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Iris Bollinger

    Whiskey Beach. Das Geheimnis der Wellen, englische Ausgabe
    Chasing Fire
    Hiding in the Shadows
    Black Hills
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    Villa Rivièra
    • Villa Rivièra

      • 383 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      Kunstenares Polly Smith wordt uitgenodigd voor een werkvakantie in de Franse villa van een vriend. Bij het aanvragen van haar paspoort komt ze voor een onaangename verrassing te staan: haar moeder blijkt in werkelijkheid haar tante te zijn, en wie haar vader is, is onbekend.

      Villa Rivièra
      4,0
    • In the rugged Black Hills of South Dakota, a childhood friendship matures into an adult passion when something ... or someone ... threatens Lil Chance and her dream to open a wildlife refuge. The heartless killing of Lil's beloved cougar and recollections of an unsolved murder catapult New York investigator Coop Sullivan into action to keep Lil safe

      Black Hills
      4,1
    • Terror waits just out of sight Hiding In The Shadows Accident victim Faith Parker has done what her doctors feared she never would: awakened from the coma that held her prisoner for weeks. But she has no memory of the crash that nearly killed her—or the life that led up to it. Nor does she remember journalist Dinah Leighton, the steadfast friend who visited her in the hospital...until she disappeared without a trace. Now as Faith begins to regain her strength, she's shocked by intimate dreams of a man she doesn't recognize and tortured by visions of violence that feel painfully real. Something inexplicable ties her lost memories to Dinah's chilling fate. But even as Faith tries to understand the connection and reach out to save Dinah, death is stalking both women. And one of them will not escape its lethal grasp. FBI agent Noah Bishop has a rare gift for seeing what others do not, a gift that helps him solve the most puzzling cases. Now, read more of his electrifying adventures in two stand-alone tales of psychic suspense.

      Hiding in the Shadows
      4,1
    • Rowan Tripp is addicted to danger. She's been fighting the annual forest fires in the rugged Montana mountains since she was eighteen years old. She can read a wildfire like no one else - and is prepared to put her life on the line again and again to save others. But now she is mourning the death of her good friend and jump partner, Jim - and haunted by the fact that she might have been able to save him. More pressing is the fact that the new season's recruits to the 'smoke-jumping' team need to be trained. Rowan has a strict rule: NEVER get romantically involved with anyone she works with. But the moment she meets Gull Curry that rule is severely tested. And when it becomes clear that someone does blame Rowan for Jim's death, and is determined to get revenge, Rowan finds that she needs Gull's help and support more than ever ...

      Chasing Fire
      4,1
    • After suffering through a year of public and police scrutiny after being wrongly implicated in his soon-to-be-ex-wife's murder, lawyer Eli Landon takes sanctuary in a family home and falls in love with housekeeper Abra Walsh.

      Whiskey Beach. Das Geheimnis der Wellen, englische Ausgabe
      4,1
    • Myron Bolitar Mysteries: Back Spin

      • 339 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      Kidnappers have snatched the teenage son of super-star golfer Linda Coldren and her husband, Jack, an aging pro, at the height of the U.S. Open. To help get the boy back, sports agent Myron Bolitar goes charging after clues and suspects from the Main Line mansions to a downtown cheaters' motel--and back in time to a U.S. Open twenty-three years ago, when Jack Coldren should have won, but didn't. Suddenly Myron finds him self surrounded by blue bloods, criminals, and liars. And as one family's darkest secrets explode into murder, Myron finds out just how rough this game can get. In novels that crackle with wit and suspense, Edgar Award winner Harlan Coben has created one of the most fascinating and complex heroes in suspense fiction--Myron Bolitar--a hotheaded, tenderhearted sports agent who grows more and more engaging and unpredictable with each page-turning appearance. "From the Paperback edition."

      Myron Bolitar Mysteries: Back Spin
      4,0
    • Shelby Foxworth lost her husband. Then she lost her illusions …   The man who took her from Tennessee to an exclusive Philadelphia suburb left her in crippling debt. He was an adulterer and a liar, and when Shelby tracks down his safe-deposit box, she finds multiple IDs. The man she loved wasn’t just dead. He never really existed.   Shelby takes her three-year-old daughter and heads south to seek comfort in her hometown, where she meets someone new: Griff Lott, a successful contractor. But her husband had secrets she has yet to discover. Even in this small town, surrounded by loved ones, danger is closer than she knows—and threatens Griff, as well. And an attempted murder is only the beginning …

      The Liar
      4,0
    • Encuéntrame

      • 560 páginas
      • 20 horas de lectura

      En su cautivador debut, Gilly Macmillan explora la búsqueda de una madre por su hijo desaparecido, tejiendo un thriller psicológico tenso y absorbente. Rachel Jenner está caminando en un parque de Bristol con su hijo de ocho años, Ben, cuando él le pide que le deje correr adelante. Es una solicitud ordinaria en una tarde común, y Rachel no tiene motivos para preocuparse, hasta que Ben desaparece. Se llama a la policía, se organizan grupos de búsqueda, y Rachel, ya insegura tras su reciente divorcio, siente que todo se desmorona. A medida que pasan las horas y luego los días sin señales de Ben, todos los que lo conocían son cuestionados, desde su exmarido recién casado hasta su hermana, considerada madre del año. La atención de los medios también se centra en Rachel, y la actitud del público hacia ella comienza a cambiar de simpatía a sospecha. Mientras desesperadamente intenta unir las pistas, Rachel se da cuenta de que nada es como lo imaginaba, ni siquiera su propio juicio. Y los mayores peligros pueden no estar en los extraños anónimos de las pesadillas de cada padre, sino detrás de las sonrisas familiares de quienes más confía. ¿Dónde está Ben? El tiempo corre...

      Encuéntrame
      3,8
    • The villa in Italy

      • 432 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura

      This is a marvellously atmospheric tale of strangers summoned to a grand but neglected villa on the Italian coast. Each of them has been named in a will, but nobody knows their benefactress... Four very different people are named in a will: Delia, an opera singer robbed of her voice by illness; George, an idealistic scientist who cannot face what his skills have created; Marjorie, desperately poor and unable to dislodge her writer's block; and Lucius, ostensibly in control but whose personal life is in chaos. All are summoned to the Villa Dante, home of the late Beatrice Malaspina. But who was she? While they wait to find out, the villa begins to work its seductive magic. With its faded frescoes, overgrown garden and magnificent mediaeval tower, it is unlike anywhere they have been before. Slowly, four characters who have gone to great lengths to hide their troubles find that change - and even hope - is possible after all. But, the mysterious Beatrice has a devastating secret to reveal that will affect them all! A beautiful evocation of Italy in the aftermath of World War Two, the personal consequences of living through such a time, and a celebration of humankind's ability to heal and learn to love again, this most absorbing novel will win Elizabeth Edmondson a host of new fans.

      The villa in Italy
      3,7
    • Newly engaged, Ellie is thrilled to be accepted into the loving Cooper clan--which seems like the perfect family she never had--until she begins to realize that Dan's mom, Linda, is a little too involved. Dan and Linda talk on the phone every day. Twice a day. As Dan and Ellie's intimate civil wedding ceremony gets transformed into a black-tie affair, Ellie begins to wonder if it's possible to marry the man without marrying his mother. As troubles mount, Ellie turns to her friends--glamorous Lisa, who always looks like she's just stepped off a runway, and wonderfully frazzled Trish--and tries to rediscover the independence she once had, and the man she still loves. But it seems that having a child and saving a marriage means growing up in ways she'd never imagined . . . A warm, witty, and wise look at mothers-in-law and what they teach us about ourselves, The Other Woman is sure to please Jane Green's growing legion of fans.

      Other Woman
      3,7
    • Emily's redenen waarom niet

      • 224 páginas
      • 8 horas de lectura

      Twee mannen en een baseballspeler geleden was Emily nog vol zelfvertrouwen. Maar nu voelt ze zich minder zeker en haar biologische klok begint steeds luider te tikken. Toch wil Emily alleen met echte liefde genoegen nemen. Ze is een succesvolle jonge vrouw maar in relatieland is ze duidelijk de weg kwijt. Emily heeft dringend hulp nodig. Met behulp van een persoonlijke coach gaat ze op zoek naar de ware en probeert ze foute mannen te vermijden. Emily krijgt de opdracht om de tien redenen waarom haar vorige relaties mislukten op een rijtje te zetten. Deze ogenschijnlijk eenvoudige opdracht wordt een wijze les in daten, verliefd worden, afscheid nemen en uiteindelijk de ware herkennen.

      Emily's redenen waarom niet
      2,4
    • The Beach House

      • 341 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      From the author of Falling and Sister Stardust comes the New York Times bestseller about finding your place in the place you call home. Ever since her life took an unexpected turn, Nan Powell has enjoyed living alone on the sun-drenched shores of Nantucket. At sixty-five, she’s just as likely to be found at Windermere, her beach front home, as she is skinny dipping in her neighbor’s pool. But when the money she thought would last forever starts to dwindle, Nan decides to do something drastic to keep hold of her free-spirited life: open up Windermere to strangers. After placing an ad for summer rentals touting water views, direct access to the beach, and a sexagenarian roommate, Nan’s once quiet house is soon full of noise, laughter, and the occasional bout of tears. Between her eclectic new tenants and the sudden return of her son, Nan gets a taste of what life is like when you have someone to care for besides yourself. But just as she starts to happily settle in to her new existence, the arrival of a visitor from her past threatens to turn everyone’s lives upside down...

      The Beach House
      3,7
    • Zusje / druk 29

      • 352 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      Niets kan de band tussen zussen verbreken... Als Beatrice tijdens een zondagse lunch een paniekerig telefoontje krijgt over de vermissing van haar jongere zus Tess, stapt ze op het eerste vliegtuig naar Londen. Naarmate ze meer te weten komt over de verdwijning, neemt de verbijstering toe over hoe weinig ze feitelijk weet van het leven van haar zusje en ze is niet voorbereid op de angstaanjagende waarheden die ze onder ogen moet zien. De politie, haar verloofde en zelfs haar moeder leggen zich erbij neer dat ze Tess hebben verloren, maar Beatrice kan dat niet. Naarmate ze dichter bij de schokkende waarheid komt, raakt ze steeds geïsoleerder van haar omgeving en wil niemand haar meer geloven.

      Zusje / druk 29
      3,6
    • Emily Robertson looks like the woman who has it all, the lovingly restored Tuscan farmhouse, the three beautiful children, the successful, attentive husband. But when her husband dumps her by text message, she has to face up to some stark home truths.

      Villa Serena
      3,0
    • Cambio mi vida por la tuya

      • 384 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      Todos hemos envidiado la vida de otro en algún momento pero ¿Y si podrías probarla durante unas semanas?. ¿Verdad que siempre soñamos con lo que no tenemos? La soltera independiente sueña con el marido ideal y con niños monísimos y encantadores. La madre de niños pequeños añora la independencia y libertad de su amiga soltera: ¡lo que daría por tener un fin de semana íntegramente para ella! Levantarse muy tarde, ir de compras (sin niños), de copas (con amigos), lo que sea... ¡pero sin la familia! Ahora bien, si pudieras intercambiar tu vida con otra durante unas semanas, ¿lo harías? Vicky Townsley, directora de una revista femenina, quiere probarlo y escribir un artículo con su experiencia. Ella se instalará en Connecticut en una casa con niños y marido (muy guapo) y la propietaria de tantas maravillas, pero cansada de ser ama de casa y conmuchas ganas de libertad, se irá a Londres para ocupar su lugar en la revista. Ambas no van a tardar en descubrir algo: que nada es tan maravilloso como se imagina...

      Cambio mi vida por la tuya
      3,4
    • The new keep-you-up-all-night suspense thriller from one of the UK's best crime writers.

      The Favour
      3,3