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'Tense and human' LEE CHILD 'Brilliant stuff' PETER JAMES 'A cracking read' PIERS MORGAN #taken in the night They thought they were kidnapping the mistress of one of London's most powerful gangsters. But they've taken the wrong woman. And crossed the wrong detective. #taken underground Detective Max Wolfe's hunt for the missing woman takes him from New Scotland Yard's legendary Black Museum to the glittering mansions of career criminals, from sleazy strip joints to secret sex dungeons - and to...
| Автор | Tony Parsons |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
From the number one bestselling author comes a swashbuckling tale of mutiny and murder in paradise . . .Even Paradise can turn into a nightmare . . .The Mutiny on the Bounty is the most famous uprising in naval history. Led by Fletcher Christian, a desperate crew cast sadistic Captain Bligh adrift. They swap cruelty and the lash for easy living in the island heaven of Tahiti. However, paradise turns out to have a darker side . . .Mr Christian dies in terrible agony. The Bounty burns. Cursed by...
| Автор | Tony Parsons |
| Жанр | Приключения, Зарубежная современная проза, Зарубежные приключения |
Just how badly do you want to find paradise?When Tom Finn is almost jailed for confronting two burglars in his own home, this taxi driver takes his young family to live on the tropical island of Phuket, Thailand.Phuket is all the Finn family dreamed of – a tropical paradise where the children swim with elephants, the gibbons sing love songs in the jungle, the Andaman Sea is like turquoise glass and this young family is free to grow.But both man-made disaster and the unleashed forces of nature...
| Автор | Tony Parsons |
| Жанр | Зарубежная современная проза |
Seven short stories from bestselling author Tony Parsons, based on his week as Writer in Residence at Heathrow airport.Here is Heathrow as it has never been seen before – a secret city populated by the 75 million travellers who pass through every year, a place where journeys and dreams end – and begin.From the brilliant twenty-something kids who control the skies up in Air Traffic Control to the softly-spoken man who cares for the dogs, lions and smuggled rattlesnakes at Heathrow’s Animal...
| Автор | Tony Parsons |
| Жанр | Зарубежная современная проза |
Uusaasta esimesel päeval leitakse jõukas perekond oma eksklusiivses, kinnises kogukonnas asuvas majas Londoni põhjaosas tapetuna, nende noorim laps on aga röövitud. Mõrvarelvaks on poltpüstol, millega kariloomi enne veristamist uimastatakse. See juhib uurija-konstaabel Max Wolfe’i Scotland Yardi Musta muuseumi tolmusesse nurka, mis on pühendatud tapjale, keda 30 aastat tagasi tunti kui Lihunikku. Kuid Lihunik on oma aja ära istunud, on vana ja suremas. Kas ta võib jälle tegutseda? Kas õnneliku...
| Автор | Tony Parsons |
| Жанр | Контркультура, Зарубежный детектив |
A fabulously engaging and exciting novel about a man who has to learn about life and love the hard way.Harry Silver has it all. A successful job in TV, a gorgeous wife, a lovely child. And in one moment of madness, he chucks it all away.Man and Boy is the story of how he comes to terms with his life and achieves a degree of self-respect, bringing up his son alone and, gradually, learning what words like love and family really mean.Very well written, pacy, funny, and heart-breakingly moving.
| Автор | Tony Parsons |
| Жанр | Зарубежная современная проза, Зарубежный юмор |
Harry Silver returns to face life in the “blended family.” A wonderful novel about modern times, which can be read as a sequel to the million selling Man and Boy, or completely on its own.Man and Wife is a novel about love and marriage – about why we fall in love and why we marry; about why we stay and why we go.Harry Silver is a man coming to terms with a divorce and a new marriage. He has to juggle with time and relationships, with his wife and his ex-wife, his son and his stepdaughter, his...
| Автор | Tony Parsons |
| Жанр | Зарубежная современная проза, Зарубежный юмор |
The final episode in the trilogy that began with the million-copy bestseller MAN AND BOYTen years on from MAN AND BOY, it is crunch time for Harry…Life is good for Harry Silver. He has a beautiful wife, three wonderful children and a great job as producer of the cult radio show, A Clip Round the Ear. But Harry is about to turn forty and his ex-wife is back in town. Soon it could be time to kiss the good life goodbye…When Harry's fifteen-year-old son Pat moves out to live with his mother, the...
| Автор | Tony Parsons |
| Жанр | Зарубежная современная проза, Зарубежный юмор, Книги о войне |
The final episode in the trilogy that began with the million-copy bestseller Man and Boy Harry Silver is settled and happy. But can it last? Life is good for Harry Silver. He has a beautiful wife, three wonderful children and a great job as producer of the cult radio show, A Clip Round the Ear. But Harry is about to turn forty and his ex-wife is back in town. Soon it could be time to kiss the good life goodbye… When Harry's 15-year-old son Pat moves out, Harry's perfect life seems to...
| Автор | Tony Parsons |
| Год | 2011 |
Life is good for Harry Silver. He has a beautiful wife, three wonderful children and a great job as producer of the cult radio show, A Clip Round the Ear. But Harry is about to turn forty and his ex-wife is back in town. Soon it could be time to kiss the good life goodbye! When Harry's 15-year-old son Pat moves out, Harry's perfect life seems to be falling apart. Into the chaos of Harry Silver's life stroll two old soldiers who fought alongside Harry's late father in The Battle of Monte Cassino...
| Автор | Tony Parsons |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Tuntud inglise krimikirjaniku Tony Parsonsi efektse pealkirjaga romaan „Mõrvakott“ algab mitme surnukeha avastamisega, mida näiliselt ei seo miski peale mõrva sooritamise viisi. Äsja terroriakti ennetanud uurija Wolfe on mõrvarühma uus liige, kes viib järk-järgult kokku tellimusmõrvade püramiidi tipus oleva tuntud poliitiku ja n-ö „musta töö“ tegijad ühiskonna alamkihist. Uurija Wolfe avab juurdluses värske vaatenurga ega nõustu minema konventsionaalset teed, mis viinuks ammu tagaotsitava...
| Автор | Tony Parsons |
| Жанр | Контркультура, Зарубежный детектив |
The world-wide, mega selling author of Man and Boy is back with a sizzling, Shanghai tale of sex, romance and second wivesHot shot young lawyer Bill Holden and his wife Becca move with their four year old daughter to the booming, gold-rush city of Shanghai, a place of enormous wealth and crushing poverty, where fortunes are made and foreign marriages come apart in spectacular fashion.Bill's law firm houses the Holden family in Paradise Mansions – a luxury apartment block where newly rich Chinese...
| Автор | Tony Parsons |
| Жанр | Зарубежная современная проза, Историческая литература |
This is the story of how we grow old – how we give up the dreams of youth for something better – and how many chances we have to get it right.George Bailey has been given the gift we all dream of – the chance to live his life again.After suffering a heart attack at the age of 42, George is given the heart of a 19-year-old – and suddenly everything changes…He is a friend to his teenage son and daughter – and not a stern Home Secretary, monitoring their every move.He makes love to his wife all...
| Автор | Tony Parsons |
| Жанр | Зарубежная современная проза |
A book about growing up and being young, about sex and love and rock and roll, about the dreams of youth colliding head-on with the grown-up world.Sometimes you can grow up in just one night…It is 16th August 1977 – the day that Elvis dies – and Terry is back from Berlin, basking in the light of his friendship with legendary rock star Dag Wood. But when Dag arrives in London he sets his sights on a mysterious young photographer called Misty, the girl that Terry loves.Will the love of Terry's...
| Автор | Tony Parsons |
| Жанр | Зарубежная современная проза |
The perfect read for Father’s Day, Tony Parsons’ bestselling series, MAN AND BOY, MAN AND WIFE and MEN FROM THE BOYS.In MAN AND BOY, Harry Silver has it all. A successful job in TV, a gorgeous wife, a lovely child. And in one moment of madness, he chucks it all away. This book tells the story of Harry learning what words like love and family really mean.In MAN AND WIFE, Harry Silver is learning to juggle his many commitments – to his wife and his ex-wife, to his son, his step-daughter and his...
| Автор | Tony Parsons |
| Жанр | Зарубежная современная проза, Сборники |
It should be the most natural thing in the world. But in Tony Parsons’ latest bestseller, three couples discover that Mother Nature can be one hell of a bitch.Paulo loves Jessica. He thinks that together they are complete – a family of two.But Jessica can't be happy until she has a baby, and the baby stubbornly refuses to come. Can a man and a woman ever really be a family of two?Megan doesn't love her boyriend anymore. After a one-night stand with an Australian beach bum, she finds that even a...
| Автор | Tony Parsons |
| Жанр | Зарубежная современная проза |
It should be the most natural thing in the world Paulo loves Jessica. He thinks that they are complete - a family of two. But Jessica can't be happy until she has a baby. Megan doesn't love her boyfriend anymore. After a one-night stand, she finds that even a trainee doctor can slip up on family planning. Should you bring a child into the world if you don't love its father? Cat loves her life. After bringing up her two youngest sisters, all she craves is freedom. But can a modern woman really...
| Автор | Tony Parsons |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |