Bøger af Rosanne Dingli

A collection of succulent short stories, featuring various locations, each accompanied by a recipe. Where will this book live: in the kitchen? On the coffee table? The international flavour of locations and recipes adds distinction and interest to your reading and cooking. Cook these ancient recipes in your modern kitchen. Read historical stories for a break in your rushed modern life.

COURAGENOSTALGIA FRIENDSHIP Like towels and a deckchair on a beach, like a cool drink and a dip in the ocean, these fifteen stories embody what it is like to live or holiday on the coast. Each one provides an atmosphere to bask in, characters to befriend for a short while. Friendships are made within these pages, loves made and lost. Locations become the backdrop for fleeting experiences, which nevertheless accompany and impress the reader and linger for longer than just an afternoon in the shade. A cat with a naughty habit, the lost friendship of a lonely old man, a stolen first love and a train that comes and goes without the expected passenger.You will want to return to Vertical Hold again and again.

The whiff of a hidden literary treasure in Venice The stench of a ruthless scheme to lay hands on it Is it worth the money ... is it worth the pain? Loretta Groombridge feels she's pushed out of the way when a house guest arrives at her new employer's house. Prof Bryn Awbrey is renowned for hoarding books, magazines, and manuscripts, but also for his brilliance solving cultural or literary puzzles. A tantalizing conundrum is presented by the newcomer. Something she's found hints of a possible cache; papers by Franz Kafka hidden in the Venice ghetto. Loneliness, suspicion, and fear of losing her job and her place in Bryn Awbrey's life whirl Loretta into a spiral of distrust, danger, and disappointment. What is found in the end confounds even the professor's logic. Travel to authentic locations with The Frozen Sea, a literary thriller, a chase for treasure and truth, and an exploration of what it means to be lonely. 'A clever and complex cross-genre novel that doesn't quite fit your typical time-travel or duel era genre.' Money in the Mattress

At age 55, Maggie is losing the battle with her fear of failure and small designer dogs. At the advice of her psychiatrist, she and her friend Cher embark on a series of ill-conceived hobbies. Whether hunting for a fabled lizard man in the swamps of South Carolina, or panning for gold, their adventures are sure to test the limits of common sense. When archaeology student, Paul Lakeland stumbles too close to a secret goldmine, he becomes a liability to Bear's clandestine mining operation. Bear's attempts to kill Paul before he can leak the mine's location meet with repeated disaster. The bumbling would-be assassin finally succeeds ... in killing the wrong man. Paths cross in a small South Carolina town, where a secret from Cher's past entangles the girls in a murder investigation. Here they learn that the first step to surviving a mid-life crisis is, don't die.

Nic Manton is down on his luck with love and money A significant historical find can change his life around Or it might bring danger and death When Richard Wagner died in Venice in 1883, it was the end of a brilliant musical life. His family grieved, and the world lost the brilliant composer of The Flying Dutchman. Almost 130 years later, antiques dealer Nic Manton finds a valuable pendant and travels to Venice to seek what it might leads to; an end to his financial mess. What he does not take into account is that secrets, scandals, indignities and riddles surround its message from the past. The dead composer's skull could be hidden in a Venetian palace, and several ruthless individuals are more than just interested. A pretty but erratic woman drives Nic crazy. Another surrounds herself with grief. Which one will hurt him more? Brilliant but vague professor Bryn Awbrey helps Manton with the mystery. But death and betrayal foil their complicated plans. "... beautifully written." Boyd Lemon An exhilarating story of romance and historical intrigue, and part of the Bryn Awbrey series, The Hidden Auditorium is a breathless atmospheric thriller for devotees of classical music, lovers of old jewellery, and fans of traditional mysteries.

Death and DiseaseDreadful work conditionsFriendship and optimism A sequence of problems plagues Poppy Elgin, who arrives in England from Australia in the midst of the Spanish influenza outbreak. The Great War is over; her troubles are just starting. Will no one come to her aid? It's 1919 and women are cropping their hair, shortening their skirts, widening their horizons. Will Poppy ever really be an independent woman? Could a new friend be the solution? Petals & Pages is the heart-warming story of two friends whose valiant attempts at becoming independent women are thwarted at every step.

Did old age sneak up on you? Karla Telega has cobbled together a semi-comprehensive guide for the newly-old (those at that awkward age between hot flashes and the senior menu). If you need glasses to read this book, drop everything and go get your gray roots touched up. The book will still be here when you get back.

Location, location, locationPoems grounded in real places ... even though they might be wrong.Rosanne Dingli's sensual poetry focuses on emotion. Her sense of location and occasion explore overlaps of sensation prompted by a lifetime of changes and shifts to different places.The poems imbibe some of the more challenging aspects of life with a tongue-in-cheek defiance."All the Wrong Places is an engaging collection of verse. Readable, warm and honest, it should help win a wider audience back for poets and their craft." Rod Moran

Loretta Groombridge thinks she's made a friend when Tikki Foy arrives in Venice to be a house guest at her employer's house. Professor Bryn Awbrey is renowned for his brilliance in solving cultural or literary puzzles ... and for his cluttered home office, which Loretta is paid to catalogue and organize. But the newly-arrived guest distracts the professor and pulls him away. Something she's found hints of lost papers by Franz Kafka, famous Czech short-story writer of the 1920s. The possibility is tantalizing, but Loretta suspects a more sinister side to Tikki's story. Tikki's weird behaviour and the danger and complication she attracts seem exaggerated and unwarranted. Who is pushing her to this; her library colleague, or a weird character who doggedly follows them? A chase takes places, tugging the women to Perth on a dizzy pursuit.Loneliness, suspicion, and fear of losing her place in Bryn Awbrey's life whirl Loretta into a spiral of distrust and disappointment. Tikki pitches against her. Venice becomes a haunting, suspicious place.What is found in the end confounds even the professor's logic.The Frozen Sea is a literary adventure, a chase for treasure and truth, and an exploration of what it means to be lonely. Historical vignettes bring Kafka and his 1920s contemporaries to life, and weave together history and present-day dilemmas.