Historical Mysteries
“I only know two things for certain. One, I am being hunted.
Two, if I am caught, all hope for Andrea is lost.”
Whispers in the dark. Vague clues. Deadly threats.
In a kingdom where an unfit ruler has taken the throne by underhanded means, one girl holds the knowledge that could release her people from his chokehold. There are rumors of a lost prince—the true heir—and Raina Swiftmain needs one more piece of the puzzle before she can begin to find him. There are others who will try to stop her at any cost, and she must learn to evade and escape them. A rogue knight claims to have the crucial information she seeks, but is he truly trustworthy or just another enemy? As Raina faces her mission, she desperately clings to her faith that God is in control, and that He alone will decide the fate of Andrea.
From New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Rhys Bowen comes a haunting novel about a woman who braves her father’s hidden past to discover his secrets…
“Pass the bread, the olives, and the wine. Oh, and a copy of The Tuscan Child to savor with them.” ―NPR
In 1944, British bomber pilot Hugo Langley parachuted from his stricken plane into the verdant fields of German-occupied Tuscany. Badly wounded, he found refuge in a ruined monastery and in the arms of Sofia Bartoli. But the love that kindled between them was shaken by an irreversible betrayal.
Hani is set to investigate thefts from the king’s household that turn out to be related to a more sinister attempt on the king’s life.
Meanwhile, witnesses to the crown prince’s dodgy birth begin to die, and Hani fears for his daughter and her friend, who were also present.
More secrets emerge about the prince’s identity, and Hani finds himself caught between the government and the radical revolutionaries who want to restore Amen-Ra by civil war, among them the queen, whom Hani has sworn to serve.
Can Hani reconcile his desire for peace with his devotion to the King of the Gods?
Flight of the Forgotten is the true story of one of the most closely-guarded American military secrets of all time. It is intriguing, controversial and thought-provoking. The story traverses 50 years, two generations and the realities of our physical world. The triggering event is the tragic loss of an American Eighth Air Force bomber crew in 1945 under mysterious circumstances while enroute home after the end of World War II.
This loss represents a 50-year-old aviation mystery, officially "forgotten" by the United States Government. Details described and amplified within this story remain permanently "buried" inside a top-secret O.S.S. file to this day. This book is a public counter to official censorship efforts by the United States Government to have these events erased from the public record and hidden from public view.
Flight of the Forgotten is a story everyone who has ever lost a loved-one should hear and it serves as a living memorial to the Jack B. Ketchum crew.
Even if you have no interest in the 1300s, this novel is one of the best historical mysteries ever!
Umberto Eco’s first novel, an international sensation and winner of the Premio Strega and the Prix Médicis Étranger awards
The year is 1327. Benedictines in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, the empirical insights of Roger Bacon—all sharpened to a glistening edge by wry humor and a ferocious curiosity. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey, where “the most interesting things happen at night.”
