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Vera Wong is back and as meddling as ever in this follow-up to the hit Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers.… A New York Times' Best Mystery Novels of 2025 2026 Edgar's Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award Nominee 2026 Audie Award for Best Mystery Finalist Ever since a man was found...

Lucy Entwhistle and Everard Wemyss, both recovering from recent unhappiness, meet and quickly fall in love. However, over their new-found bliss looms the spectre of Vera, Wemyss’s first wife who died in mysterious circumstances. After their wedding the couple return home and Lucy really does begin to be troubled by what happened to Vera. Considered a high-water mark by the author, the story is an extraordinarily black vision of a young wife who gradually begins to understand that her husband will accept nothing less than total intellectual and emotional servitude.

Lucy Entwhistle's beloved father has just died; aged twenty-two she finds herself alone in the world. Leaning against her garden gate, dazed and unhappy, she is disturbed by the sudden appearance of the perspiring Mr Wemyss. This middle-aged man is also in mourning - for his wife Vera, who has died in mysterious circumstances. Before Lucy can collect herself, Mr Wemyss has taken charge: of the funeral arrangements, of her kind aunt Dot, but most of all of Lucy herself - body and soul.

From an award-winning journalist comes this real-life cloak-and-dagger tale of Vera Atkins, one of Britain’s premiere secret agents during World War II. As the head of the French Section of the British Special Operations Executive, Vera Atkins recruited, trained, and mentored special...

Szeged, 1980. Vera az általános iskola negyedik osztályába jár, jó tanuló, jó sportoló. Biztonságosnak hitt élete pár hét leforgása alatt megváltozik. Az egyik eseményből következik a másik, mintha dominók dőlnének egymás után, mégsem lehet tudni, vajon mi indítja el az események láncolatát. Mi fordítja szembe végzetesen az addigi legjobb barátnőjével? Miért olyan jó és ugyanakkor ijesztő egyre több időt tölteni Józeffel, az új lengyel fiúval?

Hailed by critics as "monumental" ( Boston Globe) and "utterly romantic" ( New York magazine), Véra, the story of Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov, brings to shimmering life one of the greatest literary love stories of our time. Vladimir Nabokov, author of Lolita, Pale Fire, and Speak, Memory, wrote his books first for himself and secondly for his wife.

Convicted of murder 16 years ago, William Benson is ostracised by the establishment and his family. Supported by a close-knit group including solicitor Tess de Vere, he's defied them all and opened his own Chambers. Now he faces the case of his life - and the terminal illness of Helen Camberley, who helped him leave his prison life behind. Jorge Menderez, a doctor from Spain, has been found dead in a deserted warehouse in East London. A troubled man, he'd turned to counsellor Karen Lynwood seeking help.

William Benson knows what it's like to be accused of something you didn't do - the fear, the vulnerability and the nightmare of watching your life unravel. Now he speaks on behalf of those who have no voice, defending anyone who claims to be innocent. This time, it's Karmen Naylor, estranged daughter of a south London crime boss, fighting a murder charge and desperate to be believed. But Benson becomes trapped into a grudge match between two rival clans, endangering himself and those he loves.

Vera Brittain and the First World War tells the remarkable story of the author behind Testament of Youth while charting the book's ascent to become one of the most loved memoirs of the First World War period. Such interest is set to expand even more in this centenary year of the war's outbreak.

A cabin in the woods. Three dead, one in critical condition. Property owned by not just any Tennessee local, but one of the richest men in the country. Vera Boyett isn’t quite sure what it means. But that’s why Sheriff Gray “Bent” Benton called her: to figure it out. Criminal analysis is what she does best. Even when the town is in panicked shambles, even when the case is more delicate than most…and even when it’s not the only case on her plate.

Forced to marry an American heiress to save his family, Graeme Parr, Earl of Montclair, vowed their marriage would be in name only. Abigail Price thought handsome, aristocratic Graeme was her knight in shining armor, rescuing her from her overbearing father. But when she was spurned by her husband on their wedding night, Abigail fled home to New York. Now, years later, Abigail has returned. But this sophisticated, alluring woman is not the drab girl Graeme remembers. Appalled by her bold American ways but drawn to her beauty, Graeme follows her on a merry chase.

Someone’s been watching Tana closely, but he’s a lot closer than she realizes. From intimate moments to lazy afternoons on the couch, he’s secretly seen it all—and fallen for her along the way. The problem is that someone else is watching too, and his obsession with Tana is a lot more dangerous.

Vera ha seguido siempre las reglas: ha vivido durante más de veinte años con la elegancia, la discreción y la dignidad exigidas a la esposa de un marqués. Pero ahora, a los cuarenta y cinco, recién separada y sin nadie que le dicte qué hacer, empieza a plantearse preguntas que nunca se había permitido. En medio de esta búsqueda aparece Antonio. Es más joven, de origen modesto y ajeno a su mundo. El exmarido de Vera no acepta que esta se haya rebelado, y lo que comienza como despecho se va convirtiendo en algo mucho más siniestro. Hay cosas que el marqués no soporta perder.

Vera Boyett is a master at cracking a case. After tragedy destroyed her career as deputy police chief, she felt lost. Moving back home near her sisters, she put her skills back to use as a crime analyst, and now her star is finally back on the rise. Vera’s work really begins to heat up after the local sheriff, Gray “Bent” Benton, calls to ask her for assistance with a pressing case. Pushing aside their complicated past, Vera agrees to help Bent search for a missing reporter.

In this funny and endearing novel for readers of Steven Rowley and Fredrik Backman, a widower has just a month until he leaves his home—and possibly his life—but when he meets a young woman from his neighborhood who’s soon to be unhoused, the two form an unlikely, yet transformational...

Ist deine Mutter toxisch? Hast du ständig Schuldgefühle oder das Gefühl, nicht genug zu sein? Fällt es dir schwer, Grenzen zu setzen – besonders gegenüber deiner Mutter? Dann bist du nicht allein. Und du bist nicht falsch. Dieses Buch ist dein ehrlicher, kompakter Begleiter auf dem Weg aus toxischen Familienstrukturen – und hinein in ein selbstbestimmtes Leben.

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Che cosa ne è stato delle Bestie di Satana, i teenagers lombardi responsabili di uno tra i più efferati fatti di cronaca nera degli ultimi anni? Hanno scontato la loro pena? Si sono pentiti dei loro delitti? Gabriele Moroni, inviato speciale del "Giorno", torna sulle tracce degli assassini e fa il punto, ricostruendo passo passo uno dei casi di cronaca italiana più violenti e misteriosi, che ha avuto come protagonisti proprio quei giovanissimi ragazzi.

La lingua batte dove il dente duole, e il dente che duole alla fin fine è sempre lo stesso. L'unica rivoluzione possibile è smettere di piangerci su. In questo romanzo esilarante e feroce, Veronica Raimo apre una strada nuova. Racconta del sesso, dei legami, delle perdite, del diventare grandi, e nella sua voce buffa, caustica, disincantata esplode il ritratto finalmente sincero e libero di una giovane donna di oggi. "Niente di vero" è la scommessa riuscita, rarissima, di curare le ferite ridendo. "All'inizio c'è la famiglia.

As the Snowdrops yield to the eager Hepaticas and Primroses, the bare Elms burst forth with vibrant purple, and we eagerly anticipate the budding Gentians. Nature gracefully mends herself in an endless cycle, while we, as humans, may find ourselves with some barren patches where the grass seems reluctant to bloom once more. This poetic exploration of an English garden captures the enchanting transformations throughout the seasons. EVB, as she preferred to be called, crafted and illustrated four garden books during the final years of her life. - Summary From the Preface