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Florence Winslow awakens in a hospital with the shocking revelation that she has killed a man, though she only recalls a collision on a remote road. The deceased was driving a stolen car, leading Detective Dylan Bodine to suspect foul play and that someone may have intended to harm Florence. As he teams up with seasoned investigator Carrie Fuller, they uncover Florence's connection to a powerful family, intensifying the urgency to solve the mystery and protect her from potential threats.

"When it comes to predicting how technology changes our near future, there are two camps. One says we live at a time of a "new normal" where we've netted all the low-hanging fruit and ordering a ride or food on a smartphone is as good as it's going to get. The other camp sees lots of changes but mainly in destroying jobs and traditional businesses. They're both wrong, predicts Mark P. Mills, whose earlier book "The Bottomless Well" debunked the bleak consensus view that the world had reached "peak oil" production in the early 2000s. History will record the 2020s as one of the episodic pivots in human progress where technology-driven prosperity goes into high gear. And it doesn't come from any single 'big' invention, but from the convergence of radical advances in technologies in three domains: the "Cloud," history's biggest and newest infrastructure, built from next-generation microprocessors and democratizing artificial intelligence; new kinds of machines used for making and moving everything; and the emergence of unprecedented and novel materials from which everything is built. We've seen this pattern before. The structure of the technological revolution that drove the last long-run expansion can be traced to the 1920s. It too came from the same kind of convergence: a new information infrastructure (telephony), new machines (cars and power plants), and new materials (plastics and pharmaceuticals). It's true that we've wrung all the magic out of the last boom. But the next one starts now. The U.S. is again at the epicenter of these innovations, one that promise to upend the status quo in manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, education, energy and entertainment"-- Provided by publisher

La fiancée de Dan disparaît du jour au lendemain, ne lui laissant qu’une lettre et le chien qu’elle venait à peine de recueillir : Doggo. Plus proche du cabot hargneux que de l’adorable toutou, celui-ci va pourtant chambouler la vie du trentenaire. Nouveau job, nouvel amour, et si la tornade Doggo se révélait le plus inattendu des porte-bonheur ?

Daniel strávil s Clarou čtyři roky a byl naprosto spokojený. Ona asi ne, protože ho ze dne na den opustila a nechala mu jen ošklivého psa a dlouhý dopis plný obvinění. Takže teď je zase svobodný muž – až na jeden závazek. Neměl to srdce dát Dogga do útulku, i když to byl vlastně Clařin pes a on si s ním neví moc rady. Rozhodl se najít mu nový domov.. Úřednice v útulku se při pročítání Doggových materiálů najednou zamračí. „To je zvláštní, byl u nás jen týden, když si ho vaše přítelkyně vybrala.“ „No a?“ „Já bych ho tipovala na doživotí.“ „Na doživotí?“ „Jako ve vězení… že tu prostě už dožije.“ „Proč to říkáte?“ „No… vždyť se na něj podívejte.“

A riveting and evocative tale of passion and murder, set on the French Riviera in the 1930s, from the No. 1 bestselling author of The Savage Garden.

Mark Mills's bestselling novels Amagansett and The Savage Garden have won him widespread acclaim for his singular brand of suspense. Weaving a haunting and atmospheric historical backdrop with a tense plot of murder and an unforgettable love story, he delivers another riveting tale in The Information Officer. Summer 1942: Malta, a small windswept island in the Mediterranean, has become the most bombed patch of earth on the planet, worse even than London during the Blitz. The Maltese, a fiercely independent people, withstand the relentless Axis air raids. Max Chadwick is the British officer charged with manipulating the news on Malta to bolster the population's fragile esprit de corps. This is all, besides a few broken-down fighter planes, that stands in the face of Nazi occupation and perhaps even victory—for Malta is the stepping-stone the Germans need between Europe and North Africa. When Max learns of the brutal murder of a young island woman—along with evidence that the crime was committed by a British officer—he knows that the Maltese loyalty to the war effort could be instantly shattered. As the clock ticks down toward all-out invasion, Max must investigate the murder—beyond the gaze of his superiors, friends, and even the woman he loves. Filled with remarkably poignant and atmospheric details of life under siege, and indelible characters who live and breathe, The Information Officer is a taut, transporting thriller—an enthralling novel told with exceptional skill and style.

Set in Italy in 1958, 'The Savage Garden' is the story of two unsolved murders - one committed in the late Renaissance, the other in 1944, during the dying days of the German army's occupation.

Containing many engravings and ground plans, this guidebook to the ancient cathedrals of England features interesting facts and stories, and is written by a stonemason and letter carver.

Kehre dem Meer nie den Rücken zu Süddeutsche Zeitung

Snow Falling on Cedars meets The Shipping News in this enthralling literary crime novel set in post World War II Long Island. In the small town of Amagansett, perched on Long Island's windswept coast, generations have followed the same calling as their forefathers, fishing the dangerous Atlantic waters. Little has changed in the three centuries since white settlers drove the Montaukett Indians from the land. But for Conrad Labarde, a second-generation Basque immigrant recently returned from the Second World War, and his fellow fisherman Rollo Kemp, this stability is shattered when a beautiful New York socialite turns up dead in their nets. On the face of it, her death was accidental, but deputy police chief Tom Hollis -- an incomer from New York -- is convinced the truth lies in the intricate histories and family secrets of Amagansett's inhabitants. Meanwhile the enigmatic Labarde is pursuing his own investigation. In unravelling the mystery, this haunting and evocative novel captures a community whose way of life is disappearing, its demise hastened by war in Europe and the incursions of wealthy city dwellers in search of a playground.