Er wordt een moord gepleegd tijdens een spel bridge. De geheimzinnige mijnheer Shaitana 'verzamelt' niet ontdekte moordenaars. Het blijkt een gevaarlijke hobby, die hem tenslotte het leven kost. Hercule Poirot, die op het ogenblik dat Shaitana werd vermoord bij hem op bezoek was, moet zien uit te zoeken wie van de gasten zijn gastheer heeft vermoord. Hoewel hij uit de manier waarop de verdachten die avond bridge speelden heel wat kan opmaken over hun karakter, blijft het een ingewikkelde zaak...
Accident is a powerful and ultimately triumphant novel of lives shattered and changed by one devastating moment. Although frequent business meetings keep her husband, Brad, away from home, Page Clarke feels blessed with her happy family and comfortable marriage. They have a house near San Francisco and she keeps busy looking after their seven-year-old son, Andy, and their teenage daughter, Allyson. Allyson, at fifteen, is trying her wings and one weekend, instead of an evening with her friend Chloe, the girls lie and go out with two older high school boys. But a Saturday night that was supposed to be fun ends in tragedy when their car collides head-on with another. At the hospital, Page finds Chloe's divorced father, Trygve, and, unable to locate Brad, she leans on his strength throughout the the long hours of tormenting questions. Will Allyson live? Will any of them? Were the teenagers drinking? Using drugs? Who was at fault? And where is her husband? Without Brad by her side Page feels her life start to come apart as she is forced to confront the fact that Allyson may not live, and if she does, she may never be the same again. In an inspiring novel that explores how many people are affected by one tragic accident and how they survive it, Danielle Steel brings us close to the characters whose lives are as familiar as our own... and who live, as we all do, in a world where everything can change in a single moment.
When the notorious investigative journalist, Rhoda Gradwyn, books into Mr Chandler-Powell's private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring and long-standing scar, she has every prospect of a successful operation and the beginning of a new life. But the Manor holds a secret and deadly enemy.
Danielle Steel’s 56th bestselling novel is about family and friendship, about one woman’s struggle to break free from the past—and the man who helps her triumph. And most of all, it is about daring to believe in...Answered Prayers. On the outside, Faith Madison is the very picture of a sophisticated New Yorker. Slim, blond, stylish, Faith has a life many would envy. Overcoming a childhood marked by tragedy, married to a successful investment banker and having raised two grown daughters, Faith has enjoyed her role as mother and wife, and the good life that emanates from their bustling Manhattan town house. But every step of the way, Faith has carried within her a secret she could divulge to no one. And with it, she has kept an even more painful secret from herself. For Faith, it is the sudden death of her stepfather—a man who, like her husband, Alex, always remained just beyond her reach—that will touch off a journey of change and revelation. At the funeral, painful memories flood back—and an old friend reenters Faith’s life. Faith is greeting mourners, when she hears a voice behind her and a single word that brings a quick smile to her face: “Fred.” Only one person aside from her older brother, Jack, called her that. Brad Patterson was Jack’s best friend, a long, lanky boy who teased, tormented, and protected Faith when they fancied themselves “The Three Musketeers” as kids. When Jack died years later, Faith and Brad came together again in their common, inconsolable grief, then lost touch once more amid the demands of families and busy lives a continent apart. Now a lawyer in California, Brad has reentered Faith’s life just as she is making a decision that plunges her marriage into crisis. Determined to fulfill a long-held desire for a career of her own, Faith applies to law school against her husband’s wishes, igniting a barrage of anger and recrimination. Faith’s only solace is the correspondence she has begun with Brad, a man trapped in an empty marriage of his own, a friend she once lost and has found again. Soon e-mails are flying between them, bridging three thousand miles, sharing much-needed friendship, support, laughter. And as these two childhood friends rediscover each other, something extraordinary is beginning to happen. In the safety of their friendship, Brad will find the courage to make a decision he should have made years before. And Faith, too, is changing, beginning to believe in herself—and in her right to grab hold of her dreams. Gathering a strength she never knew she had, Faith is finally ready to face the most painful step of all: of sharing the secret that has long been haunting her, and truly opening up her heart for the first time in her life. With unerring insight into the hearts of husbands and wives, lovers and families, Danielle Steel tells a wise and moving story of the secrets that wound and the choices that heal—and of the second chances that come only once in a lifetime.
At 59, Jack Watson is a successful boutique owner in Beverly Hills, enjoying life as a bachelor after a failed marriage and a brief affair. He has two adult children and a string of beautiful women, relishing his independence. Amanda Robbins, a former Hollywood star, knows Jack only as her daughter’s father-in-law and dislikes him for his playboy reputation. Their relationship is limited to family ties until Amanda unexpectedly becomes a widow after years of dedicating herself to family life. Navigating this new reality, she finds herself drawn to Jack, discovering a depth to him that surprises her. This attraction shocks both Amanda and her children. Just as they begin to explore this unexpected connection, a startling announcement changes everything, presenting both families with a challenge they never anticipated. Amid confusion and opposition, Jack and Amanda find joy and a renewed sense of youth, embracing the happiness they thought had passed them by. This story explores how two people can rediscover love and fulfillment when life surprises them, even years later than they expected. In her 40th bestselling novel, the author captures the complexities of love and happiness with humor and heartfelt emotion.
Francesca Thayer's life takes a turn as she seeks boarders for her struggling Greenwich Village townhouse. Eileen, Chris, and Marya, each with their own stories, move in and transform the house into a lively home filled with laughter, heartbreak, and hope, redefining what makes a house a true home.
Three women who were inseparable during their college years meet again after 20 years at a ranch in Wyoming to find courage, healing and truth as they reach out to one another and rekindle old relationships.
