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The Black Mountain is a Quick Read short story from bestselling author Kate Mosse.
It is May, 1706. Ana, a young Spanish woman, lives in a small town on the north-west coast of Tenerife with her mother and twin younger brothers. The town is in the shadow of a mighty volcano, which legend says has the devil living inside it. However, there has been no eruption for thousands of years and no one believes it is a threat.
One day, Ana notices that the air feels strange and heavy, that the birds have stopped singing. Tending the family vineyard, a sudden strange tremor in the earth frightens her. Very soon it will be a race against time for Ana to help persuade the town that they are in danger and should flee before the volcano erupts and destroys their world. Will they listen? And Ana herself faces another danger . . .

Jane Marple este o doamnă în vârstă din St Mary Mead care posedă un talent neobişnuit pentru a rezolva chiar şi cele mai complicate enigme. Acum, pentru prima dată în ultimii patruzeci şi cinci de ani, personajul iubit al Agathei Christie revine în paginile unei cărţi şi ne invită într-o călătorie plină de mistere.

În St Mary Mead, o cină de Crăciun este întreruptă de oaspeţi neaşteptaţi; scena de pe Broadway din New York este pregătită pentru o improvizaţie periculoasă; prevestiri rele înconjoară o moarte prematură la bordul unui vas de croazieră către Hong Kong; un scriitor de bestsellere aflat în vacanţă în Italia este prins într-un complot nevinovat care ia o turnură nefastă. Acestea şi alte crime comise în numele iubirii, geloziei, şantajului şi răzbunării sunt cele pe care doar încăpăţânarea lui Miss Marple le poate rezolva.

Aducând un omagiu moştenirii Agathei Christie, douăsprezece apreciate scriitoare au surprins inteligenţa ascuţită, vocea unică şi ingeniozitatea simpatică a acestui personaj de o modestie înşelătoare. O lectură esenţială pentru iubitorii de literatură poliţistă, Miss Marple. 12 povestiri noi este o carte menită să ne amintească de ce Jane Marple rămâne unul dintre cei mai faimoşi detectivi ai tuturor timpurilor.

1912 год, Сассекс. В двенадцатилетнем возрасте Конни Гиф форд упала с лестницы и выжила лишь чудом. Теперь ей двадцать два, но она до сих пор не помнит ничего, что происходило с ней до страшного инцидента, кроме отдельных смутных обрывков. Конни живет со своим опустившимся отцом, некогда известным таксидермистом, в уединенном доме на заливаемых морем прибрежных пустошах. Однажды девушка находит в ручье неподалеку от дома тело утопленницы, и к ней постепенно начинает возвращаться память, но эти воспоминания не менее опасны, чем поднимающаяся к дому Гиффордов вода, грозящая гибелью его обитателям.

A brand new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Crime's legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by twelve remarkable bestselling and acclaimed authors.
This collection of twelve original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple, will introduce the character to a whole new generation. Each author reimagines Agatha Christie's Marple through their own unique perspective while staying true to the hallmarks of a traditional mystery.
* Naomi Alderman
* Leigh Bardugo
* Alyssa Cole
* Lucy Foley
* Elly Griffiths
* Natalie Haynes
* Jean Kwok
* Val McDermid
* Karen M. McManus
* Dreda Say Mitchell
* Kate Mosse
* Ruth Ware
Miss Marple was first introduced to readers in a story Christie wrote for The Royal Magazine in 1927 and made her first appearance in a full-length novel in 1930's The Murder at the Vicarage. It has been 45 years since Agatha Christie's last Marple novel, Sleeping Murder, was published posthumously in 1976, and this collection of ingenious new stories by twelve Christie devotees will be a timely reminder why Jane Marple remains the most famous fictional female detective of all time.

A brand-new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Mystery’s legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by twelve remarkable bestselling and acclaimed authors.

This collection of a dozen original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple, will introduce the character to a whole new generation. Each author reimagines Agatha Christie’s Marple through their own unique perspective while staying true to the hallmarks of a traditional mystery.

Naomi Alderman
Leigh Bardugo
Alyssa Cole
Lucy Foley
Elly Griffiths
Natalie Haynes
Jean Kwok
Val McDermid
Karen M. McManus
Dreda Say Mitchell
Kate Mosse
Ruth Ware

Miss Marple was first introduced to readers in a story Agatha Christie wrote for The Royal Magazine in 1927 and made her first appearance in a full-length novel in 1930’s The Murder at the Vicarage. It has been 45 years since Agatha Christie’s last Marple novel, Sleeping Murder, was published posthumously in 1976, and this collection of ingenious new stories by twelve Christie devotees will be a timely reminder why Jane Marple remains the most famous fictional female detective of all time.

Во Франции 1562 года неспокойно, говорят, что грядет война, но и в преддверии кровавых потрясений обывательская жизнь идет своим чередом... Юной Маргарите, дочери книготорговца из Каркасона, приходится заботиться о семье и вести дела вместо отца, внезапно утратившего всякий интерес к жизни. Однажды девушка получает анонимное письмо с загадочной гербовой печатью — в послании всего несколько слов. Кто может угрожать ей? Она хочет поделиться с отцом своей тревогой, но тот не готов к откровенному разговору. Его гнетет тайна, которую он пока не решается открыть дочери...

Элис работает волонтером на археологических раскопках в Пиренеях и случайно находит пещеру с захоронением и загадочным чертежом на стене. Такой же узор, похожий на лабиринт, вырезан на внутренней стороне кольца, подобранного девушкой в древней могиле. Сверхъестественным образом перед внутренним взором Элис возникают картины далекого прошлого. Ей кажется, что она сама была участницей зловещих событий, связанных с великой тайной еретиков-катаров — бесследно исчезнувших хранителей Святого Грааля. Восемь столетий назад потребовалась огромная жертва, чтобы сберечь эту тайну, но и в двадцать первом веке платой за ее неприкосновенность может стать…

Brought vividly to life by Louise Brealey's narration, this new, unabridged audiobook also includes extra content read by the author, Kate Mosse.
1209: in Carcassonne a 17-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. Puzzled by the labyrinth symbol carved into the rock, she realises she’s disturbed something that was meant to remain hidden. Somehow, a link to a horrific past - her past - has been revealed.
July 2005: Alice Tanner discovers two skeletons in a forgotten cave in the French Pyrenees. Puzzled by the labyrinth symbol carved into the rock, she realises she’s disturbed something that was meant to remain hidden. Somehow, a link to a horrific past - her past - has been revealed.

1942, Nazi-occupied France. Sandrine, a spirited and courageous nineteen-year-old, finds herself drawn into a Resistance group in Carcassonne - codenamed 'Citadel' - made up of ordinary women who are prepared to risk everything for what is right.And when she meets Raoul, they discover a shared passion for the cause, for their homeland, and for each other. But in a world where the enemy now lies in every shadow - where neighbour informs on neighbour; where friends disappear without warning and often without trace - love can demand the highest price of all...

I hear someone coming. It has happened before. I pause and listen but no longer hear anything. I sigh. As always, hope is snatched away before it can take root. And so then, as always, I am carried back to that first December so very long ago...
Rooted in the elemental landscapes of Sussex, Brittany and the Languedoc, here are tales of ghosts and spirits seeking revenge, grief-stricken women and haunted men coming to terms with their destiny.

The Great War took much more than lives. It robbed a generation of friends, lovers and futures. In Freddie Watson's case, it took his beloved brother and, at times, his peace of mind. Unable to cope with his grief, Freddie has spent much of the time since in a sanatorium. In the winter of 1928, still seeking resolution, Freddie is travelling through the French Pyrenees - another region that has seen too much bloodshed over the years. During a snowstorm, his car spins off the mountain road. Shaken, he stumbles into the woods, emerging by a tiny village. There he meets Fabrissa, a beautiful local woman, also mourning a lost generation. Over the course of one night, Fabrissa and Freddie share their stories of remembrance and loss. By the time dawn breaks, he will have stumbled across a tragic mystery that goes back through the centuries. By turns thrilling, poignant and haunting, this is a story of two lives touched by war and transformed by courage.

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 walk. Here, where the estuary leads out to the sea, superstitions still hold sway. Standing alone is the taxidermist's daughter. At twenty-two, Constantia Gifford lives with her father in a decaying house: it contains all that is left of Gifford's once world-famous museum of taxidermy. The stuffed birds that used to grace every parlour are out of fashion, leaving Gifford a disgraced and bitter man. The string of events that led to the museum's closure are never spoken of and an accident has robbed Connie of…

France, 1942. While war blazes at the front lines of Europe, in the walled southern city of Carcassonne, nestled deep in the Pyrenees, a group of courageous women is engaged in an equally lethal battle. Like their ancestors who fought northern invaders seven hundred years before, these members of the French Resistance - code-named Citadel - fight to liberate their home from the Nazis. Led by a daring eighteen-year-old, Sandrine Vidal, and her elder sister, Marianne, the women of Citadel work quickly to sabotage their German occupiers, safeguard their neighbors, and smuggle refugees over the mountains into neutral territory. But that is…

July 2005. In the Pyrenees mountains near Carcassonne, Alice, a volunteer at an archaeological dig, stumbles into a cave and makes a startling discovery-two crumbling skeletons, strange writings on the walls, and the pattern of a labyrinth.
Eight hundred years earlier, on the eve of a brutal crusade that will rip apart southern France, a young woman named Alais is given a ring and a mysterious book for safekeeping by her father. The book, he says, contains the secret of the true Grail, and the ring, inscribed with a labyrinth, will identify a guardian of the Grail. Now, as crusading armies gather outside the city walls of Carcassonne, it will take a tremendous sacrifice to keep the secret of the labyrinth safe.

Carcassonne 1942. A spirited and courageous young woman, Sandrine, finds herself drawn into the world of the Resistance in Carcassonne under German Occupation. Her network - codenamed 'Citadel' - is made up of ordinary women who risk everything to fight the sinister battles raging in the shadows around them. As the war reaches its violent and bloody conclusion, Sandrine's fate is tied up with that of three very different men. But who is the real enemy? Who is the real threat? And who is the true guardian of the ancient secrets that for generations have drawn people to the foothills of the Pyrenean mountains?

Горы Лангедока хранят множество тайн, – и тайны эти не спешат открываться посторонним. Крестоносцы, которые огнем и мечом уничтожали города и замки мятежных альбигойцев, и инквизиторы, без числа сжигавшие их на кост-ре, упорно считали катаров не просто еретиками, а приспешниками Тьмы, искушенными в таинственной и могущественной черной магии.Кто был прав? Они или мы, считающие альбигойцев мудрыми фило-софами, невинными жертвами безжалостных «воинов Севера»? Заброшенные святилища Лангедока по-прежнему ждут наследника запретного знания, который вновь проведет мрачный и загадочный древ-ний ритуал, некогда позволявший посвященным в таинства…

The Great War took much more than lives. It robbed a generation of friends, lovers and futures. In Freddie Watson's case, it took his beloved brother and, at times, his peace of mind. Unable to cope with his grief, Freddie has spent much of the time since in a sanatorium.

In the winter of 1928, still seeking resolution, Freddie is travelling through the French Pyrenees - another region that has seen too much bloodshed over the years. During a snowstorm, his car spins off the mountain road. Shaken, he stumbles into the woods, emerging by a tiny village. There he meets Fabrissa, a beautiful local woman, also mourning a lost generation. Over the course of one night, Fabrissa and Freddie share their stories of remembrance and loss. By the time dawn breaks, he will have stumbled across a tragic mystery that goes back through the centuries.

By turns thrilling, poignant and haunting, this is a story of two lives touched by war and transformed by courage.

Горы Лангедока хранят множество тайн, – и тайны эти не спешат открываться посторонним. Крестоносцы, которые огнем и мечом уничтожали города и замки мятежных альбигойцев, и инквизиторы, без числа сжигавшие их на кост-ре, упорно считали катаров не просто еретиками, а приспешниками Тьмы, искушенными в таинственной и могущественной черной магии.Кто был прав? Они или мы, считающие альбигойцев мудрыми фило-софами, невинными жертвами безжалостных ""воинов Севера""? Заброшенные святилища Лангедока по-прежнему ждут наследника запретного знания, который вновь проведет мрачный и загадочный древ-ний ритуал, некогда позволявший посвященным в таинства…

Горы Лангедока хранят множество тайн, - и тайны эти не спешат открываться посторонним. Крестоносцы, которые огнем и мечом уничтожали города и замки мятежных альбигойцев, и инквизиторы, без числа сжигавшие их на костре, упорно считали катаров не просто еретиками, а приспешниками Тьмы, искушенными в таинственной и могущественной черной магии. Кто был прав? Они или мы, считающие альбигойцев мудрыми философами, невинными жертвами безжалостных "воинов Севера"? Заброшенные святилища Лангедока по-прежнему ждут наследника запретного знания, который вновь проведет мрачный и загадочный древний ритуал, некогда позволявший посвященным в таинства…

Липень 1209 року: в Каркассоні батько дає сімнадцятирічній Алаїс Книгу, яка, за його словами, містить таємницю Граалю. Хоча дівчина не може зрозуміти дивні слова й символи, та вона знає, що її доля — захищати Книгу.
Липень 2005 року: під час археологічних розкопок у горах поблизу Каркассона Еліс Таннер знаходить два скелети, і в цю мить її охоплює всепоглинальна злоба. Дівчина помічає, що розуміє давні слова, викарбувані на стіні печери. Надто пізно Еліс усвідомлює, що надала руху жахливій послідовності подій, які вона неспроможна контролювати, і що тепер її доля нерозривно пов’язана з долею катарів, які жили вісімсот років тому...