STORMY TIMES FOR THE COMISSÁRIOA storm is brewing over the Atlantic island and the body of a touristwashes up in Funchal harbour. Did the young man really just underestimate the raging sea? Comissário Avila doesn't have a good feeling about the matter, but he doesn't have time to be too bothered as a romantic weekend with his wife in Madeira's picturesque mountains is on the agenda. But it is not only the approaching storm that disturbs the idyll: the body o...

A GALÃO WITH MADEIRA'S MURDEROUS HIGH SOCIETYA series of murders in Madeira's high society shakes the Atlantic Island. The morning after a celebratory dinner at the island's elite golf club, the organiser lies dead on the premises.Did the young woman make enemies through her dissolute love life? Or was she on the trail of a dark secret? Comissário Avila actually has better things to do: his first child is on the way. But instead of poring over baby books with...

BEAUTY IS PAINMadeira's ladies are happy. At last there is a beauty farm just for them. Leticia Avila and her friend Inês are also immediately drawn to the temple of beauty. They enjoy mud packs, peelings and massages. But then they make the acquaintance of the unpleasant journalist Sofia Lima, who, following in the footsteps of Empress Sisi, unsettles the island and the staff of the beauty farm.Meanwhile, Comissário Avila looks after his little daughter and...

BLOOMING VALLEYS, BLEEDING EARTHNothing has been able to draw Captain Pieter Strauss home to South Africa's Elgin Valley. Since an argument sixteen years ago, he and his father Zef have hardly spoken a word to each other. Then the body of a young activist who had declared war on the white farmers is found in the old water reservoir on Strauss' farm. The local police have already arrested a suspect: Zef Strauss. Pieter rushes to his father's aid from Cape Town, even...

IT'S BOILING IN THE TOWNSHIPS OF THE MOTHER CITYThe heat is oppressive in Cape Town and the drinking water is running out. A series of brutal murders shake the Cape of Good Hope. The tension boils over when the body of a young tourist is found in the middle of the idyllic national park.Captain Pieter Strauss of the "De Valke" special unit must catch the murderer before there can be another victim. Are these gruesome crimes connected to the ancient superstiti...

Eine Mordserie in Madeiras feinen Kreisen erschüttert die Atlantikinsel. Nach einem feierlichen Dinner im elitären Golfclub der Insel liegt die Organisatorin am Morgen tot auf dem Gelände. Hat sich die junge Frau durch ihr ausschweifendes Liebesleben Feinde gemacht? Oder war sie einem dunklen Geheimnis auf der Spur? Comissário Avila hat eigentlich Besseres zu tun: Sein erstes Kind ist auf dem Weg. Doch statt mit seiner Frau Leticia Babybücher zu wälzen, sucht er in der High Society von Mad...

Amore, Amaretti und die Mafia! Italien ist laut und aufregend, leise und leidenschaftlich, klassisch und modern. Unsere Autorinnen nehmen Sie mit auf eine spannende Reise durch die Regionen rund um den Stiefel. Es gibt viel zu erzählen! Jede Gegend bietet andere Sehenswürdigkeiten und eigene Genusslichter. In 16 Kurzgeschichten entdecken wir lokale Eigenheiten und kulinarische Genüsse. Einzigartig und berührend. Manchmal tödlich. Ob faszinierende Felsenwohnungen, aromatischer Wein oder rät...

This is a story about a marriage that fell apart, and about a women that could not be held down even though everything in her world was against her. Ultimately her faith humbled her and lifted her up. In the end God gave her, her hearts desire. TRULY

A summer that changed everything. A second chance to put things right.‘Heart-warming, funny, and completely brilliant!’ **Jaimie Admans**Four years ago, Elodie Parker left the village of Little Heaton where she’d lived for her entire life. She hasn’t been back since.Now, with her little sister’s wedding looming, she’s going home again. It should be a time for celebration, but there are things Elodie left behind she’s not ready to face. Not least the love of her life, To...

A summer that changed everything. A second chance to put things right.‘Heart-warming, funny, and completely brilliant!’ **Jaimie Admans**Four years ago, Elodie Parker left the village of Little Heaton where she’d lived for her entire life. She hasn’t been back since.Now, with her little sister’s wedding looming, she’s going home again. It should be a time for celebration, but there are things Elodie left behind she’s not ready to face. Not least the love of her life, To...

We live in a fast-paced world and everything we eat is almost instant. I have created 40 different juicing recipes that is helpful for your weight loss journey. A great percentage of women are suffering from obesity and malabsorption and so I created an ebook that is not only nutritious and delicious but so easy to prepare. With more than 40 recipes to choose from, you may add a twist by incorporating your favorite fruit or vegetable to add on different recipes, you can experiment and have...

Living on the roof to escape her crazy family works…until reality pulls Joyce back to the groundJoyce is desperate to get out of the room she shares with her older sister. All she wants is some peace and quiet, not the kind that fills the space left by her missing brother and tastes like butterscotch gone sour, the kind where you can breathe deep and see the stars.So she moves to the roof. Up there it's nothing but blue sky. Blue sky and….another roof dwell...