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James Patterson | Maxine Paetro De vijfde vrouw
New York Times bestsellerauteur James Patterson bewijst in ‘De vijfde vrouw’ opnieuw het enorme succes van de Women’s Murder Club en introduceert in het vijfde deel van de reeks een nieuwe vriendin! Lindsay's collega, de advocate Yuki, vraagt haar om hulp wanneer haar moeder op mysterieuze wijze overlijdt in het ziekenhuis. Al gauw ontdekken de vriendinnen dat er meerdere patiënten om het leven zijn gekomen die genezen waren verklaard. Wat voor zieke geest haalt het in zijn hoofd om te moorden in...
Nederlands | 8 uur 50 minuten (427 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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James Patterson | Maxine Paetro De vierde seconde
Inspecteur Lindsay Boxer is in ‘De vierde seconde’ vastberadener dan ooit. En dat terwijl er een zenuwslopende rechtszaak tegen haar loopt na een schietpartij die een tiener fataal werd. Ze zoekt de rust op in het huis van haar zus aan de rustige kust van San Francisco. Tijd om uit te rusten wordt haar niet gegund, want het badplaatsje wordt opgeschrikt door meerdere brute moorden. Ook al is ze op non-actief gesteld, Lindsay zou Lindsay niet zijn als zij niet samen met haar vriendinnen op onderzoek...
Nederlands | 8 uur 19 minuten (406 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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James Patterson | Andrew Gross De derde aanslag
In het derde deel van de Women’s Murder Club-reeks moeten de vriendinnen Lindsay, Jill, Claire en Cindy een moordenaar vinden die iedere drie dagen uit is op moord.. Er zijn al drie onschuldige slachtoffers gevallen, dus wie wordt de volgende? In een zenuwslopende race tegen de klok komen ze erachter dat de moordenaar het op een van hen gemunt heeft. Wie van de vier vriendinnen loopt het risico om het vierde slachtoffer te worden? ‘De derde aanslag’ is een echte pageturner vol onverwachte wendingen,...
Nederlands | 8 uur 4 minuten (382 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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Barbara Cartland Melodie van geluk
Wanneer Orlena en haar broer de inhoud van hun vaders testament te horen krijgen verandert alles: hun gierige vader bleek op een fortuin te zitten! Opeens is de oplossing van al hun problemen nabij - op één detail na - ze zijn alle twee minderjarig en hun geld wordt beheerd door een mysterieuze voogd. Ze vertrekken naar Londen om hem te ontmoeten. Maar als Orlena de graaf van Ulverston in levende lijve ontmoet, komt ze er achter dat ze hem al eerder gezien en gekust heeft... Barbara Cartland...
Nederlands | 5 uur 21 minuten (232 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Barbara Cartland Een keerpunt in haar leven
De ondernemende Petrina Lyndon heeft schoon genoeg van kostschool, van haar saaie jurken, van de vakanties bij nicht Adelaide, kortom van haar bestaan in het algemeen. Dus neemt ze de benen naar Londen om daar een avontuurlijk leven op te bouwen. Haar voogd, hartenbreker Graaf van Staverton, moet alles op alles zetten om te voorkomen dat zijn pupil in zeven sloten tegelijk loopt... Barbara Cartland was de meest productieve romanschrijver ter wereld. Ze heeft het verbijsterende aantal van 723 boeken...
Nederlands | 5 uur 3 minuten (221 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Oscar Wilde The Canterville Ghost
The first thing the American family see when they step into their new British mansion is the bloodstain in the sitting room. As it turns out, they have moved into an already occupied house, and their new roommate is a proud ghost determined to terrify them to death. But things do not go as planned for the poor ghost. The more he tries to scare the Otis family, the more they make fun of and ignore him. Clever from start to finish, Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Canterville Ghost’ (1887) is charming and engaging....
Engels | 1 uur 23 minuten (63 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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James Fenimore Cooper The Pioneers
The Pioneers: The Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale is a historical novel, the first published of the Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. While The Pioneers was published in 1823, before any of the other Leatherstocking Tales, the period it covers makes it the fourth chronologically. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was an American writer and seaman, popular for his historical and political fiction. His most famous work is ‘The...
Engels | 18 uur 26 minuten (858 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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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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Anthony Hope The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope, published in 1894. The king of the fictional country of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces are such that in order for the king to retain his crown his coronation must go forward. An English gentleman on holiday who fortuitously resembles the monarch, is persuaded to act as his political decoy in an attempt to save the situation. The books were extremely popular and...
Engels | 5 uur 35 minuten (250 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Anthony Hope Rupert of Hentzau
’Rupert of Hentzau’ (1898) picks up three years after ‘The Prisoner of Zenda’ ended with Rudolf Rassendyll sadly leaving behind his love, Queen Flavia. Now unhappily married, Flavia writes Rassendyll to reconcile, but the letter is stolen and before long, Rassendyll once again finds himself forced to impersonate the king. Only this time, the ploy promises to leave behind several fatalities. A decidedly darker sequel, this novel once again asks the question, Duty or love? And the answer might surprise...
Engels | 8 uur 38 minuten (385 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Barbara Cartland Met de moed der wanhoop
Wanneer de markies van Sarne gaat dineren met een ballerina, weet hij nog niet dat hij de volgende ochtend wakker zal worden met een echtgenote en zonder enige herinnering aan de huwelijksvoltrekking. Wanneer Selina Wardell naar Londen komt zonder geld en zonder ouders weet ze niet dat ze diezelfde avond nog gedwongen zal worden een bewusteloze man te trouwen. Tegen wil en dank zijn ze aan elkaar overgeleverd... Barbara Cartland was de meest productieve romanschrijver ter wereld. Ze heeft het...
Nederlands | 4 uur 1 minuut (176 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2018
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Edgar Rice Burroughs The Return of Tarzan
This follow-up to `Tarzan of the Apes‘ begins where the first novel ended, with Tarzan‘s beloved Jane set to marry his cousin. Disappointed in love, Tarzan leaves for Europe, and after a bit of trouble, becomes a spy for the French government. Soon, he finds himself back in the same jungle, in which he grew up, and coincidentally, so does Jane. Duals, attempted murders, espionage, suicide, ancient treasure, a shipwreck, lion attacks and numerous escapes, `The Return of Tarzan‘ (1915) does not lack...
Engels | 9 uur 8 minuten (421 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Alexandre Dumas The Black Tulip
The Black Tulip is a historical novel written by Alexandre Dumas. The story begins with a historical event - the 1672 lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary (roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister) Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis, by a wild mob of their own countrymen - considered by many as one of the most painful episodes in Dutch history, described by Dumas with a dramatic intensity. It then unfold around The city of Haarlem, Netherlands, that has set a prize of 100,000 guilders...
Engels | 7 uur 33 minuten (338 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Anna Katharine Green The Leavenworth Case
The wealthy businessman Horatio Leavenworth is found dead in his private library with a bullet in his head. Nothing in the house is broken. Nothing is stolen. All signs point to an inside job. But who did it? With the help of the young lawyer, Everett Raymond, Investigator Ebenezer Gryce examines the clues. And there are many. And they are contradictory. A maid has mysteriously disappeared, and one of the two young cousins living with Leavenworth, who, unlike the other, is set to inherit nothing,...
Engels | 10 uur 26 minuten (485 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Anna Katharine Green The Amethyst Box
On the night before his wedding, Sinclair finds that his precious amethyst box containing a tiny flask of deadly poison is missing. And he knows it can only have been taken by either of two people: his soon-to-be wife or her cousin. Together with his friend Mr. Worthington, he must find who stole the poison and stop them before they use it. ‘The Amethyst Box’ (1905) is a short story by American crime writer Anna Katharine Green; a suspenseful "whodunit" with a dash of romance, which concludes thoroughly...
Engels | 2 uur 50 minuten (132 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Henry Rider Haggard Allan Quartermain
Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel King Solomon's Mines and its various prequels and sequels. Allan Quatermain was also the title of a book in this sequence. H. Rider Haggard's Quatermain, adventure hero of King Solomon's Mines and sequel Allan Quatermain, was a template for the American film character Indiana Jones, Henry Rider Haggaard (1856-1925) was an English author of Danish decent. Following his debut non-fiction book on South Africa, he helped introduce...
Engels | 13 uur 2 minuten (599 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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