Nichola McAuliffe Libros

A poignant comedy about a terminally ill man's desire to reach his 90th birthday, upon which he believes the Queen will pay him a visit on the eve of her Diamond Jubilee.

Tom Shackleton and his wife Jenni seem to have it all- power, prestige and position. A Regional Police Chief Tom has fast-tracked through the ranks from beat bobby to boss. With her gleaming blonde hair, perfect body and immaculate Armani suits, Jenni Shackleton looks every inch the consort to a powerful man. And she's connected too. Through her job as columnist of a top daily, she has access to the top ranks of New Labour - all the right people to further Tom's career - or so she thinks. She's come a long way from the small Midlands backwater where she and Tom grew up, and had to use more than charm to get where she is today. So when Jenni gets the chance to lunch the second-in-command to the Home Secretary, she raises the stakes and will stop at nothing to get what she wants. On Jenni's horizon, the only blot is Tom's natural rival, Geoffrey Carter, a man with just too much Oxford polish and connection with the government to allow her to sleep well at night. But as Jenni soon discovers, there is a drug for everything... Pulsing sexual cunning, greed and ambition, The Crime Tsar takes you straight to the corridors of power and introduces a cast of characters so vibrant in their ruthlessness that you'll never read the news or view the police in quite the same way again...

Attila ist verzweifelt. Der kleine Pinguin kann Eis und Schnee einfach nicht ausstehen. Doch als er seine Eltern um Rat bittet, reagieren diese entsetzt. Ein Pinguin, dem ständig kalt ist? Ein Skandal! Wenn das die anderen erfahren, nicht auszudenken! Traurig be- schließt Attila, von seiner heimatlichen Eisscholle fortzugehen. Doch wohin? Auf den Galapagosinseln sollen all jene Zuflucht finden, die ein wenig anders sind als andere. Also macht sich Attila auf den Weg gen Süden, und schon bald schließen sich ihm zwei wundersame Geschöpfe an: Loolagax, der Geier, der kein Fleisch mag, und der Adler, der eigentlich ein Igel ist. Doch bis sie auf den Inseln ankommen, müssen sie so manches Abenteuer bestehen – mehr, als Attila sich auf seiner Eisscholle je erträumt hätte.