Isabelle Chapman Knihy

The unspoken secrets and buried lies of one family rise to the surface in Eizabeth George's newest novel of crime, passion and tragic history. As Inspector Thomas Lynley investigates the London angle of an ever more darkly disturbing case, his partner, Barbara Havers, is looking behind the peaceful façade of country life to discover a twisted world of desire and deceit. The suicide of William Goldacre is devastating to those left behind who will have to deal with its unintended consequences - could there be a link between the young man's leap from a Dorset cliff and a horrific poisoning in Cambridge? After various issues with her department, Barbara Havers is desperate to redeem herself. So when a past encounter gives her a connection to the unsolved Cambridge murder, Barbara begs Thomas Lynley to let her pursue the crime, knowing one mistake could mean the end of her career. Full of shocks, intensity, and suspense from the first page to the last, A Banquet of Consequences reveals both Lynley and Havers under mounting pressure to solve a case that is equally compelling and complicated.

Cullato dalla musica country e dal gospel, un romanzo luminoso che ci immerge nell'atmosfera languida del Deep South degli anni '50. Un'opera tanto divertente quanto toccante sulla perdita dell'innocenza, la solidarietà familiare e la forza dell'amicizia. Nelle pianure dell'Arkansas, in una piccola casa che funge anche da negozio e bar, vivono i Moses, una famiglia vivace che affronta grandi delusioni e piccole tragedie con un cuore buono e un'anima generosa. Qui cresce Swan, un ragazzo di undici anni che odia le gonne e ama giocare alla guerra con i suoi fratelli. Una nuova conoscenza cambierà la vita di Swan e della sua famiglia: Blade ha dieci anni. Ha paura. Suo padre è un uomo sadico, un mostro di violenza e crudeltà. Un giorno, un gesto atroce segna un punto di non ritorno. Per i Moses, è urgente proteggere l'enfant. Ma, di fronte al terribile desiderio di vendetta di un essere animato dal male, tutto l'amore del mondo potrebbe non bastare...

Detective Inspector Lynley is approached by business magnate Bernard Fairclough for a confidential review - not a formal investigation - of the circumstances of his nephew's demise. The coroner's verdict is accidental death. Recovering from the murder of his wife, Lynley has personal reasons for welcoming a spell away from London. He heads to the wild beauty of the Lake District, with Deborah and Simon St James to provide cover for his inquiries. Barbara Havers, back at base, makes her own unique contribution to the case, distracted only by Isabelle's ambitions to improve her Detective Sergeant's appearance. When he comes to know the various members of the extended Fairclough dynasty, Lynley finds many possible motives for murder, and uncovers layers of deceit and betrayal that expose the lies at the heart of the Cumbrian community.

The highly anticipated follow-up to Peter Behrens' Governor General's Literary Award-winning novel, The Law of Dreams. The O'Briens follows the family from The Law of Dreams two generations later: Joe O'Brien is coming of age in a new century in remote Pontiac County, Quebec, with his two brothers and two sisters by his side. Their father has abandoned the family and died in the South African war; their frail mother has remarried the abusive and lecherous Mick Heaney. Joe and his siblings escape the poverty and violence of the Pontiac, but as Joe travels the continent, building a business and a bright young family with his wife, Iseult, he is never quite able to leave his past behind. Told from the perspectives of Joe, Iseult, and their children and spanning the construction of the Canadian railroad as well as both world wars, this is a majestic novel that mirrors the scope and sweep of what Wilfrid Laurier calls "Canada's Century." Tragic, romantic, and as vivid as the novel that preceded it, The O'Briens is an epic of great heart, imagination, and narrative force.