• Mo Hayder Ritual - Jack Caffery 3

  Just after lunch on a Tuesday in April, nine feet under water, police diver Flea Marley closes her gloved fingers around a human hand. The fact that there's no body attached is disturbing enough. Yet more disturbing is the discovery, a day later, of the matching hand. Both have been recently amputated, and the indications are that the victim was still alive when they were removed.DI Jack Caffery has been newly seconded to the Major Crime Investigation Unit in Bristol. He and Flea soon establish that...

  Engels | 560 pagina's (ePub2, 0,7 MB) | Transworld, [Nederland] | 2009

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• Mo Hayder Skin - Jack Caffery 4

  When the decomposed body of a young woman is found near railway tracks just outside Bristol one morning, all indications are that she's committed suicide. That's how the police want it too; all neatly squared and tidied away. But DI Jack Caffery is not so sure. He is on the trail of someone predatory, someone who hides in the shadows and can slip into houses unseen. And for the first time in a very long time, he feels scared.Police Diver Flea Marley is working alongside Caffery. With the traumas...

  Engels | 464 pagina's (ePub2, 0,7 MB) | Transworld, [Nederland] | 2009

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• Charles Bukowski Factotum

  One of Charles Bukowski''s best, this beer-soaked, deliciously degenerate novel follows the wanderings of aspiring writer Henry Chinaski across World War II-era America. Deferred from military service, Chinaski travels from city to city, moving listlessly from one odd job to another, always needing money but never badly enough to keep a job. His day-to-day existence spirals into an endless litany of pathetic whores, sordid rooms, dreary embraces, and drunken brawls, as he makes his bitter, brilliant...

  Engels | ePub2, 0,6 MB | HarperCollins e-books, [Nederland] | 2009

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• Charles Bukowski Pulp

  Opening with the exotic Lady Death entering the gumshoe-writer''s seedy office in pursuit of a writer named Celine, this novel demonstrates Bukowski''s own brand of humour and realism, opening up a landscape of seamy Los Angeles. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie

  Engels | ePub2, 0,4 MB | HarperCollins e-books, [Nederland] | 2009

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• Sophie Kinsella Shopaholic Abroad - Book 2

  For Rebecca Bloomwood, life is peachy. She has a job on morning TV, her bank manager is actually being nice to her, and when it comes to spending money, her new motto is Buy Only What You Need - and she's really (sort of) sticking to it. The icing on the brioche is that she's been offered a chance to work in New York.New York! The Museum of Modern Art! The Guggenheim! The Metropolitan Opera House! And Becky does mean to go to them all. Honestly. It's just that it seems silly not to check out a few...

  Engels | 352 pagina's (ePub2, 2,9 MB) | Transworld, [Nederland] | 2009

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• Sophie Kinsella Shopaholic & Baby - Book 5

  Becky's life is blooming! She's working at London's newest fashion store The Look, house-hunting with husband Luke (her secret wish is a Shoe Room)... and she's pregnant! She couldn't be more overjoyed - especially since discovering that shopping cures morning sickness. Everything has got to be perfect for her baby: from the designer nursery...to the latest, coolest pram...to the celebrity, must-have obstetrician. But when the celebrity obstetrician turns out to be her husband Luke's glamorous, intellectual...

  Engels | 448 pagina's (ePub2, 2 MB) | Transworld, [Nederland] | 2009

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• Sophie Kinsella Shopaholic Ties The Knot - Book 3

  For once in Becky Bloomwood s life, things are going smoothly. She s got the dream job as a personal shopper (spending other people s money and getting paid for it). She s got a fabulous Manhattan apartment with her boyfriend Luke. They ve even opened a joint bank account (although they can t quite agree on whether a Miu Miu skirt counts as a household expense).Then Luke proposes and all of a sudden life gets hectic. Becky s mum in rural Surrey wants one thing, Luke s mother in New York wants the...

  Engels | 400 pagina's (ePub2, 2,5 MB) | Transworld, [Nederland] | 2009

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• Karin Fossum The Water's Edge - Inspector Sejer

  A couple out walking in the woods discover the dead body of a half-naked boy. To Kristine's horror her husband begins to take photographs of the corpse on his mobile phone, but this proves only the beginning of his obsession with the case.Inspector Sejer is called to the scene but he can find no immediate cause of death. And who was the agitated man the couple saw moments before their discovery? Then, a second boy goes missing, and the once peaceful community is left deeply shaken.Is there a killer...

  Engels | 240 pagina's (ePub2, 0,4 MB) | Random House, [Nederland] | 2009

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• Mark Billingham Lifeless - Tom Thorne Series

  Tom Thorne's career is on the skids. Having seriously crossed the line on his last case and depressed over the recent suspicious death of his father, the once ambitious police detective has been reduced to pushing papers . . . and is being encouraged to take a prolonged leave of duty.But someone is stalking the city's most destitute citizens. Three homeless men have recently been kicked to death, each brutalized corpse discovered with a banknote pinned to its chest. With nothing to lose, Thorne volunteers...

  Engels | 464 pagina's (ePub2, 0,6 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2009

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• Donna Leon About Face - Brunetti 18

  At a dinner party given by his parents-in-law, Commissario Brunetti meets Franca Marinello, the wife of a prosperous Venetian businessman. He's charmed - perhaps too charmed, suggests his wife Paola - by her love of Virgil and Cicero, but shocked by her appearance. A few days later, Brunetti is visited by Carabinieri Maggior Filippo Guarino from the nearby city of Marghera. As part of a wider investigation into Mafia takeovers of businesses in the region, Guarino wants information about the owner...

  Engels | 336 pagina's (ePub2, 0,4 MB) | Random House, [Nederland] | 2009

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• Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go

  **OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE'Brilliantly executed.'MARGARET ATWOOD'A page-turner and a heartbreaker.'TIME'Masterly.'SUNDAY TIMESOne of the most acclaimed novels of the 21st Century, from the Nobel Prize-winning authorKazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now thirty-one, Never Let Me Go dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic...

  Engels | ePub2, 1,1 MB | CB Digitale Distributie B.V, [Nederland] | 2009

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• Mark Billingham The Burning Girl - Tom Thorne Series

  Some fires never go out ...X marks the spot -- and when that spot is a corpse's naked back and the X is carved in blood, Detective Inspector Tom Thorne is in no doubt that the dead man is the latest victim of a particularly vicious contract killer. It's morbid and messy -- but it's a mystery with plenty of clues. This is turf warfare between North London gangs. Organized crime boss Billy Ryan is moving into someone else's territory, and that someone is ready to stand up for what he believes is his.Thorne's...

  Engels | 400 pagina's (ePub2, 0,5 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2009

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• Mark Billingham Lazybones - Tom Thorne Series

  The first corpse was found hooded, bound, and naked, kneeling ona bare mattress in a seedy hotel room. This was no ordinary murder but rather the work of a killer driven by something special, somethingspectacular. The fact that the dead man was a convicted rapist recently released from prison only increases the bizarre nature of the gruesome crime ... and the police's reluctance to apprehend the perpetrator. It's the body count that troubles Detective Inspector Tom Thorne, as brutal slaying follows...

  Engels | 432 pagina's (ePub2, 0,4 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2009

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• James Patterson Run For Your Life - Michael Bennett 2

  Detective Michael Bennett is on the trail of a deadly killer who is terrorising New York in this Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller.A man who calls himself 'the Teacher' is devising a meticulous plan. Cold-hearted and cunning, it is time for everyone to learn his name as he teaches New York a lesson it will never forget. Intent on exacting revenge and causing mass hysteria, he embarks on the worst killing spree the city has ever seen. The whole New York Police Department is tested to its limits; none...

  Engels | 400 pagina's (ePub2, 0,6 MB) | Random House, [Nederland] | 2009

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• Sara Shepard Pretty Little Liars #3

  Perfect

  #1 New York Times bestselling seriesThe third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that inspired the hit ABC Family TV show Pretty Little Liars.In Rosewood, Pennsylvania, four perfect-looking girls arent nearly as perfect as they seem. Aria can't resist her forbidden ex. Hanna is on the verge of losing her BFF. Emily is freaking out over a simple kiss. And Spencer cant keep her hands off anything that belongs to her sister. Although they try to keep their scandalous secrets hidden, someone...

  Engels | 336 pagina's (ePub2, 2,5 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2009

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• Sara Shepard Pretty Little Liars #5

  Wicked

  #1 New York Times bestselling seriesThe fifth book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that inspired the hit ABC Family TV show Pretty Little Liars.In idyllic Rosewood, Pennsylvania, four very pretty girls just can't help but be bad. Hanna will do anything to be Rosewood's queen bee. Spencer's digging up her family's secrets. Emily can't stop thinking about her new boyfriend. And Aria approves a little too strongly of her mom's taste in men. The girls think theyre in the clear now that Ali's...

  Engels | 336 pagina's (ePub2, 1,7 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2009

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• Sara Shepard Pretty Little Liars #6

  Killer

  #1 New York Times bestselling seriesThe sixth book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that inspired the hit ABC Family TV show Pretty Little Liars.Hanna, Aria, Spencer, and Emily have been lying ever since they became friends with beautiful Alison DiLaurentis. And their bad-girl ways didn't die with her. Hanna's on a mission to corrupt Rosewood's youth, starting with a very attractive sophomore. Aria's snooping into her boyfriend's past. Spencer's stealingfrom her family. And pure little...

  Engels | 352 pagina's (ePub2, 1,6 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2009

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• Charlotte Bronte The Professor

  The Professor was the first novel Charlotte Bronte wrote, but was only published posthumously. It follows the journey of William Crimsworth into maturity, showing his loves and the path to his eventual career as Professor at an all-girl's school. The novel was largely influenced by Bronte's time in Brussels, where she fell passionately in love with her married language professor. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie

  Engels | 280 pagina's (ePub2, 0,3 MB) | The Floating Press, [Nederland] | 2009

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• Charlotte Brontë Villette

  Left by harrowing circumstances to fend for herself in the great capital of a foreign country, Lucy Snowe, the narrator and heroine of Villette, achieves by degrees an authentic independence from both outer necessity and inward grief. Charlotte Brontë's last novel, published in 1853, has a dramatic force comparable to that of her other masterpiece, Jane Eyre, as well as strikingly modern psychological insight and a revolutionary understanding of human loneliness

  Engels | 963 pagina's | Floating Press, [Waiheke Island] | 2009

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• Koninklijke Bibliotheek Vrouwen rondom Huygens

  Het leven van Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687) met nadruk op de vrouwen die hierin een rol speelden.

  Non-fictie

  Engels | Nederlands | 247 pagina's | Verloren, Hilversum | 2010

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