Peter De Jonge Livres

The story unfolds as a home health attendant brings a troubling confession to Detective Darlene O'Hara: a senior with Alzheimer's claims to have murdered his former partner over a decade ago. As the NYPD investigates, they excavate a park and uncover the skeletal remains of a ten-year-old boy, leading to a deeper mystery. The narrative explores themes of memory, guilt, and the haunting consequences of past crimes, challenging the characters to confront the truth behind the chilling discovery.

Tom Dunleavy has a one-man law firm in East Hampton, summer home to billionaires and Hollywood celebrities. But his clients are the people he grew up with, the people who make a living serving the rich. When an old friend, Dante Halleyville, is arrested for a triple murder near a movie star's mansion, Tom agrees to represent him, and recruits super lawyer, and ex-girlfriend, Kate Costello to help fight the case. As Tom wonders if he can ever get Kate to forgive him for his past sins, the case takes on astonishing dimensions, revealing a world of illegal pleasures, revenge, and fear amongst the super-rich...

Jack Mullen is a driven student of the law. His brother Peter is a servant of the rich, parking the cars of the Hamptons' elite-and perhaps satisfying their more intimate needs as well. Then Peter's body is found on the beach. Jack knows the drowning was no accident, but someone's unlimited power and money have bought the cops, the judges, the system. Now Jack is learning a lesson in justice he never got in law school ... and his astonishing plan to beat the billionaires will have you reeling-and cheering-to the very last page.

In this gripping mystery, a beautiful woman vanishes without a trace, leaving her loved ones desperate for answers. The narrative unfolds through the perspectives of various characters, each revealing secrets and connections that complicate the investigation. Themes of obsession, betrayal, and the impact of social media weave through the plot, as detectives race against time to uncover the truth. As layers of deception are peeled away, the story explores the darker sides of human nature and the lengths people will go to protect their own secrets.

"Van Raas tot Rico' biedt nieuwe en verrassende verhalen over Zeeuwse topsporters. De carrière van Jan Raas had in zijn laatste jaar als amateurwielrenner zomaar een onverwachte wending kunnen krijgen. Judoka Elisabeth Willeboordse inspireert kinderen in de sloppenwijken van Rio de Janeiro. Atlete Els Vader beschouwt haar dochter als de échte topsporter van het gezin. En kickbokser Rico Verhoeven had bij het voetballen de scheidsrechter altijd tegen. Bijna alle aspecten van topsport komen aan de orde: de steun van ouders, sponsoring, passie, succes, tegenslag, volharding en (Zeeuwse?) eigenzinnigheid. Met van elke sportman of -vrouw een uitgebreide biografie. De verhalen zijn geschreven door Peter de Jonge (1951), ex-sportjournalist van PZC en NRC Handelsblad en voormalig hoofdredacteur van het AD en CTV Zeeland. De biografieën zijn van de hand van Wim van Gorsel (1959), wetenschappelijk onderzoeker bij ZB| Planbureau en Bibliotheek van Zeeland.

Als een 11-jarig voetbaltalentje verdwijnt, is zijn moeder radeloos; zijn vader weet waar hij is, maar raakt zijn grip op zijn plan kwijt.