Inhalt: A missing child June 1933, and the Edevane family's country house, Loeanneth, is polished and gleaming, ready for the much-anticipated Midsummer Eve party. Alice Edevane, sixteen years old and a budding writer, is especially excited. Not only has she worked out the perfect twist for her novel, she's also fallen helplessly in love with someone she shouldn't. But by the time midnight strikes and fireworks light up the night skies, the Edevane family will have suffered a loss so great that they leave Loeanneth forever.
An abandoned house Seventy years later, after a particularly troubling case, Sadie Sparrow is sent on an enforced break from her job with the Metropolitan Police. She retreats to her beloved grandfather's cottage in Cornwall but soon finds herself at a loose end. Until one day, Sadie stumbles upon an abandoned house surrounded by overgrown gardens and dense woods, and learns the story of a baby boy who disappeared without a trace.
An unsolved mystery Meanwhile, in the attic writing room of her elegant Hampstead home, the formidable Alice Edevane, now an old lady, leads a life as neatly plotted as the bestselling detective novels she writes. Until a young police detective starts asking questions about her family's past, seeking to resurrect the complex tangle of secrets Alice has spent her life trying to escape. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 599 Seiten Beteiligte:Morton, Kate Standort: Engl. Mor ISBN: 978-1-5098-1646-0
Inhalt: Lou Clark weiß eine ganze Menge. So kennt sie zum Beispiel ganz genau die Summe der Schritte von der Bushaltestelle bis nach Hause. Sie weiß, dass sie gerne im Teeladen arbeitet und dass sie ihren Freund Patrick möglicherweise gar nicht liebt. Will Traynor weiß, dass der Motorradunfall, ihm die Freude am Leben genommen hat- alles fühlt sich nun klein und ohne Sinn an. Doch er weiß, wie er dem ein Ende bereiten wird. Sie beide haben nicht die geringste Ahnung, dass sich ihrer beider Leben für immer verändern wird. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 498 S. Beteiligte:Moyes, Jojo Standort: Engl. Moy ISBN: 978-0-7181-5783-8
Inhalt: THE SEQUEL TO THE WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON ME BEFORE YOU Lou Clark has lots of questions.Like how it is she's ended up working in an airport bar, spending every shift watching other people jet off to new places.Or why the flat she's owned for a year still doesn't feel like home.Whether her close-knit family can forgive her for what she did eighteen months ago.And will she ever get over the love of her life.What Lou does know for certain is that something has to change.Then, one night, it does.But does the stranger on her doorstep hold the answers Lou is searching for - or just more questions?Close the door and life continues: simple, ordered, safe.Open it and she risks everything.But Lou once made a promise to live. And if she's going to keep it, she has to invite them in . . .'A tender, funny and hopeful look at love, grief and life. Bumper box of tissues required' Stylist Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 406 S. Beteiligte:Moyes, Jojo Standort: Engl. Moy ISBN: 978-0-7181-7701-0
Inhalt: Zwei Paare getrennt durch ein Jahrhundert, verbunden durch ein Gemälde. Während um sie herum der Erste Weltkrieg tobt, versucht Sophie stark zu sein für ihre Familie, für ihren Mann Édouard, der auf Seiten Frankreichs kämpft. Nur ein Gemälde ist ihr geblieben, das sie an ihr gemeinsames Glück erinnert. Ein Porträt, das Édouard einst von ihr malte. Und das ihn jetzt retten soll Hundert Jahre später. Liv trauert um ihren Mann David. Vor vier Jahren ist er gestorben, viel zu früh. Livs kostbarster Besitz: ein Gemälde, das er ihr einst schenkte. Der Maler: Édouard. Das Modell: Sophie. Als ihr dieses Gemälde genommen werden soll, ist sie bereit, alles zu opfern. Auch das eigene Glück The hauntingly romantic and utterly irresistible new weepy from Jojo Moyes. What happened to the girl you left behind? In 1916 French artist Edouard Lefevre leaves his wife Sophie to fight at the Front. When her town falls into German hands, his portrait of Sophie stirs the heart of the local Kommandant and causes her to risk everything - her family, reputation and life - in the hope of seeing her true love one last time. Nearly a century later and Sophie's portrait is given to Liv by her young husband shortly before his sudden death. Its beauty speaks of their short life together, but when the painting's dark and passion-torn history is revealed, Liv discovers that the first spark of love she has felt since she lost him is threatened ... In "The Girl You Left Behind" two young women, separated by a century, are united in their determination to fight for the thing they love most - whatever the cost. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 539 S. Beteiligte:Moyes, Jojo Standort: Engl. Moy ISBN: 978-0-7181-5784-5
Inhalt: When journalist Ellie looks through her newspaper's archives for a story, she doesn't think she'll find anything of interest. Instead she discovers a letter from 1960, written by a man asking his lover to leave her husband - and Ellie is caught up in the intrigue of a past love affair. Despite, or perhaps because of her own romantic entanglements with a married man. In 1960, Jennifer wakes up in hospital after a car accident. She can't remember anything - her husband, her friends, who she used to be. And then, when she returns home, she uncovers a hidden letter, and begins to remember the lover she was willing to risk everything for. Ellie and Jennifer's stories of passion, adultery and loss are wound together in this richly emotive novel - interspersed with real 'last letters'. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 489 S. Beteiligte:Moyes, Jojo Standort: Engl. Moy ISBN: 978-0-340-96164-3
Inhalt: Suppose your life sucks. Your husband has done a vanishing act, your stepson is being bullied and your daughter has a once in a lifetime opportunity ... that you can't afford to pay for. A novel by the brilliant Jojo Moyes, author of "Me before you". Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 512 S. Beteiligte:Moyes, Jojo Standort: Engl. Moy ISBN: 978-0-7181-7905-2
Inhalt: Nominated for the Romantic Novel of the Year 2005.
The captivating novel from RNA prize winner Jojo Moyes - based on a true story, beautifully repackaged to be published alongside Jojo's new stunning and emotionally fulfilling paperback, Silver Bay .
The year is 1946, and all over the world young women are crossing the seas in their thousands en route to the men they married in wartime, and an unknown future.
In Sydney, Australia, four women join 650 other brides on an extraordinary voyage to England - aboard HMS Victoria, which still carries not just arms and aircraft but a thousand naval officers and men.
Rules of honour, duty, and separation are strictly enforced, from the aircraft carrier's Captain down to the lowliest young stoker. But the men and the brides will find their lives intertwined in ways the Navy could never have imagined.
And Frances Mackenzie - the enigmatic young bride whose past comes back to haunt her thousands of miles from home - will find that sometimes the journey is more important than the destination. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 482 S. Beteiligte:Moyes, Jojo Standort: Engl. Moy ISBN: 978-0-340-96038-7
Ist Steve mitschuldig am Tod eines Mannes? Ein packender Gerichtsroman Der 16-jährige Steve ist einer von vier Angeklagten, die des Totschlags an einem Drugstore-Besitzer beschuldigt werden. Im Gegensatz zu seinen Mitangeklagten ist er zuvor polizeilich nie aufgefallen. Er kommt aus einer rechtschaffenen Familie und ist viel versprechendes Mitglied des Filmklubs seiner Schule. Und doch gibt es Hinweise, dass er an einem Raubüberfall beteiligt war, in dessen Folge der Drugstore-Besitzer erschossen wurde. Steve erzählt die Geschehnisse rund um die elftägige Gerichtsverhandlung aus seiner Zelle und dem Verhandlungssaal auf zwei Arten: sein Tagebuch und ein Drehbuch, das er über die Verhandlung schreibt. Während seine Tagebucheintragungen einen Jugendlichen zeigen, den die Verhältnisse im Gefängnis zutiefst ängstigen und der sich immer wieder die Frage stellt, ob er tatsächlich das Monster ist, als das ihn der Staatsanwalt hinstellt, ermöglicht das Drehbuch einen objektiven Blick auf die Verhandlung. Schnell ist der Leser in der Rolle des Geschworenen, der mit darüber zu entscheiden hat, ob Steve lebenslang hinter Gitter soll. Doch was hat er getan? Diese Frage durchzieht den Prozess und somit das Buch. Er hat sich mit den falschen Leuten eingelassen, so viel steht bald fest. Doch kann man schuldig werden, indem man nichts tut? Denn das war das vereinbarte Zeichen: Steve sollte den Drugstore auskundschaften und dann, ohne ein Zeichen zu geben, herauskommen, wenn die Luft rein war. Kann man schuldig werden, indem man nichts tut? Diese zutiefst moralische Frage bleibt bestehen, nachdem Steve freigesprochen worden ist, und wird den Leser auch nach dem Abspann des imaginären Films nicht loslassen. Walter Dean Myers erhielt für "Monster! Monster?" zahlreiche Auszeichnungen, darunter den "Corretta Scott King Award" und den von der American Library Association vergebenen "Michael L. Printz Award". Außerdem kam er auf die Auswahlliste zum "National Book Award". Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 281 S. Beteiligte:Myers, Walter Dean Standort: Engl. Mye ISBN: 978-0-06-440731-1
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. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 406 S. Beteiligte:Nicholls, David Standort: Engl. Nic ISBN: 978-0-340-93521-7
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. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 395 S. Beteiligte:Nicholls, David Standort: Engl. Nic ISBN: 978-0-340-89700-3
Inhalt: Kennedy Marr is a writer, a borderline alcoholic and a sex addict. When he becomes the unlikely recipient of a prestigious writing prize, he is contracted to spend a year teaching creative writing, and finds himself reconsidering his precarious lifestyle. Exploring the mid-life crisis and the contemporary male psyche, this is an explosive new work from the bestselling author of KILL YOUR FRIENDS. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 374 S. Beteiligte:Niven, John Standort: Engl. Niv ISBN: 978-0-09-959215-0
Inhalt: Emily Maxwell is a widow whose grown children have long moved away. When her sister-in-law and sole companion, Arlene, faints at their favorite breakfast buffet, Emily's life changes in unexpected ways. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 255 S. Beteiligte:O'Nan, Stewart Standort: Engl. O'Na ISBN: 978-0-670-02235-9
Inhalt: It was the summer when, without warning, college bound Kim Larsen disappears from the quiet Lake Erie town. As time passes and local search parties give way to wider televisions appearences, private investigations unearth dirty secrets, those closest to Kim struggle to maintain hope, and, finally, as the news cameras turn away, to hang on both her and themselves. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 287 S. Beteiligte:O'Nan, Stewart Standort: Engl. O'Na ISBN: 978-0-14-311602-8
Inhalt: Bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates blends sexual violence, racism, brutality, and power in an incendiary novel. When a fourteen-year-old girl is the alleged victim of a terrible act of racial violence, the incident shocks and galvanises her community, exacerbating the racial tension that has been simmering in this New Jersey town for decades. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 308 S. Beteiligte:Oates, Joyce Carol Standort: Engl. Oat ISBN: 978-0-00-811486-2
Inhalt: Die Tiere auf der Manor Farm haben die Schnauze voll davon, dass ihre menschlichen Herren sie ausbeuten. Unter dem alten Keiler Old Major, der den Tieren die Produkte ihrer Arbeit zukommen lassen möchte, planen sie die Revolution. Als Old Major stirbt, übernehmen die beiden Schweine Schneeball und Napoleon die Führung. Gemeinsam gehen die Tiere auf die Barrikaden und vertreiben die Menschen schließlich von der Farm. Doch Napoleon ist seine neue Macht zu Kopf gestiegen. Unter dem Deckmantel der neuen Gleichberechtigung aller Tiere baut Napoleon eine brutale und korrupte Gesellschaft auf. Seine Vorstellung von einem vermeintlich neuen System lautet: Alle Tiere sind gleich, aber einige Tiere sind gleicher als andere ...
"Animal Farm" is a dystopian novella in the form of an allegory by George Orwell. Published in England on 17 August 1945, the book reflects events leading up to and during the Stalin era before World War II. Orwell, a democratic socialist and a member of the Independent Labour Party for many years, was a critic of Joseph Stalin and was suspicious of Moscow-directed Stalinism after his experiences with the NKVD during the Spanish Civil War. In a letter to Yvonne Davet, Orwell described Animal Farm as his novel "contre Stalin". The original title was "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story", but A Fairy Story was dropped by the US publishers for its 1946 publication. Of all the translations during Orwell's lifetime, only Telugu kept the original title. Other variations in the title include: A Satire and A Contemporary Satire. Orwell suggested for the French translation the title Union des républiques socialistes animales, recalling the French name of the Soviet Union, Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques, and which abbreviates URSA, which means "bear" in Latin
(c) 1996-2013 KNV Koch, Neff & Volckmar GmbH, Stuttgart Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 117 S. Beteiligte:Orwell, George Standort: Engl. Orw
Inhalt: George Orwell's picture of a world in which personal freedom is denied, where lies replace truth and where resistance is punished by torture, is one of the most powerful satires ever written. When Winston Smith rebels against the authority of Big Brother and his treachery is uncovered, he must be made to suffer the consequences. Das Wort "Big brother ist watching you!" ist allgemein bekannt. Es ist Synonym für den perfekten Überwachungsstaat, für das Ende jeder Individualität und Menschlichkeit, für das Eindringen eines Herrschaftsbereichs in die Intimsphäre und sogar in die Gedanken geworden. Mit "1984", seinem letzten Roman, den George Orwell 1948 kurz vor seinem Tod veröffentlichte, wurde der Verfasser der wohl bekanntesten Schreckens-Utopie des 20. Jahrhunderts populär. Die Anti-Utopie, eingebettet in die totalitären Erfahrungen des Stalinismus wie auch des Faschismus in Spanien und des Nationalismus in Deutschland, aber auch des britischen Imperialismus, muss als Absage an jedwede Form von Totalitarismus gesehen werden. Orwell verstand das Buch ebenso wie seine Satire "Farm der Tiere" als Negativfolie für einen demokratischen Sozialismus. Das Jahr 1984 ist zwar vergangen, ohne dass sich die Schreckensvisionen erfüllt hätten, an Aktualität hat dieses Werk trotzdem kein bisschen verloren. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 329 S. Beteiligte:Orwell, George Standort: Engl. Orw
Inhalt: Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award 2012 and the Albatros Literaturpreis 2014
Die bewegende Geschichte einer Gruppe von Frauen auf einer Reise ins Ungewisse ... Mit leiser Wehmut, vielen Fragen und großen Hoffnungen im Gepäck überqueren sie den Ozean: junge Japanerinnen, die Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts ihre Heimat verlassen, um in Kalifornien japanische Einwanderer zu heiraten. Bis zu ihrer Ankunft kennen die Frauen ihre zukünftigen Männer nur von den strahlenden Fotos der Heiratsvermittler, und auch sonst haben sie äußerst vage Vorstellungen von Amerika. Die Überfahrt wird zu einer seltsamen, oft traumartigen Passage zwischen zwei Welten - und die Ankunft in Amerika zu einem abrupten Erwachen in der Fremde, in der kaum etwas so ist wie erwartet ...
Presents the stories of six Japanese mail-order brides whose new lives in early twentieth-century San Francisco are marked by backbreaking migrant work, cultural struggles, children who reject their heritage, and the prospect of wartime internment.
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award For Fiction National Book Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist A New York Times Notable Book
A gorgeous novel by the celebrated author of When the Emperor Was Divine that tells the story of a group of young women brought from Japan to San Francisco as "picture brides" nearly a century ago. In eight unforgettable sections, The Buddha in the Attic traces the extraordinary lives of these women, from their arduous journeys by boat, to their arrival in San Francisco and their tremulous first nights as new wives; from their experiences raising children who would later reject their culture and language, to the deracinating arrival of war. Once again, Julie Otsuka has written a spellbinding novel about identity and loyalty, and what it means to be an American in uncertain times. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 129 S. Beteiligte:Otsuka, Julie Standort: Engl. Ots ISBN: 978-0-307-74442-5
Inhalt: The final stunning book in the Inheritance cycle featuring Eragon and his dragon Saphira. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 1142 S. Beteiligte:Paolini, Christopher Standort: Engl. Pao ISBN: 978-0-307-97664-2
Inhalt: Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training. It is the journey of a lifetime. But chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and Eragon isn't sure whom he can trust. Meanwhile, his cousin Roran, must fight a new battle home in Cornwall - one that puts Eragon in grat danger. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 681 S. Beteiligte:Paolini, Christopher Standort: Engl. Pao
Inhalt: When Eragon, a poor farm boy, finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it will buy his family food for the winter. But when the stone brings a baby dragon, Eragon soon realises he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. He is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic and power. Can Eragon take up the mantle of the Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands..... Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 517 S. Beteiligte:Paolini, Christopher Standort: Engl. Pao
Inhalt: Forces collide in Book III of the phenomenally successful Inheritance Cycle. Eragon represents the greatest hope for a better Alagaesia. Can this once simple farm boy rise to become a leader who can unite the rebel forces and defeat the King? Following the colossal battle against the Empire's warriors on the Burning Plains, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives. Still there is more at hand for the Rider and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound by a tangle of promises he may not be able to keep, including Eragon's oath to his cousin Roran to help rescue Roran's beloved, Katrina, from King Galbatorix's clutches.But Eragon owes his loyalty to others, too. The Varden are in desperate need of his talents and strength, as are the elves and dwarves. When unrest claims the rebels and danger strikes from every corner, Eragon must make choices - choices that take him across the Empire and beyond, choices that may lead to unimagined sacrifice.
Ages 12 and up Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 763 S. Beteiligte:Paolini, Christopher Standort: Engl. Pao ISBN: 978-0-385-60791-9
Inhalt: York restaurant. But the interview is cut short by a horrific murder that takes place just yards from their table. The assassin escapes as quickly as he entered, leaving behind him a chaotic scene and a bloody corpse.
While Nick is reviewing the tapes from his interview, he stumbles upon a piece of evidence that could be crucial to the murder investigation. But something about the whole scenario doesn't fit together. As Nick investigates the clues for himself, he realises that someone is watching his every move - and they will stop at nothing to prevent Nick from discovering the truth. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 471 S. Beteiligte:Patterson, James Standort: Engl. Pat ISBN: 978-0-09-952534-9
Inhalt: Abbie and her three best friends step off of a private helicopter into a luxurious hotel, and enjoy four days of pampering and partying. Then they wake up on a yacht, surrounded by police, accused of the foulest crime imaginable, and the vacation of a lifetime becomes a fight for survival. GUILTY WIVES is the ultimate indulgence - a non-stop joy-ride of friendship, danger and betrayal. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 424 S. Beteiligte:Patterson, James Standort: Engl. Pat ISBN: 978-1-84605-790-8
Inhalt: Detective Alex Cross is ripped away from his family on Christmas Eve and that s nothing compared to what awaits him on Christmas Day On the night before Christmas, Detective Alex Cross is at home celebrating with his family. But when Alex s phone rings, he knows that this won t be a merry Christmas. A father has taken his children and ex-wife hostage. Armed to the teeth and high on crystal meth, Henry Fowler is dangerously unstable. The lives of everyone in that house are hanging by a thread.
As this suburban nightmare is unfolding, another far greater threat is approaching. It will be a terrorist attack like Washington DC has never seen, and when nobody expects it. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 417 S. Beteiligte:Patterson, James Standort: Engl. Pat ISBN: 978-0-09-957645-7
Inhalt: This is an action-packed political thriller full of secrets, lies and a deadly conspiracy How well can you ever really know someone?
As Ben Casper watches his best friend plummet from her sixth-floor apartment balcony, he realises his life is about to change. Diana had no reason to kill herself, she had to have been pushed.
Diana worked for the CIA, so the investigation into her death is kept tightly under wraps. But Ben is a political journalist, and can feel that something isn't right.
Ben starts investigating for himself and soon discovers Diana was leading a double life he knew nothing about. But when more people involved die in questionable circumstances, it's clear that someone doesn't want the truth to be uncovered. And unless Ben drops his investigation, he could be next... Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 502 S. Beteiligte:Patterson, James Standort: Engl. Pat ISBN: 978-0-09-957422-4
Inhalt: Thom and Jennifer Harlow are the perfect couple, and two of the worlds biggest movie stars. When they disappear, facts are hard to find, and even world-renowned Private Investigator Jack Morgan cant get to the truth. But as he keeps probing, he discovers that the couple have been living in a world of deception. Fast-paced and gripping, this is a brilliant addition to the Private series. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 501 S. Beteiligte:Patterson, James Standort: Engl. Pat ISBN: 978-0-09-957415-6
Inhalt: Everyone thinks Emmy Dockery is crazy. Obsessed with finding the link between hundreds of unsolved cases, Emmy has taken leave from her job as an FBI researcher. Now all she has are the newspaper clippings that wallpaper her bedroom, and her recurring nightmares of an all-consuming fire.
Not even Emmy's ex-boyfriend, field agent Harrison "Books" Bookman, will believe her that hundreds of kidnappings, rapes, and murders are all connected. That is, until Emmy finds a piece of evidence he can't afford to ignore. More murders are reported by the day--and they're all inexplicable. No motives, no murder weapons, no suspects. Could one person really be responsible for these unthinkable crimes? Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 485 Seiten Beteiligte:Patterson, James, Ellis, David Standort: Engl. Pat ISBN: 978-0-09-959453-6
Inhalt: The seventh novel in James Patterson's bestselling series featuring Detective Michael Bennett Detective Michael Bennett is coming home to New York. And a world of unimaginable evil awaits. Having brought an end to the vengeful mission of the ruthless crime lord who forced the Bennett family into hiding, Michael is finally back in New York City. However, Bennett is thrust straight back into a horrifying case: a witness claims to have seen a group of well-dressed men holding a sickeningly depraved and murderous gathering in a condemned building. The report reads like the product of an overactive imagination. But when a charred body is found in that very same building, the unbelievable claim becomes all too real... Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 474 S. Beteiligte:Patterson, James, Ledwidge, Michael Standort: Engl. Pat ISBN: 978-0-09-957405-7
Inhalt: At a glittering launch party overlooking the iconic Opera House, Private throws open the doors to its Sydney office. But there's little time for celebrating. Within days the agency's caseload is full, and a series of horrific murders in the wealthy Eastern Suburbs stretches the team to the limit. PRIVATE DOWN UNDER is another thrilling addition to the bestselling PRIVATE series. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 452 S. Beteiligte:Patterson, James; White, Michael Standort: Engl. Pat
Inhalt: Charlotte O'Keefe's much-longed-for, adored daughter Willow is born with osteogenesis imperfecta, a very severe form of brittle bone disease. One stumble could force her to spend months in a body cast. Willow's condition is an expensive one, and her family faces financial ruin. Then Charlotte is offered a lifeline. She could file a "wrongful birth" suit against her obstrician, in the hope of receiving a monetary payout which would secure Willow's future. But the doctor she would be suing is Charlotte's best friend... Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 551 S. Beteiligte:Picoult, Jodi Standort: Engl. Pic ISBN: 978-0-340-97904-4
Inhalt: For more than a decade Jenna Metcalf has never stopped thinking about her mother, Alice, who mysteriously disappeared in the wake of a tragic accident. Refusing to believe that she would be abandoned as a young child, Jenna searches for her mother regularly online and pores over the pages of Alice's old journals. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 398 S. Beteiligte:Picoult, Jodi Standort: Engl. Pic ISBN: 978-1-4447-7815-1
Inhalt: The Golds and the Hearts have been neighbours and freinds for years and it came as no surprise when their teenage children, Chris and Emily formed a relationship. But now seventeen-year-old Emily id dead, shot with a gun Chris took from his father. It was an apparent suicide pact which only Chris survived - leaving two devastated families desperate for answers about an unthinkable act and the children they never really knew. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 517 S. Beteiligte:Picoult, Jodi Standort: Engl. Pic
Inhalt: Sage Singer, who befriends an old man who's particularly beloved in her community. Josef Weber is everyone favorite retired teacher and Little League coach and they strike up a friendship at the bakery where Sage works. One day he asks Sage for a favor: to kill him. Shocked, Sage refuses and then he confesses his darkest secret - he deserves to die, because he was a Nazi SS guard. Complicating the matter? Sage's grandmother is a Holocaust survivor. What do you do when evil lives next door? Can someone who's committed a truly heinous act ever atone for it with subsequent good behavior? Should you offer forgiveness to someone if you aren't the party who was wronged? And most of all - if Sage even considers his request - is it murder, or justice? Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 480 S. Beteiligte:Picoult, Jodi Standort: Engl. Pic ISBN: 978-1-4767-2783-7
Inhalt: Bestseller-Autoren in der zweisprachigen Ausgabe von PONS. Plus Audio-CD mit dem Text in der Originalsprache. Für Lerner mit guten Vorkenntnissen. Detecitve Inspector Rebus lässt in zwei spannenden Storys die Verbrecherwelt von Edinburgh wieder zittern. Ausschnitt aus "A Good Hanging" (= Eindeutig Mord).
Text dt. und engl. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 93 S. + 1 CD Beteiligte:Rankin, Ian Standort: Engl. Ran ISBN: 978-3-12-561549-6
Inhalt: "The Complaints" - they're the cops who investigate other cops. Malcolm Fox works in the Complaints and Conduct departement, so he's not a popular man. He's just had a result, and should be feeling good about himself. But he's got problems of his own. Now Fox is given a new task. There's a cop called Jamie Breck, and he's dirty. The problem is, no one can prove it. Fox takes on the job, and learns that there's more to the Breck case than anyone thinks. This knowledge will prove dangerous, ecpecially when a vicious murder intervenes far too close to home for Fox's liking... Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 452 S. Beteiligte:Rankin, Ian Standort: Engl. Ran ISBN: 978-1-4091-0359-2
Inhalt: Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular.
By the time Carrie retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Slam titles. And if you ask her, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father as her coach.
But six years after her retirement, Carrie finds herself sitting in the stands of the 1994 US Open, watching her record be taken from her by a brutal, stunning, British player named Nicki Chan.
At thirty-seven years old, Carrie makes the monumental decision to come out of retirement and be coached by her father for one last year in an attempt to reclaim her record. Even if the sports media says that they never liked the 'Battle-Axe' anyway. Even if her body doesn't move as fast as it did. And even if it means swallowing her pride to train with a man she once almost opened her heart to: Bowe Huntley. Like her, he has something to prove before he gives up the game forever.
In spite of it all: Carrie Soto is back, for one epic final season. In this riveting and unforgettable novel, Taylor Jenkins Reid tells a story about the cost of greatness and a legendary athlete attempting a comeback. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 369 Seiten Beteiligte:Reid, Taylor Jenkins Standort: Engl. Rei ISBN: 978-1-5291-5213-5
Inhalt: Der erste Roman einer faszinierenden Reihe um die "Sieben Schwestern".
Maia ist die älteste von sechs Schwestern, die alle von ihrem Vater adoptiert wurden, als sie sehr klein waren. Sie lebt als Einzige noch auf dem herrschaftlichen Anwesen ihres Vaters am Genfer See, denn anders als ihre Schwestern, die es drängte, draußen in der Welt ein ganz neues Leben als Erwachsene zu beginnen, fand die eher schüchterne Maia nicht den Mut, ihre vertraute Umgebung zu verlassen. Doch das ändert sich, als ihr Vater überraschend stirbt und ihr einen Umschlag hinterlässt - und sie plötzlich den Schlüssel zu ihrer bisher unbekannten Vorgeschichte in Händen hält: Sie wurde in Rio de Janeiro in einer alten Villa geboren, deren Adresse noch heute existiert. Maia fasst den Entschluss, nach Rio zu fliegen, und an der Seite von Floriano Quintelas, eines befreundeten Schriftstellers, beginnt sie, das Rätsel ihrer Herkunft zu ergründen. Dabei stößt sie auf eine tragische Liebesgeschichte in der Vergangenheit ihrer Familie, und sie taucht ein in das mondäne Paris der Jahrhundertwende, wo einst eine schöne junge Frau aus Rio einem französischen Bildhauer begegnete. Und erst jetzt fängt Maia an zu begreifen, wer sie wirklich ist und was dies für ihr weiteres Leben bedeutet ...
The first book in a new series from the number one international bestseller
Their future is written in the stars . . .
Maia D'Aplièse and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home, 'Atlantis' - a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva - having been told that their beloved father, the elusive billionaire they call Pa Salt, has died. Maia and her sisters were all adopted by him as babies and, discovering he has already been buried at sea, each of them is handed a tantalising clue to their true heritage - a clue which takes Maia across the world to a crumbling mansion in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Once there, she begins to put together the pieces of where her story began . . .
Eighty years earlier, in the Belle Epoque of Rio, 1927, Izabela Bonifacio's father has aspirations for his daughter to marry into aristocracy. Meanwhile, architect Heitor da Silva Costa is working on a statue, to be called Christ the Redeemer, and will soon travel to Paris to find the right sculptor to complete his vision. Izabela - passionate and longing to see the world - convinces her father to allow her to accompany him and his family to Europe before she is married. There, at Paul Landowski's studio and in the heady, vibrant cafés of Montparnasse, she meets ambitious young sculptor Laurent Brouilly, and knows at once that her life will never be the same again.
The Seven Sisters is a sweeping epic tale of love and loss - the first in a unique, spellbinding series of seven books, based on the legends of the Seven Sisters star constellation - Lucinda Riley showcases her storytelling talent like never before. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 626 S. Beteiligte:Riley, Lucinda Standort: Engl. Ril ISBN: 978-1-4472-7558-9
Inhalt: The second book in the spellbinding and sweepingly romantic Seven Sisters series by bestselling author Lucinda Riley. Follow Ally, a talented sailor, as she embarks on her journey to a museum in Norway - chasing the clue her beloved but elusive father left for her. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 692 S. Beteiligte:Riley, Lucinda Standort: Engl. Ril ISBN: 978-1-4472-8858-9
Inhalt: Je größer die Gefahr, desto heißer die Leidenschaft ... Lila Emerson liebt ihren Job als Homesitterin über alles. Doch als sie eines Tages vom Fenster ihres aktuellen Apartments einen Mord mit anschließendem Suizid beobachtet, verändert sich ihr Leben auf einen Schlag, denn Ashton Archer, der Bruder des potenziellen Mörders, bittet sie um Hilfe. Lila fühlt sich von dem attraktiven Künstler mehr als angezogen, und auch Ash weiß sofort: Die Frau mit den dunklen, tiefen Augen muss er zeichnen! Gemeinsam machen sie sich auf die Suche nach der Wahrheit, und bald wird klar: Unschätzbar teure Kunstgegenstände scheinen im Zentrum dieses Verbrechens zu stehen und ein Sammler, der für seine Obsession über Leichen geht.
A thrilling novel of crime and passion from Nora Roberts - the world's greatest storyteller Lila Emerson is fascinated by other people's lives. As a house-sitter, she loves looking after the glamorous homes she could never afford herself. And as a writer, she enjoys dreaming up stories for the people she sees from her window. But then one day she witnesses something only too real - the shocking murder of a young woman living across the street in New York. Now Lila is in mortal danger from an audacious, single-minded assassin who kills for profit and for pleasure. With the police following a false lead, Lila's only hope is to team up with Ashton Archer, an artist with his own complicated reasons for getting involved. Lila wants to trust the passionate, quick-witted Ash - but is she letting her feelings blind her to his motives? Either way, she will never watch from the sidelines again... Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 483 S. Beteiligte:Roberts, Nora Standort: Engl. Rob ISBN: 978-0-7499-5930-2
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 ... Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 488 S. Beteiligte:Roberts, Nora Standort: Engl. Rob ISBN: 978-0-7499-5521-2
Inhalt: The chilling new psychological thriller from one of the most brilliant crime authors of today.
Why would a man escape from prison the day before he's due to be released?Audie Palmer has spent a decade in prison for an armed robbery in which four people died, including two of the gang. Seven million dollars has never been recovered and everybody believes that Audie knows where the money is.For ten years he has been beaten, stabbed, throttled and threatened almost daily by prison guards, inmates and criminal gangs, who all want to answer this same question, but suddenly Audie vanishes, the day before he's due to be released.Everybody wants to find Audie, but he's not running. Instead he's trying to save a life . . . and not just his own. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 518 S. Beteiligte:Robotham, Michael Standort: Engl. Rob ISBN: 978-0-7515-5291-1
Inhalt: Eine Frau ist tot und ihr Verlobter verbüßt eine lebenslange Haftstrafe für eine Tat, die er nicht begangen hat. Die Privatdetektivin Paige Holden ist im Besitz des einzigen Beweises seiner Unschuld. Doch sie kann ihn der Polizei nicht vorlegen. Auf der Suche nach dem wahren Täter kommt sie einem skrupellosen Serienmörder auf die Spur. Das Problem ist, ihre Suche bleibt vom Täter nicht unbemerkt.
The addictive Karen Rose serves up her most relentless thriller yet. A woman is dead and her fiance is serving a life sentence for a murder he didn't commit. Now PI Paige Holden holds the only piece of evidence that could see him freed, and she cannot take it to the police. With the help of disarming state attorney, Grayson Smith, Paige is determined to avenge the murdered woman and set an innocent man free. But Paige has only scratched the surface of a cover-up far deadlier than she could ever imagine. A string of mysterious deaths of women with a shared past sets Paige on the trail of a ruthless killer. The problem is, the killer's on her trail too ...
Set on the gritty streets of Baltimore, You Belong to Me kept readers "on the edges of their seats." Now, Karen Rose returns to the world of Baltimore's cops and prosecutors with a new tale of danger and desire...
A car crashes in front of rookie PI Paige Holden's home. And suddenly, she finds one of her pro bono clients dying in her arms-from a gunshot wound. With her last breath, the woman whispers cryptic words into her ear and hands her a blood-smeared flash drive.
Five years ago, State's Attorney Grayson Smith put a murderer behind bars. But when Paige Holden shares the flash drive with him, its contents cast doubts on the conviction-and lead him and Paige into a world of blackmail, dark secrets, and a decades-long string of murders. An investigation they'll survive only by trusting each other-and the truth. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 518 S. Beteiligte:Rose, Karen Standort: Engl. Ros ISBN: 978-0-451-23616-6
Inhalt: A book full of insight, full of sharp ironice twists, full of wisdom about American idealism, and full of terrific fun.. A profound and personal meditation on the changes in the American psyche over the last 50 years.
Pulitzer Prize Winner 1998 Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 423 S. Beteiligte:Roth, Philip Standort: Engl. Rot
Inhalt: Indignation is the story of a young's man education in life's terrifying chances an bizarre obstructions. It is a story of inexperience, foolishness, intellectual resistance, sexual discovery, courage and error, told with all the inventive energy and wit Roth has at his command. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 233 S. Beteiligte:Roth, Philip Standort: Engl. Rot ISBN: 978-0-09-953946-9
Inhalt: Gesellschaftskritischer Kurzroman über eine Liebe im Amerika der 50er Jahre. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 157 S. Beteiligte:Roth, Philip Standort: Engl. Rot
Inhalt: The fate of Roth's everyman is traced from his first shocking confrontation with death on the idyllic beaches of his childhood summers, through the family trials and professional achievements of his vigorous adulthood, and into his old age, when he is rended by observing the deterioration of his contemporaries and stalked by his own physcial woes. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 182 S. Beteiligte:Roth, Phillip Standort: Engl. Rot
Inhalt: The man was lost. The myth remained. Kvothe - the dragon-slayer, the renowned swordsman, the most feared, famed and notorious wizard the world has ever seen - vanished without warning and without trace. And even now, when he has been found, when darkness is rising in the corners of the world, he will not return. But his story lives on and, for the first time, Kvothe is going to tell it... Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 993 S. Beteiligte:Rothfuss, Patrick Standort: Engl. Rot ISBN: 978-0-575-08142-0
Inhalt: Kvothe ("pronounced nearly the same as 'Quothe' "), the hero and villain of a thousand tales who's presumed dead, lives as the simple proprietor of the Waystone Inn under an assumed name. Prompted by a biographer called Chronicler who realizes his true identity, Kvothe starts to tell his life story. From his upbringing as an actor in his family's traveling troupe of magicians, jugglers and jesters, the Edema Ruh, to feral child on the streets of the vast port city of Tarbean, then his education at "the University," Kvothe is driven by twin imperatives¿his desire to learn the higher magic of naming and his need to discover as much as possible about the Chandrian, the demons of legend who murdered his family. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 722 S. Beteiligte:Rothfuss, Patrick Standort: Engl. Rot ISBN: 978-0-7564-0474-1
Inhalt: It was alwys difficult being Harry Potter and it isn't much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and father of three school-age children. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places. Systematik: Engl. 5.1 Umfang: 343 Seiten Beteiligte:Rowling, J. K. Standort: Engl. 5.1 Row ISBN: 978-0-7515-6535-5
Inhalt: Since his debut in 1951 as The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has been synonymous with "cynical adolescent." Holden narrates the story of a couple of days in his sixteen-year-old life, just after he's been expelled from prep school, in a slang that sounds edgy even today. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 192 S. Beteiligte:Salinger, Jerome D. Standort: Sal ISBN: 978-0-241-95042-5
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