Primavera Blackstone is enjoying the quiet life in an idyllic village on the Catalan coast of Spain. The attractive single mother & eight-year-old Tom, son of the late & still lamented Oz Blackstone, are popular figures in the tiny community. But her close friendship with the parish priest has eyebrows rising & tongues wagging.
Primavera Blackstone is enjoying the quiet life in an idyllic village on the Catalan coast of Spain. The attractive single mother & eight-year-old Tom...
It's the Fiesta de San Juan in Spain, the national celebration of the Summer Solstice, and there's much excitement about a huge firework display in the village of St Marti. But Primavera Blackstone is more inflamed by the appearance of a mysterious writer, Duncan Culshaw, who is determined to rake through the ashes of her past. And when extortion and blackmail are mentioned, Primavera realises the heat is on. Duncan has his fingers burned, playing fast and loose with the fiercely protective Prim, but when he marries a dying woman for her money, threatening the inheritance of Prim's son Tom,...
It's the Fiesta de San Juan in Spain, the national celebration of the Summer Solstice, and there's much excitement about a huge firework display in th...
The fifth entry inthe thrilling crime series starring tough-talking Primavera Blackstone
Primavera Blackstone has found a hard-earned contentment in a small Spanish village by the sea. A fiercely protective single mother, she doesn't appreciate an offer of marriage. Nor does she welcome the arrival of a blast from her murky Scottish past, retired cop Ricky Ross, now a private detective and working for Jack Weighley, millionaire owner of a budget airline. Jack is a powerful, persuasive man with deep pockets, someone one doesn't say "no" to without considering the consequences. So...
The fifth entry inthe thrilling crime series starring tough-talking Primavera Blackstone
Primavera Blackstone has found a hard-earned contentmen...
Hrdinové a hrdinky povídek Lenky Sobotové si nikdy nemohou být jisti, jestli patří k vítězům nebo poraženým. Jsou až nemístně lidští a život je, zdá se, vždycky dostihne. Nenápadný autorský humor, místy sarkastický, tu osobitě kontrastuje s hlubokým pochopením pro lidská trápení. Autorka si nepotrpí na předstírání, píše napřímo, a jakkoli jsou její příběhy promyšlené a významově mnohoznačné, není chladná literární konstruktérka, ale především vnímavá pozorovatelka vybavená přesným okem a srdcem. Vyjadřuje se jasně a...
Hrdinové a hrdinky povídek Lenky Sobotové si nikdy nemohou být jisti, jestli patří k vítězům nebo poraženým. Jsou až nemístně lidští a...
'The legendary Quintin Jardine . . . such a fine writer' DENZIL MEYRICK Amidst a family celebration, a cataclysmic storm uncovers long-buried horrors - and a team of detectives struggle to solve a thirty-year-old double murder. The police are also searching two countries for traces of a mysterious crime novelist who appears to have vanished. Has the faking of his own death been his masterpiece? Alongside each inquiry as it evolves is former Chief Constable Sir Robert Skinner, relishing his new role as a media magnate, but drawn into reluctant action and towards a chilling discovery...
'The legendary Quintin Jardine . . . such a fine writer' DENZIL MEYRICK Amidst a family celebration, a cataclysmic storm uncovers long-buried horro...
