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Jan Nyman, the ace detective of the covert operations unit of the National Central Police, is sent to a sleepy seaside town to investigate a mysterious death. Nyman arrives in the town dominated by a bizarre holiday village - the ‘hottest beach in Finland’. The suspect: Olivia Koski, who has only recently returned to her old hometown. The mission: find out what happened, by any means necessary.

Gestorben wird immer, aber selten so vergnügt: "Der Tod ist schwer zu überleben" von Bestsellerautor Sebastian Niedlich jetzt als Hörbuch. Es gibt Traumjobs. Es gibt Höllenjobs. Und es gibt den Job, vor dem sich Martin bisher erfolgreich gedrückt hat - denn eigentlich soll er Nachfolger seines besten Freundes werden, dem leibhaftigen Tod. Stattdessen gibt es nun plötzlich andere Kandidaten für den Job, zu denen eine mordlustige Studentin, ein liebenswerter Pazifist und eine trinkfeste Russin gehören. Aber ist einer von ihnen die richtige Wahl?

Kos-Kos Shabdkosh, by Rakesh Kayasth, can be categorized as a valuable dictionary or thesaurus or essays of sarcasm in Hindi. This pause-resisting parody of 50 contemporary Hindi words used in various social and political contexts defines them differently with an edge of sarcasm. Although the words are most commonly used, the author’s wit gives them new dimensions of unusual, satirical interpretations. You will find your smiles evolving into roaring chortles and sometimes find yourself delving deep into the delicate nuances of the author’s elucidations.

The phone hasn't rung for months. Suzy Marshall is discovering that work can be sluggish for an actress over 60 - even for the former star of a 1980s TV series. So when she's offered the plum role of Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest in Zurich, it seems like a godsend. Until, that is, the play is abruptly cancelled in suspicious circumstances, and Suzy is forced to take a job on a cruise ship to get home.

Kathy is a writer. Kathy is getting married. It’s the summer of 2017 and the whole world is falling apart. Fast-paced and frantic, Crudo unfolds in real time from the full-throttle perspective of a commitment-phobic artist who may or may not be Kathy Acker. From a Tuscan hotel for the super-rich to a Brexit-paralyzed UK, Kathy spends the first summer of her 40s adjusting to the idea of a lifelong commitment. But it’s not only Kathy who’s changing. Fascism is on the rise, truth is dead, the planet is heating up, and Trump is tweeting the world ever-closer to nuclear war.

Isobel Avery’s first six months as an undercover poison taster haven’t exactly been easy. But this week will be worse. Two people with nothing in common are found dead. Apparently poisoned by an artificial intelligence security system. Now Izzy needs to find out whether robots are taking over the world or if there's a geeky murderer on the loose. Oh, and she also needs to juggle the demands of her personal life - playing along with Etta's latest deception, rehoming a mysteriously acquired stray dog, cheering up her mopey housemate, and helping Harper cut ties with her boyfriend.

Gerade hat Mia das erste Lebensjahr hinter sich gebracht, hat gelernt, wie man Bio-Essen dekorativ verteilt und Eltern wochenlang wachhält, da beschließen Mama und Papa, dass ihnen einmal Babyhölle nicht reicht. Erst holen sie allen Ernstes noch ein Kind ins Haus - einen Jungen, igitti! -, und dann will Mama wieder arbeiten. Und während Papa gezwungenermaßen mit Brüderchen Fritz zu Hause bleibt, soll Mia tatsächlich in die Kita gehen. Abschiebung - nicht mit Mia! Da haben die lieben Eltern die Rechnung ohne das Kind gemacht.

Gerade hat Mia das erste Lebensjahr hinter sich gebracht, hat gelernt, wie man Bio-Essen dekorativ verteilt und Eltern wochenlang wachhält, da beschließen Mama und Papa, dass ihnen einmal Babyhölle nicht reicht. Erst holen sie allen Ernstes noch ein Kind ins Haus - einen Jungen, igitti! -, und dann will Mama wieder arbeiten. Und während Papa gezwungenermaßen mit Brüderchen Fritz zu Hause bleibt, soll Mia tatsächlich in die Kita gehen. Abschiebung - nicht mit Mia! Da haben die lieben Eltern die Rechnung ohne das Kind gemacht.

Inception meets Black Mirror for the YouTube generation. The idea behind MindCast is simple. We insert a small chip into your skull and then every thought, every feeling, every memory is streamed live, 24 hours a day. Trust me - within a few months you'll be the most talked about person on the planet. When David Callow is offered the lead role in a revolutionary new online show, he snatches the opportunity. Rapidly becoming a viral sensation, David is propelled to stratospheric levels of celebrity. However, he soon realises the downside of sharing every secret with the world....

Ein kaltblütiger Mord und ein perfides Spiel um Leben und Tod - der neue Fall für Eve Dallas. Der kaltblütige Mord an der sechzehnjährigen Deena McMasters...

2028. Prime Minister Fitzwilliams' instincts tell him it's time to call a snap election. His cabinet team is adequate (just), the howling protests of the doctors after the GP changes has finally died down and, best of all, the Australian Greens are in receivership. So what could possibly go wrong? The PM is prepared for everything until he finds himself facing what he least expected - an actual opposition. How do you deal with a party that doesn't play by the rules, protests in the nude, sends mail by carrier pigeon and has a list of candidates all called Ned Ludd?

Comment vivre une histoire d'amour avec une jeune femme du XVe siècle, quand on est contrôleur des impôts à Châteauroux en 2008 ?

Montese Crandall is a downtrodden writer whose rare collection of baseball cards won't sustain him, financially or emotionally, through the grave illness of his wife. Luckily, he swindles himself a job churning out a novelization of the 2025 remake of a 1963 horror classic, "The Crawling Hand." Crandall tells therein of the United States, in a bid to regain global eminence, launching at last its doomed manned mission to the desolation of Mars.

At the start of this vibrant and invigorating novel, Robert Brill has a farm, a law practice, a daughter in high school, a son fighting in Vietnam, and a wife who deep-dives into the sherry bottle every night. What more can a typical Midwesterner ask for in the late 1960s? A lot, thinks Brill.

With cutting wit, fierce conviction, and surprising empathy, Vonnegut explores a diverse range of topics including society, politics, sex, literature, and mortality. Fans who believe they've read all of Vonnegut's work will be delighted to find the author speaking frankly about timely and relevant new topics - with an amusing yet insightful style that's instantly recognizable.

After three centuries trapped underground, thousand-year-old Yulric Bile, also known as The Cursed One, The Devil's Apprentice, He Who Worships the Slumbering Horrors, awakens only to find that no one believes he is a vampire. Apparently he's just too ugly. Modern vampires, he soon discovers, are pretty, weak, and, most disturbing of all, good.

The everyday insanity of life at a fictional literary review. The journal Belles Lettres has a long and storied history, which is what enticed young editor Frank Page over its threshold in the first place. But Frank did not anticipate the infighting, backstabbing, and utter oddity that are all business as usual at the respected magazine. Still, nothing can match Frank’s thrill at discovering a new literary phenom. But the book industry seems to be on the decline. Integrity is going extinct as conglomerate giants gobble up smaller organs and trample innovation and daring into the muck of commerciality.

Frühstücke ausgiebig, buche alle deine Urlaube Jahre im Voraus, zieh dir was Vernünftiges an und gehorche dem roten Ampelmann! "Wie man Deutscher wird" erklärt all die kleinen Absurditäten, die das Leben in Deutschland so herrlich machen. Das Buch ist Pflichtlektüre für little foreigners wie für all diejenigen Deutschen, die ihr eigenes Land immer noch nicht so ganz verstanden haben.

Thea hat an Weihnachten vor einem Jahr in Cornwall den unwiderstehlichen Sean kennengelernt und sich Hals über Kopf in ihn verliebt. Ein Jahr später soll die Hochzeit stattfinden, doch macht die turblente Familie ihr fast einen Strich durch die Rechnung.

Welcome back, little Ausländer! Mit seinem Kultbuch "Wie man Deutscher wird in 50 einfachen Schritten" hat Adam Fletcher Hunderttausenden von foreigners und Deutschen geholfen, sich in diesem herrlichen Land zurechtzufinden. Jetzt ist es Zeit für die nächsten Schritte der Integration. Sein neues Werk weiht uns ein in die tiefen Geheimnisse von Kaffee und Kuchen, Baumärkten und Weihnachtsmärkten, von Holzspielzeug und Tischfußball.