150 years of the Royal Warrant and its holders.
Tim Heald Knihy
Tim Heald je britský novinář a autor detektivních románů. Jeho díla se vyznačují bystrým pozorováním a humorným pohledem na britskou společnost, zejména prostřednictvím svého oblíbeného protagonisty, povalečského vyšetřovatele. Heald mistrně kombinuje napětí s ironickým komentářem a vytváří příběhy, které jsou stejně zábavné jako napínavé. Jeho jedinečný styl spočívá v propletení složitých záhad s detailním vykreslením charakterů a prostředí.
Princess Margaret
- 346 stránek
- 13 hodin čtení
Elegant and sophisticated biography of Princess Margaret, the controversial sister of Queen Elizabeth II, the Princess Diana of her day
A great Christmas gift for mystery lovers, this book brings together a lethal collection of 13 original mysteries by P.D. James, Simon Brett, Susan Moody and others. "A cozy collection of yule-tidings gone wrong."--"Publishers Weekly." Contents: Mugs / Margaret Yorke -- And broke his crown / David Williams -- Bearing gifts / Nicole Swengley -- Season of goodwill / Mike Seabrook -- More than flesh & blood / Susan Moody -- The proof of the pudding / Peter Lovesey -- Charades, anybody? / H.R.F. Keating -- The mistletoe murder / P.D. James -- Operation Christmas / Tim Heald -- A card or a kitten / Liza Cody -- Political corrections / Simon Brett -- Boxing unclever / Robert Barnard -- Gold, frankincense and murder / Catherine Aird.
From the cosy danger of the country house fireside to the baking streets of down-town Florida, each of these 13 short stories features a seasonal crime - and an unseasonal lack of goodwill to all men.
Since Chaucer's day, the After Dinner Speech, designed to reduce the assembled company to helpless merriment, has presented the ultimate challenge. The best speakers are natural story-tellers - Gerard Hoffnung reading a selection of letters from continental hoteliers, John Mortimer telling the woeful tale of a man's numerous unsuccessful attempts to murder his wife, and in this collection of post-prandial treasures, you will find the very best of them, from Groucho Marx on how to resist a femme fatale to Ralph Steadman addressing the Lewis Carroll Centenary Dinner. Shaggy dog stories, practical jokes, sporting anecdotes, rousing toasts, travellers' tales, and risqué reminiscences rub shoulders in this essential collection with real-life revelations and moments of history. Among the guests are Peter Ustinov, Jilly Cooper, Brian Johnstone, Charles Dickens, Dorothy Parker, Robertson Davies, Henry Grady, and A.P. Herbert. There is food and drink in abundance, gentle reflection and endearing charm as well as defiant frivolity. Above all, there are stories for every occasion - witty, absurd, momentous, philosophical, fascinating, poignant, and forever entertaining.
Just Desserts
- 190 stránek
- 7 hodin čtení
Book by JENI WRIGHT