Maria Clara Pasetti Książki

Detective Kathy Mallory finds herself hunting a killer like none she has come across before in this acclaimed thriller by New York Times bestselling author Carol O'Connell.

In this riveting thriller from New York Times bestselling author Carol O'Connell, New York City officer Kathleen Mallory purges a woman of her mysterious past—and the flesh-and-blood ghosts of a violent family legacy. At first, NYPD detective Kathleen Mallory thinks the case is simple: a burglar caught in the act and stabbed with an ice pick by a vulnerable homeowner. Except that the dead man was not a burglar, but a hired killer. And the homeowner is the most famous missing child in NYPD history, believed kidnapped more than sixty years ago after the massacre of her entire family...by an ice pick. As Mallory investigates, an astonishing story emerges, one of murderous greed and family horror, abandonment and loss, revenge and twisted love—and a terrifying secret that has yet to claim its final victim.

GIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE tells the story of an imaginary painting by Vermeer, and the aspirations and longings of those whose lives it illuminates, and darkens. From a proud father regretting his lost love to a compromised French noblewoman, from a hanged girl to Vermeer's own gifted daughter, Susan Vreeland's beautiful and luminous tales link to form an evocative jewel.

Weiner's witty, original, fast-moving debut features a lovable heroine, a solid cast, snappy dialogue and a poignant take on life's priorities.For twenty-eight years, things have been tripping along nicely for Cannie Shapiro. Sure, her mother has come charging out of the closet, and her father has long since dropped out of her world. But she loves her friends, her rat terrier, Nifkin, and her job as pop culture reporter for The Philadelphia Examiner. She's even made a tenuous peace with her plus-size body. But the day she opens up a national women's magazine and sees the words "Loving a Larger Woman" above her ex-boyfriend's byline, Cannie is plunged into misery...and the most amazing year of her life. From Philadelphia to Hollywood and back home again, she charts a new course for herself: mourning her losses, facing her past, and figuring out who she is and who she can become.

Two teenage brothers go into the woods one day; only one comes back. What happened to the younger brother remains a mystery, until twenty years later, when the older brother, comes home after many years and begins to unravel the mystery when human remains keep appearing. Is Josh coming home bone by bone?

Get ready to cheer for Rose Lloyd, a woman of young middle-age who proves that starting over doesn’t have an age limit. After twenty-five years spent juggling husband, career, and kids with admirable success, Rose suddenly finds both her marriage and her career in unexpected ruin. Forced to begin a new life, she is at first terrified, then energized, by her newfound freedom — it’s amazing what prolonged reflection, a little weight loss, a new slant on independence, and some Parisian lingerie will do for the psyche! Witty, insightful, and emotionally resonant, Buchan’s novel will strike a chord with anyone who has ever wondered what Middle Age would look like from the other side of the looking glass (answer: much better than you could ever expect).

Heden en verleden smelten samen in een historisch moordmysterie op de campus van Cambridge. Het lichaam van Elizabeth Vogelsang wordt gevonden in een rivier in Cambridge. De gepensioneerde historica, die werkte aan een controversiële biografie over Isaac Newton, klemt in haar hand een antieke prisma. Om te voorkomen dat haar geheimen in het graf verdwijnen, zegt Lydia, de ex-vriendin van Elizabeths zoon, toe de biografie te voltooien. Gaandeweg ontdekt zij dat de dood van Elizabeth verband houdt met een moord uit 1665. Haar onderzoek leidt haar naar een radicale herinterpretatie van de rol van alchemie en bovennatuurlijke krachten in Newtons leven. Maar op het moment dat ze zich lijkt te verliezen in de zeventiende eeuw, vinden er in het heden nog twee moorden plaats.