Ádám Szieberth Boeken

'Er is me altijd verteld dat mijn vader in de oorlog was gesneuveld.' Zo begint in 1920 het epische levensverhaal van Harry Clifton. Harry, de zoon van een havenarbeider in Bristol, heeft zijn vader nooit gekend. De verwachting is dat ook Harry een toekomst op de werf tegemoet gaat, maar dankzij een opmerkelijke gave wordt hij toegelaten tot een exclusieve jongensschool, waardoor zijn leven onomkeerbaar verandert. Als Harry een volwassen man is, komt hij er eindelijk achter hoe zijn vader echt aan zijn einde kwam. De verschrikkelijke waarheid leidt Harry naar een volgende vraag: was Arthur Clifton eigenlijk wel zijn vader? Is hij het kind van een arme havenwerker, of is hij de oudste zoon van de erfgenaam van een scheepsimperium?

Meg Varnum. Maggie Littleton. Meg Upton. Different names for the same person, depending on the town, depending on the job. I'm not a con artist as much as an avenger. A righter of wrongs. But nothing about me is real, other than my desire to hold men like you accountable for the things you've done. I don't break any laws, and what I take is given willingly. I can't be blamed for how easy it is to manipulate you. It's a discipline involving confidence, cleverness, and deception. And now, I'm about to work my final trick . . . this time under my real name. Because when it's done, I want you to know who I am and remember what you did to me. Combining blistering pace with brilliant female characters, this is the unforgettable new thriller from the author of the international bestseller and number one ebook bestseller The Flight, called 'absolutely sensational!' by Jo Spain.

Een klinisch psycholoog met de ziekte van Parkinson gelooft niet dat de 14-jarige boezemvriendin van zijn dochter de moord op haar vader op haar geweten heeft.

This real-life mountaineering mystery recounts the story of Britain's George Mallory and his attempt to scale Mt. Everest.

In the third installment of the Clifton Chronicles, set in 1945, the House of Lords faces a tie over the inheritance of the Barrington family fortune. The Lord Chancellor's deciding vote significantly impacts Harry Clifton and Giles Barrington. While Harry promotes his latest novel in America, Emma searches for a little girl abandoned in her father's office on the night of his murder. As the General Election approaches, Giles is shocked by the Conservative candidate chosen to oppose him. Ultimately, it is Sebastian Clifton, Harry and Emma's son, who affects his uncle's future. By 1957, Sebastian earns a scholarship to Cambridge, introducing a new generation of the Clifton family. However, after being expelled from school, he becomes embroiled in an international art fraud involving a valuable Rodin statue. The story raises questions about Sebastian's future: Will he become a millionaire? Will he attend Cambridge? Is his life at risk? This installment promises answers while presenting new mysteries to unravel.

Jason Kincaid, nineteenth Baron Radford, was devastatingly handsome, fabulously wealthy, and thoroughly ruthless. What he wanted, he got, and now what he wanted was to win a wager that he could make Miss Caroline Hanscombe his bride, after her name was drawn out of a hat. True, Caroline was an innocent compared to the baron. True, the ruling passion of her life was music, to which the baron turned a deaf ear. True, she found a perfect soul mate in the gallant Captain Richard Davenport, home from the wars and laying siege to her heart. But how could this chit of a girl defy the desires of this lord who so easily defeated her every defense as the day of her dreaded marriage came ever closer -- and her hopes of escape evaporated one by one...