Inhalt: In the locked office of a Honolulu building, three men are found dead, with no sign of struggle except for ultrafine, razor-sharp cuts covering their bodies. Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Englischer Roman, Hawaii, Mikrobiologie, Thriller, Wissenschaft Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 429 S. Beteiligte:Crichton, Michael Standort: Engl. Cri ISBN: 978-0-06-177645-8
Inhalt: Harriet Vanger, scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families, disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption. Schlagworte:Familie, Korruption, Schweden, Thriller, Vergangenheit, Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 644 Seiten Beteiligte:Larsson, Stieg, Keeland, Reg Standort: Engl. Lar ISBN: 978-0-307-47347-9
Inhalt: Minding Frankie is a story about unconventional families, relationships whitch aren't quite what they seem, and the child at the heart of everyone's lives ... Schlagworte:Englischer Roman Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 425 S. Beteiligte:Binchy, Maeve Standort: Engl. Bin ISBN: 978-1-4091-1790-2
Inhalt: A wonderfully original, emotionally complex novel that delves into why Cassandra burned a treasure trove of letters written by her sister, Jane Austen - an act of destruction that has troubled academics for centuries.
1840: twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane, Cassandra Austen returns to the village of Kintbury, and the home of her family's friends, the Fowles.
She knows that, in some dusty corner of the sprawling vicarage, there is a cache of family letters which hold secrets she is desperate should not be revealed.
As Cassandra recalls her youth and her relationship with her brilliant yet complex sister, she pieces together buried truths about Jane's history, and her own. And she faces a stark choice: should she act to protect Jane's reputation? Or leave the contents of the letters to go unguarded into posterity ...
Based on a literary mystery that has long puzzled biographers and academics, Miss Austen is a wonderfully original and emotionally complex novel about the loves and lives of Cassandra and Jane Austen. Schlagworte:Austen, Jane <1775-1817>, Brief, Englische Literatur, Geheimnis, Schwester, Schwestern Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 392 Seiten Beteiligte:Hornby, Gill Standort: Engl. Hor ISBN: 978-1-5291-2377-7
Inhalt: It is 1950. In a devastating moment of clarity, Margery Benson abandons her dead-end job and advertises for an assistant to accompany her on an expedition. She is going to travel to the other side of the world to search for a beetle that may or may not exist. Enid Pretty, in her unlikely pink travel suit, is not the companion Margery had in mind. And yet together they will be drawn into an adventure that will exceed every expectation. They will risk everything, break all the rules, and at the top of a red mountain, discover their best selves.
This is a story that is less about what can be found than the belief it might be found; it is an intoxicating adventure story but it is also about what it means to be a woman and a tender exploration of a friendship that defies all boundaries. Schlagworte:Expedition, Forscherin, Forschung, Forschungsreise, Frauen, Freundschaft, Käfer Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 388 Seiten Beteiligte:Joyce, Rachel Standort: Engl. Joy ISBN: 978-0-85752-199-6
Inhalt: Sofie und ihre Tochter Laura machen Urlaub in Schottland. Plötzlich verschwindet das Mädchen spurlos. Tagelang fehlt jedes Lebenszeichen von ihr. Die Polizei steht vor einem Rätsel. Verzweifelt macht sich Sofie selbst auf die Suche, denn sie hat einen schrecklichen Verdacht: Hat ihr cholerischer Ex-Mann Laura entführt?
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... Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, CIA, Englischer Roman, Politthriller, Thriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 502 S. Beteiligte:Patterson, James Standort: Engl. Pat ISBN: 978-0-09-957422-4
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". Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Club, Drehbuch, Drehbuchautor, Englischer Roman, Film, Gefängnis, Gericht, Gerichtsverhandlung, Junge, Mordanklage, Preisgekrönt, Psychothriller, Tagebuch, Teenager, USA, Verdacht, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 281 S. Beteiligte:Myers, Walter Dean Standort: Engl. Mye ISBN: 978-0-06-440731-1
Inhalt: Nina has always known who she's supposed to be. But is that who she truly is?
Nina Gregory has always been a good daughter. Raised by her father, owner of New York City's glamorous Gregory Hotels, Nina was taught that family, reputation, and legacy are what matter most. And Tim--her devoted boyfriend and best friend since childhood--feels the same. But when Nina's father dies, he leaves behind a secret that shocks Nina to her core.
As her world falls apart, Nina begins to see the men in her life--her father, her boyfriend, and unexpectedly, her boss, Rafael--in a new light. Soon Nina finds herself caught between the world she loves, and a passion that could upend everything.
Inhalt: It only took one night to tear a family apart.
Artist and illustrator Edwina Spinner used to have a busy family life. Now she lives alone, in a house that has grown too big for her. She has decided to sell it. As Edwina takes the estate agent from room to room, she finds herself transported back to her life as a young mother. Back to her twins, Rowena and Charlie, and a stepson she cannot bring herself to mention by name. As the house reveals its secrets, Edwina is forced to confront her family's past, and a devastating betrayal that changed everything. But Edwina doesn't know the whole story. And to discover the truth, she will have to face the one person she vowed never to see again. Schlagworte:Familie, Familiendrama, Familienfehden, Familienkonflikt, Mutter-Kind-Beziehung, Vergangenheit, Vergangenheitsbewältigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 388 Seiten Beteiligte:Eclair, Jenny Standort: Engl. Ecl ISBN: 978-0-7515-5095-5
Inhalt: An era-defining novel about the relationship between a fifteen-year-old girl and her teacher ALL HE DID WAS FALL IN LOVE WITH ME AND THE WORLD TURNED HIM INTO A MONSTER Vanessa Wye was fifteen-years-old when she first had sex with her English teacher. She is now thirty-two and in the storm of allegations against powerful men in 2017, the teacher, Jacob Strane, has just been accused of sexual abuse by another former student. Vanessa is horrified by this news, because she is quite certain that the relationship she had with Strane wasn't abuse. It was love. She's sure of that. Forced to rethink her past, to revisit everything that happened, Vanessa has to redefine the great love story of her life - her great sexual awakening - as rape. Now she must deal with the possibility that she might be a victim, and just one of many. Nuanced, uncomfortable, bold and powerful, My Dark Vanessa goes straight to the heart of some of the most complex issues our age. Schlagworte:Gerichtsverhandlung, Lehrer, Liebe, Macht, Machtmissbrauch, Schülerin, Vergangenheit, Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Vergewaltigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 372 Seiten Beteiligte:Russell, Kate Elizabeth Standort: Engl. Rus ISBN: 978-0-00-834224-1
Inhalt: It is in 1950s' Brighton that Marion first catches sight of Tom. He teaches her to swim in the shadow of the pier and Marion is smitten - determined her love will be enough for them both.
A few years later in Brighton Museum Patrick meets Tom. Patrick is besotted with Tom and opens his eyes to a glamorous, sophisticated new world.
Inhalt: Vivian Miller. High-powered CIA analyst, happily married to a man she adores, mother of four beautiful children. Until the moment she makes a shocking discovery that makes her question everything she believes.
She thought she knew her husband inside and out. But now she wonders if it was all a lie. How far will she go to learn the truth? And does she really . . .
Inhalt: It starts as a game at a book group one night. Never Have I Ever... done something I shouldn't.
But Amy Whey has done something she shouldn't. And Roux, the glamorous newcomer to Amy's suburban neighbourhood, knows exactly what that is.
Roux promises she will go away - if Amy plays by her rules.
But Amy isn't prepared to lose everything. She's going to fight back, and in this escalating game of cat and mouse, there can be only one winner. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Erpressung, Spiel, Thriller, Vorstadt Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 340 Seiten Beteiligte:Jackson, Joshilyn Standort: Engl. Jac ISBN: 978-0-06-285531-2
Inhalt: Nine people gather at a remote health resort - some to lose weight, some to reboot their lives, some for reasons they can't even admit to themselves. Despite the luxury and pampering, they know these ten days might involve some real work. But none could imagine just how challenging the next ten days will be. Frances Welty, the formerly bestselling romantic novelist, arrives at Tranquillum House nursing a bad back and a broken heart. She's intrigued by her fellow guests, who don't seem to need a health resort at all. But the most intriguing person is Tranquillum House's strange, charismatic owner/director. Should Frances and the guests put aside their doubts and immerse themselves in everything Tranquillum House has to offer - or should they run while they still can? With the hallmark writing that's made Liane Moriarty a go-to for readers eeking wickedly smart, page-turning fiction that makes you laugh and gasp, Nine perfect strangers once again shows why she is a master of her craft. Schlagworte:Einsamkeit, Geheimnis, Liebe, Protagonistin, Wellness Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 453 Seiten Beteiligte:Moriarty, Liane Standort: Engl. Mor ISBN: 978-1-250-31537-3
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. Schlagworte:British English, Englischer Roman, Orwell, George, Totalitarismus, Utopie, Utopischer Roman, Überwachung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 329 S. Beteiligte:Orwell, George Standort: Engl. Orw
Inhalt: The mesmerizing adult debut from Leigh Bardugo, a tale of power, privilege, dark magic, and murder set among the Ivy League elite
Galaxy ?Alex? Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale?s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she?s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world?s most prestigious universities on a full ride. What?s the catch, and why her?
Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale?s secret societies. Their eight windowless ?tombs? are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street?s biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living. Schlagworte:Fantasy, Geheimbund, Liebe, Magie, Okkultismus, Thriller, Universität, Young Adult Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 458 Seiten Beteiligte:Bardugo, Leigh Standort: Engl. Bar ISBN: 978-1-250-31307-2
Inhalt: She's your sister. You loved her. You trusted her. But they say she killed the person you care about most.
Martha last saw her sister when she left her babysitting. Now, she''s watching Becky stand trial for murder. They are on opposite ends of the courtroom, hearing evidence that's meant to finally bring the truth to light. What happened that night? And does Martha really want to know? Schlagworte:Gerichtsverhandlung, Schwester, Schwestern, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 422 Seiten Beteiligte:McAllister, Gillian Standort: Engl. MacA ISBN: 978-1-4059-3460-2
Inhalt: One man demands justice... John Puller is the US Army's most tenacious investigator, but there has always been one mystery which has eluded him - the disappearance of his mother, who vanished without a trace thirty years ago. When disturbing new evidence comes to light suggesting his father - a distinguished army veteran - may have murdered her, Puller sets out with his friend, intelligence operator Veronica Knox, to discover what really happened on that faithful night.
... the other seeks revenge. Paul Rogers has spent ten years in a high-security prison for murder when he is released on parole. Harbouring a dark past and old debts that have changed him in unimaginable ways, Rogers embarks on a journey across the country, set on a path of revenge against the people who took away his humanity.
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. Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Detektivgeschichte, Englischer Roman, Serienmörder, Thriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 518 S. Beteiligte:Rose, Karen Standort: Engl. Ros ISBN: 978-0-451-23616-6
Inhalt: Celebrating her 45th birthday at her local pub, podcaster Alix Summer crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie is also celebrating her 45th.
A few days later, they bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie says she thinks she would be an interesting subject for Alix's podcast. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life.
Alix agrees to a trial interview and indeed, Josie's life appears to be strange and complicated. Aix finds her unsettling but can't quite resist the temptation to keep digging.
Slowly Alix starts to realise that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it Josie has cajoled her way into Alix's life - and into her home.
Soon Alix begins to wonder who is Josie Fair really? And what has she done? Schlagworte:Frauen, Geheimnis, Lüge, Lügen, Podcast, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 391 Seiten Beteiligte:Jewell, Lisa Standort: Engl. Jew ISBN: 978-1-5291-9598-9
Inhalt: Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in the west of Ireland, but the similarities end there. In school, Connell is popular and well-liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation - awkward but electrifying - something life-changing begins.
Inhalt: Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on, the financial stability she yearned for as a kid, and a successful career as a biotech engineer at Kline, one of the most promising start-ups in the field of food science. Her world is stable, pleasant, and hard-fought. Until a hostile takeover and its offensively attractive front man threatens to bring it all crumbling down. Eli Kilgore and his business partners want Kline, period. Eli has his own reasons for pushing this deal though - and he's a man who gets what he wants. With one burning exception: Rue. The woman he can't stop thinking about. The woman who's off-limits to him. Torn between loyalty and an undeniable attraction, Rue and Eli throw caution out the lab and the boardroom windows. Their affair is secret, no-strings-attached, and has a built-in deadline: the day one of their companies will prevail. But the heart is risky business - one that plays for keeps. Schlagworte:Affäre, Liebe, Unternehmen, Wissenschaftler, Wissenschaftlerin, Young Adult Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 379 Seiten Beteiligte:Hazelwood, Ali Standort: Engl. Haz ISBN: 978-1-4087-2890-1
Inhalt: Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She's still in the marital home ¿ a dilapidated, priceless London townhouse ¿ but not with John. Instead, she's with his brother, the profoundly banal Claude, and the two of them have a plan. But there is a witness to their plot: the inquisitive, nine-month-old resident of Trudy's womb.
Told from a perspective unlike any other, Nutshell is a classic tale of murder and deceit from one of the world¿s master storytellers. Schlagworte:Affäre, Baby, Ehepaar, Familie, Intrige Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 198 Seiten Beteiligte:MacEwan, Ian Standort: Engl. MacE ISBN: 978-1-911214-33-5
Inhalt: Nora Kelly, a young curator at the Santa Fe Institute of Archaeology, is approached by historian Clive Benton with a once-in-a-lifetime proposal: to lead a team in search of the so-called 'Lost Camp' of the tragic Donner Party. This was a group of pioneers who earned a terrible place in American history when they became snow-bound in the California mountains in 1847, their fate unknown until the first skeletonized survivors stumbled out of the wilderness, raving about starvation, murder-and cannibalism. Benton tells Kelly he has stumbled upon an amazing find: the long-sought diary of one of the victims, which has an enigmatic description of the Lost Camp. Nora agrees to lead an expedition to locate and excavate it - to reveal its long-buried secrets. Once in the mountains, however, they learn that discovering the camp is only the first step in a mounting journey of fear. For as they uncover old bones, they expose the real truth of what happened, one that is far more shocking and bizarre than mere cannibalism. And when those ancient horrors lead to present-day violence on a grand scale, rookie FBI agent Corrie Swanson is assigned the case... only to find that her first investigation might very well be her last. Schlagworte:America, Amerika, Archäologie, Ausgrabung, Donner Party, Kannibalismus, Mord, Oregon, Oregon Trail, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 369 Seiten Beteiligte:Preston, Douglas, Child, Lincoln Standort: Engl. Pre ISBN: 978-1-83893-107-0
Inhalt: A box of delights - another masterpiece from Jane Gardam and a companion novel to OLD FILTH
Filth (Failed In London, Try Hong Kong) is a successful lawyer when he marries Elisabeth in Hong Kong soon after the War. Reserved, immaculate and courteous, Filth finds it hard to demonstrate his emotions. But Elisabeth is different - a free spirit. She was brought up in the Japanese Internment Camps, which killed both her parents but left her with a lust for survival and an affinity with the Far East. No wonder she is attracted to Filth's hated rival at the Bar - the brash, forceful Veneering. Veneering has a Chinese wife and an adored son - and no difficulty whatsoever in demonstrating his emotions . . .
How Elisabeth turns into Betty and whether she remains loyal to stolid Filth or is swept up by caddish Veneering, makes for a page-turning plot in a perfect novel which is full of surprises and revelations, as well as the humour and eccentricites for which Jane Gardam's writing is famous. Schlagworte:Asien, Buchpreis, China, Ehe, Ehemann, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Ferner Osten, Hongkong, Interkulturell, Liebe, Nominierung, Protagonistin, Richter, Treue Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 271 S. Beteiligte:Gardam, Jane Standort: Engl. Gar ISBN: 978-0-349-13948-7
Inhalt: A genuine masterpiece - funny, brilliant and wise - Old Filth is now reissued with a new cover.
Long ago, Old Filth was a Raj orphan - one of the many young children sent Home from the East to be fostered and educated in England. Jane Gardam's novel tells his story, from his birth in what was then Malaya to the extremities of his old age. In so doing, she not only encapsulates a whole period from the glory days of British Empire, through the Second World War, to the present and beyond, but also illuminates the complexities of the character known variously as Eddie, the Judge, Fevvers, Filth, Master of the Inner Temple, Teddy and Sir Edward Feathers. Schlagworte:Anwalt, Benehmen, Buchpreis, England, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Identitätskrise, Kindheit, Lebenskrise, Malaysia, Männer, Nominierung, Verdrängung, Wales, Witwer, Älterer Mann Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 255 S. Beteiligte:Gardam, Jane Standort: Engl. Gar ISBN: 978-0-349-13949-4
Inhalt: Last Friends brings to a close Jane Gardam¿s lauded series that includes Old Filth (2006) and The Man in the Wooden Hat (2011). Like its predecessors, this final installment examines the complex world of British class, empire, and the social circles that bring them together. Gardam tells of the rise and fall of Terry Veneering, the son of a mysterious Russian acrobat and a rough-and-tumble local girl living in the English midlands. As a child, Veneering is exposed to the ugly side of the British upper class and narrowly escapes death during the Blitz in WWII. Disgusted by the attitudes of the English gentry, and with his hometown destroyed in the war, Veneering sets off to remake himself in the Far East, only to return to England under suspicion. Gardam¿s previous novels have brought her acclaim in England, and with the right mix of publicity and word-of-mouth support, American readers, too, will respond to her witty style, insatiable readability, and cast of strange and amazing characters.
Inhalt: From the bestselling author of The Ragged Edge of Night comes a powerful and poetic novel of survival and sacrifice on the American frontier.
Wyoming, 1876. For as long as they have lived on the frontier, the Bemis and Webber families have relied on each other. With no other settlers for miles, it is a matter of survival. But when Ernest Bemis finds his wife, Cora, in a compromising situation with their neighbor, he doesn't think of survival. In one impulsive moment, a man is dead, Ernest is off to prison, and the women left behind are divided by rage and remorse.
Losing her husband to Cora's indiscretion is another hardship for stoic Nettie Mae. But as a brutal Wyoming winter bears down, Cora and Nettie Mae have no choice but to come together as one family-to share the duties of working the land and raising their children. There's Nettie Mae's son, Clyde-no longer a boy, but not yet a man-who must navigate the road to adulthood without a father to guide him, and Cora's daughter, Beulah, who is as wild and untamable as her prairie home.
Bound by the uncommon threads in their lives and the challenges that lie ahead, Cora and Nettie Mae begin to forge an unexpected sisterhood. But when a love blossoms between Clyde and Beulah, bonds are once again tested, and these two resilient women must finally decide whether they can learn to trust each other-or else risk losing everything they hold dear. Schlagworte:19. Jahrhundert, Affäre, America, Amerika, Familie, Frauen, Liebe, Neunzehntes Jahrhundert, Siedler, Tragödie, Wilder Westen, Wyoming Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 479 Seiten Beteiligte:Hawker, Olivia Standort: Engl. Haw ISBN: 978-1-5420-9114-5
Inhalt: Kitty Logan is a journalist whose career and personal life is in turmoil. When she turns to her terminally ill friend, mentor and editor, Constance, for advice she receives a mysterious list of 100 names. Following Constances death, Kitty must seek out as many people on the list as she can to uncover Constances own story and rediscover herself. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 325 S. Beteiligte:Ahern, Cecelia Standort: Engl. Ahe ISBN: 978-0-00-735047-6
Annie Higgins has one goal this year: to get her tiny business off the ground. But - infuriated by the advertising agency across the hall making fun of her job - Annie is goaded into accepting their crazy challenge: to make a random stranger Instagram-famous in just thirty days.
And even when they choose Dr Samuel Page PhD, historian and hater of social media, as her target, Annie's determined to win the bet - whether Sam likes it or not.
But getting to know Sam means getting to know more about herself. And before the thirty days are out, Annie has to make a decision about what's really important...
Funny, real and heart-meltingly romantic, Annie and Sam's story is My Fair Lady for the social media age - and the perfect feel-good read. Schlagworte:Instagram, Liebe, Social Media, Wette, soziales Netzwerk Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 409 Seiten Beteiligte:Kelk, Lindsey Standort: Engl. Kel ISBN: 978-0-00-758247-1
Inhalt: Judith Lennox s new story of sibling rivalry, heartbreak, betrayal and forgiveness is sure to appeal to fans of Downton Abbey. During World War One Devlin Reddaway fell in love with Esme s older sister, Camilla, and promised to rebuild his ancestral home, Rosindell, for her. Now as the twentieth century draws to a close, Esme must uncover a truth which began all those years ago Schlagworte:20. Jahrhundert, Einundzwanzigstes Jahrhundert, England, Englischer Roman, Familie, Geheimnis, Liebe, Zwanzigstes Jahrhundert Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 505 S. Beteiligte:Lennox, Judith Standort: Engl. Len ISBN: 978-0-7553-8413-6
Inhalt: Defence lawyer Mickey Haller has had some problems but now he's put all that behind him and is ready to resume his career. Then another lawyer dies, leaving Mickey his entire practice - including a very high-profile and potentially lucrative murder case. Mickey is back in business. Except that according to Detective Harry Bosch, the other lawyer was murdered. Odds-on by one of hid own clients. And now it's Mickeys job to defend him. Suddenly it's not just about winning. It's about staying alive. Schlagworte:American English, Englischer Roman, Justizthriller, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 567 S. Beteiligte:Connelly, Michael Standort: Engl. Con ISBN: 978-1-4091-0228-1
Inhalt: Ein bewegender Roman über ein vergessenes Kapitel der amerikanischen Geschichte New York, 1929: Mit neun Jahren verliert Vivian Daly, Tochter irischer Einwanderer, bei einem Wohnungsbrand ihre gesamte Familie. Gemeinsam mit anderen Waisen wird sie kurzerhand in einen Zug verfrachtet und in den Mittleren Westen geschickt, wo die Kinder auf dem Land ein neues Zuhause finden sollen. Doch es ist eine Reise ins Ungewisse, denn nur die wenigsten von ihnen erwartet ein liebevolles Heim. Und auch Vivian stehen schwere Bewährungsproben bevor ... Erst viele Jahrzehnte später eröffnet sich für die inzwischen Einundneunzigjährige in der Begegnung mit der rebellischen Molly die Möglichkeit, das Schweigen über ihr Schicksal zu brechen.
Between 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by pure luck. Would they be adopted by a kind and loving family, or would they face a childhood and adolescence of hard labor and servitude?As a young Irish immigrant, Vivian Daly was one such child, sent by rail from New York City to an uncertain future a world away. Returning east later in life, Vivian leads a quiet, peaceful existence on the coast of Maine, the memories of her upbringing rendered a hazy blur. But in her attic, hidden in trunks, are vestiges of a turbulent past.Seventeen-year-old Molly Ayer knows that a community-service position helping an elderly widow clean out her attic is the only thing keeping her out of juvenile hall. But as Molly helps Vivian sort through her keepsakes and possessions, she discovers that she and Vivian aren't as different as they appear. A Penobscot Indian who has spent her youth in and out of foster homes, Molly is also an outsider being raised by strangers, and she, too, has unanswered questions about the past.Moving between contemporary Maine and Depression-era Minnesota, Orphan Train is a powerful tale of upheaval and resilience, second chances, and unexpected friendship. Schlagworte:20. Jahrhundert, Alter, Amerikanisches Englisch, Einwanderer, Englischer Roman, Immigrant, New York, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Waise, Zug, Zwanzigstes Jahrhundert Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 278 S. Beteiligte:Kline, Christina Baker Standort: Engl. Kli ISBN: 978-0-06-195072-8
Inhalt: Mike and Verity have a special game. The Crave. They play it to prove what they already know: that Verity loves Mike. That she needs Mike. Even though she¿s marrying another man. Now Mike knows that the stakes of their private game are rising. This time, someone has to die¿ Schlagworte:Abhängigkeit, Stalking, Thriller, Trennung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 354 Seiten Beteiligte:Hall, Araminta Standort: Engl. Hal ISBN: 978-1-78089-824-7
Inhalt: Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. His mother Margaret, a Chinese American poet, left the family when he was nine years old without a trace. Bird knows to not ask too many questions, stand out too much, or stray too far. For a decade, his family's life has been governed by laws written to preserve "American culture" in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are now allowed to relocate children of dissidents, especially those of Asian origin, and libraries have been forced to remove books seen as unpatriotic.
Bird has grown up disavowing his mother and her poems; he doesn't know her work or what happened to her, and he knows he shouldn't wonder. But when he receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, he is pulled into a quest to find her. His journey will take him back to the many folktales she poured into his head as a child, through the ranks of an underground network of librarians, into the lives of the children who have been taken, and finally to New York City, where a new act of defiance may be the beginning of much-needed change.
Inhalt: Yeongdo, Korea 1911. In a small fishing village on the banks of the East Sea, a club-footed, cleft-lipped man marries a fifteen-year-old girl. The couple have one child, their beloved daughter Sunja. When Sunja falls pregnant by a married yakuza, the family face ruin. But then Isak, a Christian minister, offers her a chance of salvation: a new life in Japan as his wife.
Following a man she barely knows to a hostile country in which she has no friends, no home, and whose language she cannot speak, Sunja's salvation is just the beginning of her story.
Pygmalion both delighted and scandalized its first audiences in 1914. A brilliantly witty reworking of the classical tale of the sculptor who falls in love with his perfect female statue, it is also a barbed attack on the British class system and a statement of Shaw's feminist views. In Shaw's hands, the phoneticist Henrsy Higgins is the Pygmalion figure who believes he can transform Eliza Doolittle, a cockney flower girl, into a duchess at ease in polite society. The one thing he overlooks is that his "creation" has a mind of her own. Schlagworte:Dialekt, Komödie, My Fair Lady, Sprache Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 119 Seiten Beteiligte:Shaw, George Bernard Standort: Engl. Sha ISBN: 978-0-14-143950-1
Inhalt: Caught in a snowstorm, Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter at Wuterhing Heights. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before: the intense passion between the foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, her betrayal of him and the bitter vengeance he now wreaks on the innocent heirs of the past. Schlagworte:Bronte, Emily, Englischer Roman, Klassiker Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 359 Seiten Beteiligte:Bronte, Emily Standort: Engl. Bro
Inhalt: Animal Farm tells the story of a rebellion and how it goes wrong. The animals' lives on the farm are terrible - there is not enough food, the work is hard and animals are dying. One day, the animals kick out the farmer and start to run the farm. But things are not better for most of the animals. Life for them is the same as before.
Inhalt: Winston Smith rewrites history for the Ministry of Truth. Big Brother and the Thought Police watch everyone for signs of thoughtcrime. But Winston can remember life before the Party, and he questions the world he lives in. He starts to take risks, and then he falls in love with Julia, in a world where love is against the rules.
Inhalt: Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She's a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart-she's in New York City, and he's in their small hometown-but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together.
Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. They haven't spoken since.
Poppy has everything she should want, but she's stuck in a rut. When someone asks when she was last truly happy, she knows, without a doubt, it was on that ill-fated, final trip with Alex. And so, she decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together-lay everything on the table, make it all right. Miraculously, he agrees.
Now she has a week to fix everything. If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship. What could possibly go wrong?
#tiktok made me read it #BookTok Schlagworte:Booktok, Freundschaft, Liebe, Urlaub Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 364 Seiten Beteiligte:Henry, Emily Standort: Engl. Hen ISBN: 978-1-984806-75-8
Pons Lektüre in Bildern The Golden Teapot 20 landestypische Kurzgeschichten zum Englischlernen [A2-B1] Ernst Klett Verlag, Stuttgart (2016)
Standort: Engl. Gol
Inhalt: Englisch lernen mit spannenden Kurzgeschichten - Sie lieben England und alles, was dazugehört? Dann tauchen Sie ins Land ein und frischen Sie ganz nebenbei Ihre Englischkenntnisse auf! - Mit 20 abwechslungsreichen Kurzgeschichten rund um die Insel erweitern Sie spielend ihre Lesekompetenz. Wortangaben auf jeder Seite helfen Ihnen dabei. - Zahlreiche bebilderte Spezial-Seiten zu Schauplätzen, Personen oder Handlungen machen Wortschatzlernen zum reinsten Vergnügen. - Texte und Bilder werden verknüpft und erleichtern so schnelles Lesen und Memorieren.
Für Wiedereinsteiger (A2) und Fortgeschrittene (B1).
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).
Inhalt: Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon has at long last severed ties with Israeli intelligence and settled quietly in Venice, the only place where he has ever truly known peace. His beautiful wife, Chiara, has taken over the day-to-day management of the Tiepolo Restoration Company, and their two young children are discreetly enrolled in a neighborhood scuola elementare. For his part, Gabriel spends his days wandering the streets and canals of the watery city, bidding farewell to the demons of his tragic, violent past.
But when the eccentric London art dealer Julian Isherwood asks Gabriel to investigate the circumstances surrounding the rediscovery and lucrative sale of a centuries-old painting, he is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse where nothing is as it seems.
Gabriel soon discovers that the work in question, a portrait of an unidentified woman attributed to Sir Anthony van Dyck, is almost certainly a fiendishly clever fake. To find the mysterious figure who painted it-and uncover a multibillion-dollar fraud at the pinnacle of the art world-Gabriel conceives one of the most elaborate deceptions of his career. If it is to succeed, he must become the very mirror image of the man he seeks: the greatest art forger the world has ever known. Schlagworte:Agent, Gemälde, Italien, Kunst, Kunstfälschung, Spion, Thriller, Venedig Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 428 Seiten Beteiligte:Silva, Daniel Standort: Engl. Sil ISBN: 978-0-06-283533-8
Inhalt: Miranda Wood thinks she has seen the last of Richard Tremain, her rich and married ex-lover - until she discovers him stabbed to death in her bed. With her knife.
Miranda is the obvious suspect, and she looks even gultier when her bail is posted by an anonymous donor. Was this an act of kindness designed to buy her time to clear her name? Or is someone trying to manipulate Miranda and draw her into the dark and secret world of a murdered man, where everybody's presumed guilty? With her world falling around her, Miranda is determined to discover who killed Richard. But proving her innocence may become secondary to staying alive! Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Mord, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 281 Seiten Beteiligte:Gerritsen, Tess Standort: Engl. Ger ISBN: 978-0-7783-1531-5
Inhalt: Nina once bought into the idea that her fancy liberal arts degree would lead to a fulfilling career. When that dream crashed, she turned to stealing from rich kids in L.A. alongside her wily Irish boyfriend, Lachlan. Nina learned from the best: Her mother was the original con artist, hustling to give her daughter a decent childhood despite their wayward life. But when her mom gets sick, Nina puts everything on the line to help her, even if it means running her most audacious, dangerous scam yet.
Vanessa is a privileged young heiress who wanted to make her mark in the world. Instead she becomes an Instagram influencer-traveling the globe, receiving free clothes and products, and posing for pictures in exotic locales. But behind the covetable façade is a life marked by tragedy. After a broken engagement, Vanessa retreats to her family's sprawling mountain estate, Stonehaven: a mansion of dark secrets not just from Vanessa's past, but from that of a lost and troubled girl named Nina.
Nina's, Vanessa's, and Lachlan's paths collide here, on the cold shores of Lake Tahoe, where their intertwined lives give way to a winter of aspiration and desire, duplicity and revenge.
This dazzling, twisty, mesmerizing novel showcases acclaimed author Janelle Brown at her best, as two brilliant, damaged women try to survive the greatest game of deceit and destruction they will ever play. Schlagworte:Betrug, Betrüger, Dieb, Diebstahl, Familiengeheimnis, Frauen, Influencer, Krankheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 478 Seiten Beteiligte:Brown, Janelle Standort: Engl. Bro ISBN: 978-0-525-47912-3
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. Schlagworte:Adoptivkind, Amerikanisches Englisch, Australien, Englischer Roman, Entführung, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Schauspieler, Thriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 501 S. Beteiligte:Patterson, James Standort: Engl. Pat ISBN: 978-0-09-957415-6
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