David Hewson
Author
Series
Faroe Islands volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
New-appointed District Sheriff Tristan Haraldsen and his wife Elsebeth are looking forward to the peaceful semi-retirement in the remote fishing village of Djevulsfjord on the stunningly beautiful island of Vagar. But when two boys go missing during the first whale hunt of the season, the repercussions strike at the heart of the isolated coastal community. As he pursues his investigations, Tristan discovers that the Mikkelsen brothers aren't the first...
Author
Series
Pieter Vos volume 1
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Anneliese Vos, 16-year-old daughter of Amsterdam detective, Pieter Vos, disappeared 3 years ago in mysterious circumstances. Her distraught father's desperate search reveals nothing and he leaves the police force. One day, while Vos is wasting time at the Rijksmuseum staring at a doll's house that seems to be connected in some way to the case, Laura Bakker, a misfit trainee detective, visits him. She tells him that Katja Prins, daughter of an important...
10) The wrong girl
Author
Series
Pieter Vos volume 2
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Sinterklaas, a beaming, friendly saint with a white beard, was set to mark his arrival in Amsterdam with a parade so celebrated it would be watched live on television throughout the Netherlands. Today the crowds would run into three hundred thousand or more, and the police presence top four figures. The city centre was closed to all traffic as a golden barge bore Sinterklaas down the Amstel river, surrounded by a throng of private boats full of families...
Author
Language
English
Description
At his beloved Nonno Paolo's deathbed, fifteen-year-old Nico receives a gift that will change his life forever: a yellowing manuscript which tells the haunting, twisty tale of what really happened to his grandfather in Nazi-occupied Venice in 1943. The Palazzo Colombina is home to the Uccello family: three generations of men, trapped together in the dusty palace on Venice's Grand Canal. Awkward fifteen-year-old Nico. His distant, business-focused...
12) Little sister
Author
Series
Pieter Vos volume 3
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Kim and Mia Timmers were ten years old when they were accused of murdering the rest of their family and the lead singer of the world famous band, The Cupids. The evidence seemed irrefutable at the time, and the sisters, who have been in a Marken institution for ten years, are now due for release. Pieter Vos, DI in the Amsterdam police, is given cause to re-open the case when the girls disappear along with a nurse who was supposed to escort them to...
13) The killing: 3
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Detective Inspector for homicide, Sarah Lund, is contacted by old flame Mathias Borch from National Intelligence. Borch fears that what first appeared to be a random killing at the docks is the beginning of an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Troels Hartmann. The murder draws attention towards the shipping and oil giant, Zeeland, run by billionaire Robert Zeuthen. When Zeuthen s 9-year-old daughter, Emilie, is kidnapped the investigation takes...
14) The killing 2
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
It is two years since the notorious Nanna Birk Larsen case. When the body of a female lawyer is found in macabre circumstances in a military graveyard, there are elements of the crime scene that take Lennart Brix back to an occupied Denmark. Brix knows that Lund is the one person he can rely on to get to the truth.
Author
Publisher
Clipper Large Print
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Through the dark wood where the dead trees give no shelter 19-year-old student Nanna Birk Larsen runs. Sarah Lund is looking forward to her last day as a detective with the Copenhagen Police department before moving to Sweden. But everything changes when Nanna is found dead.
16) The killing III
Author
Publisher
Pan Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Detective Inspector for homicide Sarah Lund is contacted by old flame Mathias Borch from National Intelligence. Borch fears that what first appeared to be a random killing at the docks is the beginning of an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Troels Hartmann. The murder draws attention towards the shipping and oil giant Zeeland, run by billionaire Robert Zeuthen. When Zeuthen's nine-year-old daughter Emilie is kidnapped, the investigation takes...
17) Sleep baby sleep
Author
Series
Pieter Vos volume 4
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Vivid characters, great sense of place and atmosphere showcasing what this author does best: taking his reader to a European city and letting them breathe in the vibe in his wonderful descriptions of, in this case, Amsterdam life. With wonderfully colourful scenes from the flower market to the cemetery, the reader is taken on a sinister journey of a serial killer is on the loose in the city. A killer who leaves the victims with a trademark tattoo...
Author
Series
A Venetian mystery volume 2
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Lizzie Hawker recruits Arnold Clover to look into the disappearance of her mother, an Italian countess, and a priceless painting of Lucrezia Borgia. When a body is discovered in a crypt, secret clues to the portraits location are unearthed. The search for the lost Borgia quickly becomes a race through Venice, with potentially deadly consequences.
20) Juliet and Romeo
Author
Publisher
The Dome Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A dramatic and energetic retelling of the infamous Shakespeare play, 'Juliet and Romeo' is a gripping romantic thriller with a modern twist.