Arrow Books Falling in Love Leon Donna

Celebrated by The Times as one of the 50 Greatest Crime Writers, Donna Leon brings Venice to life in the twenty-second Brunetti novel of this bestselling series, where our detective must uncover the mystery surrounding a mute man's murder • When making routine enquiries into a possible bribery case that could embarrass the mayor - a humiliation Vice-Questore Patta is very keen to avoid - Commissario Brunetti receives a call from his wife, Paola, who is evidently very upset. The middle-aged deaf mute with the mental age of a child who helped out at the Brunetti's dry cleaners has been found dead - an 'accidental' overdose of his mother's sleeping pills - and Paola is distraught by the news. To the neighbourhood he was just the 'boy' who helped out, but nobody knew much about him - not even his name

Перед вами двадцать третья часть ставшей бестселлером серии детективов Донны Леон о приключениях комиссара Брунетти, которому предстоит понять, чего стоит знание, вместе со своей верной командой: инспектором Вьянелло и госпожой Элеттрой • Когда из престижной библиотеки в самом сердце Венеции пропадают несколько ценных антикварных книг, Гвидо Брунетти тут же вызывают на место преступления. Сотрудники библиотеки подозревают американского исследователя, но комиссар сомневается в правдивости их версии • Брунелли начинает собирать информацию о завсегдатаях библиотеки, например, бывшем священнике Франкини, большом ценителе христианской литературы, и графине Морозини-Албани, передавшей в коллекцию библиотеки множество изданий. И по ходу расследования он понимает, что вор определённо действовал не в одиночку

It’s the final year of training for three young nurses at The Nightingale Hospital… • Helen is at a crossroads in her life as she battles with her domineering mother over both her love life and her future career • Dora can't stop loving Nick, who is married to her best friend, Ruby. But Ruby is hiding a dark secret with the potential to destroy Ruby's marriage • Millie is anxious about her fiance, sent to Spain to cover the Civil War, and things only get worse when she encounters a fortune teller who gives her a sinister warning • With war looming in Europe, and the East End of London squaring up to the threat of Oswald Mosley's blackshirts, the women of the Nightingale have to face their own challenges, at work and in love • From the author of The Nightingale Girls and The Nightingale Sisters, this is the perfect read for fans of Call the Midwife

East London, 1917 • Anna is over the moon when her sweetheart Edward returns from the front line. As he recovers from injuries sustained in war, they make plans to be married. But the horrors of the trenches cast a long shadow • Caring for shell-shocked soldiers brings untold challenges for Grace, and her parents have very different dreams for her future. Will she have the strength to forge her own path? • Meanwhile Dulcie has her sights firmly set on her own happy ending. Yet sometimes we find love where we least expect to • Each nurse has her own battle to fight but they must pull together to find true happiness

Three very different girls sign up as student nurses in 1936, while England is still mourning the death of George V. Dora is a tough East Ender, driven by ambition, but also desperate to escape her squalid, overcrowded home and her abusive stepfather. Helen is the quiet one, a mystery to her fellow nurses, avoiding fun, gossip and the limelight. In fact she is in the formidable shadow of her overbearing mother, who dominates every aspect of her life. Can a nursing career free Helen at last? The third of our heroines is naughty, rebellious Millie an aristocrat on the run from her conventional upper class life. She is doomed to clash over and over again with terrifying Sister Hyde and to get into scrape after scrape especially where men are concerned

To the student nurses at The Nightingale hospital, the ward sisters are heartless and frightening, with impossibly high standards. But the sisters have troubles of their own • Violet • The new night sister is not all that she seems. Who is she and what dark secret is she hiding? As the mystery deepens, Sister Wren is determined to find out the truth • Dora • The student nurse is struggling with her own secret, and with her heartbreak over Nick, the man who got away. A new arrival on the ward brings the chance to put a smile back on her face. But can she really get over Nick so easily? • Millie • Dora’s fellow student is also torn between the two men in her life. But then an unexpected friendship with an elderly patient makes her question where her heart – and her future – really lies

Who knows what might happen in a summer of love? • Sian Bishop has left the hustle and bustle of the city behind and has thrown herself into a new life in the country • With her young son, her picture-postcard garden and her small thriving business, she's happy and very busy. She is not - repeat not - looking for love • And then, one glorious summer evening, Gus Beresford arrives • One-time explorer, full-time heart-breaker, Gus is ridiculously exciting, wonderfully glamorous - and, Sian tells herself, completely wrong for a romantically cautious single woman like her • But she and Gus have met before. And, despite Sian's best intentions, it isn't long before she's falling for him all over again

When the body of a young man is pulled out of a fetid Venetia canal, all clues point to a violent mugging. But for Guido Brunetti, Commissario of the Venice Police, robbery seems altogether too convenient a motive. Then something very incriminating is discovered in the dead man's flat - something which points to the existence of a high-level conspiracy. But who could be going to such great lengths to provide a ready-made solution to the crime?

A wonderfully romantic novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Rose Petal Summer and A Country Escape • Take one aspiring cook • When Zoe Harper wins a coveted place in a televised cookery competition, she can't wait to put her cooking skills to the test • Add a very desirable judge • But as the competition heats up, she realises she's developing an inconvenient crush on one of the judges, the truly delicious Gideon Irving • Stir in a heaped tablespoon of romance • All too soon there's more than canapes, cupcakes and cordon bleu at stake • Will Zoe win the competition, or is Gideon one temptation too far?

Являются ли ваши отношения самой важной вещью в вашей жизни? Вы постоянно думаете и говорите о своем партнере или находите оправдания его плохому поведению? • Если вы когда-нибудь ловили себя на том, что зацикливаетесь на недостойном партнере, эта книга была написана для вас. Многие женщины постоянно втягиваются в несчастливые и разрушительные отношения, а затем изо всех сил пытаются заставить эти обреченные отношения работать. В этой книге-бестселлере по психологии ведущий специалист по взаимоотношениям и браку Робин Норвуд рассказывает, почему мы вступаем в нездоровые отношения и насколько сильно они вызывают привыкание, а также делится своими эффективными методами поиска и поддержания любви • Книга на английском языке • Is your relationship the most important thing in your life? Are you constantly thinking and talking about your partner, or finding excuses for their bad behaviour? • If you have ever found yourself obsessing over an undeserving partner, this book was written for you

Do you believe in second chances? • Leanne and her family have many issues, but they're still family. Their crazy but idyllic home in the rural hamlet of Ash Morley is a place where friends can drop in at will, and outsiders whose lives have been shattered can find shelter • When the opportunity arises to foster a child, ten-year-old Daniel Marks, Leanne is quick to open her doors. But her generosity is about to be put to the ultimate test • Because Daniel's father is in prison for a gruesome murder • Everyone deserves a place to call home, and a family to care for them, but will Ash Morley still be safe once Daniel enters their lives?

When she was a child, people wondered why Lorna Byrne didn't seem present in the world around her • They never knew she was seeing angels • In her own words, Lorna tells the story of her life, and the remarkable visions that have shaped it. Through her eyes the reader meets creatures from the spirit worlds who, in our own world, watch over us and protect us - including angels of an astonishing beauty and variety, the prophet Elijah, an Archangel, and even the spirits of people who have died • Many of us have often felt like a guardian angel must be watching over us - but Lorna Byrne has seen them with her own eyes. This extraordinary document is the personal testimony of a woman who sees things that nobody else does. Lorna has looked past the range of our everyday experience, and this incredible book, is our window to a world beyond