A poignant and beautiful debut novel explores a man's quest to unravel the mystery of his wife's death with the help of the only witness--their Rhodesian ridgeback, Lorelei.
Carolyn Parkhurst Books
Carolyn Parkhurst is an American author whose works are characterized by profound insights into the human psyche and the complexities of relationships. Her prose, often set against suspenseful or unusual backdrops, explores themes of loss, communication, and the search for meaning. Parkhurst masterfully builds tension and employs a rich, figurative language that draws readers deep into her characters' inner lives. Her novels offer contemplation on the fragility of human existence and how we navigate life's unpredictable turns.
Lost and Found
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
What do a suburban mom, her troubled daughter, divorced brothers, former child stars, born-again Christians, and young millionaires have in common? They have all been selected to compete on LOST AND FOUND, the daring new reality show. In teams of two, they will race across the globe--from Egypt to England, from Japan to Sweden--to battle for a million-dollar prize. They must decipher encrypted clues, recover mysterious artifacts, and outwit their opponents to stay in play. Yet what started as a lark turns deadly serious as the number of players is whittled down, temptations beckon, and the bonds between partners strain and unravel. The question now is not only who will capture the final prize, but at what cost.
This collection of 27 never-before published stories from an impressive cast—Roddy Doyle, Joyce Carol Oates, and Stuart O'Nan, among others—sets out to shift genre paradigms. The overarching theme is fantastic fiction, or fiction of the imagination, with fantasy being used in the most broad-sweeping sense rather than signaling the familiar commercial staples of elves, ghouls, and robots. Consequently, the collection's offerings run a wide gamut. In Joe Hill's Devil on the Staircase, an Italian boy commits a crime of passion and subsequently meets an emissary of Satan. In Jodi Picoult's Weights and Measures, a young couple who have just lost their daughter struggle to hold their marriage together as they both start noticing strange changes taking place. Chuck Palahniuk's The Loser features a college kid on acid as a contestant on a game show, and in Kurt Andersen's Human Intelligence, a geologist meets an explorer from another planet who has been studying humans for the past 1,600 years. The range of voices and subjects practically guarantees something for any reader, but the overall quality is frustratingly variable: most stories are good, some aren't, and few are exceptional —Publishers Weekly
Cash Express
Zeven teams strijden om 1 miljoen in een reis rond de wereld
- 312 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Zeven teams reizen in de reality show Cash Express de wereld rond in de strijd om een miljoen dollar. Van Egypte tot Japan, van Zweden tot Engeland; de kandidaten zijn op jacht naar de juiste antwoorden en verzamelen onderweg de meest bizarre voorwerpen, op de voet gevolgd door de camera. Elke speler heeft zo zijn eigen reden om mee te doen: moeder Laura probeert de relatie met dochter Cassie te redden; de ex-homo-seksuelen Justin en Abby willen het geloof verspreiden; de kindsterren van weleer, Juliet en Dallas, hopen op een nieuwe boost voor hun televisiecarrière. De vraag is of de koppels hun pijnlijkste geheimen verborgen kunnen houden terwijl ze dag en nacht worden gepusht om ze aan de wereld te openbaren.
