Sourcebooks mai 2014 (9 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'I love Emily.'--Madeleine L'EngleWill Emily's Dreams Ever Come True High school is over and Emily Starr is ready to find her destiny.but she's not quite ready to leave the safety of New Moon farm. She knows that she doesn't need New York City or some other exotic locale to help her become a famous writer. But as all of Emily's friends begin moving away to pursue their own aspirations in exciting places, she wonders if she's made the right choice. After suffering through a devastating illness, receiving rejection notices from multiple publishers, and nearly losing Teddy, her childhood sweetheart, Emily realizes that her quest for love, acceptance, and happiness is far from over.This new edition lovingly restores the original, unabridged text and includes an all-new, exclusive introduction with special memories from L.M. Montgomery's granddaughter.What Readers Are Saying: 'Emily's Quest is my favorite of the Emily books (probably of all her books), and a wonderful real for any romantic like me.''Wonderful. As with all the Montgomery books, the beauty of the world captures you. Emily's Quest is a brilliant end to a most charming series of books.''Emily's Quest is truly a wonderful ending to one of the best stories ever written.'.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Making rounds to homes one wet spring morning, veterinarian Dr. Kate Turner visits an estate whose owners breed champion Cavalier King Charles spaniels. Instead of sharing traditional tea with the couple, she confronts a bloody scene of bodies and twenty-seven blue-ribbon dogs running wild.Police initially suspect a murder-suicide, but when Dr. Kate proves the famous best-in-show champion is missing, a darker reality intrudes. She remembers her grandfather saying that there are two motives for murder--love and money. While treating local pets, Dr. Kate discovers suspects and motives everywhere in this charming town filled with people who wanted the couple dead.Was the couple murdered for money their champion could bring to another breeder How is their daughter, anxious to rid herself of the pampered dogs, handling the wealth she inherits Would the celebrity filmmaker living nearby kill to end a multi-million dollar lawsuit Did long-buried personal secrets cause the deaths And what's going on at the office behind her back Is Dr. Kate now in danger We are delighted to discover and publish first-time mystery writer Eileen Brady, D.V.M. Her characters, style, and storytelling bring authenticity and atmosphere to this new 'pet noir' series.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Winner of the 2015 LOCUS AWARD for Best First Novel'.A SUPERB FANTASY NOVEL.' -- The Chicago TribuneIn a beautifully written tale woven together with magic and mystery, flowers and food, Bay Singer finally discovers the secrets her mother has been hiding.Bay Singer has bigger secrets than most.Not that she knows about them. Her mother, Nan, is sure that the burden of those secrets would be too much, and that's why she never told anyone the truth, not even Bay.There's a lot that Nan's kept quiet over the years, especially those times with Mavis and Ruthie times that were dark and full of guilt.But some secrets have a power all their own, and Nan realizes she needs Mavis and Ruthie now more than ever. When the three meet again in Nan's garden, their reunion has spellbinding effects that none of them could have imagined, least of all Bay.An enchanting fantasy, fans of Alice Hoffman, Sarah Addison Allen, will be captivated by Mary Rickert, the World Fantasy and Crawford Award-winning author.What reviewers are saying about The Memory Garden: 'atmospheric, eerie, and utterly beautiful.' -- Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Someone Else's Love Story'A totally CHARMING, totally ENGAGING story told by Rickert, a magus of the first order. MAGIC IN EVERY LINE.' -- Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves and The Jane Austen Book Club'The Memory Garden is one of the most intense fantasy books I've read in years.reminds me a bit of [Terry] Pratchett's Tiffany Aching books, but also of some of my favorite literary novels about misfits who invent themselves as they go along. I've seldom read a book that's as gentle, and yet as powerful, as The Memory Garden.' -- io9'. a blend of poetical language and dark suspense. 'The Memory Garden' is a tale of tragedy, hope and kinship.' -- The Washington Post'[A] BEWITCHING MARVEL of a book.' -- BookPage'. absolutely STUNNING.' -- Christopher Barzak, author of One for Sorrow.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Making rounds to homes one wet spring morning, veterinarian Dr. Kate Turner visits an estate whose owners breed champion Cavalier King Charles spaniels. Instead of sharing traditional tea with the couple, she confronts a bloody scene of bodies and twenty-seven blue-ribbon dogs running wild.Police initially suspect a murder-suicide, but when Dr. Kate proves the famous best-in-show champion is missing, a darker reality intrudes. She remembers her grandfather saying that there are two motives for murder--love and money. While treating local pets, Dr. Kate discovers suspects and motives everywhere in this charming town filled with people who wanted the couple dead.Was the couple murdered for money their champion could bring to another breeder How is their daughter, anxious to rid herself of the pampered dogs, handling the wealth she inherits Would the celebrity filmmaker living nearby kill to end a multi-million dollar lawsuit Did long-buried personal secrets cause the deaths And what's going on at the office behind her back Is Dr. Kate now in danger We are delighted to discover and publish first-time mystery writer Eileen Brady, D.V.M. Her characters, style, and storytelling bring authenticity and atmosphere to this new 'pet noir' series.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - If a blackmail letter drives a man to suicide, is the sender guilty of murder 'Yes,' says Oliver Swithin, author of bestselling Finsbury the Ferret children's stories and amateur sleuth, who is on holiday in an ancient village.A midnight streak with his naked girlfriend--Scotland Yard's Effie Strongitham--abruptly ends in the discovery of a corpse. Retired radiobroadcaster Dennis Breedlove has hanged himself from the old gibbet. Evidence suggests blackmail may have driven this celebrity to suicide. Irresistibly intrigued, Oliver believes discovering the dead man's secret will lead to the identity of the blackmailer. But in Britain today, when shame is a ticket to fame, why suicide What if it wasn't When the mystery abruptly turns inside out, black-clad strangers attack Oliver in the night. The Vicar behaves strangely. So do the village's five unmarried Bennet sisters, a mysterious monk, the persistent, self-effacing Underwood Tooth, and Oliver's Uncle Tim, Effie's superior at the Yard and a part-time Shakespearean actor. Plus Oliver's aunt and his mother. Who else might play a role in This Private Plot Two William Shakespeares It's time to put the laugh back into slaughter with the long-awaited third chapter in the career of Oliver Swithin. Yet under the clever wordplay and bawdy jokes lies an inventive and, yes, scholarly plot.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Scotland Yard is hunting the worst kind of serial killer--one with a sense of humor.When children's book author Oliver Swithin, reluctant creator of the notorious 'Finsbury the Ferret,' finds an old friend's body floating in a Trafalgar Square fountain, he can't convince the police to treat the death as a murder.But then more corpses turn up daily--on a tube station platform, in a botanical gardens hothouse, even in the middle of Piccadilly Circus--each murdered in an increasingly bizarre manner. It seems that a serial killer is at play, using London's landscape as his game board.Oliver joins his uncle, Detective Superintendent Tim Mallard, in a race to uncover the pattern behind the growing number of deaths. But even if they solve the murderer's puzzle, will it help them identify the next victim before the killer strikes again And will Oliver ever reveal his secret passion for Mallard's assistant, the forbidding Detective Sergeant Effie Strongitharm And what does any of this have to do with a battery-operated ferret, the works of Lewis Carroll, the great London Scorpion Scare, the episode of the nude Macbeth, and Underwood Tooth, the world's leading expert on being ignored.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Filled with clever repartee, memorable characters, and an ending as satisfying as it is unexpected.'--BooklistWhat holy terror spiked the sacraments with strychnine When a teenage girl disappears from a north London suburb a few days before Christmas, Detective Sergeant Effie Strongitharm puts would-be cult leader and reputed exorcist Nigel Tapster on her list of people to be questioned.But when Effie witnesses Tapster's agonizing death during a church service, she needs to ask a different question: What holy terror spiked the sacraments with strychnine With her mentor Detective Superintendent Mallard battling forced retirement, Effie turns to children's book writer Oliver Swithin to help her in a double quest--to bring the girl home and the murderer to justice in time for Christmas.But is there a connection between the cases And what does any of this have to do with a Scotland Yard Commissioner's personal hygiene, a six-year-old Hell's Angel, a guide to beastly behavior featuring Finsbury the Ferret, a touch of Shakespeare, and the return of the mysterious, virtually invisible Underwood Tooth.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - If a blackmail letter drives a man to suicide, is the sender guilty of murder 'Yes,' says Oliver Swithin, author of bestselling Finsbury the Ferret children's stories and amateur sleuth, who is on holiday in an ancient village.A midnight streak with his naked girlfriend--Scotland Yard's Effie Strongitham--abruptly ends in the discovery of a corpse. Retired radiobroadcaster Dennis Breedlove has hanged himself from the old gibbet. Evidence suggests blackmail may have driven this celebrity to suicide. Irresistibly intrigued, Oliver believes discovering the dead man's secret will lead to the identity of the blackmailer. But in Britain today, when shame is a ticket to fame, why suicide What if it wasn't When the mystery abruptly turns inside out, black-clad strangers attack Oliver in the night. The Vicar behaves strangely. So do the village's five unmarried Bennet sisters, a mysterious monk, the persistent, self-effacing Underwood Tooth, and Oliver's Uncle Tim, Effie's superior at the Yard and a part-time Shakespearean actor. Plus Oliver's aunt and his mother. Who else might play a role in This Private Plot Two William Shakespeares It's time to put the laugh back into slaughter with the long-awaited third chapter in the career of Oliver Swithin. Yet under the clever wordplay and bawdy jokes lies an inventive and, yes, scholarly plot.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Making rounds to homes one wet spring morning, veterinarian Dr. Kate Turner visits an estate whose owners breed champion Cavalier King Charles spaniels. Instead of sharing traditional tea with the couple, she confronts a bloody scene of bodies and twenty-seven blue-ribbon dogs running wild.Police initially suspect a murder-suicide, but when Dr. Kate proves the famous best-in-show champion is missing, a darker reality intrudes. She remembers her grandfather saying that there are two motives for murder--love and money. While treating local pets, Dr. Kate discovers suspects and motives everywhere in this charming town filled with people who wanted the couple dead.Was the couple murdered for money their champion could bring to another breeder How is their daughter, anxious to rid herself of the pampered dogs, handling the wealth she inherits Would the celebrity filmmaker living nearby kill to end a multi-million dollar lawsuit Did long-buried personal secrets cause the deaths And what's going on at the office behind her back Is Dr. Kate now in danger We are delighted to discover and publish first-time mystery writer Eileen Brady, D.V.M. Her characters, style, and storytelling bring authenticity and atmosphere to this new 'pet noir' series. 250 pp. Englisch.…