Bernard Beckett: 11 books

Part thriller, part love story, August is a compelling novel about will, freedom and what it means to live. Trapped in a car wreck, upside down, bleeding and in pain, Tristan and Grace are staring at death. When dawn breaks they might be seen from the road and rescued, or not. They wait,...

Rene's twin brother Theo lies unconscious in hospital after a freak accident left him with massively disrupted brain function. There is hope though. An experimental procedure—risky, scientifically exciting and ethically questionable—could allow him to gain a new life. But what life, and at what...

Two teens dare to take on a multi-national corporation in this YA thriller novel by award-winning writer Bernard Beckett*.*Deep Fried is a fascinating mixture of intrigue, psychological thriller and rebel-of-the-moment youth culture. Peter and Charlotte are itchy, bored by life. They decide through...

Will he or won't he? Have sex, of course. Malcolm is sixteen. With the mind of a scientist, the body of a teenager, and an ambition to reconcile the two, he embarks upon his latest research project - sex. Join Malcolm on his journey, as he meets the cast of characters who will take him a little closer...

The powerful young adult novel about two boys forced to leave London after the second world war, and who take off on the run. Imagine you live in London immediately following the Second World War. Imagine you've been told to pack your bag, but not told where you're going. Or for how long. Imagine...

Forty-eight hours in the lives of characters headed for a showdown, grippingly told by an award-winning novelist. It�s election day in contemporary New Zealand. A young father confronts a teenage burglar. A psychologist�s political stand threatens to see him driven from the university community....

Der fesselnde Psychothriller von Bernard Beckett bietet spannende Unterhaltung, überrascht mit unerwarteten Wendungen und konfrontiert die Leser mit moralischen Fragen. Ein packender Roman, der lange nachhallt. Alles, was du willst, ist Gerechtigkeit. Das, was dir bleibt, ist Rache. Orientierungslos...

Just as authors create books, books create authors — and these essays by thirty-one writers for young people offer a fascinating glimpse at the books that inspired them the most. What if you could look inside your favorite authors’ heads and see the book that led them to become who they...

Philosophie trifft auf Hightech und Robotik: "Das neue Buch Genesis" ist ein fesselnder Science Fiction-Roman über die Frage, ob nur der Mensch eine Seele haben kann. "Dies ist unsere Geschichte, wie man sie uns gelehrt hat. Das ist unsere Genesis." Ein Land, abgeschottet vom Rest der Welt, am Ende...

Marko surfaces from a drug-induced haze to find himself hidden from the world in a psychiatric ward. He is certain the 'Doctor' means to kill him, and he in turn has vengeful plans of his own. But how is it he came to stop taking his medication? Who can Marko trust and how much time does he...

A thought-provoking tale of the future set on an isolated island fortress: “The ending is an absolute mind-blower” (Booklist). Anax thinks she knows history. She has studied the stories of the distant twenty-first century very diligently. Her grueling all-day examination has just begun,...