Inhalt: Trevor Benson never intended to move back to New Bern, North Carolina. But when a mortar blast outside the hospital where he worked sent him home from Afghanistan with devastating injuries, the dilapidated cabin he'd inherited from his grandfather seemed as good a place to regroup as any.
Tending to his grandfather's beloved beehives, Trevor isn't prepared to fall in love with a local . . . yet, from their very first encounter, Trevor feels a connection with deputy sheriff Natalie Masterson that he can't ignore. But even as she seems to reciprocate his feelings, she remains frustratingly distant, making Trevor wonder what she's hiding.
Further complicating his stay in New Bern is the presence of a sullen teenage girl, Callie, who lives in the trailer park down the road. Trevor hopes Callie can shed light on the mysterious circumstances of his grandfather's death, but she offers few clues -- until a crisis triggers a race to uncover the true nature of Callie's past, one more intertwined with the elderly man's passing than Trevor could ever have imagined.
Inhalt: Addie and her sister are about to embark on an epic road trip to a friend's wedding in rural Scotland. The playlist is all planned and the snacks are packed.
But, not long after setting off, a car slams into the back of theirs. The driver is none other than Addie's ex, Dylan, who she's avoided since their traumatic break-up two years earlier.
Dylan and his best mate are heading to the wedding too, and they've totalled their car, so Addie has no choice but to offer them a ride. The car is soon jam-packed full of luggage and secrets, and with four-hundred miles ahead of them, Dylan and Addie can't avoid confronting the very messy history of their relationship...
Will they make it to the wedding on time? And, more importantly, is this really the end of the road for Addie and Dylan? Schlagworte:Beziehung, Heirat, Hochzeit, Humor, Liebe, Roadtrip, Trennung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 401 Seiten Beteiligte:O'Leary, Beth Standort: Engl. O'L ISBN: 978-1-5294-0906-2
The Roanoke girls seem to have it all. But there's a dark truth about them which is never spoken. Every girl either runs away, or dies.
Lane is one of the lucky ones. When she was fifteen, over one long, hot summer at her grandparents' estate in rural Kansas, she found out what it really means to be a Roanoke girl. Lane ran, far and fast. Until eleven years later, when her cousin Allegra goes missing - and Lane has no choice but to go back.
She is a Roanoke girl.
Is she strong enough to escape a second time? Schlagworte:Geheimnis, Thriller, Vergangenheit, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 277 Seiten Beteiligte:Engel, Amy Standort: Engl. Eng ISBN: 978-1-4736-4839-5
Inhalt: Mark, Todd and Zola came to law school to change the world, to make it a better place. But now, as third-year students, these close friends realize they have been duped. They all borrowed heavily to attend a third-tier, for-profit law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam, let alone get good jobs. And when they learn that their school is one of a chain owned by a shady New York hedge-fund operator who also happens to own a bank specializing in student loans, the three know they have been caught up in The Great Law School Scam. But maybe there's a way out. Maybe there's a way to escape their crushing debt, expose the bank and the scam, and make a few bucks in the process. But to do so, they would first have to quit school. And leaving law school a few short months before graduation would be completely crazy, right? Well, yes and no ... Pull up a stool, grab a cold one, and get ready to spend some time at The Rooster Bar. Schlagworte:Anwalt, Betrug, Jurist, New York, Studenten, Studiengebühren, Studium, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 352 Seiten Beteiligte:Grisham, John Standort: Engl. Gri ISBN: 978-0-385-54117-6
Inhalt: Don Tillman will heiraten. Allerdings findet er menschliche Beziehungen oft höchst verwirrend und irrational. Was tun? Don entwickelt das Ehefrau-Projekt: Mit einem 16-seitigen Fragebogen will er auf wissenschaftlich exakte Weise die ideale Frau finden. Also keine, die raucht, trinkt, unpünktlich oder Veganerin ist. Und dann kommt Rosie. Unpünktlich, Barkeeperin, Raucherin. Offensichtlich ungeeignet. Aber Rosie verfolgt ihr eigenes Projekt: Sie sucht ihren biologischen Vater. Dafür braucht sie Dons Kenntnisse als Genetiker. Ohne recht zu verstehen, wie ihm geschieht, lernt Don staunend die Welt jenseits beweisbarer Fakten kennen und stellt fest: Gefühle haben ihre eigene Logik.
Inhalt: The secrets of the past will expose the crimes of the present. On his first week on the job, Garda Cormac Reilly responds to a call at a decrepit country house to find two silent, neglected children waiting for him - fifteen-year-old Maude and five-year-old Jack. Their mother lies dead upstairs. Twenty years later, Cormac has left his high-flying career as a detective in Dublin and returned to Galway. As he struggles to navigate the politics of a new police station, Maude and Jack return to haunt him. What ties a recent suicide to the woman's death so long ago? And who among his new colleagues can Cormac really trust? Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Ireland, Irland, Mordfall, Suizid, Thriller, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 391 Seiten Beteiligte:McTiernan, Dervla Standort: Engl. MacT ISBN: 978-0-7515-6931-5
Inhalt: Isabelle's estranged archaeolist father dies leaving her a puzzle. In a box she finds some papers and a mysterious African amulet. But their connection to her remains unclear until she embarks on a trip to Morocco to discover how the amulet came into her father's possession. Schlagworte:Africa, Afrika, British English, Englischer Roman, Frau, Geheimnis, Liebe, Sahara Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 390 S. Beteiligte:Johnson, Jane Standort: Engl. Joh ISBN: 978-0-670-91799-0
Inhalt: Emmeline lives on a remote island with her father, who teaches her about the natural world through her senses. What he won?t explain are the mysterious scents stored in glass bottles that line the walls of their cabin, or the origin of the machine that creates them. As Emmeline grows, however, so too does her curiosity, until one day the unforeseen happens, and Emmeline is vaulted out into the real world--a place of love, betrayal, ambition, and revenge. To understand her past, Emmeline must unlock the clues to her identity, a quest that challenges the limits of her heart and imagination.
Captivating and emotional, The Scent Keeper explores the provocative beauty of scent, the way it can reveal hidden truths, lead us to the person we seek, and even help us find our way back home. Schlagworte:Geruchssinn, Gerüche, Identität, Insel, Liebe, Tochter, Vater Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 310 Seiten Beteiligte:Bauermeister, Erica Standort: Engl. Bau ISBN: 978-1-250-62262-4
'Everything, somehow, fit together; some sly and benevolent Providence was revealing itself by degrees and I felt myself trembling on the brink of a fabulous discovery, as though any morning it was all going to come together---my future, my past, the whole of my life---and I was going to sit up in bed like a thunderbolt and say oh! oh! oh!'
Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality. Schlagworte:Erwachsenwerden, Freundschaft, Griechisch, Moral, Philologie, Professor, Studenten, USA, Universität, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 628 Seiten Beteiligte:Tartt, Donna Standort: Engl. Tar ISBN: 978-0-14-016777-1
Inhalt: Tony Webster is retired. He's had a career and a single marriage, a calm divorce. He's certainly never tried to hurt anybody. Memory, though, is imperfect. It can always throw up surprises, as a lawyer's letter is about to prove. Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2011 Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Erinnerung, Freundschaft, Jugend, Jugenderinnerung, Literaturpreis, Man Booker Prize, Männer Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 150 S. Beteiligte:Barnes, Julian Standort: Engl. Bar ISBN: 978-0-09-957033-2
Inhalt: As always, Reacher has no particular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there. One morning he ends up in a town near Pleasantville, Tennessee.
But there's nothing pleasant about the place.
In broad daylight Reacher spots a hapless soul walking into an ambush. "It was four against one" . . . so Reacher intervenes, with his own trademark brand of conflict resolution.
The man he saves is Rusty Rutherford, an unassuming IT manager, recently fired after a cyberattack locked up the town's data, records, information . . . and secrets. Rutherford wants to stay put, look innocent, and clear his name.
Reacher is intrigued. There's more to the story. The bad guys who jumped Rutherford are part of something serious and deadly, involving a conspiracy, a cover-up, and murder-all centered on a mousy little guy in a coffee-stained shirt who has no idea what he's up against.
Rule one: if you don't know the trouble you're in, keep Reacher by your side. Schlagworte:Cyberkriminalität, Intrige, Tennessee, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 351 Seiten, Illustration Beteiligte:Child, Lee, Lee, Andrew Standort: Engl. Chi ISBN: 978-1-984818-46-1
Inhalt: It is meant to be a celebration but it ends in tragedy. As fireworks explode overhead, Evelyn Hardcastle, the young and beautiful daughter of the house, is killed. But Evelyn will not die just once. Until Aiden -one of the guests summoned to Blackheath for the party -can solve her murder, the day will repeat itself, over and over again. Every time ending with the fateful pistol shot. The only way to break this cycle is to identify the killer. But each time the day begins again, Aiden wakes in the body of a different guest. And someone is determined to prevent him ever escaping Blackheath. Schlagworte:Fantasy, Krimi, Mystery, Mörder, Todesfall, Zeitverschiebung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 507 Seiten, Karte Beteiligte:Turton, Stuart Standort: Engl. Tur ISBN: 978-1-4088-8951-0
Inhalt: Reclusive Hollywood icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about hger glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter, Monique Grant, to write her story, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to leaving show business in the '80's, and of course, the seven husbands along the way... Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship and a great forbidden love. But as Evelyn's story nears its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique's own in tragic and irreversible ways.
Inhalt: CeCe D'Aplièse has always felt like an outcast. But following the death of her father-the reclusive billionaire affectionately called Pa Salt by the six daughters he adopted from around the globe-she finds herself more alone than ever. With nothing left to lose, CeCe delves into the mystery of her familial origins. The only clues she holds are a black and white photograph and the name of a female pioneer who once traversed the globe from Scotland to Australia.
One hundred years earlier, Kitty McBride, a clergyman's daughter, abandoned her conservative upbringing to serve as the companion to a wealthy woman traveling from Edinburgh to Adelaide. Her ticket to a new land brings the adventure she dreamed of...and a love that she had never imagined.
When CeCe reaches the searing heat and dusty plains of the Red Centre of Australia, something deep within her responds to the energy of the area and the ancient culture of the Aboriginal people, and her soul reawakens. As she comes closer to finding the truth of her ancestry, CeCe begins to believe that this untamed, vast continent could offer her what she's always yearned for: a sense of belonging. Schlagworte:Aborigines, Adoption, Australien, Familie, Familienroman, Familiensaga, Herkunft, Schwestern, Tod, Vater Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 690 Seiten Beteiligte:Riley, Lucinda Standort: Engl. Ril ISBN: 978-1-5098-4007-6
Inhalt: Tiggy D'Aplièse spends her days reveling in the raw beauty of the Scottish Highlands, where she works at a deer sanctuary. But when the sanctuary is forced to close, she must take a job as a wildlife consultant on the vast and isolated estate of the elusive and troubled Charlie Kinnaird. She has no idea that the move will not only irrevocably alter her future, but also bring her face-to-face with her past.
At the estate, she meets Chilly, an elderly Romani man who fled from Spain seventy years before. He tells her that not only does she possess a sixth sense passed down from her ancestors, but it was foretold long ago that he would be the one to send her back home.
Back in 1912, in the poor Romani community outside the city walls of Granada, Lucía Amaya-Albaycin is born. Her mother is devastated when Lucía is whisked away by her ambitious father at the tender age of ten to dance in the flamenco bars of Barcelona. And while Lucía perfects her passionate performances-eventually becoming the greatest flamenco dancer of her generation-tensions in Spain boil over into civil war, forcing Lucía and her troupe of dancers to flee for their lives. As they travel in search of a safe haven, Lucía's long-held dream of going to New York may be in grasp. But to pursue it, she must choose between her love for her career and the man she adores. Schlagworte:Adoption, Adoptivkind, Familie, Familiengeschichte, Familienroman, Flamenco, Herkunft, Roma, Schottland, Schwestern, Scotland, Spanien Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 755 Seiten Beteiligte:Riley, Lucinda Standort: Engl. Ril ISBN: 978-1-5098-4011-3
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 / Lucinda Riley The sun sister (Band 6) she must find out who she is before stepping into the sun MacMillan, London (2019)
Standort: Engl. Ril
Inhalt: To the outside world, Electra D'Aplièse seems to be the woman with everything: as one of the world's top models, she is beautiful, rich and famous.
Yet beneath the veneer, Electra's already tenuous control over her state of mind has been rocked by the death of her father, Pa Salt, the elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters from across the globe. Struggling to cope, she turns to alcohol and drugs. As those around her fear for her health, Electra receives a letter from a complete stranger who claims to be her grandmother . . .
In 1939, Cecily Huntley-Morgan arrives in Kenya from New York to nurse a broken heart. Staying with her godmother, a member of the infamous Happy Valley set, on the shores of beautiful Lake Naivasha, she meets Bill Forsythe, a notorious bachelor and cattle farmer with close connections to the proud Maasai tribe. But after a shocking discovery and with war looming, Cecily has few options. Moving up into the Wanjohi Valley, she is isolated and alone. Until she meets a young woman in the woods and makes her a promise that will change the course of her life for ever.
Inhalt: Star D'Aplièse is at a crossroads in her life after the sudden death of her beloved father - the elusive billionaire, named Pa Salt by his six daughters, all adopted by him from the four corners of the world. He has left each of them a clue to their true heritage, but Star - the most enigmatic of the sisters - is hesitant to step out of the safety of the close relationship she shares with her sister CeCe. In desperation, she decides to follow the first clue she has been left, which leads her to an antiquarian bookshop in London, and the start of a whole new world.
A hundred years earlier, headstrong and independent Flora MacNichol vows she will never marry. She is happy and secure in her home in the Lake District, living close to her idol, Beatrix Potter, when machinations outside her control lead her to London, and the home of one of Edwardian society's most notorious players, Alice Keppel. Flora is pulled between passionate love and duty to her family, but finds herself a pawn in a game - the rules of which are only known to others - until a meeting with a mysterious gentleman unveils the answers that Flora has been searching for her whole life.
As Star learns more of Flora's incredible journey, she too goes on a voyage of discovery, finally stepping out of the shadow of her sister and opening herself up to the possibility of love. Schlagworte:Familie, Familiensaga, Herkunft, Identitätsfindung, Schwestern Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 682 Seiten Beteiligte:Riley, Lucinda Standort: Engl. Ril ISBN: 978-1-4472-8862-6
Inhalt: Spanning a lifetime of love and loss, crossing borders and oceans, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt, co-authored by her son Harry Whittaker, draws Lucinda Riley's Seven Sisters series to its stunning, unforgettable conclusion.
1928, Paris
A boy is found, moments from death, and taken in by a kindly family. Gentle, precocious, talented, he flourishes in his new home, and the family show him a life he hadn't dreamed possible. But he refuses to speak a word about who he really is.
As he grows into a young man, falling in love and taking classes at the prestigious Conservatoire de Paris, he can almost forget the terrors of his past, or the promise he has vowed to keep. But across Europe an evil is rising, and no-one's safety is certain. In his heart, he knows the time will come where he must flee once more.
2008, the Aegean
The seven sisters are gathered together for the first time, on board the Titan to say a final goodbye to the enigmatic father they loved so dearly.
Inhalt: The six D'Aplièse sisters have each been on their own incredible journey to discover their heritage, but they still have one question left unanswered: who and where is the seventh sister?
They only have one clue - an image of a star-shaped emerald ring. The search to find the missing sister will take them across the globe - from New Zealand to Canada, England, France and Ireland - uniting them all in their mission to complete their family at last.
In doing so, they will slowly unearth a story of love, strength and sacrifice that began almost one hundred years ago, as other brave young women risk everything to change the world around them. Schlagworte:Familie, Familiendrama, Familiensaga, Frauenroman, Schwestern, Suche, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 805 Seiten Beteiligte:Riley, Lucinda Standort: Engl. Ril ISBN: 978-1-5098-4018-2
Inhalt: Joe Talbert, Jr. has never once met his namesake. Now out of college, a cub reporter for the Associated Press in Minneapolis, he stumbles across a story describing the murder of a man named Joseph Talbert in a small town in southern Minnesota.
Full of curiosity about whether this man might be his father, Joe is shocked to find that none of the town's residents have much to say about the dead man-other than that his death was long overdue. Joe discovers that the dead man was a loathsome lowlife who cheated his neighbors, threatened his daughter, and squandered his wife's inheritance after she, too, passed away--an inheritance that may now be Joe's.
Mired in uncertainty and plagued by his own devastated relationship with his mother, who is seeking to get back into her son's life, Joe must put together the missing pieces of his family history -- before his quest for discovery threatens to put him in a grave of his own. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Familiendrama, Kleinstadt, Tod, Vater, Vater-Sohn-Beziehung, Vaterlosigkeit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 341 Seiten Beteiligte:Eskens, Allen Standort: Engl. Esk ISBN: 978-0-316-50978-7
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.
Inhalt: From the moment Alma Whittaker steps into the world, everything about life intrigues her. Instilled with an unquenchable sense of wonder by her father, a botanical explorer and the richest man in the New World, Alma is raised in a house of luxury and curiosity. It is not long before she becomes a gifted botanist in her own right. But as she flourishes and her research takes her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, the man she comes to love draws her in the opposite direction - into the realm of the spiritual, the divine and the magical. The Signature of All Things soars across the globe of the nineteenth century, from London and Peru, to Philadelphia, Tahiti and beyond. Peopled with extraordinary characters along the way, most of all it has an unforgettable heroine in Alma Whittaker. Schlagworte:Armut, Diebstahl, Familie, Heirat, Hochzeit, Liebe, Pflanzenkunde Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 580 Seiten Beteiligte:Gilbert, Elizabeth Standort: Engl. Gil ISBN: 978-1-4088-5004-6
Inhalt: The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman's act of violence against her husband - and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.
Alicia Berenson's life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London's most desirable areas. One evening, her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face and then never speaks another word.
Alicia's refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.
Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations - a search for the truth that threatens to consume him.... Schlagworte:Ehepaar, Künstlerin, Mord, Patient, Psychologe, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 341 Seiten Beteiligte:Michaelides, Alex Standort: Engl. Mic ISBN: 978-1-4091-8162-0
Inhalt: Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite their differences, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something deeper - despite the displeasure of Achilles's mother Thetis, a cruel sea goddess. But when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, Achilles must go to war in distant Troy and fulfill his destiny. Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus goes with him, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear. Schlagworte:Antike, Erwachsenwerden, Griechenland, Griechenland , Griechische Mythologie, Griechische Sagen, Historisch, Historisches, Homosexualität, LGBTQ, Liebe, Mythologie, Prinz, Tod, Tragödie, Troja, Trojanischer Krieg Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 352 Seiten Beteiligte:Miller, Madeline Standort: Engl. Mil ISBN: 978-1-5266-4817-4
Inhalt: A TikTok sensation, this rom-com about a young woman who agrees to fake date a colleague and bring him to her sister's wedding has "everything you could want in a romance" (Helen Hoang, New York Times bestselling author).
Catalina Martín desperately needs a date to her sister's wedding. Especially since her little white lie about her American boyfriend has spiralled out of control. Now everyone she knows-including her ex and his fiancée-will be there and eager to meet him.
She only has four weeks to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic and aid in her deception. New York to Spain is no short flight and her raucous family won't be easy to fool.
Enter Aaron Blackford-her tall, handsome, condescending colleague-who surprisingly offers to step in. She'd rather refuse; never has there been a more aggravating, blood-boiling, and insufferable man.
But Catalina is desperate, and as the wedding draws nearer, Aaron looks like her best option. And she begins to realize he might not be as terrible in the real world as he is at the office.
Inhalt: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Circus, a timeless love story set in a secret underground world-a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea.
Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a mysterious book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues-a bee, a key, and a sword-that lead him to a masquerade party in New York, to a secret club, and through a doorway to an ancient library hidden far below the surface of the earth. What Zachary finds in this curious place is more than just a buried home for books and their guardians-it is a place of lost cities and seas, lovers who pass notes under doors and across time, and of stories whispered by the dead. Zachary learns of those who have sacrificed much to protect this realm, relinquishing their sight and their tongues to preserve this archive, and also of those who are intent on its destruction. Together with Mirabel, a fierce, pink-haired protector of the place, and Dorian, a handsome, barefoot man with shifting alliances, Zachary travels the twisting tunnels, darkened stairwells, crowded ballrooms, and sweetly soaked shores of this magical world, discovering his purpose-in both the mysterious book and in his own life. Schlagworte:Bibliothek, Bücherei, Fantasy, Magie Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 498 Seiten Beteiligte:Morgenstern, Erin Standort: Engl. Mor ISBN: 978-0-385-54121-3
Inhalt: In October 1947, after a summer long drought, fires break out all along the Maine coast from Bar Harbor to Kittery and are soon racing out of control from town to village. Five months pregnant, Grace Holland is left alone to protect her two toddlers when her husband, Gene, joins the volunteer firefighters. Along with her best friend, Rosie, and Rosie's two young children, Grace watches helplessly as their houses burn to the ground, the flames finally forcing them all into the ocean as a last resort. The women spend the night frantically protecting their children, and in the morning find their lives forever changed: homeless, penniless, awaiting news of their husbands' fate, and left to face an uncertain future in a town that no longer exists. In the midst of this devastating loss, Grace discovers glorious new freedoms--joys and triumphs she could never have expected her narrow life with Gene could contain--and her spirit soars. And then the unthinkable happens--and Grace's bravery is tested as never before. Schlagworte:20. Jahrhundert, Brand, Ehekrise, Maine, Zwanzigstes Jahrhundert Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 241 Seiten Beteiligte:Shreve, Anita Standort: Engl. Shr ISBN: 978-1-5247-1120-7
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? Schlagworte:Bitte, Englischer Roman, Mord, Nationalsozialismus, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Vergeltung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 480 S. Beteiligte:Picoult, Jodi Standort: Engl. Pic ISBN: 978-1-4767-2783-7
Inhalt: Celeste Jones has plans for a perfect summer with her boyfriend (and hopefully soon-to-be fiancé)-until he dumps her to be with the woman he's had on the side for months. Heartbroken and furious, Celeste resolves to move on. When the going gets tough, the tough...okay, the not-so-tough go to the beach.
As soon as school lets out for the summer, she waves goodbye to her first-graders, packs up her bikini and heads for Moonlight Harbor, where she knows her big sister, Jenna, will receive her with open arms. Jenna could probably use some help at the Driftwood Inn, and Celeste is happy to do chores around the place in exchange for a relaxing summer escape. She just needs something-or someone-to distract her from her troubles.
Finding The One can be tricky, and Jenna is determined to make sure Celeste gets it right this time around. Not that Jenna's an expert. She's still trying to sort out her own love life. But if both sisters listen to their hearts, eventually they're bound to discover that life-and love-is good at the beach. Schlagworte:Affäre, Liebe, Schwestern, Strand, Trennung, Urlaub Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 373 Seiten Beteiligte:Roberts, Sheila Standort: Engl. Rob ISBN: 978-0-7783-6940-0
Inhalt: Out of the blue, your husband of thirty years asks you for a pause in your marriage to indulge his infatuation with a young Frenchwoman. Do you: a) assume it's a passing affair and play along b) angrily declare the marriage over c) crack up d) retreat to a safe haven and regroup? Mia Fredricksen cracks up first, then decamps for the summer to the prairie town of her childhood, where she rages, fumes, and bemoans her sorry fate as abandoned spouse. But little by little, she is drawn into the lives of those around her: her mother and her circle of feisty widows; her young neighbour, with two small children and a loud, angry husband; and the diabolical pubescent girls in her poetry class. By the end of the summer without men, wiser though definitely not sadder, Mia knows what she wants to fight for and on whose terms. Schlagworte:American English, Beziehung, Englischer Roman, Frau, Identität, Lebensgestaltung, Mann Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 216 S. Beteiligte:Hustvedt, Siri Standort: Engl. Hus ISBN: 978-1-4447-1054-0
Joseph O'Loughlin appears to have the perfect life - a beautiful wife, a loving daughter and a successful career as a clinical psychologist. But nothing can be taken for granted. Even the most flawless existence is only a loose thread away from unravelling. All it takes is a murdered girl, a troubled young patient and the biggest lie of his life.
Caught in a complex web of deceit and haunted by images of the slain girl, he embarks upon a search that will take him from London to Liverpool and into the darkest recesses of the human mind. Ultimately, he will risk everything to unmask the killer and save his family. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Liverpool, London, Mord, Patient, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 405 Seiten Beteiligte:Robotham, Michael Standort: Engl. Rob ISBN: 978-0-7515-4417-6
Inhalt: Leena is too young to feel stuck. Eileen is too old to start over. Maybe it's time for The Switch...
Ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, Leena escapes to her grandmother Eileen's house for some overdue rest. Newly single and about to turn eighty, Eileen would like a second chance at love. But her tiny Yorkshire village doesn't offer many eligible gentlemen... So Leena proposes a solution: a two-month swap. Eileen can live in London and look for love, and L Leena will look after everything in rural Yorkshire.
But with a rabble of unruly OAPs to contend with, as well as the annoyingly perfect - and distractingly handsome - local schoolteacher, Leena learns that switching lives isn't straightforward. Back in London, Eileen is a huge hit with her new neighbours, and with the online dating scene. But is her perfect match nearer to home than she first thought? Schlagworte:Dorf, Enkelin, Großmutter, Liebe, London, Oma, Sabbatical, Tausch, Wohnung, Yorkshire Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 330 Seiten Beteiligte:O'Leary, Beth Standort: Engl. O'Le ISBN: 978-1-78747-500-7
Inhalt: Winner of the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in fiction Winner of the Edgar award for best novel 2016 Winner of the 2015 Centre of fiction first novel prize Finalist for the 2016 Pen/Faulkner Award Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for fiction
The sympathizer is a blistering exploration of identity, politics and America, wrought in electric prose. The narrator, a Vietnamese army captain, is a man of divided loyalties, a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist sleeper agent in America after the end of the Vietnam War. A powerful story of love and friendship, and a gripping espionage novel, The sympathizer examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film and the wars we fight today. Schlagworte:80er Jahre, Achtziger Jahre, America, Amerika, Einwanderer, Immigrant, Kommunismus, Krimi, Politik, Pulitzerpreis, Spionage, Vietnam, Vietnamkrieg Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 499 Seiten Beteiligte:Nguyen, Viet Thanh Standort: Engl. Ngu ISBN: 978-1-4721-5136-0
One night, Annie went missing. Disappeared from her own bed. There were searches, appeals. Everyone thought the worst. And then, miraculously, after forty-eight hours, she came back. But she couldn't, or wouldn't, say what had happened to her.
Something happened to my sister. I can't explain what. I just know that when she came back, she wasn't the same. She wasn't my Annie.
I didn't want to admit, even to myself, that sometimes I was scared to death of my own little sister.
Now. . .
The email arrived in my inbox two months ago. I almost deleted it straight away, but then I clicked OPEN:
I know what happened to your sister. It's happening again . . . Schlagworte:Entführung, Schwester, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 358 Seiten Beteiligte:Tudor, C. J. Standort: Engl. Tud ISBN: 978-1-4059-3097-0
Inhalt: A time to kill - or a time to die? The mission is to enter one of the most dangerous countries in the world. The target is one of the toughest to reach. The result could be momentous - or it could be Armageddon. There is no margin for error. US government operatives Will Robie and Jessica Reel have to prove they are still the best team there is. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Thriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 417 S. Beteiligte:Baldacci, David Standort: Engl. Bal ISBN: 978-1-4472-5929-9
Inhalt: When important information is leaked from inside the Venetian Questura, Commissario Guido Brunetti is entrusted with the task of uncovering which of his colleagues is responsible. But before Brunetti can begin his investigation, he is surprised by the appearance in his office of a friend of his wife's, who is fearful that her son is using drugs. A few weeks later, Tullio Gasparini, the woman's husband, is found unconscious with a serious head injury at the foot of a bridge, and Brunetti is drawn to pursue a possible connection to the boy's behaviour. But the truth is not straightforward.
Following various contradictory leads, Brunetti navigates his way through a world of mysterious informants, underground deals and secret longstanding scam networks, all the while growing ever more impressed by the intuition of his fellow Commissario, Claudia Griffoni, and by the endless resourcefulness of Signorina Elettra, Vice-Questore Patta's secretary and gate-keeper.
With Gasparini's condition showing no signs of improvement, and his investigations leading nowhere, Brunetti is steadied by the embrace of his own family and by his passion for the classics. He turns to Sophocles's Antigone in an attempt to understand the true purpose of justice, and, in its light, he is forced to consider the terrible consequences to which the actions of a tender heart can lead. In the twenty-seventh novel in Donna Leon's bestselling crime series, a suspicious accident leads Commissario Guido Brunetti to uncover a longstanding scam with disturbing unintended consequences. Schlagworte:Betrug, Drogenmissbrauch, Krimi, Venedig Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 300 Seiten Beteiligte:Leon, Donna Standort: Engl. Leo ISBN: 978-1-78515-196-5
Inhalt: It is 1994, and in the desert near Tillman, Arizona, forty miles from Tucson, a grand experiment involving the future of humanity is underway. As climate change threatens the earth, eight scientists, four men and four women dubbed the "Terranauts," have been selected to live under glass in E2, a prototype of a possible off-earth colony. Their sealed, three-acre compound comprises five biomes¿rainforest, savanna, desert, ocean, and marsh¿and enough wildlife, water, and vegetation to sustain them.
Closely monitored by an all-seeing Mission Control, this New Eden is the brainchild of ecovisionary Jeremiah Reed, aka G.C.¿"God the Creator"¿for whom the project is both an adventure in scientific discovery and a momentous publicity stunt. In addition to their roles as medics, farmers, biologists, and survivalists, his young, strapping Terranauts must impress watchful visitors and a skeptical media curious to see if E2¿s environment will somehow be compromised, forcing the Ecosphere¿s seal to be broken¿and ending the mission in failure. As the Terranauts face increased scrutiny and a host of disasters, both natural and of their own making, their mantra: "Nothing in, nothing out," becomes a dangerously ferocious rallying cry.
Told through three distinct narrators¿Dawn Chapman, the mission¿s pretty, young ecologist; Linda Ryu, her bitter, scheming best friend passed over for E2; and Ramsay Roothorp, E2¿s sexually irrepressible Wildman¿The Terranauts brings to life an electrifying, pressured world in which connected lives are uncontrollably pushed to the breaking point. With characteristic humor and acerbic wit, T.C. Boyle indelibly inhabits the perspectives of the various players in this survivalist game, probing their motivations and illuminating their integrity and fragility to illustrate the inherent fallibility of human nature itself. Schlagworte:Experiment, Wissenschaftler, Zukunft, Ökosystem Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 508 Seiten Beteiligte:Boyle, T.C. Standort: Engl. Boy ISBN: 978-0-06-234940-8
Inhalt: Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, is a modern classic. Now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel.
More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.
Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third voice: a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets.
As Atwood unfolds The Testaments, she opens up the innermost workings of Gilead as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes.
'Dear Readers: Everything you've ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we've been living in.' Margaret Atwood Schlagworte:Dystopie, Frau, Frauen, Leibeigenschaft, Magd, Unterdrückung, Zukunftsroman Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 415 Seiten Beteiligte:Atwood, Margaret Standort: Engl. Atw ISBN: 978-0-385-54378-1
Inhalt: A cold case. A recent discovery. A very real threat...
Amongst the ruins of the old Beaumont mansion lies a terrible secret. In the cellar are three graves - but only two skeletons. They belong to Holly and Poppy Duval who disappeared 20 years ago. But where is their missing youngest sister?
Detective Pierce Reed is assigned to the case, which becomes complicated by his reporter wife, Nikki, trying to get the scoop on the ground-breaking new find. As Reed and Nikki start to piece together what really happened all those years ago, it becomes clear that the killer is anything but finished.
And the question remains - where is Rose Duval? Schlagworte:Cold Case, Thriller, Verschwinden Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 345 Seiten Beteiligte:Jackson, Lisa Standort: Engl. Jac ISBN: 978-1-5293-0442-8
Inhalt: Lying on Lucy Silchester's carpet one day when she returns from work is a gold envelope. Inside is an invitation - to a meeting with Life. Her life. It sounds peculiar, but Lucy's read about this in a magazine. Anyway, she can't make the date: she's much too busy despising her job, skipping out on her friends and avoiding her family. Schlagworte:Englischer Roman, Identität, Leben Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 391 S. Beteiligte:Ahern, Cecelia Standort: Engl. Ahe ISBN: 978-0-00-735044-5
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
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