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Recalled home from the West Indies, Lieutenant James Merriman is promoted to the rank of Post Captain and given command of the frigate "Lord Stevenage." It is known that the French are amassing an army and a fleet to invade Ireland and join with Irish rebels. If it succeeds, then England will be ringed by enemy countries under the control of Napoleon Bonaparte, and only the navy stands between France and England.

Two years after the dramatic events in Skegness, Mickey returns to the Midlands to start a legitimate business. He’s determined to go straight and win over Hazel, the woman who helped him survive his last heist. But an obsessed police officer, a complicated love life, and his son’s desperate situation mean Mickey’s new life is anything but quiet.

Viktor and Marta’s peaceful Siberian lives are interrupted suddenly by the presence of a dark mystery sowing chaos in the region. Soon they find themselves thrust into the midst of a sinister tale involving international spies, secret soldiers, the threat of war on the Korean Peninsula, and a cold, deadly secret.

Książka Wyspiarz ma zachęcać do dedukcji na wzór Sherlocka Holmsa, wzruszać a czasem rozśmieszać do łez, zmuszać do psychologicznych rozmyślań, bawić i poszerzać nasze horyzonty.

Kelly Robinson, a 24-year-old economics doctoral student, spent the day on a perilous climb to Abuna Yemata Guh, a 5th-century monolithic church carved into a sheer cliffside in Ethiopia. Inside, the chapel walls were covered with vibrant frescoes, their colors deep and rich, depicting serene biblical figures, saints, and angels. But then something happened that science couldn’t explain.

In 1938, Rick and Rose Sinclair run an antique shop. One of Rick’s shady friends offers him the deal of a lifetime on a large, beautiful hand that had been sculpted out of polished jade. The purchase drains their savings and incenses Rose, who is convinced this jade hand was stolen and that owning it will bring them nothing but trouble.

I det ensliga vita huset i skogen utanför Oslo får kvinnor ett gömställe från sina våldsamma män. Omgivna av jordgubbsodlingar får kvinnor och barn äntligen skydd och trygghet. Men någonting skrämmer. Varför är källardörren låst? Och varför finns det dolda övervakningskameror kring huset? Är det verkligen för att ingen ska ta sig fram till huset oombedd? Och vem är det egentligen som skyddas? Den unga polisen Snö får i uppdrag att utreda flera fall av saknade män. Också hon kommer till det vita huset i skogen och där går den ohyggliga sanningen upp för henne.

”Det lugna och vackra fjällandskapet utgör en effektfull kontrast till det moderna och brutala maktspel som skildras. Det rättframma och korthuggna språket ackompanjerar de bilder som frammanas, och det är lätt att svepas med. Helhetsbetyg: 4, Mycket bra ” Bibliotekstjänst DRAMATIK PÅ KALFJÄLLETVid drygt femtio års ålder står Cecilia Sandell på toppen av sin karriär. Hon har fått allt: makt, pengar och status. När forsknings- och energiföretaget, som har tagit nästan ett liv att bygga upp, expanderar till Sälen möter det starkt motstånd.

Livet har inte gått varligt fram med Jonatan Lindbäck. Minnen och ärr från det förflutna hemsöker honom och på nätterna ser han sin älskade Malin brinna, gång på gång. Hemligheterna från förr pressar Jonatan till kanten, och över. Samtidigt sker attentat på attentat mot forskningsanläggningen Wild Energy i Tandådalen någon har gjort det till sitt öde att stoppa uppförandet av vindkraftparken på kalfjället.

It’s late, and Dez should go to bed, but instead, she keeps watching horror movies for the Mayhem & Madness Film Festival. She sees a new one pop up in her to-review queue: Adam. That’s a funny title, she thinks, since there’s another judge named Adam. But instead of watching, she goes to bed, and by the time she wakes up, the judge named Adam has killed his wife and himself, and the film, Adam has disappeared from the judging queue. In its place is a film called Grant — the name of another judge. Is Grant doomed to Adam’s fate? Will Dez see her own name as a film title?

Madison March's life is perfect. And she'll do anything to keep it that way. Madison March is the perfect wife, with the perfect family and the perfect life. She spends her days baking sourdough and picking vegetables from the garden while watching her children play in the fields surrounding her Montana homestead. Dinner is always on the table for her husband and they end their days sitting on the porch, watching the sun go down. It’s a life anyone would dream of. And it’s all a lie.

Local pharmacist and pillar of the community, Idris Kalia, spends his days doling out methadone to the hundreds of addicts in his care. They trust Idris with their secrets, and so he knows more than his mild manner suggests. So when his childhood sweetheart, Sarah, doesn't turn up for her daily methadone dose, Idris is worried. Worried enough to go looking for her in the most deprived area of Leeds, alone. He finds Sarah, and the mess he stumbles on places Idris in the middle of a turf war between the two most powerful drug cartels in Yorkshire.