Príbeh Jonáša Toledana, syna židovského zlatníka, sa začína roku 1492, tesne pred vyhostením Židov zo Španielska. V krajine kráľovnej Izabely vládne krutá inkvizícia a strach. V Tolede pôsobí istý muž, ktorý vyzerá ako svätec, ale jeho skutky sú motivované čírou nenávisťou. Dav rozvášnený jeho kázňou podpáli dom Toledanovcov a nešťastného zlatníka zabije. Jonášovi sa podarí ujsť. Od tej chvíle sa stáva utečencom. Svojmu otcovi sľúbil, že nikdy neprestane byť Židom...
#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs, a producer of the Fox hit show Bones, is back with her fifteenth "pulse-pounding" (Publishers Weekly) novel featuring North America's favorite forensic anthropologist, Tempe Brennan--a story of infanticide and murder set in the high stakes, high danger world of diamond mining. Beneath a diamond's perfect surface lies a story of violence and greed. Just like bones... In a run-down Montreal apartment, Tempe finds heartbreaking evidence of three innocent lives ended. The landlord says Alma Rogers lives there--is she the same woman who checked into a city hospital as Amy Roberts, then fled before doctors could treat her uncontrolled bleeding? Is she Alva Rodriguez, sought by a man who appeared at the crime scene? Heading up an investigation crackling with the sexual tension of past intimacies, Tempe leads homicide detective Andrew Ryan and police sergeant Ollie Hasty along the woman's trail and into the farthest reaches of mining country--where the grim industry of unearthing diamonds exacts a price in blood. And where the truths the unlikely trio uncovers are more sinister than they could have imagined.
Známa dvojica, doktorka Brennanová a detektív Ryan, je opäť na stope zločinu. Tentokrát vyšetrujú tajomné úmrtia starších žien. Sú násilné vraždy dielom sériového vraha? Doktorku navyše obvinia z profesionálneho pochybenia v jednom z prípadov a záhadne jej zmizne dôkazový materiál. Má vo svojom okolí tajného nepriateľa? To čoskoro zistí na vlastnej koži. Napínavý dej, sarkastický humor a ponorenie do tajov súdnej antropológie, to je kombinácia, ktorá nesklame žiadneho fanúšika odhaľovania záhad.
Troubled by a rocky marriage and the recent loss of his partner, Atlanta detective Michael Ormewood launches an investigation into the savage murder of a local woman, but for ex-con John Shelley, desperate to prove his innocence, the nightmare has just begun. Reprint.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti wurde 1958 zum populären Klassiker amerikanischer Gegenwartslyrik; seine subversiven freien Verse fanden weltweit mehr als eine Million Leser. Seine bedeutendste Gedichte sind in dieser Leseausgabe zum ersten Mal vereint, die meisten erstmals auf Deutsch zugänglich.
Readers of Phillip M. Margolin's masterful legal thrillers know they are in for suspense at its finest, with a rollercoaster plot and a keen knowledge of the inner workings of the American justice system. At the centre of THE UNDERTAKER'S WIDOW is the beleagured figure of Richard Quinn - a judge so ethical that he is willing to risk his own life to see that justice prevails in his courtroom. But as Quinn discovers when he presides over the trial of tough-talking state congresswoman Jane Crease, there is not always a clear path to justice. A cigar-smoking former police officer, Crease is a flamboyant public figure who stands accused of the brutal murder of her husband, a wealthy undertaker. Things, however, are not as they seem, and Quinn soon begins to suspect that Crease may well have been set up. As he zeros in on the shocking secret at the heart of the trial, Quinn finds that his efforts to do the right thing lead him ever deeper into an insidious maze of murder and deceit. With all the narrative pulse and legal sophistication that have made Margolin a household name, THE UNDERTAKER'S WIDOW is a complex and wild ride that is sure to win many more fans.
Na odľahlom kostarickom ostrove sa malému vedeckému tímu podarilo vzkriesiť davno vyhynuté formy života. Vlastník ostrova sa snaží vybudovať na ňom zábavný park v štýle pravekého safari. Celá vec sa im však vymkne z rúk a ostrov sa premení na smrtiacu pascu.
