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M.R.C. Kasasian The Horror of Haglin House

Home is where the horror is... Jilted thriller writer Lady Violet Thorn has withdrawn to the Suffolk market town of Montford with two servants and her leading character, the adventuress Ruby Gibson, for company. Violet’s peace is disturbed when a stranger asks her for help, claiming that a friend is being kept prisoner in her own home. Her visitor seems so afraid that Violet, despite her scepticism, is persuaded to investigate. A woman is killed outside Violet’s house, then another murdered in...

Engels | 13 uur 1 minuut (587 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Barry Hines The Gamekeeper

Through the changing seasons, amidst a sprawling ducal country estate, ex-steelworker George Purse's role as a gamekeeper goes beyond mere employment. With determination, he safeguards the birds, nurturing them with care, even as they become targets for the wealthy elite. As the Glorious Twelfth approaches, George must orchestrate flawless hunts for the Duke and his esteemed guests, ensuring their satisfaction while fending off the persistent poachers who threaten the delicate balance of the land....

Engels | 8 uur 7 minuten (353 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Cecilia Sahlström Vigilante

A Sara Vallén Thriller

Intrigue, illusions, and insidious motives... Still recovering from testifying against her abuser, Chief Inspector Sara Vallén is called out to investigate a mysterious death in an idyllic allotment on the outskirts of Lund. The victim - a beloved social worker - is found brutally murdered inside one of the potting sheds. But when Sara and the police dig deeper into the case, they begin to unravel a web of dark secrets surrounding the victim's seemingly perfect life... Can Sara trust her intuition...

Engels | 8 uur 16 minuten (400 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Pauline Rowson The Chale Bay Murders

Meet DI Andy Horton. He’s a risk-taking Harley-Davidson-riding detective who doesn’t always play by the rules . . . which often lands him in trouble with his bosses. Suspicious lights at sea, decomposing bodies and an old flame send Horton down a rabbit hole in this captivating crime thriller. An elderly man obsessively watches the coast from his Victorian house high on the hill above Ventnor. When he observes mysterious lights out at sea, he reports them to the police. The local police think...

Engels | 8 uur 20 minuten (369 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Teresa F. Morgan Mistletoe at the Manor

A heart-warming Christmas romance set in Cornwall! Perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley, Victoria Walters, Heidi Swain and Phillipa Ashley... Can Beth learn to open her heart this Christmas...? Between setting up her boutique and raising her six-year-old son, single mum Beth Sterling has little time for romance. When she moves her business into a cosy converted stable on the scenic Trenouth Estate, she finds herself clashing with the handsome but aloof owner of the estate, Tristan Trenouth. When...

Engels | 8 uur 29 minuten (378 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Steve Kedie Running and Jumping

Two rivals. One winner. Fresh off his fourth-place finish in his first Olympic final, British long jumper Adam Lowe finds himself standing face-to-face with the man who beat him to a medal. Little does he know, this chance encounter will spark a rivalry that, for Lowe, will become all-consuming. Through epic victories and crushing defeats, Lowe pushes himself to the brink, testing his mental, physical, professional, and personal limits. But when this fierce competition spirals out of control,...

Engels | 10 uur 13 minuten (454 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Deborah Jenkins Braver

Nominated for the Writer’s Guild Best First Novel Award! Hazel has never felt normal. Struggling with OCD and anxiety, she isolates herself from others and sticks to rigid routines in order to cope with everyday life. But when she forms an unlikely friendship with Virginia, a church minister, Hazel begins to venture outside her comfort zone. Having rebuilt her own life after a traumatic loss, Virginia has become the backbone of her community, caring for those in need and mentoring disadvantaged...

Engels | 8 uur 27 minuten (370 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Lina Wolff Bret Easton Ellis and the Other Dogs

At a run-down brothel in Caudal, Spain, the prostitutes are collecting stray dogs. Each is named after a famous male writer: Dante, Chaucer, and Bret Easton Ellis. When a john is cruel, the dogs are fed rotten meat. To the east, in Barcelona, an unflappable teenage girl is endeavouring to trace the peculiarities of her life back to one woman: Alba Camb, writer of violent short stories, who left Caudal as a girl and never went back. Mordantly funny, dryly sensual, written with a staggering lightness...

Engels | 9 uur 55 minuten (434 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Jane Davis I Stopped Time

What if the villain of your childhood turned out to be someone really rather extraordinary? A disgraced politician, Sir James Hastings is living out his retirement in a secluded Surrey village. He is unmoved by his centenarian mother's death - a woman he emotionally buried upon her abandonment. Raised by his father, a charismatic war-hero turned racing driver, the young James, torn between self-blame and longing, eventually dismissed her. But when he inherits her life's work - an incredible photography...

Engels | 10 uur 31 minuten (469 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Mich Vraa | Jesper Bugge Kold The Nurse from the Big White Ship

From the war-torn streets of Odense to the devastated warzone of South Korea, destiny calls... Nurse Molly Dahl wants to escape the trauma of wartime Denmark by joining the hospital ship, Jutlandia, set for the battlefields of Korea. Yun, an eleven-year-old North Korean girl, flees her village which was destroyed by Napalm, seeking sanctuary from the havoc. Both Molly and Yun abandon their pasts, hopeful for a brighter future in South Korea. However, their journey becomes more treacherous than...

Engels | 11 uur 4 minuten (497 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Ola Mustapha Other Names, Other Places

"What were we, then, if ‘English’ was a prize out of our reach and ‘Tunisian’ was the mask we wore at home?" Caught between cultures and struggling to find her identity, Nessie, a Londoner with Tunisian roots, navigates the complexities of belonging. With her multiple name - Nesrine, Susu, Nessie - and a yearning for acceptance, she grapples with not being "enough" for anyone. But when Mrs Brown enters their lives, her charismatic presence becomes the glue holding their dysfunctional family together...

Engels | 8 uur 18 minuten (376 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Heather J Fitt Open Your Eyes

Can you see danger when it's right in front of you? When Edinburgh reporter Frankie is assigned a high-profile crime story about a series of sexual assaults, she relishes the prospect of her big break. As she begins uncovering the truth behind women's safety, online trolls known as incels start threatening her very existence. Will Frankie uncover the truth, or will she become the next target? This intense and unsettling thriller about resentment and rage is perfect for fans of Pascal Engman's...

Engels | 8 uur 21 minuten (372 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Lorraine Wilson This is Our Undoing

Could you condemn one child to save another? In a near-future Europe fracturing under climate change and far-right politics, biologist Lina Stephenson works in the remote Rila Mountains. But when an old enemy dies, Lina's dangerous past resurfaces and puts her family's lives at risk. Trapped with her vulnerable sister and the dead man's family, Lina is facing pressure from all sides: her enemy's eldest son is determined to destroy her in his search for vengeance, whilst his youngest carries a sinister...

Engels | 13 uur 50 minuten (606 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Justin David Tales of the Suburbs

Growing up in the Black Country under Mrs Thatcher's iron grip, Jamie dreams of a life in a magical metropolis, rubbing shoulders with the mythical creatures from Smash Hits. Despite the quirky characters in his hometown and his mother's witty one-liners, Jamie's heart is set on something greater. Follow him through secondary school, teenage turmoil, and art school, where he falls in love with Billy and the allure of the big city. Will he choose to play it safe in Welston or take a chance on a new...

Engels | 3 uur 2 minuten (133 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Damion Hunter Empire's Edge

Loyalty to your people. Loyalty to Rome. Only one can remain… Centurion Faustus Valerianus has already proven his bravery and skill, marching alongside Julius Agricola for six gruelling years to conquer the north of Britain. But that was just the beginning... With Agricola back in Rome, Faustus is given a new mission: to journey to Hibernia with exiled Irish prince Tuathal Techtmar and help him reclaim his rightful throne. But victory is a fleeting thing, and back in Caledonia, fears grow that the...

Engels | 13 uur 35 minuten (597 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Jane Davis Smash All the Windows

"Smash all the Windows" won the inaugural Selfies Book Award in 2019. It has taken conviction to right the wrongs. It will take courage to learn how to live again. London, 22 August 2003. A day that began like any other would end in tragedy. Fifty-eight people set off for work, only to never return. For more than thirteen years, the search for truth has eaten up everything: marriages, families, health, careers and finances. A flawed justice system failed the victims' kin, but hope arises when...

Engels | 10 uur 19 minuten (454 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Sara Marchant Becoming Delilah

Escaping her troubled past and moving into a seaside cottage on a windswept island off Cape Cod with her Abuela, all Delilah wants now is a place of her own - and she’s paid a high price for it... But her wild, colourful garden and scandalous affair with married man Alan have her neighbours talking. And when she crosses paths with the reclusive Anton - who has a secret of his own - sparks fly. Will the past catch up with them? A delicate yet haunting novel about love, trauma, and identity, "Becoming...

Engels | 6 uur 43 minuten (295 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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Phoebe Walker Temper

"There’s a gap where my sense of place should be. It’s quite a useful one sometimes. It allows me to sit on the cusp of an opinion." Following a move to the Netherlands, a young woman dissects the developments of her new life: awkward exchanges with the people she meets, days spent alone freelancing in her apartment, her confrontation with boredom and unease. In her newfound isolation, she develops an unusual friendship with Colette, a woman she neither likes nor can keep away from. As her feelings...

Engels | 4 uur 25 minuten (192 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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James Joyce Ulysses

On 16 June 1904 Leopold Bloom wanders the streets of Dublin aimlessly as his wife Molly stays at home sleeping with other men. Having been made an involuntary cuckold, Leopold Bloom lets the soles of his shoes wear out on the pavements between the taverns in which his humiliation is acute, and hides in one memory after another as they haunt him in Dublin's wet fog. Leopold Bloom is the Odyssey of the 20th century, but unlike Homer's ancient warrior hero, Bloom is a modern anti-hero that you can't...

Engels | ePub3, 0,8 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2022

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Lev Tolstoj War and Peace I

War & Peace

"I'm not looking for 'War and Peace'” is a modern way of saying "keep it short". However, "I am looking for 'War and Peace'" should be on our lips. Leo Tolstoy's masterpiece is a complete semester of Russian and French history, using the zoom button to focus on its impact on families from the aristocracy to the peasants. 'War and Peace I' introduces the five aristocratic families at the heart of the plot. It paints a picture of petty jealousy, pride and forbidden love in the Russian stately homes...

Engels | ePub3, 0,8 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2022

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