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If you suddenly had a friend that only you could see or hear, what would you do? You could worry that your stressful life has tipped you over the edge and you have lost the plot, big time. You could hide under your duvet, hoping that they would go away. Or you could have some fun....

This audio collection of wildly whimsical works was written by legendary cartoon voice magician Daws Butler (Yogi Bear) and voiced entirely by Daws Butler protege Joe Bev.

Lara Lington has always had an overactive imagination, but suddenly that imagination seems to be in overdrive. Normal professional twenty-something young women don’t get visited by ghosts. Or do they? When the spirit of Lara’s great-aunt Sadie–a feisty, demanding girl with firm ideas about...

Brought to you by Penguin. A hilarious story of love, dancing, fashion and a very unlikely friendship. If you suddenly had a friend that only you could see or hear, what would you do? You could worry that your stressful life has tipped you over the edge and you have lost the plot, big time...

Tommy Fugue never cared for the family business. But when his father—aka Big Al, aka King of the Denver Streets—assigns him the “summer job” of laundering money online, Tommy figures he can list some fake projects on FunFunder, pledge them with zombie accounts, and clean a dirty $20,000 in time for college in the fall. Unfortunately for Tommy, he’s more creative than he thought. Just as he’s about to give his father’s capos a progress report, he sees that a roleplaying game he mocked up using his mom’s old artwork has been funded to the tune of $650,000… and counting.

Avery Shaw has never met a fight she didn’t want to win. Losing isn’t in her vocabulary. Even as things change—marriage, growing up, learning to be humble—that one thing stays the same. Join Avery on her continuing adventure as she takes on local politicians, human traffickers, and mobsters… all the while holding on to her trademark snark. She’s not just a legend in her own mind this time. This three-book omnibus includes Hard Hitting & Misleading, Fake News & Office Blues, and Opinionated & Out of Control.

Lara Lington has always had an overactive imagination, but suddenly that imagination seems to be in overdrive. Normal professional twenty-something young women don’t get visited by ghosts. Or do they? When the spirit of Lara’s great-aunt Sadie–a feisty, demanding girl with firm ideas about...

A story from the collection FOR THE RELIEF OF UNBEARABLE URGES, a work of startling authority and imagination–an audiobook that is as wondrous and joyful as it is wrenchingly sad. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK “Taut, edgy, sharply observed. . . . A revelation of the human condition.”...

Diese Anthologie enthält 20 Kurzgeschichten. Einige sind witzig, andere gruselig und die meisten sind einfach komisch.

η ανθολογ?α περι?χει δ?κα μικρ?ς και τυχα?ες ιστορ?ες.

"The Big Guys" - Flash fiction, winner of the Derringer Award. "A Fistful of Cozy" - A satire of the mystery cozy genre. "Cleansing" - An ancient crime of biblical proportions. "Lying Eyes" - Solve it yourself, given the clues."Perfect Plan" - Another solve it yourself. Don't you remember One Minute Mysteries and Encyclopedia Brown? "Piece of Cake" - Another solve it yourself, originally featured in Woman's World.

While somewhat outdated and steeped in the prejudice of the day, the Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin fable The Lost Conscience is nevertheless a worthy tale to ponder and a great study of a mind seeking to discard its inhibitions (and not in a good way).

Privatdetektiv Philip Maloney ermittelt mit Charme, Schalk und unverkennbarer Raubeinigkeit. Seine Fälle werden ihm von seinen Klienten zugetragen und beginnen harmlos, doch stößt Maloney im Laufe der Ermittlungen meistens auf eine Leiche. Widerwillig muss er mit der Polizei zusammenarbeiten. Der zuständige Beamte ist nicht der Hellste und löst lieber Kreuzworträtsel als Kriminalfälle. Am Ende klärt immer Maloney den Fall.

The Duke and the Dauphin inquire about Jim. Huck claims they travel at night because he's tired of so many people asking if Jim is a runaway slave. The dauphin and the duke attend a revival meeting. The dauphin claims he is a reformed pirate, soon to be returning to the Indian Ocean as a missionary. The revivalists take up a collection for the dauphin. While in town, the duke takes over a deserted printing shop.

Baba is a semi-literate man living a simple life centred on the local auto repair shop in Palemo, how he will find his next meal and an obsession with his disinterested, Nollywood star-wannabe wife, Munira, and her voluptuous body. Baba is acutely aware of the water corruption. One day on the news, a story about international humanitarian Bono flashes onscreen. Bono is in Africa to do good, and like a thunderbolt, Baba decides that Bono is the answer to all of his problems.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Stephanie Plum has her sights set on catching a notorious mob boss. If she doesn’t take him down, he may take her out. “The most popular mystery writer alive.”—The New York Times New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum knows better than to mess with...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Stephanie Plum knows that something big is brewing in Trenton, New Jersey—and it could blow at any minute. “The most popular mystery writer alive.”—The New York Times Stephanie Plum might not be the world’s greatest bounty hunter, but she knows when...

Janet Evanovich’s #1 New York Times bestselling sensation Stephanie Plum returns in her twenty-forth thriller as mutilated corpses litter the streets of New Jersey... Trouble comes in bunches for Stephanie Plum. First, professional grave robber and semi-professional loon, Simon Diggery...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the heart of Trenton, New Jersey, Stephanie Plum tracks a killer who is out to make sure someone gets his just desserts. “The most popular mystery writer alive.”—The New York Times Larry Virgil skipped out on his latest court date after he was...

The No. 1 New York Times bestseller! How far will Stephanie Plum go to protect the one person who means the most to her? The stakes have never been higher in this unputdownable thriller from Janet Evanovich. This isn't just another case. This is family. Grandma Mazur has decided to get married...