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M J Lee The Killing Time
As tensions simmer in Shanghai, children go missing... Shanghai 1932: Inspector Danilov hasn't recovered from the death of his child... but across a Shanghai riven with communal tensions, children are going missing. Missing, and then murdered. Who is responsible? Why have the children's bodies been exhibited for all to see? Just as Danilov thinks the stakes couldn't be higher, there is a new dimension, Japan, a rising power flexing its muscles. In fractious Shanghai, an explosion is long overdue....
Engels | 9 uur 1 minuut (419 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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M J Lee The Murder Game
A woman appears on the streets of Shanghai. She has thousands of cuts – and is screaming for Inspector Danilov... Days later, the woman is dead. But another body is left waiting for the Inspector. Someone is playing with Danilov... someone prepared to kill, just to get their message across. At first, the victims seem unconnected. But with each body bringing a new message for Danilov, he knows this is a riddle especially designed for him. As more bodies start appearing, time is running out to solve...
Engels | 9 uur 30 minuten (440 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Alex Gough Emperor's Sword
A desolate wasteland. A mission gone wrong. An impossible goal. Roman scout, Silus, is deep behind enemy lines in Caledonia. As he spies on a raiding party, he is abruptly discovered by an enemy chief and his son. Mounting a one-man ambush, everything quickly goes wrong and Silus must run for his life, the head of the enemy leader in his hands. Little does he know the price he will pay... As Silus is inducted into the Arcani, an elite faction of assassins and spies, he must return to Caledonia...
Engels | 12 uur 58 minuten (571 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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James Fenimore Cooper The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in February 1826. It is the second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and the best known. The Pathfinder, published 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was an American writer and seaman, popular for his historical and political fiction. His most famous work is ‘The Last of the Mohicans’, which is the second in a series of five about life among...
Engels | 17 uur 7 minuten (768 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Damion Hunter The Wall at the Edge of the World
Save lives... Or take them? A gripping novel of the Roman frontier. Army Medic Postumus Justinius Corvus is a long way from his native Britannia, in the Syrian provinces at the far corner of Empire. But now he is going home, unexpectedly promoted to Senior Surgeon in the Sixth. The new Emperor faces problems in the far-flung island at the edge of Empire. Trouble is brewing north of the Wall. The tribes are stirring, a new conflict is brewing, old and new loyalties will be tested. Postumus will...
Engels | 11 uur 1 minuut (528 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Jack London B.J. Harrison Reads The Leopard Man's Story
"King" Wallace is a lion-tamer, who has been viciously murdered by a man who hated him. Now everyone wants to know who the murderer is. The "Leopard Man" is a leopard trainer with mysterious scars on his arms. He finds out that the murderer attended every performance of the lion-tamer in hope of seeing the lion tear his trainer apart. Who is the murderer and why did he hate the lion trainer so much? Who does the "Leopard Man" suspect and will he be able to reveal the truth? What will happen to...
Engels | 10 minuten (7,3 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Elizabeth Boyle De verzonnen echtgenote
Engeland, 1801 Of het deze verstokte vrijgezellen lukt om vrijgezel te blíjven, is nog maar de vraag…Alexander Denford, baron Sedgwick, heeft genoeg van het gezeur over zijn vrijgezellenstatus. Gelukkig heeft hij de perfecte oplossing gevonden: hij doet alsof hij getrouwd is en zegt dat Emmaline, zijn 'vrouw', vanwege haar gezondheid nooit in het openbaar verschijnt. Dit werkt prima, tot hij tijdens een verblijf op het platteland opeens allemaal rekeningen ontvangt.Rekeningen voor het opknappen...
Fictie
Nederlands | ePub | Harlequin®, Toronto, Amsterdam | 2023
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Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," writes Charles Dickens in the opening of this dark and meaningful classic novel. It is the year 1775 and Jarvis Lorry is tasked with a secret mission for his employer. 17-year-old Lucie Manette joins him on his travels from London to Paris and is shocked to learn that her father is alive and has been released from eighteen years in a Paris prison. Set in the two metropolises just prior (and during) the French Revolution, Dickens paints a distinct...
Engels | 15 uur 20 minuten (701 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Maurice Leblanc B.J. Harrison Reads The Red Silk Scarf
From the books that inspired the new Netflix series "Lupin" with Omar Sy. Arsene Lupin is suddenly and suspiciously willing to share some secrets with Inspector Ganimard which will help the police unveil a murder. But is Lupin helping out of the goodness of his heart or does a large jewel connected to the deceased have anything to do with it? The fifth story in Maurice Leblanc’s collection "The Confessions of Arsene Lupin" about gentleman thief and criminal mastermind, Arsene Lupin. A classic...
Engels | 54 minuten (39 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Maurice Leblanc B.J. Harrison Reads The Sign of the Shadow
From the books that inspired the new Netflix series "Lupin" with Omar Sy. On 15th April, every day, Louise d’Ernemont leaves the house in the morning with her daughter and does not return home until nightfall – and nobody knows where she goes. It turns out that she is in fact the granddaughter of the wealthy d'Ernemont, who was guillotined on that exact date years earlier. A lost fortune, hidden jewels, a family mystery, it’s time for Arsene Lupin to step in to help the heirs of d’Ernemont. The...
Engels | 47 minuten (34 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Maurice Leblanc B.J. Harrison Reads The Infernal Trap
From the books that inspired the new Netflix series "Lupin" with Omar Sy. Fifty thousand francs are stolen from Nicolas Dugrival’s jacket and Arsène Lupin is the main suspect. When Dugrival commits suicide, his widow swears revenge and sets an inescapable trap for our hero... The fourth story in Maurice Leblanc’s collection "The Confessions of Arsene Lupin" about gentleman thief and criminal mastermind, Arsene Lupin. A classic detective series perfect for readers who love Arthur Conan Doyle’s...
Engels | 52 minuten (37 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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A. Frank. Pinkerton Won by Crime
"'It is no use!' she cried, at last, pushing back the mass of thick black hair falling over her white brow; 'I shall never be able to get India by heart, unless I can see the places. I wish papa would let us go reconnoitering amongst the ruined temples and other mysterious buildings; it is so annoying staying here day after day, never seeing anything outside the palace.'" In "Won by Crime", the Portuguese Viceroy Don Garcia has brought his daughter Lianor and nephew Pantaleone to the wild island...
Engels | 1 uur 20 minuten (58 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Victoria Holt Vlammen in de nacht
Anna woont bij haar tante Charlotte en verzorgt haar, samen met Chantal, een verpleegster. Chantal probeert de introverte Anna uit haar schelp te lokken. Ze stelt voor om dagboeken te schrijven en die aan elkaar te laten lezen. Zo ontdekt Chantal het bestaan van Red, een jonge man die Anna’s hart gebroken heeft. Dan brengt het toeval Red weer in de levens van Anna en Chantal. Bestsellerschrijfster Victoria Holt zet één na één haar pionnen op het bord. De eerste helft van het boek is volledig...
Fictie
Nederlands | 293 pagina's (ePub3, 0,6 MB) | Saga, [København] | 2022
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Victoria Holt De bruid van Pendorric
In deze spannende titel van Victoria Holt leren we het verhaal van Favel Farrington kennen, die op een dag Roc Pendorric ontmoet tijdens een verblijf op het idyllische eiland Capri waar ze met haar vader woont. Pendorric verovert haar hart en neemt haar mee naar zijn familiehuis in Cornwall, Engeland. Daar ontmoet ze de familie die haar met open armen verwelkomt als de nieuwe bruid van Roc. Het leven in Cornwall begint goed, maar langzaamaan verandert Favels droom in een nachtmerrie als er steeds...
Fictie
Nederlands | 216 pagina's (ePub3, 0,4 MB) | Saga, [København] | 2022
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Toni Jordan Negen dagen
Negen dagen. Negen dagen, verspreid over 70 jaar en 4 generaties van één familie. Elke dag gegrift in hun geheugen. We leren de familie Westaway kennen aan de vooravond van WO II en volgen hen tot 11 september 2001. Aan de start staat Kip Westaway, die de school heeft moeten verlaten om geld te verdienen voor de familie. Aan het einde staat Kips kleinzoon, die zijn grootvader komt bezoeken in het bejaardentehuis. Over de familie hangt de schaduw van een geheim (wat gebeurde er precies met Kips...
Fictie
Nederlands | 223 pagina's (ePub3, 0,4 MB) | Saga, [København] | 2022
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Bram Baptist De oorlog van Juliette
Vlak voor haar twintigste verjaardag wordt Juliette van Noer uitgehuwelijkt aan de Deense kroonprins. Haar vader beweert dat het koninkrijk alleen kan blijven bestaan als ze met hem trouwt en voor nageslacht zorgt. Maar is dit wel de enige reden waarom ze in het huwelijk moet treden, of verbergt haar vader iets voor haar? Ondertussen breken er revoluties uit in grote Europese hoofdsteden. Er dreigt oorlog in Denemarken wanneer twee hertogdommen zich willen losrukken van het land. Wanneer de Deense...
Fictie
Nederlands | 196 pagina's (ePub2, 0,5 MB) | Hamley Books, [Sint-Amands] | 2023
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Jen Turano Een mysterieuze zaak
Gabriella Goodhue heeft haar leven als straatdief achter zich gelaten, maar dan wordt een medebewoonster van haar pension onterecht beschuldigd van diefstal. Ze besluit haar oude vaardigheden uit de kast te halen om de onschuld van haar vriendin te bewijzen, wat haar onverwacht in aanraking brengt met Nicholas Quinn, de man die ze ooit beschouwde als haar beste vriend, tot hij haar in de steek liet. Sinds Nicholas door een professor onder zijn hoede is genomen, die hem heeft geïntroduceerd in de...
Fictie
Nederlands | 384 pagina's (ePub2, 3,3 MB) | Uitgeverij De Parel, Doornenburg | 2023
E-book
Henrik Ibsen Little Eyolf
In Henrik Ibsen's play "Little Eyolf" we meet Alfred Allmer and his wife Rita, whose marriage and relationship has been strained ever since their son, Eyolf, fell from a table as an infant and became lame. Alfred has been burying himself in work, writing his philosophical thesis on 'human responsibility’. Meanwhile, Rita still feels a lot of desire towards Alfred and is jealous of everyone who comes near him. But when little Eyolf is lured away by the Rat-Wife and drowns in a lake, the couple must...
Engels | 2 uur 36 minuten (114 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Henrik Ibsen The Master Builder
Master Builder Halvard Solness is an ageing architect who has not achieved what he wanted, neither in art nor in love. He fears and bullies his juniors, and thinks he is going mad. His wife and mistress try to care for him as best they can, without themselves getting hurt in return. The situation is further fraught by the arrival of young and seductive Hilda Wangel, who also plays a part in Ibsen's previous drama "The Lady from the Sea." The Norwegian playwright and poet Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)...
Engels | 2 uur 56 minuten (128 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Damion Hunter The Emperor's Games
The final thrilling instalment of The Centurions, an epic historical adventure set in Ancient Rome. Correus and Flavius, half brothers and rivals, have won respect in service to the Empire. Correus, an esteemed soldier in the Roman Army of Eagles, has been entrusted with the honoured task of running the Emperor’s brutal games. Flavius, a Centurion at his brother’s side, has risen to become the Emperor’s most trusted advisor. Now Correus has been given the deadly task of quelling a barbarian uprising...
Engels | 15 uur 30 minuten (680 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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