"It's only for a fortnight."
My mother sounded friendly and very determined. I'd had an uneasy feeling right from the start of the conversation.
"And he is your father after all. Other children would be delighted."
"Mama, what do you mean other 'children'? I'm ...

A summer’s day that starts out all bright and sunny and by its end nothing is ever the same again – that is the day when Annika's cousin Ginie disappears. Just a short while ago the two of them had been sunbathing by the water’s edge with Annika's friends Steffi, Rüdiger and ...

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