Inhalt: When Rowan stumbles across an ad for a live-in nanny, she's looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss-with a staggeringly generous salary. And when she arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten-by the luxurious "smart" house fitted out with all modern conveniences, by the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and by this picture-perfect family.
What Rowan doesn't know is that she's stepping into a nightmare-one that will end with a child dead and Rebecca in prison awaiting trial for murder.
Writing to her lawyer from prison, Rowan struggles to explain the unravelling events that have led to her incarceration. It wasn't just the constant surveillance from the cameras installed around the house, or the malfunctioning technology that woke the household with booming music, or turned the lights off at the worst possible time. It wasn't just the children, who turned out to be a far cry from the immaculately behaved model children she met at her interview. It wasn't even the way she was left alone for weeks at a time, with no adults around apart from the enigmatic handyman, Jack Grant.
It was everything.
Rowan knows she's made mistakes. She admits that she lied to obtain the post, and that her behavior toward the children wasn't always ideal. She's not innocent, by any means. But, she maintains, she's not guilty-at least not of murder. Which means someone else is. Schlagworte:Nanny, Schottland, Scotland, Thriller, Unschuld Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 343 Seiten Beteiligte:Ware, Ruth Standort: Engl. War ISBN: 978-1-78730-044-6
Inhalt: Lydia and Freddie. Freddie and Lydia. They've been together for almost a decade, and are just about to get married. But then, on Lydia's 27th birthday, Freddie dies in a tragic accident.
Then something unbelievable happens. Lydia gets another chance at her old life with Freddie.
But what if there's someone in her new life who wants her to stay?
A gorgeously romantic love story for fans of PS I Love You and Me Before You, this novel will make you laugh, cry and remind you of what a wonderful gift it is to love and to be loved. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Freundschaft, Liebe, London, Tod, Trauer, Träume Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 433 Seiten Beteiligte:Silver, Josie Standort: Engl. Sil ISBN: 978-0-241-98616-5
Inhalt: Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia, an existence made even more hellish by her status as an outcast among her fellow Africans. And she is approaching womanhood, where greater pain and danger awaits. So when Caesar, a slave recently arrived from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, Cora takes the momenous decision to accompany him on his escape to the North.
Inhalt: For Josh Harper, being in show-business means everything he ever wanted - money, fame, a beautiful wife, and a lead role on the London stage. For Stephen C. McQueen, it means a disastrous career playing passers-by and dead people. Stephen is stuck with an unfortunate name, a hopeless agent, a daughter he barely knows, and a job as understudy to Josh Harper, the 12th Sexiest Man in the World. And when Stephen falls in love with Josh's clever, funny wife Nora, things get even more difficult. But might there yet be a way for Stephen to get his Big Break? THE UNDERSTUDY is a scintillating comedy of ambition, celebrity, jealousy and love.
Wie man Filmstar wird? Über den kleinen Umweg des Ersatzschauspielers - so jedenfalls denkt sich das Stephen C. McQueen. Dem Schauspieler mit erstaunlichem Talent zum Pech - eine eben geschiedene Ehe, eine stagnierende, äußerst fragwürdige Karriere, keine Freunde, eine distanzierte Tochter, eine absolut verwahrloste Wohnung - begegnet auf eben diesem Umweg in Gestalt von Josh Harper sein bislang größtes Übel. Den zwölftsexiesten Mann der Welt und Star des Theaterstücks Verrückt, verworfen und gefährlich gilt es im Notfall, in seiner Rolle als Lord Byron zu ersetzen. Doch: Josh sieht nicht nur fantastisch aus, ist immer witzig, wortgewandt und einnehmend, er ist auch immer pünktlich und bei frustrierend guter Gesundheit. Dass Joshs Frau Nora Stephen ein bisschen zu gut gefällt und er sich mit ihr anfreundet, macht die Sache auch nicht eben einfacher. Schlagworte:Englisch, Englischer Roman, Film, Heiteres, Humor, Männer, Schauspieler Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 406 S. Beteiligte:Nicholls, David Standort: Engl. Nic ISBN: 978-0-340-93521-7
Tess's number one priority has always been her three-year-old daughter Poppy. But splitting up with Poppy's father Jason means that she cannot always be there to keep her daughter safe.
When she finds a disturbing drawing, dark and menacing, among her daughter's brightly coloured paintings, Tess is convinced that Poppy has witnessed something terrible. Something that her young mind is struggling to put into words.
But no one will listen. It's only a child's drawing, isn't it?
Tess will protect Poppy, whatever the price. But when she doesn't know what, or who, she is protecting her from, how can she possibly know who to trust . . . ? Schlagworte:Thriller, Tochter, Trennung, Zeichnung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 452 Seiten Beteiligte:French, Nicci Standort: Engl. Fre ISBN: 978-1-4711-7932-7
Inhalt: 'The Vanishing Half is an utterly mesmerising novel. It seduces with its literary flair, surprises with its breath-taking plot twists, delights with its psychological insights, and challenges us to consider the corrupting consequences of racism on different communities and individual lives. I absolutely loved this book' Bernardine Evaristo, winner of the Booker Prize 2019
The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Ten years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters' story lines intersect?
Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family, from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brit Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration of the American history of passing. Looking well beyond issues of race, The Vanishing Half considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person's decisions, desires, and expectations, and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins. Schlagworte:Afroamerikaner, Geschlechterrolle, Herkunft, Rassismus, Schwestern, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Zwillinge Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 343 Seiten Beteiligte:Bennett, Brit Standort: Engl. Ben ISBN: 978-0-349-70146-2
Inhalt: Evie Nicholson is in love . . . with the past. An antiques appraiser in a London shop, Evie spins fanciful attachments to Victorian picture frames, French champagne glasses, satin evening gloves, and tattered teddy bears¿regardless of their monetary value. Alice Nicholson is in love . . . with Fraser Graham, a dashing Scotsman whom Evie secretly desires. As crisply neat and stylish as Evie is cheerfully cluttered, Alice is a professional organizer determined to pull her sister out of her comfort zone¿and who presents her with an irresistible offer.
As a favor to friends of Fraser¿s family, Evie jumps at the chance to appraise a Scottish castle full of artifacts and heirlooms. What could be more thrilling than roaming the halls of Kettlesheer and uncovering the McAndrews¿ family treasures¿and dusty secrets? But crossing paths with moody heir Robert McAndrew has Evie assessing what she wants the most . . . and at an upcoming candlelight gala, a traditional dance will set her heart reeling. Schlagworte:Antiquitäten, Englischer Roman, Erbstück, Familienkonflikt, Geheimnis, Liebe, Protagonistin, Schottland, Schwestern, Scotland Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 352 Seiten Beteiligte:Browne, Hester Standort: Engl. Bro ISBN: 978-1-78206-565-4
Inhalt: On the eve of his ex's wedding festivities, Drew Nichols is minus a plus one. Until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for a fake girlfriend...
Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is not something Alexa Monroe would normally do. But Drew's proposal proves hard to resist.
After their wedding date turns into a whole weekend of fun in San Francisco, Drew and Alexa return to their all-consuming careers - his in LA and hers in Berkeley. Too bad they can't stop thinking about each other...
It could be the long-distance dating disaster of the century - or Drew and Alexa could be just a flight away from what each of them truly wants. Schlagworte:Fernbeziehung, Freundschaft, Heirat, Hochzeit, Liebe, Lügen, San Francisco Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 310 Seiten Beteiligte:Guillory, Jasmine Standort: Engl. Gui ISBN: 978-1-4722-5587-7
Inhalt: On Harlow Street, the well-to-do families gather for a barbecue. Everything is fabulous until Whitney, the picture-perfect hostess, explodes in fury because her son disobeys her. Before long, that same boy falls from his window in the middle of the night. Then, his mother can only sit by her son's hospital bed, where his life hangs in the balance. Over three tense days, the women of the neighborhood grapple with what led to that terrible night. People-pleasing Blair suspects something isn't as it seems. Rebecca, the ER doctor, has struggled to have a child of her own. And the all-knowing, elderly Mara watches everyone from her front porch. Exploring envy, women's friendships, desire, and the intuitions that we silence, The Whispers is a chilling novel that marks Ashley Audrain as a major talent. Schlagworte:Familie, Frauen, Frauenschicksal, Geheimnis, Intrige, Kinderlosigkeit, Kinderwunsch, Klinik, Krankenhaus, Mutter, Mutter-Kind-Beziehung, Mutter-Sohn-Beziehung, Mutterkomplex, Mutterliebe, Mutterrolle, Mystery, Mütter, Nachbarschaft, Sohn, Unfall, Vorstadt, Ärztin Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 326 Seiten Beteiligte:Audrain, Ashley Standort: Engl. Aud ISBN: 978-0-593-65573-3
Inhalt: We expect our judges to be honest and wise. Their integrity and impartiality are the bedrock of the entire judicial system. We trust them to ensure fair trials, to protect the rights of all litigants, to punish those who do wrong, and to oversee the orderly and efficient flow of justice. But what happens when a judge bends the law or takes a bribe? It¿s rare, but it happens. Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. She is a lawyer, not a cop, and it is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption. But a corruption case eventually crosses her desk. A previously disbarred lawyer is back in business with a new identity. He now goes by the name Greg Myers, and he claims to know of a Florida judge who has stolen more money than all other crooked judges combined. And not just crooked judges in Florida. All judges, from all states, and throughout U.S. history. What¿s the source of the ill-gotten gains? It seems the judge was secretly involved with the construction of a large casino on Native American land. The Coast Mafia financed the casino and is now helping itself to a sizable skim of each month¿s cash. The judge is getting a cut and looking the other way. It¿s a sweet deal: Everyone is making money. But now Greg wants to put a stop to it. His only client is a person who knows the truth and wants to blow the whistle and collect millions under Florida law. Greg files a complaint with the Board on Judicial Conduct, and the case is assigned to Lacy Stoltz, who immediately suspects that this one could be dangerous. Dangerous is one thing. Deadly is something else. Schlagworte:Bestechung, Korruption, Richter, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 374 Seiten Beteiligte:Grisham, John Standort: Engl. Gri ISBN: 978-0-385-54119-0
Inhalt: Balram Halwai is the White Tiger - the smartest boy in his village. His family is too poor to let him complete his education and he has to work in a teashop wiping tables. But Balram gets his break when a rich man hires him as a chauffeur and brings him to New Delhi. As he drives his master to shopping malls and call centres, Balram becomes increasingly aware of immense wealth and opportunity all around him, while knowing that he will never be able to gain access to that world. The more Balram thinks about it, the more he realises that there is only one way he can break into the glamorous new India - by murdering his master. A first-person narrative recited by a murderer, THE WHITE TIGER is as compelling for its subject matter as for the voice of its narrator - amoral, irreverent, and yet deeply endearing.
Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2008 Schlagworte:Gesellschaft, Indien, Man Booker Prize Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 321 Seiten Beteiligte:Adiga, Aravind Standort: Engl. Adi ISBN: 978-1-84887-042-0
Inhalt: When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. You will assume you are reading about a jealous ex-wife. You will assume she is obsessed with her replacement - a beautiful, younger woman who is about to marry the man they both love. You will assume you know the anatomy of this tangled love triangle. Assume nothing.
Twisted and deliciously chilling, Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen's The Wife Between Us exposes the secret complexities of an enviable marriage - and the dangerous truths we ignore in the name of love.
Inhalt: Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker at Thornfield Estates - a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off the side tables of her well-heeled clients.
Meet Eddie. Recently widowed, he has become Thornfield Estates' most mysterious resident - ever since his wife, Bea, drowned in a boating accident with her best friend, their bodies lost to the deep. Jane can't help but see an opportunity in Eddie - not only is he rich, brooding, and handsome, but he could also offer her the kind of protection she craves.
Yet as the two fall for each other, Jane is haunted by the legend of Bea, an ambitious beauty and successful entrepreneur with a rags-to-riches origin story. How can she, plain Jane, ever measure up? And can Jane win Eddie's heart before her past - or his - catches up with her?
Inhalt: Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who's dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his life - he surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to recover from his injuries, beginning to understand that he might never be the same man again, he takes refuge at his family's ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the garden - and as detectives close in, Toby is forced to face the possibility that his past may not be what he has always believed.
A spellbinding standalone from one of the best suspense writers working today, The Witch Elm asks what we become, and what we're capable of, when we no longer know who we are. Schlagworte:Dublin, Erinnerung, Gedächtnislücke, Ireland, Irland, Psychothriller, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 509 Seiten Beteiligte:French, Tana Standort: Engl. Fre ISBN: 978-1-984877-60-4
Inhalt: Vertraue niemandem. Es könnte tödlich sein. Abigail Lowery lebt in einer abgeschiedenen Kleinstadt im Süden der USA. Mithilfe modernster Sicherheitssysteme hat sie ihr Haus in ein wahres Fort Knox verwandelt. Sie vermeidet den Kontakt zu anderen Menschen doch Brooks Gleason, der attraktive Polizeichef des Ortes, ist von der geheimnisvollen jungen Frau fasziniert und kommt ihr gefährlich nahe. Denn Abigail ha t Angst, sich ihren Gefühlen hinzugeben wie in jener schrecklichen Nacht vor zwölf Jahren, die ihr Leben auf dramatische Weise veränderte ... Schlagworte:British English, Englischer Roman, Psychothriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Zeugenschutz Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 488 S. Beteiligte:Roberts, Nora Standort: Engl. Rob ISBN: 978-0-7499-5521-2
Inhalt: Imagine that your husband has two other wives.
You've never met the other wives. None of you know each other, and because of this unconventional arrangement, you can see your husband only one day a week. But you love him so much you don't care. Or at least that's what you've told yourself.
But one day, while you're doing laundry, you find a scrap of paper in his pocket-an appointment reminder for a woman named Hannah, and you just know it's another of the wives.
You thought you were fine with your arrangement, but you can't help yourself: you track her down, and, under false pretenses, you strike up a friendship. Hannah has no idea who you really are. Then, Hannah starts showing up to your coffee dates with telltale bruises, and you realize she's being abused by her husband. Who, of course, is also your husband. But you've never known him to be violent, ever.
Who exactly is your husband, and how far would you go to find the truth? Would you risk your own life?
Inhalt: It would be the journey of a lifetime . . .
'Women can be heroes, too'. When twenty-year-old nursing student, Frances "Frankie" McGrath, hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on California's idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different path for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurses Corps and follows his path.
Inhalt: Lib Wright, a young English nurse, arrives in an impoverished Irish village on a strange mission. Eleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell is said to have eaten nothing for months but appears to be thriving miraculously. Lib's job is simple: to watch the girl and uncover the truth.
An educated sceptic, Lib expects to expose the fast as a hoax right away. But as she gets to know the girl she becomes more and more unsure. Is Anna a fraud, or a "living wonder"? Or is something more sinister unfolding right before Lib's eyes? Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Krankenschwester, Wunder, Wunderkind Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 347 Seiten Beteiligte:Donoghue, Emma Standort: Engl. Don ISBN: 978-1-5098-2078-8
Before moving in with the Crouch family, Juno thought Winnie and her husband, Nigel, had the perfect marriage, the perfect son-the perfect life. Only now that she's living in their beautiful house, she sees the cracks in the crumbling facade are too deep to ignore.
Still, she isn't one to judge. After her grim diagnosis, the retired therapist simply wants a place to live out the rest of her days in peace. But that peace is shattered the day Juno overhears a chilling conversation between Winnie and Nigel...
She shouldn't get involved.
She really shouldn't.
But this could be her chance to make a few things right.
Because if you thought Juno didn't have a secret of her own, then you were wrong about her, too.
From the wickedly dark mind of bestselling author Tarryn Fisher, The Wrong Family is a taut new thriller that's riddled with twists in all the right places. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Familie, Familiendrama, Familiengeheimnis, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 329 Seiten Beteiligte:Fisher, Tarryn Standort: Engl. Fis ISBN: 978-1-5258-0637-7
Inhalt: Vier Jahreszeiten voller Aufbruch, Freundschaft, Liebe und Hoffnung: der neue Roman der jungen irischen Bestsellerautorin, die weltweit Millionen von Lesern begeistert. Jasmine liebt ihre Schwester und ihre Arbeit. Als sie für ein ganzes Jahr freigestellt wird, weiß sie überhaupt nicht mehr, was sie tun soll und wer sie eigentlich ist. Matt braucht seine Familie und den Alkohol. Ohne sie steht er vor dem Abgrund. An Silvester kreuzen sich die Wege von Jasmine und Matt, und zwar absolut unfreiwillig. Doch dann beginnt ein Jahr voll heller Mondnächte, langer Gartentage und berührender Überraschungen ein Jahr, das alles verändert. Eine Geschichte so humorvoll, originell und einfühlsam, wie nur Cecelia Ahern sie schreibt. A thoughtful, captivating and ultimately uplifting novel from this uniquely talented author. When Jasmine is sacked from her dream job she realises that she has nothing else to fill her life. Bored and twitchy, she soon finds herself watching the antics of her neighbour, controversial DJ Matt, with more than a casual eye. Schlagworte:Alkoholabhängigkeit, Alkoholismus, Alkoholsucht, Arbeitslosigkeit, Englischer Roman, Humor, Ireland, Irland, Liebe, Moderator, Neuanfang, Radiosender, Silvester Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 323 S. Beteiligte:Ahern, Cecelia Standort: Engl. Ahe ISBN: 978-0-00-750177-9
From one of America's iconic writers, a portrait of a marriage and a life - in good times and bad - that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child. A stunning book of electric honesty and passion.
Several days before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion saw their only daughter, Quintana, fall ill. At first they thought it was flu, then pneumonia, then complete sceptic shock. She was put into an induced coma and placed on life support. Days later - the night before New Year's Eve -the Dunnes were just sitting down to dinner after visiting the hospital when John suffered a massive and fatal coronary. In a second, this close, symbiotic partnership of 40 years was over. Four weeks later, their daughter pulled through. Two months after that, arriving at LA airport, she collapsed and underwent six hours of brain surgery at UCLA Medical Centre to relieve a massive hematoma.
This powerful book is Didion's 'attempt to make sense of the weeks and then months that cut loose any fixed idea I ever had about death, about illness ... about marriage and children and memory ... about the shallowness of sanity, about life itself'. The result is an exploration of an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a marriage, and a life, in good times and bad. Schlagworte:Biografie, Biographie, Biography, Ehe, Ehemann, Ehepaar, Familie, Krankheit, Schicksalsschlag, Tochter, Tod, Trauer, Trauerbewältigung, Verlust Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 227 Seiten Beteiligte:Didion, Joan Standort: Engl. Did ISBN: 978-0-00-721685-7
Inhalt: Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was fifteen, the youngest of three. She was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. She and her boyfriend made a teenaged golden couple. She was days away from an idyllic post-exams summer vacation, with her whole life ahead of her.
And then she was gone.
Now, her mother Laurel Mack is trying to put her life back together. It's been ten years since her daughter disappeared, seven years since her marriage ended, and only months since the last clue in Ellie's case was unearthed. So when she meets an unexpectedly charming man in a café, no one is more surprised than Laurel at how quickly their flirtation develops into something deeper. Before she knows it, she's meeting Floyd's daughters-and his youngest, Poppy, takes Laurel's breath away.
Because looking at Poppy is like looking at Ellie. And now, the unanswered questions she's tried so hard to put to rest begin to haunt Laurel anew. Where did Ellie go? Did she really run away from home, as the police have long suspected, or was there a more sinister reason for her disappearance? Who is Floyd, really? And why does his daughter remind Laurel so viscerally of her own missing girl? Schlagworte:Thriller, Tochter, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 359 Seiten Beteiligte:Jewell, Lisa Standort: Engl. Jew ISBN: 978-1-5011-5464-5
Inhalt: Wade is a loser. A broke waste of space. A father who gave up on his daughters three years ago. Wade is also a thief. Like the day he climbs through the window, steals his girls back and takes them away in his car. He doesn't want to hurt them. All he wants is to make up for lost time: another shot at being a dad. But Wade can't escape his mistakes. And now a man is on their trail - a man who wants Wade dead. Down the wide, open roads of North Carolina, with summer falling behind them, Wade must protect his children and outrun a terrifying past that is always one step ahead.
2014 winner of the Crime Novel of the Year award Schlagworte:Entführung, North Carolina, Thriller, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 301 Seiten Beteiligte:Cash, Wiley Standort: Engl. Cas ISBN: 978-0-552-77821-3
Inhalt: This summer they'll keep their promise. This summer they won't give into temptation. This summer will be different.
Lucy is the tourist vacationing at a beach house on Prince Edward Island. Felix is the local who shows her a very good time. The only problem: Lucy doesn't know he's her best friend's younger brother. Lucy and Felix's chemistry is unreal, but the list of reasons why they need to stay away from each other is long, and they vow to never repeat that electric night again.
It's easier said than done.
Each year, Lucy escapes to PEI for a big breath of coastal air, fresh oysters and crisp vinho verde with her best friend, Bridget. Every visit begins with a long walk on the beach, beneath soaring red cliffs and a golden sun. And every visit, Lucy promises herself she won't wind up in Felix's bed. Again.
If Lucy can't help being drawn to Felix, at least she's always kept her heart out of it.
When Bridget suddenly flees Toronto a week before her wedding, Lucy drops everything to follow her to the island. Her mission is to help Bridget through her crisis and resist the one man she's never been able to. But Felix's sparkling eyes and flirty quips have been replaced with something new, and Lucy's beginning to wonder just how safe her heart truly is. Schlagworte:Beziehungskomödie, Insel, Junge Frau, Liebe, Sommer, Touristen Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 348 Seiten Beteiligte:Fortune, Carley Standort: Engl. For ISBN: 978-0-593-63888-0
Inhalt: Roksana, heiress to the vampire slayer throne, has performance anxiety. She's supposed to kill Elias, but so far she's only succeeded in maxing out his credit card. Now her failure to stake the brooding vampire has sent her back to Moscow in disgrace to face her mother's wrath. Expecting punishment by death, she's given a rare reprieve. She now has three tasks to complete, the last of which is to finally kill Elias. She will not fail this time. If only the memories of one magical evening-back when Elias was human-would stop holding her back. He claims to have forgotten that night. Why can't she?Three years ago, Elias was a SWAT team member on a guys' weekend in Vegas. Playing poker and minding his own business, his life changed forever when a captivating blonde strolled past his table in a light-up bra. He followed Roksana as if compelled, his very bones demanding he do so, his soul resonating with the belief she would be important to him. Always. That turned out to be a vast understatement-and nothing has changed. Roksana embarks on her mission, determined to win back her mother's approval, but when an astonishing truth emerges in the eleventh hour, will her stake pierce the very heart that beats in her honor? Or will love triumph over duty? Schlagworte:Fantasy, Liebe, Vampir Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 390 Seiten Beteiligte:Bailey, Tessa Standort: Engl. Bai EAN: 9798653723520
Inhalt: A lawyer's advice to his childran as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitude to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hyprisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much. Schlagworte:30er Jahre, Alabama, American English, Dreißiger Jahre, Englischer Roman, Kind, Rassismus, Toleranz, USA Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 309 S. Beteiligte:Lee, Harper Standort: Engl. Lee ISBN: 978-0-09-954948-2
Inhalt: It is summer in St Denis and Bruno is busy with arrangements for the annual village concert.
He has hired a local Périgord folk group, Les Troubadours, to perform their latest hit, 'A song for Catalonia'. But when the song unexpectedly goes viral, the Spanish government clamps down on the Catalonian bid for independence and bans Les Troubadours from performing it. The timing couldn't be worse, and Bruno finds himself under yet more pressure when a specialist sniper's bullet is discovered in a wrecked car near Bergerac. The car was reportedly stolen on the Spanish frontier and the Spanish government sends warning that a group of nationalist extremists may be planning an assassination in France. Bruno immediately suspects that Les Troubadours and their audience might be in danger. Bruno must organise security and ensure that his beloved town and its people are safe - the stakes are high fro France's favourite ploiceman. Schlagworte:Anschlag, Band, Dorf, Extremismus, Frankreich, Katalonien, Konzert, Krimi, Spanien Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 325 Seiten Beteiligte:Walker, Martin Standort: Engl. Wal ISBN: 978-1-5294-1362-5
Inhalt: In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). The fragile young scion of a distinguished family resists betrothal to a worthy suitor, drawn to a charming music teacher of no means. In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older, wealthier partner, hiding his troubled childhood and the fate of his father. And in 2093, in a world riven by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule, a powerful scientist's damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life without him-and solve the mystery of her husband's disappearances.
These three sections are joined in an enthralling and ingenious symphony, as recurring notes and themes deepen and enrich one another: A townhouse in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village; illness, and treatments that come at a terrible cost; wealth and squalor; the weak and the strong; race; the definition of family, and of nationhood; the dangerous righteousness of the powerful, and of revolutionaries; the longing to find a place in an earthly paradise, and the gradual realization that it can't exist. What unites not just the characters, but these Americas, are their reckonings with the qualities that make us human: Fear. Love. Shame. Need. Loneliness.
Inhalt: In Together Tea, Marjan Kamali's delightful and heartwarming debut novel, Darya has discovered the perfect gift for her daughter's twenty-fifth birthday: an ideal husband. Mina, however, is fed up with her mother's years of endless matchmaking and the spreadsheets grading available Iranian-American bachelors. Having spent her childhood in Tehran and the rest of her life in New York City, Mina has experienced cultural clashes firsthand, but she's learning that the greatest clashes sometimes happen at home.
After a last ill-fated attempt at matchmaking, mother and daughter embark on a return journey to Iran. Immersed once again in Persian culture, the two women gradually begin to understand each other. But when Mina falls for a young man who never appeared on her mother's matchmaking radar, will Mina and Darya's new-found appreciation for each other survive?
Inhalt: This is not a romance, but it is about love
Two kids meet in a hospital in 1987. One is visiting her sister, the other is recovering from a car crash. The days and months are long there, but playing together brings joy, escape, fierce competition -- and a special friendship. Then all too soon that time is over, and they must return to their normal lives.
When the pair spot each other eight years later in a crowded train station, they are catapulted back to that moment. The spark is immediate, and together they get to work on what they love - creating virtual worlds to delight, challenge and immerse, finding an intimacy in the digital realm that eludes them in their real lives. Their collaborations make them superstars.
This is the story of the perfect worlds Sadie and Sam build, the imperfect world they live in, and of everything that comes after success: Money. Fame. Duplicity. Tragedy.
Inhalt: A breath-taking psychological suspense about obsession and dangerous love. If you loved Verity, this is the No.1 bestselling book you need to read next . . .
Sloan will go through hell and back for those she loves. And she does so, every single day. Caught up with the alluring Asa Jackson, a notorious drug trafficker, Sloan has finally found a lifeline to cling to, even if it's meant compromising her morals. She was in dire straits trying to pay for her brother's care until she met Asa. But as Sloan became emotionally and economically reliant on him, he in turn developed a disturbing obsession with her - one that becomes increasingly dangerous every day.
When undercover DEA agent Carter enters the picture, Sloan's surprised to feel an immediate attraction between them, despite knowing that if Asa finds out, he will kill him. And Asa has always been a step ahead of everyone in his life, including Sloan. No one has ever gotten in his way.
No one except Carter.
Together, Sloan and Carter must find a way out before it's too late . . . Schlagworte:Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 384 Seiten Beteiligte:Hoover, Colleen Standort: Engl. Hoo ISBN: 978-1-4087-2946-5
Inhalt: Ten minutes after walking into the elite Back Bay town house, investigator Tessa Leoni already doesn't believe what she sees. Signs of an abduction. Clearly the work of professionals. At best, the entire family has been kidnapped. At worst... The more Tessa learns about the Denbe family, the less she likes their chances. What might have looked like the perfect existense - a powerful CEO, his adoring wife, their angelic child - is not what it appears. Husband, wife, daughter - magazine perfect, but each hiding dark secrets ... Tessa knows more than she'd like to about families riddled with lies. What she doesn't know is where the Denbes are and whether any of them is still breathing. She'll have to climb over unbending feds and territorial local cops top find out, and if she's not fast, the Denbes' chances of survival will quickly become little more than ... Schlagworte:Entführung, Geheimnis, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 474 Seiten Beteiligte:Gardner, Lisa Standort: Engl. Gar ISBN: 978-0-451-46584-9
Inhalt: Sam Brandis was Tate Jones's first: Her first love. Her first everything. Including her first heartbreak.
During a whirlwind two-week vacation abroad, Sam and Tate fell for each other in only the way that first loves do: sharing all of their hopes, dreams, and deepest secrets along the way. Sam was the first, and only, person that Tate-the long-lost daughter of one of the world's biggest film stars-ever revealed her identity to. So when it became clear her trust was misplaced, her world shattered for good.
Fourteen years later, Tate, now an up-and-coming actress, only thinks about her first love every once in a blue moon. When she steps onto the set of her first big break, he's the last person she expects to see. Yet here Sam is, the same charming, confident man she knew, but even more alluring than she remembered. Forced to confront the man who betrayed her, Tate must ask herself if it's possible to do the wrong thing for the right reason... and whether "once in a lifetime" can come around twice. Schlagworte:Beziehung, Liebe, Schauspielerin Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 355 Seiten Beteiligte:Lauren, Christina Standort: Engl. Lau ISBN: 978-1-5011-9742-0
Inhalt: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Rosie Project comes a story of taking chances and learning to love again as two people, one mourning her husband and the other recovering from divorce, cross paths on the centuries-old Camino pilgrimage from France to Spain.
"The Chemin will change you. It changes everyone..."
The Chemin, also known as the Camino de Santiago, is a centuries-old pilgrim route that ends in Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain. Every year, thousands of walkers-some devout, many not-follow the route that wends through quaint small villages and along busy highways alike, a journey unlike any other.
Zoe, an artist from California who's still reeling from her husband's sudden death, has impulsively decided to walk the Camino, hoping to find solace and direction. Martin, an engineer from England, is road-testing a cart of his own design...and recovering from a messy divorce. They begin in the same French town, each uncertain of what the future holds. Zoe has anticipated the physical difficulties of her trek, but she is less prepared for other challenges, as strangers and circumstances force her to confront not just recent loss, but long-held beliefs. For Martin, the pilgrimage is a test of his skills and endurance but also, as he and Zoe grow closer, of his willingness to trust others-and himself-again.
Smart and funny, insightful and romantic, Two Steps Forward reveals that the most important journeys we make aren't measured in miles, but in the strength, wisdom, and love found along the way. Fans of The Rosie Project will recognize Graeme Simsion's uniquely quirky and charming writing style. Schlagworte:Freundschaft, Jakobsweg, Liebe, Neuanfang, Pilger, Pilgerreise, Pilgerweg, Reise, Selbstbild, Selbstfindung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 353 Seiten, Karte Beteiligte:Simsion, Graeme, Buist, Anne Standort: Engl. Sim ISBN: 978-0-06-284311-1
Inhalt: "Ich habe das Gefühl, unsere Ehe ist am Ende, Douglas. Ich glaube, ich will dich verlassen", verkündet Connie eines Nachts ihrem darauf absolut unvorbereiteten Ehemann Douglas. Nach über zwanzig Jahren glücklicher Ehe sei der ideale Zeitpunkt für eine Trennung und einen Neuanfang gekommen - jetzt, wo auch ihr Sohn Albie bald ausziehe. Doch der letzten gemeinsamen, bereits geplanten Reise, der Grand Tour durch bedeutende Städte Europas - Paris, Amsterdam, München, Venedig, Florenz, Madrid, Barcelona -, soll laut Connie dennoch nichts im Wege stehen. Unterwegs erinnert sich Douglas an ihre zahlreichen Erlebnisse und an die verschiedenen Phasen ihrer Beziehung und hofft, seine Frau auf dieser Reise zurückzugewinnen und zugleich die Beziehung zu seinem Sohn vertiefen zu können - ein ambitioniertes Unterfangen, das trotz akribischer Planung unerwartete Wendungen nimmt. David Nicholls brings to bear all the wit and intelligence that graced One Day in this brilliant, bittersweet new book, which will delight his fans and bring him many new readers. A novel about love and family, husbands and wives, parents and children, its publication will undoubtedly be one of the major events in the world of books in 2014. Schlagworte:Beziehung, Ehe, Ehekonflikt, England, Englischer Roman, Europa, Europe, Familie, Familienreisen, Neuanfang, Reise, Rettung, Trennung, Vater-Sohn-Beziehung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 395 S. Beteiligte:Nicholls, David Standort: Engl. Nic ISBN: 978-0-340-89700-3
Inhalt: With the haunting emotional power of American Dirt and the atmospheric suspense of Where the Crawdads Sing: a compulsive debut novel that explores the aftershock of a brutal crime on the women of a small Texas oil town. Mercy is hard in a place like this. I wished him dead before I ever saw his face... Mary Rose Whitehead isn't looking for trouble - but when it shows up at her front door, she finds she can't turn away. Corinne Shepherd, newly widowed, wants nothing more than to mind her own business, and for everyone else to mind theirs. But when the town she has spent years rebelling against closes ranks she realises she is going to have to take a side. Debra Ann is motherless and lonely and in need of a friend. But in a place like Odessa, Texas, choosing who to trust can be a dangerous game. Gloria Ramirez, fourteen years old and out of her depth, survives the brutality of one man only to face the indifference and prejudices of many. When justice is as slippery as oil, and kindness becomes a hazardous act, sometimes courage is all we have to keep us alive. Schlagworte:70er Jahre, Diskriminierung, Erdöl, Frauen, Frauenschicksal, Oil, Rassendiskriminierung, Siebziger Jahre, Texas, Verbrechen, Öl Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 308 Seiten Beteiligte:Wetmore, Elizabeth Standort: Engl. Wet ISBN: 978-0-06-291326-5
Inhalt: Als die Vampirin Arianne in einer Höhle Zuflucht vor dem Morgengrauen sucht, stolpert sie über den verletzten Amerikaner Gareth. Er weckt heftiges Verlangen in ihr und ihre Gefühle geraten völlig durcheinander. Als ihr Erzfeind sie aufstöbert, riskiert Arianne alles, um Gareth zu schützen. Doch hat ihre Liebe eine Chance?
Inhalt: The inimitable Richard Jury returns in the latest in the bestselling mystery series: "Martha Grimes has written a whodunit with terrific characters and a grand plot mixed with her unique droll wit. Vertigo 42 is one smart mystery!" (Susan Isaacs, bestselling author of Goldberg Variations )
Richard Jury is meeting Tom Williamson at Vertigo 42, a bar on the forty-second floor of an office building in London's financial district. Despite inconclusive evidence, Tom is convinced his wife, Tess, was murdered seventeen years ago. The inspector in charge of the case was sure Tess's death was accidental-a direct result of vertigo-but the official police inquiry is still an open verdict and Jury agrees to re-examine the case.
Jury learns that a nine-year-old girl fell to her death five years before Tess at the same place in Devon where Tess died, at a small house party. Jury seeks out the five surviving party guests, who are now adults, hoping they can shed light on this bizarre coincidence. Ultimately, four deaths-two in the past, two that occur on the pages of this intricate, compelling novel-keep Richard Jury and his sidekick Sergeant Wiggins running from their homes in Islington to the countryside in Devon and to London as they try to figure out if the deaths were accidental or not. And, if they are connected.
Witty, well-written, with literary references from Thomas Hardy to Yeats, Vertigo 42 is a pitch perfect, page-turning novel from a mystery writer at the top of her game. Schlagworte:American English, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Krimi, London Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 435 Seiten Beteiligte:Grimes, Martha Standort: Engl. Gri ISBN: 978-1-4767-2405-8
Viewfinder : Literatur ; English language teaching Science Fiction Stories Ten Short Stories Langenscheidt-Longmann, München (2006)
Standort: Engl. Sci
Inhalt: Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone in harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations, where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress.... Huxley's ingenious fantasy of the future sheds a blazing light on the present and is considered to be his most enduring masterpiece. Schlagworte:Außenseiter, British English, Englischer Roman, Totalitarismus, Zukunftsvision Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 229 S. Beteiligte:Huxley, Aldous Standort: Engl. Hux ISBN: 978-0-09-947746-4
Inhalt: It's been a year since Billy Flanagan - a beautiful, charismatic Berkeley mom with an enviable life - went on a solo hike in Desolation Wilderness and vanished from the trail. Her body was never found, just a shattered cellphone and a solitary hiking boot. Her husband and teenage daughter have been coping with Billie's death the best they can: Jonathan drinks as he works on a loving memoir about his marriage; Olive grows remote, from both her father and her friends at the all-girls school she attends. But then Olive starts having strange visions of her mother, still alive. Jonathan worries about Olive's emotional stability, until he starts unearthing secrets from Billie's past that bring into question everything he thought he understood about his wife. Who was the woman he knew as Billie Flanagan? Together, Olive and Jonathan embark on a quest for the truth - about Billie, but also about themselves, learning, in the process, about all the ways that love can distort what we choose to see. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Lügen, Thriller, Vergangenheit, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 358 Seiten Beteiligte:Brown, Janelle Standort: Engl. Bro ISBN: 978-0-8129-8946-5
Inhalt: Who knows you better than your best friend? Who knows your secrets, your fears, your desires, your strange imperfect self?
Edi and Ash have been best friends for over forty years. Since childhood they have seen each other through life's milestones: stealing vodka from their parents, the Madonna phase, REM concerts, unexpected wakes, marriages, infertility, children. As Ash notes, 'Edi's memory is like the back-up hard drive for mine.' So when Edi is diagnosed with cancer, Ash's world reshapes around the rhythms of Edi's care, from making watermelon ice cubes to music therapy; from snack smuggling to impromptu excursions into the frozen winter night. Because life is about squeezing the joy out of every moment, about building a powerhouse of memories, about learning when to hold on, and when to let go. Schlagworte:Alter, Frauen, Freunde, Freundin, Freundschaft, Krankheit, Krebs, Trauer Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 209 Seiten Beteiligte:Newman, Catherine Standort: Engl. New ISBN: 978-1-5291-7722-0
Inhalt: "Hattest du als Kind auch diesen Moment, in dem dir plötzlich klar wurde, dass deine Familie verrückt ist?"
Es war einmal ein Haus mit einem Garten, in dem wohnten ein Apfelbaum, ein Bach und ein kleine Katze mit mondgelben Augen. Hier wachsen drei Kinder auf: Rosemary, ihre ungestüme Schwester Fern und ihr großer Bruder Lowell. Sie könnten eine ganz normale Familie sein. Wäre ihr Vater nicht Wissenschaftler, und wäre Fern nicht ein ganz besonderes kleines Mädchen, das Wachsmalstifte verspeist, den perfekten Rückwärtssalto beherrscht und lacht wie eine Säge. Jahre nach Ferns Verschwinden erzählt Rosemary nun deren Geschichte. Denn erzählen war das Einzige, was Fern nie konnte. "Die wundersame Reise ins Herz einer Familie. Am Ende bricht das Buch dem Leser nicht einfach das Herz - es nimmt sein Herz und gibt es nicht mehr zurück." Dan Chaon "Mein Lieblingsbuch des Jahres." Elizabeth George From the bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club, the story of an American family, middle class in middle America, ordinary in every way but one. But that exception is the beating heart of this extraordinary novel. It's funny, clever, intimate, honest, analytical and swirling with ideas that will come back to bite you. You can't choose your family, but they can make choices for you. Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Familie, Geschwister, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Verschwinden, Wissenschaftler Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 320 S. Beteiligte:Fowler, Karen Joy Standort: Engl. Fow ISBN: 978-1-78125-295-6
Inhalt: A scandalous revelation is about to devastate a picturesque town where the houses are immaculate and the neighborhoods are tightly knit. Devoted mother Cora O'Connell has found the journal of her friend Laurel's daughter-a beautiful college student who lives next door-revealing an illicit encounter. Hours later, Laurel makes a shattering discovery of her own: her daughter has vanished without a trace. Over the course of one weekend, the crises of two close families are about to trigger a chain reaction that will expose a far more disturbing web of secrets. Now everything is at stake as they're forced to confront the lies they have told in order to survive. Schlagworte:Betrug, Ehe, Ehebruch, Familie, Familiendrama, Familiengeheimnis, Geheimnis, Gesellschaft, Intrige, Mütter, Skandal, Verschwinden, Vorstadt Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 337 Seiten Beteiligte:Sise, Katie Standort: Engl. Sis ISBN: 978-1-5039-0361-6
Inhalt: "You've just had a holiday.", I pointed out, trying not to yawn. "Wasn't that enough of a break?" "I don't mean that kind of break."
There's nothing worse than the last day of holiday. Oh wait, there is. When what should have been a proposal turns into a break, Liv and Adam find themselves on opposite sides of the life they had mapped out. Friends and family all think they're crazy: Liv throws herself into work - animals are so much simpler than humans - and Adam tries to get himself out of the hole he's dug. But as the short break becomes a chasm, can they find a way back to each other? Most importantly, do they want do? Schlagworte:Beziehung, Beziehungsproblem, Krise, Liebe Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 404 Seiten Beteiligte:Kelk, Lindsey Standort: Engl. Kel ISBN: 978-0-00-758243-3
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