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My Father's Notebook - Kader Abdolah - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

My Father's Notebook - Kader Abdolah - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

When he was a boy, Aga Akbar, the illegitimate, deaf son of a Persian nobleman, travelled with his uncle to a cave on nearby Saffron Mountain. Once there, he was to transcribe a cuneiform inscription over three thousand years old. Decades later, his son, Ishmael - a political dissident in exile - attempts to translate a notebook filled with a private language made from this ancient script . . . and in the process tells his father''s story, his own, and the story of twentieth-century Iran. My Father''s Notebook is at once a masterful chronicle of a culture''s troubled voyage into modernity and the heart-rending, timeless tale of a son''s enduring love.

DKK 119.00
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Hard Cover - Adrian Magson - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Hard Cover - Adrian Magson - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The third tense and compelling thriller to feature The Watchman - deep cover specialist Marc Portman Marc Portman, codename Watchman, is in Russia providing covert back-up to wealthy Russian businessman Leonid Tzorekov. A former KGB officer sympathetic to the West, Tzorekov has close links with Vladimir Putin and is planning to use his influence with the President to improve relations between Russia, the USA and the European Union.However, there are those with vested interests in maintaining hostilities: powerful men who will go to any lengths to ensure the proposed meeting does not take place. The Watchman''s role is to run security, evaluate risks and, where necessary, provide hard cover by taking more direct action and fighting back. When the assignment takes an unexpected turn, Portman has no choice but to take the hard cover option .

DKK 182.00
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Cover Up - Patricia Hall - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Cover Up - Patricia Hall - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

On a busy Friday night in 1964, a woman''s partially clothed body is discovered in London''s Soho Square. She has been raped and strangled. With no one reported missing, her identity remains a mystery. Assuming the victim to be a prostitute, DCI Jackson is inclined to dismiss the case. Detective Sergeant Harry Barnard disagrees.Harry''s partner Kate meanwhile has been despatched to her native Liverpool to work on a magazine feature about the city''s remarkable regeneration, timed to coincide with the release of the Beatles'' movie, A Hard Day''s Night. As Harry''s investigations point to evidence of a cover-up at the highest level, Kate''s assignment leads her to uncover a darker side to 1960s'' Liverpool - and a possible link to the Soho murder victim. Are she and Harry getting into something too deep and dangerous for them to handle?

DKK 79.00
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Cover Up - Patricia Hall - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Cover Up - Patricia Hall - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

On a busy Friday night in 1964, a woman''s partially clothed body is discovered in London''s Soho Square. She has been raped and strangled. With no one reported missing, her identity remains a mystery. Assuming the victim to be a prostitute, DCI Jackson is inclined to dismiss the case. Detective Sergeant Harry Barnard disagrees.Harry''s partner Kate meanwhile has been despatched to her native Liverpool to work on a magazine feature about the city''s remarkable regeneration, timed to coincide with the release of the Beatles'' movie, A Hard Day''s Night. As Harry''s investigations point to evidence of a cover-up at the highest level, Kate''s assignment leads her to uncover a darker side to 1960s'' Liverpool - and a possible link to the Soho murder victim. Are she and Harry getting into something too deep and dangerous for them to handle?

DKK 68.00
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My Loose Thread - Dennis Cooper - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

My Loose Thread - Dennis Cooper - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Larry is a teenager wrestling not only with his sexuality and the implications of a physical relationship with his younger brother, but with the very point of his existence. He is numb to almost all that surrounds him. As the book opens, Larry has been paid $500 by a senior to kill a fellow pupil and retrieve the boy''s notebook. It seems simple enough. However, once Larry delves into the notebook, complications arise. An immensely powerful work that explores teenage depression, moral vacuity and the confusion of love, My Loose Thread is a claustrophobic and harrowing piece of fiction.

DKK 120.00
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Soft Summer Blood - Peter Helton - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Soft Summer Blood - Peter Helton - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A seemingly open-and-shut case becomes increasingly complicated for Detective Inspector Liam McLusky in this intriguing police procedural. It all seemed so simple: a murder; an obvious suspect; a shaky alibi: DI McLusky never had it so good. Until a second killing challenges all his earlier assumptions. With every new piece of evidence McLusky brings to light, the case becomes more complicated. Does it have its roots in a disappearance eighteen years earlier, or is it firmly based in the present?Meanwhile, DI Kat Fairfield and DS Jack Sorbie are tasked with finding the daughter of a prominent Italian politician, who has disappeared while on a student exchange programme at Bristol University. Neither is overjoyed to be lumbered with a routine missing person''s case while McLusky heads a high-profile murder investigation. Until they find a dead body of their own.

DKK 143.00
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The Book of Strange New Things - Michel Faber - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Book of Strange New Things - Michel Faber - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

OASIS, an Amazon Original Series, coming in 2017 ''I am with you always, even unto the end of the world . . .'' Peter Leigh is a missionary called to go on the journey of a lifetime. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Bea, Peter sets out on a quest to take the word of God to the farthest corners of the galaxy. His mission will challenge everything - his faith, his endurance and the love that can hold two people together, even when they are worlds apart. *This book has been printed with two different cover designs. We are unable to accept requests for a specific cover. The different covers will be assigned to orders at random.*

DKK 127.00
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A Hostile State - Adrian (author) Magson - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A Hostile State - Adrian (author) Magson - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A routine assignment for deep cover specialist Marc Portman becomes something darker and deeper in this action-packed spy thriller. Deep cover specialist Marc Portman is in Lebanon on a last-minute assignment. A straightforward collect-and-go job. At least it should have been. Ambushed by a surprise attack, it''s clear that someone must have had advance warning of Portman''s arrival. But who is his unseen enemy - clearly one with considerable resources - and why do they want him dead? More importantly, how could his attacker have known of his movements with less than 24 hours'' notice? Concluding there must be an active leak at the heart of the CIA, Portman finds himself virtually alone and on the run, hung out to dry by the powers-that-be. If he is to survive, he must use his unique skill set to turn the tables on his pursuers . . . and beat them at their own game.

DKK 225.00
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A Hostile State - Adrian Magson - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A Hostile State - Adrian Magson - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A routine assignment for deep cover specialist Marc Portman becomes something darker and deeper in this action-packed spy thriller. Deep cover specialist Marc Portman is in Lebanon on a last-minute assignment. A straightforward collect-and-go job. At least it should have been. Ambushed by a surprise attack, it''s clear that someone must have had advance warning of Portman''s arrival. But who is his unseen enemy - clearly one with considerable resources - and why do they want him dead? More importantly, how could his attacker have known of his movements with less than 24 hours'' notice? Concluding there must be an active leak at the heart of the CIA, Portman finds himself virtually alone and on the run, hung out to dry by the powers-that-be. If he is to survive, he must use his unique skill set to turn the tables on his pursuers . . . and beat them at their own game.

DKK 242.00
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Above the Waterfall - Ron Rash - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Above the Waterfall - Ron Rash - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Nothing else comes so I set the notebook beside me. What else is here? I ask myself and listen. This section of stream purls and riffles amid small stones. What word might be made for what I hear . . . Les Clary''s final case has broken the still surface of his backwater town.Becky, a park ranger with her own mysterious past, shares Les''s consolation in the natural world that lies just beyond their hopelessly broken town. As Les and Becky explore of the county''s lyrically beautiful landscape, they finds themselves led deeper into the heart of the town''s corruption, and into the darkness of their own ruptured histories. This haunting novel is a poetic journey into the wilderness of the heart.

DKK 120.00
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An Unfortunate Woman - Richard Brautigan - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

An Unfortunate Woman - Richard Brautigan - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

An Unfortunate Woman, An Unforgettable Journey was the final book written by Richard Brautigan before his death in 1984 and lay unpublished for sixteen years.Originally written in the 160 pages of a loose-leaf notebook, the narrator of the book is trying to come to terms with the death of a friend by going on a personal odyssey which zigzags through time and landscapes, from Oakland to Hawaii, and the wilds of Montana. An Unfortunate Woman, An Unforgettable Journey walks a fine line between fiction and memoir, between dark introspection and a lust for life, and in the last pages in particular, marks a gut-wrenching, intense, and ultimately tragic exit from fiction and life itself for the troubled author.

DKK 120.00
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To The Dark - Chris Nickson - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

To The Dark - Chris Nickson - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Winter is about to take a chilling twist... Thief-taker Simon Westow is drawn into a deadly puzzle when the melting snow reveals a dark secret in this gripping historical mystery, perfect for fans of Anne Perry and Charles Finch. Leeds, 1822. The city is in the grip of winter, but the chill deepens for thief-taker Simon Westow and his young assistant, Jane, when the body of Laurence Poole, a petty local thief, emerges from the melting snow by the river at Flay Crow Mill.A coded notebook found in Laurence''s room mentions Charlie Harker, the most notorious fence in Leeds who''s now running for his life, and the mysterious words: To the dark. What was Laurence hiding that caused his death? Simon''s hunt for the truth pits him against some dangerous, powerful enemies who''ll happily kill him in a heartbeat - if they can.

DKK 192.00
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To The Dark - Chris Nickson - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

To The Dark - Chris Nickson - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Winter is about to take a chilling twist... Thief-taker Simon Westow is drawn into a deadly puzzle when the melting snow reveals a dark secret in this gripping historical mystery, perfect for fans of Anne Perry and Charles Finch. Leeds, 1822. The city is in the grip of winter, but the chill deepens for thief-taker Simon Westow and his young assistant, Jane, when the body of Laurence Poole, a petty local thief, emerges from the melting snow by the river at Flay Crow Mill.A coded notebook found in Laurence''s room mentions Charlie Harker, the most notorious fence in Leeds who''s now running for his life, and the mysterious words: To the dark. What was Laurence hiding that caused his death? Simon''s hunt for the truth pits him against some dangerous, powerful enemies who''ll happily kill him in a heartbeat - if they can.

DKK 225.00
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The Pleasures of the Damned - Charles Bukowski - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Pleasures of the Damned - Charles Bukowski - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

THE BEST OF THE BEST OF BUKOWSKI The Pleasures of the Damned is a selection of the best poetry from America''s most iconic and imitated poet, Charles Bukowski. Celebrating the full range of the poet''s extraordinary sensibility and his uncompromising linguistic brilliance, these poems cover a lifetime of experience, from his renegade early work to never-before-collected poems penned during the final days before his death. The Pleasures of the Damned is an astonishing poetic treasure trove, essential reading for both long-time fans and those just discovering this unique and important American voice.

DKK 159.00
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Lost in His Eyes - Andrew Neiderman - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Lost in His Eyes - Andrew Neiderman - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A California housewife begins an ill-advised affair - with devastating consequences Bored California housewife Clea Howard meets a handsome man in her local supermarket, and is instantly smitten. Knowing almost nothing about him, she rushes headlong into a passionate affair without stopping to think about the consequences, nor to question how come the intelligent and charming Lancaster seems to know so much about her. As the lies she is forced to tell family and friends in order to cover up the adulterous affair become ever more intricate, Clea''s life threatens to spin wildly out of control. Who exactly is the mysterious Lancaster? And what is he really after?

DKK 185.00
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Frankie's Letter - Dolores Gordon Smith - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Frankie's Letter - Dolores Gordon Smith - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A thrilling World War One spy story from the author of the acclaimed Jack Haldean series "There''s a spy in England. Frankie''s letter. Read Frankie''s letter . . ." The last words said by a dying man to Anthony Brooke in Kiel in Germany during the height of World War One. But who is Frankie? With his cover blown and the German army at his heels, English secret agent Anthony Brooke''s search to discover the truth leads him to an innocent-seeming country house. Here, deep within the English countryside, as Anthony uncovers a web of spies, treachery and terrorists, the war becomes close and very personal

DKK 185.00
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Shadow Play - Cynthia Harrod Eagles - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Shadow Play - Cynthia Harrod Eagles - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

'' Ingenious'' Daily Mail ''A truly outstanding series'' Booklist ''No CCTV cameras, no overlooking houses, no passing traffic or pedestrians. That means no witnesses.''Bill Slider begins a nightmarish investigation when an unidentifiable victim is found in the no man''s land beneath London''s A40 flyover. Slider doesn''t have much to go on. The victim, a smartly dressed businessman, has no ID in his pockets and no one has reported him missing. When the autopsy reveals old injuries and faded scars cover the man''s body, the mystery only deepens. If he wants answers, Slider knows he must go into London''s darkest corners.

DKK 113.00
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Mr Campion's Memory - Mike Ripley - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Mr Campion's Memory - Mike Ripley - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Albert Campion must dig deep into his memory to solve this latest mystery involving king of construction, Sir Lachlan McIntyre. London, 1972 . Albert Campion''s nephew Christopher, an aspiring public relations guru, needs his uncle''s help with a client. Construction magnate Sir Lachlan McIntyre enjoyed a meteoric rise after the Second World War and is in line for a life peerage, but his reputation is in jeopardy as he becomes the prime suspect for a murder.Journalist David Duffy was curiously more interested in McIntyre''s youthful years before the war than his rags-to-riches story. Not long after the pair exchanged verbal blows, Duffy was shot dead in his car close to the M1 motorway and McIntyre''s home. Why was Campion''s name included on a list discovered in Duffy''s notebook under the heading 1932? What happened forty years ago, and could it be linked to Duffy''s death? Campion must dig deep into his memory to get to the bottom of the mystery, but can he prove McIntyre''s innocence, or is he just digging himself into trouble?

DKK 167.00
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Mr Campion's Memory - Mike Ripley - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Mr Campion's Memory - Mike Ripley - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Albert Campion must dig deep into his memory to solve this latest mystery involving king of construction, Sir Lachlan McIntyre. London, 1972 . Albert Campion''s nephew Christopher, an aspiring public relations guru, needs his uncle''s help with a client. Construction magnate Sir Lachlan McIntyre enjoyed a meteoric rise after the Second World War and is in line for a life peerage, but his reputation is in jeopardy as he becomes the prime suspect for a murder.Journalist David Duffy was curiously more interested in McIntyre''s youthful years before the war than his rags-to-riches story. Not long after the pair exchanged verbal blows, Duffy was shot dead in his car close to the M1 motorway and McIntyre''s home. Why was Campion''s name included on a list discovered in Duffy''s notebook under the heading 1932? What happened forty years ago, and could it be linked to Duffy''s death? Campion must dig deep into his memory to get to the bottom of the mystery, but can he prove McIntyre''s innocence, or is he just digging himself into trouble?

DKK 230.00
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Close Quarters - Adrian Magson - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Close Quarters - Adrian Magson - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The return of The Watchman - deep cover specialist Marc Portman Close protection specialist Marc Portman is used to finding himself in hostile situations. But none can be more unpredictable than troubled Ukraine, teetering on the brink of civil war.When a US State Department official on a fact-finding mission to Ukraine is placed under house arrest, the CIA hire Portman (codename: Watchman) to get him safely out of the country. In that dangerous and volatile region, Portman will find himself up against local gangsters, Ukrainian Special Forces, professional snipers, pro-Russian separatists and power-crazed cops. What he cannot know however is that his most lethal enemy comes from his own side .

DKK 182.00
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Death on Demand - Jim Kelly - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Death on Demand - Jim Kelly - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The stunning new Shaw & Valentine mystery When the newspapers turn up to cover Ruby Bright''s 100th birthday, they find her seaside care home is a murder scene. Someone spirited Ruby away by wheelchair down to the water''s edge on the idyllic north Norfolk coast, and strangled her. But why kill a harmless centurion?As Detective Inspector Shaw and Detective Sergeant Valentine investigate, it''s clear Ruby wasn''t the first victim, and nor is she the last. All trails seem to lead back to the old Parkwood Springs estate, close to the docklands. There''s only one way in and one way out of the estate - through the derelict Lister Tunnel. But what is the secret within .?

DKK 185.00
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Dark Asset - Adrian Magson - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Dark Asset - Adrian Magson - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Deep cover specialist Marc Portman uncovers a secret deal that could make billions in oil revenue . or topple two governments. Portman''s latest assignment is providing back-up for a French intelligence agent sent to recover a hard drive from one of the most dangerous cities on the planet: Mogadishu in Somalia. What he hasn''t been told is that the device records secret negotiations between two leading western nations and a hardline terrorist organisation responsible for killing thousands of innocent people. When the decision is taken to abandon the talks, anybody in the know immediately becomes a target to be silenced. And Portman finds himself at the top of the list.

DKK 185.00
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Dark Asset - Adrian Magson - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Dark Asset - Adrian Magson - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

"Two thumbs way up for this heart-stopping, exhilarating action thriller" Booklist Starred Review Deep cover specialist Marc Portman uncovers a secret deal that could make billions in oil revenue . or topple two governments. Portman''s latest assignment is providing back-up for a French intelligence agent sent to recover a hard drive from one of the most dangerous cities on the planet: Mogadishu in Somalia. What he hasn''t been told is that the device records secret negotiations between two leading western nations and a hardline terrorist organisation responsible for killing thousands of innocent people. When the decision is taken to abandon the talks, anybody in the know immediately becomes a target to be silenced. And Portman finds himself at the top of the list.

DKK 257.00
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A Shameful Murder - Cora Harrison - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A Shameful Murder - Cora Harrison - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

''Outstanding'' Booklist ''A savvy detective and a setting fraught with intrigue and tension'' Publishers Weekly NOT ALL FLOODS WASH AWAY SIN . . .Ireland, 1923. The country has been torn apart by the War of Independence and is now in the throes of sectarian violence and severe flooding. But Mother Aquinas knows that not all floods cleanse the deeds of humanity . . . When a body washes up at her convent chapel dressed in evening finery, she immediately suspects foul play. The overstretched police force may be ready to dismiss the case as accidental drowning, but strangulation marks on the girl''s throat tell a grimmer story. Mother Aquinas wants justice for the girl - and won''t let a murderer slip away unpunished under the cover of war.

DKK 112.00
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