Paola Bertante Knihy

A chilling thriller featuring Detective Charlie Parker from bestselling author John Connolly. Not to be missed for fans of Stephen King and Michael Connelly. When Charlie Parker was still a boy, his father, a NYPD cop, killed a young couple, a boy and a girl barely older than his son, then took his own life. There was no explanation for his actions. Stripped of his private investigator's license, and watched by the police, Parker is working in a Portland bar, holding down a job and staying out of trouble. But in the background, he is working on his most personal case yet, an investigation into his own origins and the circumstances surrounding the death of his father, Will. It is an investigation that will reveal a life haunted by lies, by his mother's loss and his father's betrayal, by secrets kept and loyalties compromised. And by two figures in the shadows, a man and a woman, with only one purpose: to bring an end to Charlie Parker's existence . . .

Traja cestujúci sú mŕtvy ,paťdesiatšesť ranených.Taká je bilancia poruchy dopravného lietadla letiaceho z Hongkongu do Denveru. Vnútorná kabína je prakticky zničená, no pilotovi sa akoby zázrakom podarilo pristáť. Čo bolo príčinou tejto poruchy ?

A group of parents, trapped in middle-class stability, deal with marriage, kids and their suburban life in very different ways. Now a box-office smash, 'Little Children' is a unique mix of the comical and the compassionate.

Lottie sa chce veľmi vydať. Pravdaže, za toho pravého. Je presvedčená, že jej priateľ ju každú chvíľu požiada o ruku. Keď sa tak nestane a ona zrazu stretne svoju prvú lásku, rozhodne sa konať. Vydá sa za Bena, lásku spred pätnástich rokov, hneď a zaraz, bez zásnub a zbytočných ceremónií. Má iba jednu podmienku: budú sa milovať až po uzatvorení manželstva. Je to dokonalý plán. Na druhej strane... Fliss, Lottina sestra, sa práve rozvádza a nechce, aby jej mladšia sestra urobila rovnakú chybu ako ona. Rozhodne sa Lottie prekaziť manželstvo a prenasleduje novomanželov na romantickej ceste až na grécky ostrov. Lottie prežije svadobnú noc, na ktorú nikdy nezabudne. Alebo radšej zabudne?

It was an accident. He didn't mean to kill the security guard with his skateboard - it was self-defense. But there's no one to back up his story. No one even knows he was at Paranoid Park. Should he confess, or can he get away with it? It's an ethical question no one should have to answer. Writing more intensely than ever before, Blake Nelson delivers a film noir in book form, complete with interior monologue and dark, psychological drama. This is a riveting look at one boy's fall into a world of crime, guilt, and fear - and his desperate attempt to get out again.

Non esistono braccia più sicure delle proprie per proteggere i figli, ma a volte è necessario affidarsi a qualcuno di cui ci si possa fidare. Melissa e suo marito cercano una babysitter per le loro due bambine, ma nessuna sembra all'altezza. Finché non incontrano Jade, che sembra perfetta: le bambine la adorano e lei le ama come se fossero sue. Melissa, felice, le affida la gestione della famiglia per tornare al lavoro. Tuttavia, iniziano a verificarsi eventi strani in casa e Melissa ha sensazioni inquietanti. Anche se non ha prove concrete, percepisce che qualcosa non va. Quando ne parla con il marito, lui non le crede, attribuendo le sue preoccupazioni alla stanchezza o a possibili depressioni. Jade diventa l'unica persona che la sostiene e, giorno dopo giorno, Melissa si convince di aver fatto la scelta giusta. Ma la perfezione di Jade nasconde un lato oscuro. Melissa scoprirà che ogni persona, anche la più gentile, ha un passato e che la protezione dei propri cari, anche dei figli, non può durare per sempre.