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A trip to Reno to get married turns into a life-changing adventure for young lovers Johnny and Heather. Running from the law, the media and their own mistakes the two inexperienced criminals find their way forward on an unexpected path to a better life.

Als Ältester der Royal-Brüder war Gideon schon immer der Vernünftige. Liebevoll kümmerte er sich um seine jüngeren Geschwister und um seine Mutter, bis sie starb. Er geht aufs College und trainiert hart für sein Sportstipendium. Doch auch Gideon hat eine düstere Seite und ein Geheimnis, das er seit Langem hütet. Warum zerbrach die Beziehung zwischen ihm und seiner großen Liebe Savannah? Und wird es ihm gelingen, ihr Herz zurückzuerobern?

Winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor National Bestseller Wall Street Journal Bestseller USA Today Bestseller An NPR Book of the Year Finalist for the 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor comes a warm and deeply funny...

Paper Money is a gripping novel of high-finance and underworld villainy from the masterful Ken Follett. Will reporters uncover the web of criminality at the heart of two seemingly unconnected crimes? Several Daring Crimes London. A politician wakes with a beautiful girl; a criminal briefs his...

An explosive novel of high finance and underworld villainy from Ken Follett, the grand master of international action and suspense. Crime, high finances, and journalism are interconnected in this early thriller by the author of On Wings of Eagles and Lie Down With Lions. In one suspenseful...

Southern China, 1923. Desperate to secure her future, Mei Ling’s parents arrange a marriage to a widower in California. To enter the country, she must pretend to be her husband’s first wife - a paper wife. On the perilous voyage, Mei Ling takes an orphan girl named Siew under her wing. Dreams of a better life in America give Mei Ling the strength to endure the treacherous journey and detainment on Angel Island. But when she finally reaches San Francisco, she’s met with a surprise. Her husband, Chinn Kai Li, is a houseboy, not the successful merchant he led her to believe.

Susanne Wolff isn't thrilled when her mother sends her all the way across the country to Freiburg to save her uncle's stationery store from bankruptcy. Freiburg is too provincial for her taste, and besides, pen and paper are outdated anyway. Anja Lamm, Paper Love's only full-time employee, takes an instant dislike to the arrogant, digital-loving snob who's supposed to be her temporary boss. But thanks to a meddling cat, a business trip to a stationery fair, and an armada of origami boats, Anja soon starts to see beneath Susanne's aloof exterior.

In a pulls-no-punches essay intended to provoke rational discussion, Stephen King sets down his thoughts about gun violence in America. Anger and grief in the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School are palpable in this urgent piece of writing, but no less remarkable are King's keen thoughtfulness and composure as he explores the contours of the gun-control issue and constructs his argument for what can and should be done.

Sunny, a working-class reporter at the trashy tabloid The Bulletin, dreams of writing hard-hitting stories that change the world. Ludo, a privileged musical theatre fanatic turned journalist at the prestigious Sentinel, can’t seem to enter a room without causing chaos. When an unexpected scoop lands in their laps at the same time, thrusting them into a web of political intrigue, these arch-nemeses find themselves reluctantly working together—and fighting an unexpected attraction.

Londres, années 1970. Un homme politique en vue s'éveille au côté d'une parfaite inconnue, tandis qu'une Rolls-Royce guette au pied de l'immeuble. Au même moment, un mafieux rassemble ses hommes de main et un magnat de l'édition décide de se retirer des affaires. Le soleil se lève sur la capitale britannique, amorçant une rafale d'événements : braquage, explosions, chantage, tentative de suicide, OPA, tirs de chevrotine... Une avalanche d'informations sans rapport apparent déferle sur la rédaction de l'Evening Post.