Knihobot

Margaret Maron

    Margaret Maronová mistrně vykresluje život na americkém Jihu prostřednictvím napínavých příběhů. Její díla se ponořují do složitosti lidských vztahů a společenských témat s bystrým okem pro detail a psychologickou hloubku. Prostřednictvím svých románů a povídek představuje jedinečný pohled na kulturní a historické nuance svého rodného regionu. Její styl, často popisovaný jako pronikavý a atmosférický, zanechává v čtenářích hluboký dojem.

    Margaret Maron
    Death's Half Acre
    Bloody Kin
    Designated Daughters
    Long Upon the Land
    Shooting at Loons
    Hlídka, Medik z Dublinu, Hazard, Třídenní město
    • 2017

      Take Out

      • 373 stránek
      • 14 hodin čtení

      A New York Times Bestselling AuthorNYPD Detective Sigrid Harald is still reeling from the untimely death of her lover, acclaimed painter Oscar Nauman, when she is called to investigate the deaths of two homeless men in the West Village. The police at first assume an overdose, until they realize that one of the men shows no signs of drug use. Then when containers of poisoned takeout food are found nearby, Sigrid's case is suddenly much more complicated. As Sigrid investigates, she uncovers an intriguing neighborhood history: a haughty mafia widow and her disgraced godson, a retired opera star with dark secrets, an unsolved hit-and-run, and the possible discovery of a long-missing painting that will rock the art world. Soon the case is fraught with myriad suspects and motives.

      Take Out
    • 2017

      Shooting at Loons

      • 200 stránek
      • 7 hodin čtení
      4,5(12)Ohodnotit

      In North Carolina, Judge Deborah Knott investigates the death of Tink Taylor, a local fisherman who was a voice of reason in the dispute between commercial fishermen and real estate developers

      Shooting at Loons
    • 2016

      Long Upon the Land

      • 287 stránek
      • 11 hodin čtení
      4,3(41)Ohodnotit

      Margaret Maron's New York Times bestselling mystery series featuring Judge Deborah Knott comes to a heartwarming conclusion...LONG UPON THE LANDOn a quiet August morning, Judge Deborah Knott's father, Kezzie, discovers a dead body on his farm. Investigating the crime, Deborah's husband, Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Bryant, soon uncovers a long-simmering hostility between Kezzie and the slain man over a land dispute, casting suspicion on the Knott family. Meanwhile, Deborah receives a cigarette lighter that once belonged to her mother, which makes her curious about her parents. How did they meet? And how could a prominent attorney's daughter marry the uneducated son of a moonshiner?Why are Deborah's brothers so evasive about the dead man? Is the murder linked to Kezzie's illegal whiskey business? And could his courtship of Deborah's mother have something to do with the bad blood between the two families? Deborah's loyalties are torn as she tries to clear her family from suspicion without hampering Dwight's investigation.

      Long Upon the Land
    • 2015
    • 2013

      1) Robert Crais: Hlídka - Bývalý policista a žoldák Joe Pike je vždy ve střehu a má "čich" na nebezpečné situace. Když tedy vidí, jak do jednoho malého občerstvení v Los Angeles vcházejí dva podezřele vyhlížející chlapíci, neváhá zakročit. To ještě netuší, s kým má tu čest ...2) Patrick Taylor: Medik z Dublinu - Doktor Fingal Flaherty O'Reilly vzpomíná na své začátky. Studia bral vážně, i když se neodříkal ani známého rčení "Život studentský, život veselý" - pivo, hospůdky, sport, kamarádi, lásky. Pro pacienty by se rozkrájel, a to už v době, kdy byl nezkušeným medikem. 3) Felix Francis: Hazard - Nick Foxton býval žokej tělem i duší. Pak ho tělo zradilo - zranění ho připravilo o dostihovou kariéru. Stal se finančním poradcem a dostihy má jen jako hobby. A právě na jednom z nejdůležitějších dostihů, na Velké národní v Aintree, mu někdo přímo před očima zabije kolegu. 4) Margaret Maronová: Třídenní město - Manželé z jižanského městečka, soudkyně a šerif, se vydávají na líbánky do zasněženého New Yorku. Odhodláni nenechat se odradit počasím se ubytují a těší se, jak si užijí velkoměsta. Jejich plány se zkalí, když ve vypůjčeném bytě najdou mrtvolu domovníka.

      Hlídka, Medik z Dublinu, Hazard, Třídenní město
    • 2011

      Three-Day Town

      • 278 stránek
      • 10 hodin čtení
      3,8(2430)Ohodnotit

      Three-Day Town is the winner of the Agatha award for best novel. After a year of marriage, Judge Deborah Knott and Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Bryant are off to New York City for a long-delayed honeymoon. January might not be the perfect time to take a bite of the Big Apple, but Dwight's sister-in-law has arranged for them to stay in her Upper West Side apartment for a week. Deborah had been asked to deliver a package to Lieutenant Sigrid Harald of the NYPD from Sigrid's Colleton County grandmother. But when the homicide detective comes to pick it up, the package is missing and the building's super is found murdered. Now despite their desire to enjoy a blissful winter getaway, Deborah and Dwight must team up with Lt. Harald to catch the killer before he strikes again.

      Three-Day Town
    • 2009

      Death's Half Acre

      • 307 stránek
      • 11 hodin čtení
      3,9(52)Ohodnotit

      Unchecked urbanization has begun to eclipse the North Carolina countryside. As farms give way to shoddy mansions, farmers struggle to slow the rampant growth. In the shadows, corrupt county commissioners use their political leverage to make profitable deals with new developers. A murder will pull Judge Deborah Knott and Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Bryant into the middle of this bitter dispute and force them to confront some dark realities.

      Death's Half Acre
    • 1998

      From contemporary crimes to historical whodunits, here are classic and charming mysteries in the grand tradition of the television show, Murder, She Wrote. Contributors include Anne Perry, Margaret Maron, Susan Dunlap, and 14 other top authors.The Cadaver waltzed at noon / Deborah Adams --Both feet / Teri Holbrook --The Stupid pet trick / Margaret Maron --A Lady should avoid murder / Ann Granger --The Ghost who died dancing / Margaret Lawrence --Daughter of compassion / Veronica Black --Murder, she did / Gillian Roberts --The Uncrowned King of Ireland; or, a most toad-spotted traitor / P.M. Carlson --Up the garden path / Joyce Christmas --The Miser of Michely Hall / Jeanne M. Dams --Tipping the scales / Leslie O'Kane --Ghost busted / Susan Rogers Cooper --Brodie and the regrettable incident of the French ambassador / Anne Perry --Beauty is only skin deep / Gallagher Gray --In memory of Jack / Elizabeth Daniels Squire --A Surfeit of deadlines / Susna Dunlap

      Jessic a Fletcher presents. Murder, they wrote II.