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Anna Ihrén The Herring King

Scandals. Secrets. Silence. When the grandson of the great Herring King is found dead in a newly renovated pilot house on the beautiful island of Smögen, Nathalie Colette and Sandra Haraldsson are first on the scene. Ruled as a suicide, the case baffles them as the victim was set to inherit the large fortune from his father who has just passed away. But is it suicide? And if so, what is really going on in the old merchant's house on Smögenbryggan? ´The Herring King´ is the third part of...

Engels | 8 uur 54 minuten (394 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Justin David Tales of the Suburbs

Growing up in the Black Country under Mrs Thatcher's iron grip, Jamie dreams of a life in a magical metropolis, rubbing shoulders with the mythical creatures from Smash Hits. Despite the quirky characters in his hometown and his mother's witty one-liners, Jamie's heart is set on something greater. Follow him through secondary school, teenage turmoil, and art school, where he falls in love with Billy and the allure of the big city. Will he choose to play it safe in Welston or take a chance on a new...

Engels | 3 uur 2 minuten (133 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Phoebe Walker Temper

"There’s a gap where my sense of place should be. It’s quite a useful one sometimes. It allows me to sit on the cusp of an opinion." Following a move to the Netherlands, a young woman dissects the developments of her new life: awkward exchanges with the people she meets, days spent alone freelancing in her apartment, her confrontation with boredom and unease. In her newfound isolation, she develops an unusual friendship with Colette, a woman she neither likes nor can keep away from. As her feelings...

Engels | 4 uur 25 minuten (192 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Anna Grue The Mystery at the Second-Hand Shop

In a quiet provincial Danish town, something is afoot. The volunteers of the local second-hand shop keep dying. Since they’re all OAP's, the police can’t see the problem. It’s the inevitable – if unfortunate – circle of life. However, resident busy-body, and force-to-be-reckoned-with, Anne-Maj Mortensen is not so sure. She may be newly retired herself, but she still has her wits about her and knows when something needs a little investigating... Scandi crime, but not as you’ve ever seen it before....

Engels | 8 uur 26 minuten (374 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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C E Rose The Shadows of Rutherford

'Layers of secrets are gradually peeled back in this brilliantly absorbing tale.' Marion Todd, author of Old Bones Lie Darkness lies at the heart of this family... In 1959 Milly starts her new life as a housemaid at Rutherford House, working for the aristocratic Rutherford-Percy clan. Entranced by her new mistress, Vivienne, she becomes deeply embroiled in the household and the keeper of dark secrets the family conceals beneath the mansion’s grand exterior. In the present day, Christie is working...

Engels | 9 uur 31 minuten (438 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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A. M. Vedsø Olesen The Seer of Midgard

Snehild is born amidst a raid on a stormy, winter night. She is delivered by a mystical jötunn woman and as she slips into the world, the Norns breathe a prophecy over her. Years later, Himlinge, the royal seat of Sialand, is suffering from political unrest. King Tormod suspects his brother-in-law is plotting against him. Royal advisor Brynjulf Raveneye worries about which of the twin princes should be heir to the throne. The high priestess Ragnfrid grows jealous of the local herbalist who is...

Engels | 12 uur 53 minuten (584 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Alex Gough Emperor's Lion

A single death could plunge the Empire into chaos... Silus, a member of Emperor Caracalla's elite assassins, the Arcani, is dispatched to Numidia. Rumours of assassination plots against Marcellus, the Emperor's closest aide, are rife. Silus must stop them. But the forces arrayed against the Arcani are now as powerful as they are clandestine. Inducted into the Emperor’s bodyguard, his Lions, Silus soon discovers secrets that should have stayed hidden. And as the Emperor becomes ever more reckless...

Engels | 10 uur 44 minuten (474 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray

"You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit." One day, the artist Basil Hallward is painting a picture of his muse Dorian Gray with his friend Lord Henry watching. Dorian listens as Lord Henry confidentially presents his hedonistic world view, saying beauty is the only thing in life that truly matters. It makes Dorian wish that his painting would age instead of him. Not long thereafter, Dorian sees his girl perform Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet...

Engels | 9 uur 55 minuten (431 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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H. C. Andersen The Little Mermaid

How much are you willing to sacrifice in the name of love? In the beloved fairy tale ´The Little Mermaid´, Hans Christian Andersen beautifully depicts a mermaid princess' tranquil but tragic life under the sea. Curious about humans, the princess daringly ventures above the surface and finds herself drawn to a human prince. However, being unable to do anything about her growing love for the prince, she eventually seeks help from a mystical sea witch, who changes her life forever - but at what cost?...

Engels | 51 minuten (38 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh Blessings

Een Nigeriaanse jongen probeert om te gaan met zijn homoseksualiteit in een vijandige omgeving.

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Engels | 249 pagina's | Viking, UK | 2024

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Kate Weinberg There's nothing wrong with her

Vita heeft een slopende ziekte. Medische testen tonen niets aan. Dit heeft grote gevolgen voor haar mentale gezondheid.

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Engels | 244 pagina's | Bloomsbury Circus, London | 2024

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Kate Stewart The finish line

Tobias is de leider van de Ravenhoodbende. Als hij verliefd wordt op Cecelia, blijkt dat haar vader de persoon is tegen wie de bende zich heeft gekeerd.

Fictie

Engels | 542 pagina's | Pan Books, London | 2023

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Sylvia Day Too far

De mysterieuze terugkeer van een overleden vrouw ontketent onverwachte wendingen in de levens van Kane Black en zijn familieleden.

Fictie

Engels | 20 pagina's | Michael Joseph, UK | 2023

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Laura Shepperson The heroines

Prinses Phaedra wordt op zestienjarige leeftijd als bruid meegenomen door prins Theseus van Athene.

Fictie

Engels | 338 pagina's | Sphere, London | 2023

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Lydia Davis Our strangers

Korte literaire verhalen over menselijke verhoudingen en de kleine wrijvingen van het dagelijks leven.

Fictie

Engels | 353 pagina's | Canongate, Edinburgh | 2023

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Alix E. Harrow The ten thousand doors of January

Rond 1900 ontdekt Januari Scaller (17) via een boek dat deuren, zoals midden in een weiland of in een oud gebouw, toegang kunnen geven tot andere werelden. Daar komt ze achter tijdens haar zoektocht naar haar onbekende moeder en vermiste vader. Vanaf ca. 16 jaar.

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Engels | 394 pagina's | www.orbitbooks.net, London | 2020

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Laura McVeigh Lenny

A magical tale of family, loss and the healing power of the imagination and hope. In the Ubari Sand Sea in 2011, during the First Libyan Civil War, a mysterious pilot falls from the sky – a sky devil - and makes a home with the family of the little boy who rescues him. A year later, Roseville, Louisiana is faced with the threat of the ever-rising water levels, in the aftermath of economic crisis and corporate environmental damage. 10-year-old Lenny Lockhart is losing the people and the things dearest...

Engels | 9 uur 11 minuten (426 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022

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Pippa James The Happiness Project

Prepare to be captivated by one of the most poignant and heart-warming books you will read this year, perfect for readers who loved One Day in December. Alison’s perfect world has fallen apart. Her beloved larger than life mother-in-law, Maggie, has just passed away. Every afternoon they’d talk and laugh over a pot of tea - and Maggie was secretly the glue that held Alison’s family together. Now she’s trying to figure out a future without her... With a little help from her two best friends, Alison...

Engels | 7 uur 58 minuten (356 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022

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Kennedy Kerr Daughters of Magpie Cove

Connie stared out at the quiet Cornish sea as the hazy early morning light bathed the horizon in a beautiful golden glow. She inhaled the salty, cleansing ocean air, looked down at the handwritten note and wiped away the lone tear that had started to fall... Connie hasn’t been back to Magpie Cove – a seaside fishing village nestled between the cliffs – for years. When she thinks of the cove’s cobbled streets and cheerful cottages, she has to fight to push down memories she’d rather keep buried in...

Engels | 6 uur 38 minuten (296 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022

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Kennedy Kerr Secrets of Magpie Cove

Lila had a favourite rock to sit on towards the back of the cove, where she often ate her breakfast, gazing out at the tumbling Cornish sea. As the sun rose that morning, Lila wished with all her heart that the grey-green waves could wash away her old life. That Magpie Cove would help her move on, and to forget... When aspiring pastry chef Lila Bridges flees her life in the city after a heartbreaking tragedy, she finds herself working behind the counter at Magpie Cove’s most beloved local establishment...

Engels | 6 uur 36 minuten (295 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022

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