Ergebnis für "Angela" in Kleinstadt- & Landleben

In einer stürmischen Winternacht wird in dem uralten Steinkreis von Boscawen-ûn eine Leiche entdeckt. Der Mann ist auffällig gekleidet, ohne Ausweise, seine Identität unbekannt. Erste Untersuchungen lassen offen, ob es sich um einen Unfall, Suizid oder ein Verbrechen handelt. Detective Chief Inspector Fiona Sutherland übernimmt die Ermittlungen. Zur selben Zeit brennt in Penzance das Antiquitätengeschäft von Antony Rowe vollständig aus, der Ladenbesitzer gilt seitdem als vermisst.

Brought to you by Penguin. ‘We shall be forgotten.’ he said. ‘We shall be lost. They will scrub us away like a set of dirty fingerprints on a plastic kettle.’ The crumbling Gothic mansion of Thornwalk, long-term home of the Gilbert family, is being handed over to a chain of luxury...

The only thing standing between me and an idyllic Christmas in Hideaway Harbor is Enzo Cafiero, the hot jerk whose family runs the Italian market next door to the coffee shop where I work. He hates me because I convinced his girlfriend to break up with him a few months ago. In my defense, his now-ex ran into the coffee shop sobbing. All I did was make her a latte and validate her feelings. He didn’t even live here at the time—they were just visiting—but he does live here now.

A vingança dele… o segredo dela… Nicolas Dupré achava que sua pequena cidade nas florestas da Austrália era parte do passado. Ele ganhara bilhões no show business como empresário em Londres e Nova York, mas, ao receber um pedido para voltar a Rocky Creek, tudo que havia tentado esquecer...

Odilie Rutherford is known in the small Scottish town of Lauriston for two things – her beauty, and her father, Canny. As a self-made man, Canny has the wealth he dreamed of but not the status and hatches a plan to marry his daughter to local bachelor of note, the Duke of Maudesley. Yet Odilie cannot bear the thought of a life with the ill-mannered Duke, and when the annual summer fair arrives in town for three days she seizes a chance to enjoy the freedom she craves.

Isla's got the designer clothes and dream job as head stylist at an exclusive salon. She's been so single-minded in this quest that she's forgotten to have a life outside of it. When her aunt is in desperate need at her own salon, Isla heads to the remote island of Auchenmor to help. Finn is...

Barsetshire in the latter years of the Second World War is a peaceful and gossipy place, but there has been one lively change. A girls' school, evacuated from London, has taken over Harefield Park. Miss Sparling seems to be the perfect headmistress: she dresses as a headmistress should and is an...

Una colf dai fianchi robusti e dalla mente sottile capace di leggere la realtà più lucidamente di Sherlock Holmes. Chiavari. In un vicolo della placida cittadina ligure, uno sconosciuto viene rinvenuto in fin di vita. Poche ore dopo, Alma Boero, quarantenne dallo sguardo acuto, poche parole e selvatica fierezza, trova il cadavere di una giovane editor nel palazzo dove lavora come colf.

Barsetshire in the war years. Miss Bunting, governess of choice to generations of Barsetshire aristocracy, has been coaxed out of retirement by Sir Robert and Lady Fielding to tutor their daughter Anne, delicate, sixteen years old, and totally lacking in confidence. When Anne makes friends with...

Dorle Maiwald hat in Hamburg eine Ausbildung zur Konditorin absolviert. Doch ihr Herz schlägt für die Insel und sie kehrt nach Sylt zurück, um ihren Onkel in der kleine Confiserie zu vertreten, der aus gesundheitlichen Gründen ausfällt. Ab sofort biete sie die feinsten Pralinen, Konfekte, Torten und Kaffeesorten an. Als zum wiederholten Mal eine verdorbene Kaffeelieferung bei ihr eintrifft, lässt sie sich das nicht gefallen und fährt nach Hamburg, um sich persönlich zu beschweren.

Joshua Donnelly has lived a careful, orderly life in the old house on Church Street, as his mama taught him. Then, on the coldest night of the year, a newborn baby appears in his care with no explanation and no instructions. Only a prayer answered in the most unexpected way. Heather Thomas...

È una vita tranquilla quella di Nestor "il Greco", proprietario di un piccolo negozio antiquario a Chiavari. Finché una sera la giovane moglie Elena, troppo bella, troppo esuberante, troppo tutto, non ritorna più a casa. Il mattino dopo un pescatore aggancia con i suoi palamiti il corpo di una donna... Toccherà all'ispettore Jules Rosset e all'efficiente Alma, suo insospettabile grimaldello di fiducia, riportare a galla la verità. Perché non è tutto oro quello che luccica.

'Charming, very funny indeed. Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself' Alexander McCall Smith It is wartime in Barsetshire, and so much has changed. Belier's Priory is now a hospital for wounded soldiers, and Sir Harry and Lady Waring have...

'You read her, laughing, and want to do your best to protect her characters from any reality but their own' New York Times It is summer 1939 and the social event of the year is about to take place: Rose Birkett, a flighty beauty with a penchant for breaking engagements and hearts, is finally...

They survived the storm of 1881. But can the Eyemouth women weather what's yet to come? When the sea-ravaged village of Eyemouth lies in ruin, Rosabelle Maltman flees Scotland, leaving behind her beloved son in her grief. Back home, sister-in-law Jessie exploits the village's desperation for her own gain, while matriarch Effie rallies the community, guiding the women toward hope and renewal. As old wounds heal and new bonds form, the women of Eyemouth discover that true strength lies in unity – and that every ending can spark a new beginning.

Grace Whittaker’s life is coming apart. In the wake of her mother’s death, a stalled writing career, and a slow-motion separation from her husband, Grace is more directionless than ever. But when she returns to Sea Drift, the beach town where she and her mother summered for years, Grace’s life comes together in the most unexpected ways.

Angela Richman, Chouteau County death investigator, finds herself deep in the Missouri woods on a perfect spring day. But there is nothing idyllic about her grim walk - a body has been discovered in a muddy creek, and Detective Jace Budewitz wants Angela on the scene. 

Edgewood Rectory may be set in an ancient landscape, but the Grantly family are very much of their time. Caught up in the uncertain world that has emerged since the outbreak of peace, the Rector and Mrs Grantly are bewildered by the challenges facing their eldest children: Eleanor, longing for more excitement than can be found in the Red Cross Library; and Tom, struggling to readjust to student life at Oxford after his military service.

For Heather, life in the small mountain town of Mylin Valley couldn't be better. She has a family who loves and supports her, a community who embraces her, and a successful horse rescue ranch. But when Xavier, a young boy with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, and Littlefoot, a traumatized horse with an uncertain past, show up on her ranch in the same week, Heather finds that meeting the needs of both might be impossible.

The last thing Phillip Hawkins wants is to return to the small town where he grew up. Especially now when his fledgling business is on the verge of collapse. But when his uncle calls to tell him his mother is in the hospital after overdosing on sleeping pills, guilt and duty compel him to return to Mylin Valley. He hopes to keep his presence in town under the radar, but a run-in with an old friend, and his friend’s attractive sister, brings Phillip an unexpected source of support and encouragement.