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When Elisabeth Quemener dies she leaves a small parcel with the instructions that it must only be opened by Astrid Oake. The trouble is, no one knows who Astrid Oake is… Elisabeth’s family turn to Touissants detective agency for help but, when Mila Shepherd and Carter Jackson try to track Astrid down, their frustration soon mounts. Their only clue is a photo of two young women holding the hands of a tiny child. The women are smiling but Mila is haunted by the sadness in their eyes. Is this Astrid and Elisabeth and if so, who is the child?

Shipwrecks are part of life in the remote village of Porthmorvoren, Cornwall. And as the sea washes the bodies of the drowned onto the beach, it also brings treasures: barrels of liquor, exotic fruit, the chance to lift a fine pair of boots from a corpse, maybe even a jewel or two. When, after a fierce storm, Mary Blight rescues a man half dead from the sea, she ignores the whispers of her neighbours and carries him home to nurse better. Gideon Stone is a Methodist minister from Newlyn, a married man.

On a night out, four friends witness a stranger in trouble. They decide to do nothing to help. Later, a body washes up on the banks of the Thames - and the group realises that ignoring the woman has left blood on their hands. But why did each of them refuse to step in? Why did none of them want to be noticed that night? Who is really responsible? And is it possible that the victim was not really a stranger at all?

You did nothing. That doesn’t mean you’re innocent. On a night out, four friends witness a stranger in trouble. They decide to do nothing to help. Later, a body washes up on the banks of the Thames - and the group realises that ignoring the woman has left blood on their hands. But why did each of them refuse to step in? Why did none of them want to be noticed that night? Who is really responsible? And is it possible that the victim was not really a stranger at all?

Un joven desarraigado pero de esmerada educación se embarca en un buque de carga en la Isla de Java. El viaje es accidentado. Más tarde el navío será embestido por otro extraño barco de mucho mayor tonelaje. Avanzando a toda vela, sin rumbo conocido, hasta que se precipita el fantástico desenlace. Este audiolibro cuenta, además de la narración, con diferentes efectos de sonido y canciones, utilizando una edición cuidada, llena de estímulos, para introducirte en esta fascinante historia de la manera más original, terrorífica y cautivadora posible.

Un gruppo di pescatori norvegesi con la loro barca si imbatte in una improvvisa e violenta tempesta. La piccola imbarcazione viene sospinta dai flutti delle onde al centro di un immenso vortice perenne presente in quella zona, chiamato maelström. Per i pescatori è impossibile sfuggire a quel fenomeno naturale: una volta che si viene attirati verso il centro, infatti, si apre un abisso a forma di cono, che scaraventa la barca sul fondale con incredibile violenza. I marinai vengono risucchiati dal vortice, ma uno di loro si salva aggrappandosi a un barile vuoto.