Chris Bohjalian
1) Midwives
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In the pastoral community of Reddington, Vermont, during the harsh winter of 1981, Sibyl Danforth makes a life-or-death decision based on fifteen years of experience as a respected midwife -- a decision intended to save a child, a decision that will change her life forever.
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Laurel Estabrook's life changes drastically after being attacked. She goes from being outgoing to withdraw, her photography and work at a homeless shelter are now her life. Laurel meets Bobby, a mentally ill man, at the shelter with a box of photos he won't let anyone see. When he dies she discovers that he photographed celebrities. Laurel becomes obsessed and searches for the truth of his former life.
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"In the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives. At the center is eighteen-year old Anna, the daughter of Prussian aristocrats, and her first love, a twenty-year old Scottish prisonor of war named Callum. With his boyish good looks and his dedication to her family, he has captured Anna's heart. But he is the enemy, and their love must remain a closely guarded secret. Only Manfred, a twenty-six...
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The devastating loss of their twin daughters in a flash flood turns the lives of Terry and Laura Sheldon upside down as their marriage is tested by grief, Terry's brief love affair, and their growing relationship with their foster child, a ten-year-old African American boy.
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In March 1986, while living in Brooklyn, Chris Bohjalian and his wife were cab-napped on a Saturday night and taken on a forty-five-minute joy ride in which the driver ignored all traffic lights and stop signs. Around midnight he deposited the young couple on a near-deserted street, where police officers were about to storm a crack house. Bohjalian and his wife were told to hit the ground for their own protection. While lying on the pavement, Bohjalian's...
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From the bestselling author of The Flight Attendant—Patience Avery is a dowser, a “water witch.” Her natural gifts enable her to locate lost items, missing people, and aquifers deep within the earth. This last skill is more in demand than ever, as her home state of Vermont is in the grip of the worst drought in years. Patience knows better than most that this crisis is only the start.
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7) Stewardesa
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Kiedy Cassandra Bowden budzi się obok niedawno poznanego Alexa w pokoju hotelowym w obcym kraju, próbuje przypomnieć sobie wydarzenia poprzedniej nocy. Wysuwa się cicho z łóżka i patrzy na mężczyznę, z którym spędziła noc. Dostrzega wciąż mokrą kałużę krwi na świeżym, białym prześcieradle. On nie żyje. Cassie boi się zadzwonić na policję - samotna singielka w pokoju hotelowym daleko od domu - i zaczyna kłamać. Kłamie,...
9) Hangman
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Detective J.P. Burrows investigates the mysteries of a century-old farmhouse when one of its inhabitants, Brian Middleton, is found hanging by a noose in its attic.
11) Czerwony lotos
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Pierwsze spotkanie Alexis i Austina przebiegło w bardzo nietypowy sposób - ona, lekarka z oddziału ratunkowego, musiała zszyć ranę postrzałową na jego ramieniu. Sześć miesięcy później jadą razem na wycieczkę rowerową do Wietnamu, na której Austin nie tylko planuje zarazić Alexis swoją pasją do rowerów, ale także odwiedzić miejsce, gdzie jego ojciec i wujek walczyli wiele lat temu na wojnie. Pewnego dnia Austin nie wraca z solowej...
12) Pokój gościnny
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"Kiedy Richard Chapman zobowiązuje się zorganizować u siebie wieczór kawalerski swojego młodszego brata, od początku spodziewa się pewnej dozy pikanterii. Wysyła więc żonę, Kristin, razem z ich dziewięcioletnią córką na weekend do teściowej, a swój dom w Westchester udostępnia przyjaciołom brata. Nie podejrzewa jednak, że czeka go istna orgia pijaństwa i niebezpiecznie intymne chwile w gościnnej sypialni, a wszystko skończy...