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Oor net twee dinge is Rakie Bouwer seker: Haar broer is as kind dood, en sy moet uitvind hóé. Die soektog stuur haar op verborge paaie na haar verlede – waar familiegeheime gevaarlik lê en skuil. Intussen daag haar tweelingsuster, Mara, ongenooid op . . . Wat probeer Mara wegsteek en hoekom? Terwyl Rakie desperaat probeer om antwoorde te kry, loop sy die gevaar om haarself te vernietig. Want eindelik is die skrikwekkendste vraag van almal: Wat is donkerder as jou eie bloed?
How can Thorn fight a dream foe -- risking life and sanity, that is exactly what he sets out to do . . . and his shrewd tactics and reckless daring create a pulse-hammering story against an all to real opponent!
Carl Mackay had an okay job, a beautiful woman, and a lot of big plains. But one day he met a beautiful, frightened girl who didn't quite belong in this world . . .
FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND He'll make you his angel, but first you have to die... After a turbulent time, DCI Ryan's life is finally returning to normal and he's looking forward to spending an uneventful Easter bank holiday weekend with his fiancee. Then, on Good Friday morning he is called out to a crime scene at one of the largest cemeteries in Newcastle. The body of a redheaded woman has been found buried in a shallow grave and the killer has given her wings, like an angel. Soon, another woman is found at a different cemetery, followed quickly by another. Panic spreads like wildfire as a new serial killer is born, and Ryan's band of detectives must work around the clock to unmask him before he can strike again. Murder and mystery are peppered with romance and humour in this fast paced crime whodunnit set amidst the spectacular Northumbrian landscape.
Achmed Abdullah's name was once synonymous with adventure. He published dozens of novels and hundreds of short stories in the pulp magazines of the early 20th century, thrilling millions of readers throughout the world.
The memoirs of a staff officer serving in Virginia. Edited from the manuscript of Colonel Surry. Originally published in 1866.
This could be called a thriller about trains. It is set in Cumbria on the Carlisle to Barrow coast line in the 1970s, when there were plenty of trains running on that line, and St Bees had a manual signal box. Stephen, aged 11, sometimes helps his uncle Dave in that signal box. They both have a great interest in railways generally, and are sometimes volunteer workers on the Ratty - (the Ravenglass to Eskdale) the preserved line that runs 15? gauge steam locomotives. Stephen lives in Whitehaven with his mother and brother, but often helps his grandmother, who does bed- and-breakfast and evening meals in her house in St Bees. A mysterious stranger books in for an indefinite stay one April. Stephen takes a instant dislike to him without knowing why. Thereafter it seems that wherever he goes, Mr Arbroax is there too, and Stephen becomes ever more uneasy throughout the spring. While cleaning Mr Arbroax's room one weekend he looks in the suitcase under the bed, which, according to its owner was heavy because it was full of books. When Stephen finds a jemmy, a crowbar and sundry other items, but no books, his suspicious become fears. In the penultimate chapter, a heroic deed is required of Stephen and he rises to the occasion very bravely and with very good effect.
The memoirs of a staff officer serving in Virginia. Edited from the manuscript of Colonel Surry. Originally published in 1866.
In this Parisian adventure, Abullah writes a modern adventure-romance filled with pistol fights, duels, mystery, murders, and abductions. And yet in the middle of these extraordinary events the young hero emerges as a real, engaging, and sympathetic young man.
THE EXPLOSIVE SEQUEL TO THE UK #1 BESTSELLER HOLY ISLAND The past never stays buried for long... Detective Chief Inspector Ryan believes he has put his turbulent history behind him. Then, in the early hours of the summer solstice, the skeleton of a young woman is found inside the Roman Wall at Sycamore Gap. She has lain undiscovered for ten years and it is Ryan's job to piece together her past. Enquiry lines cross and merge as Ryan is forced to face his own demons and enter into a deadly game of cat and mouse with a killer who seems unstoppable. Murder and mystery are peppered with a sprinkling of romance and humour in this fast-paced crime whodunnit set amidst the spectacular scenery of Hadrian's Wall country in Northumberland.
A shocking reveal threatens to unravel Detective Superintendent Roy
Grace's happy new life in the television tie-in edition of Love You
Dead, by award-winning crime author Peter James.
Achmed Abdullah's name was once synonymous with adventure. He published dozens of novels and hundreds of short stories in the pulp magazines of the early 20th century, thrilling millions of readers throughout the world.
Carl Mackay had an okay job, a beautiful woman, and a lot of big plains. But one day he met a beautiful, frightened girl who didn't quite belong in this world . . .
FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND Beware what lies beneath... One fateful, starry night, three friends embark on a secret camping trip but only two return home. Thirty years later, the body of a teenage boy rises from the depths of England's biggest reservoir and threatens to expose a killer who has lain dormant...until now. Detective Chief Inspector Ryan returns from honeymoon to face danger from all sides. In the depths of Kielder Forest, a murderer has escaped justice before and will do anything to protect the secrets of the past. Meanwhile, back at Northumbria CID, an old foe has taken the helm as Superintendent and is determined to destroy Ryan at any cost. Who will prevail in Ryan's most dangerous case yet? Murder and mystery are peppered with romance and humour in this fast-paced crime whodunit set amidst the spectacular Northumbrian landscape. "LJ Ross keeps company with the best mystery writers" - The Times "A literary phenomenon" - Evening Chronicle
Outlaw falconer Nate Romanowski is off the grid and out for revenge in this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C. J. Box. The campaign of destruction that Axel Soledad and Dallas Cates wreaked on Nate Romanowski and Joe Pickett left both men in tatters, especially Nate, who lost almost everything. Wondering if the civilized life left him vulnerable to attack, Nate dropped off the grid with his falcons in tow to prepare for vengeance. When Joe gets a call from the governor asking for help finding his son-in-law, who has gone missing in the Sierra Madre mountain range, he enlists the help of a local, a rookie game warden named Susan Kany. As Nate and fellow falconer Geronimo Jones circle closer to their prey, Joe and Susan follow the nearly cold trail to Warm Springs. Little do Nate and Joe know that their separate journeys are about to converge . . . at Battle Mountain.
Now a major Netflix film starring Mila Kunis. 'A great story that you can't put down!' - Reese Witherspoon Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll is an audacious, page-turning debut thriller that will appeal to fans of Gillian Flynn, Paula Hawkins and Jodi Picoult. Her perfect life is a perfect lie . . . Ani FaNelli is the woman who has it all: the glamorous job, the designer wardrobe, the handsome and rich fiance. But behind her sharp edges and meticulously crafted facade lies the darkest of pasts . . . When a documentary producer invites Ani to tell her side of the chilling and violent incident that took place when she was a teenager at the prestigious Bradley school, she hopes it will be an opportunity to prove how far she's turned her life around since then. She'll even let the production company film her lavish wedding, the final step in her transformation. But as the wedding and filming converge, Ani's past threatens to come back and haunt her. And as her immaculate veneer starts to crack, she is forced to question: will breaking her silence destroy all that she has worked for - or, will it at long last, set Ani free? 'Loved Gone Girl? We promise this is just as addictive' - Good Housekeeping 'Biting and shocking it kept me riveted from cover to cover. I absolutely loved it' - Lauren Weisberger, author of The Devil Wears Prada
Spain, August 1810
From the New York Times number one bestselling author of The
Nightingale and The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah, comes Wild, a
remarkable story about the resilience of the human spirit, the triumph
of hope and the promise of new beginnings.
Victor and Eli started out as college roommates―brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who discover that, under the right conditions, someone can develop extraordinary abilities – become ExtraOrdinary.
Vicious
Vengeful
Faced with his most disturbing case yet, Detective Roy Grace
tracks a serial killer in the television tie-in edition of You Are
Dead, by award-winning crime writer Peter James. |
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