Resultados para "Helena" en Antologías y relatos breves

Si al morir pudieras transformarte en cualquier cosa y permanecer cerca de tus seres queridos, ¿en qué te convertirías? En el umbral entre la vida y la muerte, el guardián de almas hace una última pregunta a cada recién llegado: «¿Tienes algo por resolver en este mundo antes de partir? Si la respuesta es sí, puedes regresar convertido en lo que desees».

Just when things have finally cooled down for 88-year-old Maud after the disturbing discovery of a dead body in her apartment in Gothenburg, a couple of detectives return to her doorstep. Though Maud dodges their questions with the skill of an Olympic gymnast a fifth of her age, she wonders if suspicion has fallen on her, little old lady that she is. The truth is, ever since Maud was a girl, death has seemed to follow her....

Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and...no qualms about a little murder. Ever since her darling father's untimely death when she was only 18, Maud has lived in the family's spacious apartment in downtown Gothenburg rent-free, thanks to a minor clause in a hastily negotiated contract. That was how Maud learned that good things can come from tragedy. Now in her late 80s, Maud contents herself with traveling the world and surfing the net from the comfort of her father's ancient armchair. It's a solitary existence, and she likes it that way.

This collection contains a mixture of stories about ghosts and contacts from spirits, some by celebrated authors, together with essays on psychical research. As Joseph French notes in the preface, even for the skeptic, tales of ghostly activity retain a distinct fascination. The widespread interest in psychic phenomena in the early twentieth century proved to be a significant stimulus to literary production.

"Show" és un recull de setze relats breus sobre les diferents realitats que hi ha en una societat urbana com la nostra. Encara que una bola de miralls de discoteca reflecteixi punts de llum i una multitud de joves que viuen el moment, la realitat segueix essent fosca i plena de trampes. Els personatges viuen situacions en mig de la bogeria quotidiana i, de la nit al dia, ja no són el que eren.

Un filo resistente lega gli uni agli altri i racconti di questa antologia: un'agenda rossa. Si affaccia dalla pagina declinata in diversi modi, una volta ha i fogli strappati, un'altra è gonfia di biglietti di teatro, ma sempre intende ricordare quella appartenuta a Paolo Borsellino - che conteneva appunti, nomi e forse rivelazioni sulla strage di Capaci, scomparsa immediatamente dopo l'attentato mafioso del 19 luglio 1992 e mai più riapparsa.

Miss Marple meets Oscar Wilde in this series of cosy mysteries set in the picturesque Cotswolds village of Bunburry. A wealthy developer has turned up in the picturesque Cotswolds village of Bunburry with the aim of building a luxury golf course. It will mean buying up nearby farmland, and the locals are bitterly divided over the scheme. Then one of the leading opponents is found dead in a murder staged to look like an accident.

What if you had a chance to reconnect with a lost love (“Dusty’s Dilemma”), or you decided to give a homeless father and daughter a hot meal and a place to stay, only to have your life change beyond anything you could imagine? (“Love, Alice”)

Miss Marple meets Oscar Wilde in this series of cosy mysteries set in the picturesque Cotswolds village of Bunburry. There is shock in the local high school when Alison Shaw, a young, dynamic chemistry teacher, goes into a coma after being struck by a falling smart board. But is it an unfortunate accident or something more sinister? When the headteacher asks amateur sleuth Alfie McAlister to investigate, Alfie enlists the help of Liz and Marge, his fellow members of the Bunburry Triangle.

Miss Marple meets Oscar Wilde in this new series of cosy mysteries set in the picturesque Cotswolds village of Bunburry. Here, fudge-making and quaffing real ale in the local pub are matched by an undercurrent of passion, jealousy, hatred and murder - laced with a welcome dose of humour. This compilation contains episodes 7-9. "Sweet Revenge." Alfie is back in London - but even a wild social whirl with his best friend Oscar can't disguise the fact that he misses Bunburry. And then a cry for help reaches him - Liz and Marge are in trouble, and Alfie races back.

Miss Marple meets Oscar Wilde in this new series of cosy mysteries set in the picturesque Cotswolds village of Bunburry. Here, fudge-making and quaffing real ale in the local pub are matched by an undercurrent of passion, jealousy, hatred and murder - laced with a welcome dose of humour. This compilation contains episodes 4 - 6.

Frische Luft, herrliche Natur und weit weg von London! Das denkt sich Alfie McAlister, als er das Cottage seiner Tante in den Cotswolds erbt. Und packt kurzerhand die Gelegenheit beim Schopfe, um der Hauptstadt für einige Zeit den Rücken zu kehren. Kaum im malerischen Bunburry angekommen, trifft er auf Liz und Marge, zwei alte Ladys, die es faustdick hinter den Ohren haben und ihn direkt in ihr großes Herz schließen. Doch schon bald stellt Alfie fest: Auch wenn es hier verführerisch nach dem besten Fudge der Cotswolds duftet - Verbrechen gibt selbst in der schönsten Idylle.

Folge 18: In Bunburry läuten die Hochzeitsglocken! Doch die festliche Stimmung nimmt eine düstere Wendung, als das Haus von Rakesh Choudhury, dem angesehenen Besitzer des beliebten indischen Restaurants, von Vandalismus heimgesucht wird. Wer könnte so etwas Schreckliches getan haben? Die Polizei ermittelt, aber Hobbydetektiv Alfie McAlister glaubt, dass noch andere Eifersüchteleien und versteckter Groll im Spiel sind. Ist er der Einzige, der die Wahrheit herausfinden kann? Über die Serie:. Frische Luft, herrliche Natur und weit weg von London!

Die junge und motivierte Chemielehrerin Alison Shaw fällt ins Koma, nachdem ein neu installiertes Smartboard herunterfällt und sie trifft. Ihr Schüler Noah - ein angehender Detektiv und Alfies Schützling - vermutet, dass es kein Unfall war. Als Alfie, Liz und Marge den Fall genauer untersuchen, stoßen sie auf eine alarmierende Anzahl möglicher Verdächtiger.

Große Aufregung in Bunburry - denn das Dorf feiert sein 500-jähriges Bestehen! Die Vorbereitungen für die Party halten die Bewohner ziemlich auf Trab, und auch der Selfmade-Millionär und Hobbydetektiv Alfie McAlister ist aufgeregt, schließlich soll er dort eine Rede vor großem Publikum halten. Doch dann geschieht etwas vollkommen Unerwartetes: Das Denkmal zu Ehren des ersten Bürgermeisters, welches an diesem Tag enthüllt werden soll, ist verschwunden! Und nicht nur das: Auch die Postbotin Dorothy ist wie vom Erdboden verschluckt. Da geht doch irgendwas nicht mit rechten Dingen zu.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.

"L'imitation de la rose" appartient au recueil "Liens de famille", dont les textes se construisent autour d'événements, apparemment anodins, mais à l'origine pourtant de profonds bouleversements chez les personnages. Ici, Laura, rentrée chez elle après un séjour en hôpital, repasse dans sa tête les conseils du médecin : calme, repos... C'est la contemplation d'un bouquet de roses, des roses trop belles, qui provoque chez elle le basculement redouté.

Verity Michaels is new to New York City, but even she knows riding in a stolen cab is not a normal way to meet someone. Damn it if that tattoo-covered would-be felon isn't everywhere now, and lighting everything on fire under her skirt. His name is Hudson Fenn, and he's frustratingly impossible to pin down. He works as a bike messenger, but has the manners of a prince - along with a strange tendency toward breaking and entering.

Um dem hektischen Berlin zu entfliehen, reisen Claire und Wolfgang für drei "leuchtende Tage" in das idyllische Rheinsberg. Sie necken, zanken, sie amüsieren und sie lieben sich und das alles für damalige Verhältnisse unerhört offen.

The Russian novel has a reputation that is immense, both in narrative and in length. Unquestionably though the ideas, themes and characters make many novels rightly revered as world class, as icons of literature. Whilst Tolstoy, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Pushkin and Chekhov are a given in any Russian collection we also explore and include Andreyev, Korolenko, Turgenev, Blavatsky and many others to create a world rich and dense across a sprawling landscape of diverse people, riddled with the class and unfairness in perhaps some of the most turbulent times that Russia has ever experienced.