Alessandra Emma Giagheddu Books

During a summer party at the family farm in the English countryside, sixteen-year-old Laurel Nicolson has escaped to her childhood tree house and is happily dreaming of the future. She spies a stranger coming up the long road to the farm and watches as her mother speaks to him. Before the afternoon is over, Laurel will witness a shocking crime. A crime that challenges everything she knows about her family and especially her mother, Dorothy—her vivacious, loving, nearly perfect mother. Now, fifty years later, Laurel is a successful and well-regarded actress living in London. The family is gathering at Greenacres farm for Dorothy’s ninetieth birthday. Realizing that this may be her last chance, Laurel searches for answers to the questions that still haunt her from that long-ago day, answers that can only be found in Dorothy’s past. Dorothy’s story takes the reader from pre–WWII England through the blitz, to the ’60s and beyond. It is the secret history of three strangers from vastly different worlds—Dorothy, Vivien, and Jimmy—who meet by chance in wartime London and whose lives are forever entwined. The Secret Keeper explores longings and dreams and the unexpected consequences they sometimes bring. It is an unforgettable story of lovers and friends, deception and passion that is told—in Morton’s signature style—against a backdrop of events that changed the world.

Tempe Brennan arrives in Montreal from Charlotte in early December to testify as an expert witness. As a Forensic Anthropologist for Quebec, she should be reviewing her notes, but instead, she’s in a freezing pizza parlour basement, surrounded by rats and the skeletal remains of three young women. Homicide detective Luc Claudel, who has never been fond of Tempe, believes the bones are historic and not his concern, especially after the pizza parlour owner finds 19th-century buttons with the remains. However, Tempe suspects otherwise. She plans to conduct Carbon 14 testing to determine the bones' age and analyze the tooth enamel to trace the women's origins. If her suspicions are correct, Claudel could be facing three recent murders. Meanwhile, Detective Andrew Ryan's mysterious behavior raises questions. His private phone calls and sudden disappearances come just as Tempe begins to trust him, leaving her with her cat, Birdie, and more nights alone. As she delves into both her personal and professional challenges, Tempe becomes entangled in a sinister web, where women have vanished without a trace. With her own safety at risk, she realizes she may be the next target.

"Fans of TV's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation should be in heaven" (People) stepping into the world of forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan, star of Kathy Reichs' electrifyingly authentic bestsellers. When innocent blood is spilled, she deciphers the shattering truth it holds. Nine-year-old Emily Anne Toussaint is fatally shot on a Montreal street. A North Carolina teenager disappears from her home, and parts of her skeleton are found hundreds of miles away. The shocking deaths propel Tempe Brennan from north to south, and deep into a shattering investigation inside the bizarre culture of outlaw motorcycle gangs -- where one misstep could bring disaster for herself or someone she loves.

Temperance Brennan rushes to North Carolina to help with a plane crash, when her investigations lead to an evil that will test her courage.

Krimi. Opklaringen af mordet på en ortodoks jøde i Quebec bliver en vanskelig sag for retsmedicineren Tempe Brennan, ikke mindst da et varmt spor, som fører til Israel, afslører at mystiske begivenheder på Jesus' tid har direkte relevans til det nutidige mord.

Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close, but when a long lost letter arrives with the return address of Milderhurst Castle, Kent, printed on its envelope, Edie begins to suspect that her mother's emotional distance masks an old secret.

Dopo che i conquistadores di Cortés hanno assoggettato il popolo azteco, i potenti signori spagnoli governano come sovrani assoluti trattando i nativi con inaudita brutalità. Iniziano così le vicende di Cristóbal, un ragazzo di sangue misto, costretto a fuggire dopo la morte violenta del prete a cui era stato affidato. Una giovane e nobile donna spagnola lo sottrae alla cattura, ma le sue avventure si susseguono senza tregua fino a quando un incontro decisivo gli cambierà la vita…

In the searing heat of Guatemala, Dr Temperance Brennan must harden herself against the horrors she excavates. And then four young girls go missing from Guatemala City. When a skeleton is found at the back of a rundown hotel, only someone with Tempe's expertise can deduce the identity and cause of death. But as she searches for answers, her path is blocked at every turn. It is clear that some people will stop at nothing to keep Guatemala's secrets buried.

Il cadavere di un uomo colpito alla testa viene ritrovato in uno sgabuzzino, dove è rimasto intrappolato per giorni. Mentre l'antropologa forense Tempe Brennan cerca di trovare una risposta alle ferite e fratture, a prima vista inspiegabili, riportate dalla vittima, qualcuno le invia la fotografia di un antico scheletro. A detta dello sconosciuto, la foto conterrebbe la chiave per risolvere il caso e incastrare il colpevole. Intanto, un numero sempre maggiore di indizi spinge Tempe e il detective Andrew Ryan, suo eterno fidanzato, a partire alla volta di Israele, per indagare sul contrabbando di reperti archeologici. Lì, Tempe viene a sapere di uno strano ossario a Masada...

"A body is too decomposed for a standard autopsy. Dr Brennan takes on the forensic case and, convinced that a serial killer is at work, finally persuades the sceptical detective in charge of the truth, but only after the body count has grown."--Publisher.