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Mariëtte van Gelder

    Pop Goes the Weasel
    Clare's oorlog
    The twelfth card
    The Bodies Left Behind
    Het erfstuk
    La chica salvaje
    • La chica salvaje

      • 384 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      En Barkley Cove, un tranquilo pueblo de pescadores, circulan extraños rumores sobre la “chica de la marisma”. Desde los seis años, Kya deambula completamente sola entre canales y cañaverales, apenas cubierta y descalza. Aunque solo asiste un día a la escuela, la marisma y sus criaturas no tienen secretos para ella: la alimentan, la acunan, la protegen, son sus maestros y compañeras de juego. Kya aprende a descifrar los signos de la naturaleza antes de saber leer un libro. Pero su belleza no tarda en florecer: inusual, salvaje y evasiva, enciende el deseo de los muchachos del pueblo. Kya descubre el amor, su dulzura y sus trampas. Cuando en las marismas aparece el cuerpo sin vida de Chase Andrews, todas las miradas se centran en ella, la misteriosa niña olvidada: los murmullos se convierten inmediatamente en acusaciones, las sospechas en certezas inquebrantables. El juicio, dentro y fuera del tribunal, arrastra la historia hacia su epílogo impredecible y deslumbrante. La chica salvaje es la novela conmovedora de una infancia marcada por el abandono y de una naturaleza que se revela como una madre, no como una madrastra. Pero también es la historia de un secreto celosamente guardado que cuestiona los límites entre la verdad y la mentira, el bien y el mal.

      La chica salvaje
      4,4
    • Het erfstuk

      • 455 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura

      Hester Fielding was de grootste ballerina van haar tijd. Na een liefdeloze jeugd kwam de ontdekking van haar danstalent als een heerlijke verrassing. Terwijl ze in Londen furore maakte, stortte ze zich in een gevaarlijke liefdesaffaire die haar alleen hartzeer kon brengen en die tot een geheim leidde dat haar hele carrière in één keer te gronde kon richten. Nu leidt Hester een teruggetrokken leven en organiseert ze elk jaar een dansvoorstelling in haar eigen theater. Dit jaar zal de jonge, briljante choreograaf Hugo Carradine het ballet Sarabande regisseren. Helaas leidt de tegenstelling tussen de sterallures van de prima ballerina en het ongepolijste talent van een jonge danseres tot wrijvingen die het hele gezelschap beïnvloeden. Bovendien heeft Hester vlak voordat de repetities begonnen een bericht ontvangen dat herinneringen naar boven brengt die haar blijven achtervolgen. En terwijl de première nadert en de spanning stijgt, komt het verleden het heden binnenvallen en wordt Hester in één klap een andere vrouw.

      Het erfstuk
      4,3
    • The Bodies Left Behind

      • 500 páginas
      • 18 horas de lectura

      DEAVER. DANGEROUSLY GOOD. A spring night in a small town in Wisconsin. A call to police emergency from a distant lake house is cut short. Is it a phone glitch or something more sinister? Off-duty deputy Brynn McKenzie leaves her family's dinner table to find out... ...And stumbles onto the scene of a heinous murder. Before she can call for backup she finds herself the next potential victim. Deprived of her phone, weapon and car, Brynn flees, along with the only survivor of the crime. These unlikely allies can survive only by escaping into the dense, deserted woods, on a desperate trek to safety. And ultimately to a life or death choice. Flight. Or fight? 'Confirms his status as one of the finest crime writers in the world . . . grabs the reader by the throat from the beginning. Superb.' Independent on Sunday

      The Bodies Left Behind
      4,2
    • The twelfth card

      • 544 páginas
      • 20 horas de lectura

      Geneva Settle is a bright young high school student from Harlem writing a paper about one of her ancestors, a former slave called Charles Singleton. Geneva is also the target of a ruthless professional killer. Criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and his policewoman partner Amelia Sachs are called into the case, working frantically to anticipate where the hired gun will strike next and how to stop him, all the while trying to get to the truth of Charles Singleton, and the reason that Geneva has been targeted. For Charles Singleton had a secret – a secret that may strike at the very heart of the United States constitution, and have disastrous consequences for human rights today. And Sachs is going to have to search a crime scene that’s 140 years old before she can stop the killer.

      The twelfth card
      4,2
    • Clare's oorlog

      • 371 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      Een Engels meisje geniet in Parijs haar opvoeding als de Tweede Wereldoorlog uitbreekt; zij sluit zich aan bij het verzet.

      Clare's oorlog
      3,5
    • Pop Goes the Weasel

      • 432 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura

      A man's body is found in an empty house. His heart has been cut out and delivered to his wife and children. He is the first victim, and Detective Inspector Helen Grace knows he will not be the last. But why would a happily married man be this far from home in the dead of night?

      Pop Goes the Weasel
      4,1
    • Three Hours

      • 320 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      The extraordinary new novel everyone is talking about from the Sunday Times best-selling author of Sister 'Gripping, intelligent, timely' Marian Keyes 'An amazing achievement' Emma Healey 'Exceptional' Kate Hamer 'Incredible' Elizabeth Brooks 'A tour de force' Gillian McAllister 'Simply stunning' Dinah Jefferies 'Phenomenal' Fiona Mitchell 'Brilliant' Jenny Quintana 'Mind blowing' Francesca Jakobi 'Staggeringly good' Jane Fallon 'Fantastic' Kate London 'Exceptional' Sarah Edghill Three hours is 180 minutes or 10,800 seconds. It is a morning's lessons, a dress rehearsal of Macbeth, a snowy trek through the woods. It is an eternity waiting for news. Or a countdown to something terrible. It is 180 minutes to discover who you will die for and what men will kill for. In rural Somerset in the middle of a blizzard, the unthinkable happens: a school is under siege. Told from the point of view of the people at the heart of it, from the wounded headmaster in the library, unable to help his trapped pupils and staff, to teenage Hannah in love for the first time, to the parents gathering desperate for news, to the 16 year old Syrian refugee trying to rescue his little brother, to the police psychologist who must identify the gunmen, to the students taking refuge in the school theatre, all experience the most intense hours of their lives, where evil and terror are met by courage, love and redemption.

      Three Hours
      4,1
    • Braille edition of the popular bestseller. "Let go of the idea that gentle, relaxed people can't be super-achievers," advises Dr. Richard Carlson in his widely popular self-help book, DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF. In 100 chapters--each only a few pages long--Dr. Carlson shares his ideas for living a calmer, richer life. This book has been on the New York Times bestseller list for 38 weeks and is No. 3 on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list. Two small volumes in braille.

      Don't Sweat the Small Stuff and It's All Small Stuff
      4,1
    • De maanparel

      • 253 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      In het 19e-eeuwse China komen enkele plattelandsmeisjes in opstand tegen de traditie van het uitgehuwelijkt worden.

      De maanparel
      3,7
    • Facing the light

      • 503 páginas
      • 18 horas de lectura

      An extended family gathers in late August to celebrate the seventy-fifth birthday of its formidable matriarch, Leonora. She is the daughter of the famous Edwardian painter Ethan Walsh, whose paintings are kept at the family home, Willow Court in Wiltshire. At Leonora's house party will be her daughters, Gwen and Rilla, whom she raised alone after she was widowed in her late twenties; Rilla's stepdaughter Beth; and Gwen's husband and three children with their spouses and lovers. One outsider joins the group: Sean Everard, a television director who's making a documentary about the life and work of Ethan Walsh. All families have their dark side and Leonora's is no exception. By the time the marquee is dismantled and all the guests have gone their separate ways, two shocking past events have come to light, to rock complacency and change for ever the lives of Leonora and her daughters.

      Facing the light
      4,0
    • Sharp objects

      • 321 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      Some scars never heal . . . An addictive thriller from the author of the mega bestseller GONE GIRL. When two girls are abducted and killed in Missouri, journalist Camille Preaker is sent back to her home town to report on the crimes. Long-haunted by a childhood tragedy and estranged from her mother for years, Camille suddenly finds herself installed once again in her family's mansion, reacquainting herself with her distant mother and the half-sister she barely knows - a precocious 13-year-old who holds a disquieting grip on the town. As Camille works to uncover the truth about these violent crimes, she finds herself identifying with the young victims - a bit too strongly. Clues keep leading to dead ends, forcing Camille to unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past to get at the story. Dogged by her own demons, Camille will have to confront what happened to her years before if she wants to survive this homecoming.

      Sharp objects
      4,1
    • Rhyme's cousin has been arrested for murder. The evidence clearly shows he did it, but Rhyme agrees to check things out. It turns out that the cousin along with other people has been wrongly convicted because the true killer knows every single detail about the lives of the victims he kills and the men he sets up to take the fall for those crimes. This allows him to get close to the victims under false pretenses, murder or rape, and escape safely. And then he sets up others to take the fall for his crimes, planting incontrovertible evidence... Rhyme, Sachs and the rest of the team have to find out who at the huge, ominous data mining company is getting access to this information. Meanwhile the villain--known only by a number to us--realizes he's being pursued and turns his knowledge of data and information into a weapon. Oh, and lest things seem too delicate, he also gets information through good old-fashioned murder and torture too...

      The Broken Window
      4,1
    • Let Me Go. Totengabe, englische Ausgabe

      • 374 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      Detective Archie Sheridan just has to get through the next few days, then his birthday and Halloween will be over. But with escaped serial killer Gretchen Lowell on the loose, the investigation into the murder of a DEA agent demanding his attention, and journalist Susan Ward showing up at his apartment needing a favour, it's going to be a long weekend. Soon Archie finds himself crashing a masked ball on a private island owned by Jack Reynolds, a notorious local drug kingpin. By morning, Archie is back on pain killers, a guest is dead and Archie quickly realizes that little is what it seems. One thing is clear: Gretchen is back, and Archie's nemesis and sometimes lover has something special in mind for the birthday boy, something she's been planning for a long, long time. On Halloween Eve, with time running out, and the life of someone close to Archie on the line, Archie knows his only chance is to give Gretchen exactly what she wants. But Gretchen will prove more horrifying, and unpredictable, than Archie could ever imagine...

      Let Me Go. Totengabe, englische Ausgabe
      4,0
    • BEST SELLER - 26200: El cuento número trece

      • 480 páginas
      • 17 horas de lectura

      Entre mentiras, recuerdos e imaginación se teje la vida de la señora Winter, una famosa novelista ya muy entrada en años que pide ayuda a Margaret, una mujer joven y amante de los libros, para contar por fin la historia de su misterioso pasado. «Cuénteme la verdad», pide Margaret, pero la verdad duele, y solo el día en que Vida Winter muera sabremos qué secretos encerraba "El cuento número trece", una historia que nadie se había atrevido a escribir.

      BEST SELLER - 26200: El cuento número trece
      4,0
    • Includes reading guide and interview with author.

      Left Neglected
      4,0
    • Starters - 1-2: Starters & Enders

      • 640 páginas
      • 23 horas de lectura

      Callie bevindt zich in een uitzichtloze situatie: haar broertje is ernstig ziek, haar ouders zijn dood en er is niemand meer die ze kan vertrouwen. Ze kan haar broertje niet ook nog verliezen. Ten einde raad schrijft ze zich in bij de Bodybank: een gewetenloze organisatie onder leiding van de wrede Ouweheer. Ze moet een aantal levensgevaarlijke opdrachten volbrengen en opgeven is geen optie. Maar zelfs als het haar allemaal lukt, zal ze dan ooit echt vrij zijn?

      Starters - 1-2: Starters & Enders
      3,9
    • Tengo tu número

      • 432 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura

      "Esta traduccion fue originalmente publicada en Espana por Random House Mondadori, S.A., Barcelona, en 2012"--T.p. verso.

      Tengo tu número
      4,0
    • BZRK: RELOADED

      • 448 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura

      The second book in the mind-blowing new series from the author of GONE. Another breathtaking page-turner from Michael Grant. The first battle is over, but the war rages on. Sanity or madness? Truth or happiness? Love or survival? In the nano, you don't get to decide. schovat popis

      BZRK: RELOADED
      4,0
    • Heartsick

      • 420 páginas
      • 15 horas de lectura

      Detective Archie Sheridan has spent years tracking serial killer Gretchen Lowell. In the end, it was she who caught him, tortured him, then mysteriously set him free and turned herself in. Now as he trails a new case, Archie needs Gretchen in more ways than one--to catch a killer and to release his soul. Martin's Press.

      Heartsick
      3,9
    • The Last House on Needless Street

      • 352 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      "In a boarded-up house on a dead-end street at the edge of the wild Washington woods lives a family of three. A teenage girl who isn't allowed outside, not after last time. A man who drinks alone in front of his TV, trying to ignore the gaps in his memory. And a house cat who loves napping and reading the Bible. An unspeakable secret binds them together, but when a new neighbor moves in next door, what is buried out among the birch trees may come back to haunt them all."--Publisher

      The Last House on Needless Street
      3,9
    • Loca Por Las Compras Tiene Una Hermana

      • 320 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      DOS CAMIONES CARGADOS DE «RECUERDOS» DE LA LUNA DE MIEL TODAS LAS TARJETAS DE CRÉDITO FUERA DE SERVICIO Y PARA COMPLETAR EL CUADRO... ¡BECKY TIENE UNA HERMANA! Tras una lujosa luna de miel que ha durado diez meses, Becky Brandon — la compradora compulsiva más famosa del mundo— vuelve a Londres con su flamante marido. Tan pronto pone los pies en casa, empiezan los problemas, pues aparecen ante el portal dos camiones cargados de «recuerdos» que ha comprado a escondidas durante el viaje: mesas de comedor, jirafas de madera gigantes, batas de seda, máscaras… Las facturas no se hacen esperar y, muy pronto, la tarjeta de crédito que Becky esconde en su polvera se convierte en un trozo de plástico inútil. La crisis estalla y Luke le impone un estricto presupuesto, pero las malas noticias nunca vienen solas: Suze, su amiga inseparable, ha encontrado otra amiga más inseparable, y sus padres, precisamente ahora, deciden confesarle un secreto explosivo: Becky tiene una hermana. ¡Vaya sorpresita! La idea de encontrar, a sus veintisiete años, un alma gemela con quien compartir su pasión por los zapatos, las rebajas y las sesiones de manicura abre un panorama prometedor, lleno de interesantes perspectivas, lo cual no impide que, antes de lanzar las campanas al vuelo, Becky tenga que averiguar los gustos y hábitos de consumo de su nueva hermana Jessica.

      Loca Por Las Compras Tiene Una Hermana
      3,9
    • Una chica años veinte

      • 352 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      No hace falta ser un lince para darse cuenta de que Lara Lington no atraviesa un buen momento: su novio le ha dado esquinazo, su mejor amiga se ha largado a Goa y la empresa de cazatalentos que ha montado con ella se va al garete. Ya es hora de que algo le salga bien. Pues no. En plena tormenta existencial, aparece nada menos que el fantasma de su tía abuela Sadie, recientemente fallecida a la edad de 105 años. Con el aspecto y la marcha de una joven de los años veinte, Sadie la apremia para que recupere un misterioso collar desaparecido en extrañas circunstancias, sin el cual nunca podrá disfrutar en paz de su eterno descanso. Y aunque Lara intenta tomárselo con calma, la impulsiva Sadie la empujará a través de un alucinante y laberíntico enredo en el que se verán envueltos personajes como su repelente prima Diamanté, un estirado ejecutivo norteamericano y hasta la misma policía, que se pondrá a husmear ante la sospecha de un improbable asesinato. Así, a lo largo de este hilarante laberinto, Lara acabará convencida de que, si cuentas con la ayuda de un fantasma, al final las cosas siempre se arreglan. Una chica años veinte es una de las novelas más originales de Sophie Kinsella, que con su desternillante humor se ha convertido en la autora más vendida del género en el Reino Unido, Estados Unidos, Italia y Francia.

      Una chica años veinte
      3,9
    • Tiempo prestado

      • 320 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      En su cautivadora novela, Danielle Steel explora las complejidades de la familia a través de las vidas de tres parejas distintas que navegan por el amor, la risa y el crecimiento personal. Coco Barrington, una estudiante de derecho que abandonó la carrera y la oveja negra de su legendaria familia de Hollywood, ha optado por una vida más tranquila en el artístico pueblo de Bolinas. Su madre, Florence, una autora exitosa, comienza un romance secreto con un hombre mucho más joven, mientras que su hermana Jane ha estado en una relación amorosa con su pareja Liz durante una década. Cuando Coco acepta cuidar a los perros en la lujosa casa de Jane, se encuentra con un inusual huésped: Leslie Baxter, un encantador actor británico que escapa de una relación tumultuosa. Su atracción inmediata lleva a Coco a reevaluar sus percepciones sobre la celebridad y la familia. Se da cuenta de que su madre es más que una figura glamorosa; es una mujer enamorada, y Jane y Liz se preparan para abrazar la maternidad. A medida que Coco contempla un futuro con Leslie, presencia la sanación dentro de su familia y la formación de nuevos lazos, ya sean tradicionales o no convencionales. Con humor y perspicacia, la novela de Steel profundiza en las diversas formas de amor, convirtiéndola en una lectura provocadora y cautivadora que es difícil de dejar.

      Tiempo prestado
      3,8
    • Sanctum

      • 362 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      A powerful new stand-alone novel from Scotland’s princess of crime -- author of the acclaimed Garnethill trilogy. Lachlan Harriot is in a state of shock. His wife Susie has been convicted of the murder of serial killer Andrew Gow, a prisoner in her care. Unless Harriot can come up with grounds for an appeal, Susie will be given a life sentence, depriving her of her home, her family and her two-year-old daughter. Harriot is convinced that his wife, a respected forensic psychiatrist, is innocent, and each night he climbs the stairs to her study and goes through her papers, laboriously transcribing into his computer her case notes, her interviews with Gow and the press cuttings from the trial. But his search for the truth soon raises more questions than answers. Why had Susie stolen prison files and then lied about it? What was the nature of her relationship with Gow? And what is it in her study that she doesn’t want her husband to find? As things become ever more complex, he must decide what to do with a discovery that involves violence, sexual obsession, lust and ultimate betrayal. From the Trade Paperback edition.

      Sanctum
      3,7
    • Becky is pregnant! She couldn't be more overjoyed, especially since discovering that shopping cures morning sickness. Everything has got to be perfect for her baby. But when her must-have celebrity obstetrician turns out to be her husband Luke's glamorous, intellectual ex-girlfriend, Becky's perfect world starts to crumble.

      Shopaholic and Baby
      3,8
    • Loca Por Las Compras En Manhattan

      • 307 páginas
      • 11 horas de lectura

      Las tiendas de tu ciudad se te han quedado pequeñas, y tu tarjeta de crédito se muere de aburrimiento, ha llegado la hora de ampliar horizontes: Nueva York te espera con los brazos abiertos.

      Loca Por Las Compras En Manhattan
      3,8
    • Katie Brenner has the perfect life: a flat in London, a glamorous job, and a super-cool Instagram feed. OK, so the truth is that she rents a tiny room with no space for a wardrobe, has a hideous commute to a lowly admin job, and the life she shares on Instagram isn't really hers. But one day her dreams are bound to come true, aren't they? Until her not-so-perfect life comes crashing down when her mega-successful boss Demeter gives her the sack. All Katie's hopes are shattered. She has to move home to Somerset, where she helps her dad with his new glamping business. Then Demeter and her family book in for a holiday, and Katie sees her chance. But should she get revenge on the woman who ruined her dreams - or try to get her job back? Does Demeter - the woman who has everything - actually have such an idyllic life herself? Maybe they have more in common than it seems. And what's wrong with not-so-perfect, anyway? Everybody loves Sophie Kinsella: "I almost cried with laughter" Daily Mail "Hilarious . . . you'll laugh and gasp on every page" Jenny Colgan "Properly mood-altering . . . funny, fast and farcical. I loved it" Jojo Moyes "A superb tale. Five stars!" Heat

      My not so perfect life
      3,8
    • When eighteen-year-old Mikey's younger sister claims to have been raped and he seeks to avenge the crime, he meets Ellie, the sister of the accused, and befriends her, complicating the situation considerably for all of them.

      You Against Me
      3,8
    • Speaking in Tongues

      • 354 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      Aaron Matthews is a man with a gift: he can talk anyone into doing almost anything. As a psychologist he used that talent to help people. Now he's using it against one man for revenge. With former trial lawyer Tate Collier as his target, the brilliant, ruthless Matthews knows the easiest way to destroy his adversary is to strike at the point of least resistance, which for Collier is his teenage daughter.

      Speaking in Tongues
      3,8
    • Oogcontact

      • 336 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      Voor de vijfde keer op rij wordt een vrouw op brute wijze vermoord. Inspecteur Joe Masters besluit Dana Stone in te schakelen om deze misdaden op te lossen. Zij heeft een bijzondere gave: ze kan in het bewustzijn glijden van iemand die aanwezig was bij een misdaad. Dat kan een ooggetuige zijn geweest, maar ook het slachtoffer - en tot Dana's eigen afgrijzen kan ze zelfs contact leggen met een moordenaar.

      Oogcontact
      3,7
    • The Inquisitor

      • 432 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura

      Geiger has a gift: he knows a lie the instant he hears it. And in his business, called "information retrieval" by its practitioners, that gift is invaluable, because truth is the hottest thing on the market. Geiger's clients count on him to extract the truth from even the most reluctant subjects. Unlike most of his competitors, Geiger rarely sheds blood, but he does use a variety of techniques, some physical, many psychological, to push his subjects to a point where pain takes a backseat to fear. Because only then will they finally stop lying. One of Geiger's rules is that he never works with children. So when his partner, former journalist Harry Boddicker, unwittingly brings in a client who insists that Geiger interrogate a twelve year old boy, Geiger responds instinctively. He rescues the boy from his captor, removes him to the safety of his New York City loft, and promises to protect him from further harm. But if Geiger and Harry cannot quickly discover why the client is so desperate to learn the boy's secret, they themselves will become the victims of an utterly ruthless adversary.

      The Inquisitor
      3,7
    • Las desgracias no vienen solas y Catherine Dornan tendrá ocasión de comprobarlo. Es navidad y se ha pasado los últimos días en los pasillos de un hospital. Enfermo de leucemia, su marido lucha contra la muerte, y ni las alegres e iluminadas calles de Nueva York consiguen que el dolor se desvanezca. Pero llueve sobre mojado y la mala estrella la persigue. El pequeño Brian, su hijo de siete años, desaparece entre la multitud. la noche de paz comienza como una pesadilla.

      Noche de paz
      3,8
    • Like mother, like daughter...! Shopaholic Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood)'s two-year-old is ... spirited. She knows what she wants, whether it's a grown-up Prada handbag or a toy pony (40% off, so a bargain, surely?) When yet another shopping trip turns to mayhem, Becky decides it's time to give Minnie her own pocket money. Is it a bad sign when Minnie goes instantly overdrawn? Minnie isn't the only one in financial crisis. As the Bank of London collapses, people are having to Cut Back. Everyone needs cheering up, so what better way to do it than to throw a fabulous surprise party? A thrifty party, of course. Except economising and keeping a secret have never been Becky's strong points ... Everybody loves Sophie Kinsella: "I almost cried with laughter" Daily Mail "Hilarious . . . you'll laugh and gasp on every page" Jenny Colgan "Properly mood-altering . . . funny, fast and farcical. I loved it" Jojo Moyes "A superb tale. Five stars!" Heat

      Mini Shopaholic
      3,8
    • The Olive Farm

      A Memoir of Life, Love, and Olive Oil in the South of France

      • 352 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      When Carol Drinkwater and her fiancée, Michel, are given the opportunity to purchase ten acres of an abandoned olive farm in the South of France, they find the region's splendor impossible to resist. Using their entire savings as a down payment, the couple embark on an adventure that brings them in contact with the charming countryside of Provence, its querulous personalities, petty bureaucracies, and extraordinary wildlife. From the glamour of Cannes and the Isles of Lérins to the charm of her own small plot of land--which she transforms from overgrown weeds into a thriving farm--Drinkwater triumphantly relates how she realized her dream of a peaceful, meaningful life.

      The Olive Farm
      3,7
    • Someone is after Starters like Callie and Michael—teens with chips in their brains. They want to experiment on anyone left over from Prime Destinations—Starters who can be controlled and manipulated. With the body bank destroyed, Callie no longer has to rent herself out to creepy Enders. But Enders can still get inside her mind and make her do things she doesn’t want to do, like hurt someone she loves. Having the chip removed could save her life—but it could also silence the voice in her head that might belong to her father. Callie has flashes of her ex-renter Helena’s memories, too . . . and the Old Man is back, filling her with fear. Who is real and who is masquerading in a teen body? No one is ever who they appear to be. Determined to find the Old Man to stop him, and grasping at the hope of a normal life for herself and her younger brother, Callie is ready to fight for the truth. Even if it kills her.

      Enders
      3,7
    • Effie's still not over her parents splitting up a year ago. Her dad and his new girlfriend are posting their PDAs all over Instagram - and no one should have to deal with photos of their dad with the hashtags #viagraworks and #sexinyoursixties. Now they're selling the beloved family home and holding a 'house-cooling' party. When Effie receives only a last-minute 'anti-invitation', she decides to give it a miss. Until she remembers her precious Russian dolls, safely tucked away up a chimney. She'll have to go back for them - but not as a guest. She'll just creep in, grab the dolls and make a swift exit. No one will know she was ever there. Of course, nothing goes to plan. Not only does Effie bump into her ex-boyfriend (who she's very much not over), she can't find the dolls. And as she secretly clambers around dusty attics, hides under tables and mournfully eyes up the dessert table, she discovers unexpected truths about her family - and even about herself. With time (and hiding places) running out, Effie starts to wonder if she'd be better off simply crashing the party. Perhaps that's the only way to find out what's really going on with her family...

      The Party Crasher
      3,7
    • Predator

      • 400 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      Scarpetta, now freelancing with the National Forensic Academy in Florida, digs into a case more bizarre than any she has ever faced, one that has produced not only unusual physical evidence, but also tantalizing clues about the inner workings of an extremely cunning and criminal mind. She and her team --- Pete Marino, Benton Wesley, and her niece, Lucy --- track the odd connections between several horrific crimes and the people who are the likely suspects. As one psychopath, safely behind bars and the subject of a classified scientific study at a Harvard-affiliated psychiatric hospital, teases Scarpetta with tips that could be fact --- or fantasy --- the number of killers on the loose seems to multiply. Are these events related or merely random? And what can the study of one man's brain tell them about the methods of a psychopath still lurking in the shadows?

      Predator
      3,7
    • The Scent of Rain and Lightning

      • 336 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      Twenty-six years ago, when she was only three months old, Jody Linder's father was murdered as she slept in her cot. Her mother vanished, presumed dead. Local trouble-maker Billy Crosby confessed to the murder and was locked up, leaving his wife and son to face the consequences in the small Kansas town of Rose. But his son Collin, now a lawyer, has successfully petitioned for a retrial, which means that - for now - Billy is back in town. Jody is horrified - the man who tore her family apart is living just a few streets away. So why does she find herself wondering if Collin is right? What if Billy was innocent, and her close-knit family has been hiding a terrible secret all these years?

      The Scent of Rain and Lightning
      3,6
    • The Darkest Secret

      • 392 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      Apologies for the general email, but I desperately need your help. My goddaughter, Coco Jackson, disappeared from her family's holiday home in Bournemouth on the night of Sunday/Monday August 29/30th, the bank holiday weekend just gone. Coco is three years old. When identical twin Coco goes missing during a family celebration, there is a media frenzy. Her parents are rich and influential, as are the friends they were with at their holiday home by the sea. But what really happened to Coco? Over two intense weekends - the first when Coco goes missing and the second twelve years later at the funeral of her father - the darkest of secrets will gradually be revealed... Taut, emotive and utterly compelling, an unputdownable 'ripped from the headlines' novel that you will want to talk about with everyone you know.

      The Darkest Secret
      3,7
    • Clara Marsh is an undertaker. She spends her solitary life among the dead, preparing their last baths, beautifying their bodies, and bidding them farewell with a bouquet from her own garden. But Clara's carefully structured life shifts when she discovers a neglected little girl, Trecie, playing in the funeral parlour, desperate for a friend. It changes even more when Detective Mike Sullivan starts questioning her again about a body she prepared three years ago, an unidentified girl found murdered in a nearby strip of woods. Unclaimed by family, the community christened her Precious Doe. When Clara and Mike learn Trecie may be involved with the same people who killed Precious Doe, Clara must choose between her solitary but steadfast existence and the perils of binding one's life to another. Clara's search for the girl pulls her into a spiralling series of events that threaten to endanger the few people Clara has grown to love - and finally brings her own tragic and long-buried past to the surface. Darkly atmospheric and tautly written, TETHERED is a haunting and ultimately heart-breaking novel that explores the themes of love, loss, faith and redemption.

      Tethered
      3,6
    • Antes de morirme

      • 313 páginas
      • 11 horas de lectura

      Como el resto de sus amigas, Tessa es una adolescente que arde en deseos de salir al mundo para acumular experiencias. Pero a diferencia de ellas, a Tessa le quedan sólo unos pocos meses de vida. La inminencia del adiós la obligará a madurar antes de tiempo, a redefinir sus relaciones con su familia, sus amigos y su primer amor, y a reflexionar sobre el verdadero valor de las cosas.

      Antes de morirme
      3,7
    • Cuando el pintor Robert Oliver intenta destruir un cuadro en la Galería Nacional de Arte, la única explicación que ofrece es: "Lo hice por ella". ¿Pero quién es ella? El psiquiatra Andrew Marlow no consigue sacarle nada a su misterioso paciente. Impulsado por una curiosidad profesional que poco a poco va convirtiéndose en una irresistible obsesión, Marlow se embarca en una incesante búsqueda que lo lleva a y a internarse en los perturbados paisajes de la mente del pintor. Hasta que el encuentro de unas cartas de amor de más de un siglo de antigüedad le hace descubrir una historia oculta de traiciones y pasiones secretas, una tragedia en el núcleo del impresionismo francés que tal vez contenga la clave del misterio de Oliver. Después del éxito mundial de La historiadora, Kostova nos trae un relato magistral que nos habla de obsesiones, de amores imposibles, y de la fuerza del arte.

      El rapto del cisne
      3,7
    • And When She Was Good

      • 384 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      In the comfortable suburb where she lives, Heloise is just a mom, the youngish widow with a forgettable job who somehow never misses her son's soccer games or school plays.

      And When She Was Good
      3,4
    • Rome foreign correspondent, Andy Chapman, investigates the brutal killing of a controversial left-wing priest and discovers evidence which appears to implicate the Vatican in the death. He turns his information over to the investigating magistrate, the beautiful Elena Fiorini, and together they begin a hunt for the killers. Probing deeper, they find themselves up against the might of the Catholic Church and a sinister network of neo-Fascist fanatics. Their quest leads them to the very heart of the Vatican and back to the last days of Mussoloini's dictatorship, when people changed their identities but not their allegiances.

      Unholy Trinity
      3,0
    • Remember me?

      • 448 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura

      Trixie wakes in a hospital room after a car accident thinking that it is 2004 and that she is a woman of 25 years!

      Remember me?
      3,6
    • Wish Upon a Star

      • 512 páginas
      • 18 horas de lectura

      A New York romantic comedy by the author of 'UPTOWN GIRL' and 'THE FIRST WIVES CLUB', featuring a woman who discovers her Prince Charming in an unexpected place.

      Wish Upon a Star
      3,6
    • La Mujer del piloto

      • 316 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      La noticia del dramático accidente que ha sufrido el avión que pilotaba el marido de Kathryn desencadena toda una trama de espionaje y terrorismo internacional que ella jamás hubiese sospechado.

      La Mujer del piloto
      3,6
    • Shopaholic to the Rescue

      • 350 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      Becky's gone too far in the past - but now she's putting things right. She's determined to track down her missing dad, help her best friend Suze, bond with her worst enemy Alicia Bitch Long-legs (well - maybe) and work out how to play blackjack. As she discovers quite how much her friends and family need help, she comes up with a brilliant plan. Becky is going to rescue everyone. But can she rescue herself?

      Shopaholic to the Rescue
      3,6
    • A year in the merde

      • 382 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      What are the French really like? Paul West, a young Englishman arriving in Paris to start a new job, is about to find out. _________________ They do eat a lot of cheese, some of which smells like pigs' droppings. They don't wash their armpits with garlic soap. Going on strike really is the second national participation sport after petanque. And, yes, they do use suppositories. Less quaint than A Year in Provence, less chocolatey than Chocolat, A Year in the Merde will tell you how to get served by the grumpiest Parisian waiter; how to make perfect vinaigrette every time; how to make amour - not war; and how not to buy a house in the French countryside.

      A year in the merde
      3,6
    • "Pesadillas y alucinaciones" de Stephen King explora la delgada línea entre la realidad y el horror, ofreciendo relatos que reflejan las sombras de la conciencia. Desde una tempestad inusual hasta un doctor Watson singular, cada historia revela los miedos y fantasmas que acechan en lo cotidiano.

      Pesadillas y alucinaciones II
      3,5
    • Lottie is tired of long-term boyfriends who don't want to commit to marriage. When her old boyfriend Ben reappears and reminds her of their pact to get married if they were both still single at thirty, she jumps at the chance. There will be no dates and no engagement - just a straight wedding march to the altar.

      Wedding night
      3,6
    • De verzoening

      • 352 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      Surgeon Michael Severin knows all about tragedy: he works with international aid organisations at scenes of disaster all over the world. He is himself is a survivor of an appalling childhood horror, and it is this which drives him to undergo hardship and sometimes danger to do what he can to help. Severin’s stock in trade may be earthquakes and floods, but at home in London, with his beloved wife Caitlin, there at least he is sure of his ground. Respected by his profession, loved both by Caitlin and by his endearingly eccentric foster-father Anthony, Severin’s life is rich and fulfilled – even if he can never quite lay the ghost of his own childhood tragedy. Until something happens which shakes his world more profoundly than any tsunami. Returning from a mission in South America, Severin finds Caitlin dying in their London flat. She has been brutally beaten. From then on, the mysteries deepen as Michael Severin’s secure world begins to fall apart. Who is the strange young woman who turns up unannounced after the killing, and who seems to know more than she should? Who has been sending Caitlin childish drawings of a house in the woods – a house Severin has never seen before? And who really was Caitlin? Did Severin really know her at all? Do we ever really know the people we love?

      De verzoening
      3,1
    • Una novela encantadora llena de poignancy, humor, encanto y perspicacia, este es un deslumbrante debut. En una librería de segunda mano, Louise Canova descubre un viejo libro titulado Elegancia, enterrado entre un voluminoso y sin duda sin tocar libro sobre la historia de la monarquía francesa y una edición de bolsillo desgastada de Mujeres en amor de D.H. Lawrence. Es un A-Z de cómo ser elegante, escrito hace muchos años por una francesa, Geneviève Antoine Dariaux. Al comenzar a leer, las páginas del libro susurran algo esquivo: una forma de enfrentar su infeliz matrimonio y recuperar su autoestima. 'Siempre se puede conocer el carácter de una mujer por el cuidado y la atención que dedica a los detalles de su vestimenta.' Desde Accesorios hasta Cremalleras, no hay nada sobre lo que Madame Dariaux no pueda opinar. Su escritura evoca recuerdos de madres e hijas, amistades y amantes, y parece contener una magia: una sabiduría que permanece atemporal. Pero cambiar su guardarropa no es suficiente. ¿Podrá Louise reunir el valor para aplicar las lecciones de vida capturadas en las páginas amarillentas?

      Cuestión de elegancia
      3,5
    • De vergeving

      • 413 páginas
      • 15 horas de lectura

      Een Londense detective leidt aanvankelijk met tegenzin het onderzoek naar het auto-ongeluk van een rockster, wiens lichaam niet is gevonden.

      De vergeving
      3,3
    • Like Water in Wild Places

      • 320 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      Like Water in Wild Places is a story about a brother and sister trying to move past the legacy of hatred and derision that formed so much of their upbringing in South Africa.

      Like Water in Wild Places
      3,3
    • Avispero, el

      • 517 páginas
      • 19 horas de lectura

      El periodista Andy Brazil accede a colaborar voluntariamente con el Departamento de Policía de Charlotte en la investigación de uno de los casos más controvertidos que puede recordar. La agente con quien trabajará es la subdirectora Virginia West, una mujer inteligente y resolutiva cuyo carácter choca frontalmente con el de su nuevo compañero. Las diferencias entre ambos solo desaparecerán al centrarse en su objetivo común: atrapar a un escurridizo asesino que ya ha cargado cuatro víctimas a su macabra cuenta particular. El modus operandi del criminal no deja lugar a dudas: se enfrentan a uno de los mayores dementes que han andado sueltos por la ciudad.

      Avispero, el
      3,4
    • The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl

      • 294 páginas
      • 11 horas de lectura

      Sometimes shocking, often hilarious, always thought-provoking, this text gives us an illuminating glimpse behind the scenes of the high-class sex-trade, and an insight into the secret life of an extraordinary, ordinary woman.

      The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
      3,4
    • Swimming pool Sunday

      • 368 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      In an English village a girl injures herself in a neighbor's swimming pool and a lawyer convinces the mother to sue. Unaware he is using her to further his career, she does so, starting a string of unforeseen events

      Swimming pool Sunday
      3,4
    • A Massachusetts state investigator is called home from Knoxville, Tennessee, where he is completing a course at the National Forensic Academy. His boss, the district attorney, attractive but hard-charging, is planning to run for governor, and as a showcase she's planning to use a new crime initiative called At Risk-its motto: "Any crime, any time." In particular, she's been looking for a way to employ cutting-edge DNA technology, and she thinks she's found the perfect subject in an unsolved twenty-year-old murder-in Tennessee. If her office solves the case, it ought to make them all look pretty good, right?Her investigator is not so sure-not sure about anything to do with this woman, really-but before he can open his mouth, a shocking piece of violence intervenes, an act that shakes up not only both their lives but the lives of everyone around them. It's not a random event. Is it personal? Is it professional? Whatever it is, the implications are very, very bad indeed . . . and they're about to get much worse.Sparks fly, traps spring, twists abound-this is the master working at the top of her game.View the trailer for "Patricia Cornwell's At Risk", premiering on Lifetime on April 10, 2010.

      At Risk
      3,4
    • Walls of Silence

      A Novel

      • 448 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura

      A crackling, character-driven business thriller, masterfully spun by a true-life legal titan of global finance, Walls of Silence follows a fast-rising lawyer through a treacherous international maze of preying power brokers and deadly conspiracies.

      Walls of Silence
      3,1
    • What the Dead Know

      • 456 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura

      Thirty years ago, two sisters disappeared without trace. Now a woman has turned up, claiming to be one of the missing girls... From the author of WILDE LAKE.

      What the Dead Know
      3,2
    • Nanny Returns

      • 320 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      Ten years after the fateful night when Nan was fired, she returns to New York with her husband, HH. Finally settling in to build a permanent home and get her consulting business off the ground, Nan's plans are derailed by HH's sudden desire to start a family - and her surpisingly strong resistance to the idea.

      Nanny Returns
      3,1
    • All He Ever Wanted

      • 372 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      "A marriage is always two intersecting stories." This realization comes perhaps too late to the husband of Etna Bliss-a man whose obsession with his young wife begins at the moment of their first meeting, as he helps Etna and her companions escape from a fire in a hotel restaurant, and culminates in a marriage doomed by secrets and betrayal. Written with the intelligence and grace that are the hallmarks of Anita Shreve's bestselling novels, this gripping tale of desire, jealousy, and loss is peopled by unforgettable characters as real as the emotions that bring them together.

      All He Ever Wanted
      3,0
    • The Manny

      (man-ee) n: 1. A Nanny of the Male Persuasion

      • 353 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      What’s a Park Avenue working mom to do when her troubled son desperately needs a male role model and her husband is a power workaholic? The gutsy heroine of this astute comedy of manners hires a “manny.” Jamie Whitfield, a solid middle-class girl from Middle America, finds herself living in “the Grid,” Manhattan's wealthiest area, where big money and big media collide. She has a big apartment, full-time help with her three children, and a detached attorney husband. However, she lacks a full-time father figure for her struggling nine-year-old son, Dylan. Enter the manny. Initially, the idea of hiring someone to be a role model seems absurd, but one look at Peter Bailey convinces Jamie otherwise. Calm, cool, and charmingly down-to-earth, Peter is irresistible. As a political sex scandal propels Jamie's career as a news producer into overdrive and her husband becomes increasingly erratic, she finds herself in need of grounding. Peter reminds her of her past and what she still misses beneath the high-society glitz. Yet, the question remains: will this new presence stabilize her life, or will he sweep her off her feet?

      The Manny
      3,0
    • A Desirable Residence

      • 332 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      Liz and Jonathan are in trouble. They can't sell their old house.Here they are, stuck with two mortgages, mounting debts and a miserable adolescent daughter who hadn't wanted to move anyway. Then it seems Marcus Witherstone will solve all their problems. He knows the perfect tenants from London who will rent their old house - glamorous PR girl Ginny and almost-famous Piers. Everything is going to be OK. Or is it? As Marcus starts to become involved with Liz, while her teenage daughter develops a passion for the lodgers, it seems that some deceptions are too close to home... Everybody loves Sophie Kinsella- "I almost cried with laughter" Daily Mail "Hilarious . . . you'll laugh and gasp on every page" Jenny Colgan "Properly mood-altering . . . funny, fast and farcical. I loved it" Jojo Moyes "A superb tale. Five stars!" Heat

      A Desirable Residence
      3,0
    • Du bouquet de fleurs au véritable flirt, des ruptures aux réconciliations, le guide le plus complet du comportement amoureux au XXIe siècle ! Les femmes d'aujourd'hui sont apparemment libérées des contraintes d'antan : elles travaillent, s'assument, sortent entre copines et fréquentent les salles de gym... Mais ce que les femmes d'aujourd'hui n'avoueront jamais, c'est organisent leurs activités en fonction de celles des hommes ! De leur côté, les hommes d'aujourd'hui n'ont toujours pas compris comment les femmes fonctionnent, ni quel est leur langage... A chaque étape d'une histoire, comment se nouent les malentendus entre un homme et une femme ? Que signifie le même mot dans la bouche de l'un et de l'autre ? Comment sortir de ces impasses ? Voici un décryptage hilarant et lucide des codes amoureux de notre époque, où chacun se reconnaîtra forcément.

      Tout ce que les hommes ignorent et que les femmes n'avoueront jamais
    • De laatste vrijgezel

      • 252 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      Een 34-jarige vrijgezel ontdekt dat hij de meest begeerde man van New York aan het worden is.

      De laatste vrijgezel
    • Bill & Hillary

      • 367 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      Het huwelijk van de Amerikaanse president Bill Clinton (1946) en zijn echtgenote Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947) en hun beider leven tot zij elkaar in 1971 ontmoetten aan de universiteit van Yale.

      Bill & Hillary
    • Vervlogen jaren

      • 284 páginas
      • 10 horas de lectura

      Als een vrouw na twintig jaar uit een coma ontwaakt die veroorzaakt zou zijn door een moordaanslag van haar schoolvriend, wordt de zaak opgerakeld en gaat een journalist op onderzoek uit.

      Vervlogen jaren
    • Andy Brazil - 2: Zuiderkruis

      • 319 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      De activiteiten van een jeugdbende dreigen uit de hand te lopen, maar de politie van Richmond, Virginia, krijgt een onverwachte medestander bij het handhaven van de orde.

      Andy Brazil - 2: Zuiderkruis
    • De slaapwandelaarster

      • 189 páginas
      • 7 horas de lectura

      Een jonge vrouw die aan slaapwandelen lijdt en die in haar jeugd van het ouderlijk landgoed werd gestuurd keert daar na 18 jaar terug om daar in een wereld vol angst en verraad terecht te komen.

      De slaapwandelaarster
    • De vrouw in het wit

      • 222 páginas
      • 8 horas de lectura

      Op een Caribisch eiland worden een vrouw en een jongetje bedreigd door een geestverschijning.

      De vrouw in het wit
    • Poppenhuis

      • 272 páginas
      • 10 horas de lectura

      Tussen twee tweelingzussen ontstaat na de dood van het zoontje van de een een rivaliteit om het dochtertje van de ander, dat in paranormaal contact zegt te staan met het overleden jongetje.

      Poppenhuis
    • Drie keer Carol Drinkwater

      • 1047 páginas
      • 37 horas de lectura

      Autobiografisch relaas over hoe een Britse actrice en een Franse filmproducer proberen een olijfgaard in Zuid-Frankrijk weer rendabel te maken.

      Drie keer Carol Drinkwater