Linda Kaprová Books

Výjimečné přátelství a životy plné příběhů. Ten poslední začíná tady. Život je krátký. Nikdo to neví lépe než sedmnáctiletá Lenni, která ho tráví v nemocnici na oddělení pro nevyléčitelně nemocné. Ve snaze vyplnit jednotvárné dny se přihlásí do kurzu arteterapie. Když si však uvědomí, že se svými vrstevníky, které lékaři brzy propustí zpátky do normálního světa, nenachází společnou řeč, nechá se přeřadit ke skupině osmdesátníků. A právě tam potkává třiaosmdesátiletou Margot, moudrou ženu s komplikovanou minulostí, která Lenni úplně změní život. Lenni a Margot si brzy uvědomí, že dohromady prožily už sto let. Proto se rozhodnou, že za sebou zanechají něco trvalého: sto obrazů představujících sto roků jejich životů. Během společné práce Lenni a Margot sdílejí a malují příběhy let, které je přivedly až k tomuto šťastnému setkání na konci jejich dnů. Život s nimi však ještě tak docela neskončil.

A MAN WITH NO NAME. An unidentified corpse is recovered from a Lewis peat bog; the only clue to its identity being a DNA sibling match to a local farmer. A MAN WITH NO MEMORY. But this islander, Tormod Macdonald - now an elderly man suffering from dementia - has always claimed to be an only child. A MAN WITH NO CHOICE. When Tormod's family approach Fin Macleod for help, Fin feels duty-bound to solve the mystery. The Lewis Man is the follow-up to The Blackhouse, which was an international bestseller in bothhardback and paperback. It is the second novel in the Lewis trilogy.

Mystery fiction. Detective and mystery stories. In 1989, a killer dumped the body of twenty-year-old Lucie Martin into a picturesque lake in the West of France. Fourteen years later, during a summer heat wave, a drought exposed her remains - bleached bones amid the scorched mud and slime. No one was ever convicted of her murder. But now, forensic expert Enzo Macleod is reviewing this stone cold case - the toughest of those he has been challenged to solve. Yet when Enzo finds a flaw in the original evidence surrounding Lucie's murder, he opens a Pandora's box that not only raises old ghosts but endangers his entire family.

When a grisly murder occurs on a Scottish island, Edinburgh detective Fin Macleod must confront his past if he is ever going to discover if the killing has a connection to another one that took place on the mainland.

On one tiny island, many hidden secrets - that Enzo Macleod must uncover to crack the fourth of France's most notorious unsolved murder cases. Ile de Groix, France. A Frozen Island. This tiny isle off the coast of Brittany is the scene of a murder left shrouded in mystery and grief. A Frozen Crime. Adam Killian's study has been left intact since his death - the perfect state for Enzo Macleod's forensic investigation. A Frozen Heart. Killian's widow is still hoping; the first suspect is still hiding; and the treacherous island itself still has a revelation for Enzo.

Detektiv Bishop z Metropolitní policie v Londýně požádá Holly o spolupráci při vyšetřování vraždy. Holly se při pohledu na rozřezaná těla a způsob, jak jsou teatrálně naaranžovaná, vyděsí. Ještě větší šok ji ale čeká, když se od soudní lékařky dozví, že takto zohavené oběti nevidí vyšetřovatelé poprvé. Je jasné, že někde venku řádí sériový vrah, který nevyhnutelně udeří znovu — a to brzy. Pronásledování sériových vrahů není pro Holly nic nového, tentokrát s ní však pachatele cosi spojuje. Něco, co se Holly snaží celý život skrývat. A nyní jí nezbývá než se temné minulosti konečně postavit čelem…

Puy-de-Dome, France A Silenced Man Footprints in the snow lead to the murder scene of Marc Fraysse, France's most celebrated chef - brutally shot before he could make the revelation of his career. A Determined Man Seven years on and the mystery still raw, Enzo Macleod, forensic investigator, forays into the heated world of haute cuisine to uncover bitter feuds and a burning secret. A Hunted Man The Fraysse family history is as twisted Enzo's own. And in his pursuit of truth, the depths of deceit threaten to consume Enzo - and that which he cherishes most.

Spočiatku sa zdá, že Sam Berger získal všetko. Odpustenie bývalej manželky, svoje dve deti z prvého manželstva, novú lásku aj spoločné dieťa. Lenže život je občas vrtkavý a Sam veľmi rýchlo prichádza na to, že to, čo má v hrsti, si musí vedieť aj udržať. Pri honbe za vlastným šťastím sa Sam zapletie do ďalšieho napínavého prípadu. Tentoraz je v hre ruská mafia a únos bývalej prostitútky Nadje. Sam má presne 74 hodín na to, aby ju našiel skôr, než ju popravia. S vyšetrovaním mu znova pomáha Molly Blomová, ktorá však vie viac, ako by sa na prvý pohľad zdalo. Prečo je Nadja taká dôležitá a čo ju spája s Molly? A kto je záhadný Plukovník? Majster zápletiek aj tentoraz prináša psychologicky prepracovaný kriminálny príbeh plný napätia a neočakávaných zvratov, ktorý nedokážete pustiť z ruky.

Fin Macleod, now head of security on a privately owned Lewis estate, is charged with investigating a spate of illegal game-hunting taking place on the island. This mission reunites him with Whistler Macaskill - a local poacher, Fin's teenage intimate, and possessor of a long-buried secret. But when this reunion takes a violent, sinister turn and Fin puts together the fractured pieces of the past, he realizes that revealing the truth could destroy the future.

Enzo Macleod is facing a death sentence. Having been diagnosed with a terminal illness, time is running out to solve the most confounding of unsolved murders in France. But as he begins investigating the death of a rent-boy in a Parisian apartment, he suddenly finds himself under arrest. Someone is threatening to destroy his character. Someone is trying to frame him for murder. If he can use his genius for forensics to crack the cold case, he might dodge one fatal blow before another strikes.

"In a sleepy French village, the body of a man shot through the head is disinterred by the roots of a fallen tree. A week later a famous art critic is viciously murdered in a nearby house. The deaths occurred more than seventy years apart. Asked by a colleague to inspect the site of the former, forensics expert Enzo Macleod quickly finds himself embroiled in the investigation of the latter. Two extraordinary narratives are set in train - one historical, unfolding in the treacherous wartime years of Occupied France; the other contemporary, set in the autumn of 2020 as France re-enters Covid lockdown. And Enzo's investigations reveal an unexpected link between the murders - the Mona Lisa.Tasked by the exiled General Charles de Gaulle to keep the world's most famous painting out of Nazi hands after the fall of France in 1940, 28-year-old Georgette Pignal finds herself swept along by the tide of history. Following in the wake of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa as it is moved from château to château by the Louvre, she finds herself just one step ahead of two German art experts sent to steal it for rival patrons - Hitler and Göring.What none of them know is that the Louvre itself has taken exceptional measures to keep the painting safe, unwittingly setting in train a fatal sequence of events extending over seven decades. Events that have led to both killings."--Publisher

In the tradition of Why We Sleep and The Sixth Extinction, this urgent exploration highlights the hidden consequences of light pollution and advocates for the preservation of natural darkness for environmental and personal well-being. Satellite images reveal a planet illuminated by artificial light, raising the question of how much is too much. Over the past 150 years, our extended days have disrupted the natural day-night cycle, impacting all life forms, including humans. Swedish conservationist Johan Eklöf passionately argues for the appreciation of natural darkness and its unique benefits. He reflects on the beauty of the night sky, the swift movements of owls, and the bioluminescence of deep-sea creatures. Eklöf illustrates the alarming effects of light pollution: insects confused by streetlamps struggle to reproduce, birds are disoriented by artificial lights, and bats face starvation due to the absence of nocturnal insects. For humans, excessive light disrupts sleep patterns, affecting hormones and mental health. The prevalence of streetlamps and bright LEDs is transforming ecosystems, with scientists just beginning to grasp the long-term implications. This insightful work offers educational and hopeful solutions, urging us to embrace darkness for a healthier future for ourselves and the planet.

Das Eis kennt alle Geheimnisse. Jetzt gibt es sie preis. Er wird es wieder tun. Am Fünften jedes Monats findet die Stockholmer Polizei in den Schären eine Leiche. Doch die Todesursachen unterscheiden sich, und so glaubt niemand an eine Verbindung zwischen den Morden. Niemand außer Kommissarin Desiré Rosenkvist, die Sam Berger und Molly Blom mit dem Fall beauftragt. Obwohl die Ermittler im Verborgenen agieren müssen, erkennen sie: Wer auch immer die Toten deponiert, will gefunden werden. Nur warum gerade jetzt? Berger und Blom setzen sich auf die Fährte eines größenwahnsinnigen Täters, dem es um nichts Geringeres als das ewige Leben zu gehen scheint. In Arne Dahls fulminantem Abschluss seiner erfolgreichsten Krimireihe geht es um einen spektakulären Fall, vier Morde für die Unsterblichkeit und eine Rache, die alle Vorstellungskraft übersteigt. »Absolute Weltklasse! Arne Dahl hat sich noch einmal selbst übertroffen und den besten Krimi seiner Karriere geschrieben.« Kapprakt »Der Stil dieses Autors ist wie immer brillant. Nach einer atemberaubenden Achterbahnfahrt werden die Leser mit einem freudigen Schauder belohnt.« Skånska Dagbladet »Arne Dahl erfindet eine Geschichte, die so realistisch ist, dass sie sich als Vorahnung erweist.« La Repubblica

**THE BRAND-NEW THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** **'A TERRIFIC WRITER' MARK BILLINGHAM** **PETER MAY: OVER 4.5 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE** Set in Southern Spain, A Silent Death is the scorching new thriller from worldwide bestselling author of The Lewis Trilogy, Cast Iron and I'll Keep You Safe. A SILENT VOW Spain, 2020. When expat fugitive Jack Cleland watches his girlfriend die, gunned down in a pursuit involving officer Cristina Sanchez Pradell, he promises to exact his revenge by destroying the policewoman. A SILENT LIFE Cristina's aunt Ana has been deaf-blind for the entirety of her adult life: the victim of a rare condition named Usher Syndrome. Ana is the centre of Cristina's world - and of Cleland's cruel plan. A SILENT DEATH John Mackenzie - an ingenious yet irascible Glaswegian investigator - is seconded to aid the Spanish authorities in their manhunt. He alone can silence Cleland before the fugitive has the last, bloody, word. Peter May's latest bestseller unites a strong, independent Spaniard with a socially inept Scotsman; a senseless vendetta with a sense-deprived victim, and a red-hot Costa Del Sol with an ice-cold killer.

When Detective Sime Mackenzie is sent from Montreal to investigate a murder on the remote Entry Island, 850 miles from the Canadian mainland, he leaves behind him a life of sleeplessness and regret. FATE WILL FIND YOU… But what had initially seemed an open-and-shut case takes on a disturbing dimension when he meets the prime suspect, the victim’s wife, and is convinced that he knows her – even though they have never met. And when his insomnia becomes punctuated by dreams of a distant Scottish past in another century, this murder in the Gulf of St. Lawrence leads him down a path he could never have foreseen, forcing him to face a conflict between his professional duty and his personal destiny.

Three years ago the body of France's foremost wine critic was found strung up like a scarecrow in a Gaillac vineyard, dressed in the ceremonial robes of the Order of the Divine Bottle and pickled in wine. For ex-pat Scot and forensic forager Enzo Macleod, the answer to this unsolved murder lies in cracking the critic's secretly coded reviews - which on publication could make or break a vineyard's reputation. He finds that under the sweet idyll of southern French winery lurks a bitter, back-stabbing community - including several suspects for the critic's death.

`Brilliant visceral writing with terrific pace, this book grips you like a vice from the very first line and never lets you go' PETER JAMESA breath- taking thriller with twists you'll never see coming. Someone is sending Detective Sam Berger a message, someone who knows that only he will understand the cryptic trail.

'Arne Dahl is one of the true greats of Scandinavian crime fiction' MARK BILLINGHAM

Många förändringar har ägt rum inom "Rikskriminalens specialenhet för våldsbrott av internationell art", mer känd som A-gruppen.Kommissarie Jan-Olov Hultin har gått i pension, andra har förflyttats, vissa är föräldralediga, nya krafter har tillkommit. Och en av dem har plötsligt blivit överordnad de andra.Det går mot midsommar, snart semesterdags. Ett visst lugn borde infinna sig. I stället blir det den mest intensiva veckan i deras liv.En i gruppen anklagas plötsligt för brott i det förgångna, och en mindre bomb av säregna våldsbrott briserar i Stockholm. En gästarbetande polsk sjuksköterska yxmördas, en programansvarig TV-chef skjuts ihjäl efter premiären på en färsk dokusåpa, ett tilltänkt "hedersmord" tar en oväntad vändning, ett lik flyter upp ur Riddarfjärden och vänder ut och in på allt. Och till slut blir allt väldigt personligt.

The second instalment in the internationally bestselling Leo Junker series.