150 years of the Royal Warrant and its holders.
Tim Heald Boeken
Tim Heald is een Britse journalist en auteur van mysteryromans. Zijn werken kenmerken zich door scherpe observaties en een humoristische kijk op de Britse samenleving, met name door zijn kenmerkende onderzoeker. Heald combineert meesterlijk spanning met geestige commentaren, en creëert verhalen die zowel vermakelijk als meeslepend zijn. Zijn onderscheidende stijl ligt in het verweven van ingewikkelde plotlijnen met rijk getekende personages en settings.
Princess Margaret
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Elegant and sophisticated biography of Princess Margaret, the controversial sister of Queen Elizabeth II, the Princess Diana of her day
A great Christmas gift for mystery lovers, this book brings together a lethal collection of 13 original mysteries by P.D. James, Simon Brett, Susan Moody and others. "A cozy collection of yule-tidings gone wrong."--"Publishers Weekly." Contents: Mugs / Margaret Yorke -- And broke his crown / David Williams -- Bearing gifts / Nicole Swengley -- Season of goodwill / Mike Seabrook -- More than flesh & blood / Susan Moody -- The proof of the pudding / Peter Lovesey -- Charades, anybody? / H.R.F. Keating -- The mistletoe murder / P.D. James -- Operation Christmas / Tim Heald -- A card or a kitten / Liza Cody -- Political corrections / Simon Brett -- Boxing unclever / Robert Barnard -- Gold, frankincense and murder / Catherine Aird.
From the cosy danger of the country house fireside to the baking streets of down-town Florida, each of these 13 short stories features a seasonal crime - and an unseasonal lack of goodwill to all men.
Since Chaucer's day, the After Dinner Speech, designed to reduce the assembled company to helpless merriment, has presented the ultimate challenge. The best speakers are natural story-tellers - Gerard Hoffnung reading a selection of letters from continental hoteliers, John Mortimer telling the woeful tale of a man's numerous unsuccessful attempts to murder his wife, and in this collection of post-prandial treasures, you will find the very best of them, from Groucho Marx on how to resist a femme fatale to Ralph Steadman addressing the Lewis Carroll Centenary Dinner. Shaggy dog stories, practical jokes, sporting anecdotes, rousing toasts, travellers' tales, and risqué reminiscences rub shoulders in this essential collection with real-life revelations and moments of history. Among the guests are Peter Ustinov, Jilly Cooper, Brian Johnstone, Charles Dickens, Dorothy Parker, Robertson Davies, Henry Grady, and A.P. Herbert. There is food and drink in abundance, gentle reflection and endearing charm as well as defiant frivolity. Above all, there are stories for every occasion - witty, absurd, momentous, philosophical, fascinating, poignant, and forever entertaining.
Just Desserts
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- 7 uur lezen
Book by JENI WRIGHT