Joke Meijer Knihy

London, after surviving war and plague, confronts the Wych Kin and various demons in the Old Quarter. Wych-hunter Thaniel Fox is tasked with keeping them at bay. His life changes when he rescues Alaizabel Cray, a beautiful young woman with no memory.

Two years out of law school, Nick Rey is already on the fast track at a hot Miami law firm. But his dreams of success are overshadowed when his father, Matthew, is abducted on a business trip to Colombia. The guerillas demand an impossible $3 million ransom, the exact sum Matthew’s kidnap-and-ransom insurance policy covers. The insurance company suspects fraud, however, and refuses to pay. And as Nick soon learns, it isn’t the guerillas who hold the key to his father’s survival. A group of faceless lawyers at a powerful firm has something to hide, and will stop at nothing to keep Nick from discovering the truth.

Sterling is a small, ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing every happens - until a student enters the local high school with an arsenal of guns and starts shooting, changing the lives of everyone inside and out. Previous novels by the author include 'My Sister's Keeper' and 'Vanishing Acts'.

Artfully imagined and intricately detailed, Carol Goodman’s literary thrillers shine with eerie poignancy. In her latest work, Juno McKay reluctantly attends her fifteenth reunion at Penrose College to support her friend, Christine Webb, who is speaking at the library. Juno dreads the inevitable gossip about her past—her pregnancy that halted her graduation and her husband Neil's mental health struggles. However, she endures the discomfort for Christine. During the lecture, Christine reveals shocking details about two sisters, Eugenie and Clare, from the influential family associated with the college, casting shadows of betrayal and insanity over their esteemed legacy. After the talk, Christine becomes distant and anxious, and the following day, she disappears. Juno suspects a link between Christine's disappearance and her revelations. Haunted by her own memories of Neil’s illness, Juno delves into the secrets and madness surrounding the Penrose dynasty. She fears Christine may have uncovered a dangerous truth, possibly worth killing for. Driven by a desire to uncover the mystery for herself, her friend, and her estranged husband, Juno embarks on a quest for answers.

SURREAL BANGKOK .City of temples and brothels, where Buddhist monks in saffron robes walk the same streets as world- class gangsters, where bodies and souls are for sale or rent, and where the way you die may be more important than the way you live.Inside a locked Mercedes, an African- American Marine sergeant is killed by a maddened python and a swarm of cobras. Two cops- the only two in the city not on the take- arrive too late. Minutes later, only one is alive. Sworn to avenge the death of his partner and soul brother, Sonchai Jitpleecheep, a fair- skinned Thai and a devout Buddhist, works his way through District 8. His tools are the forensic techniques of the modern police department; no less vital is his profound understanding of the mystical workings of the spirit world. Soon he is in a realm he has never before encountered: the moneyed underbelly of Bangkok, where desire rules and the human body is as custom- designable as a raw hunk of jade- and where Sonchai eventually tracks the killer, a predator of an even more sinister variety.

Román z prostredia príprav a nakrúcania seriálu, ktorý má dejovo, výpravne i obsadením prekonať všetky predchádzajúce. Jeho tvorcom je žijúca legenda Hollywoodu Mel Wechsler. Dobre vie, že najdôležitejší je výber hercov. Po nekonečných konkurzoch sa napokon rozhodne pre piatich vyvolených: Sabrinino meno síce doposiaľ neplnilo pokladnice, ale muži odchádzali z kina roztúžení. Bill zatiaľ nedostal väčšiu príležitosť, no zjavne mu nechýba talent ani usilovnosť. Mladučká Gabrielle zase na kamerových skúškach oslnila svojou bezprostrednosťou a Jane sa úspešne prejavila v inom seriáli. Zack, posledný z pätice vyvolených, pravidelne podáva slušný výkon...

Thought-provoking new novel from the UK's Number One bestselling women's fiction author: Your daughter needs a new heart. The only match comes from a murderer. What would you do?

When Anna's husband dies of anaphylactic shock, from a bee sting she cannot believe it was an accident, nor can she believe that he has left her penniless. But she is not alone for long. From the author of MARY, MARY.

Als haar dochtertje van zestien maanden een pan met kokend water over zich heenkrijgt wordt een vrouw verdacht van kindermishandeling.