Paola Bertante Boeken

A chilling thriller featuring Detective Charlie Parker from bestselling author John Connolly. Not to be missed for fans of Stephen King and Michael Connelly. When Charlie Parker was still a boy, his father, a NYPD cop, killed a young couple, a boy and a girl barely older than his son, then took his own life. There was no explanation for his actions. Stripped of his private investigator's license, and watched by the police, Parker is working in a Portland bar, holding down a job and staying out of trouble. But in the background, he is working on his most personal case yet, an investigation into his own origins and the circumstances surrounding the death of his father, Will. It is an investigation that will reveal a life haunted by lies, by his mother's loss and his father's betrayal, by secrets kept and loyalties compromised. And by two figures in the shadows, a man and a woman, with only one purpose: to bring an end to Charlie Parker's existence . . .

Drie passagiers dood, zesenvijftig gewond. De vliegtuigcabine een ravage. Desondanks weet de piloot het toestel aan de grond te zetten. Terwijl er steeds meer vragen rijzen over de veiligheid van het luchtverkeer, vindt tijdens vlucht 545 van Hongkong naar Denver een ramp plaats. Alles wijst op een constructiefout. Een conclusie die voor de vliegtuigbouwer op een zeer ongelegen moment komt. Casey Singleton wordt naar voren geschoven als hoofd van de interne onderzoekscommissie. Is dit de promotie waarop ze gehoopt had of probeert men haar te manipuleren? Ze krijgt slechts zeven dagen om de oorzaak van de ramp te achterhalen...

A group of parents, trapped in middle-class stability, deal with marriage, kids and their suburban life in very different ways. Now a box-office smash, 'Little Children' is a unique mix of the comical and the compassionate.

Lottie heeft meer dan genoeg van mannen die zich niet willen binden. Wanneer haar jeugdvriend Ben haar herinnert aan een belofte - trouwen op hun dertigste als beiden nog single zijn – grijpt Lottie haar kans. Geen afspraakjes, geen seks, geen verloving. Lottie gaat trouwen! Nu! Meteen! Er worden twee getuigen van de straat geplukt, ze geven elkaar het jawoord en vertrekken onmiddellijk op huwelijksreis naar hetzelfde Griekse eiland waar ze elkaar als tieners hebben ontmoet. Toen hadden Ben en Lottie een fantastische tijd. Ze kunnen haast niet wachten op hun perfecte, sexy, romantische huwelijksnacht. Maar er zijn nogal wat mensen vreselijk geschrokken van het overhaaste huwelijk, onder wie Lotties ex Richard en haar oudere zus Fliss. Die gaan de boel eens flink saboteren. Het wordt een huwelijksnacht om nooit te vergeten; een wedding night from hell!

It was an accident. He didn't mean to kill the security guard with his skateboard - it was self-defense. But there's no one to back up his story. No one even knows he was at Paranoid Park. Should he confess, or can he get away with it? It's an ethical question no one should have to answer. Writing more intensely than ever before, Blake Nelson delivers a film noir in book form, complete with interior monologue and dark, psychological drama. This is a riveting look at one boy's fall into a world of crime, guilt, and fear - and his desperate attempt to get out again.

Non esistono braccia più sicure delle proprie per proteggere i figli, ma a volte è necessario affidarsi a qualcuno di cui ci si possa fidare. Melissa e suo marito cercano una babysitter per le loro due bambine, ma nessuna sembra all'altezza. Finché non incontrano Jade, che sembra perfetta: le bambine la adorano e lei le ama come se fossero sue. Melissa, felice, le affida la gestione della famiglia per tornare al lavoro. Tuttavia, iniziano a verificarsi eventi strani in casa e Melissa ha sensazioni inquietanti. Anche se non ha prove concrete, percepisce che qualcosa non va. Quando ne parla con il marito, lui non le crede, attribuendo le sue preoccupazioni alla stanchezza o a possibili depressioni. Jade diventa l'unica persona che la sostiene e, giorno dopo giorno, Melissa si convince di aver fatto la scelta giusta. Ma la perfezione di Jade nasconde un lato oscuro. Melissa scoprirà che ogni persona, anche la più gentile, ha un passato e che la protezione dei propri cari, anche dei figli, non può durare per sempre.