Лучшие произведения Деборы Моггак

Голландия, 1630 год. Страна охвачена страстью к тюльпанам. Красивые цветы вдруг становятся дороже золота. На тюльпанах разоряются и наживают огромные состояния. Чтобы завладеть драгоценными луковицами, жители Амстердама готовы на все — обман, подлог, воровство и… даже убийство. Именно на этом всеобщем помешательстве пытается провернуть хитроумную аферу талантливый, но бедный художник Ян ван Лоо, безумно влюбленный в Софию — молодую красивую жену богатого старого купца. Однако очень скоро события принимают опасный оборот…

Enticed by advertisements for a luxury retirement home in India, a group of strangers leave England to begin a new life. On arrival, however, they discover the palace is a shell of its former self, the staff are more than a little eccentric and the days of the Raj appear to be long gone. But, as they soon discover, life and love can begin again, even in the most unexpected circumstances.

Pru is on her own. But then, so are plenty of other people. And while the loneliness can be overwhelming, surely she'll find a party somewhere? Pru's husband has walked out, leaving her alone to contemplate her future. She's missing not so much him, but the life they once had - nestling up like spoons in the cutlery drawer as they sleep. Now there's just a dip on one side of the bed and no-one to fill it. In a daze, Pru goes off to a friend's funeral. Usual old hymns, words of praise and a eulogy but...it doesn't sound like the friend Pru knew. She's gone to the wrong service. Everyone was very welcoming, it was more excitement than she's…

When retired actor Buffy decides to up sticks from London and move to rural Wales, he has no idea what he is letting himself in for. In possession of a run-down B&B that leans more towards the shabby than the chic and is miles from nowhere, he realises he needs to fill the beds - and fast. Enter a motley collection of guests: Harold, whose wife has run off with a younger woman; Amy, who's been unexpectedly dumped by her (not-so) weedy boyfriend and Andy, the hypochondriac postman whose girlfriend is much too much for him to handle. But under Buffy's watchful eye, this disparate group of strangers find they have more in common than…