Dopo la morte della moglie, Peter Duluth si è attaccato alla bottiglia, bevendo tanto da affossare la sua reputazione di promettente regista teatrale a Broadway e porre le basi per una prematura calata del sipario sulla sua stessa vita. Finché non accetta di sottoporsi a una terapia di disintossicazione nel famoso istituto psichiatrico del dottor Lenz, che in fondo non è nemmeno una casa di cura, ma un rifugio dorato per ubriaconi danarosi. Lo dimostra il fatto che tra i pazienti non figur...

A chance meeting with an ex throws a man's current marriage into turmoil, from the author "in the very first line of detective-story writers" ( Sphere).On the surface, Bill Harding has landed on his feet. After failing as a writer and having his first wife desert him and their son, he remarried into a family of wealth and power. His "perfect" new wife is renowned for her charity work, and her father's publishing empire provides Bill with a job, a ritzy Man...

A "drastic domestic mystery story verging on nightmare" from the Edgar Award–winning author of the Peter Duluth series ( Tatler).Struggling artist John Hamilton is a man living a lie. Since moving to the small New England town of Stoneville to pursue painting, he's been desperately trying to cope with his wife's alcoholism. Linda has become an expert at hiding it from her wealthy circle of friends—and at keeping John from exposing her. Though, their marria...

A series of horrifying murders rips through a sanatorium - and only the patients can stop the killings.'Baffling crimes, brilliant writing' SATURDAY REVIEW'Quentin is a craftsman of the first class' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTPeter Duluth turned to drink after his wife's untimely death; now, two years later and desperate to dry out, he enters a sanitorium, hoping to turn his life around. But he doesn't quite get the calm relaxation he...

In this collection of mysteries, the greatest detectives of the Golden Age investigate the most puzzling crimes of the era.The investigators in these stories are from all walks of life – retired magicians to schoolteachers, Broadway producers to nuns. Whether professional or amateur, these keen-eyed detectives must get to the bottom of the most baffling cases of their careers.Edgar Award-winning Otto Penzler has hand-picked some of the most...

The countryside comes alive with Patrick's fiddle music - and children will too!

Welcome to the wonderful world of Patrick! For when he plays his violin, the most extraordinary things start to happen: fish can fly, and cows can dance, and trees grow cakes instead of apples. There's fireworks and fun and colours everywhere, when Patrick performs his magical tunes ...

Il savait aussi que c’était un poison, un poison puissant mais rarement employé, si bien que ses effets étaient capables d’abuser un médecin de quartier, davantage habitué à reconnaître les symptômes d’un empoisonnement par l’arsenic, la strychnine ou le cyanure de potassium. À compter de ce jour-là, la petite bouteille verte joua un rôle important dans ses rêves éveillés... Et tandis que la voix de sa femme continuait à moudre inlassablement des mots, des songes colorés flottaient devant ...

Wie wäre es, wenn die Geschichte eines Denkmals einmal aus dessen Sicht erzählt wird? Die AutorInnen dieser Anthologie wagen den Perspektivenwechsel und schildern, wie es Denkmälern im Wandel der Zeiten erging, hin- und hergerissen zwischen ursprünglichen Intentionen, Umdeutungen und Instrumentalisierungen. Mit tiefgründigem Humor begeben sie sich in den Kopf der Freiheitsstatue, lassen die Brooklyn Bridge über ihre Rezeption in der Literatur zu Wort kommen, oder enttarnen die Neue Wache i...

**'Manual for success' The AthleticWith an opening chapter by Sir Jim Ratcliffe**To mark the 25th Anniversary of the founding of INEOS in 1998, seven leading specialist authors explore the main strands of INEOS's business, including its core chemical business to its ventures into sport, automotive, consumer goods, sustainability, next generation and philanthropy.* Dominic O'Connell on INEOS' core petrochemicals and energy business*

L'armée française en guerre.La bataille de Valmy, en 1792, marque l'irruption d'un type d'armée comme le monde n'en avait jamais connu : une armée massive et nationale de citoyens-soldats qui, conjuguée au génie de Napoléon, va conquérir l'Europe. Deux cent vingt ans plus tard, les opérations au Mali, de 2013 à 2022, voient intervenir une force française qui semble ne plus avoir de points communs avec la précédente : de petite taille, professionnelle, experte en opé...

La prise en charge de la femme enceinte tient une place importante dans la pratiquequotidienne du médecin de famille. S'il ne réalise pas l'accouchement, il est amené àsurveiller la grossesse, estimer les risques encourus, examiner, traiter la femme enceintedans le cadre de l'urgence et surveiller les suites de couches. Cet ouvrage rappelle le développement normal du fœtus, de la fécondation àl'accouchement, et détaille les différents problèmes de la prise en charge de la grossesse : • la ...