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Claire McNab

    Tato autorka, známá svými napínavými detektivními příběhy, se proslavila především svými sériemi zaměřenými na silné ženské postavy. Její styl se vyznačuje důrazem na psychologický vývoj postav a propracovaným zápletkami, které čtenáře drží v napětí až do samého konce. Autorka se také věnuje psaní pro mladší čtenáře a oblasti osobního rozvoje, což ukazuje její všestrannost. Její díla často zkoumají složité mezilidské vztahy a morální dilemata.

    Murder at Random
    Geheimer Kreis
    Death Understood
    Death by Death
    Out of Sight
    Recognition Factor
    • 2007

      The Platypus Ploy

      • 272 stránek
      • 10 hodin čtení
      4,0(82)Ohodnotit

      Stone the crows—Aussie Kylie Kendall returns!Kylie’s relationship with paramour Ariana Creeling has reached a new level—until she disappears. There’s no sign of violence, no ransom demand—she simply vanishes. Kylie is distraught, not knowing whether she’s alive or dead. Convinced there’s a link to the prestigious Clarice Turner Evenstar Home, where aged show business stars fade not-so-gently away, Kylie disguises herself as a volunteer and finds herself on the trail of the culprit—but will she be too late to save the woman she loves?Claire McNab is a transplanted Aussie who has written many mysteries for both children and adults.

      The Platypus Ploy
    • 2006

      Writing My Love

      • 185 stránek
      • 7 hodin čtení
      3,3(47)Ohodnotit

      Vonny Smith, otherwise known as Veronica Vanderveer, is the author of best-selling romance novels. Her last book, Torrid Hearts, not only won a Lammy but also garnered some of the best reviews of her career.Diana K. Broswell, Vonny’s editor, is unaware she is the motivation behind the best-selling romances. Vonny is extremely behind schedule on her next already under contract novel because she has been planning her strategy to win Diana’s love. She believes she will be able to woo Diana through her writing. Vonny can’t help but hope Diana will slide into love with her before she is aware what is happening.An audacious, tongue-in-cheek novel-in-progress tucked within a deliciously fraught lesbian romance--only Claire McNab could pull off such an entertaining feat. - Katherine V. Forrest

      Writing My Love
    • 2006

      The Dingo Dilemma

      • 211 stránek
      • 8 hodin čtení
      4,0(122)Ohodnotit

      “We can’t help loving sleuth Kylie Kendall. . . . We’ll follow her wherever her brunette ambitions take her.”— GirlfriendsKylie may still be a private eye in training, and she may still be reeling by the secret her business partner finally revealed to her. But nothing can compare to her family’s interference, even from far-away Australia. When her mother asks Kylie to check in on “distant” relative Doug “Dingo” O’Rourke, who has landed a TV gig in Los Angeles, Kylie realizes she has no choice but to do so. Dingo, though, wants nothing to do with an interfering private investigator, despite the fact that something dreadful is worrying him.

      The Dingo Dilemma
    • 2005

      Murder at Random

      • 182 stránek
      • 7 hodin čtení
      4,0(31)Ohodnotit

      Undercover agent Denise Cleever faces a daunting assignment - infiltrate the shadowy terrorist group who has found a unique method to produce widespread panic. How? By paying amateur contract killers a considerable bounty for every successful murder at random. The method of murder is up to the contract killer - but it's mandatory that each death be brutally violent and attract the maximum publicity. National exposure gets a substantial bonus; making the international media network doubles the original fee. As Denise follows the elusive trail, she discovers an unholy alliance between members of the media and the perpetrator of the tide of fear that is engulfing the nation. Deeply undercover, with no back-up if things go wrong, Denise faces her most challenging assignment as she realizes the fate of thousands is in her hands. This is the sixth installment of the Denise Cleever Thriller series.

      Murder at Random
    • 2005

      Frustrated, transplanted Aussie Kylie Kendall mostly hangs out with her secretary and samples LA nightlife. Owning half a detective agency is boring when your partner won’t let you detect. But twins Alf and Chica Hartnidge, hosts of Australian hit children TV show The Oz Mob ask who smuggles opals into the U.S. inside their Kelvin Kookaburra plush toys, and murder follows.

      The Kookaburra Gambit
    • 2005

      The Quokka Question

      • 184 stránek
      • 7 hodin čtení
      3,8(133)Ohodnotit

      Kylie Kendall is hired for a routine security detail to prevent an academic rival from disrupting Dr. Oscar Braithwaite’s keynote address at UCLA’s Global Marsupial Symposium. Sounds easy enough to be downright dull, but then Dr. Braithwaite is murdered, and his sister, the sexually voracious and irresistibly attractive Dr. Penelope Braithwaite, hires Kylie to investigate his death. Can Kylie keep from mixing business with oh-so-much pleasure? Can she remain true to her barely requited love for her ice-queen business partner, Arianna Creeling? Oh yes, and can she figure out who killed Oscar? All of these questions and more are answered in this latest installment of Claire McNab’s Kylie Kendall mystery series.Transplanted Australian Claire McNab is the author of two other Kylie Kendall mysteries, The Wombat Strategy and The Kookaburra Gambit. She has also written 18 best-selling mystery novels, 14 featuring the popular Detective Inspector Carol Ashton and four featuring undercover agent Denise Cleever. She has served as the president of Sisters in Crime and is a member of both the Mystery Writers of America and the Science Fiction Writers of America. She lives in Los Angeles.

      The Quokka Question
    • 2005

      Wenig Spaß hat auch Claire McNabs Serienheldin Carol Ashton mit ihrem neuesten Fall. Vor der schönen Kulisse Australiens vergnügt sich ein Millionär damit, seinen Mitmenschen böse Streiche zu spielen. Bis eines seiner Opfer den Spieß umdreht und der Spaßmacher selbst grausam zu Tode kommt. In Spaß muß sein schickt McNab das übliche Ermittlungsteam ins Rennen, viel Altbekanntes, wenig Neues, ein bisschen Herzschmerz ist auch dabei.

      Spaß muß sein
    • 2004

      Fall Guy

      • 173 stránek
      • 7 hodin čtení
      4,0(51)Ohodnotit

      For most people, to know Milton Ryce is to loathe him. Now in his mid-forties, the practical joker has never outgrown the adolescent behavior that amused him so much as a teenager. Embarrassing others has been his favorite past time, and he delights in coming up with elaborate schemes for setting up his 'friends' as fall guys. Extremely generous with his money, Milton has bought influence in high places and a circle of well-connected friends and business acquaintances. When he plunges to his death while sky diving, no one seems particularly surprised to find that he was murdered. Detective Inspector Carol Ashton finds a long list of possible murderers--a list that includes family members who are positively jostling for position to be at the top of the list. Then an elaborate practical joke is played out at Milton's funeral by his son, Ted, and more evidence begins piling up against him. Carol must act quickly to find out if Ted is indeed his father's killer--or if he is simply being set up as yet another 'fall guy'... Fall Guy is the 16th book in the Carol Ashton mystery series.

      Fall Guy
    • 2004

      Aussie dyke Kylie Kendall leaves tiny Australian outback Wollegudgerie pub when unknown dad leaves her 51% of his LA detective agency. Lovely enigmatic Arianna Creeling offers to buy her out, but Dr Deer, celebrity psychiatrist to the stars, hires them to investigate his stolen records, and apparent suicide of successful reviled film director client.

      The Wombat Strategy
    • 2003

      Geheimdienstagentin Denise Cleever infiltriert ein extremistisches Trainingscamp in Australien, um einen Terroranschlag zu verhindern. Als sie den Auftrag erhält, einen Politiker zu ermorden, steht sie vor der schwersten Entscheidung ihres Lebens: einen Unschuldigen töten oder ihr eigenes Leben riskieren.

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