Olga Turečková Bücher

Tom Angleberger's latest, loopiest middle-grade novel begins when M'Lady Luggertuck loosens her corset (it's never been loosened before!), thereby setting off a chain of events in which all the strict rules of Smugwick Manor are abandoned. When, as a result of "the Loosening," the precious family heirloom, the Luggertuck Lump (quite literally a lump), goes missing, the Luggertucks look for someone to blame. Is it Horton Halfpott, the good-natured but lowly kitchen boy who can't tell a lie? Or one of the many colorful cast members in this silly romp of a mystery.

Es geschieht vor aller Augen, in Supermärkten, auf Parkplätzen, in ihren Häusern: Scheinbar wahllos werden unbescholtene Männer und Frauen entführt. Die Opfer bleiben spurlos verschwunden. Der Kriminalpsychologe Alex Cross, der gerade erst seinen neuen Job beim FBI angetreten hat, befürchtet, dass er es mit einem außergewöhnlichen Fall von kaltblütigem Menschenhandel zu tun hat, bei dem die Opfer als »Sklaven« bestellt und gekauft werden. Alle Spuren führen zu einem Mann, dessen Kaltblütigkeit selbst hart gesottene Verbrecher fürchten. Man nennt ihn nur »den Wolf«...

Unlike most kittens, Martin doesn't like eating mice - let alone catching them. When he catches one by mistake he decides to keep it as a pet and soon Drusilla the mouse is established in an old bath tub in the attic. Martin is kept busy getting food, water, bedding - and then Drusilla's babies start to arrive. How can Martin cope with all his mice? From the number one author of animal magic comes this wonderful new edition of Martin's Mice.