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Arthur B. Reeve The Poisoned Pen
"The Poisoned Pen" is a collection of twelve of Professor Kennedy's adventures. In these, Reeve uses the newest technologies of the early 1900s, which were nothing short of revolutionary for the time. The title story for example features the use of special inks, some appearing and others disappearing in sunlight, making the pursuit of a murderer incredibly difficult for the professor. Each story offers a fascinating look at life in the early 20th century, as well as being loaded with adventure, action,...
Engels | 10 uur 13 minuten (449 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Arthur B. Reeve The Silent Bullet
"The Silent Bullet" contains twelve of Professor Kennedy's adventures. Reeve uses the newest technologies of the early 1900s, which were nothing short of revolutionary for the time. In the title story, for example, everyone is wondering how somebody could have been killed by a bullet without anyone having heard the detonation. In "The Deadly Tube" an evil doctors hurts his patients using x-rays. "The Terror in the Air" follows the development of the gyroscope for aeroplanes. Each story offers a...
Engels | 8 uur 52 minuten (507 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Gladiator II
Jaren na de dood van zijn grootvader, keizer Maximus, wordt Lucius gedwongen te vechten in het Colosseum nadat zijn thuis wordt veroverd door jonge tirannieke keizers.
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M J Lee The Killing Time
As tensions simmer in Shanghai, children go missing... Shanghai 1932: Inspector Danilov hasn't recovered from the death of his child... but across a Shanghai riven with communal tensions, children are going missing. Missing, and then murdered. Who is responsible? Why have the children's bodies been exhibited for all to see? Just as Danilov thinks the stakes couldn't be higher, there is a new dimension, Japan, a rising power flexing its muscles. In fractious Shanghai, an explosion is long overdue....
Engels | 9 uur 1 minuut (419 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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M J Lee The Murder Game
A woman appears on the streets of Shanghai. She has thousands of cuts – and is screaming for Inspector Danilov... Days later, the woman is dead. But another body is left waiting for the Inspector. Someone is playing with Danilov... someone prepared to kill, just to get their message across. At first, the victims seem unconnected. But with each body bringing a new message for Danilov, he knows this is a riddle especially designed for him. As more bodies start appearing, time is running out to solve...
Engels | 9 uur 30 minuten (440 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Maurice Leblanc B.J. Harrison Reads The Infernal Trap
From the books that inspired the new Netflix series "Lupin" with Omar Sy. Fifty thousand francs are stolen from Nicolas Dugrival’s jacket and Arsène Lupin is the main suspect. When Dugrival commits suicide, his widow swears revenge and sets an inescapable trap for our hero... The fourth story in Maurice Leblanc’s collection "The Confessions of Arsene Lupin" about gentleman thief and criminal mastermind, Arsene Lupin. A classic detective series perfect for readers who love Arthur Conan Doyle’s...
Engels | 52 minuten (37 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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The Cazalets
Drie generaties van de familie Cazalet komen zoals altijd voor de zomervakantie bijeen in het familiehuis Home Place in Sussex. Maar in 1939 staat Engeland op de rand van een oorlog.
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Kate Furnivall The betrayal
Een jonge Franse vrouw riskeert haar leven uit schuldgevoel voor de moord op haar vader die niet de man blijkt te zijn die zij dacht. Dan ontdekt ze dat haar tweelingzus ook geheimen heeft.
Fictie
Engels | 436 pagina's | Simon & Schuster, a CBS company, London | 2017
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Lady Victoria Howard Mirror Hours
Fun and Fury - a Time Travel Romance
Victoria's adventures continue through the mirror and she embarks on a Viking adventure where she is worshipped in a sexual ritual as a goddess. In the late 1930s, she arrives on the ‘Gone with the Wind’ film set where she has a sexual encounter with Clark Gable dressed as Rhett Butler. In the present-day, she meets the wealthy art collector, George Shervashidze. Then, in Bibury, she meets George’s almost complete opposite, Jude. Victoria finds her mind flitting from various men; Ragnar, George,...
Engels | 6 uur 24 minuten (280 MB) | LUST, København | 2022
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Lady Victoria Howard Mirror Hours
A Change of Direction - a Time Travel Romance
Victoria experiences a time slip that conjures William into her dreams. Fellow time traveller, Ruth, advises her to return the marble to Jude’s home, which she does, but the pair fall out over the ongoing land dispute. What Victoria knows for sure is that she needs to learn more about William and Molly and she wastes no time in travelling through the mirror to the Victorian era, to discover more truths. Back in the present-day, Victoria visits a Scottish castle with George but again she gets more...
Engels | 5 uur 5 minuten (223 MB) | LUST, København | 2022
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Stacy Gregg Nine girls
Als ze verhuist naar een klein plaatsje in Nieuw-Zeeland ontdekt Titch haar familiegeschiedenis. Ze gaat op zoek naar een oude verborgen schat en leert de Maori-verhalen die daarbij horen. vanaf ca. 10 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 285 pagina's | Puffin Books, London | 2024
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Neil Blackmore Radical love
Londen, 19e eeuw. Een dominee heeft radicale opvattingen over de liefde.
Fictie
Engels | 280 pagina's | Penguin Books, UK | 2024
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Our zoo
Drama over de familie die Chester Zoo stichtte in de dertiger jaren van de 20ste eeuw, een dierentuin zonder tralies.
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Wilbur Smith | Tom Harper Nemesis
Parijs, 1794. Een man kijkt toe hoe zijn moeder naar de guillotine wordt gebracht en weet dat hij er alles aan moet doen om aan hetzelfde lot te ontsnappen.
Fictie
Engels | 460 pagina's | Zaffre, London | 2023
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Tamara McKinley Ocean child
Door een brief van een Tasmaanse paardentrainer wordt een in Engeland wonende jonge beeldhouwster in 1920 geconfronteerd met het verleden van haar ouders en oudtante.
Fictie
Engels | 393 pagina's | Quercus, London | 2013
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The duchess
In 1774 wordt de zeventienjarige Georgiana Spencer uitgehuwelijkt aan een van de machtigste mannen van Engeland. Hij wil dat ze voor hem een opvolger baart, maar is verder meer geïnteresseerd in zijn honden. Georgiana stort zich op het sociale leven van de Engelse upper-class
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Kevin Sands The assassin's curse
a Blackthorn key adventure
Parijs, 1665. Apothekersleerling Christopher gaat samen met zijn vrienden Tom en Sally op zoek naar de moordenaar die de hele Franse koninklijke familie wil doden. Vanaf ca. 12 jaar.
Fictie
Engels | 532 pagina's | Aladdin, New York | 2017
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T.A. Williams Chasing Shadows
Amy had it all – money, brains and beauty. And then the accident happened. The Present Day: Left blind and without her family, Amy feels she needs to escape. On a trip along the Camino de Santiago - the Way of St James - she is accompanied by the mysterious and troubled Luke. Having been set up to help Amy by a mutual friend, Luke finds he is running from his past... 1314: A Templar Knight, Luc, is also running. He meets the wife of a former comrade, now blinded in a terrifying attack: Aimee....
Engels | 10 uur 49 minuten (471 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Alex Gough Emperor's Axe
The fate of Rome, and thousands of lives, rests on the shoulders of one man. After murdering his brother, and taking the position of Emperor for himself, Caracalla orders a brutal purge of the supporters of Geta. Meanwhile, Caracalla’s ally Marcellus is captured by Syrian warriors. They wish to use his son, Avitus, as a puppet emperor to affirm a new Eastern Empire. Caracalla orders Silus to track down and rescue Avitus, rumoured to be Caracalla’s child. As Rome buckles beneath the weight of...
Engels | 11 uur 50 minuten (524 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Alex Gough Emperor's Knife
Brothers. Emperors. Deadly enemies... An unputdownable novel of intrigue and combat in Ancient Rome. Emperor Severus is on his deathbed. His sons Geta and Caracalla, feuding in Britannia, are readying for a devastating power struggle. Silus, now a centurion in the Arcani, the secrete network of spies and assassins, is thrown into the maelstrom. Back in Ancient Rome, plots breed in the stinking alleys. Everyone might be an enemy. Everyone a traitor. As an Imperial Assassin, Silus’ loyalty will...
Engels | 13 uur 24 minuten (594 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Historische roman