Dominique Wattwiller Boeken

The shocking conclusion of Elizabeth George's previous bestseller, WITH NO ONE AS WITNESS, saw the wife of New Scotland Yard's Thomas Lynley gunned down in the street outside her home. Under arrest for the crime is a twelve-year-old boy, Joel Campbell. What possible motive could he have? What chain of events could have led such a child from the housing estates of North Kensington to the elegant streets of Belgravia with such deadly intent? The answer to these questions is a complex mixture of fate and circumstance. Abandoned (albeit involuntarily) by his parents, Joel and two siblings are dumped on the doorstep of his aunt's house. Kendra, childless and with two marriages behind her, is doing her best to turn her life around; responsibility for three troubled children is not what she had in mind. Drugs, neglect, violence and poverty are commonplace in North Kensington. Joel does his best to look out for his family, but that involves a Faustian pact. And the Devil will have his pay.

Op het kerkhof van Stoke Poges wordt het levenloze en gemartelde lichaam van de dertienjarige Matthew Whately gevonden. Is hij in handen van een sadistische maniak gevallen? Het spoor leidt naar Bredgar Chambers, een typisch Engelse privéschool met een respectabele traditie, waar al generaties lang jongens uit de betere kringen opgeleid worden. Inspecteur Thomas Lynley en brigadier Barbara Havers stuiten al gauw op het heersende systeem van erecodes: alle betrokkenen, zowel docenten als leerlingen, houden elkaar de hand boven het hoofd en zwijgen als het graf. Tal van verdachten passeren de revue: een leraar met pedofiele neigingen, de sadistische leerling Clive Pritchard en de cynische Giles Byrne. Allen lijken zij een motief te hebben, maar waterdichte bewijzen ontbreken. Totdat nieuwe, maar verrassende informatie boven tafel komt...

Elizabeth George's detective duo, Lynley and Havers, returns to tackle a brutal serial killer in this gripping narrative. New Scotland Yard's aristocratic Acting Superintendent Thomas Lynley and demoted Constable Barbara Havers begin their investigation when the body of a teenage boy is discovered atop a tomb. Their urgency escalates upon uncovering three similar cases, but they face complications when the first three victims are revealed to be nonwhite. Lynley's superior, fearing accusations of racism for the department's inaction, implements a damage control strategy that frustrates Lynley and hinders their progress. A key investigator is reassigned to handle media relations, replaced by an unwanted profiler, and a reporter's presence threatens Lynley’s privacy, potentially endangering his pregnant wife. As they delve deeper, Lynley and Havers uncover a troubling link to an organization called Colossus, which had connections to all four deceased boys. The situation intensifies with a fifth death that deviates from the established pattern, raising questions about whether the killer is evolving or if another sinister force is at play. This tale showcases the challenges of police work in London, emphasizing the themes of perseverance and intuition.

An isolated beach on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel is the scene of the murder of Guy Brouard, one of Guernsey's wealthiest inhabitants and its main benefactor. Forced as a child to flee the Nazis in Paris, Brouard was engaged in his latest project when he died: a museum in honor of those who resisted the German occupation of the island during World War II. It is from this period of time that his murderer may well have come. But there are others on Guernsey with reason to want Guy Brouard dead: his wives, his business associates, his current mistress, the underprivileged teenagers he mentored--any of whom might have harbored a secret motive for murder. As family and friends gather for the reading of the will, Deborah and Simon St. James find that seemingly everyone on the history-haunted island has something to hide. And behind all the lies and alibis, a killer is lurking. In order to bring this person to justice, the St. James must delve into Guernsey's dark history--both past and present--and into the troubled psyche of someone who may have exacted retribution for the most unspeakable crime of all. In A Place of Hiding , bestselling novelist Elizabeth George marks new territory in the darker landscapes of human relationships. She tells a gripping, suspenseful story of betrayal and devotion, war and remembrance, love and loss...and the higher truths to which we must all ultimately answer.

In deze bundel korte verhalen laat Maeve Binchy zien hoe een reis of vakantie haar hoofdpersonen een andere kijk op het leven kan bieden, en hoe soms zelfs hun leven voorgoed kan veranderen. Zo geeft zij de verhelderende correspondentie weer tussen Freda en haar dochter Gina, die het dorp bezoekt waar haar moeder is opgegroeid, en laat ze in een ander verhaal zien hoe Annie het leven van een vreemde binnenstapt via de inhoud van diens koffer. Ze schrijft over juffrouw Vogel, wier leven in het teken staat van dat van anderen, en die hierdoor bij toeval een vakantievriend vindt, en over Maura, die voor drie maanden een oppas inhuurt voor haar huis, wat grotere gevolgen heeft dan ze ooit had kunnen bedenken. Uit elk verhaal komen Maeve Binchy's aanstekelijke verteltrant en haar oog voor detail naar voren. Met de voor haar kenmerkende menselijke warmte schrijft Maeve Binchy over het dagelijkse leven van gewone mensen zoals alleen zij dat kan.