Alessandra Emma Giagheddu Książki

W Strażniku tajemnic atmosfera lat czterdziestych, sześćdziesiątych i współczesności splata się z historią miłosną, w której tajemnice i zbrodnie bledną. W 1961 roku, w angielskiej posiadłości, szesnastoletnia Laurel Nicholson ucieka z pikniku, by marzyć o chłopcu imieniem Billy i przyszłości w Londynie. Niespodziewanie staje się świadkiem strasznej zbrodni, która na zawsze zmienia jej życie i rodzi pytania o prawdziwą naturę jej matki. W 2011 roku, po udanej karierze aktorskiej, Laurel wraca do rodzinnego domu w Suffolk, by świętować dziewięćdziesiąte urodziny umierającej matki, Dorothy. To jej ostatnia szansa, by odkryć sekrety z przeszłości i rozwiązać zagadkę morderstwa sprzed pięćdziesięciu lat, które wciąż rani jej dzieciństwo. Rozpoczyna skomplikowane śledztwo, które prowadzi ją przez wspomnienia Dorothy i innych bliskich, odkrywając wielką tajemnicę sięgającą początku II wojny światowej i bombardowań Londynu. Tragiczna przeszłość powraca, splatając losy trójki młodych ludzi z różnych światów: Dorothy, Vivien i Jimmy'ego.

Tempe Brennan arrives in Montreal from Charlotte in early December to testify as an expert witness. As a Forensic Anthropologist for Quebec, she should be reviewing her notes, but instead, she’s in a freezing pizza parlour basement, surrounded by rats and the skeletal remains of three young women. Homicide detective Luc Claudel, who has never been fond of Tempe, believes the bones are historic and not his concern, especially after the pizza parlour owner finds 19th-century buttons with the remains. However, Tempe suspects otherwise. She plans to conduct Carbon 14 testing to determine the bones' age and analyze the tooth enamel to trace the women's origins. If her suspicions are correct, Claudel could be facing three recent murders. Meanwhile, Detective Andrew Ryan's mysterious behavior raises questions. His private phone calls and sudden disappearances come just as Tempe begins to trust him, leaving her with her cat, Birdie, and more nights alone. As she delves into both her personal and professional challenges, Tempe becomes entangled in a sinister web, where women have vanished without a trace. With her own safety at risk, she realizes she may be the next target.

"Fans of TV's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation should be in heaven" (People) stepping into the world of forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan, star of Kathy Reichs' electrifyingly authentic bestsellers. When innocent blood is spilled, she deciphers the shattering truth it holds. Nine-year-old Emily Anne Toussaint is fatally shot on a Montreal street. A North Carolina teenager disappears from her home, and parts of her skeleton are found hundreds of miles away. The shocking deaths propel Tempe Brennan from north to south, and deep into a shattering investigation inside the bizarre culture of outlaw motorcycle gangs -- where one misstep could bring disaster for herself or someone she loves.

When a plane crashes high in the mountains of North Carolina, Tempe Brennan is one of the first on the scene. As a forensic anthropologist for the state, she serves on the region's disaster response team. The task that confronts her is a sad and sickening one. Putting normal life on hold, she and her colleagues must painstakingly identify the victims. A chance discovery concerns her: a severed foot, well away from the main crash site. A deserted house close by is buried so deep in the woods that locals claim to know nothing of its existence. And her examination of the foot throws up more questions than it answers. Before she can make any progress, an anonymous accusation is levelled against her. Tempe must fight to save her professional standing. But she fears that, air tragedy aside, another corpse lies somewhere in the woods. Pitting herself against a conspiracy of silence, Tempe is determined to bring justice for her mystery victim.

Early thirtysomething Emma decides it�s time to have the baby - but it just doesn�t happen to order. Emma goes through a funny, touching and ultimately moving journey as she struggles to accept the reality that maybe it�s never going to happen. The Baby Trail is a novel rich in texture, light and dark, and humour with a biting undercurrent.

'Death by self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head' is the on-scene assessment, but the victim's relatives are adamant in their rejection of suicide as an explanation. Discovered in a closet, a week after death, the body is barely recognisable. Extreme heat has accelerated decomposition, and Dr Temperance Brennan's forensic expertise is required.|PB

Zagubiony list... Wszystko zaczyna się od dostarczonego po pięćdziesięciu latach listu, który w pewne niedzielne popołudnie trafia w ręce Edie i jej matki. Adres zwrotny: Zamek Mildehurst, nadawca: Juniper Blythe. Edie wyrusza w podróż do hrabstwa Kent, do zamku, w którym jej matka jako dziewczynka spędziła półtora roku. Trzy siostry... Zamek niegdyś należał do słynnego Raymonda Blythe’a, autora baśniowej opowieści o Człowieku z Błota. Teraz mieszkają w nim trzy córki Blythe’a: bliźniaczki Percy i Saffy oraz Juniper. Starsze siostry przez większą część życia opiekowały się Juniper, która po stracie narzeczonego w 1941 roku popadła w szaleństwo. Milczący zamek... Wewnątrz starych murów Edie stara się odszukać ślad dzieciństwa swojej matki, ale wkrótce odkrywa, że ukryte są w nich także inne tajemnice… Od dawna czekające na kogoś, kto wydobędzie je z zapomnienia…

Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan assists in the excavation of 20-year-old mass grave of massacre victims in a Guatemalan village. Now as she pieces together the past, Tempe becomes entangled in the cases of four privileged young women who suddenly vanish from Guatemala City.

The third volume in Gary Jennings' historical epic that began with Aztec and Aztec Autumn. In this colorful and exciting era of swords and cloaks, upheaval and revolution, a young beggar boy, in whose blood runs that of both Spanish and Aztec royalty must claim his birthright. From the torrid streets of the City of the Dead along the Veracruz Coast to the ageless glory of Seville in Old Spain, Cristo the Bastardo connives fights, and loves as he seeks the truth—without knowing that he will be the founder of a proud new people.As we follow the loves and adventures of Cristo and experience the colorful splendor and barbarism of the era, a vanished culture is brought back to life in all its magnificence.“This exotic, sensuous novel works on many levels. It is at once history, mystery, and a coming-of-age novel all permeated by the teeming world of seventeenth century Mexico as seen through the eyes of a teenage boy.” -- Library Journal

Includes supplement: "P.S. insights, interviews & more ..."--Cover.

Dr. Temperance Brennan, the wry, impassioned director of forensic anthropology for the province of Quebec, is driven to unravel shocking acts of violence by reading the bones of the dead.

Sebastian Senecal è un professore di lettere e filosofia di quarantacinque anni: ha una moglie e due bambini, è appassionato del suo lavoro e dei suoi studi e sa apprezzare i piccoli piaceri della vita. All'avvicinarsi dell'estate, con l'esplosione dei suoi colori, dei suoi odori, dei suoi sapori, il professore decide di fare qualcosa di insolito e per lui entusiasmante: costruire un fantastico portico nel suo giardino, in cui passeggiare e ragionare di filosofia, di stoici ed epicurei, di gioie e di dolori...Il nuovo romanzo dell'autore de "La prima sorsata di birra". Una storia breve e delicata, intrisa di dolcezza e malinconia insieme.

Victorine is a dutiful housewife, respectable schoolteacher and mother in the Vendee in the 1900s, cooking the gigot for the family lunch, obeying her husband, walking the long beaches of the Atlantic with her children. But then an old childhood acquaintance turns up and her life is turned upside down forever. She falls passionately in love for the first time in her life. But her lover's work takes him back to Indochina, and Victorine abandons her life and her family to go with him. Everything is strange - the extraordinary voyage to get there, the life they lead in the sultry tropical heat, the glamour of colonial life - but life there is also a lie. Less than two years later, Victorine returns home and resumes her life: what happened?