'I will journey to the black heart of a corrupt Empire to root out my foes. But Rome wasn't built in a day and it won't be restored by a lone assassin. I am Ezio Auditore da Firenze. This is my brotherhood.'Rome, once mighty, lies in ruins. The city swarms with suffering and degradation, her citizens living in the shadow of the ruthless Borgia family. Only one man can free the people from the Borgia tyranny - Ezio Auditore, the Master Assassin.Ezio's quest will test him to his limits. Cesare Borgia, a man more villainous and dangerous than his father the Pope, will not rest until he has conquered Italy. And in such treacherous times, conspiracy is everywhere, even within the ranks of the brotherhood itself…

'I will seek Vengeance upon those who betrayed my family. I am Ezio Auditore da Firenze. I am an Assassin…'Betrayed by the ruling families of Italy, a young man embarks upon an epic quest for vengeance. To eradicate corruption and restore his family's honour, he will learn the art of the assassins.Along the way, Ezio will call upon the wisdom of such great minds as Leonardo Da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli - knowing that survival is bound to the skills by which he must live.To his allies, he will become a force for change - fighting for freedom and justice. To his enemies, he will become a threat dedicated to the destruction of the tyrants abusing the people of Italy.So begins an epic story of power, revenge and conspiracy.TRUTH WILL BE WRITTEN IN BLOOD

In 1913 Leon Courtney, an ex-soldier turned professional hunter in British East Africa, guides rich and powerful men from America and Europe on big game safaris in the territories of the Masai tribe. Leon has developed a special relationship with the Masai.

One of Leon's clients is Count Otto Von Meerbach, a German industrialist whose company builds aircraft and vehicles for the Kaiser's burgeoning army. Leon is recruited by his uncle Penrod Ballantyne (from The Triumph of the Sun) who is commander of the British forces in East Africa to gather information from Von Meerbach. Instead Leon falls desperately in love with Von Meerbach's beautiful and enigmatic mistress, Eva Von Wellberg.

Just prior to the outbreak of World War I Leon stumbles on a plot by Count Von Meerbach to raise a rebellion against Britain on the side of Germany amongst the disenchanted survivors of the Boer War in South Africa. He finds himself left alone to frustrate Von Meerbach's design. Then Eva Von Wellberg returns to Africa with her master and Leon finds out who and what she really is behind the mask...

Assegai is the latest of the Courtney novels.

Detective Sgt. Frederick Hume is called Round Freddy by friend and foe alike because of his girth and easy way of dealing with unusual situations, but he's puzzled by the abduction of a young woman from the Bootham Park Insane Asylum in the middle of a quiet Spring night in 1910. Investigating the kidnapping, with a fire-breathing chief constable continually at his back to deliver results quickly, Round Freddy uncovers a web of lies, deceit, embezzlement and murder. Round Freddy finds he has a roomful of suspects, including an unscrupulous banker, two shadowy financial fixers, a pair of lowlife ruffians, and even her uncle, a church vicar. Round Freddy scours York, England, for the woman until he's able to put together the puzzle pieces that allow him to make a final effort to get her back and clap the irons on those responsible.

'Our concern – and we've communicated this over the weekend to all stations – is that the opposition may be about to deploy an invisible.'An invisible is CIA speak for the ultimate intelligence nightmare: the terrorist who, because he or she is an ethnic native of the target country, can cross its borders unchecked, move around that country unquestioned and infiltrate its institutions with ease. An invisible on mainland Britain was the worst possible news. For Liz Carlyle, an MI5 Intelligence officer, this report from MI6 marks the start of an operation which will test her to the limit and put her own life in jeopardy. As she sifts the incoming evidence and gets reports from her agents she realizes there is an immanent terrorist threat. But who or what is the target? And who and where is the invisible? Time is of the essence in this desperate search and it becomes clear that it is Liz's intuitive skills, her ability to get inside her enemy's head, which offer the only hope of averting disaster. In this terrifying and tautly drawn debut thriller Stella Rimington takes us to the heart of the Intelligence world. It is a place she is uniquely qualified to describe.

'Our concern – and we've communicated this over the weekend to all stations – is that the opposition may be about to deploy an invisible.'An invisible is CIA speak for the ultimate intelligence nightmare: the terrorist who, because he or she is an ethnic native of the target country, can cross its borders unchecked, move around that country unquestioned and infiltrate its institutions with ease. An invisible on mainland Britain was the worst possible news. For Liz Carlyle, an MI5 Intelligence officer, this report from MI6 marks the start of an operation which will test her to the limit and put her own life in jeopardy. As she sifts the incoming evidence and gets reports from her agents she realizes there is an immanent terrorist threat. But who or what is the target? And who and where is the invisible? Time is of the essence in this desperate search and it becomes clear that it is Liz's intuitive skills, her ability to get inside her enemy's head, which offer the only hope of averting disaster. In this terrifying and tautly drawn debut thriller Stella Rimington takes us to the heart of the Intelligence world. It is a place she is uniquely qualified to describe.

Jason Palmer loved being a soldier. But after returning home from Iraq with an “other than honorable” discharge, he’s finding rebuilding his life the toughest battle yet. Elena Cruz is a talented cop, the first woman to make Chicago ’s prestigious Gang Intelligence Unit. She’s ready for anything the job can throw at her. Until Jason’s brother, a prominent community activist, is murdered in front of his own son. Now, stalked by brutal men with a shadowy agenda, Jason and Elena must unravel a conspiracy stretching from the darkest alleys of the ghetto to the manicured lawns of the city’s power brokers. In a world where corruption and violence are simply the cost of doing business, two damaged people are all that stand between an innocent child – and the killers who will stop at nothing to find him.

Gabriel Espada, un cínico buscavidas sin oficio ni beneficio, quizá el más improbable de los héroes, tiene ante sí una misión: descubrir el secreto de la Atlántida.

La joven geóloga Iris Gudrundóttir intuye que se avecina una erupción en cadena de los principales volcanes de la Tierra y confiesa sus temores a Gabriel. Para evitar esta catástrofe, que podría provocar una nueva Edad de Hielo, Gabriel tendrá que bucear en el pasado. El hundimiento de la Atlántida le ofrecerá la clave para comprender el comportamiento anómalo del planeta.

Una mezcla explosiva de ciencia y arqueología y, sobre todo, aventura en estado puro.

Gabriel Espada, un cínico buscavidas sin oficio ni beneficio, quizá el más improbable de los héroes, tiene ante sí una misión: descubrir el secreto de la Atlántida.

La joven geóloga Iris Gudrundóttir intuye que se avecina una erupción en cadena de los principales volcanes de la Tierra y confiesa sus temores a Gabriel. Para evitar esta catástrofe, que podría provocar una nueva Edad de Hielo, Gabriel tendrá que bucear en el pasado. El hundimiento de la Atlántida le ofrecerá la clave para comprender el comportamiento anómalo del planeta.

Una mezcla explosiva de ciencia y arqueología y, sobre todo, aventura en estado puro.

Lucie Henebelle et Franck Sharko, policiers dans la fameuse section criminelle du 36, Quai des Orfèvres, tentent de se remettre d'un drame qui a failli les séparer. Ils essaient de faire un enfant, en vain. Et à quelques jours de Noël, ce qui les attend est loin d'être l'annonce d'un heureux événement. À l'heure où tout le monde rentre se réchauffer, le froid, la mort et les souvenirs maudits guettent.

Une affaire d'envergure démarre alors. Christophe Gamblin, journaliste de faits divers, est retrouvé mort de froid, enfermé dans son congélateur. Sa collègue et amie a disparu, alors qu'elle enquêtait sur un gros dossier dont personne ne connaît le contenu. Sa seule trace est son identité griffonnée sur un papier, détenue par un enfant errant, très malade, aux organes déjà vieillissants. En parallèle, une ancienne affaire de femmes enlevées refait surface: des victimes jetées vivantes mais inconscientes dans des lacs quasi gelés, et secourues in extremis par des coups de fil mystérieux à la police.

Tandis que l'enquête s'accélère, Sharko est confronté à de vieux démons. Une ombre évolue dans son sillage, jouant avec lui de manière dangereuse, et semblant particulièrement lui en vouloir. Un duel secret et cruel s'engage alors, détruisant le flic à petit feu.

URSS, 1986. Hommes, terres, bêtes… l’atome a tout ravagé. Mais de Tchernobyl vient de s’échapper un mal plus terrible encore…

Paris, vingt-six ans plus tard. La scène de crime n’est pas banale : un journaliste mort de froid, enfermé dans son congélateur. À quoi travaillait-il ? Franck Sharko et Lucie Henebelle, de la Crim’, remontent la piste… Elle les mènera au cœur de l’enfer, là où, au nom de la science, l’avenir s’écrit en lettres de sang.

When Elliot Hoover loses his wife and daughter, Audrey Rose, in a fiery car crash, his world explodes. To heal his mental anguish and claim some peace, he visits a psychic who reveals to him that his daughter has been reincarnated into Ivy Templeton, a young girl living in New York City. Desperate to reclaim anything from his daughter’s past, he searches out Ivy, only to discover that the unbelievable is shockingly true — his daughter is back. Now, in an effort to save her life, Hoover must choose between two horrifying possibilities — leaving his daughter’s soul in torment, or taking the life of the young girl in whom she now lives.

Aurora boreal fue galardonada con el Premio a la Mejor Primera Novela Negra por la Asociación Sueca de Escritores de Novela Negra, y Det blod spillts, la segunda entrega de la serie, con el Premio a la Mejor Novela Negra Sueca.

El cuerpo de Victor Strandgard, el predicador más famoso de Suecia, yace mutilado en una remota iglesia en Kiruna, una ciudad del norte sumergida en la eterna noche polar. La herman de la víctima ha encontrado el cadáver, y la sospecha se cierne sobre ella. Desesperada, pide ayuda a su amiga de infancia, la abogada Rebecka Martinsson, que actualmente vive en Estocolmo y que regresa a su ciudad natal dispuesta a averiguar quién es el verdadero culpable. Durante la investigación sólo cuenta con la complicidad de Anna-Maria Mella, una inteligente y peculiar policía embarazada. En Kiruna mucha gente parece tener algo que ocultar, y la nieve no tardará en teñirse de sangre.

Situada en la mítica ciudad de Sparta, en Nueva York, Ave del paraíso es una punzante y vívida combinación de romance erótico y violencia trágica en la Norteamérica de finales del siglo XX. Cuando Zoe Kruller, una joven esposa y madre, aparece brutalmente asesinada, la policía de Sparta se centra en dos principales sospechosos, su marido, Delray, del que estaba separada, y su amante desde hace tiempo, Eddy Diehl. Mientras tanto, el hijo de los Kruller, Aaron, y la hija de Eddy, Krista, adquieren una mutua obsesión, y cada uno cree que el padre del otro es culpable. Una clásica novela de Oates, autora también de La hija del sepulturero, Mamá, Infiel, Puro fuego y Un jardín de poderes terrenales, en la que el lirismo del intenso amor sexual está entrelazado con la angustia de la pérdida y es difícil diferenciar la ternura de la crueldad