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Assad - Con Coughlin - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Assad - Con Coughlin - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

''Engrossing . . . has the vice-like grip of a thriller'' - The Telegraph ''Fascinating, timely and sharp'' - Simon Sebag Montefiore In Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny , Con Coughlin, veteran commentator on war in the Middle East and author of Saddam: The Secret Life , examines how a mild-mannered ophthalmic surgeon transformed himself into the tyrannical ruler of a once flourishing country. Until the Arab Spring of 2011, the world’s view of Bashar al-Assad was largely benign. He and his wife, a former British banker, were viewed as philanthropic individuals doing their best to keep their country at peace. So much so that a profile of Mrs Assad in American Vogue was headlined ‘The Rose in the Desert’. Shortly after it appeared, Syria descended into the horrific civil war that has seen its cities reduced to rubble and thousands murdered and displaced, a civil war that is still raging over a decade later.In this vivid and authoritative account Con Coughlin draws together all the strands of Assad''s remarkable story, revealing precisely how a young doctor ensured not only that he inherited the presidency from his father, but held on to power to preside over one of the most brutal regimes of modern times.

DKK 141.00
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Assad - Con Coughlin - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Assad - Con Coughlin - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

''Engrossing . . . has the vice-like grip of a thriller'' - The Telegraph ''Fascinating, timely and sharp'' - Simon Sebag Montefiore In Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny , Con Coughlin, veteran commentator on war in the Middle East and author of Saddam: The Secret Life , examines how a mild-mannered ophthalmic surgeon transformed himself into the tyrannical ruler of a once flourishing country. Until the Arab Spring of 2011, the world’s view of Bashar al-Assad was largely benign. He and his wife, a former British banker, were viewed as philanthropic individuals doing their best to keep their country at peace. So much so that a profile of Mrs Assad in American Vogue was headlined ‘The Rose in the Desert’. Shortly after it appeared, Syria descended into the horrific civil war that has seen its cities reduced to rubble and thousands murdered and displaced, a civil war that is still raging over a decade later.In this vivid and authoritative account Con Coughlin draws together all the strands of Assad''s remarkable story, revealing precisely how a young doctor ensured not only that he inherited the presidency from his father, but held on to power to preside over one of the most brutal regimes of modern times.

DKK 239.00
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Assad - Con Coughlin - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Assad - Con Coughlin - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

''Engrossing . . . has the vice-like grip of a thriller'' - The Telegraph ''Fascinating, timely and sharp'' - Simon Sebag Montefiore In Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny , Con Coughlin, veteran commentator on war in the Middle East and author of Saddam: The Secret Life , examines how a mild-mannered ophthalmic surgeon transformed himself into the tyrannical ruler of a once flourishing country. Until the Arab Spring of 2011, the world’s view of Bashar al-Assad was largely benign. He and his wife, a former British banker, were viewed as philanthropic individuals doing their best to keep their country at peace. So much so that a profile of Mrs Assad in American Vogue was headlined ‘The Rose in the Desert’. Shortly after it appeared, Syria descended into the horrific civil war that has seen its cities reduced to rubble and thousands murdered and displaced, a civil war that is still raging over a decade later.In this vivid and authoritative account Con Coughlin draws together all the strands of Assad''s remarkable story, revealing precisely how a young doctor ensured not only that he inherited the presidency from his father, but held on to power to preside over one of the most brutal regimes of modern times.

DKK 168.00
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Churchill's First War - Con Coughlin - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Churchill's First War - Con Coughlin - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Over a century ago, a young cavalry lieutenant wrote a riveting account of what he saw during his first major campaign, a vicious war against tribal insurgents on the North-West Frontier. Winston Churchill''s The Story of the Malakand Field Force , published in 1898, made his reputation as a writer - and as a soldier. More than 120 years later it is still required reading for military commanders on the ground, both British and American.Now, acclaimed author and foreign correspondent Con Coughlin tells the story of that campaign, combining colourful historical narrative, interviews with contemporary key players and the journalist''s eye for both a good story and deep analysis. Churchill''s First War is not only a dramatic and vivid piece of military history but affords us a rare insight into both the nineteenth-century ''Great Game'' and the twenty-first century conflict that has now raged longer than the Second World War and taken more lives than the Falklands.''Incisive and deliciously readable'' Daily Express

DKK 166.00
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Khomeini's Ghost - Con Coughlin - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Khomeini's Ghost - Con Coughlin - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

On 1 February 1979 Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran to a tumultuous welcome and the Iranian revolution that that he masterminded has become one of the defining moments of the modern age. Today the challenge of radical Islam represents the greatest threat to world peace seen since the darkest days of the Cold War, and the legacy of Khomeini’s Islamic Revolution lies at the heart of many of the world’s most intractable conflicts. Khomeini’s Ghost is the definitive biographical account of how an impoverished young student from a remote area of southern Iran came to be the political and the spiritual leader of his country. Drawing on a wide variety of Iranian sources, including religious figures who knew and worked with Khomeini both in exile and in power, Con Coughlin examines in detail the principles of Khomeini’s Islamic Revolution and the impact of his legacy today, whether it is in Iran’s support for radical Islamic groups or Iran’s commitment to developing an atom bomb. Frighteningly topical, compellingly readable and written with authority and profound understanding of the subject, this is political biography at its best.

DKK 155.00
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Stand Up Ferran Burke - Steven Camden - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Stand Up Ferran Burke - Steven Camden - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Steven Camden is a talented and exceptional wordsmith. Everything he writes is pure gold. — Manjeet Mann Stand Up Ferren Burke is a funny, warm novel in verse from the CLiPPA award winning poet Steven Camden.Comic collectorVinyl connoiseurAir Jordan enthusiastIn his mind, Ferran Burke is many thingsBut to everyone else he is just one,Emile Burke’s little brotherand Emile is all about himself.Now Ferran is stepping into the new worldof high school aloneand needs to learn quickly how to survive.New allies. New enemies. New feelings. New passions.A time capsule coming-of-age story spanning five years of one boy’s lifeas he navigates the chaos trying to find himself.Friends. Fights. Family. Food.Playing with form and visuals throughout Stand Up Ferran Burke is a verse novelas unique as the boy at its heart.

DKK 113.00
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London: An Illustrated Literary Companion - Rosemary Gray - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

London: An Illustrated Literary Companion - Rosemary Gray - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

With diary entries, quotations, poems, essays and extracts, this is an exquisite time capsule of literary London which takes you on a captivating journey through the city. London: An Illustrated Literary Companion , compiled by Rosemary Gray, captures the varying moods of London over recent centuries through great works written in its honour, featuring authors including Charles Dickens, William Wordsworth, Virginia Woolf, Arthur Conan Doyle and many more. It is beautifully illustrated with drawings and engravings from distinguished artists, including Gustave Doré, George Cruikshank, James McNeill Whistler and Hugh Thomson, as well as a variety of prints and photographs.The perfect gift for Londoners old and new, and for all those who have been charmed by this wonderful city.Part of the new Macmillan Collector''s Library series of gorgeous pocket-sized travel paperbacks, featuring Treasures of Cornwall, Yorkshire: A Literary Landscape and Paris: A Literary Anthology.

DKK 120.00
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Travels with my Sketchbook - Chris Riddell - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Travels with my Sketchbook - Chris Riddell - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Full of sketches, doodles and journal entries, Travels with My Sketchbook gives a fascinating glimpse of the incredible journey of Chris Riddell''s time as Children''s Laureate. After two years travelling the length and breadth of the country, visiting schools, libraries and festivals, and meeting thousands of children, Chris Riddell has wrapped up his experiences into one beautiful edition. Gorgeously presented, the book is full of his train doodles and early sketches from books written during the period – including Goth Girl and the Wuthering Fright and The Hunting of the Snark – alongside handwritten manuscripts and cover roughs.Also included political sketches created for the Observer , and his Laureate Log: reflections on key events and prizes in the world of children''s books, providing a time capsule into the years of his time as Laureate. Plus, there are birthday sketches, impromptu portraits, posters and Christmas cards, sketches for poems and song lyrics. With its cloth quarter binding, ribbon marker and beautiful end papers, this is a book to treasure – and a perfect gift for fans of this beloved author and illustrator.

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The Wonder Team and the Forgotten Footballers - Leah Williamson - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

The Wonder Team and the Forgotten Footballers - Leah Williamson - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

The bestselling time-twisting adventure from Lioness Leah Williamson, captain of the Euros-winning England team. Written with debut author Jordan Glover and with brilliant illustrations by Robin Boyden, this is the perfect book for children aged 8 - 12! It''s time to kick off a new adventure! Loosely based on one of Leah Williamson''s big inspirations, the Dick Kerr Ladies and their brave protest against the ban on women''s football, The Wonder Team and the Forgotten Footballers is a fun adventure that comes from the heart.When Leah discovers a mysterious time capsule with her two best friends, she opens up a whole new world of adventure! Transported a hundred years back in time, Leah, George and Mimi make an unexpected discovery – women’s football has been banned!Along with their new friend Dot, Leah and the team must work together to make sure the all-important Championship Cup final still goes ahead. But with a mysterious figure working hard to ruin the team’s chances, Leah is in a race against time to put the clues together and catch the culprit before it’s too late!Don''t miss Leah''s next adventures in The Wonder Team and the Pharaoh’s Fortune and The Wonder Team and the Rainforest Rescue !

DKK 100.00
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At the Pillars of Hercules - Clive James - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

At the Pillars of Hercules - Clive James - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

His second book of cultural criticism, At the Pillars of Hercules sees Clive James take on artists from W. H. Auden to Lillian Hellman, and from T. S. Eliot to Norman Mailer, in a collection that confirmed his reputation as a writer of entertaining, insightful essays. Named for a now much-missed Soho pub that was long the regular haunt of literary Londoners, this collection sees James discuss contemporary poetry, aesthetics and the theory and practice of criticism, the popular novel, and the literature of modern history and politics. It is a fascinating time capsule of the literary 1970s, as well as an illuminating and wide-ranging work of cultural criticism. Clive James''s inimitable wit and candour are ever present in this collection, featuring a previously unpublished introduction.Clive James (1939–2019) was a broadcaster, critic, poet, memoirist and novelist. His much-loved, influential and hilarious television criticism is available both in individual volumes and collected in Clive James On Television . His encyclopaedic study of culture and politics in the twentieth century, Cultural Amnesia , remains perhaps the definitive embodiment of his wide-ranging talents as a critic. Praise for Clive James: ''The perfect critic'' – A.O. Scott, New York Times ''There can''t be many writers of my generation who haven''t been heavily influenced by Clive James'' – Charlie Brooker ''A wonderfully witty and intelligent writer'' – Verity Lambert

DKK 120.00
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The Crystal Bucket - Clive James - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

The Crystal Bucket - Clive James - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Following Visions Before Midnight , The Crystal Bucket is another hilarious time-capsule of 1970s television – the second collection of Clive James''s ruthlessly funny, inimitable columns dissecting the entertainment of the day.''One of the few columnists who makes you laugh aloud'' – Melvyn Bragg, Sunday Times In many ways, the 1970s were a dark time for Britain – a time of struggle, deepening divisions and Christmas with the Osmonds . Clive James, the man who made TV criticism an entertainment in its own right, provided the relief. By turns insightful and hilarious, this collection sees his lens turn to television as diverse as the election of Margaret Thatcher''s Conservative Party, the Silver Jubilee, endless Star Trek reruns, the Frost/Nixon interviews and Charlie''s Angels . ''He is one of the most remarkable figures in British cultural life at the moment: a poet and gifted literary critic who is also genuinely liked by the mass audience'' – London Review of Books The Crystal Bucket collects James''s TV criticism published originally in the Observer between 1976 and 1979. Clive''s TV criticism from 1979 onwards continues in Glued To The Box . Clive James (1939–2019) was a broadcaster, critic, poet, memoirist and novelist. His much-loved, influential and hilarious television criticism is available both in individual volumes, of which this is the second, and collected in a single volume in Clive James On Television . Praise for Clive James:''There can''t be many writers of my generation who haven''t been heavily influenced by Clive James'' – Charlie Brooker''A wonderfully witty and intelligent writer'' – Verity Lambert''The perfect critic'' – A.O. Scott, New York Times

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D is for Deadbeat - Sue Grafton - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

D is for Deadbeat - Sue Grafton - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

D is for Deadbeat is the fourth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton. My name is Kinsey Millhone. I’m a private investigator . . . female, single and self-employed, with a constitutional inability to work for anyone else. I’m a purist when it comes to justice, but I’ll lie at the drop of a hat. Inconsistency has never troubled me . . . It was late October, the day before Halloween. He introduced himself as Alvin Limardo. The job he hired Kinsey to do seemed easy enough . . . until his cheque bounced. His real name was Dagett. John Dagett. Ex-con. Inveterate liar. Chronic drunk. And dead. The cops called it an accident – death by drowning. Kinsey wasn’t so sure. The man, it seemed, had a lot of enemies . . .

DKK 119.00
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The Collectors - David Baldacci - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

The Collectors - David Baldacci - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

The Collectors by bestselling sensation David Baldacci is the exciting second instalment of a breathtaking series.Oliver Stone – the leader of four highly skilled misfits who call themselves the Camel Club. Their mission – to hold America’s political elite to account.Washington DC. The Speaker of the House of Representatives is assassinated in broad daylight. Then the head of the Rare Books Division at the Library of Congress is found dead amongst his cherished collection.While chaos engulfs the city, only the Camel Club can make the connection that exists between the two murders.Joining forces with a beautiful con artist, Stone and his team need all the help they can get as they enter a world of espionage that threatens to bring America to its knees . . .The Collectors is followed by Stone Cold, Divine Justice and Hell's Corner.

DKK 120.00
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The Long Short Cut - Andrew Garve - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

The Long Short Cut - Andrew Garve - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

When Anthony Bliss – roguish ladies man and con-artist extraordinaire – meets gorgeous Corinne Lake, whose wit, charm and eye for the finer things in life make her utterly irresistible, sparks fly. Their combination of passion and intellect make them perfect partners – in crime. Putting their heads together, they dream up a scheme for success – by smuggling a crooked financier out of England they could stand to make a fortune. In an action-packed race against time, the pair go over every detail of their plan – but is it enough to pull off the heist of a lifetime? ‘It is impossible for Andrew Garve to be anything but supremely readable’ Guardian ‘The ensuing complications and surprises are highly ingenious, making this Andrew Garve’s best for several books’ Sunday Times

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Stone Cold - David Baldacci - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Stone Cold - David Baldacci - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Stone Cold by David Baldacci is the third exhilarating thriller in the bestselling Camel Club series.Oliver Stone and the Camel Club are back.Set on exposing the real story behind the closed doors of America’s leaders, they draw upon their vast experience to seek justice and the truth.Now they must face their most dangerous adventure yet – a war on two fronts.Casino king Jerry Bagger is hunting Annabelle Conroy, the elite con-artist who cheated him out of millions. Stone and his colleagues must draw on all their resources if they are to protect Annabelle from a terrible fate.Yet all their skills may not be enough when a deadly new opponent rips off the veneer of Stone’s own mysterious past. An unstoppable killer intent on one goal: the death of Oliver Stone.Stone Cold is followed by Divine Justice and Hell's Corner.

DKK 120.00
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Destructively Mine - Becca Ritchie - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Destructively Mine - Becca Ritchie - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

''The tension is delicious . . . I was absolutely consumed by these characters '' - Elsie Silver''The characters, the twists, the cons . . . I couldn’t get enough!'' - Elle Kennedy* * *Their chemistry is criminal . . . Destructively Mine is the next sizzling romance from TikTok sensations and authors of the Addicted series Krista and Becca Ritchie. Raised by con artists, Phoebe Graves only knew a life of swindling the rich – until she and her best friend, Hailey Tinrock, decided to leave their life of crime behind, starting over in a wealthy college town in Connecticut. They''re determined to live honest lives. But you know what they say about good intentions . . .While Phoebe is fake-dating the son of an uber-wealthy and influential family, she’s actually falling deeper in love with Brayden ''Rocky'' Tinrock, Hailey''s older brother. To make matters more complicated, Phoebe’s mother shows up out of the blue with conniving matchmaking plans of her own. Her mother’s arrival threatens everything Phoebe has planned. To keep her love, her friends and her newfound happiness, Phoebe will have to return to her old games . . . and win.

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Dishonestly Yours - Becca Ritchie - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Dishonestly Yours - Becca Ritchie - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

''The tension is delicious . . . I was absolutely consumed by these characters '' - Elsie Silver Dishonestly Yours is the hotly-anticipated new gritty romance from TikTok sensations and authors of the Addicted series Krista and Becca Ritchie. Living honestly isn’t in his DNA. Just like it’s never been in mine . . . The Graves and Tinrock families live life from one con to the next. Phoebe Graves has grown up in a world where stealing and seducing are as natural as breathing.When a job goes horribly wrong, though, she and her best friend, Hailey Tinrock, decide to leave their life of crime behind. They head to a small college town in Connecticut to start anew. But Hailey’s older brother, Rocky, catches wind of their plans and refuses to let them do this alone. Phoebe''s past with Rocky is downright messy: he’s everything she wants, but nothing she can have. And the longer she stays in town, the more Phoebe has to lose . . . can love survive a web of lies? ''The characters, the twists, the cons . . . I couldn’t get enough!'' - Elle Kennedy

DKK 119.00
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

The inspiration behind James by Percival Everett, shortlisted for the Booker Prize Nostalgic and melancholy in equal measure, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a razor-sharp satire of the antebellum South that, despite beginning life as a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, is now seen in its own right as one of the most important of all American novels. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn features an afterword by playwright and screenwriter Peter Harness.Rather than be ''sivilized'' by the Widow Douglas, Huckleberry Finn - the grubby but good-natured son of a local drunk - sets off with Jim, an escaped slave, to find freedom on the Mississippi river. With the law on their tail, they navigate a world of robbers, slave hunters and con men, and Huck must choose between what society says is ''right'' and his own burgeoning understanding of Jim''s friendship and humanity.

DKK 127.00
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A Hall of Mirrors - Robert Stone - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

A Hall of Mirrors - Robert Stone - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Rheinhardt, a disc jockey and failed musician, rolls into New Orleans in the aftermath of Mardi Gras looking for work and another chance in life. What he finds is a woman named Geraldine who is physically and psychically damaged by the men in her past, and a job that involves him with a right-wing political movement. Sparked by the group’s ‘Patriotic Revival’, the city erupts into a riot of madness, destruction and death that is a test of all Rheinhardt’s fast-talking survival skills. Peopled with civil-rights activists, fanatic Christians, corrupt politicians and demented Hollywood stars, A Hall of Mirrors vividly depicts the dark side of America that erupted in the 1960s. ‘Stone writes like a bird, like an angel, like a circus barker, like a con man, like someone so high on pot that he is scraping his shoes on the stars’ Wallace Stegner ‘Stone is perhaps America’s most powerful chronicler of post-Vietnam angst, a part-time college professor whose novels are an apocalyptic mix of adventure, politics, religion, violence and death . . . Stone writes fiction full of lurid hangovers from Vietnam and yet manages to give it an urgency which is completely contemporary’ Time Out

DKK 127.00
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Death in Purple Prose - Robert Barnard - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Death in Purple Prose - Robert Barnard - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Norway in cherry blossom time seemed exactly the right place to hold a conference of the World Association of Romantic Novelists (WARN for short). Superintendent Perry Trethowan wondered at times how he had allowed his sister to ‘con’ him into accompanying her to the conference but he finally decided that his role was to be one of amused detachment and observation, most especially of the two Queens of the Conference – frothy, gushy, lethal Amanda Fairchild, the British challenger, and the vast, malevolent Lorelei Zuckerman from America. What Perry had not been prepared for was a body – one clothed in billowing pink, with a bough of cherry blossom carefully placed on the corpse. It was a most unusual murder, in a most unusual place. ‘Mr Barnard disports himself with reliable zest, humour and cunning’ Sunday Times ‘Immaculately plotted, written with a touch as light as thistledown, and infused with gentle malice, this is a delicious soufflé of a whodunnit and the secret, which is worth waiting for, is kept to the end. Brilliant, Mr Barnard’ Irish Times ‘The sort of exhilarating and satisfactory performance readers have come to expect from the virtuoso barnard’ Financial Times

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R is for Ricochet - Sue Grafton - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

R is for Ricochet - Sue Grafton - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

R is for Ricochet is the eighteenth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.Kinsey Millhone, employed by Nord Lafferty to drive his daughter home from her incarceration at the Californian Institute for Women, marvels at the simplicity of the task. But Reba Lafferty emerges feisty and rebellious, and Kinsey is soon fighting to prevent her charge from breaking the conditions of her parole. As she finds herself befriending the ex-gambler, ex-alcoholic and ex-con, Kinsey discovers that Reba had taken the fall for her boss, also her lover, when he conducted a highly-crafted money laundering scam. Alan Beckwith has so far escaped the clutches of the FBI. Now they believe he is laundering money for a Columbian drug cartel - they just need the proof. When Kinsey is asked by the police to persuade Reba to unveil crucial evidence guaranteed to put Beckwith behind bars, she doesn’t expect cooperation. But when she hears of shocking new information about her lover, Reba is suddenly all too eager to do everything she can to ruin him. Embroiled in a cunning challenge of wits, and meanwhile bemused by her own blossoming romance, Kinsey must try to control the bitter, angry Reba as she launches her dangerous revenge . . .

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Swordcrossed - Freya Marske - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Swordcrossed - Freya Marske - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

‘If you’re doing romantasy without Freya Marske, you’re doing it wrong’– Casey McQuiston, author of Red, White & Royal Blue A dazzling queer fantasy from the bestselling author of A Marvellous Light , brimming with steamy romance, rougeish charm and intrigue. Perfect for fans of Travis Baldree, Lex Croucher and Casey McQuiston. Low stakes. High heat. Sharp steel . . . Mattinesh Jay, heir to his family’s struggling business, needs his arranged marriage to go off without a hitch. But if he’s to successfully restore his house’s fortunes, Matti must first hire a swordsman to defend him against any sword-challenges at the altar. Unfortunately, the only duellist he can afford is part-time con artist and full-time charming menace Luca Piere.All Luca wants to do is make some easy money and forget the crime he committed in his home town. He didn’t plan on being blackmailed into giving sword lessons to a chronically responsible – and inconveniently handsome – wool-merchant like Matti.However, neither Matti’s business troubles nor Luca himself are quite what they seem. As secrets threaten to drive a blade through their growing alliance, both Matti and Luca will have to answer the question: how many lies are you prepared to strip away when the truth could mean losing everything you want? ‘Deliciously cosy and blisteringly hot’– Lex Croucher, author of Gwen and Art Are Not in Love ‘Swordcrossed proves there''s nothing in fantasy – or queer romance – Marske can''t do’– Sarah Rees Brennan, author of Long Live Evil

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The Sunset Limited - Cormac Mccarthy - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

The Sunset Limited - Cormac Mccarthy - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Deft, spare, and full of artful tension, The Sunset Limited is a beautifully crafted play from the legendary Cormac McCarthy, author of No Country for Old Men and Blood Meridian .'' The Sunset Limited grips from the very first page'' – Financial Times A startling encounter on a New York subway platform leads two strangers to a run-down tenement where a life or death decision must be made.In that small apartment the two men, known as ''Black'' and ''White'', begin a conversatino that leads each back through his own history.White is a professor whose seemingly enviable existence of relative ease has left him nonetheless in despair. Black, an ex-con in recovery for drug addiction, is the more hopeful of the men. He is, however, desperate to convince White of the power of faith – while White is desperate to deny it.Between them, they hope to discover the meaning of life itself.Praise for Cormac McCarthy:‘McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute’ – Anne Enright, author of The Green Road and The Wren, The Wren ''His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power'' – Stephen King, author of The Shining and the Dark Tower series''[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence'' – Annie Proulx, author of Brokeback Mountain

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The Late Hector Kipling - David Thewlis - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

The Late Hector Kipling - David Thewlis - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Hector Kipling has everything to live for: he is a talented artist with loving parents, a beautiful girlfriend, dependable mates and good health. But when Kirk Church, one of his best friends, and a habitual painter of cutlery, announces that he may have a brain tumour, the prospect of a character-building bereavement, with all the attendant suffering and sympathy, is a little too difficult for Hector to resist. Will it make him a better artist? Will it make him as successful as his friend Lenny Snook, who fills limousines with blood and has just been nominated for the Turner Prize? As events begin to unravel it doesn''t take long for Hector''s charmed world to fall completely and irreparably apart. From settees to stalkers, con men to corpses, paranoid self-portraits to S&M, The Late Hector Kipling is an irreverent and candid exploration of life, death, art and everything in between. ''Wonderful entertainment . . . A funny and successful satire'' Observer Review ''Exquisitely written with a warm heart and a wry wit, this is a stunning debut.'' Elle ''David Thewlis has written an extraordinarily good novel, which is not only brilliant in its own right, but stands proudly beside his work as an actor, no mean boast.'' Billy Connolly ''I laughed and laughed until I read my own name amongst the carnage of Thewlis''s unfortunate characters. This book is a disgrace - it''s mean, cruel and refreshingly cynical.'' Jake Chapman

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