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"Is she your girlfriend? Wolfi asked.I'm not sure, I say.But you sleep with her?No. Yes, once.How many women have you slept with?God, Wolfi, what sort of question is that?"To an Australian writer visiting Heidelberg, the brilliant young philosophy student Wolfi is a compelling character. From the start, the details of Wolfi's life are curious - from his inquisitorial father and passionate mother to the grandmother who pays for his sexual initiation with a prostitute and to his connections with the outlandish rogue Karl.As we are lured by Wolfi's obsession into the mysterious and erotic maze of this novel, we find nothing is as it appears. What in fact is fact and what in fiction is fiction?

There are times in your life when something happens after which you’re never the same. It may be something direct or indirect, or something someone says to you. But whatever it is, there is no going back. And inevitably, when it happens, it happens suddenly, without warning.Paris: 1989. Recently retired Inspector of Police Auguste Jovert receives a letter from a woman who claims to be his daughter. Two days later, a stranger comes knocking on his door...Set in Paris and Japan, The Snow Kimono tells the stories of Inspector Jovert, former Professor of Law Tadashi Omura, and his one-time friend the writer Katsuo Ikeda. All three men have lied to themselves, and to each other. And these lies are about to catch up with them.A quarter of a century after the award-winning bestseller Out of the Line of Fire, Mark Henshaw returns with an intricate psychological thriller that is also an unforgettable meditation on love and loss, on memory and its deceptions, and the ties that bind us to others.

In this gripping debut thriller, two CIA outcasts must thwart a secret Chinese weapon that could ignite a world war. Rookie case officer Kyra Stryker returns to Langley after a failed mission in Venezuela, landing in the Red Cell, the CIA’s innovative think tank. There, she partners with Jonathan Burke, a maverick analyst known for his unconventional methods and accuracy, despite his strained relationships with colleagues. Following a failed raid on Chinese spies in Taiwan that results in a deadly chemical release, CIA director Kathy Cooke turns to the Red Cell for answers on China's aggressive stance towards the island nation. Their only lead is a top CIA asset in China, code-named Pioneer, who is under heavy surveillance. Stryker sees a chance for redemption through a perilous mission: to extract Pioneer before he is captured and executed. The information he possesses could determine the balance of peace in the Pacific or lead to war. Spanning CIA headquarters, the White House, a Navy carrier in the South China Sea, and Beijing's shadowy streets, the narrative unfolds as Stryker and Burke race against time to uncover the hidden threat posed by China's clandestine weapon. With expert insights into the intelligence community, the author crafts a thrilling and authentic tale.

»Willst du dein Leben erkennen, musst du es durch die Augen eines anderen sehen.« Auguste Jovert lebt zurückgezogen in seiner Wohnung in Paris. Eines Tages steht ein Fremder vor seiner Tür, der ihm die Geschichte seines Freundes, des Japaners Katsuo Ikeda, erzählt. Ikeda führte ein bewegtes Leben als Schriftsteller, verliebte sich unsterblich in die schöne Mariko. Doch als er ihr wiederholt ihren Wunsch nach einem Kind ausschlägt, verlässt sie ihn. Er verfällt in tiefe Depressionen, bis er eines Tages die junge Sachiko trifft, die er unbedingt ganz für sich haben will, denn sie erinnert ihn an seine Mariko. Doch als Sachiko schwanger wird und in einem Schneesturm stirbt, muss er sich einer Wahrheit stellen, vor der er bislang die Augen verschlossen hat. Und Auguste Jovert begreift, dass diese Geschichte im fernen Japan mehr mit ihm zu tun hat, als er zunächst ahnte. Denn auch er wird von seiner Vergangenheit eingeholt … Mark Henshaws atmosphärischer Roman ist ein atemberaubendes Stück Literatur über Erinnerungen, Lebenslügen, die große Liebe, ihren Verlust und das, was uns aneinander bindet. Ein Roman, so klar und poetisch wie ein verschneiter Zen-Garten.