Showing results by publisher "SAGA Egmont" in Literary Fiction

La prima indagine dell'eccentrico giornalista Pompilio Nardini. Versilia, estate 2012. Pompilio Nardini è un Don Chisciotte contemporaneo con una spiccata, seppur strampalata, passione per "Pinocchio" e per la risoluzione di crimini. Quando scopre che l'amico Tardelli è stato trovato morto per una presunta overdose di eroina, Nardini stenta a crederci. Conosceva troppo bene Tardelli per non andare più a fondo. Inizia così un'indagine parallela che lo porterà faccia a faccia con magnati russi e individui loschi.

In the blink of an eye, life as Gabbie knows it crumbles. With her deceitful husband gone and her family shattered, she's left with no choice but to return to her childhood home – a house haunted by the woman who shattered their lives. Her stepmother. Her father's final wish was for his second wife to reside in their home indefinitely, a fact her stepmother clung to without a hint of leaving. Their relationship, strained and distant, must now weather an unexpected storm as she seeks her stepmother's help – for her daughters' sake, Olivia and Alice.

Le livre phénomène, vendu à plus d'un million de copies. Le best-seller qui a fait la tête des listes du "Sunday Times" et du "New York Times". Connell et Marianna vivent dans la même petite ville irlandaise, mais tandis que Connell est le garçon populaire du lycée, et vit avec sa mère célibataire dans une petite maison, Marianne est première de classe, mal aimée, et vit avec sa mère et son frère dans une grande villa. La mère de Connell est leur femme de ménage.

An intense and brilliantly realised crime thriller set in the myth-soaked streets of Girona.

A killer targets hate figures in the Catalan city of Girona – a loan shark, a corrupt priest, four thugs who have blighted the streets of the old quarter – leaving clues about his next victim through mysterious effigies left hung on a statue. Each corpse is posed in a way whose meaning no one can fathom.

Dopo "l'incidente" della professoressa Cardone, acida insegnante di italiano delle medie, le vacanze di Natale a Lanzo Torinese cominciano prima del previsto. Qualcosa di indicibile è successo davanti agli sguardi terrorizzati degli alunni della seconda B, qualcosa di così terribile che nemmeno la grande nevicata del 1996 è in grado di nascondere e silenziare.

Henriette Liebling ist unzufrieden mit ihrem Leben. Sie hat sich eingerichtet in der Ereignislosigkeit mit einem sicheren, aber langweiligen Job, einer schönen, aber sterilen Wohnung und einer netten, aber monotonen Beziehung. Ganz klar: Das ist nicht ihr "Lieblingsleben". Das ist höchstens Plan B. Und so steht sie vor der Frage: Wie wird man eigentlich erwachsen, ohne sich selbst aufzugeben? Und: Muss sie ihr Leben ändern - oder sogar sich selbst?

"Operation Red Dragon and the Unthinkable" is the second instalment in the Rosone’s and Watson’s "World War III" series, an Amazon Top Selling series. It is set in an America which refuses to surrender their forces in the Middle East and capitulate to the Caliphate’s demands. The Middle East is ablaze and the Islamic State threatens the United States, nuclear annihilation is a risk on both sides, and China is hovering around the battlefield.

"Queen Lucia" (1920) is the first volume of E. F. Benson’s "Mapp and Lucia" 6-novel series. It is a comedy of manners, set in provincial Riseholme (Lincolnshire). Emmeline Lucas rules local society with the help of her friend Georgie Pillson, a position she fiercely protects from her rival Daisy Quantock. But this very situation is at risk, as a scandal breaks out and a famous Prima Donna arrives in the sleepy old hamlet.

Lucky Santangelo har en plan. Hon ska köpa Panther Studios - filmbolaget som hennes skådespelande make, Lennie Golden, är bunden till. Allt som behövs är att gamle Abe Panther går med på att sälja. Vad Lucky aldrig kunnat förutspå är att Abe har ett väldigt specifikt krav för att affären ska gå i lås. Hon måste hjälpa honom sätta dit arvtagarna som driver bolaget, en gång för alla. Sex veckors arbete under täckmantel - sen är Panther Studios hennes.

Set in a luxurious grand hotel just outside Lisbon, at the height of the Second World War, Estoril is a delightful and poignant novel about exile, divided loyalties, fear and survival. The hotel's guests include spies, fallen kings, refugees from the Balkans, Nazis, American diplomats and stateless Jews. The Portuguese secret police broodingly observe the visitors, terrified that their country's neutrality will be compromised. The novel seamlessly fuses the stories of its invented characters with appearances by historical figures.

Sira Quiroga werkt in een van de beste naaiateliers van het Madrid in de jaren dertig van de vorige eeuw. Ze is verloofd met een nette jongen en haar toekomst lijkt uitgestippeld. Dan gooien twee mannen haar leven overhoop: een aantrekkelijke bon-vivant en haar vader, die ze nooit heeft gekend. Sira laat alles achter en vlucht met haar minnaar voor de naderende burgeroorlog naar Marokko, waar ze zorgeloos geniet van een leven vol feesten, vrijheid en luxe. Totdat ze in de steek wordt gelaten en berooid achterblijft. Dankzij haar talent als naaister weet ze echter te overleven.

Lara est Wedding Planner et elle s'est vu confier l'organisation du mariage de l'année sur la Côte d'Azur : celui de la fille d'un riche homme d'affaires colombien. Lorsque la police la contacte pour lui demander un coup de main dans leur enquête sur le père la mariée, la grande fan de série policière qu'elle est se prend au jeu. Mais entre une mariée exigeante, un lieutenant de police grognon, une patronne enceinte jusqu'aux yeux et un cadavre sur les bras, Lara ne va pas s'ennuyer. Trouvera-t-elle le temps de se faire ravir son cœur ?

"Gulliver's Travels" (1726, amended 1735), officially "Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World", is a novel by Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travellers' tales" literary sub-genre. It is widely considered Swift's magnum opus and is his most celebrated work, as well as one of the indisputable classics of English literature.

The perfect escape on the French Riviera. Sun, sea and secrets... After a disagreement with a billionaire, architect Jess Milton is ‘let go’ from her job. However fortune intervenes - an elderly client asks Jess to dog-sit overweight, but loveable dog Brutus in St. Tropez. Fed up with the mega-rich, Jess is reluctant to visit the playground of billionaires, but an all-expenses-paid trip and the promise of sunshine seals the deal. Little does Jess know how much time she’ll be spending with the family living in St. Tropez.

"Address Book" is the new work of fiction by the Costa-shortlisted author of "Skin Lane". Neil Bartlett’s cycle of stories takes us to seven very different times and situations: from a new millennium civil partnership celebration to erotic obsession in a Victorian tenement, from a council-flat bedroom at the height of the AIDS crisis to a doctor’s living-room in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, they lead us through decades of change to discover hope in the strangest of places.

Homme ou femme, jeune ou vieux, salarié ou retraité... ils sont cinq à franchir le pas de la petite bibliothèque tenue par Sayuri Komachi en plein coeur de Tokyo. Leur point commun: ils sont au croisement de leur vie. A chacun Sayuri Komachi, énigmatique bibliothécaire attentive aux autres, proposera un ouvrage totalement inattendu, bien loin de celui qu'ils croyaient être venus chercher.

Surpass all odds, break the chains, defeat a God... Heracles’ trials are far from over. Carrying the weight of the heavens, accompanied only by his most loyal friend, Iolaus, he will do anything to atone for his crimes. But all is not as it seems. Gods and men alike plot against him... First Heracles must obtain the girdle of the Amazonian Queen, Hippolyta, steal cattle from the monstrous Geryon, and take apples from the Garden of Hesperides.

"A Tale of Two Cities" is set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature. The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution.

Un thriller captivant dans une société futuriste digne de Black Mirror. Dans un futur proche, l'immortalité est à portée de main, mais la vie privée est sacrifiée. Lorsque Holly se réveille avec une nouvelle identité imposée, elle devient une « Réplique provisoire » chargée d'infiltrer un groupe terroriste. Sa mission : retrouver et éliminer son Original responsable de la mort de son mari.

Vor Jahren verschwand in Edinburgh die Studentin Lara Hardie vor ihrer eigenen Haustür – bis heute gibt es keine brauchbaren Spuren, keine Hinweise, keine Leiche. Bis der Anruf einer Bibliothekarin DCI Karen Pirie einen rätselhaften neuen Fall beschert: Im Nachlass eines kürzlich verstorbenen Schriftstellers wurde ein Manuskript gefunden, dessen Handlung erschreckende Ähnlichkeit mit dem Cold Case der vermissten Studentin aufweist. Das Manuskript scheint der Schlüssel zu sein, um endlich herauszufinden, was mit Lara Hardie geschehen ist.