Resultados para "Herbert" en Pueblos y campo

Karen Williams-Schmidt’s children are approaching adulthood. The week of her son Bill’s high school graduation, he commits what may be the biggest mistake of his life. Bill’s error starts Carrie Bennett, his best friend since childhood, down her own dark path of abuse and Stockholm Syndrome. Heartbroken and wracked with guilt, Bill bounces between jobs and relationships, trying to find someone to love. The conflict between the two rural youths leaves an international path of destruction involving competing Mediterranean crime bosses, Interpol, even a small Hutterite community.

Ten years ago, 15-year-old Darren Davies was shot dead at the river mouth. The killer was never found. Now, Darren's mother Sandra receives a visit from the police. Her best friend, Barbara Russell, has also been found dead, out in the bush. And Barbara's DNA matches the DNA found under Darren's fingernails. When the investigation into Darren's murder is reopened, Sandra begins to question what she knew about her best friend. As she digs, she discovers that there are many secrets in her small town - and that her late son had his own, too.

Menace awaits. Sleath. Quiet, peaceful. A small village hidden away in the Chiltern Hills, almost forgotten by the modern world. Nothing much seems to happen here; little disturbs the centuries-old tranquillity. Until the ghosts begin to appear and frighteningly bizarre events start to occur. Psychic investigator David Ash, a man burdened by the dark secret of his own past, is sent to Sleath to investigate the phenomena and his discoveries there drive him to the very edge of his own sanity.

Warner beschreibt in neunzehn Kapiteln die Wonnen und Mühen des Gärtners, der zusammen mit seinem Kater Calvin versucht, Herr über Wetterlage und Unkrautstand zu bleiben. Warner war ein hingebungsvoller Amateurgärtner, der mit seinem engsten Freund und Nachbarn Mark Twain denselben Sinn für Humor, Verrücktheiten und den Spaß an ausgefallenen und treffenden Formulierungen teilte. Das Gärtnern nutzt Warner als thematisches Sprungbrett, um über Ehe, Kindererziehung, Freundschaft und Nachbarschaft, Moral und Psychologie, Politik und Wirtschaft zu schreiben.

Wo beginnt Schuld, wo endet Gerechtigkeit? Frank Petersen, Strafrichter aus Leidenschaft, ist überzeugt von der Unfehlbarkeit des Rechts. Seine Urteile, so sein Selbstverständnis, sind objektiv und gerecht. Bis eines Tages sein Leben völlig aus den Fugen gerät. Und er plötzlich über sich selbst richten muss. Ein umstrittenes Urteil löst heftige Kritik an Petersen aus, selbst seine Familie wendet sich von ihm ab.