Elvira Veenings Books

"You’ll want to race through The Silence of the White City, but it’s best to slow down and savor the full effect of the volatile, intoxicating universe Sáenz has created. This is the first novel of the White City trilogy to be translated into English—the second can’t come fast enough." —AirMail HOW DO YOU STOP A KILLER WHO'S ALWAYS TWO STEPS AHEAD? A madman is holding Vitoria hostage, killing its citizens in brutal ways and staging the bodies. The city's only hope is a brilliant detective struggling to battle his own demons. Inspector Unai López de Ayala, known as "Kraken," is charged with investigating a series of ritualistic murders. The killings are eerily similar to ones that terrorized the citizens of Vitoria twenty years earlier. But back then, police were sure they had discovered the killer, a prestigious archaeologist who is currently in jail. Now Kraken must race to determine whether the killer had an accomplice or if the wrong man has been incarcerated for two decades. This fast-paced, unrelenting thriller weaves in and out of the mythology and legends of the Basque country as it hurtles to its shocking conclusion.

She thought her life was over, but it hadn't even started . . . When Margot Delacroix dies at forty-two years old, she is sent back to earth as a guardian angel - to herself. Renamed Ruth, she is forced by divine mandate to re-experience and record her biggest mistakes and fiercest regrets from the beginning of her life to her untimely death. Forced from the moment of her birth to witness the cogs of fate and the stuttering engine of free will, Ruth sets out to change the course of her life, and, ultimately, to prevent her premature death. When she realises that the reasons behind her teenage son's descent into drugs and murder lay within her own actions as Margot, she makes a pact with a demon - she will give up her place in Heaven in exchange for the opportunity to save her son from his fate. But the changes she makes result in consequences no one could expect...

Celestial and Roy are newly married professionals leaning in to a bright future when Roy is convicted of a crime he did not commit. This is not a heroes vs. villains tale with a tidy resolution. It is a complicated, messy, moving, and thought-provoking story about love, family, and the wide-reaching effects of incarceration

One of History's Most Sacred Treasures . . . An Age-Old Secret Conspiracy . . . The Truth Must Be Revealed . . . The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud is the explosive international bestseller that mixes fact and fiction to tell the riveting story of one of the world's most controversial relics, the Turin Shroud - believed by millions of the faithful to bear the likeness of Christ - and the desperate race to save it from those who will stop at nothing to possess its legendary power. A fire at the Cathedral of Turin and the discovery of a strangely mutilated body attract the attention of Italy's special Art Crimes Department. For the fire is only the latest in a troubling series of arson attacks and break-ins at the cathedral which houses the famous shroud. Department chief Marco Valoni leads a team of top investigators in a race to solve a crime certain to shock the world: someone is planning to steal the Holy Shroud. From the storm-rent skies over Calvary, through the glories of Byzantium and the intrigue and treachery of the Crusades, The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud is a thrilling page-turner of the highest order - one that will challenge you to believe.

We kennen haar als de charmante, knappe en intelligente echtgenote van onze kroonprins Willem-Alexander. Vanaf het moment dat de twee samen werden gespot, is Nederland van Máxima Zorreguieta gaan houden. We weten allemaal dat ze uit Argentinië komt, maar veel is er over haar achtergrond niet bekend. Dat gaat nu veranderen. In april 2009 verscheen: Máxima, de Argentijnse jaren . Gonzalo Álvarez Guerrero (1969) en Soledad Ferrari (1975) trokken de Argentijnse jeugd van Máxima na. Via een beschrijving van het Argentinië van de jaren zeventig en de hiernavolgende jaren volgen we Máxima op haar levenspad: Haar jeugd. Haar dagen in La Recoleta en op het platteland. De oorsprong van het familiegeld. Coqui als ambtenaar: staatssecretaris van Landbouw onder Jorge Rafael Videla (1976-1981). De waarheid over zijn regime. De verhouding tussen Nederland en Argentinië tijdens de dictatuur. Haar eerste vriendje. Haar obsessie voor de Engelse taal. Een masteropleiding in de kou. De dag waarop zij kennismaakt met koningin Beatrix. De moeizame strijd om de Nederlandse nationaliteit en de goedkeuring van de Nederlanders. Kerkklokken voor de nieuwe Koninklijke hoogheid. De commerciële ambassadrice. Winkelen tussen de gewone bevolking. De regels van de moeder van Prins Willem-Alexander. Een bloemenzee voor Máxima.