Freya Mavor
Author
Language
Français
Description
A beautiful secretary steals her boss' sports car to go joyriding in this stylish psychological thriller. She goes to visit a seaside town she swears she's never been to, but everyone knows her name. And when a body turns up in the trunk of the car, she is suddenly the lead suspect in a murder she knows nothing about. Based on a novel by Sébastien Japrisot (One Deadly Summer, A Very Long Engagement).
Author
Language
English
Description
"Meredith Maggs hasn't left her house in 1,214 days. But she insists she isn't alone...She has her cat Fred. Her friend Sadie visits when she can. There's her online support group, StrengthInNumbers. She has her jigsaws, favorite recipes, her beloved Emily Dickinson, the internet, the Tesco delivery man and her treacherous memories for company. But something's about to change. Whether Meredith likes it or not, the world is coming to her door...Does...
4) The Keeper
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
THE KEEPER tells the incredible true story of Bert Trautmann (David Kross), a German soldier and prisoner of war who, against a backdrop of British post-war protest and prejudice, secures the position of Goalkeeper at Manchester City, and in doing so becomes a footballing icon. His signing causes outrage to thousands of fans, many of them Jewish. But Bert receives support from an unexpected direction: Rabbi Alexander Altmann, who fled the Nazis. Bert’s...
5) New Worlds
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Set during the tumultuous time of North American colonization, this gripping drama follows the lives of four young people: Abe Goffe, Beth Fanshawe, Ned Hawkins, and Hope Russell, as they fight for a better future in the wilderness of the New World and back home in England.
6) Rogue Agent
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The true story of conman Robert Freegard, who posed as an undercover MI5 agent kidnapping countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt until the woman who fell for him brought him to justice.
7) Rogue agent
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Robert Freegard posed as an undercover MI5 agent, kidnapping countless victims and extorting them. He evaded capture for years amidst a high-stakes manhunt until a woman who fell for him brought him to justice.
Author
Language
English
Description
"A mesmerizing, refracted vision of our society: In a world where women can't have it all, but are selected as either mothers or workers at the beginning of their adult lives, is choice the biggest burden of all?"-- c Provided by publisher.
Calla knows how the lottery works. Everyone does. On the day of your first bleed, you report to the station to learn what kind of woman you will be. A white ticket grants you marriage and children. A blue ticket...
9) The keeper
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Deutsch
Description
When a German POW is signed to the Manchester football club as a goalie, the public outcry from fans -- especially Jews -- is overwhelming. With the support of Rabbi Alexander Altmann and the British woman he loves, together they overcome prejudice, public hostility, and personal tragedy.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Brought together by their shared love of music, ten years of Liam and Natalie are at the breaking point. In their case, opposites attract, but don't necessarily work long term. Making the difficult decision to separate, they must split their prized music library. The soundtrack that defined their relationship keeps pulling them back together.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Secretary takes her boss's car for getaway holiday in the Mediterranean, on the trip, she is recognized by people she has not met before. When a body turns up in her trunk, things get serious as she implicated in a crime she knows nothing about. She must now figure out about to prove she is innocent.
13) Rogue agent
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Robert Freegard posed as an undercover MI5 agent, kidnapping countless victims and extorting them. He evaded capture for years amidst a high-stakes manhunt until a woman who fell for him brought him to justice.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A riveting portrayal of one of the most dramatic and turbulent times in English history. A story of love and lust, seduction and deception, betrayal and murder, it is uniquely told through the perspective of three different, yet equally relentless women - Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville. In their quest for power, they will scheme, manipulate and seduce their way onto the English throne.
Author
Language
English
Description
After 27-year-old William (Aneurin Barnard) fails at his ninth attempt at suicide, he decides to take up a genial 65-year-old hitman, Leslie (Tom Wilkinson), on his offer to help out. Leslie has quotas to meet to keep his membership in an assassin's guild, but when William meets the woman of his dreams (Freya Mavor) things get more complicated for both men.