The Dead Heart
- 208pagine
- 8 ore di lettura
*An hilarious thriller about a holiday romance gone wrong.
Douglas Kennedy è riconosciuto per le sue perspicaci esplorazioni delle relazioni moderne e delle dinamiche interpersonali. Le sue opere spesso approfondiscono le complessità della natura umana e la ricerca di significato nel frenetico mondo di oggi. Con un occhio attento ai dettagli e magistrali ritratti dei personaggi, le narrazioni di Kennedy risuonano con i lettori a un livello profondamente emotivo. La sua abilità stilistica risiede nel creare storie avvincenti e stimolanti che lasciano un'impressione duratura.






*An hilarious thriller about a holiday romance gone wrong.
Robin knew Paul wasn't perfect. Kennedy is a complete genius when it comes to understanding the minds of stylish but troubled women' Daily MirrorKennedy is an absolute master at love stories with heart-stopping twists' The Times`Kennedy's skill is to send you racing down the slope of sheer story.' Esquire
*Travels through the extraordinary American bible belt
Alice Burns - a young book editor - is deep into a manuscript about the morass of family life.Thus begins a great American epic which follows Alice as she navigates high school bullying, first love and sexism at an elite college, a spell in 1970's Ireland, and a tragedy that sends her stateside as the US embraces a cowboy actor named Reagan.
David Armitage - husband, father and failure - has lived the life of an unsuccessful screenwriter for eleven years. When an influential film director presents David with an offer, the opportunity of a lifetime - could this temptation be one that jeopardises everything David has worked for.
Laura is in the throes of a midlife crisis. Her 20 year marriage has gone stale; her husband has become a stranger to her since losing his job 18 months ago. So when she is invited to a conference in Boston, she jumps at the opportunity. In the hotel lobby, she gets talking to Richard Coleman, an insurance salesman in his 50s. Initially, Laura writes him off as grey and uninspiring. But when a chance meeting brings them together again that evening, Laura begins to discover a smarter, more animated person beneath the salesman'
A stunning depiction of Yorkshire, containing over 100 pages of photography capturing classic Yorkshire landscapes, villages and towns, with text illuminating the history, geography and ecology of the area.
Autor bestsellerowej powieści „Kobieta z Piątej Dzielnicy” tym razem opowiada o miłości, która zaciera granice między przeszłością a teraźniejszością. Rozwiedziony amerykański pisarz Thomas Nesbitt mieszka samotnie w stanie Maine. Pewnego zimowego poranka otrzymuje przesyłkę z Berlina, która burzy jego spokój. Szczególnie imię i nazwisko widniejące na kopercie: Petra Dussmann – kobiety, z którą Thomas miał burzliwy romans dwadzieścia pięć lat wcześniej, w podzielonym murem i żyjącym w cieniu zimnej wojny Berlinie. Mężczyzna będzie musiał zmierzyć się z przeszłością, którą skrywał przed światem, jako że tajemnice Petry Dussmann, uciekinierki z Berlina Wschodniego, mocno naznaczyły i jego los. „Kennedy to prawdziwy król zapierających dech w piersiach historii miłosnych” – The Times