Carla Benink Book order (chronological)

The summer of 1915 was a time of prosperity and unease for the Wittgenstein family, and for their eldest daughter Beata it was also a time of awakening. By the glimmering waters of Lake Geneva, the quiet Jewish beauty met a young French officer and fell in love. Knowing that her parents would never accept her marriage to a Catholic, Beata followed her heart - and as the two built a new life together, Beata's past would stay with her in ways she could never have predicted. As the years pass, Beata must watch in horror as Europe is once again engulfed in war, threatening her life and family - even her daughter Amadea, who has taken the vows of a Carmelite nun. But Amadea is forced into hiding and as family and friends are swept away without a trace, she begins a harrowing journey of survival. Taking on daring missions behind enemy lines, she finds a man who will help her discover her place in an unbreakable chain between generations... between her lost family and her future. An intricate tapestry of a mother's love, a daughter's courage, and the unwavering faith that sustained them - even in history's darkest hour.

The 'book of the dead' is the morgue log in which all cases are entered. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to have a new meaning. Fresh from her battle with a psychopath in Florida, Scarpetta moves to South Carolina and opens a private forensic pathology practice. A string of brutal killings shatters her dreams of a quiet life.

Pickpocket John Jacob Turnstile is on his way to be detained at His Majesty's Pleasure when he is offered a lifeline, what seems like a freedom of sorts - the job of personal valet to a departing naval captain.

Leaving behind her forensic pathology practice in South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta takes up an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured patient in a psychiatric ward. The handcuffed and chained patient, Oscar Bane, has specifically asked for her, and when she literally has her gloved hands on him, he begins to talk - and the story he has to tell turns out to be one of the most bizarre she has ever heard. He says his injuries were sustained in the course of a murder ... that he did not commit. Is Bane a criminally insane stalker who has fixed on Scarpetta? Or is his paranoid tale true, and it is he who is being spied on, followed and stalked by the actual killer? The only thing Scarpetta knows for certain is that a woman has been tortured and murdered - and that more violent deaths will follow...

Voor Charlotte Kramer, de eerste vrouwelijke president van Amerika, is het moment van de waarheid aangebroken: de verkiezingen staan voor de deur. Ze zet alles op alles om herkozen te worden, maar uitgerekend nu komt uit dat haar man een affaire heeft. Melanie Kingston is chef-staf van het Witte Huis en Charlottes vertrouwelinge. Wanneer de herverkiezingscampagne dreigt te mislukken en de meedogenloze pers bloed ruikt, bezwijkt ze bijna onder de werkdruk. Dale Smith weet als Witte Huis-journaliste meer over de president dan iedereen, maar als zou uitkomen dat ze een geheime relatie heeft, zou haar carrière in één klap vernietigd zijn. Alle drie de vrouwen bevinden zich op het hoogtepunt van hun carrière, maar hun harde werken en ambities worden bedreigd door ontrouw, bedrog en één tragische fout. Zullen zij hun levens weer op de rails krijgen, maar vooral: lukt het Charlotte Kramer haar kiezers terug te winnen?

In this exhilarating cross between The Da Vinci Code and The Birth of Venus, an irrepressible young woman in 15th-century Italy must flee for her life after stumbling upon a deadly secret when she serves as a model for Botticelli...When part-time model and full-time prostitute Luciana Vetra is asked by one of her most exalted clients to pose for a painter friend, she doesn't mind serving as the model for the central figure of Flora in Sandro Botticelli's masterpiece "Primavera." But when the artist dismisses her without payment, Luciana impulsively steals an unfinished version of the painting--only to find that somone is ready to kill her to get it back. What could possibly be so valuable about the picture? As friends and clients are slaughtered around her, Luciana turns to the one man who has never desired her beauty, novice librarian Brother Guido. Fleeing Venice together, Luciana and Guido race through the nine cities of Renaissance Italy, pursued by ruthless foes who are determined to keep them from decoding the painting's secrets.Gloriously fresh and vivid, with a deliciously irreverent heroine, The Botticelli Secret is an irresistible blend of history, wit, and suspense.

Krimi. When Scarpetta examines a young man's body, she discovers stunning indications that he may have been alive when he was zipped inside a pouch and locked inside the cooler of her new Cambridge Forensic Center in Massachusetts. Various 3-D radiology scans reveal more shocking details about internal injuries unlike any Scarpetta has ever seen. These suggest the possibility of a conspiracy to cause mass casualties, and she races against time to discover who and why before more people die

Kate Brennan was altijd al een beetje terughoudend in de liefde, uit angst om afgewezen te worden. Dus als ze Paul ontmoet, een rijke, charismatische zakenman met veel vrije tijd, is ze aanvankelijk op haar hoede. Na verloop van tijd weet hij haar toch voor zich te winnen, en ze geeft zich steeds meer aan hem over. Maar dan ontdekt ze dat hij haar stelselmatig ontrouw is. Wat haar betreft is de relatie meteen voorbij, maar Paul laat zich niet zo makkelijk aan de kant zetten. Hij breekt in in haar huis, luistert haar telefoon af en duikt regelmatig plotseling op, op plaatsen waar hij niets te zoeken heeft. Hij heeft genoeg geld en connecties om haar voortdurend in de gaten te houden, en haar leven compleet te beheersen... In Mijn ex, mijn stalker laat Kate Brennan zien hoe een doodgewone vrouw ten prooi kan vallen aan een angstaanjagende stalker.

A powerful and searing novel of three lives fractured by a civil war For ten years, Norma has been the voice of consolation for a people broken by violence. She hosts Lost City Radio, the most popular program in their nameless South American country, gripped in the aftermath of war. Every week, the Indians in the mountains and the poor from the barrios listen as she reads the names of those who have gone missing, those whom the furiously expanding city has swallowed. Loved ones are reunited and the lost are found. Each week, she returns to the airwaves while hiding her own personal loss: her husband disappeared at the end of the war. But the life she has become accustomed to is forever changed when a young boy arrives from the jungle and provides a clue to the fate of her long-missing husband. Stunning, timely, and absolutely mesmerizing, Lost City Radio probes the deepest questions of war and its meaning: from its devastating impact on a society transformed by violence to the emotional scarring each participant, observer, and survivor carries for years after. This tender debut marks Alarcón's emergence as a major new voice in American fiction.

It has been ten years since twenty-one-year-old Charles MacKenzie Jr. (Mac) went missing. A Columbia University senior, about to graduate and already enrolled in Duke University Law School, he walked out of his room and has never been seen again. However, he does ritually call his mother every year: on her birthday, on his birthday, and on Mother's Day. Each time, he assures her he is fine, refuses to answer her frantic questions, then hangs up. Even the death of his father, a corporate lawyer, on 9/11 does not bring him home, or break the pattern of his calls. Mac's sister Carolyn, now twenty-six, has endured two family tragedies - her brother's inexplicable disappearance, an the loss of her father. Realizing that neither she nor her mother will ever be able to have closure and get on with their lives until they find her brother, she sets out to discover what happened to Mac, and why he has found it necessary to hide from them. Her journey into the world of people who willingly disappear from their own lives leads her to learn about others who may or may not still be alive, and ultimately to a deadly confrontation with someone close to her who suddenly becomes an enemy - and cannot allow her to disclose his secret...

Nancy finds out her husband is unfaithful when he gives her a lawnmower for Christmas, yet he has bought a lot of jewellery...who for? - Carmen, Nancy's best friend, lost her adored husband and finds that choosing a new man is not going to be easy. - Mia's just arrived in London to live with her dad, and once she's met the potentioal stepmother-from-hell he's dating, is determined to play Cupid, but her wayward arrows cause havoc....

Literatuur > Roman

The memoir features Jane Juska, a witty and vibrant English teacher who embraces her desires after years of celibacy. With a love for Anthony Trollope, she candidly explores her journey into the world of dating by placing a personal ad in The New York Review of Books. This leads to a series of unexpected encounters and self-discovery, blending humor and poignancy as she challenges societal labels and navigates her newfound freedom.

Born in 1951 to a distinguished Arab-American family, Lisa Najeeb Halaby became the fourth wife of King Hussein at age 27. With her husband being not only Jordan's monarch but the spiritual leader of all Muslims, Lisa was unsure what her role would be. This moving memoir provides a timely look at one woman's story against a backdrop of 30 turbulent years: the displacement of over 1 million Palestinians by the creation of Israel, King Hussein's frustrated efforts for peace, and the effect of Saddam Hussein and the Gulf War on Jordan and the royal family. Queen Noor offers intimate new glimpses of King Hussein, Saddam Hussein, Queen Elizabeth, Arafat, and many other world leaders.

Na de dood van haar zoontje wordt een vrouw geconfronteerd met de ontvoering van haar andere zoon.

Een vrouwelijke officier van justitie raakt verstrikt in intriges rond een tien jaar oude zaak.

De geschiedenis -vanaf 1698- van een familie van grootgrondbezitters en slavenhouders en hun slaven in het zuiden van de Verenigde Staten.

The first in a new trilogy by Christian Jacq, BENEATH THE PYRAMID is a gripping novel of suspense which takes place during the reign of Ramses the Great. A young, intelligent, incorruptible novice judge, Pazair, is called to Memphis to investigate the mysterious deaths of five guards standing watch over the sphinx at Giza. His inquiries unearth a plot to overthrow Ramses, and with the help of Souti, a former scribe, and the beautiful Nefertet, a young doctor, he sets out to discover the truth.

Een vrouw, die als kind per ongeluk met weeskinderen naar Australië is verscheept, keert terug naar Yorkshire, waar ze op zoek gaat naar haar moeder.

Whenever the grandeur of Ancient Egypt is evoked, there is one name which comes immediately to mind - Ramses II, the pharaoh who reigned for more than sixty years. Here, he is still only fourteen years old. His father, Seti is worshipped by his people and has made his empire the most powerful in the world. But who will be his successor? Should it be his eldest son, Shanaar, a calculating schemer; or Ramses, still passionate and impetuous? Unbeknownst to Ramses, Seti sets about teaching him his supreme duty. The tests and traps, sometimes potentially mortal, begin to multiply. And meanwhile, will Ramses escape the machinations of his brother? Will he know how to choose between Iset the Beautiful and the mysterious Nefertari? He has only a few friends he can really trust: Moses, his Hebrew schoolfriend, who shares his spirited temperament; Setaou, the snake charmer; and Ameni, the scribe.

Enjoying her ideal life as a wife and mother, Karen Billingsley becomes increasingly alarmed when she learns that her beloved son, Chad, has done something horrible that will force Karen to choose between motherly love and morality.

Ik ging in de eerste plaats naar Kenia om een woord te onderzoeken die ruim vier miljoen jaar geleden al dan niet heeft plaatsgevonden. Mijn beroep is paleontoloog, jager op fossiele mensen. In het uiterst noorden van Kenia, diep in de rotsachtige, rode Chalbi-woestijn, graaft kathryn Widd naar de resten van hominiden. Ze probeert in deze menselijke fossielen uit het verleden verklaringen te vinden voor de misdaden in ons heden. Onder de expeditieleden bevindt zich Daniel Tregallion, tot wie Kathryn zich aangetrokken voelt. Tregallion is een zwijgzame man die dagenlang alleen door de uitgestrekte lavawoestijn zwerft. Kathryn vergelijkt haar gevoelens voor Tregallion met de tragische liefdesgeschiedenis van John Patterson en Janey Blyth, die in 1908 op safari in Kenia gingen. Maar hoezeer heden en verleden worden verbonden door jaloezie en geweld, zal de toekomst uitwijzen... Avond over Afrika is de boeiende zoektocht van een paleontologe naar zichzelf en naar het verleden tegen het decor van de mysterieuze Keniase wildernis.

Moeder Teresa maakt ons deelgenoot van haar kennis, wijsheid en levenservaring. Zij leert ons daarmee hoe wij een volwaardiger liefde voor elkaar kunnen bereiken en hoe wij de minder bedeelden daadwerkelijk kunnen helpen. Ze bespreekt fundamentele en universele zaken als geluk, angst, barmhartigheid, familie, opoffering en de dood -thema's van direct belang voor een ieder die de diepere betekenis van het leven wil doorgronden.De weg van eenvoud is een unieke spirituele gids, zowel voor gelovigen als niet-gelovigen: vol wijsheid en hoop, van de vrouw die in onze tijd het grootste voorbeeld is van liefde door daden. Het levensverhaal van een uitzonderlijke vrouw.