To journalist Nikki Gillette, this disturbing story is a ticket out of small-town Savannah and on to the big time. She's already given the killer a name - The Grave Robber - and she's spending everry minute dogging tough cop Pierce Reed's investigation. Another body is found. And another. Each gruesome discovery unnerves Nikki a little more...there's something familiar about it, something she should know. Now, as a serial killer pulls her ever deeper into his sick game, she has no idea how close she's getting to the truth - or how deadly it will be
Op de achterflap:Als dierenarts Catlin Barber op een dag naar het dierenasiel wordt geroepen, ontmoet ze daar een ziek, uitgehongerd en kromgegroeid jong hondje dat opgesloten heeft gezeten in een schuur. Eigenlijk is het de bedoeling dat Catlin het hondje afmaakt. Maar Catlin ziet dat het ondanks alles toch nog vrolijk en levenslustig is...en voor de zoveelste keer gaat ze voor de bijl. 'Ik neem die pup wel mee naar huis', zegt ze.Ontmoet Catlin Barber, de dierenarts met het kleinste hart en het grootste huishouden van Zuid-Engeland. Maak kennis met haar tienerdochters Liz en Louise, en met Jeannie en de Pups, een heel merkwaardig hondengezinnetje. De pony's Nimbus en Dippy zijn door Catlin van het slachthuis gered. Percy Phone, de nurkse papegaain doet zijn best het complete huisraad af te breken. Tania de hazewindhond heeft maar drie poten; Duckworth de kat laat muizen in zijn mand slapen en Dolly het varken woont in de keuken en denkt dat zij een hond is. Samen met ontelbare andere dieren maken zij Catlin Barbers huishouden tot een vrolijke, humoristische beestenbende die iedere dierenliefhebber zal vertederen.
A classic children’s story from the world’s best-loved children’s author, Enid Blyton. School life has never been so splendid. ‘Ah, you English girls! There is nobody like you when you are nice!' said Mam'zelle. Pat and Isabel are determined to work hard this term. But it's just so tempting to play a few tricks on Mam'zelle. Watch out! There's trouble at St Clare's! Enid Blyton is arguably the most famous children’s author of all time, thanks to series such as The Wishing-Chair, The Faraway Tree, The Mysteries, The Famous Five and The Secret Seven. Her school stories – including the St Clare’s and Malory Towers series are the perfect books for girls who are experiencing their own adventure at school.
"Superbly clue-laden...A complex and satisfying puzzle."THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBEThe case seems so simple, Inspector Morse deemed it beneath his notice. A wealthy, elderly American tourist has a heart attack in her room at Oxford's luxurious Randolph Hotel. Missing from the scene is the lady's handbag, which contained the Wolvercote Tongue, a priceless jewel that her late husband had bequeathed to the Ashmolean Museum just across the street. Morse proceeds to spend a great deal of time thinking--and drinking--in the hotel's bar, certain the solution is close at hand--until conflicting stories, suspicious doings, and a real murder convince him otherwise...."It is a delight to watch this brilliant, quirky man [Morse] deduce."MINNEAPOLIS STAR & TRIBUNE
The New York Times bestselling author of Wishes weaves a moving and charming novel of a daredevil woman who returns to Colorado for a new life…and a new love. Jackie O’Neill is a daredevil pilot and a true American heroine—the type of woman so beautiful men stopped in their tracks to watch her walk down the street. After years of nonstop excitement—traveling around the globe in a chaotic rags-to-riches-to-rags whirl with her late husband, Charley—Jackie has returned to Eternity, Colorado, near her hometown. She wants to put down roots, start a business, maybe someday fall in love again. But she never dreamed that the man who might make all her wishes come true is William Montgomery...little Billy, the lovesick boy who dogged her every step when she was a teenager...little Billy, who was now definitely a man, handsome, sexy, rich, and still madly in love with Jackie O’Neill.
The author of the bestselling Just Between Us introduces us to four new special women in a warm and funny novel about facing change in our lives Do you know what you'll be doing next year? Nicole, Virginia, Hope and Sam all think they do. Hope will still be slogging it out as a working mum, snatching quality time with her children, and trying not to burn her husband, Matt's, dinner. Her sister, Sam, is going to be climbing to the very top as boss of a record label, turning heads and having her photo emblazoned on the business pages as the toughest, most brilliant music mogul around. Wild child Nicole reckons she'll still be partying with the girls, possibly snogging a guy here or there, and trying not to get fired for using the office phone to organize her social life. And grandmother Virginia will be affectionately teasing her beloved husband, Bill, for spending too much time on the golf course and not enough walking the dog or cutting the grass. But what if fate has other plans for them? Suddenly life threatens to change beyond recognition for the four women, and they each have to look deep inside themselves to find out what they really want if they are to survive the turmoil ahead. And they will discover that a sense of belonging, a loving family and good friends make all the difference.
In de hoop dat hij niet ontdekt dat hij niet de vader is van haar elfjarige zoon, ondergaat een vrouw gewillig de vrijwel dagelijkse mishandelingen door haar echtgenoot, tot het moment waarop ze haar oude jeugdliefde ontmoet.
