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Nicci French In hechtenis
In hechtenis is de spannende literaire thriller van het wereldberoemde schrijversduo Nicci French, bekend van onder andere de Frieda Klein-serie. Tabitha zit vast in een huis van bewaring, beschuldigd van moord op buurman Stuart Rees. Van de bewuste dag kan ze zich echter haast niets herinneren, ze leed aan een depressie. Toch denkt ze dat ze onschuldig is. Wanneer ze merkt dat haar beoogde advocaat hieraan twijfelt, besluit ze zelf haar verdediging op zich te nemen. Maar dat blijkt lastig vanuit...
Nederlands | 11 uur 33 minuten (665 MB) | Ambo|Anthos, Amsterdam | 2020
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B.A. Paris Het dilemma
In Het dilemma van BA Paris geeft Livia een groot feest ter gelegenheid van haar veertigste verjaardag. Ze droomt er al van sinds haar bescheiden bruiloft, jaren geleden. Iedereen die ze liefheeft zal op het feest aanwezig zijn, behalve dochter Marnie, die in het buitenland studeert. Stiekem is Livia opgelucht dat Marnie niet kan komen. Ze moet haar echtgenoot Adam iets vertellen over hun dochter, een geheim dat ze heeft ontdekt, maar ze wacht totdat het feest voorbij is zodat hun geluk niet wordt...
Nederlands | 9 uur 30 minuten (547 MB) | Ambo|Anthos, Amsterdam | 2020
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Diney Costeloe Het meisje zonder naam
Diney Costeloe verovert lezersharten over de hele wereld. Haar nieuwe roman ‘Het meisje zonder naam’ (‘The Girl With No Name’) is net als de wereldhit ‘De verloren kinderen’ (‘The Throwaway Children’) een aangrijpend relaas, gebaseerd op historische feiten. 1939. Lisa Becker is 13 als haar moeder een van de laatste felbegeerde plekken op een Kindertransport weet te bemachtigen. In Londen, alleen, de taal niet machtig, moet ze zich in een voor haar vreemde wereld redden. Dat lukt haar wonderwel,...
Nederlands | 16 uur 16 minuten (937 MB) | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2019
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Diney Costeloe De verloren vader
1921. In een Engels dorpje worden acht bomen geplant als monument voor acht soldaten die nooit terugkwamen uit de oorlog. Op een dag blijkt er een negende naast te staan. Wie is de ‘onbekende soldaat’ aan wie de boom is opgedragen? 2001. Het monument dreigt te worden gekapt voor een nieuwe wijk. Journaliste Rachel Elliott raakt gegrepen door het verhaal achter de negende boom, en ze spant zich in om het mysterie op te lossen. Maar ze had nooit kunnen bedenken hoe persoonlijk dit verhaal zou blijken...
Nederlands | 13 uur 31 minuten (779 MB) | De Fontein Romans & Spanning, Utrecht | 2019
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Nicci French Huis vol leugens
In Huis vol leugens van Nicci French leidt de vijfenveertigjarige Neve een ogenschijnlijk gelukkig leven, met haar echtgenoot en drie kinderen. Schijn bedriegt, want ze heeft een affaire met een getrouwde man. Ze spreken regelmatig af in zijn pied-à-terre in Londen. Op een dag krijgt Neve een berichtje dat ze naar het appartement moet komen en ze treft daar haar minnaar dood aan; zijn schedel is ingeslagen. In paniek begaat ze een grote fout: ze maakt de plaats delict schoon, zodat het lijkt alsof...
Nederlands | 10 uur 41 minuten (615 MB) | AmboAnthos, Amsterdam | 2019
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Alison Ragsdale The Child Between Us
When I first met you, darling Marina, you were just five years old. You took my breath away, with your long, dark waves and pink cheeks. You needed me, and I instantly knew I’d do anything to protect you. When six years ago, my heart was shattered, I was left utterly broken – but I didn’t know just how lost I was until you filled that hole in my heart. You quickly became the centre of my world, your sweet laugh my favourite sound. But then things started to change... I put my pain down to work stress,...
Engels | 9 uur 36 minuten (427 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Ola Mustapha Other Names, Other Places
"What were we, then, if ‘English’ was a prize out of our reach and ‘Tunisian’ was the mask we wore at home?" Caught between cultures and struggling to find her identity, Nessie, a Londoner with Tunisian roots, navigates the complexities of belonging. With her multiple name - Nesrine, Susu, Nessie - and a yearning for acceptance, she grapples with not being "enough" for anyone. But when Mrs Brown enters their lives, her charismatic presence becomes the glue holding their dysfunctional family together...
Engels | 8 uur 18 minuten (376 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Jane Davis Smash All the Windows
"Smash all the Windows" won the inaugural Selfies Book Award in 2019. It has taken conviction to right the wrongs. It will take courage to learn how to live again. London, 22 August 2003. A day that began like any other would end in tragedy. Fifty-eight people set off for work, only to never return. For more than thirteen years, the search for truth has eaten up everything: marriages, families, health, careers and finances. A flawed justice system failed the victims' kin, but hope arises when...
Engels | 10 uur 19 minuten (454 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Teresa F. Morgan Cocktails at Kittiwake Cove
Be swept away to Cornwall in this summery tale of love and new beginnings! After a tough break-up, Rhianna is determined to put her heart on hold and focus on opening her beachside cocktail bar. But fate has other plans when she reconnects with her holiday fling, the irresistible Joe Trescott. As Joe helps Rhianna navigate her new town and business, sparks fly and old flames reignite. But will Rhianna resist Joe's player charm and stay true to her career aspirations? Escape to Cornwall's sun-kissed...
Engels | 9 uur 20 minuten (409 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Teresa F. Morgan Sunsets and Happy Ever Afters
Escape to Somerset and Cornwall in this fun and flirty romance! After a painful divorce, Maya Rosevear is determined to find love again. But with her busy schedule running a mobile beauty business and raising her kids, she turns to online dating. Along the way, she unexpectedly forms a friendship with Sam Trescott, the father of her daughter’s best friend. As they navigate their own emotional baggage, Maya and Sam can't help but wonder if they're destined to be more than just friends. Will...
Engels | 7 uur 41 minuten (339 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Barbara Comyns Our Spoons Came from Woolworths
´I defy anyone to read the opening pages and not to be drawn in, as I was... Quite simply, Comyns writes like no one else.´ - Maggie O'Farrell, author of "Hamnet". Pretty, unworldly Sophia is twenty-one years old and hastily married to a young painter called Charles. An artist's model with an eccentric collection of pets, she is ill-equipped to cope with the bohemian London of the 1930s, where poverty, babies (however much loved) and her husband conspire to torment her. Hoping to add some spice...
Engels | 5 uur 41 minuten (255 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Sophie Flynn If They Knew
"Grips from the first page. An emotive thriller which I couldn't put down." - Carys Jones, author of ´We Are All Liars´. Hannah and Charlie have finally achieved their dream family with their two-year-old daughter, Isabelle, after years of heartbreak. However, their happiness is threatened when a global popstar is found murdered in their sleepy Gloucestershire village, and Hannah's past comes back to haunt her. She is forced to make a dangerous choice - risk everything, even her own life, to protect...
Engels | 10 uur 29 minuten (470 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Sophie Flynn Keep Them Close
She trusted a stranger with her secrets. Now she's paying the price. Frazzled mum, Emily, loves her four-year-old twin daughters. Amidst trying her best to be the perfect mum all while keeping her sanity intact, she finds solace in the anonymous internet forum MumsOnline during her darkest days. But when a newfound friendship takes a dark turn, and her past is exposed, Emily's perfect life is threatened. Can she protect her family from a dangerous stalker? Praise for "Keep Them Close": ´A splendidly...
Engels | 10 uur 11 minuten (452 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Jane Davis Small Eden
Secrets shared can bind hearts, but secrets concealed? That's a tale of its own. The year is 1884. Robert Cooke and his pregnant wife Freya tragically lose their two sons to scarlet fever, sending Freya into self-imposed isolation for the safety of their unborn child. Cut off from each other, their shared grief becomes a silent, destructive foe. A decade later and now a successful businessman, Robert conceives a poignant tribute to his lost sons - a pleasure garden. But in withholding his vision...
Engels | 10 uur 55 minuten (496 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Pippa James The Happiness Project
Prepare to be captivated by one of the most poignant and heart-warming books you will read this year, perfect for readers who loved One Day in December. Alison’s perfect world has fallen apart. Her beloved larger than life mother-in-law, Maggie, has just passed away. Every afternoon they’d talk and laugh over a pot of tea - and Maggie was secretly the glue that held Alison’s family together. Now she’s trying to figure out a future without her... With a little help from her two best friends, Alison...
Engels | 7 uur 58 minuten (356 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Karen Clarke The Beachside Christmas
Snow is falling and there’s romance in the air. Curl up for a cosy Christmas by the fire at Seaview Cottage... When thirty-year-old Lily Ambrose’s latest relationship ends in disaster, she remembers happy childhood holidays in the seaside town of Shipley and decides it’s the perfect place for a fresh start. But when Lily arrives, the town’s spirits are as low as her own: the local celebrity due to turn on the Christmas lights has gone on a cruise instead. Keen to prove herself, she calls in a favour...
Engels | 9 uur 36 minuten (422 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Erin Green The Magic of Christmas Tree Farm
The scent of pine fills the crisp air as local villagers select their perfect tree. Picking the tree is the easy bit, creating a perfect Christmas is a bit trickier.. Nina has the most magical job in the world, matching customers with their perfect Christmas tree. Working at Christmas Tree Farm is always fun and full of laughter but the weight of past tragedy bears down on her. Her admirer is a great distraction, but is he the right man for her? Holly is just trying to be a normal teenager, having...
Engels | 8 uur 15 minuten (361 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Donna Ashcroft Christmas in the Scottish Highlands
Welcome to the gorgeous little Scottish village of Christmas, where snow is falling, presents are being wrapped and the locals are writing their festive wish lists. Will this finally be the year that Belle’s dreams come true? Thirty-year-old Belle Albany is feeling lonely this Christmas. Another whole year has passed and her life is... exactly the same as it was last December. She longs for true love and a little bit of winter magic – but she’s almost given up on finding it in the sleepy Scottish...
Engels | 9 uur 16 minuten (411 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Victoria Walters Dreams Come True at Glendale Hall
A romantic, uplifting and feelgood read
Lorna is following her dreams. But can she follow her heart? Lorna Ferguson has dreamt of opening her own bed and breakfast in the village of Glendale for as long as she’d pictured falling in love. Although her love life remains hopeless, Lorna is determined to secure Dove House – the home she imagined living in as a child – to start this new venture with her family. Along with brother Adam, Lorna starts restoring the house to its Art Deco glory, but faced with a whole host of renovation problems...
Engels | 12 uur 5 minuten (553 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Karen King Single All the Way
‘I don’t exactly know how to tell you this, but you're not the only one who is single again.’ Single together for the first time, 34-year-old Meg and her warm-hearted mother Sally decide to cancel Christmas, and run away to a tiny cottage on the Cornish coast. For Meg, it is the perfect place to heal, while for her mother it has a special, and secret, place in her heart. Meg and Sally find that they’re not only getting to know themselves, but also each other. However, unable to resist getting involved...
Engels | 7 uur 32 minuten (334 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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