Fire bevæbnede mænd kaprer et S-tog dybt nede i New Yorks undergrundsbane. De kræver en million dollars for at frigive vognen og de seksten passagerer og truer med at skyde et gidsel for hvert minut, fristen overskrides. Via radioen forhandler de med kommandocentralen, mens politiet, jernbanens personale og myndighederne forsøger at finde en vej ud af situationen. Spændingen optrappes minut for minut, og historien følger både kaprerne, gidslerne og de ansvarlige i kontrolrummet, der må træffe hurtige og risikable beslutninger. Type: Hardcover Dansk udgave af John Godeys spændingsroman om en dramatisk togkapring i New Yorks undergrundsbane. Fire desperate mænd kaprer et S-tog og tager seksten passagerer som gidsler. Kaprerne kræver en stor løsesum og truer med at dræbe et gidsel for hvert minut, tidsfristen overskrides. Handlingen udspiller sig intenst i toget og i kommandocentralen, hvor
DVD "Season 4" af Desperate Housewives · 5 enheder. Undertekster på dansk. Udgivet i USA, 13. nov. 2008 Vejer 272 g.
After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, and creditors are calling. He has also just broken up with his longtime girlfriend and is living in his office. Then John Bristow walks through his door with an amazing story: His sister, thelegendary supermodel Lula Landry, known to her friends as the Cuckoo, famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. The case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties, rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and it introduces him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and delusion known to man Titel: The cuckooś calling Genre: Krimi Sammendrag: When a troubled model falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony, it is assumed that she has comm
1930, New York. In the unbearable heat of summer, Irish immigrant Will Carthy works as a riveter on the tallest skyscraper in the world, spending his days above the clouds and his nights fighting loneliness. When his half-sister, Isobel, sails out to join him, Will hurries to meet her at Ellis Island, only to find that she seems to have vanished before passing through immigration control. And so begins Will's quest, scouring the teeming tenements for a red-haired girl who now haunts his dreams. Desperate for help, Will becomes involved with the charismatic but lethal union agitator, Foxy Nolan, and the Trichardts - a wealthy, socialite couple with a disturbing agenda of their own. Little by little, though, Will realises that something deeply sinister is at play in Isobel's disappearance and that the answer might rest in an altogether wider arena of social and political ambition . . . The
Historisk roman fra Frederik den III's hof om hans dronning Sophie Amalie i en dramatisk tid med stadige stridigheder med Corfitz Ulfeldt og den svenske konge Titel: Sophie Amalie af Karen Plesner (Bog) Genre: Historisk Sammendrag: Sophie Amalie har fået ry som den onde dronning, der holdt Leonora Christina indespærret. Denne roman tegner et ganske andet billede. Sammen med Frederik 3. kæmper Sophie Amalie mod Corfitz Ulfeldt og Leonora Christina, hvis politik truer landets selvstændighed. Karen Plesner skildrer kampen mellem stærke kvinder og det desperate forsvar af København mod svenskerne. Romanen er et portræt af en modig og klog dronning. Type: Paperback
(Designated Ugly Fat Friend) The New York Times bestseller is now a major motion picture! Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper may not be the prettiest girl in her high school, but she has a loyal group of friends, a biting wit, and a spot-on BS detector. She's also way too smart to fall for the charms of man-slut and slimy school hottie Wesley Rush, who calls Bianca the Duff--the designated ugly fat friend--of her crew. But things aren't so great at home and Bianca, desperate for a distraction, ends up kissing Wesley. Worse, she likes it. Eager for escape, Bianca throws herself into a closeted enemies-with-benefits relationship with him. Until it all goes horribly awry. It turns out Wesley isn't such a bad listener, and his life is pretty screwed up, too. Suddenly Bianca realizes with absolute horror that she's falling for the guy she thought she hated more than anyone. Titel: The DUFF Forfa
Desperate housewives - Sæson 2 (DVD)
DVD "Adrift". Undertekster på dansk. Genre: Thriller. Udgivet 30. jan. 2007. Vejer 200 g. Skuespillere: Susan Priver, Cameron Richardson, Eric Dane Instruktør: Hans Horn Studie: Summit Pictures Resumé: Et afslappende weekendcruise ombord på en luksusyacht udvikler sig til et frygteligt mareridt for seks ex-high school venner, da en af dem glemmer at hæve en stige og over rælingen, inden de hopper i Den Mexicanske Golfs indbydende, azurblå vand. I takt med at deres situation begynder at bundfalde sig, breder panikken sig. Deres desperate, forgæves forsøg på at komme ombord på båden, udmatter dem alle.
