Alberto Bracci Testasecca Books

From one of the world's biggest selling authors comes another million-copy worldwide bestseller: A beautiful and tender fable seen through the eyes of a Jewish child living in Belgium under the Nazi occupation. Isn't it time you discovered Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt?

In the town of Yport, during a run along Europe’s tallest cliff, Jamal notices a red scarf hanging on a fence. Then he sees the woman, her dress torn, her back to the void, her eyes fixed on his own. Jamal holds the scarf out to her like a buoy. A few seconds later, the stranger’s lifeless body is found lying on the icy pebbles of the empty beach below. Around her neck, the red scarf. Everyone thinks he pushed her. He only wanted to save her. That’s Jamal’s version. Do you believe it?

'Ends with one of the most reverberating shocks in modern crime fiction' Sunday Times This is the story of a mystery, of thirteen days that begin with one murder and end with another. Jérôme Morval, a man whose passion for art was matched only by his passion for women, has been found dead in the stream that runs through the gardens at Giverny, where Monet did his famous paintings. In Jérôme's pocket is a postcard of Monet's Water Lilies with the words: Eleven years old. Happy Birthday. Entangled in the mystery are three women: a young painting prodigy, the seductive village schoolteacher and an old widow who watches over the village from a mill by the stream. All three of them share a secret. But what do they know about the discovery of Jérôme Morval's corpse? And what is the connection to the mysterious Black Water Lilies, a rumoured masterpiece by Monet that has never been found... 'This elegant crime mystery shimmers as delicately as the paintings of Claude Monet that lie at its heart . . . A bestseller in France, it is a dazzling, unexpected and haunting masterpiece' Daily Mail 'An enchanting tale that kept me absolutely hooked as Bussi cleverly breaks all the perceived rules of plotting in a story containing riddles within riddles . . . stunning' Daily Express

Ophelia and her husband Thorn arrive at the Deviations Observatory and must solve one mystery before their world may return to harmonious coexistence.

Quando vediamo un uomo e una donna davanti al sindaco o al prete, dobbiamo veramente chiederci quale dei due sarà l'assassino? Piccoli crimini coniugali è una commedia nera con una suspense sorprendente, un vero divertimento, ma anche una saggia riflessione sulla madre di tutte le guerre: quella dentro la coppia.

1917 France, Lamar Jimmerson finds a little book of Atlantean puzzles, Egyptian riddles, alchemical metaphors, and the Codex Pappus said to be the sacred Gnomonic text. He expands the noble brotherhood, survives scandalous schism, bids for governor of Indiana, and sees Gnomons gather in East Texas mobile home. This is an America of misfits and con men, oddballs and innocents.

THE NEW THRILLER FROM THE MASTER OF THE KILLER TWISTA breathlessly pacey crime story centred around one of the hottest issues of our age: the human cost of migration

Selvaggio, arrabbiato, Jun vaga con i suoi quindici anni per le strade di Tokyo, lontano da una famiglia della quale si rifiuta di parlare. Il suo incontro con un maestro di sumo che vede in lui un "grosso", nonostante il suo fisico emaciato, lo coinvolge nella pratica della più misteriosa delle arti marziali. Con lui Jun scopre il mondo sconosciuto della forza, dell'intelligenza e dell'accettazione di sé. Ma come raggiungere lo zen quando non si è altro che dolore e violenza? Come diventare lottatore di sumo se non si riesce a diventare grossi? Nell'affollata metropoli giapponese l'anziano Shomintsu guiderà il ragazzo lungo un percorso iniziatico che, mescolando infanzia e spiritualità, accompagna anche il lettore alla sorgente del buddhismo.

A mysterious death, unusual car accident, and anonymous threats have one thing in common-- the victims are all members of the Good Novel bookstore's secret selection committee. Set in Paris, this tale combines mystery, romance, and French theology and literature.