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In ALS STOF OP DE WIND laaien de vlammen van de hartstocht hoog op, een hartstocht die wordt verdiept door de onophoudelijke botsing tussen de sterke wil van de twee centrale karakters. ALAINA MACGAREN, de schaamteloze schoonheid, in weelde opgevoed op een plantage, wier nietsontziende, tomeloze overmoed door niemand te stuiten was... tot ze de enige man ontmoette in wiens beschermende armen ze reddeloos verloren was. COLE LATIMER, de rijzige, kaarsrechte Yankee chirurg die Alaina redt en die keer op keer door haar wordt bedrogen. Cole Latimer, de man die nooit de nacht zal vergeten dat zijn lichaam en ziel werden verleid door een beeldschone vrouw, gehuld in mysteriën...

The central plot deals with two bodies found in a circle of prehistoric stones. Who were they? How did they get there? Did the victims even know each other? Detectives Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers find themselves caught up in a mystery that grows more perplexing the longer they contemplate it. As usual with George, the mystery itself is well devised and a lot of fun to speculate on as you read. You don't think of the Agatha Christie style of novel as being overhauled, but in fact, a number of very good writers have been pushing the cozy into some brave new areas. Nancy Pickard, Joan Hess, and Carolyn Hart, to name just a few, have demonstrated that the cozy can be serious as well as seriously (or pointedly, if you prefer) funny. Over the past decade, Elizabeth George has also been pushing the Christie-style mystery into richer and more rewarding areas. Her new novel, In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner, is so rich in character, incident, and theme that one finally has to take it seriously, not just as a mystery but as a novel as well. I'm not going to say that it "transcends the mystery genre," because that's offensive to mystery writers. And rightly so. But I will say that, in much the same way that Sharyn McCrumb has expanded the range of the serious crime novel, George has also pushed her particular form to the limits.

Dívčí román o dívce, která je i přes svízelný život plná optimismu. Jako prodavačka zaujme v obchodě starší ženu, která potřebuje společnici. Do rodiny, která se potýká se strachem z budoucnosti, vnese radost. V rodině se totiž vznáší přízrak dědičné choroby, která se projevila u jednoho z mladých synů. Hrdinka zařídí léčení, jež vrátí všem naději a sama také nakonec dojde vytouženého štěstí.

When a TV reporter is injured in a Dallas-bound jet crash, she enters a world of mistaken identity and political intrigue in this action-packed romantic suspense novel. The crash of a Dallas-bound jet isn't just a tragedy for TV reporter Avery Daniels; it's an act of fate that hands her a golden opportunity to further her career. But it also makes her the crucial player in a drama of violent passions and deadly desires. After plastic surgery transforms her face, Avery is mistaken for the glamorous, selfish wife of Tate Rutledge, the famous senatorial candidate and member of a powerful Texas dynasty. As she lays helpless in the hospital, Avery makes a shattering discovery: someone close to Tate planned to assassinate him. Now, to save him, she must live another woman's life -- and risk her own.

One of Irwin Shaw's most unforgettable heroes battles to resurrect his declining career against a tough cast of women, whiskey, and old memories Jesse Crain was made for Cannes. A middle-aged filmmaker who dazzled audiences during Hollywood's Golden Age, Crain is talented, worldly, ambitious, and he knows how to play the game. As the Riviera sparkles in the spring of 1970, Crain juggles industry players while charming a persistent young journalist and fending off groupies. Beneath his polished exterior, though, Crain's life is coming apart at the seams. His last two films flopped, and for several years he's been adrift. Now desperate to reignite his career, a hit at any price feels like his only salvation. "Evening in Byzantium" is a masterwork that brilliantly documents a man's precipitous slide--along with that of his industry--from independence toward cynical mediocrity. It is a timeless story of a determined character grappling with the nature of success and power. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Irwin Shaw including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author's estate.

Multi-million copy bestselling account of the author's near-death experience in which she recounts the people she met, the truths she learned and the realities of the spirit world. This is one of the most convincing arguments for the existence of life after death and has filled countless people with hope. With a new afterword by the author.

The New-Look Series Of Hercule Poirot Books For The 21St Century. Framed In The Doorway Of Poirot S Bedroom Stood An Uninvited Guest, Coated From Head To Foot In Dust. The Man S Gaunt Face Stared For A Moment, Then He Swayed And Fell. Who Was He? Was He Suffering From Shock Or Just Exhaustion? Above All, What Was The Significance Of The Figure 4, Scribbled Over And Over Again On A Sheet Of Paper? Poirot Finds Himself Plunged Into A World Of International Intrigue, Risking His Life To Uncover The Truth About Number Four .