Abacus Our Missing Hearts Инг Селеста

Двенадцатилетний Чиж ведет тихую жизнь с любящим отцом, бывшим лингвистом, работающим в университетской библиотеке. Мать Чижа Маргарет – американская поэтесса китайского происхождения, которая бесследно исчезла, когда мальчику было девять лет. Чиж знает только то, что произведения матери были запрещены, и что работа интересовала мать больше собственного сына • Однажды Чиж получает таинственное письмо, содержащее внутри странные зарисовки – с этого и начинаются его поиски матери. Это будет длинный и необычный путь, в конце которого мальчик, наконец, узнает правду о том, что случилось с его матерью, и о том, что ждет их обоих в будущем… • Селеста Инг, автор 2-х мировых бестселлеров («Все, чего я не сказала», «И повсюду тлеют пожары»), работает с новым для себя жанром и в то же время сохраняет тонкий психологизм повествования

В Шейкер-Хайтс, тихом, респектабельном пригороде Кливленда, все тщательно спланировано: от расположения извилистых дорог и цветовой гаммы домов до того, какое будущее ждёт его жителей. Никто не олицетворяет дух города лучше, чем миссис Ричардсон, строго следующая правилам мать и жена • А теперь представьте Мию Уоррен — загадочную художницу и мать-одиночку, которая прибывает в город со своей дочерью-подростком Перл и снимает дом у Ричардсонов. Таинственное поведение Мии, связанное с её загадочным прошлым, и свойственное ей полное пренебрежение правилами грозят разрушить порядок, тщательно поддерживаемый жителями этого идиллического мирка • И проблемы начинаются. Когда разгорается борьба за опеку, мнения жителей города разделяются на два лагеря, а Мия и миссис Ричардсон оказываются по разные стороны баррикад

Secrets. Lies. Super-bad choices. Witchcraft. This is Our Crooked Hearts - a gripping mystery crossed with a pitch-dark fantasy from Melissa Albert, global bestselling author of The Hazel Wood • In our family, we keep our magic close, but our secrets closer • Ivy's summer kicks off with a series of disturbing events. As unnatural offerings appear on her doorstep, she's haunted by fragmented memories from her childhood, suggesting there's more to her mother, Dana, than meets the eye • Dana's tale starts the year she turns sixteen, when she embarks on a major fling with the supernatural. Too late she realizes that the powers she's playing with are also playing with her • Years after it began, Ivy and Dana's shared story will come down to a reckoning between a mother, a daughter and the dark forces they never should have messed with

Автор двух мировых бестселлеров "Все, чего я не сказала" и "И повсюду тлеют пожары", не изменяя своему психологическому стилю, ступает на новую для себя жанровую территорию. Роман о материнской любви в мире, который порабощен страхом. Двенадцатилетний Чиж ведет тихую жизнь с любящим, но сломленным отцом, бывшим лингвистом, который теперь работает библиотекарем. Чиж знает, что нельзя задавать вопросы, нельзя выделяться, нельзя уходить далеко от дома. Последние годы их жизнь подчинена законам, призванным сохранить традиционные ценности. Новые законы позволяют властям забирать у оппозиционно настроенных родителей детей, из библиотек и книжных магазинов изымаются книги, считающиеся непатриотичными. Среди них и книжка стихов матери Чижа • Мать исчезла, когда Чижу было девять лет

A highly original 'detective' novel with unique setting and characters, this is the first of four 'Botswana' titles are both beautiful and charming • Wayward daughters. Missing Husbands. Philandering partners. Curious conmen. If you've got a problem, and no one else can help you, then pay a visit to Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's only - and finest - female private detective • Her methods may not be conventional, and her manner not exactly Miss Marple, but she's got warmth, wit and canny intuition on her side, not to mention Mr J. L. B. Matekoni, the charming proprietor of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. And Precious is going to need them all as she sets out on the trail of a missing child, a case that tumbles our heroine into a hotbed of strange situations and more than a little danger

From the hilltop he could see London, stretched towards the hills of Kent and Surrey. The sky was beginning to pale at the edges. The city itself looked numb as a rough sleeper; Camden and then the West End, the Square Mile. His watch was missing. He searched his pockets, found a bloodstained serviette and a promotional leaflet for a spiritual retreat, but no keys, phone or police badge • Detective Nick Belsey needs help • Something happened last night - something with the boss's wife - and Belsey needs to get out of London, and away from the debt and the drink and the deceit • Collecting his belongings back at Hampstead CID on what should be the last day of his career, Belsey sees a missing person's report. But this one's different; this is on The Bishop's Avenue, one of the most expensive streets in the city

Kieran Elliott’s life changed forever on a single day when a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences. The guilt that haunts him still resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal town he once called home • Kieran’s parents are struggling in a community which is bound, for better or worse, to the sea that is both a lifeline and a threat. Between them all is his absent brother Finn • When a body is discovered on the beach, long-held secrets threaten to emerge in the murder investigation that follows. A sunken wreck, a missing girl, and questions that have never washed away…

Ten days after the station closed, he was informed he'd been officially suspended pending a hearing over allegations of gross misconduct. No details. A few hours after that, he got a call from a man who wouldn't give his name but told him he was under surveillance...They were bracing themselves for a shit-storm. Stay safe, the caller said, and hung up • Amber Knight is hot property - pop star, film star, front-page gossip • DC Nick Belsey is less celebrated. He can't shake his habit of getting into serious trouble and his career at Hampstead CID is coming to a dishonourable end. He is currently of no fixed address - squatting in a disused police station round the corner from Amber's swanky Primrose Hill mansion • But a knock on the door from a frantic and confused woman looking for her missing son is about to lead Belsey straight into the heart of Amber's glittering life

The last person Alice Shipley expected to see since arriving in Tangier with her new husband was Lucy Mason. After the horrific accident at Bennington, the two friends - once inseparable roommates - haven't spoken in over a year. But Lucy is standing there, trying to make things right • Perhaps Alice should be happy. She has not adjusted to life in Morocco, too afraid to venture out into the bustling medinas and oppressive heat. Lucy, always fearless and independent, helps Alice emerge from her flat and explore the country • But soon a familiar feeling starts to overtake Alice - she feels controlled and stifled by Lucy at every turn. Then Alice's husband, John, goes missing, and Alice starts to question everything around her: her relationship with her enigmatic friend, her decision to ever come to Tangier, and her very own state of mind

In perfect Brookmyre tradition this new thriller featuring Jack Parlabane contains a lot of body fluids, the Establishment at its most corrupt, relatively few dead bodies and a formidable display of black humour • Jack Parlabane, the investigative journalist who is not averse to breaking the law for the sake of a good story, has finally been caught on the petard of his own self-confidence and is experiencing accommodation courtesy of Her Majesty. The fledgling Scottish parliament is in catatonic shock after experiencing its first dose of Westminster sleaze. The Catholic Church of Scotland is taking full advantage of the politicians' discomfort and is riding high in the polls as the voice of morality • Behind the scenes the truth is obscured by the machinations of the spin doctors and in prison, aware he's missing out on a great story, Parlabane discovers that contacts and a pretty way with words are no defence against people he has helped to put away

Is Alice here? Did she make it? Is she safe? • In the chaos, in the night, it was impossible to say which of the four had asked after Alice’s welfare. Later, when everything got worse, each would insist it had been them • Five women reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking along the muddy track. Only four come out the other side • The hike through the rugged landscape is meant to take the office colleagues out of their air-conditioned comfort zone and teach resilience and team building. At least that is what the corporate retreat website advertises • Federal Police Agent Aaron Falk has a particularly keen interest in the whereabouts of the missing bushwalker. Alice Russell is the whistleblower in his latest case – and Alice knew secrets

Corduroy Mansions, Pimlico is an oasis of old-fashioned civilisation, it's inhabitants considerate and peace-loving. But beneath the polite exterior seismic change is stirring • Barbara Ragg makes an eye-popping discovery about her stolid Scottish suitor's past, while Oedipus Snark - newly appointed and tirelessly self-interested Government Minister - has a close encounter in Switzerland that leaves him a new man all together. Then plucky canine Freddie de la Hay goes missing, and his owner, widower William French, is so shaken by an unexpected declaration of love that he seriously considers making a disappearance himself • Goodhearted, well-intentioned but often to be found barking up the wrong tree, the residents of Corduroy Mansions remain a thoroughly entertaining example to us all