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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
Luisterboek (digitaal)
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
Luisterboek (digitaal)
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
Luisterboek (digitaal)
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
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness
Before its 1902 publication, Heart of Darkness appeared as a three part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the '100 best novels' and part of the Western canon. The story centres on Charles Marlow, who narrates most of the book. He is an Englishman who takes a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a river boat captain in Africa. Heart of Darkness exposes the dark side of European colonization while exploring the three...
Engels | 4 uur 38 minuten (211 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
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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Edgar Rice Burroughs The Beasts of Tarzan
Old enemies are back to make life hard for Tarzan in ‘The Beasts of Tarzan’ (1916), the third novel in the thrilling adventure series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Dividing their time between Africa and England, Tarzan and Jane and their little son Jack are comfortably settled. But when they get kidnapped and separated, they must fight harder than ever to find a way back to each other. Tarzan returns to his roots in this particularly jungle-oriented novel in the series, and, using his primal intelligence,...
Engels | 5 uur 15 minuten (247 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Joseph Conrad Lord Jim
Lord Jim is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine from October 1899 to November 1900. An early and primary event is the abandonment of a ship in distress by its crew including the young British seaman Jim. He is publicly censured for this action and the novel follows his later attempts at coming to terms with his past. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Lord Jim #85 on its list of the 100 best English language novels of the 20th century. Joseph Conrad...
Engels | 14 uur 18 minuten (658 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
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
Luisterboek (digitaal)
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
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Nora Roberts Droomwereld
Als een oudere filmster haar levensverhaal op papier wil laten zetten, zijn velen in haar omgeving beducht voor indiscreties.
Fictie
Nederlands | 526 pagina's | Boekerij, Amsterdam | 2013
Gedrukt boek
Heather Gudenkauf In stilte gehuld
Twee 7-jarige vriendinnen, van wie er een al drie jaar geen woord meer heeft gesproken en de ander optreedt als haar 'stem', verdwijnen op hetzelfde tijdstip uit hun huis.
Fictie
Nederlands | 434 pagina's | Uitgeverij XL, Leidschendam | 2011
Grootletterboek
Michael Jecks Het mooie lijk
Kort nadat een groep huurlingen omstreeks 1300 is neergestreken in een herberg in een dorp in Devon, worden er enkele moorden op vrouwen gepleegd.
Fictie
Nederlands | 312 pagina's | Elmar, Rijswijk | 2003
Gedrukt boek
Robyn Young Kruistocht van de Tempeliers
Het geheime genootschap binnen de Tempelorde ontdekt in de nadagen van de grote kruistochten dat ze zijn verraden door hun beschermheer.
Fictie
Nederlands | 574 pagina's | Van Holkema & Warendorf, Houten [etc.] | 2009
Gedrukt boek
Saskia Lauwagie Bijna heeft nog nooit gewonnen
Wanneer het leven van de timide Elly wordt verstoord door een aantal verdachte telefoontjes, en ze ontdekt waar deze vandaan komen, wordt het leven waar ze in geloofde aan het wankelen gebracht. Overkomt dit haar echt of betreft het een ziekelijke grap? Elly gaat op zoek naar antwoorden bij Eva, de vrouw die verantwoordelijk is voor deze onrust. Haar droompartner Evert blijkt niet de man te zijn die ze dacht die hij was. En wie is die mysterieuze op wraak beluste vrouw die achter de schermen aan...
Nederlands | ePub2, 1 MB | Zors Books, Edegem | 2024
E-book
Nadine Monfils De spoken van Brugge
Als het lijk van de buurman van de Belgische kunstschilder René Magritte en zijn vrouw verdwijnt, evenals een schilderij van Magritte dat in zijn bezit was, gaat het echtpaar op zoek naar antwoorden in Brugge.
Fictie
Nederlands | ePub2, 4,2 MB | Horizon, Antwerpen | 2024
E-book
Michael Blake De dans van de krijger
Een Amerikaanse luitenant leeft als indiaan tussen de Comanches en moet temidden van de strijd om het behoud van het land zijn ontvoerde vrouw en dochter zien op te sporen.
Fictie
Nederlands | 348 pagina's | The House of Books, Vianen [etc.] | 2004
Gedrukt boek
Amanda Stevens | Alice Sharpe Kijk niet weg
Fictie
Nederlands | 413 pagina's | Harlequin®, Toronto, Amsterdam | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Christian De Coninck Dodenmars
Wanneer een Vlaamse kolonel in opdracht van de Koning onderzoek doet naar twee vermiste officieren, belandt hij in een web van (dubbel)spionage.
Fictie
Nederlands | 287 pagina's | Houtekiet, Antwerpen, Amsterdam | 2018
Gedrukt boek
Wilbur Smith Farao
Na de dood van de farao keert het nieuwe regime in Egypte zich tegen diens vertrouweling Taita die naar Griekenland vlucht om van daaruit Egypte te redden van de ondergang.
Fictie
Nederlands | 635 pagina's | [Dwarsligger®], [Amsterdam] | 2018
Dwarsligger