Astrid Finke Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

Adrian Mole is 39 and a quarter. Unable to afford the mortgage on his riverside apartment, he has been forced to move into a semi-detached converted pigsty next door to his parents, George and Pauline. His ravishing wife Daisy loathes the countryside, longs for Dean Street and has yet to buy a pair of Wellingtons; they are both aware the passion has gone out of their marriage, but neither knows how to reignite the flame. To cap it all off, Adrian is leaving his bed numerous times a night to go to the lavatory and has other alarming symptoms, leading him to suspect prostate trouble. Meanwhile, his mother thinks that an appearance on the Jeremy Kyle show might solve the mystery of her daughter’s paternity once and for all. And when George is asked to provide a DNA sample, will the shock kill him? He is already disabled, though still chain smoking and has had an ashtray welded onto the arm of his wheelchair. As Adrian’s worries multiply, a phone call to his old flame Dr Pandora Braithwaite, BA, MA, PhD, MP and Junior Minister in the Foreign Office, ignites memories of a shared passion and makes him wonder – is she the only one who can save him now?

Troon van gif is het eerste deel van de Moorehawke-trilogie. De roman, die zich afspeelt in een veertiende-eeuws Europa, is een opmerkelijke combinatie van hoofse intriges, avontuur en romantiek. Pratende katten en verschijnende en verdwijnende geesten vervolmaken het verhaal tot een fascinerende historische fantasie. Troon van gif vertelt het verhaal van de 15-jarige Wynter Moorehawke. Na een periode van vijf jaar in de Noordelijke landen keren Wynter en haar vader terug naar hun eigen land. Tijdens hun afwezigheid is alles veranderd. De kroonprins Alberon wordt vermist en de koning doet er alles aan zijn sporen uit te wissen. Hij dwingt zijn bastaardzoon Lord Razi de plaats van Alberon als troonopvolger in te nemen. Razi daarentegen is vastbesloten zijn halfbroer te vinden en de vrede en stabiliteit in het koninkrijk te herstellen. Wynter komt voor de moeilijke keuze te staan: blijven en buigen voor de wil van de koning of haar doodzieke vader verlaten en zich aansluiten bij haar vriend Razi en de mysterieuze Christopher. Als het trio het mysterie rond de verdwijning van Alberon probeert op te lossen, worden zij continu bedreigd door gevangenneming, moord of marteling.

Four weddings. Three disgruntled ex-boyfriends. Two very effective chicken fillet boob-enhancers. And one gorgeous man. It's tough being a bridesmaidWith less than an hour to go before her best friend, Grace, is to walk down the aisle, Evie is attempting to fulfil her most important bridesmaid role: to deposit the bride at the start-line at the appointed time. But with a bride famed for her chaotic sense of time, and the bride's daughter busy mashing Molton Brown into the expensive hotel carpet, minus underwear, the odds are stacked against her . . . At least she has her new 'chicken fillet' boob-enhancers to make her feel special. That is, until these are spotted poking over the top of her dress. So spotted by Jack - the most ruggedly attractive man Evie has ever laid eyes on. Evie is twenty-seven; a sparkly, down-to-earth journalist. She has never been in love and has started to fret that she never will be. Small wonder, then, that the prospect of being bridesmaid at no less than three impending weddings is one that fills her with trepidation. Things get worse when Evie learns that Jack is her friend Valentina's date. Valentina is beautiful, shallow and self-obsessed. Her dates tend to be mirror-images. Which can mean only one thing: Jack can't possibly be as good as he seems. But as they sit together talking late into the night, Evie finds herself yearning to believe he's all real.

Eine fesselnde Geschichte über Grace, die in ihrem Haus am Cape Code ein perfektes Leben führt, bis finanzielle Probleme ihres Mannes alles infrage stellen. Dies eröffnet ihr die Chance auf einen Neuanfang und die Verwirklichung ihrer eigenen Träume. Ideal für Fans von Maeve Binchy und Rosamunde Pilcher.