Verlag: Pushkin Press Mai 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1782278060 ISBN 13: 9781782278061
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Jack Lutz explodes onto the crime scene with a ticking-bomb police case set in a near-futureLondon, for fans of Hanna Jameson and Luther.
Verlag: Pushkin Press Mai 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1782279385 ISBN 13: 9781782279389
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Book 3 in the critically acclaimed cosy murder mystery series set in contemporary India, featuring the wise and gentle detective Harith Athreya - perfect for fans of Richard Coles, Ian Moore and Janice Hallett'Athreya is a fine detective with a curious mind' New York Times'An impressive force in the world of whodunnits' CrimeReads________________ISOLATIONDetective Harith Athreya is taking a well-earned break at a boutique hill in the Himalayan footfills. But his holiday is cut short when mysterious bloody handprints appear on the walls around the resort. INCRIMINATIONWhen a guest falls to her death, the hotelier casts suspicion on five young people who checked in at the same time as the victim but who all claim not to know her - or each other. INTRIGUEDoes one of these guests have something to do with the tragedy Harith Athreya must get to the bottom of the case before the murderer strikes again. ________________PRAISE FOR THE HARITH ATHREYA MYSTERIES'Hugely engaging' Sunday Times'A slice of sheer pleasure. a proper, thorny puzzle' Observer'Like stepping back into the Golden Age of the classic mystery' Rhys Bowen'Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie [and] Arthur Conan Doyle' Harini Nagendra.
Verlag: Pushkin Press Mai 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1782279016 ISBN 13: 9781782279013
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -On hearing her neighbour's body plummet on to her patio, a woman's comfortable life seems to split open. A cab driver's perfectly manicured nails may be concealing grisly secrets. A woman whose partner has left her begins to act out an increasingly deranged set of instructions.In these tense, macabre stories, acclaimed author Agustina Bazterrica strikes to the dark heart of our desires, fears and fantasies. Shocking, brutal, yet glinting with sharp humour, Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird is a breathtaking, unforgettable dive into human monstrousness. 192 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Pushkin Press Mai 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1782279016 ISBN 13: 9781782279013
Anbieter: Rheinberg-Buch Andreas Meier eK, Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -On hearing her neighbour's body plummet on to her patio, a woman's comfortable life seems to split open. A cab driver's perfectly manicured nails may be concealing grisly secrets. A woman whose partner has left her begins to act out an increasingly deranged set of instructions.In these tense, macabre stories, acclaimed author Agustina Bazterrica strikes to the dark heart of our desires, fears and fantasies. Shocking, brutal, yet glinting with sharp humour, Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird is a breathtaking, unforgettable dive into human monstrousness. 192 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Pushkin Press Mai 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1911590839 ISBN 13: 9781911590835
Anbieter: Rheinberg-Buch Andreas Meier eK, Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The waitress. The chef. The chef's wife. Three different stories, but which one contains the truth When Hannah learns that famed chef Daniel Costello is facing accusations of sexual assault, she's thrust back to the summer she spent as a waitress at his high-end Dublin restaurant. Drawn in by the plush splendour of the dining rooms, the elegance of the food, the wild parties after service, Hannah also remembers the sizzling tension of the kitchens. And how the attention from Daniel morphed from kindness into something darker.His restaurant shuttered, his lawyers breathing down his neck, Daniel is in a state of disbelief. Decades of hard graft, of fighting to earn recognition for his talent - is it all to fall apart because of something he can barely remember Hiding behind the bedroom curtains from the paparazzi's lenses, Julie is raking through more than two decades spent acting the supportive wife, the good mother, and asking herself what it's all been for.Their three different voices reveal a story of power and abuse, victimhood and complicity. This is a novel about the facades that we maintain, the lies that we tell and the courage it takes to face the truth. 256 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Pushkin Press Mai 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1911590839 ISBN 13: 9781911590835
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The waitress. The chef. The chef's wife. Three different stories, but which one contains the truth When Hannah learns that famed chef Daniel Costello is facing accusations of sexual assault, she's thrust back to the summer she spent as a waitress at his high-end Dublin restaurant. Drawn in by the plush splendour of the dining rooms, the elegance of the food, the wild parties after service, Hannah also remembers the sizzling tension of the kitchens. And how the attention from Daniel morphed from kindness into something darker.His restaurant shuttered, his lawyers breathing down his neck, Daniel is in a state of disbelief. Decades of hard graft, of fighting to earn recognition for his talent - is it all to fall apart because of something he can barely remember Hiding behind the bedroom curtains from the paparazzi's lenses, Julie is raking through more than two decades spent acting the supportive wife, the good mother, and asking herself what it's all been for.Their three different voices reveal a story of power and abuse, victimhood and complicity. This is a novel about the facades that we maintain, the lies that we tell and the courage it takes to face the truth. 256 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Pushkin Press Mai 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1782279016 ISBN 13: 9781782279013
Anbieter: Wegmann1855, Zwiesel, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.
Verlag: Pushkin Press Mai 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1805330012 ISBN 13: 9781805330011
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Lviv, Lwów, Lvov, Lemberg. Known by a variety of names, the City of Lions is now in western Ukraine. Situated in different countries during its history, it is a city located along the fault-lines of Europe's history. City of Lions presents two essays, written more than half a century apart - but united by one city. Józef Wittlin's sensual and lyrical paean to his Lwów, written in exile, is a deep cry of love and pain for his city, where most people he knew have fled or been killed. Philippe Sands' finely honed exploration of what has been lost and what remains interweaves a lawyer's love of evidence with the emotional heft of a descendant of Lviv. With an illuminating preface by Eva Hoffman and stunning new photographs by Diana Matar, City of Lions is a powerful and melancholy evocation of central Europe in the twentieth century, with a special resonance for today's troubled continent.
Verlag: Pushkin Press Mai 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1782279067 ISBN 13: 9781782279068
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Poring over his grandparents' memoirs, grainy photographs of his distinguished ancestors and relating family lore passed from father to son, Michael Ignatieff begins a moving journey to come to terms with his inheritance that is bound up with the violent tumult of Russian history. With great care and complexity, Ignatieff reconstructs a vanished way of life. Beginning in the opulent court of Catherine the Great, he traces his family's rise to great influence in the imperial regime of Tsar Nicholas II before the country is swept up in revolution, civil war and exile. A profound meditation on rootlessness and belonging, The Russian Album explores both how we are formed by our pasts, but also how we must write our own stories in the present.
Verlag: Pushkin Press Mai 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1782279016 ISBN 13: 9781782279013
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - On hearing her neighbour's body plummet on to her patio, a woman's comfortable life seems to split open. A cab driver's perfectly manicured nails may be concealing grisly secrets. A woman whose partner has left her begins to act out an increasingly deranged set of instructions.In these tense, macabre stories, acclaimed author Agustina Bazterrica strikes to the dark heart of our desires, fears and fantasies. Shocking, brutal, yet glinting with sharp humour, Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird is a breathtaking, unforgettable dive into human monstrousness.
Verlag: Pushkin Press Mai 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1782279040 ISBN 13: 9781782279044
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Isaiah Berlin was one of the great public intellectuals of his time. A magnetic speaker and beacon of liberal philosophy, he gained first-hand experience of some of the pivotal events of the twentieth century and crossed paths with luminaries from Virginia Woolf to Sigmund Freud. Declining to write an autobiography, Berlin instead agreed to give extensive interviews to acclaimed writer Michael Ignatieff in the final decade of his life. The result is a magisterial biography that penetrates deeply into Berlin's life and thought while capturing his vivid style of conversation. Reissued in this updated edition, it traces Berlin's journey to become one of his era's most vigorous defenders of liberty and individuality in the face of tyranny and dogma.
Verlag: Pushkin Press Mai 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1911590839 ISBN 13: 9781911590835
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The waitress. The chef. The chef's wife. Three different stories, but which one contains the truth When Hannah learns that famed chef Daniel Costello is facing accusations of sexual assault, she's thrust back to the summer she spent as a waitress at his high-end Dublin restaurant. Drawn in by the plush splendour of the dining rooms, the elegance of the food, the wild parties after service, Hannah also remembers the sizzling tension of the kitchens. And how the attention from Daniel morphed from kindness into something darker.His restaurant shuttered, his lawyers breathing down his neck, Daniel is in a state of disbelief. Decades of hard graft, of fighting to earn recognition for his talent - is it all to fall apart because of something he can barely remember Hiding behind the bedroom curtains from the paparazzi's lenses, Julie is raking through more than two decades spent acting the supportive wife, the good mother, and asking herself what it's all been for.Their three different voices reveal a story of power and abuse, victimhood and complicity. This is a novel about the facades that we maintain, the lies that we tell and the courage it takes to face the truth.
Verlag: Pushkin Press Mai 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1911590804 ISBN 13: 9781911590804
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Absolutely compelling. Every page fizzes with energy and observation' Rebecca Wait, author of I'm Sorry You Feel That Way'A powerful and compelling novel from a very gifted writer' Joseph O'Connor, author of My Father's House'Consummately done. The prose is clean, crisp, perfectly-filleted; the pace and tension perfectly controlled, to the very last page' Lucy Caldwell, author of Intimacies________________The scorching, engrossing novel about the fallout from a scandal-struck high-end restaurantWhen Hannah learns that famed chef Daniel Costello is facing accusations of sexual assault, she's thrown back to the summer she spent waitressing at his high-end Dublin restaurant - the plush splendour of the dining rooms, the wild parties after service, the sizzling tension of the kitchens. But Hannah also remembers how the attention from Daniel soon morphed from kindness into something darker. Now the restaurant is shuttered and Daniel is faced with the reality of a courtroom. His wife Julie is hiding from paparazzi lenses behind the bedroom curtains. Surrounded by the wreckage of the past, Daniel, Julie and Hannah are all forced to reconsider what happened at the restaurant. Their three different voices reveal a story of power and complicity, of the lies that we tell and the courage that it takes to face the truth. ________________READERS LOVE SERVICE'A proper novel, each thread felt true. It's been an excellent read' \*\*\*\*\*'Acerbic, incisive' \*\*\*\*\*'This book is superb' \*\*\*\*\*'The characterisation is perceptive and incisive' \*\*\*\*MORE PRAISE FOR SERVICE'Ferocious, minutely accurate, damning' Ross Raisin, author of God's Own Country'A hugely gripping literary page-turner. Sharp, visceral and shocking' Claire Powell, author of At the Table'A brilliantly observed, immersive novel which tells the 'me too' story from every angle' Amber Medland, author of Wild Pets'Service is gripping, fearless and raw' Una Mannion, author of A Crooked Tree'I raced through Service. Sarah Gilmartin is a smart, stylish and darkly funny writer' Aingeala Flannery, author of The Amusements'I gorged every page. compelling and brilliant' Victoria Kennefick.