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Marker / Robin Cook. - London : Pan Books, 2006. - 598 pages ; 18 cm

(Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery / Robin Cook ; 5)

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Cook Robin (1940- ) Autor Cook Robin (1940- ) Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery (ang.) ;

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Literatura amerykańska

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Jack Stapleton (postać fikcyjna) Laurie Montgomery (postać fikcyjna) Jack Stapleton (Fictitious character) Laurie Montgomery (Fictitious character) Eksperymenty medyczne na ludziach Miłość Spisek Szpitale Zabójstwo Malpractice Medical personel Fiction Nowy Jork (Stany Zjednoczone)

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Powieść Kryminał Thriller Medical novels Suspense fiction

The master of the medical thriller returns with his most heart-pounding tale yet. Twenty-eight-year-old Sean McGillin is the picture of health, until he fractures his leg while in-line skating in New York City's Central Park. Within twenty-four hours of his surgery, he dies. A thirty-six-year-old mother, Darlene Morgan, has knee surgery to repair a torn ligament in her knee. And within twenty-four hours, she has died. New York City medical examiners Dr. Laurie Montgomery and Dr. Jack Stapleton are back, in Robin Cook's electrifying twenty-fifth novel. Last seen in Vector, the doctors confront a series of puzzling hospital deaths of young, healthy people after successful routine surgery. Despite institutional resistance from her superiors, as well as from those at Manhattan General, Laurie doggedly pursues the investigation. Though it seems impossible to determine why and how the patients are dying, she comes to suspect that not only are the deaths related-they're intentional, suggesting the work of a remarkably clever serial killer with a very unusual motive, involving frightening ties to both developing genomic medicine and the economics of modern-day health care. Then Laurie is dealt a double blow: While coping with Jack's inability to commit to their relationship, she discovers she carries a genetic marker for a breast-cancer gene. As her personal life continues to unravel, the need for answers becomes more urgent, especially when Laurie is pulled into the nightmare as a potential victim herself. With time winding down, she and Jack race to connect the dots-and save Laurie's life. With his signature blend of suspense and science, Robin Cook delivers an electrifying page-turner as vivid as today's headlines.

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Palazzo / Danielle Steel. - London : Pan Books, 2024. - 328, [1] page ; 20 cm.

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Steel Danielle (1947- ) Autor

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Kobieta Moda Przedsiębiorstwo Rodzeństwo Śmierć rodzica Trudne sytuacje życiowe Women Family Life Death of a parent Company Fashion Wenecja (Włochy) Venice

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Powieść obyczajowa Novels Romance

Bajeczne Włochy, bezwzględny świat włoskiej mody i pełna emocji historia o miłości, rodzinie i dziedzictwie. Po tragicznej śmierci rodziców w wypadku Cosima Saverio przejmuje rodzinną luksusową markę modową. Młoda kobieta mierzy się nie tylko z wyzwaniami, jakie niesie prowadzenie firmy; musi także utrzymać elegancką rodzinną posiadłość – czterystuletni palazzo w Wenecji – oraz opiekować się młodszą siostrą Allegrą, ocalałą po tragedii, która zabiła jej rodziców, oraz bratem Lucą, ze słabością do szalonych imprez, pięknych kobiet i kasyn. Cosima, stawiając czoło osobistym i zawodowym trudnościom, okazuje się mądra ponad wiek, jednak sukces ma swoją cenę – jej potrzeby stale schodzą na dalszy plan. Jest poślubiona firmie, a wolny czas oddaje tym, którzy na niej polegają... do momentu, gdy poznaje Oliviera Bayarda, założyciela najpopularniejszej francuskiej marki produkowanych seryjnie torebek. Jednak gdy Luca traci kontrolę nad swoim hazardowym nałogiem, Cosima, aby go ocalić, musi dokonać wyboru niemożliwego. "Palazzo", rodzinna firma, czy zostawienie brata samemu sobie? A może jest inny sposób, by uratować wszystko, o co walczyła, zanim cały jej świat zginie w płomieniach? [opis wydawcy].

After her parents perish in a tragic accident, Cosima Saverio assumes leadership of her family’s haute couture Italian leather brand. While navigating the challenges of running a company at twenty-three, Cosima must also maintain the four-hundred-year-old family palazzo in Venice and care for her younger siblings: Allegra, who survived the tragedy that killed their parents with scars and a spinal injury, and Luca, who has a penchant for wild parties, pretty women, and poker tables. Cosima navigates her personal and professional challenges with a wisdom beyond her years, but her success has come at a cost: Her needs are always secondary. She’s married to the business, and her free time is given to those who rely on her . . . until she meets Olivier Bayard, the founder of France’s most successful ready-to-wear handbag company. A brief conversation on her palazzo’s terrace turns into a tour of the Saverio workshop, and, fifteen years after her parents’ deaths, Cosima has found a confidant. Now the business is financially stable and generating enough income for the Saverios to live comfortably. Then Luca loses a hefty sum at the casino, and his debt must be repaid with money or his life. Cosima, forced to bail him out, is given an impossible choice: List the palazzo, sell a third of the family business, or let Luca fend for himself. But is there another way to save everything she has fought for before it goes up in flames? [amazon.com]

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