New Releases by Peter Abrahams

Ein kleines Detail, das alles in Frage stellt ... Delia war eine Schönheit, klug und lebenslustig – bis sie bei einem schweren Unfall tragisch verstarb. Seit fünfzehn Jahren trauert der renommierte Bildhauer Roy nun schon um seine Frau, deren Tod eine Wunde hinterließ, die trotz neuer Beziehungen in seinem Leben nie wirklich verheilt ist. Als er mit Lungenkrebs diagnostiziert wird, beschafft sich der eitle Roy Einblick in seinen Nachruf – und stößt bei seiner illegalen Recherche auf Ungereimtheiten, die ausgerechnet den Tod seiner geliebten Frau betreffen. Kurz darauf wird der Verfasser des Nachrufs ermordet – und Roy ahnt, dass sich ein tödliches Geheimnis zwischen den Zeilen versteckt, das ihn dazu zwingt, mit seinen Fragen ganz am Anfang einzusetzen: Wer war seine Frau wirklich? Wie ist sie gestorben? Ist sie gestorben? »Mit ›Dear Wife‹ ist dem amerikanischen Autor ein gut konstruierter und spannender Thriller gelungen, dessen einfühlsame Sprache überzeugt.« Frankfurter Neue Presse Atemlose Spannung und schockierende Wendungen – ein Thriller für Fans von Harlan Coben und Dennis Lehane

From head to toe, elbow to ankle, How Your Skeleton Works expertly guides you through the different parts of the body. Including the body’s 206 bones, each page has a colour artwork to illustrate the featured body part. Alongside general text on the body part, there are detailed annotations to explain particular details about the artwork.

''One of my all-time favourite novels.'' Tsitsi Dangarembga ''The first African novel in English to draw international attention.'' New York Times ''The forerunner of an entire school of African literary art.'' Sunday Times And the black man and the white were like two men alone in the world .. Xuma will never forget the day he arrived in the Johannesburg slums: the charismatic woman who takes him in, the brutal police raids, the fights, friendships, dancing, drinking and romances - yet it soon feels like home. But when he becomes a leader in the city''s gold mines, he is shocked by the racist treatment of the labourers. And as he begins to question whether ''man could be without colour'', Xuma stages an act of defiance that changes his life forever . . . In 1946, Peter Abrahams'' classic novel Mine Boy exposed South Africa''s fledgling racial apartheid system and townships to the world - and its wisdom, vividness and political power endures to this day. What readers are saying: ''Beautiful, memorable characters [I''ve] remembered since my childhood. These are the kind of stories that make the world better for having been written.'' ''A seminal work of African fiction ... Prose as unadorned as Solzhenitsyn or Hemingway.'' ''I can still recall Xuma almost 20 years later ... A beautiful book.'' ''An unsung gem, amazing ... Its simplicity makes the story such a dramatic tale.''

''The forerunner of an entire school of African literary art.'' Sunday Times Those men who are history now; did they feel like this? A 1950s Hampstead pub; a freezing night. Lois can''t tear her eyes away from the haunted, restless African man in the corner. Over brandy and stew, she discovers he is in awe of her friend, Panafrica''s greatest political writer and fighter. Their meeting inducts this stranger, Udomo, into London''s revolutionary community of exiled African activists: the start of a life-changing journey. Amidst the internal politics and love affairs, Udomo is inspired by other leaders'' independence uprisings; but when he returns to his native land to overthrow the colonial oppressors, his idealism is put to the ultimate test ... Inspired by Peter Abrahams'' befriending of future African heads of state in mid-century London , A Wreath for Udomo (1956) is a radical lost classic, unforgettably exploring the nature of freedom, power, leadership and love.

A BELIEVER ARRIVES in a Marble Arch store in central London to buy what can be used to kill Covid. He finds himself in the company of a socialist shop assistant who dislikes the government intensely because of what it allowed Covid to do to his grandmother. All the Believer wants is to kill Covid because he has a guest trapped in one part of London because of Covid. He has three other guests trapped in another part of the city because of Covid. One of his best friends is critically ill and at the point of death in hospital because of Covid. His business and only source of income is not making any money and could collapse because of Covid. Should his business collapse a mission to Glastonbury that could help rescue hundreds of millions of people trapped in a living hell will be put in jeopardy, Will it be a happy ending or yet another total disaster brought about by cruel Covid?

La rappresentazione dell’Anatomia umana normale che ci viene fornita dalle tecniche di imaging è fondamentale per la diagnostica clinica ma anche per l’Anatomia di base; le ricostruzioni tridimensionali rese possibili dalle apparecchiature di tomografia computerizzata e di risonanza magnetica consentono di apprezzare la volumetria e la spazialità degli organi. Le immagini in vivo sono complementari ai disegni e alle dissezioni da cadavere nello studio dell’Anatomia di base: comprendere l’Anatomia radiologica e “cross-sectional” è un modo di avvinarsi concretamente alla futura attività professionale.

Quels sont les muscles oculomoteurs qui nous permettent de voir correctement ? Quels ligaments du poignet interviennent quand vous tenez ce livre ? Et comment les artères apportent-elles du sang au cerveau pour vous permettre de réfléchir à cette question ? Cet ouvrage de référence, écrit par des experts, mais accessible à tous, vous permettra de mieux comprendre le fonctionnement du corps humain grâce à 200 entrées, du crâne aux métatarses, des reins au système nerveux... 200 illustrations en couleurs commentées et validées de manière scientifique. Cet atlas très complet et pourvu d''une iconographie exceptionnelle a été conçu comme un véritable outil pédagogique pour vous permettre d''apprendre, de valider et d''entretenir vos connaissances sur l''anatomie humaine, que vous soyez étudiant, professionnel de la santé ou néophyte en la matière.

Arranged according to the body''s different structures and systems, How The Body Works is a highly detailed guide that will appeal to general readers and students alike.

A chilling and explosive tale of revenge set in the Middle East from acclaimed suspense novelist Peter Abrahams, aka Spencer Quinn, author of the Chet and Bernie Mysteries After his unit is decimated in the Israeli war, Lieutenant Isaac Rehv returns to Haifa to find his family savagely murdered. Torn apart with grief and rage, he vows that his enemies—and the enemies of Israel—will pay. Months later, Rehv, who is a former literary scholar and professor of Arabic literature, has moved to America and is waiting tables at a local café in Manhattan. There, a chance encounter with a member of the Israeli resistance called Haganah and a botched assassination attempt will sow the seeds of a brilliantly orchestrated revenge plot. As Rehv prepares to unleash his secret weapon on an unsuspecting Islamic world, a terrorist watch group, led by a former CIA agent named Krebs, follows his every move. But Krebs may be too late to prevent the coming destruction.

A woman must untangle a dark enigma that dates back to World War II in order to find her kidnapped son in this riveting international thriller from Peter Abrahams, aka Spencer Quinn, author of the Chet and Bernie Mysteries Rachel Monette arrives home to a scene of unspeakable violence: Her French-born husband, Dan, is dead—the victim of a savage stabbing—and her five-year-old son is missing. A neighbor claims she saw a rabbi taking Adam away. But there are no synagogues in Williamstown. The only clue is a letter Rachel finds in Dan''s safety deposit box. Written in 1942, it''s about the reassignment of three German soldiers to a place called Camp Siegfried in the supposedly unoccupied western part of North Africa. Convinced that the murder and abduction are related to a book Dan recently completed about German-occupied countries during World War II, Rachel travels to North Africa and then on to Israel, where a mass murderer hiding in plain sight is determined to keep the horrors of the past buried forever.

Blake Wrightman died during the Vietnam War. Not on a Southeast Asian battlefield, but on an American college campus. He died the day the bomb he planted at an anti-war protest claimed a small boy’s life—and forced Blake Wrightman to vanish. Now, after twenty-years as “Charlie Ochs,” Cape Cod lobsterman, Blake finds out that the feds are closing in. But a vengeful G-man gives Charlie a choice: face the music or help smoke out the beautiful hardcore radical who seduced him into the anti-war movement back in the ’60s. So begins a long, strange trip for the former Blake Wrightman, as he revisits the scene of a deadly revolution that didn’t end with the Vietnam War—and is about to claim a few more casualties. . . .

With the game on the line on opening day, nervous rookie Thumby Duckling steps up to the plate.

Wyatt never really thought much about his dad—a hardened criminal, a lifer in a prison somewhere on the other side of the state. But then the economy had to go and tank, and the community had to go and cut the baseball program from Wyatt''s high school. And then the coach had to go and show Wyatt a photograph of his dad at sixteen, looking very much like Wyatt himself. Through a series of unfortunate—or perhaps they were fortunate—events, Wyatt meets a crazy-hot girl named Greer with a criminal dad of her own. A criminal dad who is, in fact, in jail with Wyatt''s own criminal dad. Greer arranges a meeting, and Wyatt''s dad is nothing like the guy he''s imagined—he''s suave, and smart, and funny, and cool, and—Wyatt''s pretty sure—innocent. So Wyatt decides to help him out. A decision that may possibly be the worst he''s ever made in his life. This is another hold-your-breath thriller by the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award nominated Peter Abrahams.

Aspiring author Ivy Seidel accepts a part-time position teaching writing to a group of convicted criminals hoping the experience will add depth and darkness to her own work. But in the haunting writings of charismatic inmate Vance Harrow she discovers a talent possibly greater than her own. And in the startling, disturbing stories Harrow has to tell, Ivy finds a dangerous new purpose—and a terrifying temptation that lures her into an inescapable world of shadows.

The monster storm "Bernardine" did more than devastate the tiny Gulf Coast community of Belle Ville. It uncovered suppressed evidence that exonerates a man wrongly imprisoned for murder. Twenty years ago Nell Jarreau identified Alvin "Pirate" DuPree as the murderer who killed her boyfriend right in front of her—and she later went on to marry the detective, now the police chief, who made the arrest. She and Clay raised a daughter and had a happy life—but now Pirate is free, leaving Nell haunted by doubt, guilt, fear . . . and troubling hints that a rot may be festering at her own family''s core. For the sake of her sanity, her marriage, and the safety of those she loves, Nell must uncover the truth about a nightmare that will not end. But the search is leading her into twisting dark alleys she might never escape from . . . where a wild card ex-con waits in the shadows.

Renowned sculptor Roy Valois receives the worst news since learning of his adored wife Delia''s death in South America fifteen years ago. His doctor tells him he''s dying—and a morbid curiosity about how he''ll be remembered inspires Roy, with the help of a local computer geek, to hack into a newspaper''s system to read his prewritten obituary. But the death notice includes a small discrepancy about his late wife—and by calling the mistake to the attention of the surprised obit writer, Roy has inadvertently sealed an innocent man''s doom. Suddenly Roy has a mission: to uncover the truth about the woman he can''t stop loving—secrets guarded by powerful forces who believe murder is an acceptable price for keeping them buried. With his disease-ravaged body''s final betrayal rapidly approaching, Roy must somehow stay alive long enough to find the answers: Who was Delia? How did she die? Why did she die? Did she die?

QB of the varsity football team. Passing grades in all his classes. Dating the hottest—and smartest—girl at school. Summer job paying more than minimum wage. Things in Cody''s world seem to be going pretty well. Until, that is, his girlfriend, Clea, is sent off to boarding school across the country, and a torn ACL ends his high school football career. But bad things come in threes—or in Cody''s case, sixes and twelves—and the worst is yet to come. While limping through town one day, Cody sees a newspaper heading: "Local Girl Missing." Clea, now his ex, has disappeared from her boarding school in Vermont, and the only clue is a letter she sent to Cody the morning of her disappearance. With that as his guide, Cody sets out to find out what happened. Once in Vermont, he unearths the town''s secrets—and finds out that football isn''t the only thing he''s good at. Reality Check is another edge-of-your-seat suspense novel by the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated author of Down the Rabbit Hole.

Presentamos un manual médico en el que los padres pueden confiar desde el primer día, ya que contiene un amplio capítulo dedicado a los cuidados del bebé, su alimentación, vacunación y desarrollo físico y mental. Otro amplio apartado revisa al niño desde los 18 meses hasta los cinco años y varios capítulos se centran en los problemas de salud más comunes durante la infancia y su tratamiento, tales como otitis, sarampión, asma o varicela, así como un capítulo dedicado a enfermedades más severas, como neumonía, leucemia o espina bífida.

A young woman who hopes to give up her bartending job to become a successful writer, Ivy Seidel falls under the spell of Vance Harrow, convicted for a terrible crime, while teaching writing to inmates at a maximum security prison.

Ingrid est footballeuse et actrice. Le jour où son chemin croise celui de Katie la Fêlée, elle est obligée de devenir aussi détective. Car Katie est assassinée. Pire, Ingrid a vu l''assassin. Et cerise sur le gâteau : elle a oublié ses Puma rouges sur le lieu du crime. L''emploi du temps d''Ingrid se complique. Elle doit éloigner les soupçons du commissaire Strade qui la surveille de près, rassurer sa mère qui la trouve bizarre, dénoncer le vrai coupable et surtout récupérer ses chaussures au plus vite

An avid Sherlock Holmes fan, eighth grader Ingrid Levin-Hill is kidnapped while investigating mysterious happenings in her home town.

Like her idol Sherlock Holmes, eighth grader Ingrid Levin-Hill uses her intellect to solve a murder case in her home town of Echo Falls.

An adaptation for children of the tale of a girl''s experiences while lost on the Appalachian Trail, certain she is being followed by some beastly thing, but comforted by imaginary conversations with her favorite baseball player.

“Peter Abrahams is my favorite American suspense novelist.”—Stephen King “Mackie dreaded the mail.” From this simple beginning, Peter Abrahams opens the curtains on a mesmerizing world down on the Mexican border, a world of complex and passionate people whose ambitions will lead them on a relentless collision course, a desert world that rises to the mythic in Their Wildest Dreams. The suspense will grab you and not let go, the surprises will shock you, but in the end it will be the wonderful characters who linger in your mind. Characters like Mackie Larkin, a suburban mother desperate for money, who finds she can earn it as a stripper; Kevin Larkin, her ex-husband whose get-rich-quick schemes left her with a mountain of debt, and who now dreams up an even better one; Lianne, their beautiful, impulsive teenage daughter, for whom almost anything, even bank robbery, is possible; Jimmy Marz, the wrangler she loves, who gets a dangerous onetime offer that could take him to the life he’s always wanted; Buck Samsonov, the charismatic strip-club owner building a southwestern empire in the lawless style of a 19th-century robber baron; Clay Krupsha, a twenty-first-century captain of detectives in a border town where no crime is what it seems; and Nicholas Loeb, a struggling mystery writer whose encounter with an unstable muse entangles him in a web of true crime more mysterious than anything he imagined. Utterly original, multilayered, and marked by the gripping suspense, sharp wit, and fascinating psychological insights for which Peter Abrahams has been acclaimed, here is a major work—a riveting story of modern-day desperadoes living their wildest dreams.

Master of psychological suspense Peter Abrahams returns with an ingenious tale of an ordinary family that unknowingly invites the agent of their destruction into their own home. When Scott and Linda Gardner hire Julian Sawyer to tutor their troubled teenage son Brandon, he seems like the answer to a prayer. Capable and brilliant, Julian connects with Brandon in a way neither of his parents can. He also effortlessly helps Linda to salvage a troubled business deal and gives Scott expert advice on his tennis game. Only eleven-year old Ruby—funny, curious, devoted to Sherlock Holmes—has doubts about the stranger in their midst who has so quickly become like a member of the family. But even the observant Ruby is far from understanding Julian’s true designs on the Gardners. For Julian, the Gardners are like specimens in jars, creatures to be studied— and manipulated. Scott is a gambler with no notion of odds, festering in the shadow of his more successful brother. Linda is ambitious, hungry for the cultured stimulation Julian easily provides. Brandon is risking his future late at night in the town woods. And Ruby—well, she’s just a silly little girl. And in that miscalculation lies the Gardner family’s only possible salvation. In The Tutor, Peter Abrahams creates a living, breathing portrait of an American family, their town, their secrets, their dreams—and a portrait just as compelling of the menace they welcome into their home. It is his most chilling, suspenseful novel to date.