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Till det yttre lever hon ett ganska vanligt liv, med man och barn i en norsk stad. Men när som helst kan hennes mamma ringa, vanligtvis mitt i natten, för att berätta om alla som ä ...

I utredningen av en serie mord och försvinnanden olikt några fall som kriminalinspektörerna John Cardinal och Lise Delorme tidigare stött på sätts de på stora prov både som människ ...

Våren 866. En liten by i norra England plundras och skövlas av en grupp skoningslösa vikingar. På byns galgbacke står Wulf, en dansk-saxisk pojke som dömts till döden. Medan byns i ...

Den bitska och skoningslöst ärliga författaren har roat och oroat mängder av svenska läsare med den självbiografiska romanen Gift.Gift är tredje delen i den trilogi – Köpenhamnstri ...

Kun opettajana uransa tehnyt Linda saapuu kansanmusiikkijuhlille, hän yllättyy monista asioista. Vanha mies yrittää änkeytyä Lindan huoneeseen yöjalkaan, nuorten käytöstapojen puut ...

Kun kyläläiset odottavat linja-autoa pysäkillä, on aikaa vaihtaa kuulumisia. Kestääkö talo pakkasia? Miten muorin jalat voivat? Meinaatko jatkaa töissä työmaalla? Kaiken yllä leiju ...

När kärleken går ombord kan allt hända ...Ombord på flodkryssaren Heart of Rhine finns Sophie, som förutom att vara hypokondriker är rädd för att hamna på glasberget för alltid, oc ...

En olycka kommer sällan ensam ...Daisy har precis blivit lämnad av sin man – genom ett sms. Kort därefter stöter hon på sin styvsyster Sage – som hon alltid sett som ett hot och in ...

Jack London infamously wrote books about fantastic dogs and ‘Jerry of the Islands’ is no exception. Jerry is an English Terrier who lives a life coloured by the rough and racist vi ...

Young Molly Gibson is the daughter of the widowed Dr Gibson. She has been brought up by her father, but as Molly approaches adulthood Dr Gibson foresees trouble ahead, and Molly’s ...

'Doesn't one always think of the past, in a garden with men and women lying under the trees? Aren't they one's past, all that remains of it, those men and women, those ghosts lying ...

‘Eight Girls and a Dog’ is a children’s book from popular American author Carolyn Wells. Eight friends from the Blue Ribbon Cooking Club decide to holiday together for a month in a ...

In Connecticut, Clearman Court has been renovated by its current owner, Stephen Clearman. An unusual character, Stephen has a penchant for wearing strange masks which he believes w ...

‘Faulkner’s Folly’ is the second book in the ‘Alan Ford’ series of detective novels by prolific author Carolyn Wells. In Long Island, artist Eric Stannard is found stabbed to death ...

In the Campanile Apartment building in the heart of Manhattan, wealthy resident Sir Herbert Binney has been found dead in the lobby. The only clue to the crime is a mysterious scra ...

First published in 1923 ‘More Lives Than One’ by author Carolyn Wells is the first in the ‘Lorimer Lane’ detective series. In a bohemian part of 1920s New York, a woman is murdered ...

First published in 1916 ‘The Bride of a Moment’ is the first of two works by author Carolyn Wells which follow the exploits of gentleman detective Alan Ford. In the town of Bascomb ...

Inspired by the book 'Robinson Crusoe,' a young boy named Barty decides that he, too, wants his own deserted island.One day he goes out to the forest where he meets the Good Wolf, ...

Esmeralda Rogers is a simple farm girl in North Carolina in love with her neighbour David. But when the discovery of iron ore on their farm suddenly makes the family wealthy, Esmer ...

Twenty years ago, a young runaway boy named Jem Haworth collapsed in the snow in front of a foundry. Today, he runs the foundry that now bears his name. Now the wealthy Mr. Ffrenc ...

American heiress Octavia Bassett arrives in a sleepy English town to visit her aunt Belinda. She’s extremely wealthy, privileged and independent, which doesn’t go over well with th ...

Emily Fox-Seton is a well-bred but penniless lady who works for the selfish Lady Maria Bayne. At 34, she knows she is unlikely to marry, and her prospects are bleak. Despite that, ...

‘The Box with Broken Seals’ is a rip-roaring thriller from popular author E. Phillips Oppenheim. A tale of international espionage, we follow criminal Jocelyn Thew as he escapes ca ...

First published in 1898, ‘A Daughter of Astrea’ by Edwardian author E. Phillips Oppenheim is a story told by an anonymous artistic narrator. He has travelled to a foreign land with ...

Eager to make his fortune in the gold mines of Africa, young Scarlett Trent must grapple with his own sense of wrong and right, balancing the challenges which face him with his des ...