Showing results for "Martin Griffin" in Literature & Fiction

Jeanie Masterson ist die Tochter des Bestatters in dem beschaulichen irischen Städtchen Kilcross. Von ihrem Vater hat sie die Gabe geerbt, mit den Verstorbenen sprechen zu können und deren letzten Wünsche entgegenzunehmen. Diese Fähigkeit verleiht ihr einen besonderen Status, zugleich bedeutet sie aber auch eine große Bürde: Denn sie muss entscheiden, welche Botschaften sie den Verbliebenen übermittelt und welche sie lieber für sich behält.

First published between 1870 and 1893, Émile Zola’s 20-book cycle chronicling four generations of the Rougon-Macquarts was a shocking exposé of the decadence, degradation and moral decay of 19th-century France. It included some of his greatest novels, among them his masterpiece, Germinal. These innovative, ambitious dramas, first broadcast on Radio 4 over 24 hours in 2015-16, are a radical reimagining of Zola’s classic series, introducing us to 104-year-old matriarch, Dide, imprisoned in an asylum in southern France. 

The main aim of detective stories is to entertain, but the best cast a light on human behaviour and display both literary ambition and accomplishment. Even unpretentious detective stories, written for unashamedly commercial reasons, can give us clues to the past and give us insight into a long-vanished world that, for all its imperfections, continues to fascinate.

The stories in this collection will dredge up delight in crime fiction fans, as watery graves claim unsuspecting victims on the sands of an estuary and disembodied whispers penetrate the sleeping quarters of a ship's captain. This British Library anthology collects the best mysteries set on choppy seas, along snaking rivers and even in the supposed safety of a swimming pool, including stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, C. S. Forester, Phyllis Bentley and R. Austin Freeman.

A Christmas party is punctuated by a gunshot under a policeman’s watchful eye. A jewel heist is planned amidst the glitz and glamour of Oxford Street’s Christmas shopping. And lost in a snowstorm, a man finds a motive for murder.... This collection of mysteries explores the darker side of the festive season, from unexplained disturbances in the fresh snow to the darkness that lurks beneath the sparkling decorations.

"Auf die Menschen, die mir die Welt bedeuten!" In einer irischen Kleinstadt sitzt Maurice Hannigan, 84 Jahre alt, an einer Hotelbar und blickt zurück. Fünf Mal wird er im Lauf des Abends sein Glas erheben, um auf die wichtigsten Menschen in seinem Leben anzustoßen und seine Geschichte zu erzählen. Maurice stammt aus einfachen Verhältnissen. Sein Vater war Bauer, die Mutter arbeitete als Küchenmagd, der über alles geliebte Bruder starb noch in der Kindheit.

Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Star Teacher by Jack Sheffield, read by Gordon Griffin. It’s 1985, and as Jack returns for another year as headteacher at Ragley village school, some changes are in store. It’s the year of Halley’s Comet, Band Aid...