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Mariëtte van Gelder

    Let Me Go
    The Broken Window
    Torens van stilte
    Facing the light
    Pop Goes the Weasel
    Where the Crawdads Sing
    • Where the Crawdads Sing

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      4.4(89716)Add rating

      OVER 12 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE A NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For years, rumours of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens. 'Unforgettable . . . as engrossing as it is moving' Daily Mail 'I can't even express how much I love this book!' Reese Witherspoon '[It] will reach a huge audience though the writer's old-fashioned talents for compelling character, plotting and landscape description' Guardian 'Writing that takes your breath away' The Times

      Where the Crawdads Sing
    • A man's body is found in an empty house. His heart has been cut out and delivered to his wife and children. He is the first victim, and Detective Inspector Helen Grace knows he will not be the last. But why would a happily married man be this far from home in the dead of night? The media call it Jack the Ripper in reverse: a serial killer preying on family men who lead hidden double lives. Helen can sense the fury behind the murders. But what she cannot possibly predict is how volatile this killer is - or what is waiting for her at the end of the chase...

      Pop Goes the Weasel
    • Facing the light

      • 503 pages
      • 18 hours of reading
      4.0(40)Add rating

      An extended family gathers in late August to celebrate the seventy-fifth birthday of its formidable matriarch, Leonora. She is the daughter of the famous Edwardian painter Ethan Walsh, whose paintings are kept at the family home, Willow Court in Wiltshire. At Leonora's house party will be her daughters, Gwen and Rilla, whom she raised alone after she was widowed in her late twenties; Rilla's stepdaughter Beth; and Gwen's husband and three children with their spouses and lovers. One outsider joins the group: Sean Everard, a television director who's making a documentary about the life and work of Ethan Walsh. All families have their dark side and Leonora's is no exception. By the time the marquee is dismantled and all the guests have gone their separate ways, two shocking past events have come to light, to rock complacency and change for ever the lives of Leonora and her daughters.

      Facing the light
    • Torens van stilte

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Fin Border, een Engelse advocaat in New York, wordt 's morgens vroeg door zijn beste vriend gebeld, omdat deze hem zijn nieuwe auto wil laten zien: een McLaren F1, van zo'n $400.000,-. Wanneer zijn vriend de auto wil uittesten, stort hij zich met 300 km per uur op de ondergelegen snelweg en neemt vijftien mensen mee in zijn dood. Fin vraagt zich vertwijfeld af, waarom zijn vriend hem uitnodigde bij zijn zelfmoordpoging en staat voor een raadsel wanneer blijkt, dat de McLaren met een lening op zijn naam staat en hij nu beschuldigd wordt van medeplichtigheid en aanzetten tot (zelf)moord. Binnen 24 uur is hij plotseling zonder geld, onder verdenking van de politie en aangeklaagd wegens de dood van vijftien onschuldigen. Zijn advocatenkantoor, dat verwikkeld is in de fusiebesprekingen met het grootste Amerikaanse advocatenkantoor in New York, wil hem zo snel mogelijk uit de weg hebben, eist dat hij al zijn lopende zaken overdraagt en stuurt hem het land uit, naar Indta, voor een kleine overname. Zijn ergste nachtmerrie wordt werkelijkheid als zijn nieuwe bestemming Bombay blijkt te zijn, de stad waar zijn vaderzelfmoord heeft gepleegd bij de Torens van Stilte, de heilige begraafplaats. Wanneer daar weer iemand uit Fin's kring vermoord wordt, beseft hij, dat hij nog niet veilig is voor diegenen, die hem in New York in de val hadden gelokt. Hij realiseert zich, dat daar, tussen de stille torens van Manhattan, de oplossing ligt en het gevecht op hem wacht.

      Torens van stilte
    • A psychotic killer with access to the country's biggest data miner is using detailed information to work his way into the lives of victims, rape, rob, and kill them, and then blame unsuspecting innocents for the crimes. The perp has, in short, found a perfect means to literally get away with murder - until one of his victims turns out to be Lincoln Rhyme's cousin. Lincoln agrees to look into the case and in the process unravels a spider web of crime that the killer has woven

      The Broken Window
    • Let Me Go

      • 358 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      4.0(8267)Add rating

      A behind-the-scenes look at a family with exceptionally tall children, including professional athletes, exploring their upbringing, training, and nutrition by dedicated parents.

      Let Me Go
    • A couple of glasses of bubbly with the girls at a charity do and Poppy's life has gone into meltdown. Not only has she lost her engagement ring, but in the panic that followed, she's lost her phone too.

      I've got your number
    • The second book in the mind-blowing new series from the author of GONE. Another breathtaking page-turner from Michael Grant. The first battle is over, but the war rages on. Sanity or madness? Truth or happiness? Love or survival? In the nano, you don't get to decide. schovat popis

      BZRK: RELOADED
    • Heartsick

      • 420 pages
      • 15 hours of reading
      3.9(296)Add rating

      Detective Archie Sheridan has spent years tracking serial killer Gretchen Lowell. In the end, it was she who caught him, tortured him, then mysteriously set him free and turned herself in. Now as he trails a new case, Archie needs Gretchen in more ways than one--to catch a killer and to release his soul. Martin's Press.

      Heartsick
    • Emma is like every girl in the world. She has a few little secrets. I lost my virginity in the spare bedroom to Danny Nussbaum while Mum and Dad were downstairs watching Ben Hur. I'm a size twelve. Not a size eight, like Connor thinks. I've always thought Connor looks a bit like Ken. As in Barbie and Ken. When Artemis really annoys me, I feed her plant orange juice. (Which is pretty much every day). It was me who jammed the copier that time. In fart, all the times. My G string is hurting me. I faked my Maths GCSE grade on my CV. I have no idea what NATO stands for. Or even what it is... ... until she spills them all to a stranger on a plane. At least, she thought he was a stranger...

      Can You Keep a Secret?