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‘Great characters, great plot and a totally dazzling finish… Wonderful. ’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars Oxford, 1961 A family day out at Briar’s Hall ends in tragedy when a young boy goes missing – and his body is found at the bottom of a disused well in the orchard. It looks like a simple case of an eleven-year-old exploring where he shouldn’t: a tragic accident. But Coroner Clement Ryder and Probationary WPC Trudy Loveday aren’t convinced. If Eddie had been climbing and fallen, why were there no...
| Автор | Faith Martin |
The Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller! The highly anticipated new thriller from internationally bestselling author Karin Slaughter, featuring Will Trent and Sara Linton It begins with an abduction. The routine of a family shopping trip is shattered when Michelle Spivey is snatched as she leaves the mall with her young daughter. The police search for her, her partner pleads for her release, but in the end…they find nothing. It’s as if she disappeared into thin air. A month later, on a sleepy Sunday...
| Автор | Karin Slaughter |
Run away to New York with the complete I Heart collection! Contains: I Heart New York, I Heart Hollywood, I Heart Paris, I Heart Vegas, I Heart London, I Heart Christmas, I Heart Forever and I Heart Hawaii Join Angela, Jenny, Alex and the gang in the complete collection of the I Heart novels. From New York to Hawaii, it’s never too late to fall in love with I Heart, the much-loved series which has now sold over 1 million copies!
| Автор | Lindsey Kelk |
From No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva comes a stunning new thriller of vengeance, deception, and betrayal. What’s done cannot be undone… At an exclusive school in Switzerland, mystery surrounds the identity of the beautiful girl who arrives each morning in a motorcade fit for a head of state. She is said to be the daughter of a wealthy international businessman. In truth, her father is Khalid bin Mohammed, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. Once celebrated for his daring...
| Автор | Daniel Silva |
Readers love The Ingredients for Happiness! ‘A gorgeous summer read’ ‘Uplifting, funny, romantic and charming’ ‘This book contained all my favourite things – Italian food, entrepreneurship and romance!’ ‘A wonderful, feel good, romantic story’ ‘I really enjoyed every moment of it’ * * * * * * Three sisters, a stash of family recipes, the chance to make their dreams come true… Amanda is about to open her very own café. She has the pastry sorted, but hasn’t a clue about the plumbing. With the love...
| Автор | Lucy Knott |
‘Absolutely fell in love with this book!… I just couldn't put it down!… The perfect Christmas read!’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars Two people. One chance meeting. Seven days to Christmas. Isobel Bennett is waiting for the number 11 bus when a man quite literally falls into her lap. Snow is falling, Christmas lights are twinkling, and a gorgeous man with dark brown hair has just slipped on ice and is now pressed against Isobel. Isobel knows she’s not imagining the chemistry between them. But then...
| Автор | Belinda Missen |
An intimate portrait of Patrick O’Brian, written by his stepson Nikolai Tolstoy. Patrick O’Brian was one of the greatest British novelists of the twentieth century, securing his place in literary history with the bestselling Aubrey–Maturin series, books that have sold millions of copies worldwide and been hailed as the best historical fiction of all time. An exquisite novelist, translator and biographer, O’Brian moved in 1949 to Collioure in the south of France, where he led a secluded life with...
| Автор | Nikolai Tolstoy |
'You should read ELEVATOR PITCH by Linwood Barclay as soon as possible. It's one hell of a suspense novel' STEPHEN KING ‘Moves as fast as a falling elevator and hits with just as much force. Linwood Barclay is a stone cold pro and ELEVATOR PITCH is a shameless good time’ JOE HILL It begins on a Monday, when four people board an elevator in Manhattan. Each presses the button for their floor, but the elevator climbs, non-stop, to the top where it pauses for a few seconds, before dropping. Right to...
| Автор | Linwood Barclay |
The start of something wonderful… Sophie Jones loves her little bookshop at Herring Cove. She’ll never give it up to big property developer, Alexander Fletcher – no matter how handsome he might be… Yet beneath Alex’s sharp suit and persuasive manner, there’s something about him that makes Sophie want to trust him. So when he offers to help make her little shop a success again, she wonders whether this could be the start of something wonderful for both Sophie and Alex – together? Perfect for fans...
| Автор | Kellie Hailes |
Sarah Bennett has two secrets: she sees ghosts, and she is in love with a spy. When Sarah takes a job with occult expert Dr Matthew Geisler, he promises to help her understand the sorrowful spirit that seems to have attached itself to her. As Sarah struggles to cope with the ghostly presence, she runs into Zeke, the man who left her six months earlier and is recovering from injuries suffered in an alleged accident. But Zeke has secrets of his own, and when an attempt is made on Geisler’s life,...
| Автор | Terry Thomas Lynn |
Family secrets won’t always stay buried… December 1937. When Zeke’s sister-in-law Rachel Caen was found dead on Christmas Eve, her family assumed that she had taken her own life. Now five years later, one of the emeralds that Rachel was wearing at the time of her death is discovered at a stonecutter’s house in Portland, Oregon. With his brother Simon under suspicion for Rachel’s murder and stealing the emeralds, Zeke and detective Sarah are under pressure to clear his name. But with troubles of...
| Автор | Terry Thomas Lynn |
A dramatic and heart-warming new novel set in the Blitz, from the bestselling author Annie Groves. The East End of London has been devastated by the Blitz and the people are struggling to come to terms with their ravaged city. Rationing bites ever deeper and and everything that makes life better is in short supply. For the district nurses, the challenges are tougher than ever. Gladys loves her work in the Civil Nursing Reserve, but just when she needs to rely on her sister at home to help out...
| Автор | Annie Groves |
‘Delightfully romantic and touching. ’ Phillipa Ashley on Sunrise at Butterfly Cove Could love be just around the corner? Beth returns home to Lavender Bay to restore the beloved seaside shop of her childhood to its former glory. She never intended to stay for long, but she can’t help falling back in love with everything she left behind – including local chef Sam Barnes. But will he convince her to stay? Eliza is hoping for a fresh start on the coast after her marriage fell apart. Meeting local...
| Автор | Sarah Bennett |
The Westmoreland Legacy The Rancher Returns Returning from duty to find his ranch being dug up by a beautiful stranger isn’t the homecoming Navy SEAL Gavin Blake expected. Layla Harris is convinced there’s buried treasure on his land. But the only treasure Gavin wants to uncover is the professor’s secret desires! His Secret Son The Texas rancher and navy SEAL who fathered Bristol Lockett's son died a hero's death…or so she was told. Yet when Laramie “Coop” Cooper strolls into her exhibit at an...
| Автор | Brenda Jackson |
I signed the letter with a flourish. I wouldn’t send it. There was no need. But I wanted to keep it somewhere safe, somewhere I could find it if I ever needed to remember why I’d done what I’d done. The fight goes on, I told myself. The fight goes on… London, 1910. Twenty-one-year-old Esther Watkins would do anything for the Suffragette cause. Imprisoned, force-fed and beaten, she is determined to fight for what she believes is right – no matter what it costs her. With new love Joseph by her...
| Автор | Kerry Barrett |
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, the first novel Nabokov wrote in English, is a tantalizing literary mystery in which a writers half brother searches to unravel the enigma of the life of the famous author of Albinos in Black, The Back of the Moon, and Doubtful Asphodel. A characteristically cunning play on identity and deception, the novel concludes I am Sebastian, or Sebastian is I, or perhaps we both are someone whom neither of us knows. One of the twentieth centurys master...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
O conde de Coventry conhece Lady Abigail Wallace e tudo o que acredita toma uma drástica mudança. Charles Lindsay, o conde de Coventry, tem grandes planos. Nenhum deles inclui uma esposa. Seu clube é seu principal interesse e os homens que ele aprendeu a respeitar. Ele é um dos patifes mais perversos que há e não se desculpa por isso. Tudo isso muda quando ele conhece Lady Abigail Wallace… Todas as damas da cidade adoram Coventry, mas nenhuma delas consegue capturar seu coração. Lady Abigail...
| Автор | Dawn Brower |
Ele é reverenciado entre seus semelhantes, um arcanjo que nunca faz nada de errado. Mas quando surgem tentações e escolhas, o seu pedestal desmoronará. Como o Arcanjo da Morte, Jeremy se orgulha de sua lealdade e status no alto escalão entre seus semelhantes. Do lado de fora, parece que ele realmente merece o maior respeito e admiração, mas ele sabe a verdade – um segredo que poderia destruir sua família. Deixar-se levar e se entregar aos seus desejos interiores seria a traição final, uma...
| Автор | L. G. Castillo |
La autora es una azafata, que inspirándose episodios reales acaecidos durante los vuelos, logra que el lector respire el ambiente que se vive en una aerolínea, justo en la piel de la vida de una azafata, donde el trabajo y la compleja organización de la vida pública y privada, debido a horarios, turnos y salidas, se convierte casi en un estilo de vida. Se trata de un libro que aborda el tema del crecimiento personal y el cambio, a través de un largo viaje de veinte años, o puede que más, que...
| Автор | Marina Iuvara |
Jakie demony obudzą się w ludziach stojących w obliczu końca świata? Jankowi Szczecinie, chłopcu o nieprzeciętnej wrażliwości, i jego starszej przyjaciółce Małgorzacie, ukazuje się Bóg i przepowiada, że za 10 dni mieszkańcy Cielętnik umrą. Wieści o końcu świata szybko rozchodzą się po wsi. Ludzie najpierw przerażeni, zaraz jednak zapominają o czekającej ich śmierci – w obliczu nadchodzącej apokalipsy budzą się w nich od dawna skrywane żądze. Z każdym dniem sytuacja we wsi się komplikuje – do...
| Автор | Anna Falana-Jafra |
Jest rok 1995. Ksiądz Wacław – bohater bestsellerowej trylogii „Przypadki księdza Grosera” – jedzie rowerem przez Alpy do Rzymu na wezwanie Jana Pawła II. Wypadek w górach wrzuca go na parafię protestancką w miasteczku Judenfeld. Niespodziewanie odsłaniają się przed nim tajemnice, nie tylko przeszłości. Natrafia na historię człowieka, który w swoim życiu był esesmanem i odegrał rolę Jezusa… Spotykamy się po latach. Podróżujemy w czasie. Ksiądz Groser jest młodszy. Zanurza się w zatopiony...
| Автор | Jan Grzegorczyk |
Louisa May Alcott opowiada dalsze dzieje „małych kobietek”. Dobre żony to książka dla wszystkich, którzy chcą poznać dalsze losy małych kobietek – poważnej Meg, roztrzepanej Jo, łagodnej Beth i wytwornej Amy. Upłynęło kilka lat i dziewczęta powoli wkraczają w inny świat, dorośleją, zmieniają się, przeżywają smutki i rozczarowania, nawet tragedie, ale jednocześnie życie nie skąpi im także radosnych i szczęśliwych chwil. Cztery siostry – cztery różne drogi życiowe. Zanim znów podejmiemy nasza...
| Автор | Louisa May Alcott |
Głęboko poruszająca opowieść o rodzinie, przyjaźni, nadziei i ocaleniu dzięki miłości. Bez wątpienia najwyżej oceniana, najgłośniejsza i najchętniej czytana powieść 2007 roku. Niekwestionowany bestseller nr 1 w ponad 20 krajach świata, sprzedany w imponującej liczbie ponad 10 milionów egzemplarzy. Osią fabuły rozgrywającej się w Afganistanie w ciągu ćwierć wieku są dzieje dwóch kobiet, które zrządzeniem losu poślubiają tego samego mężczyznę, despotycznego Rasheeda. Mariam ma zaledwie piętnaście...
| Автор | Khaled Hosseini |
Aruegodore e sua família estavam na vila para o enterro de seu falecido pai. Sendo o Okpako entre os filhos de seu pai, Aruegodore foi informado de que Pa Onoharhese havia desistido do fantasma; ele morreu como o homem mais velho de toda a comunidade de Elume. Era uma abominação para alguém ouvir sobre sua morte antes de seu primogênito. Aruegodore deve ser o primeiro a saber e dar seu consentimento para que a morte de seu pai seja geralmente anunciada. Aruegodore deveria realizar todos os ritos...
| Автор | Gift Foraine Amukoyo |