Without Mercy

A Heart of Stone

Seamlessly alternating the past and present, taut with Hitchcockian tension and warmed by a redemptive love story, A Heart of Stone tells a darkly humorous, yet ultimately compassionate tale.Renate Dorrestein is that rare storyteller who dazzles critics a

The Dream Merchant

Winner of the Netherlands' most prestigious children's book award, this epic adventure quest draws readers deep into a collective dream world — and sweeps them along on a riveting journey through a reimagined past."They're going to send you on a sales t

My Name Is Anne, She Said, Anne Frank

For years after Anne Frank's diary was published, the identity of her 'best friend' was secret. Then Jacqueline van Maarsen owned up. Here, Maarsen writes about the Anne she knew and presents a moving account of their remarkable friendship, and also provi

Edith's Story

When Hitler invaded Holland in 1939, Edith van Hessen was a popular Dutch high school student. She also happened to be Jewish. In the same month that Anne Frank's family went into hiding, Edith was sent to live with a courageous Protestant family, took a

The Hormone Factory

From the throes of his death bed, Dutch pharmaceutical entrepreneur and megalomaniac Mordecai de Paauw reflects on his life as the co-founder and CEO of Farmacon: the first company to standardize and distribute the contraceptive pill worldwide. With the f

Girl in the Dark

An award-winning, internationally bestselling author makes her American debut with this taut, riveting domestic drama—a twisting tale of psychological suspense about a long-lost brother convicted of a horrifying crime and a sister’s fight to clear his

The Angel Maker

A literary page-turner about one man's macabre ambition to create life-and secure immortalityThe village of Wolfheim is a quiet little place until the geneticist Dr. Victor Hoppe returns after an absence of nearly twenty years. The doctor brings with him

Jessaloup's Song

A sixty-ton humpback whale lies stranded, gasping for breath, on the sands of Cape Cod... and there's just one girl in the world who knows who he is. When Jessaloup is transformed into a boy, Isabel has to teach him to walk, talk, and act human, so that t

Want dit is mijn lichaam

Casper en Xandra Olson laten niets aan het toeval over. Hun eerste kind zal een jongen zijn, dat heeft de genderkliniek gegarandeerd. Daarna een meisje, zo is hun plan, en dan nieuwe borsten voor Xandra en voor de kids later een labrador.Ook Caspers groot