Marcella Houweling Knihy

The power of parental love, a power which overrides all other considerations, all other loves and loyalties, but which can end in tragedy._

Tentoraz sú ohrozené ženy. Postihuje ich záhadná choroba, ktorá sa spočiatku neprejavuje nijakými zvláštnymi príznakmi, ale pomaly, nepozorovane znižuje ich schopnosť krvnej zrážanlivosti. A v tele nečujne tiká časovaná bomba, ktorá v netušenom okamihu vybuchne - nezvládnuteľné krvácanie prichádza, až keď už je na všetko neskoro, a zabíja...

An alcoholic former private investigator; his missing niece; a police force unable to find her; and a horrifying race against time...

The story follows photographer Alex Graham, who witnesses an attack disguised as an earthquake. To survive and thwart further terrorist plots, she turns to Judd Morgan, a questionable former CIA operative. The narrative promises high tension and nonstop action as they navigate danger together.

I don't know how old I was when I watched my mother's murder, nor do I know how old I am today.' The illegitimate daughter of a peasant and an American GI, Elizabeth Kim spent her early years as a social outcast in her village in the Korean countryside. Ostracized by their family and neighbours, she and her mother were regularly pelted with stones on their way home from the rice fields. Yet, there was a tranquil happiness in the intense bond between mother and daughter, until the day that Elizabeth's grandfather and uncle came to punish her mother from the dishonour she had brought on the family, and executed her in front of her daughter. Elizabeth was dumped in an orphanage in Seoul. After some time, she was lucky enough to be adopted by an American couple. But when she arrived in America, she found herself once again surrounded by fanaticism and prejudice. Elizabeth's mother had always told her that life was made up of ten thousand joys as well as ten thousand sorrows, and, supported by her loving daughter, and by a return to her Buddhist faith, she finally found a way to savour those joys, as well as the courage to exorcise the demons of her past.

In a blend of suspense and human drama, Danielle Steel tells a powerful story of love and betrayal, hope and forgiveness. She chronicles one woman's courageous journey from vulnerability to strength, from victim to survivor.

"An exotic and beautiful story" (Isabel Allende) chronicling the lives of four generations of remarkable women, sweeping readers from the last days of the Ottoman monarchy to Turkey's transformation into a republic and the present day backlash. "A highly imaginitive family saga...Croutier's measured prose is artistic and sensuous" (San Francisco Chronicle) as the story of a silkmaking family iss told through the houses they occupied. From a grand villa in Smyrna in the early twentieth century to a silk plantation in the foothills of Mount Olympus, from a tiny house in a sleepy town to an apartment in a modern urban high-rise, the family's dwellings reflect its fortune's rise and fall. As communal baths and odalisques give way to movies and cell phones, four unique yet powerfully linked women experience all of life's hardships and pleasures.

Bethany and the other members of her coven try to use the power of Wicca to solve the mystery of her boyfriend's death in a car accident.

Traja priatelia Charlie, Adam a Gray už prekročili štyridsiatku, a ešte vždy sa neoženili. Spolu sa plavia na Charlieho luxusnej jachte po Stredozemnom mori a vychutnávajú si život slobodných mužov, ktorí sa nemusia nikomu zodpovedať. Skúsenosti so ženami však majú viac ako dosť - hoci nie sú ženatí, to im nebráni užívať si život. Charlie by aj bol ochotný sa oženiť, ale žena jeho snov musí byť dokonalá. Gray takisto ešte nestretol tú pravú. Vždy sa mu do života priplietli psychicky narušené ženy, ktoré musel zachraňovať pred ich bývalými milencami. Adam nehľadá dokonalosť ani tú pravú ženu - chce si len užívať. A najradšej s dvadsaťročnými krásavicami bez zábran. Po návrate z plavby však zavládne v ich živote nečakaný chaos. Maliar Gray sa zblíži s galeristkou Sylviou, filantrop Charlie stretne v azylovom dome pre týrané deti krásnu Carole a Adamovi sa na rockovom koncerte pripletie do cesty čarovná Maggie. Podarí sa im získať si srdcia nebezpečných starých mládencov?

Elena Weaver is doof, maar leidt ondanks haar handicap een zelfstandig bestaan als studente in Cambridge. Elke morgen gaat ze in alle vroegte joggen langs de rivier. Haar overbezorgde vader staat erop dat ze daarbij begeleid wordt door zijn tweede vrouw Justine. Ongeduldig staat Elena op die bewuste, nog donkere ochtend te wachten op Justine. Er hangt een dikke mist boven de ontmoetingsplaats bij de rivier. Wanneer haar stiefmoeder niet komt opdagen gaat Elena, ongeduldig als ze is, ten slotte maar alleen joggen. Rond een uur of zeven treft schilderes Sarah Gordon Elena's ontzielde lichaam aan. Inspecteur Thomas Lynley en brigadier Barbara Havers worden op deze mysterieuze moordzaak gezet. Al snel komen ze erachter dat Elena niet zo braaf was als iedereen dacht...