Resultados para "Luca" en Pueblos y campo

È mezzogiorno nel convento di Santa Caterina e suor Isabella si stupisce: come mai le campane non suonano? Quando Isabella va a vedere, fa una scoperta terribile: suor Raffaella giace senza vita nel cortile del convento. A un primo sguardo, sembra che la suora sia caduta dal campanile, ma allora qual è il significato del numero che è stato tracciato nella polvere accanto al cadavere? È stato davvero un incidente, come afferma con sicurezza granitica la madre superiora?

Matera, all'inizio degli anni Sessanta, cammina in equilibrio instabile fra due mondi, quello del passato, legato alla terra, che resiste identico da decenni, e quello del futuro, e di un'Italia ben più grande e lontana, che arriva dentro le case grazie al soffio di un vento nuovo profumato di miracolo: la televisione. I Rondinone sono contadini da generazioni, e intorno alla masseria di famiglia si giocano da sempre le loro esistenze.

The queen bee of the fictional village of Riseholme, Mrs. Emmeline ‘Lucia’ Lucas is a snobbish yet oddly charming woman who prides herself on being the cultural and intellectual leader of her community. She dabbles in art, plants Shakespeare-themed flower arrangements in her garden and uses fake Italian phrases to maintain her social standing. Trouble brews when some new arrivals to town – including the glamorous opera singer Olga Bracely and the eccentric spiritualist Daisy Quantock – begin to challenge Lucia’s hold over Riseholme.

Luca Sabatini ritorna al paese natale in Abruzzo dopo quarant'anni di prigione: il vero colpevole del delitto ha confessato in punto di morte. L'intero borgo però non perdona a Luca quel presunto "peccato" che è stato foriero di rovina per tutti, né gli perdona di non aver tentato di difendersi. Uomo mite, Luca sopporta la solitudine sorretto dal segreto ricordo di un amore impossibile. Solo Andrea Cipriani, antifascista e capo partigiano appena tornato dall'esiilio, cerca di comprendere.

She's my best friend's little sister. A single mom who doesn't have time to waste on an older, wounded ex-mercenary. She's off-limits. And yet, I still moved to her hometown. I blame it on the job offer and the therapy I get at one of the top rehab centers for wounded heroes. The truth, though… I came to Whiskey Run because Abby Campbell and her daughter are here.

Vincitore del premio internazionale "Egi Volterrani". Il romanzo si svolge nel 1922, nella bassa padana, e segue una linea narrativa semplice: l'uccisione della bellissima e scandalosa figlia del signorotto locale. Colpevole è il fattore, mosso da invidia sessuale e sociale (quindi, si tratta a tutti gli effetti di un femminicidio ante litteram), ma dell'assassinio viene incolpato lo "scemo del villaggio”. Ragagnin dà voce alla nebbia, al fiume, al ponte, al cadavere della ragazza, a una ghiandaia, a una blatta.

As dark secrets and forbidden lust intertwine, one burning question remains: can Noah and Anastasia resist the pull of their dangerous attraction, or will the haunting specters of their past ultimately drag them into a spiral of ruin?

Süße Trauben, bittere Geheimnisse: Im idyllischen Sauternes im Garonne-Tal wird der edelste Süßwein der Welt angebaut - und ausgerechnet hier wird mitten in der Erntezeit eine junge Winzerin tot in ihrem Weinkeller aufgefunden. Das bei der Vergärung entstehende giftige Gas hat sie umgebracht. Aber ist das schon die ganze Wahrheit? Während die örtliche Polizei von einem Unfall ausgeht, verlässt sich Commissaire Luc Verlain auf sein Bauchgefühl und setzt Ermittlungen durch. In der kleinen Gemeinde aber stößt er auf eine Mauer des Schweigens.

Ausgerechnet in Frankreichs schönster Straße gerät Luc Verlain in ein Dickicht aus Lügen, Neid und wohlgehüteten Geheimnissen. Bei einer schweren Sturmflut wird in einem kleinen Ort an der Atlantikküste eine Straße vom Wasser stark beschädigt. Die Rue de Paradis hätte nie bebaut werden dürfen. Nun sollen die Anwohner gegen ihren Willen umgesiedelt werden. Luc Verlain soll vermitteln - und findet sich bald in seinem kniffligsten Fall wieder. Nicht nur gibt es eine bei dem Unglück verunfallte Tote, sondern man findet auch den Bürgermeister des Ortes leblos. Ermordet.

Luc Verlains persönlichster Fall.An den Stränden des Aquitaine werden massenhaft Pakete angespült, gefüllt mit reinstem Kokain. Ein kleines Kind probiert davon – und fällt ins Koma. Commissaire Luc Verlain ermittelt in dem Fall, bis ihn eine geheimnisvolle Nachricht aus dem Baskenland erreicht. Luc macht sich auf den Weg gen Süden und findet sich plötzlich auf der anderen Seite wieder. Er wird verhaftet, ausgerechnet wegen des Verdachts auf Drogenschmuggel – und wegen dringendem Mordverdacht. Wer spielt dem Commissaire böse mit?

As a former professional baseball star, I'm thrown a curveball when my estranged teenage daughter lands on my doorstep during her senior year. Fresh into retirement and back in my small hometown of Blueball, I'm striking out at parenthood and desperate for coaching. Enter Shae Fletcher—once the girl next door I protected, now my daughter's sharp-tongued volleyball coach who seems to have a personal vendetta against me. Heated exchanges mask an undeniable chemistry that eventually ignites into secret late-night encounters.

Pilar, Eva y Antonio Ángel son los últimos herederos de esta tierra, que ha sobrevivido a varias generaciones de la familia. En ella han pasado los momentos más felices de su vida, pero han tenido que enfrentarse también al asedio de la violencia y el terror, al desasosiego y la huida.

The fire may be out, but smoke and suspicion still linger in Santa Lucia. Though the townspeople still gather for espresso at the town cafe and swap recipes at the butcher shop, their iridescent blue sky is clouded by a veil of uncertainty and mistrust. The statue of the Madonna, set in a wall outside the cafe, watches it all in collected silence. But when New Yorker Alessandro arrives to claim his inheritance - the derelict castle and the charred olive trees that surround it - it unearths secrets thought long buried.

Set in the quaint seaside town of Tilling, inspired by the real-life village of Rye where Benson once lived, busybody Miss Mapp is known for her sharp eye and even sharper tongue. Usually found spying on the neighbourhood through her bay window, Elizabeth works hard to maintain her social standing through winning bridge games, making the most lavish dresses of the town and obtaining the best gossip.

My return home to my family's small town hasn't been easy, but the new contractor I hired—a struggling but strong-willed single mom—keeps stripping her clothes off on the job site, which certainly spices things up. (She swears a spider crawled under her shirt.) She also divulges she's scared of her ex and he's taking her to court for custody of their daughter. I hate to see a woman mistreated, so I step up and marry her so she has a stronger case in front of the judge. Temporarily, of course.

She's my best friend's daughter, and I have no business wanting her the way I do. Especially since it's my fault that her dad died. Call it survivor's guilt if you must. I just know I'm to blame. Still, when she comes to me for help, I can't refuse her. Which means sleeping on my sofa so she can take my bed. Emerson is temptation personified. Giving into my desires and touching her would make me the worst sort of man. But everyone has their limits.

Castagnabuona, Valle Scrivia, entroterra di Genova. 852 anime a 453 metri sul livello del mare. Un bar e poco altro. Trent'anni fa, tre amici sedicenni - Giggi Cepollina, Cinghiatane e Aurelio Fierro - sognavano di fare insieme il colpo del secolo dopo essere rimasti folgorati da "Sette uomini d'oro", il film con Rossana Podestà e Philippe Leroy visto al cinema Centrale di Busalla. Oggi Giggi e Cinghiatone tirano stancamente a campare nel loro paesino, mentre di Aurelio si sono perse le tracce dopo il servizio militare.

Deep River, Alaska, boasts a fiercely independent though small population. The people who live here love it, and they don't much care what anyone else thinks. But then one day Silas Quinn comes back and tells them an oil reserve has been found below the town, and now it's neighbor vs. neighbor. Some want to take the money and run, while others want to tell the oil company to put its rigs where the sun don't shine.

Sonnige Strände, gefährliche Gewässer – Luc Verlains geheimnisvollster Fall.An einem Sommermorgen mit der ersten Fähre die Gironde zu überqueren, ist ein französischer Urlaubstraum. An diesem Tag aber bleibt beim Anlegen das erste Auto an Bord stehen und blockiert alle anderen. Der Fahrer, ein beliebter Malermeister, ist verschwunden, und keiner der Passagiere will etwas Verdächtiges gesehen haben. Dann findet man den Mann – tot, in der Tasche eine seltene Muschel. Commissaire Luc Verlain und sein Team ermitteln unter Hochdruck, als auch in Paris eine Leiche mit einer solchen Muschel gefunden wird.

Luc Verlains delikatester Fall. Hinter dem Glanz der schönen Welt kulinarischer Hochgenüsse entdeckt Luc Verlain eine raue Wirklichkeit voll Neid, Konkurrenz und brutaler Arbeitsbedingungen. Es ist der Höhepunkt der französischen Gourmetsaison: Die Spitzenköche und Restaurantbetreiber fiebern der Vergabe der Sterne des Guide Michelin entgegen. Ausgerechnet in der renommierten "Villa Auguste" wird der berühmteste Restaurantkritiker des Landes noch während der Vorspeise vergiftet. Dabei sollte seine Höchstwertung doch die Karriere des legendären Auguste Fontaine krönen.