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Out of Thin Air - Anthony Adeane - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Out of Thin Air - Anthony Adeane - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

THE SENSATIONAL TRUE CRIME STORY THAT SHOOK ICELAND - AS SEEN ON NETFLIX. It is the most shocking miscarriage of justice in European history. And now - in the most stunning true crime narrative you will read this year - OUT OF THIN AIR spotlights Iceland''s strangest ever murder case.Iceland, 1974. In two separate incidents, two men vanished into thin air. Then, out of it, came 6 murder confessions and 6 convictions. Yet, in the decades that followed, these too would dissolve...Fuelled by a personal obsession with the case, Ant Adeane traces its bizarre developments across five decades: exposing the mistakes that were made, the lives that were ruined, the confessions that were coerced, the questions that remain unanswered, and the injustices that remain unaddressed. And it all began in January 1974, when a young man went to a nightclub . . . ''Reads like a great thriller. Incredibly interesting'' Ragnar Jonasson ''Extraordinary . . . utterly compelling'' Sunday Times ''Riveting'' Metro ''What a fabulous read . . . fascinating'' Jo Spain

DKK 141.00
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Out of Thin Air - Anthony Adeane - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Out of Thin Air - Anthony Adeane - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

AS SEEN ON BBC STORYVILLE, AND COMING TO NETFLIX IN SEPTEMBER 2018. ''Reads like a great thriller'' Ragnar Jonasson, bestselling author of the Dark Iceland crime series ''Extraordinary . . . utterly compelling'' Sunday Times Every Icelander knows about the Gudmundur and Geirfinnur disappearances. 1974. In two separate incidents, two men vanished into thin air. Then, out of it, came six murder confessions and six convictions. Yet, in the decades that followed, these too evaporated.Anthony Adeane explores the stranger-than-fiction story that has unravelled in Iceland across forty-five years. He provides the first full account of the case, paints a fascinating picture of the country, and places each development in the contexts that shaped them: from the Cod Wars to the Cold War, the 2008 economic crash and beyond.Using unprecedented access, and exploring his own personal obsession with the case, he exposes the mistakes that were made, the lives that were ruined, the questions that remain unanswered, and the headlines that continue to be printed. Out Of Thin Air is at once a brilliant portrait of a society, a story of a shocking miscarriage of justice and a compelling true crime narrative.

DKK 155.00
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A Girl Made of Air - Nydia Hetherington - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A Girl Made of Air - Nydia Hetherington - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

This is the story of The Greatest Funambulist Who Ever Lived . . . Born into a post-war circus family, our nameless star was unwanted and forgotten, abandoned in the shadows of the big top. Until the bright light of Serendipity Wilson threw her into focus.Now an adult, haunted by an incident in which a child was lost from the circus, our narrator, a tightrope artiste, weaves together her spellbinding tales of circus legends, earthy magic and folklore, all in the hope of finding the child . . . But will her story be enough to bring the pair together again? Beautiful and intoxicating, A Girl Made of Air brings the circus to life in all of its grime and glory; Marina, Manu, Serendipity Wilson, Fausto, Big Gen and Mouse will live long in the hearts of readers. As will this story of loss and reconciliation, of storytelling and truth. READERS LOVE A GIRL MADE OF AIR ''Spellbinding and luminous'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''A tantalizing mystery'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''So immersive and magical and precious'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''A beautiful book'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''A captivating tale of love and loss and finding connection in the most unexpected places'' Nikki Marmery, author of On Wilder Seas

DKK 127.00
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Late Nights on Air - Elizabeth Hay - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Late Nights on Air - Elizabeth Hay - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Harry Boyd, a hard-bitten refugee from failure in Toronto television, has returned to a small radio station in Yellowknife, Northern Canada. There, in the summer of 1975, he falls in love with a voice on air, though the real woman, Dido Paris, is both a surprise and even more than he imagined.Dido and Harry are part of the cast of eccentric characters who form an unlikely group at the station. Their loves and longings, their rivalries and entanglements, the stories of their pasts and what brought each of them to the North, form the centre. One summer, on a canoe trip four of them make into the Arctic wilderness, they find the balance of love shifting, much as the balance of power in the North is being changed by the proposed Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline, threatening to displace Native people from their land.Hay brings to bear her skewering intelligence into the frailties of the human heart and her ability to tell a spellbinding story written in gorgeous prose and laced with dark humour.

DKK 120.00
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Battle of Britain - Patrick Bishop - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Battle of Britain - Patrick Bishop - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

From the bestselling author of Fighter Boys and Bomber Boys, this is a magisterial chronicle of a defining episode in British history: the epic struggle of the Royal Air Force with the Luftwaffe. Patrick Bishop''s Battle of Britain is a compelling account of Britain''s fight for national survival, from the shock defeat and evacuation from Dunkirk in May/June 1940 to fighter Command''s assertion of superiority over the Luftwaffe in mid-September. Battle of Britain takes the reader through that summer day by day, revealing the ongoing battle''s impact on flyers and civilians alike. By enhancing his narrative with eye-witness accounts, diary extracts and pilot profiles, Bishop brings the often horrific reality of air combat vividly to life. In Battle of Britain Patrick Bishop has written the definitive account of one of the pivotal moments in twentieth-century British history, and a nation''s ''finest hour''.

DKK 141.00
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Seventeen - Hideo Yokoyama - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Seventeen - Hideo Yokoyama - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SIX FOUR: A TENSE INVESTIGATION IN THE AFTERMATH OF AN AIR DISASTER - FOR FANS OF SPOTLIGHT AND AFTER THE CRASH. ''He''s a master'' New York Times Book Review ''Very different . . . to almost anything out there'' Observer 1985. Kazumasa Yuuki, a seasoned reporter at the North Kanto Times , runs a daily gauntlet against the power struggles and office politics that plague its newsroom. But when an air disaster of unprecedented scale occurs on the paper''s doorstep, its staff are united by an unimaginable horror, and a once-in-a-lifetime scoop.2002. Seventeen years later, Yuuki remembers the adrenaline-fuelled, emotionally charged seven days that changed his and his colleagues'' lives. He does so while making good on a promise he made that fateful week - one that holds the key to its last unsolved mystery, and represents Yuuki''s final, unconquered fear. '' Seventeen is a brilliant novel on any level - it''s a gripping page turner, while remaining moving and complex. It''s a deeply satisfying read and it will be a while before I read anything as good'' William Ryan ''An astringent, unforgiving picture of modern Japanese society'' Guardian

DKK 127.00
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Hornet's Sting - Derek Robinson - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Hornet's Sting - Derek Robinson - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

It''s 1917, and Captain Stanley Woolley joins an R.F.C. squadron whose pilots are starting to fear the worst: their war over the Western Front may go on for years. A pilot''s life is usually short, so while it lasts it is celebrated strenuously. Distractions from the brutality of the air war include British nurses; eccentric Russian pilots; bureaucratic battles over the plum-jam ration; rat-hunting with Very pistols; and the C.O.''s patent, potent cocktail, known as ''Hornet''s Sting''. But as the summer offensives boil up, none of these can offer any lasting comfort.

DKK 141.00
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The Early Birds - Laurie Graham - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Early Birds - Laurie Graham - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Early Birds is the touching and funny follow-up to The Future Homemakers of America . ''Funny, heartwarming and a real treat. I would recommend it to anyone!'' Katie Fforde ''Wit and insight to match Nick Hornby , and the entertainment value of Helen Fielding'' Independent on The Future Homemakers of America ''Why is Laurie Graham not carried on people''s shoulders through cheering crowds? Her books are brilliant!'' Marian Keyes Peggy, the southern belle. Kath, the pragmatist with the only Norfolk accent in New York state. Gayle, the preacher with healing hands. Mrs Colonel Audrey Rudman, forever keeping up the standards of the Officers'' Wives Club. Lois, who''s never had a thought she didn''t voice. Loudly. Their menfolk may be long retired, but once a US Air Force wife, always an Air Force wife, and the bonds of friendship forged in base after military base are still going strong fifty years later. Time is rendering its Accounts Payable for all of them now: hip replacements, eye problems, forgetfulness and departures. In this hymn to lifelong female friendship, Peggy soldiers on through new upheavals, including her ex-husband Vern''s Alzheimer''s diagnosis, the death of one of her nearest and dearest, a life-changing house move and the world-shattering events of 9/11 with the help of her sharp-tongued, often eccentric, but always loyal group of friends.

DKK 120.00
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The Early Birds - Laurie Graham - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Early Birds - Laurie Graham - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''Why is Laurie Graham not carried on people''s shoulders through cheering crowds? Her books are brilliant!'' MARIAN KEYES The Early Birds is the feel-good and funny follow-up to The Future Homemakers of America that proves that no matter what life throws at you, great friends and regular cocktails will always see you through. Peggy, the southern belle. Kath, the pragmatist with the only Norfolk accent in New York state. Gayle, the preacher with healing hands. Mrs Colonel Audrey Rudman, forever keeping up the standards of the Officers'' Wives Club. Lois, who''s never had a thought she didn''t voice. Loudly.Their menfolk may be long retired, but once a US Air Force wife, always an Air Force wife, and the bonds of friendship forged in base after military base are still going strong fifty years later. Time is rendering its Accounts Payable for all of them now: hip replacements, eye problems, forgetfulness and departures. In this hymn to lifelong female friendship, Peggy soldiers on through new upheavals, including her ex-husband Vern''s Alzheimer''s diagnosis, the death of one of her nearest and dearest, a life-changing house move and the world-shattering events of 9/11 with the help of her sharp-tongued, often eccentric, but always loyal group of friends.

DKK 190.00
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Smoky the Brave - Damien Lewis - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Smoky the Brave - Damien Lewis - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The World''s Smallest Dog with the World''s Biggest Heart Smoky the Brave is the extraordinary, touching and true story of a heroic dog and her adoptive masters in the jungles of the Pacific War. In February 1944, as Japanese military advances threatened to engulf Australasia, a tiny, four-pound Yorkshire terrier was discovered hiding in a Japanese shell scrape amidst the thick jungles of Papua New Guinea. The GIs who discovered her presumed she had been some kind of Japanese army mascot, but it soon turned out that she understood neither commands rendered in Japanese nor English. A mystery, she was adopted by Corporal William ''Bill'' Wynne, an air-crewman with the US 5th Air Force''s 26th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron.Living in Bill Wynne''s tent, sleeping on a piece of green felt salvaged from a card table,and sharing his rations, Smoky became the de facto mascot of the regiment. She went on to fly numerous photo-recce and air-sea rescue missions, cocooned in a soldier''s pack hanging next to the machine-guns used to repel marauding Japanese fighters. She was awarded eight battle stars, surviving dozens of Japanese combat raids on Papua New Guinea, and braving a typhoon that ravaged Okinawa. After saving Wynne''s life by warning of a falling shell, as their landing craft approached an enemy-held beach - a shell that killed the eight men that Wynne was standing beside - he nicknamed her the ''angel from a foxhole''. In one of her most famous exploits Smoky parachuted using a special rig designed to fit one of the world''s smallest but toughest dogs.In perhaps her most heroic exploit of all, Smoky ran a cable through a seventy-foot pipe no wider in places than four inches, to enable telephone lines to be run across the recently occupied airbase of Luzon. Her efforts saved hundreds of ground-crew from being exposed to enemy bombing, preventing injury and loss of life. Amongst her many other awards,she was given the PDSA''s Certificate for Animal Bravery or Devotion in 2011, a relatively new class of PDSA award.

DKK 141.00
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Five Lose Dad in the Garden Centre - Bruno Vincent - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Five Lose Dad in the Garden Centre - Bruno Vincent - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Enid Blyton''s books are beloved the world over and The Famous Five have been the perennial favourite of her fans. Now, in this new series of Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups, George, Dick, Anne, Julian and Timmy are keen to show Uncle Quentin what a jolly good chap he is. Join Julian, George, Dick, Anne and Timmy the dog as they celebrate Father''s Day by taking Uncle Quentin to the local garden centre to chose a new garden shed in which to conduct his experiments. But what promised to be a relaxed outing turns into a nightmare when Quentin disappears into thin air. He surely cannot have gone far . . .

DKK 136.00
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Perfect Meringues - Laurie Graham - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Perfect Meringues - Laurie Graham - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

It shouldn''t have been like this. Being on television was meant to lead to fame and a glamorous social life. But for Lizzie Partridge, forty-something, divorced and TV cook on Midlands This Morning, it meant dinners for one, coping alone with an air-head adolescent daughter and following middle-aged men into corner shops pretending she needed a bottle of Lea & Perrins. Her good friend Louie - if only he wasn''t gay - thought he knew what the trouble was: Lizzie was always on the wrong side of the glass, looking in at other people''s lives. True or not, things for Lizzie were going to get a lot worse before they got better...

DKK 120.00
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Jack the Lad and Bloody Mary - Joseph Connolly - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Jack the Lad and Bloody Mary - Joseph Connolly - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

London, 1939.Mary and Jack.In love, unmarried and happy.Until the outbreak of the Second World War. Jackie, ever the lad, is bent on escaping conscription, but the contacts he makes drag him ever deeper into a dangerous criminal underworld. Yet it is Mary who undertakes the most surprising transformation. Despite striving for normality, she must confront a set of choices that will lead to a backstreet abortion and an unexpected vocation. With every tone and cadence of this novel, from wireless to air-raid siren, Connolly conducts with masterful hand and compassionate grace the voices of a once hopeful working class couple - now blitzed, battered and breaking into a desperate new dawn.

DKK 120.00
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The Ethnobotanical - Dr Sarah Edwards - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Ethnobotanical - Dr Sarah Edwards - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Since the beginning of humanity''s existence, plants have provided us with everything we need for our survival - they sustain us with air to breathe, food to eat, materials to make clothes and shelter with, and medicine to treat and prevent disease. Their beauty can also enhance our mood and provide spiritual and emotional nourishment.Western science has ''discovered'' and named innumerable plant species over the course of its colonial history. To many Indigenous peoples, however, plants have been recognised for centuries as sentient beings, imbued with spirit and agency to help humanity. Publishing in partnership with the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, The Ethnobotanical offers a unique and beautiful perspective on plants and their roles in the lives of peoples from across the planet.

DKK 289.00
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Sycorax - Nydia Hetherington - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Sycorax - Nydia Hetherington - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Born of the sun and moon, shaped by fire and malady, comes a young woman whose story has never been told . . . They call her Sycorax. Seer. Sage. Sorceress. Outcast by society and all alone in the world, Sycorax must find a way to understand her true nature. But as her powers begin to grow, so too do the suspicions of the local townspeople. For knowledge can be dangerous, and a woman''s knowledge is the most dangerous of all . . .With a great storm brewing on the horizon, Sycorax finds herself in increasing peril - but will her powers save her, or will they spell the end for them all? A beautifully written and deeply moving imagining of what came before Shakespeare''s The Tempest from the author of A Girl Made of Air .

DKK 182.00
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Sycorax - Nydia Hetherington - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Sycorax - Nydia Hetherington - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Born of the sun and moon, shaped by fire and malady, comes a young woman whose story has never been told . . . They call her Sycorax. Seer. Sage. Sorceress. Outcast by society and all alone in the world, Sycorax must find a way to understand her true nature. But as her powers begin to grow, so too do the suspicions of the local townspeople. For knowledge can be dangerous, and a woman''s knowledge is the most dangerous of all . . .With a great storm brewing on the horizon, Sycorax finds herself in increasing peril - but will her powers save her, or will they spell the end for them all? A beautifully written and deeply moving imagining of what came before Shakespeare''s The Tempest from the author of A Girl Made of Air .

DKK 168.00
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Born Fearless - Phil Campion - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Born Fearless - Phil Campion - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The explosive true story of a gun for hire. ''Hard eyes stare out of massive beards, their faces marked by the scars of battle. With these guys their webbing looks like it belongs to them, rather than it''s been hung on a pair of reluctant shoulders. There''s not a word been said to us, but the ante has clearly been upped. There''s a dark and sinister feeling in the air. It doesn''t take a genius to figure it''s about to kick off.'' Former SAS soldier Big Phil Campion tells it like is in this brutally honest account of his insanely dangerous life as a private military operator. From playing chicken with a suicide bomber in backstreet Kabul, to taking on pirates with his bare hands, this is true-life action-packed drama at its best.

DKK 127.00
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Harbour - John Ajvide Lindqvist - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Harbour - John Ajvide Lindqvist - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''Lindqvist is Sweden''s answer to Stephen King'' Daily Mirror They only stopped watching her for a couple of minutes. That was all it took. It was a beautiful winter''s day. Anders, his wife and their feisty six-year-old, Maja, set out across the ice of the Swedish archipelago to visit the lighthouse. There was no one around, so they let her run on ahead. And she disappeared, seemingly into thin air, and was never found. Two years later, Anders is a broken alcoholic, his life ruined. He returns to the archipelago, the home of his childhood and his family. But all he finds are Maja''s toys and through the haze of memory, loss and alcohol, he realizes that someone - or something - is trying to communicate with him. His return sets in motion a series of horrifying events which exposes a mysterious and troubling relationship between the inhabitants of the remote island and the sea.

DKK 120.00
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Smoke and Mirrors - Elly Griffiths - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Smoke and Mirrors - Elly Griffiths - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Brighton, 1950s, mid-winter. Two missing children are found buried under snow in this chilling new case for DI Stephens and Max Mephisto. Max''s star turn in Aladdin has been overshadowed by the murder ­­of two local children. With fairy tales in the air, it''s not long before the press have found a nickname for the case: ''Hansel and Gretel''. ''An excellent whodunnit, matched by the terrific down-at-heel atmosphere of postwar Brighton'' - The Times DI Edgar Stephens has plenty of leads to investigate. The missing girl, Annie, used to write plays and perform them with her friends. Does the clue lie in Annie''s unfinished - and rather disturbing - last script? Or might it lie with the eccentric actor types who have assembled for the pantomime?Once again Edgar enlists Max''s help in penetrating the shadowy theatrical world that seems to hold the key. But is this all just classic misdirection?

DKK 127.00
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The Defector - Chris Hadfield - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Defector - Chris Hadfield - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

'' A full throttle, adrenaline-laced espionage page-turner . . . Get ready to blast off and enjoy the ride!'' Jack Carr, former Navy SEAL Sniper and #1 New York Times bestselling author of the James Reece Terminal List series '' Continuous action, Mach-speed mayhem, sharp intrigue, and well-rounded characters - what more could you want from a thriller?'' Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The 9th Man and the Cotton Malone series Israel, late 1973. As the Yom Kippur War flares into life, a state-of-the-art Soviet MIG fighter is racing at breakneck speed over the arid scrublands below . . . and promptly disappears. NASA Flight Controller and former US Navy test pilot Kaz Zemeckis watches the scene from the ground - and is quickly pulled into a dizzying, high-stakes game of spies, lies and a possible high-level defection that plays out across three continents. The prize is beyond value: the secrets of the Soviets'' mythical ''Foxbat'' MiG-25, the fastest, highest-flying fighter plane in the world and the key to Cold War air supremacy. But every defection is double-edged with risk, and Kaz must tread a careful line between trust and suspicion. Ultimately, he must invite the fox into the henhouse - bringing the defector into the heart of the United States'' most secret test site - and hope that, with skill and cunning, the game plays out his way. For Chris Hadfield''s second heart-stopping thriller, we move from Space to another rich and exciting part of Chris''s CV: his time as a top test pilot in both the US Air Force and the US Navy, and as an RCAF fighter pilot intercepting armed Soviet bombers in North American airspace. Full of insider detail, excitement and political intrigue drawn from real events, The Defector brings us the nerve-shredding rush of aerial combat, as told by one of the world''s best fighter pilots. Praise for The Apollo Murders '' A nail-biting Cold War thriller'' James Cameron''An exciting journey to an alternate past'' Andy Weir '' Not to be missed'' Frederick Forsyth '' Explosive'' Gregg Hurwitz '' Exciting, authentic'' Linwood Barclay

DKK 190.00
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The Defector - Chris Hadfield - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Defector - Chris Hadfield - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''A full throttle, adrenaline-laced espionage page-turner . . . Get ready to blast off and enjoy the ride!'' Jack Carr, former Navy SEAL Sniper and #1 New York Times bestselling author of the James Reece Terminal List series ''Continuous action, Mach-speed mayhem, sharp intrigue, and well-rounded characters - what more could you want from a thriller?'' Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The 9th Man and the Cotton Malone series Israel, late 1973. As the Yom Kippur War flares into life, a state-of-the-art Soviet MIG fighter is racing at breakneck speed over the arid scrublands below . . . and promptly disappears. NASA Flight Controller and former US Navy test pilot Kaz Zemeckis watches the scene from the ground - and is quickly pulled into a dizzying, high-stakes game of spies, lies and a possible high-level defection that plays out across three continents.The prize is beyond value: the secrets of the Soviets'' mythical ''Foxbat'' MiG-25, the fastest, highest-flying fighter plane in the world and the key to Cold War air supremacy. But every defection is double-edged with risk, and Kaz must tread a careful line between trust and suspicion. Ultimately, he must invite the fox into the henhouse - bringing the defector into the heart of the United States'' most secret test site - and hope that, with skill and cunning, the game plays out his way.For Chris Hadfield''s second heart-stopping thriller, we move from Space to another rich and exciting part of Chris''s CV: his time as a top test pilot in both the US Air Force and the US Navy, and as an RCAF fighter pilot intercepting armed Soviet bombers in North American airspace. Full of insider detail, excitement and political intrigue drawn from real events, The Defector brings us the nerve-shredding rush of aerial combat, as told by one of the world''s best fighter pilots. Praise for The Apollo Murders ''A nail-biting Cold War thriller '' James Cameron''An exciting journey to an alternate past'' Andy Weir ''Not to be missed'' Frederick Forsyth ''Explosive'' Gregg Hurwitz ''Exciting, authentic'' Linwood Barclay

DKK 120.00
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Island Songs - Alex Wheatle - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Island Songs - Alex Wheatle - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

"This novel will be nostalgia trip for anyone who grew up in similar circumstances and a breath of fresh Jamaican air for anyone else" The Voice Jenny and Hortense Rodney have always loved and hated one another in the way that only sisters can. From their childhood in Claremont, rural Jamaica, to working life amid the hustle and bustle of Trenchtown, they are the turning point in a multi-generational tale.Enticed by the possibilities of the colonial "motherland", the sisters move to England and settle in the bleak streets of Brixton, only to find that this land of opportunity is instead one that will stretch their fractious relationship to breaking point . . . A hauntingly beautifully evocation of twentieth-century Jamaica and the Brixton of the Windrush generation, Island Songs is an epic of love, laughter and sorely tested family loyalties. By the author of Brixton Rock , East of Acre Lane and Homeboys , and several bestselling, prizewinning novels for younger readers " Island Songs grabs your heart " Independent "Alex Wheatle has a real talent for understated, convincing dialogue" Big Issue

DKK 120.00
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Tiny Sunbirds Far Away - Christie Watson - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Tiny Sunbirds Far Away - Christie Watson - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD. ''Everything changed after Mama found Father lying on top of another woman.''Blessing and her brother Ezikiel adore their larger-than-life father, their glamorous mother and their comfortable life in Lagos. But all that changes when their father leaves them for another woman. Their mother is fired from her job at the Royal Imperial Hotel - only married women can work there - and soon they have to quit their air-conditioned apartment to go and live with their grandparents in a compound in the Niger Delta.Adapting to life with a poor countryside family is a shock beyond measure after their privileged upbringing in Lagos. Told in Blessing''s own beguiling voice, Tiny Sunbirds Far Away shows how some families can survive almost anything. At times hilarious, always poignant, occasionally tragic, it is peopled with characters you will never forget. ''This is not a bleak book: there is humour and love, especially in the growing relationship between Blessing and her grandmother, a traditional midwife. Absorbing and passionate'' Guardian

DKK 120.00
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Five Go Absolutely Nowhere - Bruno Vincent - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Five Go Absolutely Nowhere - Bruno Vincent - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''Ah! This is the dream!'' says Julian one morning. ''With good old British common sense and community spirit like this, there''s no reason that we couldn''t exist on the island like this for the rest of our days!'' What could possibly go wrong . . .? Anne has gathered Julian, Dick, George and, of course, Timmy, together for a last nostalgic jaunt in the countryside together before grown-up responsibilities take the four cousins off in different directions. It''s only natural that they find their way onto Kirrin Island for a look around, as this might be the last time they''re here together as a group. They are planning just to spend the night there and come home the next day, perhaps with a little exploring in the dungeon for old time''s sake. But that night they hear the country has gone into lockdown. They are not allowed to leave. With their usual resourcefulness, they are determined to make the best of it, and remain cheerful and healthy. As Anne keeps saying: They''re lucky, really, to have all this countryside and fresh air at their disposal!

DKK 113.00
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The Ghost Fields - Elly Griffiths - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Ghost Fields - Elly Griffiths - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

WINNER OF THE 2016 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY. A bullet-ridden body is unearthed from a buried WW2 plane - but the body isn''t from WW2. Dr Ruth Galloway must discover who the victim was, and who put him there, in this atmospheric mystery for fans of Val McDermid and Ann Cleeves. ''An almost gothic plot, involving family feuds and a crumbling stately home . . . one of the most vivid novels in a delightful series'' Sunday Times When DCI Harry Nelson calls Ruth Galloway in to investigate a body found inside a buried fighter plane, she quickly realizes that the skeleton couldn''t possibly be the pilot. DNA tests identify the man as Fred Blackstock, a local aristocrat who had been reported dead at sea. Events are further complicated by a TV company that wants to make a film about Norfolk''s deserted air force bases, the so-called Ghost Fields, which have been partially converted into a pig farm run by one of the younger remaining Blackstocks. Then human bones are found on the farm and, as the greatest storm Norfolk has seen for decades brews in the distance, another Blackstock is attacked. Can the team outrace the rising flood to find the killer?

DKK 120.00
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