Coffee and Cigarettes - format ePub

Appartenant à des générations distinctes, mais ayant tous deux une formation de juriste, Alexander Kluge et Ferdinand von Schirach devisent en toute amitié de l'état des choses, et convoquent l'héritage...

'Mesmerising and utterly absorbing' New York Times'A magnificent storyteller' Der Spiegel A retired small-town doctor takes a garden axe to his cruel wife.A woman laces her brother's food with barbiturates.Two...

Meet Fahner, the retired small-town doctor who resorts to the garden axe when his patience with his cruel wife runs out. Meet Patrick, so entranced by the sight of his sleeping girlfriend that he cuts...

'Marvellously unpredictable . . . by the end of the book you wish it was twice as long' (Daily Telegraph)How does the legacy of a family past shape who we are?Ferdinand von Schirach is one of Germany's...

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This devastating dossier of savage stories takes us to the crimes that never reach the newspapers: small-town atrocities where the mundane lurches into the macabre and ordinary people find themselves...

Meet Fahner, the retired small-town doctor who resorts to the garden axe when his patience with his cruel wife runs out. Or Patrick, so entranced by the sight of his sleeping girlfriend that he cuts a...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREFEATURED IN THE TIMES TOP 100 CRIME & THRILLER NOVELS SINCE 1945 A murder. A murderer. No motive.Fabrizio Collini is a hard working, quiet and respectable man. Until the...

'Devastating and fascinating' New York Times'Ice-cool, effortlessly classy prose' ObserverA group of respectable family men are charged with the brutal murder of a teenager. A promising student gets caught...

Sebastian von Eschburg, scion of a wealthy, self-destructive family, survived his disastrous childhood to become a celebrated if controversial artist. He casts a provocative shadow over the Berlin scene;...

Véritable mosaïque littéraire composée de quarante-huit fragments, Café et cigarettes propose des réflexions sur le monde qui nous entoure et sur notre façon de l’habiter. Au fil des rencontres, de Munich...

Hans Meyer, une personnalité respectée de la haute société allemande, est sauvagement assassiné dans sa chambre d'hôtel à Berlin. Le jeune Caspar Leinen est commis d'office pour assurer la défense de...

L'audience à laquelle vous allez assister est un peu particulière. En effet, le public est juré dans ce procès et, ainsi, appelé à juger de la culpabilité de l'accusé. Lars Koch, major de l'Armée de l'air...

Quinze nouvelles, autant de crimes et de procès. La justice confrontée à des vies qui basculent dans la violence ou dans la passion destructrice constitue le fil rouge de Coupables, deuxième recueil de...

Réunis sur une scène, un professeur de droit, un médecin et un évêque se succèdent pour traiter le problème suivant : un homme de soixante-dix-huit ans en parfaite santé a-t-il le droit d’être aidé à...

Une jurée d'assises qui influence malgré elle l'issue d'un procès, un groupe d'enfants qui s'acharne sur un vieil homme isolé, un homme dont la poupée gonflable est attaquée, une jeune avocate qui doit...

L’énigmatique photographe Sebastian von Eschburg a certes signé des aveux complets, mais aucun corps n’a été retrouvé, ni même l'identité de la victime établie avec certitude. Son avocat met donc tout...

Crimes est un recueil de nouvelles relatant onze affaires criminelles stupéfiantes. Pour son auteur, Ferdinand von Schirach, avocat de la défense à Berlin depuis une quinzaine d’années, le monstrueux...

Karim appartient à une famille de truands à la petite semaine. Secrètement surdoué, il a dissimulé ses aptitudes pour vivre dans son milieu – où il passe même pour un demeuré ! Il s’apprête à témoigner...

Appartenant à des générations distinctes, mais ayant tous deux une formation de juriste, Alexander Kluge et Ferdinand von Schirach devisent en toute amitié de l'état des choses, et convoquent l'héritage...

(Round Up) - Ils sont les meilleurs amis du monde depuis qu'ils ont quinze ans. Il a compris que la seule fille qu'il aimera, c'est elle. Vont-ils risquer leur amitié pour avoir une chance d'aimer ?Cette...

delves into the intricacies of relationships, emphasizing the importance of love and unity. This work transcends traditional love stories by incorporating adventure poems that transport readers to ancient...

Kate and Owen, a young couple from the city, decide to buy a large property in another state. They are enticed by the cheap price, not realizing that Hazelwood Estate is haunted by a great deal of its...

A strange late-night talk show lifts spirits with absurdity until it doesn't. What is causing distress in the small village, could a children's story be true? Money. That's it. Really, it can make...

Agatha Christie’s seasonal Poirot and Marple short story collection. First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding… then the discovery of a corpse in a chest…...

All 51 Hercule Poirot short stories presented in chonological order in a single volume – plus a bonus story not seen for more than 70 years. ‘My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the...

The No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's timeless coming-of-age novella, The Body - set in Castle Rock and originally published in his 1982 short story collection Different Seasons, and adapted into...

This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents of the complete works of Oscar Wilde, containing more than 150 works. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie...

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The death of his wife leaves Florian the beekeeper heartbroken. Out of love for him, his bees create a duplicate wife to console him, but this act has unexpected consequences for humans and bees alike.

Being a bodyguard isn't easy, not even when you're the seventh son in a long line of seventh sons, not even when the magic comes when you call—and especially not when the man you are protecting is a treacherous,...

'Sailing away, he survived at sea, then on foreign land, and then by writing - re-living his life, many times, many ways, in English fiction' Neil Rennie, from his preface to The Secret Sharer and Other...

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A body was found in the bedroom of a newly appointed Police Officer. Read the explosive letters and uncover the truth behind Kiera Reyez, Jennifer de Ville and the terrifying secret hidden by the authorities.

This ebook contains Oscar Wilde'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 ebook)...

Can the perfect village save the perfect wedding? INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT FROM A POSTCARD FROM ITALY Cher, the landlady of the Duck & Puddle...

Brought in to secure a lockdown at the Geyserland Hotel, New Zealand army sergeant Taine McKenna and his men are plagued by an ancient evil.

Great art demands a great sacrifice.Isobel craves more than the acclaim of the Venetian art world. She yearns to create something extraordinary that will leave its mark on the world for generations to...

Ode to Hope and Despair is a collection of literary and visual art works, traveling from darkness to light in a literal epitome of a journey from despair to hope to despair to hope, in a looped circle,...

Sherlock Holmes is not only the most famous character in crime fiction, but arguably the most famous character in all fiction. In sixty adventures that pit his extraordinary wits and courage against foreign...

She locked every door. She should have locked her heart.On the eve of the year's most enchanted night, master alchemist Elanor Virelle finishes her most ambitious potion yet: one that can stretch a single...

Discover the heartwarming tale of Wally the Friendly Worm—a tiny, bright pink worm on a big adventure to find true friendship. In a bustling meadow, Wally struggles to connect with ants, butterflies,...

A dark and disturbing ebook original from the master of the crime genre.A famous writer asks a boxman to open an old safe that comes with the mansion he's just bought. It's not as easy a job as he's used...

Isaac Asimov’s Robot series – from the iconic collection I, Robot to four classic novels – contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the Three...

Three irresistible short stories by the global phenomenon Ali Hazelwood, now available together in paperback for the first time, with an exclusive bonus chapter.Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first,...

"The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath is a haunting exploration of the human psyche. Set against the backdrop of 1950s America, the novel follows Esther Greenwood, a talented and ambitious young woman, as she...

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Diamonds are forever. They're a girl's best friend. Until you're the one accused of stealing them.Summer in Texas means two things: blistering heat and competitive softball. For twin sisters Samantha...

Who falls in love on vacation? Lymric:When my best friend convinced me to come visit her in Wolf Valley, I thought that maybe it would be a fresh start. I thought that it would be a chance for me to find...