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TV presenter Allis Hagtorn leaves her partner and her job to take voluntary exile in a remote house on an isolated fjord. But her new job as housekeeper and gardener is not all that it seems, and her silent, surly employer, 44-year-old Sigurd Bagge, is not the old man she expected. As they await the return of his wife from her travels, their silent, uneasy encounters develop into a chilling, obsessive relationship, and it becomes clear that atonement for past sins may not be enough.

Im überheizten Lesesaal der Public Library in Chicago wechseln sie die ersten Blicke, bei einem Kaffee die ersten Worte. Eines Tages fordert Agnes ihn auf, ein Porträt über sie zu schreiben, sie will wissen, was er von ihr hält. Schnell zeigt sich, dass Bilder und Wirklichkeit sich nicht entsprechen - und dass die Phantasie immer mehr Macht über ihre Liebesbeziehung erhält.

Karin and Kai are looking for a pleasant escape from their busy lives when they accept an offer to stay in a luxurious cabin in the Norwegian fjords. Instead of finding a relaxing retreat, their trip becomes a reminder of everything lacking in their own lives, and when they meet the couple from the neighbouring cabin, Karin tells a little white lie – a lie that grows ever bigger, entangling her and Kai in a nightmare series of deceits with absolutely no means of escape.

University professor Nina is at a turning point. Her work seems increasingly irrelevant, her doctor husband is never home, relations with her difficult daughter are strained and their beautiful house is scheduled for demolition. When her daughter decides to move into another house they own, things take a very dark turn. The young woman living there disappears, leaving her son behind, the day after Nina and her daughter pay her a visit. With few clues, the police enquiry soon grinds to a halt, but Nina has an inexplicable sense of guilt and begins her own investigation.

Nach einem riesigen Streit mit ihrem Mann muss Agnes einfach nur eins: weg. Ziellos läuft sie durch die Straßen Hamburgs, während ihre Ehe und ihr bisheriges Leben auseinanderbrechen. Sie ignoriert Toms Anrufe, überlässt die Teenager-Kinder sich selbst und schläft im Hotel. Doch auch am nächsten Morgen hat sie keine Antworten und bloß noch mehr Fragen. Kurzerhand fasst sie einen Plan: Sie will zu Fuß nach Berlin gehen und unterwegs herausfinden, was sie eigentlich möchte.

Seit Jahren dreht sich das Leben von Investigativjournalistin Lola nur um eins: Sie will den Tod ihrer Schwester Zoe rächen und die exklusive Escort-Agentur "House of Agnes" zu Fall bringen, die ihrer Meinung nach für Zoes Tod verantwortlich ist. Endlich scheint der Erfolg zum Greifen nah. Lola bietet sich eine einmalige Chance, die ihr intime Einblicke in die Machenschaften der Agentur verschafft. Der Haken? Lola muss sich nicht nur als Escort-Dame in das Unternehmen einschleichen, sondern auch noch die Gunst der distanzierten Inhaberin Agnes gewinnen.

In her daring first novel, the youngest Brontë sister drew upon her own experiences to tell the unvarnished truth about life as a governess. Like Agnes Grey, Anne Bronte was a young middle-class Victorian lady whose family fortunes had faltered. Like so many other unmarried women of the 19th century, Bronte accepted the only "respectable" employment available - and entered a world of hardship, humiliation, and loneliness.

Having lost the family savings on risky investments, Richard Grey removes himself from family life and suffers a bout of depression. Feeling helpless and frustrated, his youngest daughter, Agnes, applies for a job as a governess to the children of a wealthy, upper-class, English family. Ecstatic at the thought that she has finally gained control and freedom over her own life, Agnes arrives at the Bloomfield mansion armed with confidence and purpose.

Allis Hagtorn cherche un havre de paix, une nouvelle vie loin des projecteurs. Elle pense les avoir trouvés en acceptant un poste d'aide à domicile dans un petit fjord perdu. Mais l'homme qui l'embauche est loin d'être un vieillard démuni : âgé d'une quarantaine d'années, Sigurd Bagge est un individu taciturne et mystérieux qui dit avoir besoin d'aide pour gérer sa maison pendant l'absence de son épouse.

Agnes Crandall's life goes awry when a dognapper invades her kitchen one night, seriously hampering her attempts to put on a wedding that she's staked her entire net worth on. Then a hero climbs through her bedroom window. His name is Shane - no last name, just Shane - and he has his own problems.

When her family becomes impoverished after a disastrous financial speculation, Agnes Grey determines to find work as a governess in order to contribute to their meagre income and assert her independence. But Agnes' enthusiasm is swiftly extinguished as she struggles first with the unmanageable Bloomfield children and then with the painful disdain of the haughty Murray family; the only kindness she receives comes from Mr Weston, the sober young curate.

From its opening sentences Agnes Grey introduces a heroine who is honest, perceptive and charming. Unfortunately, the Bloomfields, who engage her as a governess, are rather less appealing, and the incarnation of the suppressed cruelties and hypocrisies of the Victorian age. When Agnes moves to a marginally less alarming family, one of her charges sets out to disrupt her only romantic hope. Critical, satirical, direct, and honest, Agnes Grey is a fine reflection of its author.