Petra Mrduljaš Livres

A darkly whimsical and wickedly funny tale about a twelve-year-old maid who finds herself at the very heart of a conspiracy involving mischief, ghosts, and intrigue. Just right for fans of Lemony Snicket and Neil Gaiman, Anyone but Ivy Pocket is the first book in a four-book series and is illustrated throughout. Ivy Pocket is a walking disaster, at every turn enraging and appalling the fancy aristocrats she works for. But our protagonist doesn't see herself that way at all. In fact, she's convinced she's rather wonderful, perfectly charming, and extremely talented. When Ivy finds herself abandoned and penniless in Paris, she has no idea how she will get back to England. Fate intervenes when Ivy is called to the sickbed of a dying duchess and is charged with delivering a spectacular (and possibly cursed) diamond necklace to Matilda Butterfield on her twelfth birthday. From that moment on, Ivy Pocket is propelled towards her remarkable destiny in a surprising adventure full of villains, mayhem, and misunderstandings.

Broad humor & bitter irony collide in this fictional autobiography of Rabo Karabekian, who, at age 71, wants to be left alone on his Long Island estate with the secret he has locked inside his potato barn. But then a voluptuous young widow badgers Rabo into telling his life story--& Vonnegut in turn tells us the plain, heart-hammering truth about humankind's careless fancy to create or destroy what he loves.

Comédie criminelle chaleureuse, pleine d'humour naturel et d'ironie britannique, avec des personnages attachants. Un excellent mélange d'intrigue criminelle classique et de comédie amusante, ce roman est joyeux, émouvant et irrésistiblement optimiste. Dans un village de luxe pour seniors, quatre amis apparemment disparates forment le Cinq du Club de la Criminalité. Leur passion commune pour la résolution d'énigmes criminelles les unit. Les membres, Joyce, Elizabeth, Ron et Ibrahim, discutent chaque semaine de meurtres non résolus par la police. Lorsque le promoteur local est tué, ces détectives amateurs se retrouvent au cœur d'une enquête qui se déroule ici et maintenant. Ils ont enfin l'occasion de prouver leurs compétences, même s'ils approchent des quatre-vingts ans. Ce groupe de détectives, bien que peu conventionnel, parviendra-t-il à attraper le meurtrier avant qu'il ne soit trop tard ?

A flamboyant party host is murdered in full view of a roomful of bridge players… Mr Shaitana was famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he was a man of whom everybody was a little afraid. So, when he boasted to Poirot that he considered murder an art form, the detective had some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana’s private collection. Indeed, what began as an absorbing evening of bridge was to turn into a more dangerous game altogether…

After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last is bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. She drifts into an affair with the shallow socialite John Beaver and forsakes Tony for the Belgravia set. Brilliantly combining tragedy, comedy and savage irony, A Handful of Dust captures the irresponsible mood of the 'crazy and sterile generation' between the wars. The breakdown of the Last marriage is a painful, comic re-working of Waugh's own divorce, and a symbol of the disintegration of society

Le notaire, le médecin, la femme du pasteur... tout le monde y passe. Et le doute s'insinue dans les esprits. Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu... Pourtant les accusations portées par les lettres anonymes qui déferlent sur Lymstock sont tout à fait grotesques. Ne serait-il pas plus judicieux de s'attaquer aux petits scandales qui émaillent la vie du village ? Mais non... L'auteur des lettres préfère donner dans la fantaisie... Il n'empêche qu'à force de bombarder la petite communauté de propos aussi invraisemblables qu'orduriers, il finira bien par toucher juste un jour. Et qui sait s'il ne déclenchera pas un drame ?

Dylan et Michaela, amants et apprentis acteurs, sont retrouvés en état de choc dans les collines de Malibu. Très vite, on apprend qu'ils ont simulé un enlèvement pour attirer l'attention des médias. Et le coup de pub tourne au drame: Michaela est assassinée, Dylan a disparu... L'heure a sonné pour l'inspecteur Sturgis et son acolyte Delaware de pousser la porte de la PlayHouse, cette école de théâtre sordide. Une plongée dans l'univers étrange et plein de faux-semblants de l'auteur de La Psy et de Tordu.

Dans un bistrot de Chelsea, l'écrivain Mark Easterbrook surprend deux jeunes filles en train de se crêper le chignon. L'une d'elles, " pleine de fric " paraît-il, s'appelle Thomasina Tuckerton. A quelque temps de là, Mark Easterbrook tombe sur un entrefilet : Thomasina Tuckerton est décédée, à l'âge de vingt ans. Peu après, le Père Gorman, qui venait de recueillir la confession d'une vieille dame, se fait assassiner. On retrouve sur lui une liste de noms, parmi lesquels celui de miss Tuckerton. Les autres sont ceux de personnes mortes de mort " naturelle P. Cela conduit Mark Easterbrook au Cheval Pâle où trois vieilles sorcières s'adonnent au spiritisme et terrorisent leur entourage. Mais ce n'est pas le maléfice qui tue : l'explication est beaucoup plus rationnelle.

Nicholas Spencer, directeur d'un centre de recherche médicale, disparaît dans un mystérieux accident d'avion. Peu après, le vaccin anti-cancéreux sur lequel travaillaient ses laboratoires se voit refuser l'autorisation de mise sur le marché et Spencer est soupçonné d'avoir détourné des sommes considérables, ruinant les petits actionnaires de sa société. Carley, une jeune journaliste (et belle-sueur de Spencer) chargée de couvrir l'enquête, se trouve rapidement confrontée à des questions troublantes. Et si Spencer était la victime d'un coup monté ? Si son accident d'avion n'était qu'une mise en scène ? Pourquoi les autorités médicales, favorables à la sortie du vaccin, ont-elles brusquement changé d'avis ? Carley se rapproche alors de la vérité. Dangereusement... La grande Mary Higgins Clark n'a pas fini de nous étonner ! Dans ce suspense machiavélique, mêlant crime et affairisme, elle révèle une nouvelle facette de son talent.

Mortal affections and faery rivalries continue to collide in the town of Huntsdale, as New York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr takes urban fantasy to new heights. After the terrible events of Ink Exchange, the Dark Court has a new ruler. But will Niall's kindness survive his new responsibility to the most violent of Faerie courts? Meanwhile, Seth and Aislinn attempt to mend their relationship. But Aislinn is the Summer Queen and Keenan is her king - and as summer approaches, their chemistry sparks. Will Seth's mortality lose him the one thing he loves above all others? As Niall seeks to control his new Court, Aislinn attempts to resist the seduction of summer, and Seth searches desperately for the gift of immortality, a delicate balance is threatened, and a terrible plot is revealed...

Aislinn les voit depuis toujours, lui et les siens. Aussi cruels que séduisants, ils se déplacent sans bruit dans le monde des mortels. Depuis quelques jours, l’un d’eux poursuit inlassablement Aislinn. Il chuchote à son oreille qu’elle est l’Elue. Aussi charmée que terrifiée, Aislinn le repousse de toutes ses forces. Jusqu’au jour où il lui révèle pourquoi il a tant besoin d’elle...

Tamara Goodwin has always lived in the here and now, never giving a second thought to tomorrow. Until a travelling library arrives in her tiny village, bringing with it a mysterious, large leather-bound book locked with a gold clasp and padlock.

From the bestselling author of 'The Husband's Secret' comes a compelling story where nothing is as simple as it seems.

Every wondered where the lost things go? A redemptive and captivating novel from the bestselling author Since Sandy Shortt's childhood schoolmate disappeared twenty years ago, Sandy has been obsessed with missing things. Finding becomes her goal - whether it's the odd sock that vanished in the washing machine, the car keys she misplaced in her rush to get to work or the graver issue of finding the people who vanish from their lives. Sandy dedicates her life to finding these missing people, offering devastated families a flicker of hope. Jack Ruttle is one of those desperate people. It's been a year since his brother Donal vanished into thin air and the sleepless nights and frantic days aren't getting any easier. He thinks Sandy Shortt could well be the answer to his prayers. But when Sandy goes missing too, her search ends when she stumbles upon the place - and people - she's been looking for all of her life. A world away from her loved ones and the home she ran from for so long, Sandy soon resorts to her old habit again, searching. Though this time, she is desperately trying to find her way home...

This provocative, powerful novel explores class, race and star-crossed love in modern, small-town America - in the vein of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere.

A box of possessions. A father with no memory. A daughter with just one day to piece together the past. When Sabrina Boggs stumbles upon a mysterious collection of her father’s belongings, her seemingly uneventful life suddenly alters and shifts. In the single day she has to search for answers about the man she thought she knew, a man who can no longer remember his own story, Sabrina uncovers far bigger secrets than she could have imagined. And discovers that sometimes it’s the people closest to us that we know the least.

*Winner of the Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year* A thoughtful, captivating and ultimately uplifting novel from this uniquely talented author Jasmine loves two things: her sister and her work. And when her work is taken away she has no idea who she is. Matt loves two things: his family and the booze. Without them, he hits rock bottom. One New Year's Eve, two people's paths collide. Both have time on their hands; both are at a crossroads. But as the year unfolds, through moonlit nights and suburban days, an unlikely friendship slowly starts to blossom. Sometimes you have to stop still in order to move on... Original and poignant, The Year I Met You will make you laugh, cry and celebrate life.

Maybe it was time I forgot about Nico Peterson, and his sister, and the Cahuilla Club, and Clare Cavendish. Clare? The rest would be easy to put out of my mind, but not the black-eyed blonde . . . It is the early 1950s. In Los Angeles, Private Detective Philip Marlowe is as restless and lonely as ever, and business is a little slow. Then a new client arrives: young, beautiful, and expensively dressed, Clare Cavendish wants Marlowe to find her former lover, a man named Nico Peterson. Soon Marlowe will find himself not only under the spell of the Black-Eyed Blonde; but tangling with one of Bay Cityâe(tm)s richest families âe" and developing a singular appreciation for how far they will go to protect their fortune . . . In this gripping and deeply evocative crime novel, Benjamin Black returns us to the dark, mesmerising world of Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye and his singular detective Philip Marlowe; one of the most iconic and enduringly popular detectives in crime fiction.

Lou Clark zna mnogo toga. Zna koliko je koraka od autobusne postaje do njezine kuće. Zna da voli raditi u čajani Prhko pecivo i zna da možda ne voli svojeg dečka Patricka. Ali ono što Lou ne zna jest da će izgubiti posao, kao ni to da joj neznanje čuva zdrav razum. Will Traynor zna da mu je prometna nesreća oduzela želju za životom. Zna da je trenutačno sve oko njega skučeno i neveselo, a zna i točno kako tome stati na kraj. Ono što Will ne zna jest da će u njegov život banuti Lou u vrtlogu boja. I nijedno od njih ne zna da će se međusobno zauvijek izmijeniti.

Ubivsi postarijeg svećenika, ubojica tako grubo pretraži svoju žrtvu da pri tom razdere ionako istrošenu svećeničku halju. Što je to ubojica tražio? I što je to nekoliko sati ranije žena na samrti povjerila svećeniku? Mark Easterbrook i njegova pomoćnica Ginger Corrigan to su odlučili doznati. Hoće li odgovore pronaći kod tri žene koje stanuju u nekadašnjem svratištu Kod sivog konja i za koje se govorka da se bave crnom magijom?

Zbirka priča Cecelije Ahern SVAKE GODINE sadrži tri priče o ljubavi, darivanju, prijateljstvu, obitelji, vezama, čaroliji riječi i ljepoti čudesnog. Kao sve knjige Cecelije Ahern, i ovaj je naslov prožet karakterističnim spojem suza i smijeha koje ova kraljica suvremenih bajki majstorski odmjerava. „Svake godine“ priča je o malenim božićnim ritualima koje ima svaka obitelj, a koji se s vremenom ipak moraju preispitati i ponovno postaviti na možda malo drugačiji način kako čarolije ne bi nestalo…

I kao nestašna djeca, i kao buntovni tinejdžeri, Rosie i Alex ostali su jedno uz drugo u dobru i zlu. Ali upravo kad su otkrili draži mladenačkih noći u gradu i propalih spojeva, bivaju razdvojeni. Alexova se obitelj seli iz Dublina u Ameriku – i Alex odlazi s njima. Zauvijek. Rosie je bez njega izgubljena. Ali uoči planiranog preseljenja k Alexu u Boston, Rosie prima vijesti koje će joj zauvijek promijeniti život – i zadržati je kod kuće u Irskoj. Njihova čudesna povezanost pomaže im prebroditi životne uspone i padove, ali nijedno od njih ne zna može li njihovo prijateljstvo preživjeti godine i kilometre – i nove veze. Rosie se negdje duboko u sebi pita bi li možda trebali biti nešto više od prijatelja. Sve ih vrijeme razdvajaju nesporazumi, okolnosti i obična zla sreća, a kad im se ukaže posljednja prilika, hoće li sve staviti na kocku u ime istinske ljubavi? Alex i Rosie naučit će da je sudbina čudna stvar i da ih nije spremna ostaviti na miru…

"Sudbina katkad jednostavno ne zna prestati zabadati nos... Autorica bestselera ..P.S. volim te"" donosi čaroban roman o dvoje prijatelja iz djetinjstva s kojima se sudbina ne prestaje poigravati... ! kao nestašna djeca, i kao buntovni tinejdžeri. Rosie i Alex ostali su jedno uz drugo u dobru i zlu. Ali upravo kad ou otkrili draži mladenačkih noći u gradu i propalih spojeva. bivaju razdvojeni Alexova oe obitelj seli iz Dublina u Ameriku - i Alex odlazi s njima. Zauvijek. Rosie je bez njega izgubljena. Ali uoči planiranog preseljenja kAlexu u Bcston. Rosie prima vijesti koje će joj zauvijek promijeniti život - i zadržati je kod kuće u Irskoj. Njihova čudesna povezanost pomaže im prebroditi životne uspone i padove, ali nijedno od njih ne zna može li njihovo prijateljstvo preživjeti godine i kilometre - i nove veze. Rosie se negdje duboko u sebi pita bi li možda trebali biti nešto više od prijatelja. Sve ih vrijeme razdvajaju nesporazumi, okolnosti i obična zla sreća, a kad im se ukaže posljednja prilika, hoće li sve staviti na kocku u ime istinske ljubavi?