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Robert Harris De officier
Op een ijskoude dag in januari 1895 wordt de Joods-Franse officier Alfred Dreyfus voor het oog van een woedende menigte van zijn zwaard en rang ontdaan en veroordeeld tot levenslange opsluiting op Duivelseiland. Dreyfus is schuldig bevonden aan spionage voor de Duitse aartsvijand. Een van de toeschouwers is Georges Picquart,officier van de Franse geheime dienst. De slimme en vindingrijke Picquart krijgt de opdracht om een geheim onderzoek te leiden naar de Dreyfus-affaire. Enkele maanden later ontdekt...
Nederlands | 14 uur 7 minuten (813 MB) | Cargo, Amsterdam | 2017
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Lily Graham Summer at Seafall Cottage
‘Hands down one of the best books I've read in a long time. This story hooks you immediately, one cannot put it down. I even dreamed about the book!’ Goodreads Reviewer 5* Victoria Langley needs to find a refuge when her husband leaves her. She finds it, in the shape of Seafall Cottage on a Cornwall clifftop. The unkempt cottage in the village of Tregollan is a perfect place to recharge - particularly when she finds a fascinating diary from 1905. Victoria determines to solve the secrets the diary...
Engels | 9 uur 10 minuten (407 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Henry James B.J. Harrison Reads The Turn of the Screw
A governess is hired by a bachelor to take care of his nephew and niece. She has barely arrives at the house that she starts seeing ghosts and having other supernatural visions. She decides to share her frightening experience with the maid of the house, Mrs. Grose. The maid, however, is not surprised and tells the governess that the ghosts are those of Peter Quint and Miss Jessel. What are the ghosts doing in the house? Were Peter Quint and Miss Jessel murdered? Are they seek revenge? Will the governess...
Engels | 4 uur 36 minuten (203 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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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 200,000 Franc Reward
From the books that inspired the new Netflix series "Lupin" with Omar Sy. There is a mystery to be solved. A baroness and a great deal of money have disappeared from Paris, and neither her husband nor the police can find any trace of her. Enter the infamous Arsene Lupin, master thief, gentleman burglar and greatest criminal mind of all time. "The 200,000 Franc Reward" is a story about robbery, betrayal, and criminal investigation, great for readers who want to dive into a classic detective series,...
Engels | 44 minuten (32 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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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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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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A. Frank. Pinkerton Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express
In this High Victorian detective novel, Dyke Darrel investigates the robbery of the Central Railroad’s midnight express, during which Dyke’s friend Arnold Nicholson, a messenger, was murdered. He is helped by his sister Nell, with whom he was supposed to go on holiday. Dyke Darrell turns "the Gotham of the North" - as he calls Chicago - upside down in search of the culprit. On the way he encounters old ennemies, kidnappers and masquerades, as he tries to solve "the most audacious crime of my remembrance."...
Engels | 3 uur 58 minuten (179 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Arthur B. Reeve The Poisoned Pen
"The Poisoned Pen" is a collection of twelve of Professor Kennedy's adventures. In these, Reeve uses the newest technologies of the early 1900s, which were nothing short of revolutionary for the time. The title story for example features the use of special inks, some appearing and others disappearing in sunlight, making the pursuit of a murderer incredibly difficult for the professor. Each story offers a fascinating look at life in the early 20th century, as well as being loaded with adventure, action,...
Engels | 10 uur 13 minuten (449 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Arthur B. Reeve The Silent Bullet
"The Silent Bullet" contains twelve of Professor Kennedy's adventures. Reeve uses the newest technologies of the early 1900s, which were nothing short of revolutionary for the time. In the title story, for example, everyone is wondering how somebody could have been killed by a bullet without anyone having heard the detonation. In "The Deadly Tube" an evil doctors hurts his patients using x-rays. "The Terror in the Air" follows the development of the gyroscope for aeroplanes. Each story offers a...
Engels | 8 uur 52 minuten (507 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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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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Martina André Mystery of the Templars
In 1156, the sixth Grand Master of the Knights Templar brings a mysterious object from Jerusalem to his homeland in the South of France. "The Head of Wisdom", as the strange artifact is called, ensures that the Order achieves unprecedented wealth. But in October 1307, the French king fights against the Templars. All commanderies of the Templars are closed, all members arrested. Templar Commander Lieutenant Gero of Breydenbach is to flee to Germany with the "Head of Wisdom" to keep their secret. ...
Engels | 25 uur 4 minuten (1118 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2018
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Jolanda Clément Rio
Brazilië, 1924. De roaring twenties zijn onstuimiger dan ooit als in Brazilië de zoveelste koffiecrisis losbarst. In Sao Paulo broeit het, en tegen deze achtergrond kruisen de paden van twee op drift geraakte zielen. Inspecteur en koffiebaron Eliades is belast met het oplossen van een curieuze moord, tegelijkertijd stort thuis zijn huwelijk definitief ineen. Tangodanseres en secretaresse Maria is op zoek naar een manier om op eigen benen te staan terwijl ze overvallen wordt door de intense liefde...
Nederlands | 248 pagina's (ePub2, 4,3 MB) | Ambo|Anthos, Amsterdam | 2024
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Eva Philips Beatrix en het geheim van Paleis Noordeinde
Nog geen jaar geleden vond koningin Beatrix samen met dalmatiër Pongo een lijk in haar tuin, schoolde ze zichzelf om tot privédetective, en ontdekte ze een complot die tot in de hoogste rangen van haar hofhouding reikte. Het is inmiddels 1982, maar het zit koningin Beatrix allesbehalve mee. Haar chef-kok is er vandoor, de lente wil maar niet aanbreken en de hoofdarchivaris van het Koninklijk Huisarchief is vermoord. Op het terrein van Paleis Noordeinde nota bene. Dat het allemaal nog erger kan,...
Nederlands | ePub2, 0,6 MB | Luitingh Sijthoff, Amsterdam | 2024
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Jean Rijkhart Alma en de dood van de dominee
Alma en de dood van de dominee van Jean Rijkhart is het eerste deel in een spannende nieuwe, cosy-crimereeks. Maak kennis met Alma en Josje, het leukste speurdersduo sinds Sherlock Holmes en Dr. Watson. Josje is net teruggekeerd naar haar geboorteplaats, en druk bezig met het leeghalen van haar ouderlijk huis, als ze een oud Frans paspoort ontdekt in een laatje van haar vader. Volgens de politie is het van een verdwenen kunsthandelaar die al jaren wordt gezocht door Interpol. En dat maakt wijlen...
Nederlands | ePub2, 0,4 MB | Luitingh Sijthoff, Amsterdam | 2024
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Arnold Bennett The Grand Babylon Hotel
Theodore Racksole, a rich American multi millionaire, buys the Grand Babylon Hotel, a luxurious hotel in London, as a whim - and then finds out there are strange things going on - a German prince is supposed to arrive but never turns up, someone is found murdered in the hotel, but then the body disappears. With the help of his independent daughter Nella and another German prince, Racksole sets out to solve the mystery. Bennett wrote this as a 15 part serial, for a lark, in 15 days, and sold it for...
Engels | 6 uur 42 minuten (309 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Augusta Huiell Seaman The Slipper-Point Mystery
When fourteen year old Sally Carter decides to share the secret she has discovered on Slipper Point with her new friend Doris Craig, she couldn't possibly imagine where the solution to this intriguing mystery will lead them! Augusta Huiell Seaman (1879-1950) was a prolific American author of children's literature. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 3 uur 11 minuten (143 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Elly Griffiths Geestvelden
Deel 7 in de Ruth Galloway-serie. Inspecteur Harry Nelson schakelt de hulp in van Ruth Galloway bij de vondst van een lijk in een oud gevechtsvliegtuig. Het blijkt Fred Blackstock te zijn, een lokale aristocraat die in de oorlog met zijn vliegtuig in zee zou zijn gestort. Het onderzoek wordt bemoeilijkt door een tv-ploeg die een film wil maken over de verlaten luchtmachtbasis van Norfolk. Deze heeft Chaz, een van de nazaten van de Blackstocks, deels omgebouwd tot varkensboerderij, waar zij varkens...
Nederlands | 281 pagina's (ePub2, 5,9 MB) | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2023
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