Vroege RecensentenSteven Crossley

Narrated by Steven Crossley For countless readers, Christmastime means a delicious new holiday mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. A Christmas Escape, her thirteenth noel to the season, transports us to the Mediterranean island of Stromboli for an unconventional Yuletide adventure—and an unforgettable volcanic encounter. Lonely Charles Latterly arrives at his small hotel hoping that the island’s blue skies and gentle breezes will brighten his spirits. Unfortunately, there’s no holiday cheer to be found among his fellow guests, who include a pompous novelist, a stuffy colonel, a dangerously ill-matched married couple, and an ailing old man. The one charming exception is orphaned teenager Candace Finbar, who takes Charles under her wing and introduces him to the island’s beauty. But the tranquility of the holiday is swiftly disrupted by a violent quarrel, an unpleasant gentleman’s shocking claims of being stalked, and the ominous stirrings of the local volcano. Then events take an even darker turn: A body is found, and Charles quickly realizes that the killer must be among the group of guests. Captivating in its depiction of untamed nature in all its awesome power, and of the human heart in the throes of transformation, A Christmas Escape gifts readers with Anne Perry’s talent for making the season brighter—and more thrilling.

Matthew Ward has scored a major hit with his Fantastic Family Whipple series. Here the Whipple family enters into a record-breaking contest with their bitter rivals, the Goldwins. But as the World Record World Championships draw near, young Arthur Whipple must join forces with Ruby Goldwin to thwart a devious plan spearheaded by two sinister clowns. (Fiction/Ages 8 and up) “Echoes of Roald Dahl.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

TERMINAL Tunnel Series, Book 6 by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams are award-winning coauthors of New York Times bestselling novels. In this epic finale to the Tunnels series, the pestilent Armagi hatch and the Styx execute their insidious plan: Total Termination of the English. Meanwhile, Will and Elliott race to the site of the three core pyramids to discover an astonishing secret—one that could save Earth and reveal the stunning origin of the Styx and humankind. The end to end all ends: The epic finale to the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling TUNNELS series! Total Termination of the English: The Styx and their lethal cohorts of Armagi will settle for nothing less. Not even the mighty U.S. military is strong enough to stop the assault! Will and Elliott flee back underground, down to the innards of the Earth first mapped in DEEPER and FREEFALL. With the support of a small team that survived the plague of New Germania, they discover a secret at the site of the three core pyramids. A secret that may explain not only where the Styx came from, but the human race, too. Can Elliott, with her mixed blood, unlock the clues before Earth itself spins out of orbit? All the many threads of the prior TUNNELS books come together in this epic conclusion!