Well developed, larger-than-life characters interacting in somewhat ludicrous situations. The style – many very short chapters – makes it a racing read.
Rather different from most of McCall Smith’s well-known books.
Die Geschichte von Noahs Arche fasziniert die siebenjährige Katharina. Schade, dass sie in der Sonntagsschule nur den ersten Teil davon hört, bevor sie mit ihrem kleinen Bruder zur Oma auf dem Hügel geschickt wird, bis ihr neues Bruderlein oder Schwesterlein das Licht der Welt erblickt. Katharina ist ein helles aber etwas zurückgezogenes Mädchen, das eher über…
Scandalous rumours and immoral men do their best to ruin May Rose Long’s life. But she strives to remain honest and chaste. With neither home nor money, she even adopts the forlorn wild teenager, Wanda, before realising she is her fugitive husband’s daughter. The book is well written and paints a realistic picture of the social…
The Last Voyage by Brian D. McLaren Were this merely a work of science fiction, it could be deemed a reasonably well-written, thrilling narrative about a small group of scientists on a highly improbable trip to another planet. But, if you know anything about Brian McLaren, it’s got to be much more than that. The…
A large crowd was following Jesus. He turned around and said to them, “If you want to be my disciple, you must, by comparison, hate everyone else – your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters – yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple. And if you do not…
Ellen Fenwick, commonly known as Fenny or Elena, a burnt-out, single English teacher, jumps at the chance to become a governess for eight-year-old Juliet, whose family is recuperating for some months in a villa near Florence. She has been caring for her sick mother and has never travelled before, never experienced romance.
Ein Totenhemd für den Erzbischof von Peter Tremayne Wighard, vorgesehen als neuer Erzbischof von Canterbury, reist nach Rom, um den Segen des Papstes zu bekommen. Dabei wird er ermordet. Zufälligerweis weilt die respektierte Schnüfflerin aus Irland, Schwester Fidelma, auch vor Ort und wird mit der Aufklärung des Mordfalls betraut. Obwohl alle überzeugt sind, den Täter…