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Hotel du Lac - Anita Brookner - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Hotel du Lac - Anita Brookner - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Winner of the Booker Prize, the beautiful, romantic and gorgeously philosophical Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner is part of our Penguin Essential series which spotlights the very best of our modern classics ''The Hotel du Lac was a dignified building, a house of repute, a traditional establishment, used to welcoming the prudent, the well-to-do, the retired, the self-effacing, the respected patrons of an earlier era'' Into the rarefied atmosphere of the Hotel du Lac timidly walks Edith Hope, romantic novelist and holder of modest dreams. Edith has been exiled from home after embarrassing herself and her friends. She has refused to sacrifice her ideals and remains stubbornly single. But among the pampered women and minor nobility Edith finds Mr Neville, and her chance to escape from a life of humiliating loneliness is renewed . . . ''A classic . . . a book which will be read with pleasure a hundred years from now'' Spectator ''Humorous, witty, touching and formidably clever'' The Times '' Hotel du Lac is written with a beautiful grave formality, and it catches at the heart'' Observer ''So sure and so quietly commanding'' Hilary Mantel, Guardian

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The Hitchcock Hotel - Stephanie Wrobel - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Hitchcock Hotel - Stephanie Wrobel - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

SIX FRIENDS. ONE REMOTE HOTEL. A LONG-OVERDUE REUNION. WELCOME TO THE HITCHCOCK HOTEL . . . ''Wrobel wittily recreates the mood of creeping suspense and comic horror that makes Hitchcock movies so endlessly entertaining'' The Times ''Fans of Knives Out , Agatha Christie, and (of course) Alfred Hitchcock, rejoice! The Hitchcock Hotel is cool, classy – but such fun; reverent – yet so original'' A.J Finn ''As twisty as a Hitchcock film'' Alex Michaelides ''A scream from start to finish'' Janice Hallett --- Alfred Smettle adores Hitchcock. And who better to become founder, owner and manager of The Hitchcock Hotel, a remote, sprawling Victorian house sitting atop a hill in the beautiful White Mountains, New England. There, guests can find movie props and memorabilia in every room, round-the-clock film screenings, and an aviary with fifty crows. For the hotel''s first anniversary, Alfred invites the five college friends he studied film with. He hasn''t spoken to any of them in sixteen years. Not after what happened. But who better to appreciate Alfred''s creation? His guests arrive, and everything seems to go according to plan. Until one glimpses someone standing outside her shower curtain. Another is violently ill every time she eats the hotel food. Then their mobile phones go missing. You should always make the audience suffer as much as possible, right? The guests are stuck in the middle of nowhere, and things are about to get even worse. After all, no Hitchcock set is complete without a dead body. --- ''A slow burn of suspense, secrets, and lies that – in true Hitchcockian fashion - explodes into a series of twists, each more jaw-dropping than the last'' Riley Sager ‘Artful construction, shudder-inducing suspense, and cinematic sparkle make The Hitchcock Hotel the perfect weekend escape’ Tess Wegert ‘A master stylist, Stephanie Wrobel strikes again with well-drawn characters, intricate plotting, satisfying surprises, and first-class entertainment. Endlessly clever, ridiculously entertaining, and so damn fun’ Kathleen West PRAISE FOR STEPHANIE WROBEL : ''Sensationally good – Wrobel is one to watch'' Lee Child ''Worthy of Patricia Highsmith at her finest: quite superb'' Daily Mail ''A riveting psychological duel'' Sunday Times ''Expertly paced, hugely unsettling, and perfectly dark'' Ashley Audrain ''A total page-turner'' Lisa Jewell ''A spine-chilling thriller'' Stylish

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The Hitchcock Hotel - Stephanie Wrobel - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Hitchcock Hotel - Stephanie Wrobel - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

SIX FRIENDS. ONE REMOTE HOTEL. A LONG-OVERDUE REUNION. WELCOME TO THE HITCHCOCK HOTEL . . . ''Wrobel wittily recreates the mood of creeping suspense and comic horror that makes Hitchcock movies so endlessly entertaining'' The Times ''Fans of Knives Out , Agatha Christie, and (of course) Alfred Hitchcock, rejoice! The Hitchcock Hotel is cool, classy – but such fun; reverent – yet so original'' A.J Finn ''As twisty as a Hitchcock film'' Alex Michaelides ''A scream from start to finish'' Janice Hallett --- Alfred Smettle adores Hitchcock. And who better to become founder, owner and manager of The Hitchcock Hotel, a remote, sprawling Victorian house sitting atop a hill in the beautiful White Mountains, New England. There, guests can find movie props and memorabilia in every room, round-the-clock film screenings, and an aviary with fifty crows. For the hotel''s first anniversary, Alfred invites the five college friends he studied film with. He hasn''t spoken to any of them in sixteen years. Not after what happened. But who better to appreciate Alfred''s creation? His guests arrive, and everything seems to go according to plan. Until one glimpses someone standing outside her shower curtain. Another is violently ill every time she eats the hotel food. Then their mobile phones go missing. You should always make the audience suffer as much as possible, right? The guests are stuck in the middle of nowhere, and things are about to get even worse. After all, no Hitchcock set is complete without a dead body. --- ''A slow burn of suspense, secrets, and lies that – in true Hitchcockian fashion - explodes into a series of twists, each more jaw-dropping than the last'' Riley Sager ‘Artful construction, shudder-inducing suspense, and cinematic sparkle make The Hitchcock Hotel the perfect weekend escape’ Tess Wegert ‘A master stylist, Stephanie Wrobel strikes again with well-drawn characters, intricate plotting, satisfying surprises, and first-class entertainment. Endlessly clever, ridiculously entertaining, and so damn fun’ Kathleen West PRAISE FOR STEPHANIE WROBEL : ''Sensationally good – Wrobel is one to watch'' Lee Child ''Worthy of Patricia Highsmith at her finest: quite superb'' Daily Mail ''A riveting psychological duel'' Sunday Times ''Expertly paced, hugely unsettling, and perfectly dark'' Ashley Audrain ''A total page-turner'' Lisa Jewell ''A spine-chilling thriller'' Stylish

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Mrs Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel - William Trevor - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Mrs Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel - William Trevor - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Mrs Eckdorf in O''Neill''s Hotel by William Trevor - a classic early novel by one of the world''s greatest writersThe probings of an outsider bring havoc to a crumbling Dublin hotelWhat was the tragedy that turned O''Neill''s hotel from plush establishment into a dingy house of disrepute? Ivy Eckdorf is determined to find out. A professional photographer, she has come to Dublin convinced that a tragic and beautiful tale lies behind the facade of this crumbling hotel. The aging proprietor lies dying upstairs while her feckless son is lost in a world of drink and horseracing; and the loyal O''Shea, accompanied everywhere by his greyhound, seeks to keep the hotel on the road. As Mrs Eckdorf worms her way into lives that centre on the hotel, she becomes as much a victim as they are.''An astounding richness of pathos, humour and tragedy'' Francis KingWilliam Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, in 1928, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He has lived in England for many years. The author of numerous acclaimed collections of short stories and novels, he has won many awards including the Whitbread Book of the Year, The James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence. He has been shortlisted three times for the Booker Prize: in 1976 with his novel The Children of Dynmouth , in 1991 with Reading Turgenev and in 2002 with The Story of Lucy Gault . He recently received the prestigious David Cohen Literature Prize in recognition of a lifetime''s literary achievement.

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The Hitchcock Hotel - Stephanie Wrobel - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Hitchcock Hotel - Stephanie Wrobel - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

SIX FRIENDS. ONE REMOTE HOTEL. A LONG-OVERDUE REUNION. WELCOME TO THE HITCHCOCK HOTEL . . . '' As twisty as a Hitchcock film '' Alex Michaelides'' A scream from start to finish '' Janice Hallett'' Fans of Knives Out, Agatha Christie, and (of course) Alfred Hitchcock, rejoice! '' - A.J. FINN– Welcome to the Hitchcock Hotel. Dedicated to the Master of Suspense.Full of props and memorabilia.Be sure to mind the birds. Be careful in the shower . Five guests are invited – all old friends. They go way back. Way, way back.No one’s seen reclusive owner Alfred in sixteen years. And the question everyone’s asking: why are we here? Is it a game? A puzzle?It’s certainly a mystery. But it’s also deadly serious. Because someone has a score to settle.And this will be the perfect opportunity. After all, it wouldn’t be Hitchcock without a murder . . . – Readers couldn''t escape the thrills of The Hitchcock Hotel '' What a ride! Whether you are a Hitchcock fan or just love a good old fashioned thriller mystery, this is your book !'' 5***** Reader Review'' Hitchcock fans rejoice! Here’s a novel which salutes the legendary director by spinning a tale to make him proud '' 5***** Reader Review'' It was one of the best books that I have ever had. I highly recommend this book'' 5***** Reader Review'' Awesome book. You don''t want to put it down. It keeps you in suspense and dying to know what happens next. Great ending!! This is a must read! '' 5***** Reader Review'' I never expected the ending which made this an outstanding read '' 5***** Reader Review

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Hotel du Lac - Anita Brookner - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Hotel du Lac - Anita Brookner - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Winner of the Booker Prize ''The Hotel du Lac was a dignified building, a house of repute, a traditional establishment, used to welcoming the prudent, the well-to-do, the retired, the self-effacing, the respected patrons of an earlier era'' Into the rarefied atmosphere of the Hotel du Lac timidly walks Edith Hope, romantic novelist and holder of modest dreams. Edith has been exiled from home after embarrassing herself and her friends. She has refused to sacrifice her ideals and remains stubbornly single. But among the pampered women and minor nobility Edith finds Mr Neville, and her chance to escape from a life of humiliating loneliness is renewed . . . ''A classic . . . a book which will be read with pleasure a hundred years from now'' Spectator ''A smashing love story. It is very romantic. It is also humorous, witty, touching and formidably clever'' The Times '' Hotel du Lac is written with a beautiful grave formality, and it catches at the heart'' Observer ''Her technique as a novelist is so sure and so quietly commanding'' Hilary Mantel, Guardian ''She is one of the great writers of contemporary fiction'' Literary Review

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Hotel World - Ali Smith - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Hotel World - Ali Smith - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION A masterful, exuberant novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted, Women''s Prize-winning author of How to be both and the critically acclaimed Seasonal quartet ''Ali Smith has got style, ideas and punch. Read her'' Jeanette Winterson Five people: four are living, three are strangers, two are sisters, one is dead. In her highly acclaimed and ambitious book, the brilliant Scottish writer Ali Smith brings alive five unforgettable characters and traces their intersecting lives. This is a short novel with big themes (time, chance, money, death) but an eye for tiny detail: the taste of dust, the weight of a few coins in the hand, the pleasurable pain of a stone in one''s shoe . . .*****''As infectious as a pop song, the story bursts open from the very first page and demands to be read in one sitting'' The Times '' Hotel World is essential reading from a major talent'' Independent

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The Cellars of the Majestic - Georges Simenon - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Cellars of the Majestic - Georges Simenon - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''Compelling, remorseless, brilliant'' John Gray ''Try to imagine a guest, a wealthy woman, staying at the Majestic with her husband, her son, a nurse and a governess . . . In a suite that costs more than a thousand francs a day . . . At six in the morning, she''s strangled, not in her room, but in the basement locker room'' Below stairs at a glamorous hotel on the Champs-Élysées, the workers'' lives are worlds away from the luxury enjoyed by the wealthy guests. When their worlds meet, Maigret discovers a tragic story of ambition, blackmail and unrequited love.This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret and the Hotel Majestic .''One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories'' Guardian ''A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness'' Independent

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The Night Manager - John Le Carre - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Night Manager - John Le Carre - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

To catch a criminal, he must become one Jonathan Pine, night manager of a luxury Swiss hotel, has a secret. He knows that the guest he awaits, billionaire trader Richard Roper, is ‘the worst man in the world.’ And he knows why. Pine will do whatever it takes to help the Intelligence services bring Roper down – even if it means going deep undercover into a ruthless, lawless world, up against forces more dangerous than he can imagine.

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The Siege - Cathy Scott Clark - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Siege - Cathy Scott Clark - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Siege by Adrian Levy & Cathy Scott-Clark - a searing account of the 2005 terrorist attacks at Mumbai''s famous Taj HotelOn 26th November 2008 the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai is besieged by Pakistani Islamists, armed with explosives and machine guns.For three days, guests and staff of the hotel are trapped as the terrorists run amok.On 29th November commandos launch Operation Black Tornado. The world holds its breath. The Siege is a helter-skelter thriller, threaded with powerful human stories. By turns tragic and heroic, the events are told through a cast of real characters, who were thrown together in the luxurious, century-old Taj: waiters, chefs, captains of industry, hedge funders, celebrities, tourists, policemen, special forces and terrorists. For the first time, this astonishing book takes us through the news footage and into the heart of the hotel. Each hostage has a choice: hide, run or fight. What would you do?This classic non-fiction account will grip readers of No Easy Day and No Way Down and will be enjoyed by fans of ''United 93'' and ''The Towering Inferno'' .Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy are the authors of four books, most recently the acclaimed The Meadow: Kashmir 1995 - Where the Terror Began (Harper Press UK; Penguin India). For 16 years they worked as foreign correspondents and investigative reporters for the Sunday Times and then the Guardian . In 2009, the One World Trust named them British Journalists of the Year, having won Foreign Correspondents of the Year in 2004. They co-produce documentaries for British and American television; their most recent for C4 Dispatches, on Pakistan''s war on terror, City of Fear, was nominated for an award at the Edinburgh International Television Festival. Currently they are filming new projects in Myanmar and China.

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The Last - Hanna Jameson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Last - Hanna Jameson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''We defy you to pick up The Last and put it back down'' Stylist ''Extraordinary'' Emily St John Mandel, Station Eleven TWENTY SURVIVORS. ONE HOTEL. ONE KILLER. ------ The world as we know it has ended. You and nineteen other survivors hole up in an isolated Swiss hotel. You wait, you survive. Then you find the body. One of your number has blood on their hands. The race is on to find the killer. Before the killer finds you.... Finished Station Eleven and Contagion and looking for your next pulse-pounding, speculative read? Look no further than The Last . This Waterstones Thriller of the month will sweep you into a world of fascinating characters and compulsive mystery. ------ ''One of those books you can''t stop reading, but don''t want to end'' TM Logan, The Holiday ''Dark, compelling, original'' CJ Tudor, The Burning Girls ''A scarily plausible white-knuckle read'' Erin Kelly, We Know You Know ''Stephen King meets Agatha Christie'' Luca Veste, You Never Said Goodbye ''Frighteningly believable'' Jennie Melamed, Gather the Daughters ''Compulsively readable'' Daily Telegraph ''A post-apocalyptic And Then There Were None '' Irish Times

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Quartet - Jean Rhys - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Quartet - Jean Rhys - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Jean Rhys''s first novel, a heartbreaking and disturbingly intimate portrayal of an isolated woman in ParisSet in a superficially romantic, between-wars Paris, Quartet is a poignant tale of a lonely woman. Set against a background of winter-wet streets, Pernod in smoky cafes and cheap hotel rooms with mauve- flowered wallpaper, Marya tries to make something substantial of her life in order to withstand the unreality of her surroundings. Alone, her Polish husband in prison, she is taken up by an English couple who slowly overwhelm her with their passions.

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Murder in the Dressing Room - Holly Stars - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Murder in the Dressing Room - Holly Stars - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

*PRE-ORDER NOW! A GLITTERING MURDER MYSTERY DEBUT FROM AN EXCITING NEW VOICE IN CRIME FICTION* Meet Misty Divine - your favourite new amateur sleuth! Drag isn''t just dramatic. It''s deadly... By day, shy hotel accountant Joe hides behind their desk and plays by the rules.By night, Joe takes to the stage as Misty Divine, an upcoming star of the London drag scene.But when Misty’s mentor, Lady Lady, is found dead in her dressing room, Misty finds herself in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.Because Lady Lady was murdered – and as the only ones with access to her room, Misty and her fellow performers quickly become prime suspects.Heartbroken by the loss, and frustrated by the inaction of the police, Joe is determined to uncover the killer in their midst.But what can they, a mere hotel accountant, possibly do? This is a case for Misty Divine… ''A gloriously fun murder mystery...with red herrings and twists that will keep you guessing until the end. Misty Divine is the star of the show!'' C.L. MILLER ''Smart and sassy, a sequin-studded murder mystery with blood on the runway...detective fiction has never been so glam!'' A.J. WEST ''Entertaining, touching, and a lot of fun, Murder In The Dressing Room was an absolute delight!'' ASHLEY TATE

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The Night Manager - John Le Carre - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Night Manager - John Le Carre - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

In The Night Manager , John le Carré''s first post-Cold War novel, an ex-soldier helps British Intelligence penetrate the secret world of ruthless arms dealers. ''Le Carré is the equal of any novelist now writing in English'' Guardian ''A marvellously observed relentless tale'' Observer At the start of it all, Jonathan Pine is merely the night manager at a luxury hotel. But when a single attempt to pass on information to the British authorities - about an international businessman at the hotel with suspicious dealings - backfires terribly, and people close to Pine begin to die, he commits himself to a battle against powerful forces he cannot begin to imagine.In a chilling tale of corrupt intelligence agencies, billion-dollar price tags and the truth of the brutal arms trade, John le Carré creates a claustrophobic world in which no one can be trusted.''Complex and intense ... page-turning tension'' San Francisco Chronicle ''When I was under house arrest I was helped by the books of John le Carré ... they were a journey into the wider world ... These were the journeys that made me feel that I was not really cut off from the rest of humankind'' Aung San Suu Kyi''One of those writers who will be read a century from now'' Robert Harris

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Jasper Vale - Devney Perry - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Jasper Vale - Devney Perry - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Get ready for small towns stirred by mystery and desire in The Eden series, sexy fourth story . . . Eloise is so close to her dream she can almost taste it. Eloise Eden always knew one day she''d take over her family''s hotel, The Eloise Inn, in Quincy, Montana. All she has to do is prove she''s responsible to her parents. And that her immature, gullible, and reckless ways are long gone. But now her ideal future is at stake following a weekend in Las Vegas when she comes home married to a stranger. Jasper must have put her under a spell with those soul-deep eyes because after a single night together, they woke up husband and wife. Her only hope is to keep this marriage a secret until it''s annulled. Then she''ll pretend it never happened. Except Jasper begs her to stay married. To fake it for just three months so she can accompany him to a wedding. Maybe she''s lost her mind to agree. But her brooding husband seems desperate. It''s only three months, right? Then she''ll say goodbye to Jasper Vale, and with any luck, hello to her new hotel.

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After Leaving Mr Mackenzie - Jean Rhys - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

After Leaving Mr Mackenzie - Jean Rhys - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A brilliant, yet brutal, portrait of a woman struggling to retrieve both life and love, from the author of Wide Sargasso Sea For six months, Julia has lived alone in a drab Parisian hotel on an allowance from her ex-lover, Mr. Mackenzie. When his cheques stop, Julia decides to leave France and return to London. The tale of her ten day visit contains some of Jean Rhys''s most sensitive, poignant writing. Past her prime, exhausted by broken love affairs and addled by drink, Julia is tragically unable to find what she really wants - love.

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The Goalkeeper's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick - Peter Handke - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Goalkeeper's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick - Peter Handke - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE ''Portrays the breakdown of a murderer in ways that recall Camus'' The Stranger '' The New York Times Joseph Bloch, a once-famous goalkeeper turned construction worker, commits a random murder without thought or regret. As he wanders the streets, from hotel to bar, cinema to tram stop, experiencing strange and violent encounters on the way, he finds himself, and everything around him, disintegrating. Told in spare and icy prose, Peter Handke''s masterpiece of alienation takes apart our ideas of humanity and reality itself.''A Kafkaesque crime novel'' Los Angeles Times Translated by Michael Roloff

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The Futurological Congress - Stanislaw Lem - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Futurological Congress - Stanislaw Lem - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''A giant of twentieth-century science fiction'' Guardian ''This Room Guaranteed BOMB-FREE. From the Management''Hapless cosmonaut Ijon Tichy has been sent back to earth to attend the Eighth Futurological Congress in smog-bound, overpopulated Costa Rica, holed up with an assortment of scientists in a luxury hotel (fully equipped with tear gas sprinklers in case things get out of hand). But when an unfortunate incident occurs involving a revolution and hallucinogenic drugs in the water supply, Tichy finds himself shot, frozen and thawed out in a future beyond anything he could ever have imagined.

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Maigret's Revolver - Georges Simenon - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Maigret's Revolver - Georges Simenon - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Discover the new Penguin Crime and Espionage seriesA stolen weapon. A troubled young man. A race against time... Inspector Maigret receives a call from his wife to say he has a visitor at their apartment. But when he gets home, the young man has already gone, along with Maigret''s prized Smith and Wesson .45. The trail to find the culprit - and the woman who may become his victim - takes Maigret across Paris and all the way to the Savoy Hotel in London. But getting to the truth may be even more complicated than he had first imagined.

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Journey into Fear - Eric Ambler - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Journey into Fear - Eric Ambler - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

It is 1940 and Mr Graham, a quietly-spoken engineer and arms expert, has just finished high-level talks with the Turkish government. And now somebody wants him dead. The previous night three shots were fired at him as he stepped into his hotel room, so, terrified, he escapes in secret on a passenger steamer from Istanbul. As he journeys home - alongside, among others, an entrancing French dancer, an unkempt trader, a mysterious German doctor and a small, brutal man in a crumpled suit - he enters a nightmarish world where friend and foe are indistinguishable. Graham can try to run, but he may not be able to hide for much longer ...

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Journey into Fear - Eric Ambler - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Journey into Fear - Eric Ambler - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect'' Daily Telegraph 1940. An unassuming English engineer has travelled to Turkey on business. And somebody wants him dead. It all began when Graham was taken to a nightclub in Istanbul and noticed a man in a crumpled suit, watching him. Then he narrowly missed being killed by gunfire on returning to his hotel room. Now, terrified, he has been helped to escape in secret on a passenger steamer home. But although Graham may try to run, he cannot hide from his pursuers forever, and soon he is caught up in a nightmare beyond his control.

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Epitaph for a Spy - Eric Ambler - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Epitaph for a Spy - Eric Ambler - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Josef Vadassy, a Hungarian refugee and language teacher living in France, is enjoying his first break for years in a small hotel on the Riviera. But when he takes his holiday photographs to be developed at a local chemists, he suddenly finds himself mistaken for a Gestapo agent and a charge of espionage is levelled at him. To prove himself innocent to the French police, he must discover which one of his fellow guests at his pension is the real spy. As he desperately tries to uncover the true culprit''s identity, Vadassy must risk his job, his safety and everything he holds dear.

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The Rules of Engagement - Anita Brookner - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Rules of Engagement - Anita Brookner - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Rules of Engagement is the twenty second novel by Anita Brookner, the Booker Prize winning author of Hotel du Lac . Elizabeth and Betsy are old school friends. Born in 1948 and unready for the sixties, they had high hopes of the lives they would lead, even though their circumstances were so different.When they meet again in their thirties, Elizabeth, married to the safe, older Digby is relieving the boredom of a cosy but childless marriage with an affair. Betsy seems to have found real romance in Paris. Are their lives taking off, or are they just making more of the wrong choices without even realising it?''One of the most observant moralists writing today. A dark, wintry work and there is plenty here to satisfy Brookner''s fans'' Guardian ''Her technique as a novelist is so sure and so quietly commanding'' Hilary Mantel, Guardian ''She is one of the great writers of contemporary fiction'' Literary Review Anita Brookner was born in south London in 1928, the daughter of a Polish immigrant family. She trained as an art historian, and worked at the Courtauld Institute of Art until her retirement in 1988. She published her first novel, A Start in Life , in 1981 and her twenty-fourth, Strangers , in 2009. Hotel du Lac won the 1984 Booker Prize. As well as fiction, Anita Brookner has published a number of volumes of art criticism.

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Sweet Bird of Youth and Other Plays - Tennessee Williams - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Sweet Bird of Youth and Other Plays - Tennessee Williams - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Loneliness, sexual tension and the need for human kindness pervade these three plays by Tennessee Williams, as their characters rage against personal demons and the modern world. In ''Sweet Bird of Youth'', a drifter, Chance Wayne, returns to his home town with an ageing movie actress in search of the girl he loved in his youth, but with terrible, violent results. ''Period of Adjustment'' tells the story of two young newlyweds who visit the husband''s old army friend on Christmas Eve after unsuccessfully consummating their marriage, and unleash forbidden passion, while in ''The Night of the Iguana'' a diverse group of people, including a disturbed ex-minister and a troubled spinster, are thrown together in an isolated Mexican hotel for one eventful night.

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