domingo, agosto 26, 2012

40. A Casa do Gelo, Minette Walters

322 Páginas

It was evident, if there were no other entrance to the ice house, that the body had at some point traversed this thorny barrier . . . The big question was, how long ago? How long had that nightmare been there?' The people of Streech village had never trusted the three women living up at the Grange – not since Phoebe Maybury's husband suddenly, inexplicably, vanished. Ten years later a corpse is discovered in the grounds and Phoebe's nightmare begins. For once they have identified the body the police are determined to charge her with murder... 

domingo, agosto 19, 2012

39. Losing You, Nicci French

291 Páginas

It’s Nina Landry’s birthday, and she’s supposed to have her kids ready to leave in a few hours for a Christmas holiday in Florida with her new boyfriend, but her fifteen-year-old daughter Charlie spent the night at a friend’s and hasn’t come home yet. Not by ten a.m., not by eleven. Nina is getting angry---they have a plane to catch, and Charlie hasn’t even bothered to pack. As time passes, though slower and slower by the minute, Nina becomes uneasy. Her anger gives way to worry, and that worry quickly builds into panic. By one p.m., she’s wondering, has Charlie run away, or has something far worse happened? And why won’t anyone---not the cops, not Charlie’s friends, not Charlie’s father---take her disappearance seriously? As day turns to night on their home of Sandling Island sixty miles from London, and a series of ominous secrets leads Nina from sickening suspicion to deadly certainty, the question becomes less whether she and her daughter will leave the island in time and more whether they’ll ever leave it again.

quarta-feira, agosto 15, 2012

38. Para Sempre, Talvez, Cecelia Ahern

361 Páginas

Rosie e Alex vivem em Dublin e conhecem-se desde a escola primária. Sempre se mantiveram amigos e passaram juntos por muitas experiências desde a gravidez, ao casamento e divórcio. Um dia a distância separa-os: Alex parte com os pais para os Estados Unidos e Rosie sente-se muito sozinha. Consciente de que iria encontrar a felicidade junto de Alex, planeia ir ter com ele a Boston mas o destino força-a a manter-se na Irlanda. Uma série de malentendidos e azares deixa-os afastados e quando finalmente se reencontram não sabem o que fazer com a atracção que esteve sempre presente. Contado inteiramente através de correspondência escrita desde emails a cartas é um romance subtil e encantador sobre as nuances da amizade e amor.

domingo, agosto 12, 2012

37. Kill Alex Cross, James Patterson

364 Páginas

Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene of the biggest case he's ever been part of. The President's son and daughter have been abducted from their school - an impossible crime, but somehow the kidnapper has done it. Alex does everything he can but is shunted to the fringes of the investigation. Someone powerful doesn't want Cross too close. A deadly contagion in the DC water supply threatens to cripple the capital, and Alex sees the looming shape of the most devastating attack the United States has ever experienced. He is already working flat-out on the abduction, and this massive assault pushes Cross completely over the edge. With each hour that passes, the chance of finding the children alive diminishes. In an emotional private meeting, the First Lady asks Alex to please save her kids. But even the highest security clearance doesn't get him any closer to the kidnapper - and Alex makes a desperate decision that goes against everything he believes in.

domingo, agosto 05, 2012

36. Anybody Out There?, Marian Keyes

592 Páginas 

Anna Walsh is officially a wreck. Physically broken and emotionally shattered, she lies on her parents' Dublin sofa with only one thing on her mind: getting back to New York. New York means her best friends, The Most Fabulous Job In The World™ and above all, it means her husband, Aidan. But nothing in Anna's life is that simple anymore... Not only is her return to Manhattan complicated by her physical and emotional scars – but Aidan seems to have vanished. Is it time for Anna to move on? Is it even possible for her to move on? A motley group of misfits, an earth-shattering revelation, two births and one very weird wedding might help Anna find some answers – and change her life forever.