Wei Bo irrlichtert durch eine Welt ständiger erotischer Verfügbarkeit, in der er zum Spielball in einer geheimnisvoll matriarchal kontrollierten Gesellschaft wird.
A scrappy Brooklyn orphan turned vengeful assassin narrates a visionary tale of the American WestIn this panoramic tale of Manifest Destinythe second stand-alone book in The American Novels seriesStephen Moran comes of age with the young country that he crosses on the Union Pacific, just as the railroad unites the continent.
The author of Mermaids reunites the unforgettable women of the Flax family decades later: “Its plot twists will make you laugh—after you wipe away tears.
For some East Germans, the fall of communism was like the end of a long and painful love affair: free to tell the truth at last, they found they no longer wanted to hear it.
In the first book of the Mountain Song Legacy series readers step into a small Kentucky coal mining town in the late 1800's where hope is found in the hearts of two young girlsthe vibrant, red-headed Maggie MacAuley and her fragile friend Summer Rankin.
A wonderfully tough-minded novel from a master dramatist of the poignant, interwoven crises of modern lifeSplit Estate opens with devastating scenes of a family at a horrific juncture: the wife of Arthur King and mother of his two teenage children, Celia and Cam, has recently committed suicide, jumping out the window of their New York apartment.
"e;School Board is a total joy to read, as full of sass and subversive brass as its 18-year-old hero, the political neophyte and Houston school board candidate Tucker 'Catfish' Davis .
The Death of Bonnie and Clydefollows the trail of its wayward characters down the Delta back roads, crossing paths with Hernando DeSoto--hands bloodied by the Indian slaughters--hitchhikers and thieves, UFO's, concrete finishers, naked fishermen, a lusty cheer squad caught and confessing in the midst of a killer tornado, and trash telescope salesmen on the day after Christmasall saintly guardians of the human heart.
*First published as THE CLEARING in 2023*From the author of the Sanctus series comes a brilliant new serial killer thriller featuring forensic specialist Dr Laughton Rees and Detective Inspector Tannahill Khan'The ending is genuinely one of the most jaw-dropping ones I've read in a long time.
This novel by the author of Our New Normal "e;will evoke both tears and laughter while leaving readers contemplating the unbreakable bonds of friendship"e; (Booklist).
A novel of a Jamaican woman’s adventures, from an author with “a fine ear for patois and dialogue, and a love of language that makes bawdy jokes crackle” (The New Yorker).
Ein Geheimnis bedroht ihr Reich und jeden, den sie liebtLightlarkIsla Crown ist die junge Herrscherin über das Wildfolk, ein Volk atemberaubend schöner Verführer.
Three college friends from the 50s blaze their own path in love and work, braving the stifling conventions of the age, and anticipating the social thaw that would arrive ten years later.
Lily Hollitzer-Dillenz (1896-1964), fille unique de Carl Léopold Hollitzer, célèbre artiste Autrichien, et d’Olga, « la plus belle femme de Vienne », était destinée à une vie hors du commun.
