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1. Vernesa , Berbo

Der Sohn und das Schneeflöckchen

Vernesa Berbo erzählt mit eindringlicher Kraft und atemberaubendem Tempo vom Schicksal zweier Schwestern während der Belagerung Sarajevos.Dijana ist Schwester, Tochter und Soldatin. Auf die Frage, warum sie 'Sohn' genannt wird, lächelt ihr Vater nur geheimnisvoll, als wüsste er etwas über sie, das früher oder später alle sehen würden. Dijana ist selbstbewusst und leidenschaftlich, vor allem aber ist sie die Beschützerin von Dada, ihrer zwei Jahre jüngeren Schwester. Die sensible und aufgeweckte Dada kam 1976 bei Eiseskälte zur Welt, wie eine Schneeflocke, die im letzten Moment in den Raum schwebt, bevor man das Fenster zuschlägt. Mit Beginn der Belagerung Sarajevos im Jahr 1992 wird Dijana klar: Es ist an ihr, ihre Schwester, das 'Schneeflöckchen', lebend durch den Krieg zu bringen. Schon bald landet Dijana mit ihrem Vater an der ersten Frontlinie, und während Dijana dem Krieg mit Härte begegnet, klammert sich Dada an Mirza, ihre erste große Liebe - bis fatale Ereignisse den Schwestern alles zu nehmen drohen. So zärtlich, dennoch kompromisslos und zugleich voller erzählerischer Kraft ist selten über den Krieg und die Liebe entgegen allen Widrigkeiten geschrieben worden. Vernesa Berbo ist selbst Überlebende der Belagerung Sarajevos und stößt uns mitten hinein in jene Realität des Krieges, die noch immer zu wenig Beachtung findet: das Schicksal der Frauen, ihre tiefe seelische Verwundung, aber auch ihre große innere Stärke. Ein mitreißender Roman von atemloser Spannung.'Ein Roman gegen den Krieg und für die Liebe. Ein großes Glück!' Saša Staniši¿'Im Krieg, wenn keinerlei Ethos mehr Gültigkeit hat, lässt sich genau studieren, wie das Destruktive vonstattengeht. Dieser Roman ist Anrufung des Lebens und bitterer Gesang zugleich.' Marica Bodroži¿, FAZNominiert für den Internationalen Literaturpreis Meran-Europa

1. James Ronald

She Got What She Asked For

JAMES JACK RONALD (1905-1972) was a prolific writer of pulp fiction, mystery stories and dramatic novels. Raised in Glasgow, Ronald moved to Chicago aged seventeen to ‘earn his fortune’, later returning to the UK to pursue a writing career. His early works were serializations and short stories syndicated in newspapers and magazines around the world. Ronald wrote under a number of pseudonyms, including Michael Crombie, Kirk Wales, Peter Gale, Mark Ellison and Kenneth Streeter among others. Several books were adapted into films, including Murder in the Family (1938), The Witness Vanishes (1939), and The Suspect (1944).

1. James Ronald

The Sealed Room Murder

‘Eric is dead……and I am certain his death was murder.’   Stories of Crime & Detection Volume Eleven contains a novel and a novella. The Sealed Room Murder Eric Winter is murdered by his Uncle Godfrey, who has made it look like natural causes.  The victim’s sister Patricia suspects foul play and writes a letter to her brother’s friend Alan.  Godfrey learns of his niece’s prying and tries to kill her, but Alan and reporter Larry Milner arrive in the nick of time.  Milner is then determined to prove that Eric Winters death is murder and get the scoop of a lifetime.  He turns amateur sleuth, but his efforts only lead to Godfrey increasing the stakes.  Larry’s detective work may prove deadly for all involved.    The Secret of Hunters Keep  This is a tongue-in-cheek adventure offering romance, murder and secret passages, following Scotland Yard detective Peter Wootton as he unravels a series of baffling events at Hunters Keep.

1. James Ronald

Counsel for the Defence

Stories of Crime & Detection Volume Ten contains two novellas and a short story. Counsel for the Defence  A London pawnbroker is murdered and the police find a diamond necklace hidden under the floorboards.  Morphine addict Arnold Hemingway is implicated, but claims he was meeting an old flame Lucy Hemmerde at the time of the killing.  But Lucy has vanished into thin air, and the defence counsel must turn detective to find the real killer.   The Awakening of Theodore Wrenn Thirty-six-year-old Theodore Wrenn leads a quiet existence working for elderly solicitors Gentry, Green and Gentry; but his life changes suddenly when his wealthy flamboyant cousin needs to recover some compromising letters. The ensuing hunt leads the diligent Wrenn on a series of adventures that bring love and danger.   The Baby and the Gorilla   After catching a local thug nicknamed ‘the Gorilla’, Seargent Kelly is in a reminiscent mood.

1. Magan Vernon

The Only One

1. James Ronald

They Can't Hang Me

‘I shall kill you, one by one, and I’ll get away with it.  They can’t hang me.’   Stories of Crime & Detection Volume Four contains a novel and three short stories: They Can’t Hang Me Lucius Marplay has spent the past twenty years in an asylum, having made countless threats against the four men who took over The Echo, the London newspaper that he once owned.  A visit from an old friend gives Marplay an opportunity to escape, and soon he begins a scheme of revenge.  His daughter Joan, having just discovered that her father is in fact alive, rather than dead as she had always been told, endeavours to track him down to talk sense into him. But as the four newspaper men begin to die one by one, can anyone catch this clever murderer, a man capable of vanishing into thin air?  They Can’t Hang Me was adapted for the screen as The Witness Vanishes (1939). The Man Who Came Back. An escaped convict has a minor road accident and discovers something unexpected. Accident The unpleasant Marlay’s death was an accident, but Daphne and Peter are afraid to call the police for fear they will be implicated. Instead, they concoct a plan…. Out of the Fog A short story set during Prohibition in the U.S.   JAMES JACK RONALD (1905-1972) was a prolific writer of pulp fiction, mystery stories and dramatic novels. Raised in Glasgow, Ronald moved to Chicago aged seventeen to ‘earn his fortune’, later returning to the UK to pursue a writing career. His early works were serializations and short stories syndicated in newspapers and magazines around the world. Ronald wrote under a number of pseudonyms, including Michael Crombie, Kirk Wales, Peter Gale, Mark Ellison and Kenneth Streeter among others. Several books were adapted into films, including Murder in the Family (1938), The Witness Vanishes (1939), and The Suspect (1944).