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Augsburg 1930. Marie and Paul Melzer are happy, and their love is stronger than ever - crowned by their third child, the now four-year-old Kurti. But due to the global economic crisis and difficult times, Paul has to fight for the survival of his cloth factory. When he falls ill, Marie steps in to save the company from ruin, because nothing other than the fate of the entire family is at stake. Important decisions have to be made. Only if everyone sticks together now can their beloved Cloth Villa be saved.

Mystery, suspense and a deadly threat to humanity await in this crime novel by Francesco Frattini

Young Isabel embarks on a mysterious exploration of Mount Athos, unaware of the danger her unrelenting interest in the legends and fairy tales of this mystical place is leading her into. When her father, Commissioner Philip Dorsel, realizes that his daughter's life is in danger, he also heads to the beautiful Greek peninsula. He must use all the skills he has gained as an investigator with the Anti-Terrorism Unit of the French police to protect her. Because behind the magnificence and apparent tranquility of Athos lies a dark secret - a deadly virus that threatens to claim thousands of innocent victims. The whirlwind race against time passes through France, Greece, Bulgaria and England, and with each passing hour the fate of humanity becomes more and more uncertain.

Francesco Frattini, a businessman, producer and screenwriter, first published his novel Athos in 2018, not suspecting the dramatic events that would follow worldwide and in his native Italy. The current version contains an edited text and a new layout, but the original plot has been preserved.

After spending his childhood in foster care, Noah finally meets his mother, Patience, at the age of twelve, in the lobby of an airport in Louisiana. Though she does everything to make up for it, she never mentions the reason for the abandonment; and so, whether at the Cape Cod beach house where they spend seasons, or at the Connecticut theater where they end up working together, there is a path of embers that insists on separating them but that none dares to cross.
When Noah meets Frank O'Leary – an eccentric Jesuit who drives a Rolls-Royce to colours – he discovers in him the support he was looking for. Even so, there are things the priest prefers to keep to himself: his student years; the Irish bar in Boston where he and friends soaked in beer and recited poems; and Catherine, the ambitious young woman who was not afraid to divert him from his vocation.
It is, interestingly, the horrific experience of loneliness at a religious college – haunted by stories of Dickens and a gruesome murder – the first secret Patience will share with Noah; however, when this confession fits Father Frank's account, the smell of tragedy will remain in the air, and the revelation that follows it, can only be a lie.
Leaving Europe at war from the previous novels, João Pinto Coelho travels this time to New England and its beautiful and tumultuous sea, to offer us the fascinating story of a family that cannot escape its fate and whose outcome is truly genius.

Superintendent Teresa Battaglia, expert criminal profiler with four decades of experience on the Italian police force, returns for a chilling cold case. 

A decades-old murder investigation has landed on Superintendent Teresa Battaglia's desk. DNA analysis has revealed that a painting from the final days of World War II contains matter from a human heart. Teresa is able to trace the evidence to Val Resia, one of Italy’s most isolated, untouched regions, where she faces a ruthless killer.

"They call them 'cold files'… like the wind that blows in these valleys, like the ice that covers the mountain tops. A violence buried by time that suddenly resurfaces… This may be the last investigation I will ever conduct. And for the first time in my life, I'm afraid I can't save anyone, not even myself."

The fate of a mighty family in turbulent times.

One decision that changes everything.

And love that conquers.

Augsburg, 1920. Despite the difficulties the country is still struggling with, the Cloth Villa looks to the future with optimism. Paul Meltzer is home again and takes over the management of the factory trying to restore it to its former glory. After a series of personal twists, his sister Elizabeth returns to the family estate. And Marie, the young wife of Paul, who took the responsibility for the factory, the villa and the whole family during the years of war and poverty, finally has the opportunity to fulfil her dream - to create her own fashion atelier. Her models enjoy enormous success, but her happiness is marred by the frequent arguments with Paul. Unable to take it any longer, Marie makes the difficult decision to leave the mansion with her two children.

A transporting novel that follows a year of seismic romantic, political, and familial shifts for a teacher and her students at a boarding school for the deaf, from the acclaimed author of Girl at War.

This is a story of sign language and lip-reading, cochlear implants and civil rights, isolation and injustice, first love and loss, and, above all, great persistence, daring, and joy. Absorbing and assured, idiosyncratic and relatable, this is an unforgettable journey into the Deaf community and a universal celebration of human connection.

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A romantic historical saga about the textile empire of the Meltzer family, which captivated millions of readers.

A powerful family.
Dramatic twists.
A mansion that hides more than one secret.

 
Augsburg, 1916. Forced by the twists and turns of historical events, the rich industrialists Meltzer make the difficult decision to turn their family estate into an infirmary. Meanwhile, Paul Meltzer's young wife, Marie, is faced with a huge responsibility – she must save the Cloth Vila and help her husband's sisters overcome the trials of the dramatic period. An orphan up until recently, Marie is not afraid of challenges, but her hope to embrace her beloved again is subject to the constant blows of fate. And one day, the elegant lieutenant Ernst von Klipstein appears at the door of the mansion, determined not to lose sight of the beautiful young woman who holds the future of the Meltzer family in her capable hands

An intriguing start to an exciting crime series that takes us to the Italian Alps.

Austria, 1978

A young woman steps into the School, a mysterious place nestled among the Alpine ridges that hide its dark secrets. There she will face her conscience and her decisions will affect the future generations in unsuspected ways...

Italy, today

The outskirts of an idyllic village in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria turns becomes the scene of a brutal murder. Superintendent Teresa Battaglia is tasked with the investigation, along with a young inspector she's still not sure she can trust.

For nearly four decades, Battaglia has struggled to gain respect in the Italian police force while battling her own demons. Her weapon is not the gun and the uniform, but her mind and instincts. Now she's facing a killer who seems drawn to a group of local kids. What dangers lie in wait for them in these majestic yet haunted mountains? Will Superintendent Battaglia get to the truth before her own abilities betray her?