Конец второго века до Рождества Христова. Последние десятилетия существования Римской республики. Гай Марий – талантливый полководец, он выигрывает одно сражение за другим, но сталкивается с завистью и враждебностью представителей римских аристократов. Однако Марий упорно идет к поставленной цели, ведь сирийская прорицательница предсказала, что он будет консулом семь раз и станет Первым Человеком в Риме. Луций Корнелий Сулла – истинный патриций, но он нищий, потому ему никогда не войти в...
Що може змусити розумну освічену дівчину з добропорядної австралійської родини зі старомодним іменем Гаррієт Перселл полишити батьківську домівку й оселитися в будинку, що має репутацію осередку злочиності та розпусти, та ще й полишити нареченого?.. Її друзями стають дівчина китайського походження, яка стрибає з ліжка в ліжко в пошуках чоловіка своєї мрії, невдаха художник, лесбійська пара та колишній есесівець – справжні покидьки з точки зору доброчесних громадян. А чого варта хазяйка будинку –...
Глубокий и яркий роман о психологии отношений и вечной борьбе между чувствами и долгом. Человеческую душу можно сколько угодно ломать и калечить, но никакими силами не отнять у нее самого естественного на свете свойства – умения любить. …Только что завершилась война. Снова светит солнце, цветут цветы, и мужчины и женщины – такие, как медсестра из военного госпиталя Онор Лангтри и ее пациент Майкл Уилсон – влюбляются друг в друга. Однако в жизни все никогда не бывает – да и не может быть –...
The bestselling author of THE THORN BIRDS returns with a novel of laughter, passion and more than a little magic …1960, Sydney's Kings Cross. Harriet Purcell leaves her conventional, respectable home and respectable, passionless boyfriend and moves into a rooming house owned by Mrs. Delvecchio Schwartz.There, Harriet finds a life she relishes – excitement, adventure and passion. Mrs. Delvecchio Schwartz makes a living from telling fortunes, and is mother to 4-year-old Flo. Beautiful little Flo...
Locking your door won’t help. He’s already inside…America in 1968 is in turmoil and the leafy Holloman suburb of Carew is being silently terrorised by a series of vicious and systematic rapes. When finally one victim finds the courage to speak out and go to the police, the rapist escalates to murder.For Captain Carmine Delmonico, it seems to be a case with no clues. And it comes as the Holloman Police Department is troubled: a lieutenant is out of his depth, a sergeant is out of control, and...
Potent poisons and deadly rivalries in this glamorous thriller.Jim and Millie Hunter have it all: good looks, brilliant minds, and a meteoric rise to fame.Dr Jim Hunter is a genius biochemist, and author of a smash-hit science book that is propelling him to the top. His wife Millie, is a blonde bombshell and fellow scientist, researching rare poisons derived from puffer fish.They seem to have it all, but others in their academic circle have got the knives out, jealous of their success – and...
A Captain Carmine Delmonico mystery from the bestselling author of The Thorn BirdsAugust 1969. Two anonymous male corpses are discovered in the sleepy college town of Holloman, Connecticut. After connecting the emaciated bodies to four other victims, the police realise that Holloman has a psychopathic killer on the loose.Captain Carmine Delmonico’s team begins to circle a trio of eccentrics who share family ties, painful memories, and a dark past. Things become even murkier when one of them...
Lizzy Bennet married Mr Darcy, Jane Bennet married Mr Bingley – but what became of the middle daughter, Mary? A thrilling and intriguing novel of what happened next…Readers of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE will remember that there were five Bennet sisters. Now, twenty years on, Jane has a happy marriage and large family; Lizzy and Mr Darcy now have a formidable social reputation; Lydia has a reputation of quite another kind; Kitty is much in demand in London’s parlours and ballrooms; but what of Mary?Mary...
The captivating novel from the international bestselling author of ‘The Thorn Birds’.Innocence is no protection…In Holloman, Connecticut, someone is preying on the innocent. At a prestigious research centre fondly known by its staff as the 'Hug', parts of a mutilated body are found. Lieutenant Carmine Delmonico of the Holloman Police learns that a string of horrifying murders – each with the same modus operandi as the one at the Hug – have been commited throughout the state. When another body is...
Passion, politics, love and death combine in a novel of the legendary love triangle between the three leaders of the Roman era: Cleopatra, Mark Antony and Octavian, from the bestselling author of The Thorn Birds.Mark Antony, famous warrior and legendary lover, expected that he would be Julius Caesar's successor. But after Caesar's murder it was his 18-year old nephew, Octavian, who was named in the will. No-one, least of all Antony, expected him to last but his youth and slight frame concealed a...