Swan Song

There's a new couple in town . . . and nothing will ever be the same. After thirty-five years as the Chief of Police on Nantucket, Ed Kapenash's heart can no longer take the stress. He is just about to retire when a 22-million-dollar summer home is purchased by strangers to the island - the Richardsons, an extremely wealthy couple whose money is lavishly spent but mysteriously made . . . Soon, the whole island is swept up in high drama. The Richardsons throw lavish parties, flirt with multiple locals, flaunt their wealth with not one, but two, yachts, and raise impossible hopes of everyone they meet. But then Ed, with only three days left on the job, receives a phone call: the Richardson mansion has gone up in flames. He has to contend with the chaos this new couple have wreaked across the island, small-town gossip and a possible murder case to save his community. But is it themselves they really need saving from . . . Bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand's Swan Song is a propulsive medley of glittering gatherings, sun-soaked drama, wisdom and heart. *#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *#1 USA TODAY BESTSELLER*

"Swan Song" er en historisk roman skrevet af Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott, og bogen bygger på den amerikanske forfatter Truman Capotes liv. Da Truman Capote blev berømt, færdedes han i de bedste kredse. Han var bl.a. omringet af nogle af de mest indflydelsesrige og glamourøse kvinder som han kaldte sine Svaner. Disse kvinder delte deres dybeste hemmeligheder med Truman, men til sidst valgte han at forråde dem. Hvorfor? Det er et spørgsmål, der er i centrum af Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcotts bog "Swan Song", som er en spændende genfortælling af de begivenheder, der ledte til Truman Capotes overraskende opgør med sine venner.

There's a new couple in town . . . and nothing will ever be the same. After thirty-five years as the Chief of Police on Nantucket, Ed Kapenash's heart can no longer take the stress. He is just about to retire when a 22-million-dollar summer home is purchased by strangers to the island - the Richardsons, an extremely wealthy couple whose money is lavishly spent but mysteriously made . . . Soon, the whole island is swept up in high drama. The Richardsons throw lavish parties, flirt with multiple locals, flaunt their wealth with not one, but two, yachts, and raise impossible hopes of everyone they meet. But then Ed, with only three days left on the job, receives a phone call: the Richardson mansion has gone up in flames. He has to contend with the chaos this new couple have wreaked across the island, small-town gossip and a possible murder case to save his community. But is it themselves they really need saving from . . . Bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand's Swan Song is a propulsive medley of glittering gatherings, sun-soaked drama, wisdom and heart. *#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *#1 USA TODAY BESTSELLER*

"Swan Song" er en historisk roman skrevet af Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott, og bogen bygger på den amerikanske forfatter Truman Capotes liv. Da Truman Capote blev berømt, færdedes han i de bedste kredse. Han var bl.a. omringet af nogle af de mest indflydelsesrige og glamourøse kvinder som han kaldte sine Svaner. Disse kvinder delte deres dybeste hemmeligheder med Truman, men til sidst valgte han at forråde dem. Hvorfor? Det er et spørgsmål, der er i centrum af Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcotts bog "Swan Song", som er en spændende genfortælling af de begivenheder, der ledte til Truman Capotes overraskende opgør med sine venner.

As inventive as Agatha Christie, as hilarious as P.G. Wodehouse – discover the delightful detective stories of Edmund Crispin. Crime fiction at its quirkiest and best. When an opera company gathers in Oxford for the first post-war production of Wagner's Die Meistersinger its happiness is soon soured by the discovery that the unpleasant Edwin Shorthouse will be singing a leading role. Nearly everyone involved has reason to loathe Shorthouse but who amongst them has the fiendish ingenuity to kill him in his own locked dressing room? In the course of this entertaining adventure, eccentric Oxford don and amateur sleuth Gervase Fen has to unravel two murders, cope with the unpredictability of the artistic temperament, and attempt to encourage the course of true love.

As inventive as Agatha Christie, as hilarious as P.G. Wodehouse – discover the delightful detective stories of Edmund Crispin. Crime fiction at its quirkiest and best. When an opera company gathers in Oxford for the first post-war production of Wagner's Die Meistersinger its happiness is soon soured by the discovery that the unpleasant Edwin Shorthouse will be singing a leading role. Nearly everyone involved has reason to loathe Shorthouse but who amongst them has the fiendish ingenuity to kill him in his own locked dressing room? In the course of this entertaining adventure, eccentric Oxford don and amateur sleuth Gervase Fen has to unravel two murders, cope with the unpredictability of the artistic temperament, and attempt to encourage the course of true love.

Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read . New York Times bestselling author Robert McCammon's prescient and astonishing vision of a post-apocalyptic United States comes to life in this classic epic of terror and renewal. Facing down an unprecedented malevolent enemy, the US government responds with a nuclear attack. Soon, America as it was is gone forever, and now every citizen--from the president of the United States to the homeless on the streets of New York City--will fight to stay alive. In a wasteland born of rage and fear, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies, Earth's last survivors are drawn into the final battle between good and evil, which will decide the fate of humanity: Sister, who discovers a strange and transformative glass artifact in the destroyed Manhattan streets...Joshua Hutchins, the pro wrestler who takes refuge from the nuclear fallout at a Nebraska gas station...and Swan, a young girl possessing special powers, who travels alongside Josh to a Midwest town where healing and recovery can begin with her extraordinary gifts. But the ancient force behind the world's devastation is scouring the walking wounded for recruits to build its relentless army, beginning with Swan herself...

Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read . New York Times bestselling author Robert McCammon's prescient and astonishing vision of a post-apocalyptic United States comes to life in this classic epic of terror and renewal. Facing down an unprecedented malevolent enemy, the US government responds with a nuclear attack. Soon, America as it was is gone forever, and now every citizen--from the president of the United States to the homeless on the streets of New York City--will fight to stay alive. In a wasteland born of rage and fear, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies, Earth's last survivors are drawn into the final battle between good and evil, which will decide the fate of humanity: Sister, who discovers a strange and transformative glass artifact in the destroyed Manhattan streets...Joshua Hutchins, the pro wrestler who takes refuge from the nuclear fallout at a Nebraska gas station...and Swan, a young girl possessing special powers, who travels alongside Josh to a Midwest town where healing and recovery can begin with her extraordinary gifts. But the ancient force behind the world's devastation is scouring the walking wounded for recruits to build its relentless army, beginning with Swan herself...

Beautiful. Beloved. Hunted. The extraordinary life and death of Diana, as told by her brother, Charles – available to pre-order now. ‘When asked, ‘What was it like, growing up with Diana?’, my first thought is always, But I don’t know what it was like not to grow up with her…’ In September 1997, Charles Spencer stood in Westminster Abbey before a watching world and shared his grief at losing his beloved sister, Diana. Now, nearly thirty years later, he tells the astonishing story of his life with Diana and the tragic week of her death. In childhood, Charles and Diana, the youngest Spencers, were inseparable – secretly calling one another Duch and Carlos. As each other’s closest confidantes, they roamed the family estate, endured extremely challenging boarding schools, survived terrifying nannies and helped each other through the agony of their parents’ divorce. Yet everything changed when Diana married the Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, and overnight became a global icon. Charles saw his older sister serve the world’s marginalized and relish being mother to her treasured sons. But, pursued by a barbaric press as her royal marriage crumbled, she was left desperately alone. Charles always tried to be there for Diana – until that black night in August, 1997. In Swan Song , Charles Spencer provides the most intimate, loving and honest portrait yet of his sister. Praise for Charles Spencer’s writing: 'Top marks for its searing frankness, framed in wistfully beautiful prose’ The Times ‘Acutely observant, his turn of phrase is often delightful' Daily Telegraph ‘A moving, heartbreaking memoir’ Financial Times ‘A tour de force' Washington Post