Francesca

Mirni Amerikanac

The Quiet American (1955) is set in Vietnam in the 1950s, during the French colonial struggle against the insurgents. Through the atmosphere of Saigon, Greene creates a tense story of love and political intrigue, with a strong critique of the Vietnam War

Gladno brdo

Hungry Hill (1943) is a saga of five generations of the Anglo-Irish Brodrick family, owners of Clonmere Castle in Ireland. Du Maurier, a master of Gothic prose, weaves together folklore, curses, and social change, showing how greed destroys heirs.

Djevojka iz susjedstva

Ruth Rendell's last novel published during her lifetime combines crime fiction with a profound psychological study of aging. Set between the end of World War II and the present day in Loughton, Essex.

Iza kulisa u muzeju

Kate Atkinson's debut novel, told through the eyes of the youngest daughter in a dysfunctional Yorkshire family. Like museum exhibits, the characters are vivid, imperfect, a reminder that life behind the scenes is full of unexpected twists and turns.

Kod bijelog konja

In the novel At the White Horse (1961), Christie combines the supernatural and the rational in a story of mysterious deaths and an organization that offers "services" of elimination, inspired by Dennis Wheatley, with a focus on inheritance and the ethics

Bride By Blackmail