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Numa manh gelada de inverno, uma mulher acorda e encontra o corpo ensanguentado da filha a porta de casa. Quem seria capaz de tal atrocidade?A detetive Erika Foster vive um momento de fragilidade devido ao ultimo caso que resolveu, mas esta decidida a liderar tambem esta investigaço. Ao deitar mos a obra, toma conhecimento de outros ataques cometidos na mesma zona pacata do sul de Londres onde o crime ocorreu. Um pormenor arrepiante liga-os ao homicidio - todas as vitimas foram atacadas por uma figura vestida de preto com uma mascara de gas.Erika procura um assassino cujo carto de visita e aterrorizante. O caso complica-se quando descobre a teia de segredos que rodeia a morte da bela jovem.No entanto, ao juntar as pistas, Erika e forçada a confrontar memorias dolorosas do passado. Deve escavar bem fundo, manter-se concentrada e encontrar o assassino. So que, desta vez, um elemento da sua equipa corre um perigo terrivel...Criticas de imprensaMeu Deus! Deem-me um momento enquanto recupero o folego! Adorei! Que livro! Que autor! Que leitura! Devoramos as paginas, e no conseguimos parar... cada reviravolta deixa-nos de boca aberta, com a cabeça a girar e o coraço a bater descompassadamente.Emma the Little BookwormImpressionante!... A historia mantem-nos em suspense ate ao fim. Sinceramente, no adivinhei quem era o assassino ate a revelaço ser feita. Muito bom!Stardust Book ReviewsRobert Bryndza e uma lufada de ar fresco. Cria personagens de que no nos fartamos e historias suculentas e complexas que nos prendem... Escreve com grande profundidade e emoço, e deixa-nos, como leitores, surpreendidos, muito entretidos e bastante satisfeitos.Whats Better Than Books?Robert Bryndza passou para o topo da minha lista de escritores de policiais preferidos depois de ler os seus outros livros... Este e fantastico!! A historia prendeu-me na primeira pagina e no me largou ate ao fim... No se esqueçam de ler os outros tambem!! Cinco estrelas (dava mais se pudesse!).Star Dust Book Reviewsbr/ Oh, meu Deus! Emocionante! Adorei o livro Tem mesmo de o ler!A Page of Fictional LoveUm thriller que e uma montanha-russa de suspense sem limites! O fim, oh, o fim! Ainda estou de boca aberta! Este livro no vai desapontar!The Book Addicted BoyUm dos thrillers mais excitantes, dramaticos, tensos e convincentes que ja li.Bookaholic ConfessionsDe novo, uma leitura fantastica, devorada num dia, e depois fiquei a ressacar! Adoro esta serie; as personagens esto muito bem desenvolvidas e sentimos empatia por elas.Goodreads Reviewer, 5 estrelas

"There was an antique dressing table in the suite, very old and painted off-white with gold trim. She sat down in front of it and wiped away the layer of dust and blood that dulled the mirror, looking at the face which was reflected back at her. Theyd had a name for that face: Jade. And the name alone had terrified them. She terrified them."Blake persuades the Liberator crew to join an uprising on the planet Istria, a vital supplier of food to the Federation. He hopes to hit the Federation where it hurts - and send a powerful message of unity to rebel groups everywhere. But with the odds stacking up against him, and Space Commander Travis in hot pursuit, even Blake starts to wonder who he can trust. Is he right to put so much faith in the Istrian rebels and their mysterious hired mercenary? Its clear that Jade is a deadly killer a secret past, but what is her hidden agenda - and how has Gan fallen so completely under her spell?

From a rocky start at military academy to her sudden immersion in an alternative universe - via a variety of jobs and adventures on Dellah, at the Braxiatel Collection, and in the murky world of Legion - Bernice Summerfield is a woman who can be said to have lived more than one life. But one things for certain: wherever she is, Benny can always be counted on to right wrongs, get the job done and, sometimes, even have a good time along the way!To celebrate 20 years of Benny at Big Finish, each of the brand-new stories in this collection focuses on a different time in Bennys life. Theres an adventure at St Oscars, a mystery at the White Rabbit, and even a surprising glimpse into the far future. Will Benny still be digging for artefacts at 80? You bet she will!The Past:Oh No, Not Again by Dave StoneSpacefleet Academy:The Bunnys Curse by Doris V SutherlandDellah:The Seventh Fanfic by Mark ClaphamThe Braxiatel Collection:Benny and the Grieving Man by Simon GuerrierLegion:Wurm Noir by Antonio RastelliUnbound:Legacy Presence by Victoria CW SimpsonThe Death of Hope by James GossThe Future:Old Ruins by Peter Anghelides

Quando, nas margens do Tamisa, surge uma mala velha com o corpo desmembrado de um homem, a inspetora Erika Foster fica chocada. Já trabalhou em alguns casos assustadores, mas nunca vira nada assim antes. A medida que ela e a sua equipa começam a trabalhar, estabelecem uma ligaço com outra vitima - o corpo de uma jovem abandonado numa mala identica duas semanas antes.Erika percebe rapidamente que esta na pista de um assassino em serie que ja deu o passo seguinte. No entanto, durante a investigaço, e vitima de um ataque brutal. Forçada a recuperar em casa, e com a sua vida pessoal a desmoronar-se, tudo parece estar contra ela.Mas nada detem Erika. A medida que o numero de corpos aumenta, as filhas gemeas de um colega, o comandante Marsh, so raptadas, e e o tudo por tudo. Conseguira Erika salvar a vida de duas crianças inocentes antes que seja demasiado tarde? Ela esta a ficar sem tempo e prestes a fazer uma descoberta perturbadora... ha mais de um assassino.Brilhante e emocionante, Sangue-Frio ira prende-lo desde a primeira pagina e faze-lo suster a respiraço ate chegar a um final arrebatador.Uau! Outro fantastico livro de Robert. E to bom ter esta detetive de novo na minha vida. Ela traz-nos uma sensaço de calma, esperteza e poder feminino... uma otima personagem. Trishas BlogO melhor thriller que li nos ultimos tempos, e li alguns bons... Do melhor que ha, e para mim fantastico. Adorei. Goodreads Reviewer, 5 estrelasAdoro a escrita de Robert Bryndza, e a serie Erika Foster e provavelmente a melhor serie de detetives de todos os tempos! Uau, uau, uau!! Erika esta de volta em grande! Stardust Book ReviewsExcelente Estes livros deviam vir com o aviso de que, assim que os começamos a ler, no conseguimos larga-los. Jen Meds Book Reviews, 5 estrelas

One night in a small town in County Cork, where everyone knows everyone, things spiral terrifyingly out of control. What will happen now to Emma? To her family? To the others?This stage adaptation of Louise ONeills devastating novel, Asking for It, shines an unflinching light on the experience of a young woman whose life is changed for ever by a horrific act of violence.Adapted by Meadhbh McHugh, in collaboration with its director Annabelle Comyn, the play premiered at the Everyman, Cork, in June 2018, before transferring to the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. It was produced by Landmark Productions and the Everyman, in association with the Abbey Theatre.A genuinely heartbreaking, sickening and truthful examination of societys penchant for victim-blaming, its treatment of women and the concept of rape cultureGuardian on Louise ONeills novel

Once youre a woman doing as she pleases with her body, in someones eyes you qualify for hoe status.Bim, Alex and J have been best friends since school. Loud, funny, inseparable they are the epitome of girls who just want to have fun.But now theyre twenty-five, life is starting to get in the way. Careers, relationships, expectations... What better way to escape than a trip to Ibiza for a week of sun, sea and selfies?But theres trouble in paradise when reality catches up with them, threatening to derail their holiday as they are forced to accept no amount of partying will let them escape themselves.The Hoes is a riotous celebration of sisterhood, showing that while life may throw up unexpected turbulence, friendships will last the course. It premiered at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, London, in 2018.The Hoes is Ifeyinwa Fredericks debut play. It was longlisted for the Verity Bargate Award, and shortlisted for the Tony Craze and Character 7 Awards.

I just thought it would be a secret Id have to die with. And now I think itll be what kills me.Life as the director of a Muslim funeral parlour isnt always easy, but Ayesha has things pretty sorted. She and Zeyd share everything: a marriage, a business, a future.Until Tom walks in to organise his boyfriends funeral. A snap moral decision, informed by the values of Ayeshas community and faith, has profound consequences.Forced to confront a secret she has hidden even from herself, Ayesha must decide who she is no matter the cost.Iman Qureshis play The Funeral Director is an incisive and heartfelt story of sexuality, gender and religion in twenty-first-century Britain. It won the 2018 Papatango New Writing Prize and premiered at Southwark Playhouse, London, in 2018.

Quando o corpo torturado de uma mulher, jovem e bonita, é encontrado num contentor do lixo, com os olhos inchados e as roupas ensopadas em sangue, a inspetora-chefe Erika Foster é dos primeiros detetives a chegar ao cenario do crime. O problema e que, desta vez, o caso no lhe pertence.Enquanto luta para integrar a equipa de investigaço, Erika envolve-se no processo e rapidamente encontra semelhanças com o assassinio no resolvido de outra mulher, quatro meses antes. Largadas ambas num contentor do lixo em parques de estacionamento diferentes, tem ferimentos identicos - uma inciso fatal na arteria femoral da coxa esquerda... E, entretanto, e localizada uma terceira vitima em circunstancias identicas.Perseguindo as vitimas online, apresentando-se com identidades falsas, o assassino ataca mulheres jovens e bonitas de cabelo castanho comprido e desaparece misteriosamente, sem deixar qualquer pista. Como ira Erika apanhar um assassino que parece no existir?Enquanto decorre a investigaço, outra rapariga e raptada quando esperava por um encontro. Erika e a sua equipa tem de a localizar, para no depararem com mais uma vitima mortal, e enfrentar um individuo terrivelmente sadico e perigoso.Alucinante, tenso e impossivel de parar de o ler, O Ultimo Folego mantem o leitor preso logo na primeira pagina, enquanto o livro se encaminha vertiginosamente para um final surpreendente.

Para compreendermos a origem e o estabelecimento de um povo, as ações que lhe deram estabilidade e consistência, os progressos que o conduziram à prosperidade e à glória, e os erros ou calamidades qu

Numa noite quente de verão, a inspetora-chefe Erika Foster é chamada à cena de um crime. A vítima, um médico, é encontrada asfixiada na cama. Tem os pulsos amarrados e os olhos parecem querer saltar-

I want to return to my home.A Northern British coastal town. Three young men are coming home from war.Their stories, set at different times over a hundred years, are beautifully interwoven in Anna Jordans The Unreturning, a play that explores the profound effect that war has on young peoples lives, and asks what does coming home really mean? What is home? And when experience has shattered you into a million pieces, will home help to put you together again, or treat you as an ugly truth it does not want to confront?The Unreturning was premiered at Theatre Royal Plymouth in September 2018, in a co-production between Frantic Assembly and Theatre Royal Plymouth, before touring the UK.

This lady excelled all others, as well in beauty and favour, as in wit and policy, and was of stomach more like a man than a woman Holinsheds Chronicles, 1577Hungry for power and angered by their king, the nobles of Henry VIs court plot and scheme against each other. As Henry wavers and the factions split, Queen Margaret is determined to hold on to power and protect the crown that will one day belong to her son.Using Shakespeares orginal lines, alongside new text, Jeanie OHare retells the Wars of the Roses through the eyes of the Queen. A captivating exploration of an iconic moment in British history, the play premiered at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, in September 2018, directed by Elizabeth Freestone and featuring Jade Anouka as Margaret of Anjou.

Brian and Donnas son is nine years old and hes struggling. Thats what his teacher says. Says he should see a psychologist. But Brian and Donna recently separated never liked school, never liked teachers.An explosive triple confrontation that is funny, heartbreaking and beautifully observed, Iseult Golden and David Horans CLASS is an award-winning play about learning difficulties: in school, in life, wherever.After a sold-out run in the Dublin Theatre Festival 2017, the play transferred to the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in January 2018 before playing in the Traverse Theatre as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018.CLASS won an Edinburgh Fringe First Award and was named Best Theatre Script at the 2018 ZeBBie Awards awarded by the Writers Guild of Ireland.

A young actress meets a powerful film producer in his hotel suite. A revolutionary leads an attack on a colonial club in India. A bereaved mother defends herself against charges of infanticide.Snatches: Moments from 100 Years of Womens Lives documents, remembers and bears witness to a century of struggle for progress and equality for women in the United Kingdom.Moving, funny, tragic and empowering, these eight monologues address the constant efforts of women to carve out their rights both in domestic and public spheres from the criminalisation of marital rape to the first Reclaim the Night march proclaiming a history of perseverance and resilience shown by womens rights activists in this country.Curated by Royal Court Artistic Director, Vicky Featherstone, the monologues for Snatches were commissioned to mark the centenary of womens suffrage in the United Kingdom. They were broadcast on BBC Four in 2018, directed by Vanessa Caswill, Vicky Featherstone and Rachna Suri, and starring Jodie Comer, Siobhan Finneran, Romola Garai, Shirley Henderson, Liv Hill, Corinne Skinner-Carter, Kiran Sonia Sawar and Antonia Thomas.

A vida, às vezes, pode ser aborrecida. Férias precisam-se. Três amigos (e um cão) decidem fazer umaviagem ao longo do rio. Depois de uma preparação atribulada, embarcam numa jornada que se transforma

Quando um rapaz descobre o corpo de uma mulher debaixo de uma espessa camada de gelo num parque do sul de Londres, a inspetora-chefe Erika Foster é imediatamente chamada para liderar a investigação.

The mayfly hatches in the morning, mates in the afternoon, dies at night: a lot can happen in a day.Ben thinks his family might be better off without him, but his wife Cat has read her stars: Today a very special person will appear from out the blue.Their daughter Loops is getting ready for a date. Its her first one, and she has everything crossed.An ethereal family drama, Joe Whites debut play Mayfly explores rebirth in the aftermath of tragedy. It premiered at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, in April 2018, winning Joe White the Off-West End Award for Most Promising Playwright in 2019.

In 1949, scientist and mathematician Dr Jacob Bronowski installs a hidden, locked room in his house.Fifty years later, his grandson discovers the secrets contained in the room, unearthing echoes from across six million years of human history.David Byrnes play Secret Life of Humans was first seen during a sell-out, award-winning run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017. It had its London premiere at New Diorama in April 2018, ahead of transferring Off-Broadway.David Byrne is a playwright and director. His other plays include a radical new version of George Orwells Down and Out in Paris and London.

When a series of mysterious deaths confound the local press, Tom feels compelled to investigate - despite explicit instructions from his superiors at Department 7 to stay well away. Perhaps his instincts have been clouded by his growing feelings for his colleague, Anne Reynolds, or his dislike for their boss, Roy Martindale, but as events start to spiral out of control, Tom realises he has seriously underestimated the powers that he is dealing with...

On a cold November night in Manhattan, the composer and cello player Paul Madden is forced to realize that his life feels empty and success meaningless. On his flight from this painful realization, he encounters a mysterious woman, who seems to know him and his future better than he does. As predicted by her, he soon travels to Berlin. In the German capital he begins to feel a strange longing for peace and everlasting happiness, but instead dark visions and strange encounters disturb him deeply. Suprisingly, the mysterious woman reappears. She is a famous sitar player and invites him to visit her in Varanasi, the Indian pilgrimage city at the holy Ganges. There, she gently leads him to a spiritual consciousness and a totally new attitude towards life. He experiences music as a healing, mind altering means, which changes and transforms him. Slowly, he opens up to life and the flow of emotions and starts to feel an old pain. Pauls healing path leads him into a dark chapter of human history and Paul has to decide, whether he can face the unbelievable truth at all costs.