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Van Blake Pierce, bestsellerauteur van EENS WEG (een #1 bestseller met meer dan 600 vijfsterren recensies), is een volgend boek verschenen in de ademloze nieuwe mysterie serie!In VOORDAT HIJ ZIET (A Mackenzie White Mystery – Boek 2), worstelt de FBI-agente in opleiding, Mackenzie White, om een goede indruk te maken op de FBI Academy in Quantico, in een poging zichzelf te bewijzen als vrouw en als nieuwkomer uit Nebraska. In de hoop dat ze alles in zich heeft wat nodig is om FBI-agente te worden en haar leven in de Midwest voorgoed achter zich te laten, wil Mackenzie gewoon onopvallend blijven en indruk maken op haar superieuren.Maar dat verandert allemaal wanneer het lichaam van een vrouw op een vuilnisbelt wordt gevonden. De moord vertoont schokkende overeenkomsten met de Vogelverschrikker Moordenaar, de zaak die Mackenzie beroemd maakte in Nebraska, en in een hectische race tegen de klok om deze nieuwe seriemoordenaar te stoppen, besluit de FBI het protocol te breken en Mackenzie een kans te geven en haar op deze zaak in te zetten.Het is een grote doorbraak voor Mackenzie, haar kans om indruk te maken op de FBI, maar de inzet is hoger dan ooit. Niet iedereen wil haar op de zaak hebben, en alles wat ze doet lijkt fout te gaan. Terwijl de druk toenneemt en de moordenaar weer toeslaat, bevindt Mackenzie zich als een eenzame drenkeling in een zee vol met ervaren agenten, en ze realiseert zich al snel dat het water haar boven het hoofd stijgt. Haar hele toekomst bij de FBI is in gevaar.Hoe stoer en vastberaden Mackenzie ook is, en hoe briljant ze ook is in het opsporen van moordenaars, deze nieuwe zaak lijkt een onmogelijke raadsel, iets wat zelfs voor haar teveel is. Ze heeft misschien niet eens tijd om de zaak op te lossen, terwijl haar eigen leven uit elkaar valt.Een donkere psychologische thriller met een adembenemende spanning, VOORDAT HIJ ZIET is het tweede boek in een meeslepende nieuwe serie met een geliefd nieuw personage wat moeilijk zal zijn om neer te leggen..Boek # 3 in de Mackenzie White Mystery-serie is binnenkort beschikbaar.

An illustrated Slice of Life novel. Three lives entwine because of a subtle coincidence. A girl on the edge of society, an extremely rich weird kid and one of the most popular pop stars of the planet.Fade lives a life left on her own, struggling constantly to survive in a society that swallows everyone who doesn’t keep up with its pace; her only company is a kitchen knife and a scar embedded in her leg that reminds her every day of who she is and why she is there. While she’s stealing in a supermarket, she meets Jag, a boy with a disturbing appearance who convinces her to join him in his weird plan: to become the main sponsor of one of the most successful bands of the moment, of which he’s a huge fan, and – apparently – he doesn’t lack the money to do so. She allows herself to be convinced to meet Nef, a typical playboy, who eventually will learn that the world isn’t all at his feet like he thought…

It is about an English-style detective novel.On 29 of October 2003, Ms. Carol Tompkins, an antique dealer, finds herself involved, for a strange twist of fate, in the murder of Sally Barnes, who was killed by a slit to her throat. Superintendent Baxter investigates the case, collecting countless clues about the victim and the people that were part of her life. Many are the leads to follow, and it is plausible that behind the murder there are financial interests connected to the sale of the Barnes’s villa, and especially to the disappearance of extremely valuable daggers, among which one that had belonged to Cleopatra. Carol finds herself being investigated, and is unaware of the killer’s motive, but she will strive to defend her innocence. Eventually, she will discover the truth that will render justice not only to the victim Sally, but also to her own life, wiping out the blanket of shadows and hypocrisy that wrapped it.

The fragile but strong friend next door, in search of Love, inner Beauty and whatever else the life and a trip to India will dedicate her. Stefania through the latter will explore costumes, customs, traditions and the different religions that coexist with related Divinity, ascetics and celebrations. Finally she will know the Essence. It will be like retiring in a beautiful and unspoiled glimpse of Nature, where there is nothing and no one but the encounter and profound communion with one's self.”I loved it for aesthetic reasons and for the sensitivity you have in telling, a truly rare quality – nowadays, most of the writers get some writing done in such a rude way… you have class instead, and sensitivity and sense of narrative, you are one of those storytellers who I would keep listening open-mouthed for hours… it is also a delicate moment for me and then, on a personal level, it has ”upset me”… It had a terrible ”cathartic effect”, pleasant and a little scary at the same time… You have a beautiful talent, what I call the ability of real writers to let their readers live other lives by expanding their own experiences that perhaps they will never truly live, but it's like… The autobiographical style is a brave choice. This function is even more needed, but I guess it has not been an easy path… I thank you for having written it and have enriched me!” Laura

How to describe the Great Ski-Lift?A colossal and audacious high-altitude defying network. A system formed by ski-lifts and cable-ways linking an infinite number of possible lines and points across the Sierra mountain chain.Our journey begins with Oskar entering the symbolic realm: a deserted forecourt in the remote village of Valle Chiara the site for reaching altitude and the Great Ski-Lift. The Protagonist is forced on an endless ascent; along the journey primordial figures are keen to make themselves known. Our story unfolds along the serpentine routes of the Great Circuit… Stark mountain landscapes paint a world of dazzling white, one where everything is bound by a perennial winter. Oskar is left with only one choice, to move NORTH… An escape diary from the KNOWN. A journey that Dante could never write because the Alter-Ego had not yet discovered….How to describe the Great Ski-Lift?A colossal and audacious high-altitude defying network. A system formed by ski-lifts and cable-ways linking an infinite number of possible lines and points across the Sierra mountain chain.Our journey begins with Oskar entering the symbolic realm: a deserted forecourt in the remote village of Valle Chiara the site for reaching altitude and the Great Ski-Lift. The Protagonist is forced on an endless ascent; along the journey primordial figures are keen to make themselves known. Our story unfolds along the serpentine routes of the Great Circuit… Stark mountain landscapes paint a world of dazzling white, one where everything is bound by a perennial winter. Oskar is left with only one choice, to move NORTH… An escape diary from the KNOWN. A journey that Dante could never write because the Alter-Ego had not yet discovered…