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Alessandra Emma Giagheddu

    Cross bones
    The Baby Trail
    Fatal Voyage
    Deadly décisions
    Monday Mourning
    Strażnik tajemnic
    • 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.

      Strażnik tajemnic2013
      4,2
    • Far to go

      • 352 strony
      • 13 godzin czytania

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

      Far to go2011
      3,8
    • Milczący zamek

      • 560 stron
      • 20 godzin czytania

      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…

      Milczący zamek2011
      3,9
    • 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.

      The Baby Trail2006
      3,9
    • Deadly décisions

      • 333 strony
      • 12 godzin czytania

      "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.

      Deadly décisions2005
      4,0
    • Cross bones

      • 497 stron
      • 18 godzin czytania

      '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

      Cross bones2005
      3,9
    • Victorine

      • 352 strony
      • 13 godzin czytania

      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?

      Victorine2004
      3,3
    • Monday Mourning

      • 303 strony
      • 11 godzin czytania

      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.

      Monday Mourning2004
      4,1
    • 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

      Aztec Blood2003
      3,8
    • Grave Secrets

      • 400 stron
      • 14 godzin czytania

      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.

      Grave Secrets2002
      3,9
    • A plane crashes high in the mountains of North Carolina. But a severed foot is discovered a good distance from the crash site. Forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan is first on the scene. Her task is a sickening one, and her investigation seems to be raising more questions than answers. But when Tempe starts asking dangerous questions, her professional standing is threatened. Convinced that another corpse lies in the woods, Tempe pits herself against a conspiracy of silence - and uncovers a shocking tale of deceit and depravity.

      Fatal Voyage2001
      4,0
    • Il portico

      • 153 strony
      • 6 godzin czytania

      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.

      Il portico2000
      3,0
    • Déjà Dead

      • 560 stron
      • 20 godzin czytania

      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.

      Déjà Dead1998
      3,7