Sophie Hannah Knihy

Po obrovskom úspechu románov Vraždy s monogramom a Záhada zavretej schránky sa britská spisovateľka Sophie Hannahová opäť rozhodla oživiť najobľúbenejšieho detektíva na svete - legendárny Hercule Poirot sa vracia na scénu v rafinovanom, diabolsky zosnovanom detektívnom príbehu, odohrávajúcom sa v Londýne 30. rokov minulého storočia. Keď sa Hercule Poirot jedného dňa vráti po obede domov, predo dvermi ho čaká neznáma žena. Rozčúlene sa ho pýta, prečo jej poslal list, v ktorom ju obvinil z vraždy Barnabasa Pandyho, hoci ona toho človeka nikdy nestretla ani o ňom nepočula. Ibaže ani Poirot o Barnabasovi Pandym nikdy nepočul a nikoho z vraždy neobvinil. Otrasený vojde do bytu, kde ho už čaká ďalší návštevník – neznámy muž tvrdí, že ráno dostal od Poirota list, v ktorom ho obvinil z vraždy Barnabasa Pandyho. Koľko takých listov existuje? Kto ich poslal a s akým úmyslom? A napokon, kto je Barnabas Pandy? Je mŕtvy, a ak áno, zavraždili ho? Podarí sa slávnemu detektívovi nájsť odpovede na tieto otázky bez toho, aby zároveň ohrozil životy ďalších ľudí?

Hercule Poirot sa opäť vracia! Po detektívke Vraždy v Kingfisher Hille ponúka britská autorka Sophie Hannahová ďalší príbeh s týmto jedinečným belgickým detektívom, tentoraz s vianočnou atmosférou. Dňa 19. decembra 1931 plánujú Poirot a mladý inšpektor Scotland Yardu Edward Catchpool spoločné Vianoce, keď ich prekvapí inšpektorova matka Cynthia. Donúti ich, aby s ňou odišli do Norfolku, kde je potrebné objasniť záhadnú vraždu obľúbeného muža na nemocničnom oddelení. Cynthia trvá na tom, aby sa ubytovali v rozpadajúcom sa sídle jej priateľov Vivienne a Arnolda Laurierovcov, kde plánujú stráviť Vianoce. Arnold má byť čoskoro hospitalizovaný v tej istej nemocnici a jeho manželka sa obáva, že sa stane ďalšou obeťou vraha, no odmieta vysvetliť prečo. Poirot má len necelý týždeň na vyriešenie prípadu, aby sa mohol vrátiť domov pred Vianocami a zabránil ďalším vraždám. Ako sa pustí do hľadania súvislostí medzi mŕtvym mužom a Arnoldom Laurierom, preniká do komplikovaných rodinných vzťahov a tajomstiev, pričom sa aj on dostáva do nebezpečenstva...

Najslávnejší detektív všetkých čias Hercule Poirot opäť ožíva v celkom novom príbehu. Britská spisovateľka Sophie Hannahová aj tentoraz zosnovala poriadne zamotanú detektívnu zápletku, ktorú môže rozpliesť iba geniálny Belgičan so svojimi malými sivými bunkami. Hercule Poirot cestuje v luxusnom autobuse z Londýna do honosného vidieckeho sídla v Kingfisher Hille. Pozval ho tam Richard Devonport, ktorému nedávno zavraždili brata Franka. Slávny detektív má dokázať, že Frankovu smrť nezapríčinila Richardova snúbenica Helen. K tejto žiadosti pridal hostiteľ zvláštnu podmienku: Poirot musí pred ostatnými členmi devonportovskej rodiny zatajiť pravý dôvod svojej návštevy. Počas cesty autobusom sa odrazu postaví jedna očividne rozrušená cestujúca a chce vystúpiť. Tvrdí, že ak ostane sedieť na svojom sedadle, zavraždia ju. Po výmene miest prebehne zvyšok cesty pokojne. Poirot má však z toho zlý pocit a jeho obavy sa naplnia, keď v sídle Devonportovcov nájdu bezduché telo s lístkom, na ktorom stojí: „... sadli ste si na miesto, kam ste nemali“. Mohli by táto nová vražda a bizarný incident v autobuse viesť k vyriešeniu záhady, kto zabil Franka Devonporta? Podarí sa Poirotovi nájsť skutočného vraha a zachrániť tak nevinnú ženu pred šibenicou?

Po celosvetovom úspechu románu Vraždy s monogramom, v ktorom britská autorka Sophie Hannahová znova uviedla na scénu Hercula Poirota, je tu ďalší záhadný prípad, ktorý môže vyriešiť iba geniálny belgický detektív! Lady Athelinda Playfordová plánuje usporiadať vo svojom sídle Clonakilty večierok, no nepôjde o bežnú spoločenskú udalosť. Lady Playfordová sa totiž náhle rozhodla zmeniť svoj závet a na večeri sa to chystá oznámiť prítomným. Medzi hosťami sa nachádzajú i dvaja muži, s ktorými sa hostiteľka ešte nikdy nestretla: slávny detektív Hercule Poirot a inšpektor Edward Catchpool z londýnskeho Scotland Yardu. Ani jeden z nich netuší, prečo ho pozvali – vari sa lady Playfordová obáva, že sa stane obeťou vraždy? Ak áno, prečo potom robí všetko preto, aby možného vraha vyprovokovala?

V roku 2014 sa fanúšikovia Agathy Christie dočkali príjemného prekvapenia v podobe celkom nového románu s Herculom Poirotom v hlavnej úlohe. Na žiadosť dedičov legendárnej spisovateľky prevzala štafetu známa britská autorka Sophie Hannahová a napísala prvý zo série príbehov s Herculom Poirotom, v ktorom sa geniálny belgický detektív predstavil v tej najlepšej forme. Román Vraždy s monogramom vám prinášame v novom vydaní. Keď Hercule Poirot v jeden štvrtkový večer spokojne čaká v reštaurácii na hovädzí rezeň, ani len netuší, akú smršť udalostí rozpúta blesková návšteva neznámej mladej ženy. A keď mu po návrate do penziónu, kde sa istý čas snaží ukrývať pred svetom, jeho spolubývajúci, mladý vyšetrovateľ Scotland Yardu Edward Catchpool, predostrie bizarný obraz trojnásobnej vraždy v prepychovom londýnskom hoteli Bloxham, Poirot je znovu nútený zapojiť svoje malé sivé bunky do vyšetrovania mimoriadne zamotaného prípadu…

Nicki Clementsová uviazne v dopravnej zápche a vtedy zbadá tvár, na ktorú už nikdy nechcela natrafiť. Určite je to on, ten istý policajt, a zastavuje všetky autá na Elmhirst Road. Nicki sa mu chce vyhnúť, otočí sa do protismeru a v panike ujde. Aspoň si to myslí. Na druhý deň ju policajti predvedú na výsluch v súvislosti s vraždou Damona Blundyho, kontroverzného novinového fejtonistu. Nicki nevie odpovedať ani na jedinú otázku, ktorú jej policajti položia. Netuší, prečo vrah použil nôž takým zvláštnym spôsobom, ani prečo na stenu v Blundyho pracovni napísal „Nie je o nič menej mŕtvy“. Ale takisto nedokáže vysvetliť, prečo sa v ten deň vyhýbala Elmhirst Road, ako je to zrejmé z kamerového záznamu. Musela by odhaliť tajomstvo, ktoré by jej zničilo život. Hoci Nicki nie je vinná z vraždy, zďaleka nie je nevinná...

Hercule Poirot znovu na scéne! Po detektívke Tichá noc Hercula Poirota nám britská spisovateľka Sophie Hannahová ponúka nový, už šiesty príbeh s ikonickým belgickým detektívom v hlavnej úlohe. Tentoraz sa Hercule Poirot a mladý inšpektor Scotland Yardu Edward Catchpool spolu vydajú na grécky ostrov Lamperos. Keď na Silvestra roku 1932 Hercule Poirot s inšpektorom Catchpoolom pricestujú na ostrovček Lamperos, aby tam oslávili príchod nového roka, vysvitne, že tieto sviatočné chvíle prežijú v spoločnosti pomerne svojráznych obyvateľov polorozpadnutej vily. Ich pobyt na krásnom ostrove čoskoro poznačí nepríjemné tušenie, že sa stane niečo zlé. Po slávnostnej večeri sa hostia rozhodnú zabaviť zdanlivo nevinnou hrou na novoročné predsavzatia, ktorá spočíva v tom, že každý hráč anonymne napíše svoje predsavzatie a potom budú hádať, ktoré je čie. Jeden lístok však obsahuje zlovestnú hrozbu, že pisateľ spôsobí „poslednú a prvú smrť v roku“, a dokonca v ňom stojí aj meno budúcej obete. A naozaj, o niekoľko hodín nájdu na terase vily jedného z obyvateľov mŕtveho. Vtedy Poirot konečne prezradí Catchpoolovi skutočný dôvod, prečo ho vzal so sebou na ostrov: život ďalšieho člena tamojšej komunity je v ohrození. Obaja muži si zaumienia, že urobia všetko preto, aby táto prvá vražda ostala poslednou vraždou v roku...

Three years ago, something terrible happened to Naomi Jenkins - so terrible that she never told anybody. Now Naomi has another secret - the man she has fallen passionately in love with, unhappily married Robert Haworth. When Robert vanishes without trace, Naomi knows he must have come to harm. But the police are less convinced, particularly when Robert's wife insists he is not missing. In desperation, Naomi has a crazy idea. If she can't persuade the police that Robert is in danger, perhaps she can convince them that he is a danger to others. Then they will have to look for him - urgently. Naomi knows how describe in detail the actions of a psychopath. All she needs to do is dig up her own troubled past . . .

All Beth has to do is drive her son to his Under-14s away match, watch him play, and bring him home. Just because she knows her ex-best friend lives near the football ground, that doesn't mean she has to drive past her house. But she can't resist. She parks outside the open gates, watches from across the road as Flora and her children Thomas and Emily step out of the car. Except? There's something terribly wrong. It's the children. Twelve years ago, Thomas and Emily were five and three years old. Today, they look precisely as they did then. They haven't changed at all. They are no taller, no older... Why haven't they grown?

Deset povídek, které otřásly každým, kdo je četl. Mistrně načrtnuté postavy se dostávají do zapeklitých situací, které zpočátku vypadaly obyčejně, ale postupně z nich vystrkuje rohatou hlavu samotné Zlo. Kdo z nás nikdy nezatoužil zabít údržbáře? A co když se projeví jako machistický násilník, který vám dá najevo, že jako žena máte držet ústa a krok? Může jít vaše nenávist tak daleko, že se obrátí i proti jeho dětem? A co před vámi skrývá manžel, když zjistíte, že na všech vašich společných fotografiích za poslední desetiletí je spolu s vámi nejen on, ale i jakási neznámá žena?

Alice's baby is two weeks old when she leaves the house without her for the first time, but on her return she finds the front door open and the baby in the crib isn't hers. Before a DNA test can be taken, both Alice and the baby disappear and dark incidents begin to appear in her husband's past.

Pushed to breaking point, Cara Burrows abandons her family and escapes to a five-star spa resort she can't afford. Late at night, exhausted and desperate, she lets herself into her hotel room and is shocked to find it already occupied by a man and a teenage girl. A simple mistake on the part of the hotel receptionist but Cara's fear intensifies when she works out that the girl she saw in the hotel room is someone she can't possibly have seen: Melody Chapa, whose parents are serving life sentences for her murder. Cara doesn't know what to trust: everything she's read and heard about the case, or the evidence of her own eyes. Did she really see Melody?

Hercule Poirot a vražda spáchaná coby novoroční předsevzetí… Slovutný Belgičan a jeho přítel inspektor Edward Catchpool přijíždějí na malý řecký ostrov Lamperos, aby se tu rozloučili s rokem 1932 a přivítali ten následující. Octnou se v poněkud svérázné komunitě obyvatel jedné zdejší vily. Součástí silvestrovských oslav se stane i napohled nevinná hra: každý host má anonymně napsat své novoroční předsevzetí a pak se bude hádat, které je čí. Na jednom lístku však stojí, že pisatel uskuteční „poslední a první smrt roku“, a jmenuje i oběť svého zamýšleného činu. A navzdory přítomnosti nejgeniálnějšího detektiva všech dob se tak i stane…

Lonely and frightened Toffle remains unnoticed and alone in the world until he finds a frightened girl who needs comforting.

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It's 1.15 a.m. Connie Bowskill should be asleep. Instead, she's logging on to a property website in search of a particular house: 11 Bentley Grove, Cambridge. She knows it's for sale; she saw the estate agent's board in the front garden less than six hours ago. Soon Connie is clicking on the 'Virtual Tour' button, keen to see the inside of 11 Bentley Grove and put her mind at rest once and for all. She finds herself looking at a scene from a nightmare: in the living room, in the middle of the carpet, there's a woman lying face down in a huge pool of blood. In shock, Connie wakes her husband Kit. But when Kit sits down at the computer to take a look, he sees no dead body, only a pristine beige carpet in a perfectly ordinary room . . .

The phenomenal word-of-mouth bestselling author Sophie Hannah explores the various sides of motherhood in her third stunning psychological suspense novel.

When Amber Hewerdine consults a hypnotherapist as a desperate last resort, she doesn't expect that anything much will change. She doesn't expect it to help with her chronic insomnia. She doesn't expect to hear herself, under hypnosis, saying words that mean nothing to her: 'Kind, cruel, kind of cruel' - words she has seen somewhere before, if only she could remember where. She doesn't expect to be arrested two hours later, as a result of having spoken those words out loud, in connection with the brutal murder of Katharine Allen, a woman she's never heard of.

Why would anyone admit to the murder of someone who wasn't dead? The fourth psychological suspense novel from the phenomenal bestselling Sophie Hannah.

A mad-cap, light-hearted story about love and lust at a drama summer-school.

Queen of psychological crime Sophie Hannah returns with a brand new puzzle guaranteed to unlock the dark side of the mind . . .

Critically acclaimed queen of psychological crime Sophie Hannah's fifth suspense novel - a must-read for those who love Clare Mackintosh and Paula Hawkins. 'Beautifully written' Daily Express 'Terrifying' Heat Murder begins at home . . . TV producer Fliss Benson receives an anonymous card at work. The card has sixteen numbers on it, arranged in four rows of four - numbers that mean nothing to her. On the same day, Fliss finds out she's going to be working on a documentary about miscarriages of justice involving cot-death mothers wrongly accused of murder. The documentary will focus on three women: Helen Yardley, Sarah Jaggard and Rachel Hines. All three women are now free, and the doctor who did her best to send them to prison for life, child protection zealot Dr Judith Duffy, is under investigation for misconduct. For reasons she has shared with nobody, this is the last project Fliss wants to be working on. And then Helen Yardley is found dead at her home, and in her pocket is a card with sixteen numbers on it, arranged in four rows of four . . .

'One of the great unmissables of this genre - intelligent, classy and with a wonderfully Gothic imagination' - The Times Justine thought she knew who she was, until an anonymous caller seemed to know better... After escaping London and a career that nearly destroyed her, Justine plans to spend her days doing as little as possible in her beautiful home in Devon. But soon after the move, her daughter Ellen starts to withdraw when her new best friend, George, is unfairly expelled from school. Justine begs the head teacher to reconsider, only to be told that nobody's been expelled - there is, and was, no George. Then the anonymous calls start: a stranger, making threats that suggest she and Justine share a traumatic past and a guilty secret - yet Justine doesn't recognise her voice. When the caller starts to talk about three graves - two big and one small, to fit a child - Justine fears for her family's safety. If the police can't help, she'll have to eliminate the danger herself, but first she must work out who she's supposed to be...

"How far would you go to protect your daughter? Four mothers must identify the true threat at their daughters' school before it's too late. Carolyn, Bronnie, Elise, and Kendall are bound together by one thing--their four daughters are best friends at the highly competitive Orla Flynn Academy for the Performing Arts. Last year the foursome exploded because of brutal bullying between the girls, but they've since forgiven each other. The mothers, however, haven't been able to move on. When new threats surface and accidents begin to happen - just as a mysterious new girl enters the scene - the mothers take matters into their own hands. But they will have to risk their own secrets being exposed if they stand a chance at uncovering the truth."--Provided by publisher

Stunning historical fiction, perfect for fans of Tracy Chevalier

An edge-of-your-seat novel from the phenomenal Sophie Hannah. When her plane is delayed overnight, Gaby Struthers finds herself forced to share a hotel room with a stranger: a terrified young woman named Lauren Cookson - but why is she scared of Gaby in particular? Lauren won't explain. Instead, she blurts out something about an innocent man going to prison for a murder he didn't commit, and Gaby soon suspects that Lauren's presence on her flight can't be a coincidence. Because the murder victim is Francine Breary, the wife of the only man Gaby has ever truly loved. Tim Breary has confessed, and even provided the police with evidence. The only thing he hasn't given them is a motive. He claims to have no idea why he murdered his wife...

Happiness is one of life's greatest mysteries. But what even is happiness? Why does it mean so many different things to different people? And how can we actually be happier? Drawing on decades of experience in crime writing, self-help and intensely curious observation of other people, Sophie Hannah sets out to solve the mystery. She lines up her cast of suspects and expert witnesses from ancient philosophers to modern self-help gurus, scientists to ordinary people from all walks of life. Leaving no stone unturned, she scrutinises the clues, evidence, and even the red herrings that unexpectedly lead to happiness. And she uncovers answers - from the secrets of a fulfilling relationship to the joys of boredom, or of the bliss of a cancelled meeting. Weaving in much-loved poems and hilarious observations from Sophie's own life, this is the ultimate guide to happiness - and the clues that can lead us there.

Simon Waterhouse and Charlie Zailer are back in bestseller Sophie Hannah's twisty new psych suspense: SIX COUPLES. ONE LUXURY RESORT. AND THE PERFECT MURDER . . .

A killer that the police are calling 'Billy Dead Mates' is murdering pairs of best friends, one by one. Before they die, each victim is given a small white book... For months, detectives have failed to catch Billy, or work out what the white books mean. And then a woman, scared by what she's seen on the news, comes forward. Stand-up comedian Kim Tribbeck has one of Billy's peculiar little books. A stranger gave it to her at a gig she did a year ago. Was he Billy, and does he want to kill her? Kim has no friends and trusts no one. How - and why - could she possibly be Billy Dead Mates' next target?

When the Beeston's son is accepted on a scholarship to a boarding school near their holiday home, it seems like the perfect time to get out of the city. Louise has long been driven mad by the music coming from next door. But the move doesn't offer the solace Louise needs. She is plagued by the sound of a children's choir. When the children turn up on her doorstep, she is ready to call the police - but this is no normal choir.

The book, recognized with the 2023 CWA Dagger in the Library, showcases a compelling narrative that captivates readers with its intricate plot and well-developed characters. It delves into themes of mystery and suspense, weaving a gripping tale that keeps audiences engaged from beginning to end. The author's skillful storytelling and unique voice contribute to a richly immersive experience, making it a standout choice for fans of the genre.

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