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Liam Taggart & Catherine Lockhart Séries

Cette série explore avec force la complexité des relations humaines et de la moralité à travers des périodes historiques tumultueuses. Au fil de récits captivants, le lecteur plonge dans des thèmes tels que l'amitié, la trahison, l'amour et une volonté de survie indomptable face à des horreurs inimaginables. L'auteure mêle avec brio des drames personnels à des événements sociaux et politiques plus larges, incitant à une réflexion sur les questions éternelles du bien et du mal.

Obhajoba Britty Steinové
The Trust
Houslistka z Berlína
Eli's Promise
Saving Sophie
Volevo solo averti accanto

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  1. Volevo solo averti accanto

    • 420pages
    • 15 heures de lecture

    Elliot Rosenzweig, a wealthy Chicago philanthropist, is attending opening night at the opera. Ben Solomon, a retired Polish immigrant, makes his way through the crowd and shoves a gun in Rosenzweig's face, denouncing him as former SS officer, Otto Piatek. Solomon is blind-sided, knocked to the floor and taken away. Rosenzweig uses his enormous influence to get Solomon released from jail, but Solomon commences a relentless pursuit to bring Rosenzweig before the courts to answer for war crimes. Solomon finds a young attorney, Catherine Lockhart, to whom he recounts his family's struggles and heroisms during the war, revealing to her that he and Piatek grew up as brothers in the same household. Once We Were Brothers is a contemporary legal thriller and a poignant look back into the lives of small town Poland during World War II. The author, Ronald H. Balson, is a Chicago trial attorney, an educator and writer. His practice has taken him to several international venues, including villages in Poland which have inspired this novel. (edited by author)

    Volevo solo averti accanto1
    4,2

  2. Saving Sophie

    • 448pages
    • 16 heures de lecture

    From the author of Once We Were Brothers, Liam and Catherine team up again to investigate an embezzlement case, and discover a link between their prime suspect, a kidnapping, and a terrorist cell

    Saving Sophie2
    4,1

  3. Eli's Promise

    • 352pages
    • 13 heures de lecture

    "A 'fixer' in a Polish town during World War II, his betrayal of a Jewish family, and a search for justice 25 years later. Eli's Promise spans three eras--Nazi-occupied Poland, the American Zone of post-war Germany, and Chicago at the height of the Vietnam War. 1939: Eli Rosen lives with his wife Esther and their young son in the Polish town of Lublin, where his family owns a construction company. As a consequence of the Nazi occupation, Eli's company is Aryanized, appropriated and transferred to Maximilian Poleski-an unprincipled profiteer who peddles favors to Lublin's subjugated residents. An uneasy alliance is formed; Poleski will keep the Rosen family safe if Eli will manage the business. Will Poleski honor his promise or will their relationship end in betrayal and tragedy? 1946: Eli resides with his son in a displaced persons camp in Allied-occupied Germany hoping for a visa to America. His wife has been missing since the war. One man is sneaking around the camps selling illegal visas; might he know what has happened to her? 1965: Eli rents a room in Albany Park, Chicago. He is on a mission. With patience, cunning, and relentless focus, he navigates unfamiliar streets and dangerous political backrooms, searching for the truth. Powerful and emotional, Ronald H. Balson's Eli's Promise is a rich, rewarding novel of World War II and a husband's quest for justice."-- Provided by publisher

    Eli's Promise3
    4,1

  4. Houslistka z Berlína

    • 424pages
    • 15 heures de lecture

    Catherine Lockhartová a Liam Taggart dostanou pozvání na večeři do italské restaurace. Tetu jejího majitele a jejich dlouholetého přítele chce z farmy v toskánských kopcích vystěhovat velice vlivná korporace, která tvrdí, že má na pozemky vlastnická práva. Catherine s Liamem dostanou jediné vodítko v podobě rukou psaného německého životopisu, v…

    Houslistka z Berlína4
    4,7

  5. The Trust

    • 384pages
    • 14 heures de lecture

    The newest novel from bestselling author of Once We Were Brothers has private investigator Liam Taggart returning to his childhood home for his uncle's funeral, only to discover he was murdered. 'This top-notch thriller will keep readers riveted to the very last page.' - Library Journal

    The Trust4
    3,9

  6. Obhajoba Britty Steinové

    • 416pages
    • 15 heures de lecture

    Chicago, 2018. Ole Henryks, majitel oblíbené restaurace, v Chicagu dobře známý i z místní televize, má být za své mnohaleté občanské a dobročinné aktivity vyznamenán chicagskou asociací dánsko-amerického přátelství a uveden do síně slávy. Ole proslul zejména svými činy za druhé světové války v nacisty okupovaném Dánsku a většina lidí ho považuje za hrdinu. Ale Britta Steinová nikoli. Tato dvaadevadesátiletá chicagská dáma vznáší proti Henryksovi veřejná obvinění – po nocích sprejuje na zdi jeho restaurace nápisy jako „lhář,“, „vlastizrádce“, „kolaborant“ či „udavač“. Posléze je zatčena a obviněna z trestného činu poškozování majetku a rozhořčený Ole Henryks na ni podá žalobu pro nactiutrhání a záměrné působení emocionální újmy. Advokátka Catherine Lockhartová zpočátku váhá, ale nakonec souhlasí, že se obhajoby paní Steinové ujme. Má-li však najít důkazy, které prokážou nevinu její klientky, musí se za přispění svého investigativního manžela Liama Taggarta vrátit do časů válečného Dánska.

    Obhajoba Britty Steinové5
    4,6

  7. The Girl from Berlin

    • 384pages
    • 14 heures de lecture

    The Girl from Berlin is the winner of the Book Club category for the 2018 National Jewish Book Award. In this new novel, Liam and Catherine come to the aid of an old friend and are drawn into a property dispute in Tuscany that unearths long-buried secrets.

    The Girl from Berlin5
    4,4