Hope To Die - format ePub

Bernie Rhodenbarr hat sich tatsächlich auf den Pfad der Tugend begeben. Es ist bereits ein Jahr her, seit er sich zum letzten Mal unerlaubt Zutritt zu einem fremden Heim verschafft hat. Doch jetzt zwingt...

Seit seinem Debüt von 1977 hat sich Bernie Rhodenbarr die Zuneigung eines wachsenden internationalen Publikums erworben. Der unbekümmerte Langfinger, der sich mit seiner detektivischen Begabung aus den...

Lawrence Block on AFTERTHOUGHTS 2.0:AFTERTHOUGHTS began in 2011, when I first began self-publishing titles from my voluminous backlist. I packed it with forewords and afterwords and essays and articles...

Jahrelang ist Keller durchs ganze Land gereist und hat Leute umgebracht.Aber jetzt reicht es ihm. Nur noch ein Auftrag – im Voraus bezahlt -, und er wird in Rente gehen. Während er in Des Moines darauf...

MATT SCUDDER RITORNAA più di quarant'anni dal suo debutto e quasi dieci anni dopo la sua ultima apparizione, uno dei più noti personaggi di tutta la letteratura poliziesca è di nuovo al lavoro su un altro...

Nel Vortice della Morte (In the Midst of Death) è il terzo romanzo in cui figura Matthew Scudder, il personaggio più coinvolgente di Lawrence Block. Tormentato dai rimorsi, ha lasciato la moglie e i figli...

69 Barrow Street is Lawrence Block's fourth book, first published in 1959. A multiple-viewpoint novel, it's set in a brownstone in GreenwichVillage. Considered erotic back I the day, it's tame by 21st...

There's a song they used to sing at Antioch College, and it went something like this:"She was just a little freshman Victim of Admission's whim Then she met an upperclassman—we won't name him— And she...

Alex Penn wakes up in a squalid Times Square hotel room. This is what he sees when he finally opens his eyes:"The floor was a sea of blood. A body floated upon this ocean. A girl—black hair, staring blue...

Im sechzehnten Roman seiner preisgekrönten Matthew-Scudder-Serie hat sich Bestseller-Autor Lawrence Block in Sachen Spannungsaufbau und Figurenzeichnung wieder einmal selbst übertroffen. In Weiterführung...

After spending her girlhood writing gentle and thoughtful novels of the lesbian experience (SHADOWS, WARM AND WILLING, ENOUGH OF SORROW), Jill Emerson reinvented herself in the early 1970s, just when...

Dalla sua prima comparsa nel 1977, Bernie Rhodenbarr si è guadagnato la crescente simpatia di un pubblico internazionale. Questo personaggio, scanzonato e dalle mani leste, i cui talenti come investigatore...

Bernie Rhodenbarr is actually trying to earn an honest living. It's been an entire year since he's entered anyone's abode illegally to help himself to their valuables. But now an unscrupulous landlord's...

“All of Block’s Bernie books are outrageously funny.” —Associated Press   “Wonderfully funny…Block’s effortless first-person narrative and zippy dialogue is as pleasing as escapist fare ever gets.” —Los...

Five-time Edgar winner and MWA Grand Master Lawrence Block write a monthly column for Writers Digest Magazine for fourteen years. The Liar's Bible consists of previously uncollected columns, chosen to...

C’est à une réunion des Alcooliques Anonymes que Matt Scudder et Jack Ellery se retrouvent en 1980. Enfants, ils rêvaient d'être flics, mais seul Matt l’est devenu, Jack  ayant à l'inverse effectué  plusieurs...

« Comme portrait non seulement d’un homme, mais d’une ville qui change au fil des ans, vous ne trouverez pas mieux. »Crime Scene Scotland Reviews C’est toute la vie de Matt Scudder, l’un des plus grands...

Keller est comme tout le monde : il travaille, il se repose, il va au cinéma et s’occupe sérieusement de sa collection de timbres. Quand on l’appelle pour siéger au tribunal en tant que juré, il fait...

Le dernier Scudder période alcoolique ENFIN TRADUIT !Privé sans licence enquêtant «pour rendre service», Matthew Scudder a quitté la police de New York et sombré dans l’alcoolisme après avoir tué accidentellement...

À l'heure du numérique, difficile de gagner sa vie avec une modeste boutique de livres anciens et d'occasion sur la 11e Rue Est de New York... Heureusement, Bernie Rhodenbarr a d'autres atouts dans sa...

Quand Kenan Khoury reçoit un coup de fil anonyme exigeant une rançon s’il veut revoir sa femme en vie, il n’hésite pas une seconde à payer. Mais c’est dans le coffre d’une voiture et sous forme de pièces...

Nicholas Edwards vit avec sa femme et sa fille à La Nouvelle-Orléans où il rénove et revend des maisons dévastées par le passage de l’ouragan Katrina. Entre sa famille et sa collection de timbres, il...

Un jour de la fin des années 60, alors qu’il émerge difficilement d’une sérieuse cuite, Alex Penn découvre avec horreur que ses vêtements sont couverts de taches de vin. Ou plutôt, de sang. Celui d’une...

Since the 1970s, Lawrence Block has been writing award-winning novels and short fiction featuring Matthew Scudder. Now, with both himself and his detective half a century older, the author found himself...

Nella sua quarta avventura, Matthew Scudder riapre un caso su cui aveva indagato anni prima, quando era  detective della polizia di New York. Louis Pinell, l'Assassino del Punteruolo, recentemente arrestato,...

LAWRENCE BLOCK'S FIRST CRIME NOVEL -- LOST FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS!"To escape punishment for a murder he didn't mean to commit, insurance man Don Barshter has to take on a new identity: Nathaniel Crowley,...

Scudder is back, tracking a killer through the alleys of Hell's Kitchen and mapping the darker regions of the human soul.Glenn Holtzman sits on top of the world, watching the sun set from his penthouse...

Immaginate di essere Bernie Rhodenbarr. Avete un lavoro bellissimo: siete proprietario di un accogliente negozio di libri usati, completa di Raffles, il vostro gatto caudalmente carente. È nel Greenwich...

Kirkus Reviews meint: »Ist Bernie Rhodenbarr – der coolste, ruhigste und am wenigsten gewalttätige professionelle Einbrecher Manhattans – anständig geworden? Es scheint so, denn er ist nun Besitzer eines...

"Byrne e Susan Hollander fanno una bella vita. Lui è un avvocato, lei una scrittrice. La loro casa di pietra a Manhattan, che vale tre milioni di dollari, è a due passi dal Lincoln Center. E lì, in quella...

This ebook contains Rudyard Kipling's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the...

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world’s best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era....

Prepare to be hooked . . . A compulsive thriller from Lisa Jewell.* #1 UK SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ** OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD ** HOLLY WILLOUGHBY'S SUMMER READING HIGHLIGHT **A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK...

"« Un scénario dynamique qui vous saisit dès le premier chapitre et ne vous laisse plus partir. » — Midwest Book Review, Diane Donovan (à propos de SANS LAISSER DE TRACES) Par l’auteur de polars n°1 Blake...

- THE RECORD-BREAKING, MULTIMILLION COPY GLOBAL BESTSELLER AND TIKTOK SENSATION -Discover the #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling thriller with a jaw-dropping twist that everyone is talking...

Fifteen year old Christopher is about to embark on an investigation...Lots of things are mysteries. But that doesn't mean there isn't an answer to them.It was 7 minutes after midnight. The dog was lying...

That dumbshit map. I'd been seduced by it. Seduced by its possibilities. That map had brought me here ... That map had been a serious mistake'The map in question is of Australia, stumbled across in...

‘Ooooh how I absolutely loved this book!!… I devoured this book in one sitting!!… I cannot recommend this book enough!!’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars In a time of war, nowhere is...

‘A BRILLIANT edge of your seat book’ 5 stars, Netgalley reviewer When Detective Felicity Springer is reported missing, the countdown to find her begins… On...

**Jeanine Cummins' new novel Speak to Me of Home is available to pre-order now**'Heartstopping... doesn't let up... you will urge them on, fists clenched' The TimesAn extraordinary story of the lengths...

'The work of a master storyteller'Daily Telegraph'One of crime's most engaging duos'GuardianTHE SUNDAY TIMES CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2023________Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried...

HOW DO YOU FIND A KILLER WHO KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU? THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'AS EXCITING AS ANYTHING CONNELLY HAS WRITTEN' THE TIMES'UTTERLY COMPELLING ... THIS IS CONNELLY AT THE PEAK...

NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES. WE ALL HAVE SECRETS...'I wanted to finish it so fast so I could learn the truth about what really happened' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Right from page one this is a real pageturner' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Adam Price...

Harry Bosch is back at the LAPD in Homicide after disciplinary leave. But his first case proves to be one of the most difficult. In the wooded hills overlooking the Hollywood Bowl, he opens the trunk...

'Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy' ASHLEY JENSEN'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A Beaton novel is like The Archers on speed' DAILY MAIL Commemorative...

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan...

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE... YOU LIEThe bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once explores the dangers of obsession in this #1 bestselling suspense thriller. Six years...

The most famous by far of all twentieth-century political allegories, Animal Farm is the account of a group of barnyard animals who revolt against their vicious human master, only to submit to a tyranny...

A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, The Pillars of the Earth is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece.A...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his...

‘Addictive. A first-class page-turner.’ Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me Can the past ever be forgotten? As soon as nurse Maura Lyle sets foot inside the foreboding Essen Grange,...

OVER 12 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDENOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREA NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFor years, rumours of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina...

The first thriller in the Mickey Bolitar series, now airing as an original series on Amazon Prime. Bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix show Fool Me Once, Harlan Coben brings us a shocking...

'It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one' Sunday Express'Hums and crackles with delicious unease' Independent'Captivating' The Sunday Times'An absorbing thriller' Mail on SundayNO...

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A woman wakes up confused in Malkangiri District Hospital in Odisha. When a nurse wants to know her name, she blacks out in terror at the realization that she has no idea who she is. The next time she...

"James Acton: A little bit of Jack Bauer and Indiana Jones!"FROM USA TODAY & MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDY A LONG-LOST TREASURE.A RUTHLESS ENEMY. A DEADLY RACE AGAINST TIME. A...

As semi-retired private detective Sloane Monroe unwinds at a luxurious spa retreat in North Carolina, a jarring phone call shatters her peaceful getaway …A friend has been found dead.What seems like a...

Why risk stepping into a world of bizarre violence, twisted justice, and cryptic revelations? You might lose sleep over the haunting twists, question the nature of truth, and find yourself unable to look...

Wanda Jefferson, vampire/werewolf hybrid and (very) reluctant temporary PTA president, reporting for duty!Yes, yes, yes. I'm a PTA member. Don't be so shocked. I'd do anything for my two precious babies,...