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Outside a peaceful town in central Maine, a monster is waiting. Cujo is a two-hundred-pound Saint Bernard, the best friend Brett Camber has every had. One day Cujo chases a rabbit into a bolt-hole - a cave inhabited by sick bats. What happens to Cujo, how he becomes a horrifying vortex inexorably drawing in all the people around him makes for one of the most heart-stopping novels Stephen King has written.

In 1137 the ambitious head of Shrewsbury Abbey has decided to acquire the remains of Saint Winifred for his Benedictine order. Brother Cadfael is part of the expedition sent to her final resting place in Wales and they find the villagers passionately divided by the Benedictines' offer for the saint's relics. Canny, wise and all too worldly, Cadfael isn't surprised when this taste for bones leads to a bloody murder. The leading opponent to moving the grave has been shot dead with a mysterious arrow, and some say Winifred herself dealt the blow. Brother Cadfael knows that a carnal hand did the killing, but he doesn't know that his plan to unearth a murderer may dig up a case of love and justice, where the wages of sin may be a scandal- or his own ruin.

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Ray Atlee and his brother, Forrest, receive a letter from their father, a reclusive, retired judge, instructing them to return home to Clanton, Mississippi, to discuss his estate, but the judge dies before his sons arrive, leaving behind a secret known only to Ray.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Smart, likable Bernie Fine was the wonder boy of Wolff’s, New York’s most glamorous department store. A senior VP on the way up, he arrives in San Francisco to open a West Coast store. His career is skyrocketing, but his life lacks a center. When he looks into the wide, innocent eyes of five-year-old Jane O’Reilly, and then into the equally enchanting eyes of her mother, Liz, Bernie knows he has found what he has been looking for. Bernie thought he had found love to last a lifetime, but when Liz is stricken with cancer, time becomes painfully short. Alone with two children, Bernie must face the loss and learn that life has other fine things to offer.

Wanderlust follows Audrey Driscoll, an orphan raised by her eccentric millionaire grandfather and her demanding younger sister, Annabelle. Despite her sheltered upbringing, Audrey feels restless and yearns for adventure. In the 1930s, she makes the bold decision to leave her familiar life behind. Armed with a camera, she shocks her friends and family as she embarks on a journey across the Atlantic on the luxurious Queen Mary. There, she meets James and Violet Hawthorne, who introduce her to a vibrant circle of artists and expatriates, including Charles Parker-Scott, a man who shares her insatiable curiosity and conflicting desires for intimacy and independence. Their summer together at Cap d'Antibes and subsequent travels on the Orient Express lead them to China, where their paths diverge as war breaks out. While Charles must return to Europe, Audrey chooses to stay and care for a besieged orphanage. Eventually, she returns to America with a daughter, facing a world forever changed. Throughout her journey—from prewar Germany to North Africa—Audrey grapples with the tension between her conscience and her heart. In a time when women were expected to adhere to traditional roles, she is drawn into a tumultuous world of conflict and discovery, making choices that shape her future. This vivid narrative captures the essence of personal drama against the backdrop of historic events.

Tamar, una joven de cabello negro, crece en la ciudad de Plymouth en un mundo de supersticiones y fanatismo religioso, convirtiéndose en una chica valiente y hermosa. Su gran desgracia es que se diferencia notablemente de sus compañeros, lo que la lleva a sufrir el rechazo. La mayoría de las personas, incluida su madre, están convencidas de que es hija del mismo diablo. Tamar parece estar atrapada y se enfrenta a una muerte terrible, especialmente cuando llega a Plymouth Simon Carter, un famoso exorcista. Sin embargo, la inteligente Tamar atrae la atención de otros dos hombres, quienes la ayudarán a escapar de las garras de un cruel fanático religioso. Al igual que muchas otras víctimas que han hecho de su hogar un lugar insoportable, Tamar está decidida a cruzar el océano en busca de un nuevo y mejor hogar.

In the late 1930s in New York, Marielle Patterson shares her life with her husband Malcolm and their little boy Teddy. But their lives are filled with secrets. Haunted by a past she has kept secret even from her husband, Marielle secretly lights a candle each year for a child who died in a tragic accident when he was scarcely more than a baby. Then Marielle runs into her first love, American expatriate Charles Delauney. And when her little Teddy is kidnapped Charles is first blamed, then arrested, as the Pattersons, the New York Police and the FBI turn the country upside down, looking for Teddy. A terrifying court drama seeks to put Charles Delauney behind bars, as a series of revelations begin to unravel the truth about Marielle, Charles, and Malcolm. Piece by piece the uncovering of their pasts creates a complex mosaic of the motives and passions controlling their lives.

In 1970, one of Mississippi's more colourful weekly newspapers, The Ford County Times, went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23 year-old college drop-out, named Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and... číst celé

A modern serial killer - hunting an ancient secret. A woman is left to die as the rebuilt Globe theatre burns. Another woman is drowned like Ophelia, skirts swirling in the water. A professor has his throat slashed open on the steps of Washington's Capitol building. A deadly serial killer is on the loose, modelling his murders on Shakespeare's plays. But why is he killing? And how can he be stopped? A gripping, shocking page turner, The Shakespeare Secret masterfully combines modern murder and startling true revelations from the life of Shakespeare. It has been acclaimed as one of the most compulsively readable thrillers of recent years.