Inspired by Judith Jarvis Thomson’s philosophical thought experiment “The Violinist,” What Happened to Tom? is a psychological and philosophical thriller, a horror story that any one of millions of people could, at any moment,...
psychological fiction
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Auteur:COELHO, PauloSommaire:One day a renowned author discovers that his wife, a war correspondent, has disappeared leaving no trace. Though time brings more success and new love, he remains mystified and fascinated by her absence.
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Auteur:Reginald HillSommaire:For years, the Stranger House has stood in the village of Illthwaite, offering refuge to travellers. People like Sam, a brilliant young mathematician, who believes that anything that can't be explained by maths isn't worth...
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Auteur:BROOKNER, AnitaSommaire:Elizabeth and Betsy knew each other as school-children. When they meet again in later life, one is safely married, the other most unsafely partnered.
- Auteur:Bender, AimeeSommaire:
On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein, a girl at the periphery of schoolyard games and her distracted parents' attention, bites into her mother's homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a...
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Auteur:HARRISON, SarahSommaire:Fee's new life is plagued by unexpected events and "happenings". Who is the mysterious baby with the dark curly hair? Who or what was holding her hand at the museum? Is someone watching her every move?
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Auteur:GERITSEN,TessSommaire:Christmas Eve in Boston is no holy night for medical examiner Dr Maura Isles. In a rundown house, a woman is discovered murdered in a brutal act of carnage that leaves veteran cops in shock.
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Auteur:EDWARDS, KimSommaire:A New York Times Bestseller. Forced by a blizzard to deliver his own twins, Dr. David Henry makes a split second decision - he keeps the healthy boy and tells the nurse to bring the girl, who has Down's Syndrome, to an institution...
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The son of a wealthy industrialist enters Jungian therapy to discover why he feels that his life is at a point of crisis.
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Auteur:SEBOLD, AliceSommaire:This is the tale of family, memory, love, and living told by 14-year-old Susie Salmon, who is already in heaven. Through the voice of a precocious teenage girl, Susie relates the awful events of her death and builds out of her family...
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Auteur:HARRIS, JoanneSommaire:Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Vianne and her daughters, Rosette and Annie, live peacefully, if not happily, above their little chocolate shop. Nothing unusual marks them out; no red sachets hang by...
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Auteur:Wiesel, ElieSommaire:A plane headed from New York to Tel Aviv is forced to crash land at a small airport, and five survivors are given shelter in a nearby home. Once they are locked in, their enigmatic host tells them he is their judge, and they must reveal...
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Auteur:COBEN, HarlanSommaire:One slip was all it took to rob Matt Hunter of the life he had so well mapped out. A fight, a friend in trouble, a slippery pavement and the dull crack of someone's skull on the concrete cost him four years in jail and a small...
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Auteur:HARWOOD, JohnSommaire:A rousing good ghost story.
- Auteur:ALBOM, MitchSommaire:
'The Five People You Meet in Heaven' is a beautifully written first novel that addresses the meaning of life - and life after death.
- Auteur:PATTERSON, JamesSommaire:
Alex Cross battles the most ruthless and powerful killer he has ever encountered - a shadowy predator known only as The Wolf. Across the country, men and women are kidnapped in broad daylight and then disappear completely. These...
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Auteur:Mazza, DonnaSommaire:Rosa longs for mystery, adventure, the exotic, and escape from small country-town Australia. Fatally attracted to a romantic image of Eastern Europe, she arrives alone in Dubrovnik in the months before the implosion of the old...
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Auteur:Macdonald, EdSommaire:Spat Ryan has demons. They haunt him by day and share his drink at night. Raised in Montreal by a bagman for the Irish mob, Spat has fictionalized or ignored chunks of his life too painful to recall. A chance meeting with an old friend...
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Auteur:HELLER, Zo͡Sommaire:When Sheba Hart joins St George’s as the new pottery teacher, lonely Barbara Covett senses that she has found a kindred spirit. But Barbara is not the only one drawn to Sheba. Before long Sheba is involved in an illicit...
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Auteur:CLARK, Mary HigginsSommaire:A young woman is ensnared into returning to a place she had wanted to leave behind forever...her childhood home. There, at the age of ten, Liza Barton had shot her mother, trying desperately to protect her from her estranged stepfather...
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