Wykorzystanie seksualne w dzieciństwie to wciąż temat tabu, który jest mało zrozumiany nie tylko przez poszkodowane, ale też przez ich rodziny, najbliższych i społeczeństwo. Psychoterapeuta Steven Levenkron na podstawie relacji 17 kobiet próbuje zrozumieć ofiary i metody na radzenie sobie z molestowaniem w dzieciństwie. Autor w wyczerpujący sposób przedstawia dewastacyjne konsekwencje, jakie pociąga za sobą wykorzystywanie seksualne i opisuje spustoszenie, do jakie...

Brat Nessy O’Sullivan został posądzony o kradzież miliona euro. Aby udowodnić swoją niewonność, musiałby zdobyć komputer swojego szefa, właściciela stajni koni wyścigowych, Luca Barbierego. Nessa, by pomóc bratu, zakrada się w nocy w poszukiwaniu laptopa, ale zostaje przyłapana na gorącym uczynku. Luc nie wzywa policji, lecz zatrzymuje Nessę u siebie w domu do wyjaśnienia sprawy. Wkrótce sytuacja przybierze nieoczekiwany obrót… 

Na koniec świata nie ma zmiłuj.Wszystkie poprzednie cywilizacje człowieka upadły, dlaczego więc nasza miałaby się utrzymać? Jesteśmy bardzo dumni z naszego niesamowitego postępu technologicznego, lecz mentalnie nadal nie różnimy się szczególnie od poprzedników. Krótkowzroczna, brutalna głupota zawsze brała górę nad szlachetnością i rozsądkiem.Klamka zapadła, kosmici u płotu.Dla wielu z nas może to być najgorszy koniec świata....

Szejk Salim Ibn Hafiz Al-Noury lubi życie biznesmena i playboya, jakie wiódł do tej pory w Nowym Jorku. Jednak po śmierci ojca nadszedł czas, by zaczął wypełniać obowiązki następcy. Wraca w rodzinne strony. Z niezadowoleniem przyjmuje fakt, że o mu asystentkę do spraw dyplomacji i stosunków międzynarodowych. Spotyka się z Charlotte McQuillan wyłącznie po to, by ją zwolnić, lecz jej uroda i determinacja sprawiają, że zamiast tego zabiera ją na pierwszą trudną misję… Druga...

Abby Johnson robiła zawrotną karierę. Zajmowała wysokie stanowisko, miała bardzo dobrą pensję i pracę inną niż wszystkie. Na co dzień zajmowała się aborcją. Co wydarzyło się w życiu Abby, że po pięciu latach pracy jako dyrektorka kliniki Planned Parenthood opuściła swoje stanowisko? Czego doświadczyła i z jakimi praktykami miała do czynienia, że postanowiła zmienić swe przekonania i dzisiaj walczy o życie nienarodzonych? Poznaj historię kobiety, która wyszła z samego ...

Szejk Zafir Ibn Hafiz Al-Noury promuje swój kraj. Najpiękniejszą rzeczą, którą pragnie pokazać światu, jest czerwony diament w kształcie serca. Zafir chce, by prezentowała go na swej szyi najpiękniejsza modelka. Tylko jedną widzi w tej roli – Kat Winters. Dwa lata temu zakochał się w niej i chciał się z nią ożenić, jednak gdy wyszły na jaw wydarzenia z przeszłości Kat, wyrzucił ją z pałacu. Teraz postanawia ją odnaleźć, przekonany, że przyjmie jego ofertę… Druga część mi...

This story began around Christmas, when a group of guys from the village of Melstock walked and sang carols. It was then that the cab driver Dick Dewey saw and fell in love at first sight with the new teacher Fancy Day who had just arrived. She is also looked after by a wealthy farmer Shiner, whom Father Day favors, and pastor Maybold, who considers himself the most suitable party for Fancy. But the story did not begin in vain on the fabulous days of Christmas - it will end...

In short stories, Fred M. White often has a love theme. So in the story „The Green Bungalow”. The main character, Hilton Blythe, has a generous character and is always happy to give useful advice. He was proud that nobody and nothing had ever shocked him. However, one meeting, one look changed everything...

Morrison’s most popular books are probably his detective stories, featuring Martin Hewitt, a methodical investigator, who uses his ability to be „thoroughly at home among any and every class of people” to invite confidences in gathering evidence. Martin Hewitt stories are similar in style to those of Conan Doyle, cleverly plotted and very amusing. Morrison made two other forays into the detective field, the first: „The Dorrington Deed-Box”, which introduces the quasi-crimin...

„Green Ginger” is one of the humorous story from mixed collection of sixteen short stories by the author of the Martin Hewitt, Investigator series. Collects several mysteries, including a „Cunning Murrell” tale, also „The Seller of Hate”, a deal-with-the-Devil story, and „The Chamber of Light”, a humorous ghost story of psychic investigator driving the poor spectres to distraction. The stories are well written and definitely a product of their time and place. Arthur George ...

„The Green Pack” is a novel adapted from a successful play by the playwright Robert Curtis. Robert Curtis was the private secretary to British crime writer Edgar Wallace. Curtis and Wallace met for the first time in 1913, before parting following the outbreak of World War One, as Curtis had to do his military service. In 1916, he was discharged from the service after contracting malaria. In 1918 he was reunited with Wallace who employed him as his secretary, he had the task...

„The Green Pearl” (1930) is the second adventure in the „Dr. Night” trilogy by Aidan De Brune, (1874-1946). Aidan De Brune was a Canadian-born writer who settled in Australia. This second story is gaudy crime yarns, which steadily veers into fantasy by the end (gravity powered aircraft without engines...) and features a very unlikely Asian villain who is as different from Fu Manchu as you can imagine: a small, colorless man of uncertain central Asian origin whose principal ...

„The Woman in the Alcove „ is the third book in the Caleb Sweetwater series. The spinster-detective in the novel is Miss Van Arsdale, a member of the high society in New York and a woman who is short and plain in appearance. Against all odds, Rita Van Ardsdale has landed the man of her dreams and is blissfully in love. But her shot at happily ever after seems to be fading when her fiancé is accused of murder. It falls to Rita to crack the case and clear her beloved’s name. ...

Looking for a satisfying, meticulously plotted mystery with which to while away an afternoon? Look no further than „To The Minute: Scarlet And Black: Two Tales Of Life’s Perplexities”, a short story from one of the most influential early writers in the genre, Anna Katherine Green. Her remarkable skill in leading readers to the unexpected but fascinating solution to this puzzle mystery makes this story an eminently worthwhile read. Written in the 1916s, this story is chock f...

This short story revolves around a plot to steal some goods secured safely within an impenetrable vault within the confines of Mr. Stoughton’s business concern. Mr. Stoughton is the owner of a legendary vault that no one has ever been able to open. Though he can’t be sure that the safe contains anything valuable, speculation is rampant among those who know of its existence. Will anyone ever be able to find out what the vault holds? Find out in this fast-paced mystery story ...

Was the little girl, who appears to have been everybody’s darling, kidnapped for money? Nobody comes forward asking for a ransom. Did she sneak down to the river and drown? In „The Millionaire Baby”, a young detective Mr. Trevitt has more than one reason for desperately wanting to solve the mysterious case of little Gwendolen, a millionaire’s daughter who missed since the afternoon of August the 16th from right under the nose of her nurse. Our detective soon meets the widow...

In „The House in the Mist,” weary traveler Hugh Austin happens upon a house in a village whilst seeking shelter on a misty night. The house is open, and initially the reception he gets is quite strange to him, he then realizes that he was taken for the relative of a dead man and that the gathering he encounters is a meeting of relatives regarding an inheritance that was left. By the time they find out the deceased had long-held vengeance on his mind, it is too late. „The Ho...

Anna Katharine Green was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America, received praise for her accurate, well plotted stories. Her novels have always been one of the groundworks of mystery and detective fiction and The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow is a great example of the ingenious and thrilling story. In this novel, a young woman is killed by an arrow in the middle of the museum, so all of the other visitors are closed inside while the crime is investigated! A g...

„The Forsaken Inn” by Anna Katharine Green is an exceptional novel of gothic horror set in late 18th-century Revolutionary America. Told from the perspective of a Mrs. Truax, the owner of an inn, „The Forsaken Inn” is a locked-room mystery that keeps readers guessing about what has happened. Edwin Urquhart, loved by two sisters, chooses to marry the elder. Arriving at the Forsaken Inn for their honeymoon, they occupy an apartment containing a secret chamber. That night, the...

Early detective novelist Anna Katharine Green was a unique writer in several respects, including the fact that many of the detectives featured in her novels are women. In this mystery, protagonist Constance Sterling takes on the seemingly impossible task of uncovering the true culprits behind the drowning death of a popular well-respected clergyman who is believed to have killed himself. The news is fatal to his fiancée. Why? And why are her two sons behaving in such a sini...

When a woman is found dead at The Whispering Pines, not only is everyone shocked, but murder is suspected. After all, why would such a well liked young lady put an end to things, or why would anyone want to do away with her? Her vagabond of a brother is suspected, since he has every cause to wish her out of the picture. Her fiancée Elwood Ranelagh also is suspected since he no longer wished to marry her but her sister. So perplexing is the case that the local authorities ca...

„The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange” is a collection of stories by Anna Katharine Green featuring an early edition of that familiar figure, the „girl detective”. Violet Strange is a pretty young debutante with a wealthy father and the spare time to secretly investigate various matters within her social sphere. Her knowledge of the aristocracy helps the police solve the crimes. Originally published in 1915, „The Golden Slipper” is the debut entry in the...

„The Filigree Ball” centers around the Moore mansion in Washington DC, a creepy house with a terrible library. Over several generations, three dead bodies have been found there on the hearthstone. Aside from bruises from the fall, there were no signs of violence. The police have inspected the death-dealing room and its sinister settee many times over and found no explanation. But it’s not all those bodies in the library that bring the police to the Moore house this time. It...

A mystery filled with guilt, love and anger led to death. The story is about Ebenezer Gryce, a young, energetic and determined police detective who is entrusted with the investigation of the high-profile murder of Mr. Hasbrouck, a wealthy and influential resident of the Colonnade in Lafayette Place. The only real clue is provided by the victim’s wife. She woke from a deep sleep and thought she was dreaming. She soon realized that her husband wasn’t next to her in bed. While...