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Dobrodružný román vypovídá o milostném dramatu i zoufalé odvaze mladé Američanky, která se rozhodla pro špionážní práci ve válečném Berlíně. Píše se rok 1940 a Linda Vossová je sekretářka velké newyorské firmy. Zdá se, že se jí vyplnil sen všech sekretářek, když se provdala za svého šéfa, ale manželství se brzy rozpadá. Hrdinčiny perfektní znalosti němčiny využívá FBI prostřednictvím Edwarda Lelanda, staršího muže, který je pro Lindu vzorem čestnosti, odvahy a hrdinství. Dívka, která pochází z německé židovské rodiny, velice prožívá události v Evropě a když přichází příležitost, přijímá místo kuchařky u vysokého německého pohlavára a předává po dva roky špionážní zprávy americké centrále. Napínavý román je dramatem lásky i dobrodružství, odvahy i nenávisti.

Rosie Meyersová, žena ve středním věku, židovka ze střední vrstvy, středoškolská profesorka angličtiny a matka dvou dospělých synů. Po 25 letech čehosi, co považovala za šťastné manželství se s ní chce její manžel Richie-který se vypracoval ze stejných poměrů jako ona do pozice prezidenta velké a výnosné firmy-rozvést, kvůli mladší, krásnější a úspěšnější ženě. Rosie zareaguje typicky-bloudí v noci osaměle po velkém luxusním domě na Long Islandu, polyká prášky na uklidnění a cpe se čokoládou. A jako by toho nebylo dost, jedné noci si zajde do ledničky pro něco na zub a zakopne o mrtvé tělo svého proradného manžela. Policie si úsudek vytvoří sama. Rosie měla motiv, v domě nikdo jiný nebyl, vražedná zbraň patří k vybavení v domě. A tak Rosie nezbývá nic jiného než uprchnout a pátrat sama.

Fate can be benevolent. Or incredibly cruel. That's what Nick and Jane will learn... Just take their relationship. Nick is stunningly handsome, the blue-eyed scion of a blue-blood New York family. Rich, talented, confident, he will become the world's most famous movie star. Jane is delightfully funny, a dark-skinned, dark-haired, half-Jewish, half-German daughter of the Midwest. Smart, gifted, loving, she will become famous in her own right as well... From the time they first meet in their Social and Intellectual History of the U.S. course at Brown University, it's love at first sight. Coming together from two very different worlds, they will cast off adversity and disapproval to forge a life filled with work, love, and children. But fame and success come at a high price--their marriage. Just when it seems the promise of their love might be renewed, an accident leaves Jane hovering between life and death. Now, it's not only their union that might not survive, but Jane too...Almost Paradise is vintage Susan Isaacs, a witty, poignant, and engrossing tale of a man, a woman, and a passion wondrous, heartbreaking, and unforgettable.

Long Island housewife Judith Singer is incredibly bored. So when a local dentist is found murdered and the police suspect her neighbor, that's all the excuse Judith needs to jump in and begin her own investigation. In between school runs and making dinner, she is drawn deeper into the case-and closer to the police detective in charge.

Lily White, a sharp and practical criminal defense lawyer from Long Island, takes on the case of charming con man Norman Torkelson, accused of murder after swindling his victim. As the case unfolds, unexpected twists reveal not only the complexities of Torkelson's actions but also the compelling backstory of Lily's own life. The narrative intertwines legal drama with personal revelations, showcasing Lily's keen intuition and resilience in a world filled with deception.

Amy was barely born with a spoon in her mouth let alone a silver one. Her mother abandoned her before her first birthday and her father, a small-time crook, was in jail more time than he was out. Raised by her flaky and slightly felonious grandmother, Amy worked ahrd and managed to get scholarships to boarding schools, then Harvard, then the Columbia School of Journalism. But now- a few years into her stint as a reporter for a prestigious magazine- she doesn't know who she is or how to connect with the world. Seeking answers, she sets out to find the mother she never knew... and maybe a place to belong.

Fans of New York Times Bestselling author Susan Isaacs’ signature satire won’t be disappointed with this new edition of her classic tale of family, sex and New York politics Marcia Green is a sophisticated, witty, successful New Yorker, a whiz of a political speech writer, a woman who finds a smoke-filled room more intoxicating than a magnum of champagne. Her private life is a little less bubbly. She has a passionate but not very promising live-in relationship with her boss’s dashing chief of staff, Jerry Morrissey. He offers her only a good time- but what a time! Can Marcia resist when a new man arrives on the scene, a man who is exactly the sort her family wants her to marry- bright, kind, attractive, wealthy, and charming- in short, too good to be real?

In this whip-smart suburban mystery from New York Times bestselling author Susan Isaacs, a retired FBI agent turned Long Island housewife taps into her investigative past when she begins to suspect that her neighbor is harboring criminal secrets.

Former FBI agent Corie Geller and her retired cop dad must solve one of the NYPD's coldest homicide cases - before the crime's sole survivor is killed.

After more than two decades, Judith Singer, the heroine of Compromising Positions, returns in a rollicking new novel sure to delight established Susan Isaacs fans and new readers alike. Judith Singer's life has changed. Her husband Bob died at age 55 -- half a day after triumphantly finishing the New York City Marathon in four hours and twelve minutes. And although twenty years have passed without seeing him, she still can't get her former lover, Nelson Sharpe of the Nassau County Police Department, out of her system. Judith finds herself surrounded by murder and mayhem when Courtney Logan, wife, mother, collector of vintage needlepoint and ex-president of Citizens for a More Beuatiful Shorehaven vanishes from Long Island into thin air. Naturally, all eyes turn to Courtney's husband, Greg, son of notorious Long Island mobster Philip 'Fancy Phil' Lowenstein. Fortunately Nelson -- who was never far from Judith's mind -- returns to help with what quickly becomes a murder enquiry.