Els van Son Książki

In het Ballyterrin-ziekenhuis gebeurt het ondenkbare: er wordt een baby van nog geen uur oud gestolen. Forensisch psycholoog Paula Maguire, zelf zwanger, krijgt de zaak toegewezen, samen met de unit Vermiste Personen. Hoewel de baby binnen een paar dagen wordt teruggevonden, is de zaak voor Maguire daarmee niet afgedaan. Haar gevoel blijkt juist, want niet veel later wordt het lichaam van een gruwelijk toegetakelde vrouw aangetroffen. Hoewel de zaken ogenschijnlijk niets met elkaar te maken hebben, is Paula er toch van overtuigd dat er een verband is. Wanneer dan ook nog eens een hoogzwangere vrouw vermist raakt, beseft Paula dat de moordenaar zich dichter bij huis ophoudt dan ze dacht.

Konstytucja, która miała zapobiegać wojnom między czarodziejami, została skradziona i Trinity musi się przygotować na możliwy atak. Każdy robi to, co potrafi najlepiej: Seph monitoruje Wajdlotmury, Jack i Ellen szkolą armię duchów, nawet niemagiczni Will i Fitch podkładają miny wzdłuż muru obronnego. Jason Haley natomiast czuje się nikomu niepotrzebny. Może nie jest najpotężniejszym czarodziejem w Trinity, lecz gotów jest walczyć w obronie swoich przyjaciół. Wszystko się zmienia, gdy Jason znajduje ukryty w jaskini potężny talizman – ogromny opal zwany Smoczym Sercem. Między kamieniem a chłopcem rodzi się niezwykła więź i Jason zaczyna wierzyć w to, że stać go na więcej, niż można by przypuszczać. Kiedy dochodzi do decydującego starcia, w miasteczku, będącym niegdyś azylem dla obdarzonych mocą, rozpętuje się piekło. Mając tak wiele do stracenia, o co zechcą walczyć mieszkańcy Trinity i ile będą w stanie poświęcić?

When a girl with Down syndrome is sexually assaulted in a Lusaka slum, human rights lawyer Zoe Fleming and Zambian police officer Joseph Zabuta conduct an investigation that reveals a link between the victim and a powerful local family.

While working on determining the identity of a murdered child, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is given a reconstruction assignment by a ruthless and sinister Colombian drug lord who is willing to ensure her cooperation by offering to help her find the murderer of her seven-year-old daughter

a heartwarming , charming and atmospheric story that made me long to escape to Mure. Total joy Sophie Kinsella

On a north London high street, a runaway vehicle crashes to a halt. The man in the driving seat was murdered a week earlier. On Hampstead Heath, a bonfire blazes- in the flames lies the next victim. As autumn leaves fall, a serial killer runs amok in the capital, playing games with the police. The death toll is rising fast, and the investigation is floundering. But this is no ordinary killer, and every new victim is intended as a message to just one woman. Because psychologist Frieda Klein is in hiding. And someone is coming to find her . . . After seven stunning novels, Frieda Klein's duel with her dark nemesis finally comes to a climax - and only one can make it out alive.

Pewnego marcowego dnia Jack Swift, gimnazjalista z niewielkiego miasteczka, zapomina zażyć specyfik, który przyjmuje codziennie od najmłodszych lat. Szereg zdarzeń, który potem następuje, sprowadza na niego śmiertelne niebezpieczeństwo. Kiedy Jack ujawnia długo skrywaną tajemnicę, zaczynają go poszukiwać bezwzględni czarodzieje z rodów Białej i Czerwonej Róży. Jack jest potomkiem wojowników, jednym z ostatnich przedstawicieli ginącego gatunku. Różowcy chcą go wykorzystać do walki w turniejach rozstrzygających o rozdziale władzy między rodami czarodziejów. Dotąd chłopak nie zdawał sobie sprawy, że zawsze otaczali go przedstawiciele Magicznych Gildii: czarodzieje, zaklinacze, wróżbici i guślarze. Wszyscy oni są zdecydowani chronić go przed Różowcami. Z pomocą swojej ciotki, pięknej zaklinaczki, Jack zdobywa umiejętności, które mogą uratować mu życie. Wraz z przyjaciółmi Willem i Fitchem odkopuje na cmentarzu magiczny miecz i walczy z czarodziejami, którzy chcą mu go odebrać. Wreszcie młody wojownik zaczyna pobierać nauki u mrocznego i niebezpiecznego Leandera Hastingsa, czarodzieja o tajemniczej przeszłości. Jednocześnie przeżywa rozterki miłosne – rozdarty między uczuciem do nowej uczennicy Ellen Stephenson a związkiem ze swoją byłą dziewczyną Leeshą Middleton, która chce go odzyskać. Zdemaskowany i zdradzony, ucieka do Krainy Jezior w Anglii, gdzie czeka go decydujące starcie.

Psychotherapist Dr Frieda Klein once again finds herself in the midst of a criminal investigation when the rotting body of an ex-policeman is found beneath the floorboards of her house. The corpse is only months old but the main suspect, murderer Dean Reeve, died over seven years ago. As the killer picks off his next victims and her home is turned into a crime scene, Frieda's old life seems like a hazy dream. With eyes of the world upon her and no answers from the police, Frieda realises that she will have to track this killer before he tracks down those she loves.

It's 1987. Billy Marvin, the tallest boy in ninth grade, has just witnessed history. Wheel of Fortune presenter Vanna White is on the cover of Playboy. Billy and his friends, Alf and Clark, know that if they can get hold of the magazine, their world will change. For ever. But as Billy says, 'No shopkeeper in America was going to sell Playboy to a fourteen-year-old boy.' As they set out on their mission to find the most wanted images in America, they're blissfully unaware of the dangers, dramas and garbage dumpsters that lie ahead. And of how a girl called Mary might just change one of their lives. For ever.

Olivia Morrow, a Manhattan psychologist, begins to suspect that her husband Jonathan, a brilliant obstetrician and medical researcher, may have been murdered instead of his twin brother, Charles. Her search for the truth plunges her into life-threatening danger which is only increased when she crosses the path of Henry Patton, a criminologist, who is on a search of his own, the truth behind a long-ago scandal involving his grandmother that must now be solved at all costs

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Countdown returns with a gripping suspense thriller that thrusts a mother and son into a deadly game with a relentless killer. Sophie Dunston, a leading sleep therapist, is deeply familiar with the life-threatening night terrors plaguing her ten-year-old son, Michael. However, she also grapples with a more sinister terror—one that transformed her life into a nightmare in an instant. A shadowy figure from her past is watching, a man who shattered her world and left her with only one purpose: to protect her son. The nightmare is far from over; the killer has been waiting for his chance. Sophie narrowly escaped death once, but this time, he’s determined to finish what he started. Enter Jock Gavin, a semiretired hit man who understands the danger Sophie faces and knows she needs help. He enlists Matt Royd, a wild card whose unpredictable nature could change everything. As Sophie is forced to trust Royd, she realizes that the bogeyman haunting her dreams is all too real and is hunting her once again. The terror he has planned won’t end with her waking up; it will follow her relentlessly.

Carole Barber has come to Paris, with its rain-slick slate roofs and winding streets, to work on her novel - and to find herself after a lifetime in the spotlight. Carole's two grown children rush to her bedside, waiting and praying - until the miraculous begins to happen .

When a psychopath with deadly intent vows to shatter M's world forever, the muse and star model to France's iconic designer Jean-Louis Tremont will break the rules to protect her family and her life.

A sharp, funny and deftly observed debut about a wonderfully dysfunctional New York family, The Plumbs, and the three grown-up siblings fighting to save the family money pot - the 'nest' - as their oldest brother threatens to lose it all. Perfect for fans of The Middlesteins and The Vacationers. When Leo Plumb drives off drunk from a party in a sports car with a nineteen-year-old waitress in tow, to the moral and legal fallout must be added the horrible inconvenience to his brother and sisters. Leo's rehab costs have severely depleted 'the nest' - the family's joint trust fund that would have cut them loose from their myriad financial issues. For Melody, a suburban wife and mother, it was to cover both an unwieldy mortgage and her daughters' college tuition. Antiques dealer Jack has secretly borrowed against the beach cottage he shares with his husband. And Beatrice, a once-promising short story writer, can't seem to finish her overdue novel. Brought together as never before, the Plumb siblings must grapple with old resentments, present-day truths, and the significant emotional and financial toll of the accident, as well as finally acknowledging the choices they have made in their own lives. Ferociously astute, warm and funny, The Nest is a brilliant debut chronicling the hilarity and savagery of family life.

Simone werkt tegen haar zin bij een roddelblaadje van de ergste soort. Ze blijkt echter erg goed te zijn in het ontdekken van geheimen. Als een actrice onverwacht sterft, doet Simone haar uiterste best om de waarheid te achterhalen. Daardoor loopt haar eigen leven gevaar. Deze thriller is spannend, maar roept tegelijk een gevoel van afkeer op voor de werkwijze van roddelbladen. Ze onderzoeken vuilnis van sterren om iets te ontdekken en werken zich onder valse voorwendselen bij iemand naar binnen om in vertrouwen iets los te peuteren omdat niemand rechtstreeks met hen wil spreken. Het verhaal en onderzoek naar de moord zijn echter heel spannend en ingenieus verteld. Een goed, snel verhaal, met alsnog een onverwachte uitkomst, romantisch bovendien.

Two weeks in a remote island villa with America's most dysfunctional family - what could possibly go wrong? The Posts are going on their first family vacation in years, and it's going to be a special one: Jim and Franny are taking their daughter Sylvia, son Bobby and his girlfriend, and Franny's best friend Charles and his husband, all the way to Mallorca for two weeks of the sort of relaxation, culture and cuisine that only Europe can offer. But there are problems. After a transgression with a twenty-three-year-old editorial assistant, Jim has been unceremoniously sacked from his job, and now his and Franny's marriage is on the rocks. Charles and Lawrence are feeling divided over their future, Bobby is mired in debt problems and stuck in a relationship that's pulling in opposite directions and his girlfriend Carmen, super-fit personal trainer and, at forty-something, far too old for Bobby, seems to have realized her mistake. As for Sylvia, she's eighteen, about to go to college, and determined to lose her virginity before she gets there . . .