Lisa Maldera Knihy

The second thriller featuring Kate Burkholder The sound of a scream in the early morning dawn leads to a case that will change Kate Burkholder's life irrevocably? When the police arrive at the Amish farmstead in Painters Mill they can't imagine the horror that awaits them. An entire family slaughtered: the men shot, the young women tortured and killed

Aristokratická francúzska rodina, legendárny zámok v Provensálsku a skryté tajomstvá, ktoré ničia dve generácie, zmietané medzi povinnosťou a túžbou. Ako je u Lucindy Rileyovej zvykom, príbeh je vyrozprávaný v dvoch časových rovinách, ktoré sú navzájom majstrovsky skĺbené. Striedanie súčasnosti a minulosti len zvyšuje napätie románu.

The "New York Times"-bestselling series hailed as gripping ("People") returns with Police Chief Kate Burkholder called to the scene of a horrific tragedy on a peaceful Amish farm.

John Puller is a former war hero and now the best military investigator in the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigative Division. He is a loner with few possessions by preference, but he has an indomitable spirit and an unstoppable determination for finding the truth. His father was the most decorated U.S. Marine in history, but now resides in a nursing home far from his battlefield glory. Puller's older brother, also a military vet, is serving a life sentence in Leavenworth Penitentiary. Puller is called out to a remote, rural area far from any military outpost to investigate into the brutal murder of a family in their home. The dead husband was in the army and the wife worked for a Pentagon contractor. The local homicide detective, a woman with personal demons of her own, clashes with Puller over the investigation. What neither of them knows is what is waiting for them across the street from the murdered family's home. Absolutely nothing, and nobody, Puller's so far seen in this small town, are what they seem. He is truly one man against an overwhelming force.

Vzrušujúci a romantický jazyk, dojemný a plynulý štýl v dvoch časových rovinách a záhadná rodinná história charakterizujú dielo magickej rozprávačky Lucindy Rileyovej. Častým námetom sú rodinné drámy a skryté tajomstvá z minulosti, ktoré vychádzajú na povrch v nečakaných chvíľach a prinášajú zvraty. Tajomstvo z roku 1914 spôsobuje takmer storočné útrapy dvoch rodín. Sochárka Grania Ryan po potrate opustí svojho nešťastného priateľa a vracia sa z New Yorku do rodného Írska. Na potulkách popri útesoch stretne malé dievčatko Auroru, ktorá stojí na okraji strminy. Medzi nimi sa vytvára silný vzťah, ktorý pretkáva príbeh ako zlatá niť. Aurora žije vo veľkom dome pri mori a počas otcovej neprítomnosti ju vychováva armáda guvernantiek a personálu. Grania je nadšená novým priateľstvom, ale jej matke sa kontakt s „tou rodinou“ nepáči. Príbeh sleduje tri generácie žien, ich lásky, straty, obete a tajomstvá, prečo sa Grania nemôže vrátiť k smútiacemu priateľovi. História sa opakuje a otázka, či sa nešťastie prenáša z generácie na generáciu, visí vo vzduchu. Tento príbeh o pohnutej láske, balete, bohatstve, chudobe a osirelých deťoch sa odohráva v Londýne počas vojny, v New Yorku plnom bolestných spomienok a na západnom pobreží bezstarostného írskeho vidieka, pričom každé mesto odhaľuje tajomstvá postáv a dôležitosť spolupatričnosti.

"Meet the new Bridget Jones." --PopSugar Daily "A light and funny read. If you've ever felt like your life wasn't going the way you'd planned, then you can't help but connect with Waverly's tale." --Becky Lejeune for Bookbitch.com Anything can look perfect on paper. When her fianc calls off their wedding at the last minute, Waverly Bryson wonders if her life will ever turn out the way she thought it would...or should. Her high-powered job in sports PR? Not so perfect. Her relationship with her dad? Far from it. Her perfect marriage? Enough said. To keep sane, Waverly makes a habit of jotting down "Honey Notes," her own brand of self-deprecating wisdom and a pipe dream for a line of greeting cards. As Waverly stumbles back into the dating scene (no stalkers or jean shorts, please), her personal and professional lives threaten to collide. Perfect on Paper reminds us that everyone has a bad date (or twelve), and that everyone eventually needs a best friend to tell them, "Honey, you are not alone."