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David Andrew Bell

    1. január 1947

    David Bell je autorom napínavých románov, ktoré sa opakovane umiestňujú na zozname bestsellerov USA Today. Jeho diela sú známe svojou schopnosťou udržať čitateľa v napätí a často sa zaoberajú temnými tajomstvami a psychologickou hĺbkou postáv. Bell majstrovsky buduje atmosféru a spriada zložité zápletky, ktoré skúmajú temnejšie stránky ľudskej povahy. Jeho štýl je charakteristický prenikavým pozorovaním a znepokojivými zvratmi, ktoré zanechávajú silný dojem.

    Somebody I Used to Know
    Cultural Policy
    Awesome Chesapeake: A Kid's Guide to the Bay
    Kill All Your Darlings
    Skryté zlo, Už se nevracej, Mrtvá v domě na jezeře, Naprosto absurdní
    Utahování skotského klíče / Zatáčka smrti / Mezipřistání / Zvonkohra
    • Utahování skotského klíče - Rowan Caineová se dostala jako chůva do superchytré domácnosti... ale všechno se náhle obrací a je jako v horroru. Co se děje za zdmi? Jaké to jsou zvuky? A co je zač tahle dokonalá rodina? Zatáčka smrti - Při smrtelné nehodě zahynou čtyři děti, které chvíli předtím šerif varoval kvůli rychlé jízdě. Kdyby je zastavil a vyhodil z auta, nestalo by se to... ? Mezipřistání - Joshuu Fieldse při čekání na letadlo políbí v hale neznámá dívka. Vzápětí se Joshua dozví, že ne děvče pohřešované, a on se rozhodne ji najít. Zvonkohra - Zoe chce splnit matčino poslední přání - rozptýlit její popel na zapadlé pláži na novoanglickém pobřeží. Zoe dá práci pláži jen najít; a potom se začnou dít zvláštní věci.

      Utahování skotského klíče / Zatáčka smrti / Mezipřistání / Zvonkohra
      4,0
    • Dětská lékařka a maratonská běžkyně Emory Charbonneauová se při tréninku na odlehlé horské stezce v Severní Karolíně stává obětí útoku. Zachrání ji tajemný cizinec, jehož chování vzbuzuje jak hrůzu, tak zvědavost. Emory se probouzí v jeho srubu, kde se její pocity mísí s obavami o vlastní bezpečnost. Elizabethina matka je zavražděna, a podezření padá na jejího bratra Ronnieho, který má Downův syndrom. Elizabeth, přesvědčená o jeho nevinně, se snaží zjistit pravdu. Při prozkoumávání matčiny poslední vůle objeví neznámé jméno, které by mohlo být klíčem k vyřešení záhady. Studentka práv Becca Eckersleyová se v letním domě svých rodičů stává obětí brutální vraždy. Policie ji považuje za náhodnou, ale investigativní novinářka Kelsey Castleová je přesvědčena, že za tímto zločinem je více než se zdá. Rozhodne se pátrat na vlastní pěst, přičemž zjistí, že policejní vyšetřování je sabotováno. Filmový kritik Michael O'Dell po autonehodě prochází psychickou krizí, která ovlivňuje jeho rodinu a práci. Když se dostává na dno, začíná se vyrovnávat s bolestivou minulostí, která ho pronásleduje. Je čas udělat si v duši pořádek a čelit svým démonům.

      Skryté zlo, Už se nevracej, Mrtvá v domě na jezeře, Naprosto absurdní
      2,7
    • Kill All Your Darlings

      • 416 stránok
      • 15 hodin čítania

      "When a professor's student disappears and is presumed dead, he passes off her manuscript as his own-only to find out it implicates him in an unsolved murder in this new thriller from the USA Today bestselling author of The Request. After years of struggling to write after the deaths of his wife and son, English professor Connor Nye publishes his first novel, a thriller about the murder of a young woman. There's just one problem: Connor didn't write the book. His missing student did. And then she appears on his doorstep, alive and well, threatening to expose him. Connor's problems escalate when the police insist details in the novel implicate him in an unsolved murder from two years ago. Soon Connor discovers the crime is part of a disturbing scandal on campus and faces an impossible dilemma-admit he didn't write the book and lose his job or keep up the lie and risk everything. As the murders pile up, Connor must clear his name by unraveling the horrifying secrets buried in his student's manuscript. This is a suspenseful, provocative novel about the sexual harassment that still runs rampant in academia-and the lengths those in power will go to cover it up"-- Provided by publisher

      Kill All Your Darlings
      3,6
    • The Chesapeake Bay is an amazing body of water—the largest estuary in North America. The first of its kind, this book stimulates elementary- and middle-school children’s interest in the Bay by exposing them to the fascinating creatures and plants found in and around the Bay’s 2,500 square miles. Concepts such as watershed, airshed, and food web are explained in concise, understandable terms. This is an effective means for children to discover the interesting traits of some of the plants, animals, birds, and fish they are likely to find in and around the Bay. A new "Citizen Science" guide to water quality empowers children and adults to monitor the health of local streams and creeks.

      Awesome Chesapeake: A Kid's Guide to the Bay
      3,7
    • Cultural Policy

      • 184 stránok
      • 7 hodin čítania

      First Published in 2014. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

      Cultural Policy
      4,0
    • Somebody I Used to Know

      • 464 stránok
      • 17 hodin čítania

      The bestselling author of Somebody's Daughter and Cemetery Girl, “one of the brightest and best crime fiction writers of our time” (Suspense Magazine) delivers a pulse-pounding thriller about a man who is haunted by a face from his past... When Nick Hansen sees the young woman at the grocery store, his heart stops. She’s the spitting image of his college girlfriend, Marissa Minor, who died in a campus house fire twenty years earlier. But when Nick tries to speak to her, she acts skittish and rushes off. The next morning the police arrive at Nick’s house and show him a photo of the woman from the store. She’s been found dead, murdered in a local motel, with Nick’s name and address on a piece of paper in her pocket. Convinced there's a connection between the two women, Nick enlists the help of his college friend Laurel Davidson to investigate the events leading up to the night of Marissa’s death. But the young woman’s murder is only the beginning...and the truths Nick uncovers may make him wish he never doubted the lies.

      Somebody I Used to Know
      3,7
    • This updated and thoroughly revised second edition of the best-selling The Cybercultures Reader , includes specially selected contemporary articles by key thinkers in the expanding field of cybercultures studies. With general and thematic section introductions, a full bibliography and user guide, this latest edition is an indispensable resource for all those interested in living with and thinking about new technologies.

      The Cybercultures reader
      3,6
    • Somebody's Daughter

      • 496 stránok
      • 18 hodin čítania

      A man must save the life of a little girl who may be his own flesh and blood in this pulse-pounding novel of psychological suspense from the USA Today bestselling author of Kill All Your Darlings. When Michael Frazier’s ex-wife, Erica, unexpectedly shows up on his doorstep, she drops a bombshell that threatens to rip his family apart: Her ten-year-old daughter is missing—and Michael is the father. Unsure whether this is the truth but unwilling to leave the girl’s fate to chance, Michael has no choice but to follow the elusive trail of the child he has always wanted but never knew he had. Over the course of one night, lies that span a decade come bubbling to the surface, putting Michael, his wife, and his whole family in jeopardy. And as the window for a little girl’s safe return closes, Michael will have to decide who can be trusted and who is hiding the truth....

      Somebody's Daughter
      3,7
    • Since She Went Away

      • 496 stránok
      • 18 hodin čítania

      From the USA Today bestselling author of Kill All Your Darlings comes a chilling novel of guilt, regret, and a past that refuses to die.... Three months ago, Jenna Barton was supposed to meet her lifelong best friend Celia. But when Jenna arrived late, she found that Celia had disappeared—and she hasn’t been seen since.  The only piece of evidence is a lone diamond earring found where Celia and Jenna were planning to meet, leading the national media to dub Celia “The Diamond Mom.” And even though Jenna has obsessively surfed message boards devoted to missing persons cases, she is no closer to finding any answers—or easing her guilt. But when her son’s new girlfriend disappears too, a stricken Jenna begins to unwind the tangled truth behind Celia’s tragedy. And as long-buried secrets finally come to light, she discovers how completely lives can be shattered by a few simple lies.

      Since She Went Away
      3,7
    • She's Gone

      • 360 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      When 17-year-old Hunter Gifford wakes in the hospital on the night of homecoming, he's shocked to learn he and his girlfriend, Chloe Summers, have been in a terrible car accident. Hunter has no memory of the crash, and his shock turns to horror when he is told Chloe's blood has been found in the car--but she has disappeared. Back at school, his fellow students taunt him, and his former best friend starts making a true-crime documentary about the case--one that points the finger directly at Hunter. And just when things can't get any worse, Chloe's mother stands in front of the entire town at a candlelight vigil and accuses Hunter of murder. Under mounting pressure from the police, Hunter takes matters into his own hands by questioning anyone who might know the truth and posting videos to prove his innocence. When Hunter learns he and Chloe were seen arguing loudly outside the dance, he faces a sickening possibility. Was he angry enough to kill the person he loved? -- Page [4] of cover

      She's Gone
      3,7