While the Seaside Knitters get ready to showcase their new Danish-inspired event, locals can't stop talking about Tess Bean-a bright-eyed environmental activist with a way of charming both animals and humans alike. Birdie's granddaughter is mesmerized by ethereal Tess's passion for saving the earth and ocean, and even Izzy's old Irish setter becomes attached to the young woman's gentle touch… Except not everyone is a fan ...
Fall 5 – Der Mord am Barbier Bei einem Besuch bei seinem Stammfriseur Barney Kingston erlebt Richard Diamond etwas Seltsames. Der sonst so gutmutige Friseur verlasst nach kurzer Zeit sturmisch den Laden und wird bald darauf von Diamond tot in der Telefonzelle einer Hotellobby aufgefunden. Eines seiner letzten Worte war der Name «Faschetti», ein Gangster, der eigentlich des Landes verwiesen wurde… Fall 6 – Der Gibson Fall Miss Esther Blodgett ...
The son of an Algerian immigrant, Idir is a disappointment to his doctor father. Torn between his wealthy school friends and his neighborhood pals, who range from petty thieves to professional criminals, Idir operates easily between worlds, and yet is at home nowhere. Without much effort, Idir becomes one of the Parisian upper crust’s most sought-out private dicks, thanks to his understanding of the needs of his privileged clients. The ...
Natalie is propelled through life by pica, a disorder that has her eating a wide variety of inedibles—from pencil shavings to foam peanuts to plastic doll parts. A lowly staff worker for the local news, she follows the inane demands of the station’s senile weatherman and comes home to an empty apartment, unless of course her father uses the spare key.But Natalie’s past stalks her at every turn. With her mother recent ...
A note is left on a car windshield, an old dog dies, and Kent Nerburn finds himself back on the Lakota reservation where he traveled more than a decade before with a tribal elder named Dan. The touching, funny, and haunting journey that ensues goes deep into reservation boarding-school mysteries, the dark confines of sweat lodges, and isolated Native homesteads far back in the Dakota hills in search of ghosts that have haunted Dan since childhoo ...
Nach fast zehn Jahren kehrt Ella Langenkamp in ihre Heimatstadt Hamburg zuruck. Dort hat nach dem Tod der Eltern ihre Schwester Edith die Leitung der vaterlichen Firma und der familiaren Belange ubernommen. Edith will die Weltenbummelei Ellas unterbinden und sperrt ihr Konto – seit jeher hatten die beiden Schwestern ein schwieriges Verhaltnis. Doch sie hat keine Ahnung, dass Ella ein dunkles Geheimnis aus der Vergangenheit mit nach Hamburg bring ...
Undercurrents rise to the surface as Dell employs his mercenary soldier skills to follow the trail of a man who unwisely threatened his beloved wife, Dolly. This is a man with the deadly patience of a gila monster, and a complex agenda: possibly the first partner in literature who tries to pass as a gay man, as a light-skinned person of color would have passed for white decades ago. This new threat endangers Dell and Dolly's 'found fam ...
When her witness protection cover is blown, Amy Conroy flees across the country. With no money and only her dog for company, she steals rides in the trunks of unsuspecting strangers' cars until a tragic accident lands her in a Key West hospital where she is mistaken for the dead driver. Undergoing reconstructive surgery, Amy becomes almost the mirror image of beautiful Shelly Ralston. Even Matt Jensen, the investigative journalist Shelly wa ...
While Lilly digs into a town beautification project, her friend Tamara O'Connor has greater concerns than well-pruned geraniums. The real-estate-firm owner hasn't been shy about blaming perennial grouch Gladys Preston for thwarting her many attempts to sell off a beautiful beachside property. But accusations fly when Gladys is suddenly found dead – and Tamara is caught standing over the body with a bloody weapon in her hand. As Tamara ...
