Kirjahaku

"Shouts and banging. What could it be? The last thing he felt like was getting involved in an argument, yet this didn't sound like an argument. For a start, he could only make out one voice, not two. It was a girl's voice, and the tone wasn't so much angry as agitated. Or desperate. He hurried on until the derelict cottage at the end of the lane came into sight. And there she was: a young woman of about twenty, banging on the front door with her fists while shouting for someone to let her in." * Early one morning, a young man goes for a walk in the countryside. He chances upon a girl who tells him an extraordinary story of kidnap and murder. But is she telling the truth? Gradually, reluctantly, and against his friends' advice, the man is drawn deeper and deeper into a strange and deadly plot until he arrives at the heart of the mystery... * THERE WAS AND THERE WASN'T is a spellbinding new crime novel from the author of THE PAST IS NEVER CLOSED and THE INDIRECTIONS.

Theo Bax, a young artist, becomes involved in a series of strange puzzles. Why was the girl in the blue coat killed? Who was the sleeping woman in the empty house-the woman who suddenly vanished? How could his car have been taken from a locked car park without his knowledge, and why was it then returned? And is his connection with these events a mere conincidence, or is there more to it than meets the eye? Soon, Theo finds himself becoming the chief suspect in two cases of suspicious death-and as the evidence against him piles up, so his only way out is to solve the puzzles himself... THE INDIRECTIONS is a tense and intriguing whodunit from the author of THE PAST IS NEVER CLOSED and THERE WAS AND THERE WASN'T.

Wisdom might well be called the quality of qualities-thequintessential quality-yet defining it further is strangely difficult. Is it another word for rationality? Or isit a form of common sense? What kind of thing is it? What principles inform it? In what is wisdom grounded? To what end does it point? And, in particular, why is it so neglected at this present time? From the author of "Art, Love and Truth" comes this fascinating, entertaining and uncompromising exploration of the mysteries of wisdom, undertaken in the hope that if we could understand its nature better, it might help us grow wiser ourselves.Referring to numerous fairy tales as well as to the work of William Blake, Marie-Louise von Franz and Thomas Sowell among others, "The Pearl of Wisdom" illuminates its subject in new ways, while at the same time showing how the quest for this elusive quality has been obstructed by a different project altogether.

At a time when every cultural value has been questioned, when there seem to be no limits to what can be described as 'art', and when doubt has been cast upon truth itself, this book argues for the fact of certain fundamental principles within the field of Art and seeks to establish their nature. Referring to many examples, 'Art, Love and Truth' is both a study in discrimination, serving to distinguish artworks which enhance our awareness from those which impoverish it, and a meditation on the power of artists to express compassion. Passionate and radical, scholarly and entertaining, it will appeal to everyone interested in art, culture and spirituality.

While playing hide-and-seek in London's Holland Park, a young au pair overhears a murder being planned. She discovers when it's due to happen, but not to whom-and as for the place, it's somewhere that sounds like "The Something Somethings." Given time, the name might come to her, but time is just what she doesn't have... And the worst part of it is that when she tells her employers, they don't believe her. No one believes her. Are they right to doubt her word? Or can she alone prevent a murder from taking place? And how does a banned book fit into the plot? Meanwhile, all too quickly, she finds herself in danger... A mysterious comedy of errors with a deadly secret at its heart, "The Pink Parrot Affair" is the lyrical new thriller from the author of "The Indirections" and "There Was and There Wasn't."