Obsession beckett simon

Taschenbuch Deutsch/German. Rowohlt Verlag. 2009. 414 Seiten. Gut erhalten. Als seine Frau ploetzlich stirbt, ist Ben am Boden zerstoert. Allein Sarahs autistischer Sohn Jacob spendet ihm Trost. Aber waehrend er die Schraenke der Toten ausraeumt, macht Ben eine furchtbare Entdeckung: Jacob war gar nicht Sarahs Kind. Offenbar hat sie den Jungen entfuehrt, als der noch ein Baby war. Fassungslos macht sich Ben auf die Suche nach Jacobs leiblichen Eltern ??? und geraet in einen Strudel toedlicher Obsessionen.

Taschenbuch Deutsch/German. rororo. 2009. 430 Seiten.Sehr gut erhalten.Sterben kann ewig dauern - aber der menschliche Koerper beginnt kaum fuenf Minuten nach dem Tod zu verwesen ? und wird dann zu einem gigantischen Festschmaus fuer andere Organismen. Zuerst fuer Bakterien, dann fuer Insekten. Fliegen. Die Larven verlassen die Leiche in Reih und Glied, in einer Schlangenlinie, die sich immer nach Sueden bewegt. Ein Anblick, der jeden dazu veranlassen wuerde, das Phaenomen zu seinem Ursprung zurueckzuverfolgen. Und so entdecken die Yates-Brueder, was von Sally Palmer uebrig geblieben war.Die Tote war Schriftstellerin, eine Aussenseiterin in Devonshire. Verdaechtiger Nummer eins ist der schweigsame Fremde im Dorf, ein Dr. David Hunter. Doch es stellt sich heraus, dass er frueher Englands beruehmtester Rechtsmediziner war, und die Polizei bittet ihn um Unterstuetzung.Gerade als seine Analysen zeigen, dass die Ermordete vor ihrem Tod tagelang gefoltert wurde, verschwindet eine weitere junge Frau. Eine fieberhafte Suche beginnt. Gleichzeitig bricht im Dorf eine Hexenjagd los. Der Pfarrer, ein knoecherner Fanatiker, hetzt die Leute auf, und David ist Zielscheibe seiner Hasspredigten...

This book is in reasonable condition. Name of owner in front. Soft cover.  331 Pages.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days `Composed of over sixty per cent water itself, a human body isn't naturally buoyant. It will float only for as long as there is air in its lungs, before gradually sinking to the bottom as the air seeps out. If the water is very cold or deep, it will remain there, undergoing a slow, dark dissolution that can take years. But if the water is warm enough for bacteria to feed and multiply, then it will continue to decompose. Gases will build up in the intestines, increasing the body's buoyancy until it floats again. And the dead will literally rise... ` It was on a Friday evening that forensics consultant Dr David Hunter took the call: a Detective Inspector Lundy from the Essex force. Just up the coast from Mersea Island, near a place called Backwaters, a badly decomposed body has been found and the local police would welcome Hunter's help with the recovery and identification... Because they would like it to be that of Leo Villiers, the 31 year-old son of a prominent local family who went missing weeks ago, and they are under pressure to close the case. Villiers was supposed to have been having an affair with a married woman, Emma Derby. She too is missing, and the belief is that the young man disposed of his lover, and then killed himself. If only it was so straightforward. But Hunter has his doubts about the identity of the remains. The hands and feet are missing, the face no longer recognisable. Then further remains are found - and suddenly these remote wetlands are giving up yet more grisly secrets. As Hunter is slowly but surely drawn into a toxic mire of family secrets and resentments, local lies and deception, he finds himself unable, or perhaps unwilling, to escape even though he knows that the real threat comes from the living, not the dead. With its eerie and claustrophobic sense of place, explosive heart-in-mouth moments, and viscerally authentic forensics and police procedural detail, coupled with David Hunter's own uncanny ability to understand the living as much as the dead, The Restless Dead stands as a masterclass in crime fiction and marks the stunning return of one of the genre's best. Features Summary As Hunter is slowly but surely drawn into a toxic mire of family secrets and resentments, local lies and deception, he finds himself unable, or perhaps unwilling... Author Simon Beckett Publisher Bantam Press Release date 20170124 Pages 404 ISBN 0-593-06348-1 ISBN 13 978-0-593-06348-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days The rom-com that everyone's talking about! Eleanor & Park meets Bollywood in this hilarious and heartfelt novel about two Indian-American teens whose parents conspire to arrange their marriage. Dimple Shah has it all figured out. With graduation behind her, she's more than ready for a break from her family, from Mamma's inexplicable obsession with her finding the "Ideal Indian Husband." Ugh. Dimple knows they must respect her principles on some level, though. If they truly believed she needed a husband right now, they wouldn't have paid for her to attend a summer program for aspiring web developers...right? Rishi Patel is a hopeless romantic. So when his parents tell him that his future wife will be attending the same summer program as him--wherein he'll have to woo her--he's totally on board. Because as silly as it sounds to most people in his life, Rishi wants to be arranged, believes in the power of tradition, stability, and being a part of something much bigger than himself. The Shahs and Patels didn't mean to start turning the wheels on this "suggested arrangement" so early in their children's lives, but when they noticed them both gravitate toward the same summer program, they figured, Why not? Dimple and Rishi may think they have each other figured out. But when opposites clash, love works hard to prove itself in the most unexpected ways. Features Summary The rom-com that everyone's talking about! Eleanor & Park meets Bollywood in this hilarious and heartfelt novel about two Indian-American teens whose parents conspire to arrange their marriage... Author Sandhya Menon Publisher Simon Pulse Release date 20170529 Pages 380 ISBN 1-4814-7868-0 ISBN 13 978-1-4814-7868-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days True at First Lightopens on the day Ernest Hemingway's close friend Pop, a celebrated hunter, leaves him in charge of the safari camp and news arrives of a potential attack from a hostile tribe. Drama continues to build as his wife, Mary, pursues the great, black-maned lion that has become her obsession. Equally adept at evoking the singular textures of the landscape, the thrill of the hunt and the complexities of married life, Hemingway waves a tale that is rich in laughter, beauty, and profound insight. True at First Lightis the breathtaking final work from one of this nation's most beloved and important writers. Features Summary Edited by his son Patrick, who accompanied his father on the safari, True at First Lightoffers rare insights into the legendary American writer. Author Ernest Hemingway (Author), Brian Dennehy (Reader) Publisher Simon & Schuster Audio Release date 20111110 Pages 9 ISBN 0-85720-463-7 ISBN 13 978-0-85720-463-9