authorities have no interest in involving themselves in the murder of a notorious Englishwoman at such a delicate time. And so, grieving and shattered by his mother’s death, Sebastian takes it upon himself to hunt down her killer. But what he learns will not only shock him but could upend a hard-won world peace.

From the author of the international bestseller The German Heiress, a gripping historical drama about a woman determined to avenge the crimes against her family, set at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.Vengeance is in the family, and the family is a bond like no other...It's the worst year of the Great Depression, and America needs all the hope it can get. The Chicago World's Fair, a glittery city-within-a-city, becomes a symbol of the good that's yet to come. But every utopia has a seedy side?and that's Rosa Mancuso's world. As the mysterious Madame Mystique she mixes magic with a dose of bare skin burlesque, bringing customers to the home of the Fair's carnival rides and spectacles.Rosa doesn't perform for fame, though. She has come from Mussolini's Italy to America, where she's plotting her revenge for the murders of her family. The perpetrator will soon arrive at the World's Fair via a celebrated Italian air fleet, and Rosa is determined to be prepared. But when her estranged cousin, Mina, comes to her desperate for help, with a dangerous mobster close on her heels, Rosa agrees to protect Mina and her new baby, born across the color line. With the clock ticking, Rosa decides the only way to survive is to make vengeance a family affair and prompt everyone to, at last, confront the sins from their pasts.A gripping story of retribution, belonging, and survival, Sinners of Starlight City ?boldly explores the complexity of identities straddling ethnic lines and asks, who gets to decide who we are and where we belong?

?Exquisite and gripping. . . . The Gulf is a page turner to be savored; Cochran is a master of both prose and plot.??Ilana Masad, author of All My Mother's LoversIn this electrifying debut literary thriller, set on the gulf coast of Texas in the 1970s at the height of the women's liberation movement, a closeted young woman attempts to solve her surrogate mother's murder in a tight-knit, religious small town.?In Parson, Texas, a small town ravaged by a devastating hurricane and the Vietnam War, twenty-nine-year-old Lou is diligently renovating a decaying old mansion for Miss Kate, the elderly neighbor who has always been like a mother to her. Mourning her brother's death in Vietnam, Lou dreams of enjoying a more peaceful future in Parson. But those hopes are crushed when Miss Kate is murdered, and no one but Lou seems to care about finding the killer.The situation becomes complicated when Joanna, Miss Kate's long-estranged daughter and Lou's first love, arrives in Parson?not to learn more about her mother's death but for the house. Her arrival unearths sinister secrets involving the history of the town and its residents . . . revelations that may be the key to helping Lou discover the truth about Miss Kate's death and her killer.A gorgeously written, gripping story of forbidden love and devastating secrets that is a surprising twist on the traditional small-town story, The Gulf is a riveting and unsettling mystery that holds up a mirror to the values?and failures?of America.

The Five-Minute Marriage is an enchanting regency romance from critically acclaimed author Joan Aiken, whose novels have been compared to Georgette Heyer (Regency Buck, The Black Moth)

In 1926, thanks to Prohibition, it's hard to find a beer in Lido, New York. But trouble is always on tap at the Galliano Club.Winner of the 2023 Silver Falchion Award for Best Historical.Social hub for the Italian immigrant community, the Galliano Club serves bootleg beer and Luca Lombardo's signature sandwiches to workers from the city's copper mills. The club means everything to Luca, who arrived in Lido with nothing left to lose.He'll do whatever it takes to keep the club afloat, even staying silent about a murder in the alley behind the building.From her second-floor window, Ruth Cross witnessed the murder, but a scandalous past keeps her quiet.Could gangster Benny Rotolo be involved? Run out of Chicago by Al Capone, he fled to Lido with a gun in his pocket and plans to establish his own bootlegging empire. He wants to turn the Galliano Club into his private speakeasy.A collision between Luca and Benny is coming . . . Unless the killer gets there first.Award-winning author Carmen Amato's Galliano Club historical thriller series is a heady brew of murder, ambition, and secrets. With sizzling relationships, authentic period details, and a cast of unforgettable characters, you'll savor every drop of this page-turning saga.Are you a fan of The Godfather, Road to Perdition, The Untouchables, or Boardwalk Empire? If you love historical fiction featuring Prohibition-era stories of Chicago gangsters, Italian mobsters, and bold bootleggers, you'll love MURDER AT THE GALLIANO CLUB, the first novel in the series.We saved a spot at the bar for you.

En thriller om nutidens synder og fortidens hemmeligheder. Den pensionerede kunderådgiver Jens er flyttet ud i skoven i et lille hus med udsigt over søen, hvor livet er godt. Desværre er der andre, der også gerne vil have fingrene i området ved søen og hans lille hus, og de forsøger igen og igen at presse Jens til at sælge. Efterhånden eskalerer presset og bliver til egentlig terror. Men hvem står i virkeligheden bag? Jens og kriminalkommissær Møller prøver at komme til bunds i mysteriet, for hvem er ondskabsfuld nok til at bruge terror som våben, og hvad er det i virkeligheden, det hele handler om? Undervejs må Jens ikke bare forholde sig til den skjulte trussel, men også til kærligheden, der banker på, og som forstyrrer midt i alle trængslerne og opklaringsarbejdet, der ellers kræver al hans opmærksomhed. Det viser sig, at den hemmelige fjende og mysteriet trækker tråde tilbage til Anden Verdenskrig, til nazismen og jødeforfølgelsen – en sammenhæng, som kun langsomt dæmrer for Jens og kriminalkommissær Møller.