To understand the strange goings on at The Pale Horse Inn, Mark Easterbrook knew he had to begin at the beginning, but where was the beginning? Was it the blow to the back of Father Gorman's head? Or the priest's visit to a woman on her death bed? Or the violent squabble he had witnessed earlier?
This provocative, powerful novel explores class, race and star-crossed love in modern, small-town America - in the vein of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere.
Ciepła, pełna niewymuszonego humoru i ironicznego brytyjskiego dowcipu komedia kryminalna z uroczymi bohaterami, których nie sposób nie polubić. Znakomite połączenie klasycznej intrygi kryminalnej z zabawną komedią, powieść pogodna, wzruszająca i nieodparcie optymistyczna. Dla czytelnika w każdym wieku. Drżyjcie, łotry! Czwórka seniorów z Czwartkowego Klubu Zbrodni wkracza do akcji! W luksusowej wiosce dla seniorów czwórka pozornie niedobranych przyjaciół tworzy Czwartkowy Klub Zbrodni. Łączy ich zamiłowanie do rozwiązywania kryminalnych zagadek. Jego członkowie: Joyce, Elizabeth, Ron i Ibrahim co tydzień omawiają przypadki morderstw, których nie udało się w przeszłości wyjaśnić policji. Kiedy zostaje zabity miejscowy deweloper, detektywi amatorzy trafiają w sam środek śledztwa, które tym razem toczy się tu i teraz. Wreszcie mają szansę się wykazać. To nic, że zbliżają się do osiemdziesiątki. Czy ten niekonwencjonalny, lecz błyskotliwy zespół detektywów zdoła schwytać zabójcę, nim będzie za późno? Powieścią Richarda Osmana zachwyciło się wielu zagranicznych autorów, w tym m.in.: Harlan Coben, Shari Lapena, Ian Rankin, Fiona Barton, Kate Atkinson, Sarah Pinborough, James Oswald czy Caroline Kepnes. Sam autor potwierdził, że trwają rozmowy w sprawie telewizyjnej adaptacji.
After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last is bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. She drifts into an affair with the shallow socialite John Beaver and forsakes Tony for the Belgravia set. Brilliantly combining tragedy, comedy and savage irony, A Handful of Dust captures the irresponsible mood of the 'crazy and sterile generation' between the wars. The breakdown of the Last marriage is a painful, comic re-working of Waugh's own divorce, and a symbol of the disintegration of society
A darkly whimsical and wickedly funny tale about a twelve-year-old maid who finds herself at the very heart of a conspiracy involving mischief, ghosts, and intrigue. Just right for fans of Lemony Snicket and Neil Gaiman, Anyone but Ivy Pocket is the first book in a four-book series and is illustrated throughout. Ivy Pocket is a walking disaster, at every turn enraging and appalling the fancy aristocrats she works for. But our protagonist doesn't see herself that way at all. In fact, she's convinced she's rather wonderful, perfectly charming, and extremely talented. When Ivy finds herself abandoned and penniless in Paris, she has no idea how she will get back to England. Fate intervenes when Ivy is called to the sickbed of a dying duchess and is charged with delivering a spectacular (and possibly cursed) diamond necklace to Matilda Butterfield on her twelfth birthday. From that moment on, Ivy Pocket is propelled towards her remarkable destiny in a surprising adventure full of villains, mayhem, and misunderstandings.
From the bestselling author of 'The Husband's Secret' comes a compelling story where nothing is as simple as it seems.
Zapomniane dzieciństwo.Odkryte na nowo życie.A jeśli masz tylko jeden jedyny dzień, żeby dowiedzieć się, kim naprawdę jesteś?Kiedy Sabrina Boggs przypadkiem natrafia na tajemniczą kolekcję, kt�ra znajdowała się w posiadaniu jej ojca, odkrywa prawdę tam, gdzie nigdy nie podejrzewała istnienia kłamstwa. Człowiek, przy kt�rym spędziła całe dzieciństwo, nagle staje się kimś zupełnie obcym.Niespodziewany przełom w monotonnym, rutynowym rozkładzie dnia pozostawia jej tylko jeden dzień na poznanie sekret�w mężczyzny, kt�rego rzekomo tak dobrze znała. Dzień, kt�ry wydobywa na światło dzienne wspomnienia, historie i ludzi, o istnieniu kt�rych nie miała dotąd pojęcia. Dzień, kt�ry na zawsze zmieni ją i wszystkich wok�ł niej.
Maybe it was time I forgot about Nico Peterson, and his sister, and the Cahuilla Club, and Clare Cavendish. Clare? The rest would be easy to put out of my mind, but not the black-eyed blonde . . . It is the early 1950s. In Los Angeles, Private Detective Philip Marlowe is as restless and lonely as ever, and business is a little slow. Then a new client arrives: young, beautiful, and expensively dressed, Clare Cavendish wants Marlowe to find her former lover, a man named Nico Peterson. Soon Marlowe will find himself not only under the spell of the Black-Eyed Blonde; but tangling with one of Bay Cityâe(tm)s richest families âe" and developing a singular appreciation for how far they will go to protect their fortune . . . In this gripping and deeply evocative crime novel, Benjamin Black returns us to the dark, mesmerising world of Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye and his singular detective Philip Marlowe; one of the most iconic and enduringly popular detectives in crime fiction.
I kao nestašna djeca, i kao buntovni tinejdžeri, Rosie i Alex ostali su jedno uz drugo u dobru i zlu. Ali upravo kad su otkrili draži mladenačkih noći u gradu i propalih spojeva, bivaju razdvojeni. Alexova se obitelj seli iz Dublina u Ameriku – i Alex odlazi s njima. Zauvijek. Rosie je bez njega izgubljena. Ali uoči planiranog preseljenja k Alexu u Boston, Rosie prima vijesti koje će joj zauvijek promijeniti život – i zadržati je kod kuće u Irskoj. Njihova čudesna povezanost pomaže im prebroditi životne uspone i padove, ali nijedno od njih ne zna može li njihovo prijateljstvo preživjeti godine i kilometre – i nove veze. Rosie se negdje duboko u sebi pita bi li možda trebali biti nešto više od prijatelja. Sve ih vrijeme razdvajaju nesporazumi, okolnosti i obična zla sreća, a kad im se ukaže posljednja prilika, hoće li sve staviti na kocku u ime istinske ljubavi? Alex i Rosie naučit će da je sudbina čudna stvar i da ih nije spremna ostaviti na miru…
Tamara Goodwin has always lived in the here and now, never giving a second thought to tomorrow. Until a travelling library arrives in her tiny village, bringing with it a mysterious, large leather-bound book locked with a gold clasp and padlock.
Zbirka priča Cecelije Ahern SVAKE GODINE sadrži tri priče o ljubavi, darivanju, prijateljstvu, obitelji, vezama, čaroliji riječi i ljepoti čudesnog. Kao sve knjige Cecelije Ahern, i ovaj je naslov prožet karakterističnim spojem suza i smijeha koje ova kraljica suvremenih bajki majstorski odmjerava. „Svake godine“ priča je o malenim božićnim ritualima koje ima svaka obitelj, a koji se s vremenom ipak moraju preispitati i ponovno postaviti na možda malo drugačiji način kako čarolije ne bi nestalo…
Mortal affections and faery rivalries continue to collide in the town of Huntsdale, as New York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr takes urban fantasy to new heights. After the terrible events of Ink Exchange, the Dark Court has a new ruler. But will Niall's kindness survive his new responsibility to the most violent of Faerie courts? Meanwhile, Seth and Aislinn attempt to mend their relationship. But Aislinn is the Summer Queen and Keenan is her king - and as summer approaches, their chemistry sparks. Will Seth's mortality lose him the one thing he loves above all others? As Niall seeks to control his new Court, Aislinn attempts to resist the seduction of summer, and Seth searches desperately for the gift of immortality, a delicate balance is threatened, and a terrible plot is revealed...
Czy zastanawiałeś się kiedykolwiek, gdzie się podziewają zgubione rzeczy? Od dnia, w którym zniknęła jej przyjaciółka ze szkoły, Jenny-May Butler, Sandy Shortt nie przestała zastanawiać się, gdzie podziewają się zagubieni ludzie i przedmioty. Znalezienie odpowiedzi na to pytanie stało się celem jej życia. Jack Ruttle za wszelką cenę pragnie odnaleźć młodszego brata, Donala, który rok wcześniej zniknął nagle, niczym sen złoty. Kiedy wpada mu w ręce ogłoszenie Sandy w biurze osób zaginionych, uznaje, że to odpowiedź na jego modły i kobieta pomoże mu odnaleźć zaginionego członka rodziny. Potem jednak Sandy również znika, lądując z dala od jedynego świata, który znała. Teraz pragnie już tylko odnaleźć drogę do domu.
Ubivsi postarijeg svećenika, ubojica tako grubo pretraži svoju žrtvu da pri tom razdere ionako istrošenu svećeničku halju. Što je to ubojica tražio? I što je to nekoliko sati ranije žena na samrti povjerila svećeniku? Mark Easterbrook i njegova pomoćnica Ginger Corrigan to su odlučili doznati. Hoće li odgovore pronaći kod tri žene koje stanuju u nekadašnjem svratištu Kod sivog konja i za koje se govorka da se bave crnom magijom?
Lynn Spencer's world is torn apart when her husband dies mysteriously in a plane crash. His body is never found. Still reeling from her loss, Lynn is shocked when revelations surface that her husband had looted his reseach company, Gen-Stone, of huge sums of money - and no-one will believe that she did not participate in the crime. A chance fire at her house raises concerns for Lynn's life. Someone out there wants her dead. In desperation she turns to her journalist step-sister, Carly, to help prove her innocence before it's too late. As Carly proceeds to ask questions she finds herself becoming the target of a dangerous group, involved in a sinister and fraudulent scheme. And it quickly becomes clear that she is facing her toughest assignment yet - to stay alive ...
"Sudbina katkad jednostavno ne zna prestati zabadati nos... Autorica bestselera ..P.S. volim te"" donosi čaroban roman o dvoje prijatelja iz djetinjstva s kojima se sudbina ne prestaje poigravati... ! kao nestašna djeca, i kao buntovni tinejdžeri. Rosie i Alex ostali su jedno uz drugo u dobru i zlu. Ali upravo kad ou otkrili draži mladenačkih noći u gradu i propalih spojeva. bivaju razdvojeni Alexova oe obitelj seli iz Dublina u Ameriku - i Alex odlazi s njima. Zauvijek. Rosie je bez njega izgubljena. Ali uoči planiranog preseljenja kAlexu u Bcston. Rosie prima vijesti koje će joj zauvijek promijeniti život - i zadržati je kod kuće u Irskoj. Njihova čudesna povezanost pomaže im prebroditi životne uspone i padove, ali nijedno od njih ne zna može li njihovo prijateljstvo preživjeti godine i kilometre - i nove veze. Rosie se negdje duboko u sebi pita bi li možda trebali biti nešto više od prijatelja. Sve ih vrijeme razdvajaju nesporazumi, okolnosti i obična zla sreća, a kad im se ukaže posljednja prilika, hoće li sve staviti na kocku u ime istinske ljubavi?