A brilliant stand-alone crime novel from Norway's original queen of crime. Riktor doesn't like the way the policeman comes straight into the house without knocking. He doesn't like the arrogant way he observes his home.The policeman doesn't tell
Who ever tires of the zany British country house murder?"But Lavinia, I don't want people staying here," said the Earl. "After the last two house parties, we agreed no more." "This wouldn't be a house party, George, it's nine guests for one night.""But th
The Earl of Burford hosts another slightly batty, thoroughly baffling house party....George Henry Alwyn Saunders, 12th in his line, has taken a fancy to films. He's nearly killed with delight when a movie mogul wants Alderly, the Burfords' 17th century co
The theft of the diamond necklace and the antique pistols might all be explained, but the body in the lake - that was a puzzle. Inspector Wilkins is called in to investigate, but it's going to take some intricate sleuthing to uncover who killed whom and w
In the sixteenth century, Antinous Bellori, a boy of eleven, is lost in a dark forest and stumbles upon two glowing beings, one carrying a spear, the other a flaming torch . . . This event is decisive in Bellori’s life, and he thereafter devotes himself
Über die Wunder des Denkens Was macht ein Schriftsteller, dessen Romanheld ihm auf Seite 112 eröffnet: »Jetzt will ich mein eigenes Leben führen«? In Jostein Gaarders Erzählung ›Theobald und Theodor‹ weigert sich die Romanfigur, dem Diktat des A
One day Elisabet, while Christmas shopping with her mother, vanishes into thin air. Accompanied by angels, shepherds, kings and even a Roman governor, she is rushing back through time and space to Bethlehem, to be present at the birth of Christ. Fifty yea
«O que é a religião? É uma cerimónia de baptismo numa pequena igreja norueguesa. É o culto num templo budista. São os judeus com os seus rolos de pergaminho da Tora em frente ao Muro das Lamentações. São os peregrinos, que numa prova de fé, via
Dua saudara sepupu, Berit dan Nils, tinggal di kota yang berbeda. Untuk berhubungan, kedua remaja ini membuat sebuah buku-surat yang mereka tulisi dan saling kirimkan di antara mereka. Anehnya, ada seorang wanita misterius, Bibbi Bokken, yang mengincar bu
