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Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: The enthralling new Sunday Times bestselling gothic novel from the author of THE WINTER GHOSTS, CITADEL and LABYRINTH. The clock strikes twelve. Beneath the wind and the remorseless tolling of the bell, no one can hear the scream... 1912. A Sussex churchyard. Villagers gather on the night when the ghosts of those who will not survive the coming year are thought to walk. And in the shadows, a…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 752) Аннотация: July 1209: in Carcassonne a seventeen-year-old girl is given a mysterious book by her father which he claims contains the secret of the true Grail. Although Alais cannot understand the strange words and symbols hidden within, she knows that her destiny lies in keeping the secret of the labyrinth safe... July 2005: Alice Tanner discovers two skeletons in a forgotten cave in the French Pyrenees.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: A wonderfully atmospheric collection of short stories, rooted deep in the landscape and inspired by traditional folk tales and country legends from England and France. These tales are richly populated by ghosts and spirits seeking revenge; by grief-struck women and haunted men coming to terms with their destiny — all rooted deep in the elemental landscapes of Sussex, Brittany and the Languedoc.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: A wonderfully atmospheric collection of short stories, rooted deep in the landscape — some Carcassonne, some elsewhere — and powerful portraits of lonely (often heartbreakingly lonely) women seeking, or coming to terms with, their destiny. The collection will include The Mistletoe Bride, La Fille de Melisande, Red Letter Day, The Lending Library, The House on the Hill...

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: «From the bestselling author of Labyrinth and Sepulchre comes an absorbing new adventure, steeped in the haunting secrets of the Languedoc. Summer, 1942. A spirited and courageous young woman, Sandrine, finds herself drawn into the world of the Resistance in Carcassonne under German occupation. Her network — code named Citadel' is made up of ordinary women who risk everything to fight the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: By the author of the New York Times — bestselling Labyrinth, a story of two lives touched by war and transformed by courage. In the winter of 1928, still seeking some kind of resolution to the horrors of World War I, Freddie is traveling through the beautiful but forbidding French Pyrenees. During a snowstorm, his car spins off the mountain road. Dazed, he stumbles through the woods, emerging in…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 992 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 784) Аннотация: 1891. Seventeen-year-old Leonie Vernier and her brother abandon Paris for the sanctuary of their aunt's isolated country house near Carcassonne, the Domaine de la Cade. But in the nearby woods, Leonie stumbles across a ruined sepulchre — and a timeless mystery whose traces are written in blood. 2007. Meredith Martin arrives at the Domaine de la Cade as part of her research for a biography she's…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 665 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 720) Аннотация: When Dr Alice Tanner discovers two skeletons during an archaeological dig in southern France, she unearths a link with a horrific and brutal past. But it's not just the sight of the shattered bones that makes her uneasy; there's an overwhelming sense of evil in the tomb that Alice finds hard to shake off, even in the bright French sunshine. Puzzled by the words carved inside the chamber, Alice…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 808 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 944) Аннотация: Set during World War II in the far south of France, CITADEL is a powerful, action-packed mystery that reveals the secrets of the resistance under Nazi occupation. While war blazed in the trenches at the front, back at home a different battle is waged, full of clandestine bravery, treachery and secrets. And as a cell of Maquis resistance fighters, codenamed CITADEL, fight for everything they hold…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Sussex, 1912. In a churchyard, villagers gather on the night when the ghosts of those who will die in the coming year are thought to be seen. Here, where the estuary leads out to the sea, superstitions still hold sway. Standing alone is the taxidermist's daughter. At seventeen, Constantia Gifford lives with her father in a decaying house: it is all that is left of Gifford's once world-famous…