Elfriede Peschel Livres

Analyse: Roman psychologique (formation).

Corinna Chapman leaves her high-powered career and toxic marriage to embrace a new life as a baker in Melbourne, running her own business, Earthly Delights. Living in a quirky building with eccentric neighbors, she enjoys her fresh start until chaos ensues with the arrival of a junkie, mysterious threats, and a series of bizarre encounters involving Goths and lost girls. As she navigates these challenges, Corinna must balance her new life with the demands of her bakery, all while dealing with unexpected romance and intrigue.

Quand une prise d’otages a lieu dans la dernière clinique du Mississipi à pratiquer l’avortement, c’est à Hugh McElroy, un négociateur de crise expérimenté, que l’on fait appel. Avec plusieurs blessés nécessitant des soins et un forcené dont les revendications restent floues, la situation s’avère délicate à gérer. Elle le devient encore davantage quand Hugh apprend que sa fille adolescente se trouve à l’intérieur du bâtiment. Après Mille petits riens, Jodi Picoult poursuit son exploration des tabous de l’Amérique dans un roman palpitant et subtil.

Corinna Chapman enjoys her life as a baker until a disastrous chocolate incident leads her to investigate potential tampering at a local chocolatier, Heavenly Pleasures. Concerned about the shop's future, she seeks to uncover whether the mishap is a cruel joke or a forewarning of greater threats. Meanwhile, her lover Daniel returns from a troubling encounter with a self-proclaimed messiah, raising questions about his involvement in the chocolate fiasco. New mysteries also arise with the arrival of a mysterious neighbor in the upper apartment.

Dans le château de Cornouailles, James Farell vient de tuer Sarah, son épouse depuis plus de quarante-cinq ans, et a maquillé son crime en suicide. Il va tenter d'expliquer son geste en remontant cinquante ans plus tôt, à l'époque où il a fait la rencontre de l'énigmatique Ella Harcourt, la cousine de Sarah. Et il raconte comment et pourquoi, amoureux d'Ella il en vint à épouser Sarah...

Zannah and Adrian are planning to marry in May, the loveliest time of year. Zannah has always wanted a beautiful, traditional wedding and feels she missed out the first time around when she married Cal, father of her daughter Isis. Now two families are to meet for the first time. Will the slightly bohemian Gratrixes from Cheshire and the wealthy Ashtons from the Home Counties like each other? The meeting will take place on neutral territory, at a lunch party in the home of Zannah's Great-Aunt Charlotte in London—but no one anticipates the reaction when Zannah's mother and Adrian's stepfather first meet and the series of events that is set in motion. Full of revelations, reconciliations, and romance, this charming novel shows that not all marriages are made in heaven.

Inspektorin Liu Hulan wird in ein abgelegenes chinesisches Dorf gerufen, wo der vermeintliche Selbstmord der schwangeren Arbeiterin Mioashan mit der amerikanischen Spielzeugfabrik Knight in Verbindung steht. Kurz vor der Aufklärung des Falls bricht ein Feuer in der Fabrik aus, und Hulan gerät in große Gefahr.