Roman 1990 448 S. Gebundene Ausgabe Diogenes,

November in der Londoner U-Bahn. Die Bahnsteigkante lockt, wäre da nicht Sandor. In letzter Sekunde reißt er Klein-Joe zurück. »Wer bist du?«, fragt er. »Ich habe dir das Leben gerettet, deshalb gehört dein Leben jetzt mir.« Und schon...

"Königliche Krankheit" von Renate Orth-Guttmann ist ein Roman, der sich mit den Herausforderungen und dem Leben einer Familie auseinandersetzt, die von der sogenannten "königlichen Krankheit", der Hämophilie, betroffen ist. Die...

Clodagh Brown klettert für ihr Leben gern: zunächst auf Bäume, dann, als Teenager mit ihrem ersten Freund Daniel, auf Hochspannungsmaste. In späteren Jahren ist sie auf Londons Dächern unterwegs und erhascht, gemeinsam mit...

King Solomon's Carpet von Vine, Barbara

In the tenth mystery bearing the pen name of Barbara Vine, internationally celebrated novelist Ruth Rendell illuminates a doctor's struggle between the desire to heal and the baser human instincts. von Vine, Barbara

Barbara Vine was the pen-name of Ruth Rendell, and Viking published all of her books under that name. Rendell was an exceptional crime writer, with worldwide sales of approximately 20 million copies, and regular Sunday Times bestsellers....

In the long hot summer of 1976, a group of young people are camping in Wyvis Hall. Adam, Rufus, Shiva, Vivien and Zosie hardly ask why they are there or how they are to live; they scavenge, steal and sell the family heirlooms. In short,...

Renowned mystery writer Ruth Rendell (writing as Barbara Vine) draws on the conventions of the 19th-century novel to tell a chilling and suspenseful story of cruelty and murder in a bitterly divided family. von Vine, Barbara

The Birthday Present von Vine, Barbara

"They have sent me here because of what happened on the pylon."When Clodagh Brown writes these words at the age of nineteen, she believes that she is leaving behind the traumatic events of her youth. But Clodagh soon learns that you can...

It is 1905. Asta and her husband Rasmus have come to East London from Denmark with their two little boys. With Rasmus constantly away on business, Asta keeps loneliness and isolation at bay by writing a diary. These diaries, published...