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Wo ist Laura? Der Aufzug klemmt, die Kaffeemaschine tropft, im Büro stapeln sich die Beschwerden, aber niemand tut etwas. Laura Clark ist weg. Einfach so. Ihr Ehemann Mark kämpft mit Handwerkern, die sein Haus überrennen, Tochter Sian sucht verzweifelt in Wäschebergen nach Antworten, und im Büro geht alles drunter und drüber. Niemand, nicht mal ihre beste Freundin, weiß, wo Laura abgeblieben ist.

Some people will do anything to feel like they belong. American ex-pat twenty-three-year-old Skye Sullivan is Influence Manager for Amsterdam's hottest startup. CoHab is a co-living community founded by charismatic Silas Hayes, and earmarked as the Next Big Thing. Everyone wants to work there...

Life is easy, it's men she'll never figure out . . . When hotel manager Daisy MacLean meets cocky sports hero Dev Tyzack, it's a no brainer—stay away. He is arrogant and sarcastic—but also incredibly sexy. Daisy tries her best to steer clear of him, yet soon comes to realize he is the one...

A wildly funny and richly resonant novel about the absurdities and hypocrisies of twenty-first-century higher education and what parents will sacrifice to get their children into the schools of their dreams, from a celebrated Canadian novelist Devi is a Sri Lankan village girl who dreams of...

Every wedding guest's worst nightmare is on repeat in this monstrous, gripping, heartfelt time loop horror story about love, loss, and moving on from the New York Times bestselling author of Cackle and Play Nice. Will this nightmare ever end? It's the picture-perfect wedding weekend—the venue...

Working at the local grocery store and surviving high school used to be the hard part. Now the real problem? Time and space keep breaking. The JackSkip Detective Agency (and bait shop—long story) is way out of its depth. Reality is cracking open: demons are slipping through, alternate selves keep showing up, and something big, furious, and cosmic is behind it all. Skip and Jack (careful, that’s trademarked by the Tuna Conglomerate) and Annabelle, aka A.B., are the victims of a bizarre pivotal location, a town that is at the center of a Universal Conflux of Doom.

“A sharp and humorous tale of a woman’s search for purpose. It's a hoot." —Publishers Weekly From NYT and USA Today bestselling author Eva Lesko Natiello comes a witty and relatable story about starting over, found family, and a dog’s unexpected wisdom: For fans of THE WEDDING PEOPLE and...

A wickedly funny and empowering thriller about women, the manipulators who underestimate them, and keeping your dignity while saving the day by the author of I Thought You Said This Would Work. Jane Baye is a regular person, good at a lot of things, but identifying the serial killer right in...

READ BY CAROLINE LEE "Riveting." — Washington Post From Liane Moriarty, author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, comes an unforgettable novel defined by her signature sharp wit, page-turning storyline, and lovable and eccentric characters. A...

"A book that's a feast, an occasion and a celebration. Randy Boyagoda delightfully skewers the industrial-academic complex but also creates moving characters who seem to have walked in from the dorm and faculty meeting next door. The result is as moving as it is hysterically funny." —Gary...

Count Arthur Strong’s first spy novella! A thrilling race against time as New Scotland Yard’s inspector Marsden pits his wits against an old foe. Wrestling with his inner demons, New Scotland Yard’s top police inspector, Inspector Marsden has to somehow put the past behind him and solve...

For radio shock jock Nancy Neptune, life is just one big promotion. But when she's sent to work at a radio station near a polygamist compound in Utah, trouble comes in triplicate. In a land where one good wife deserves another, Nancy Neptune hooks up with a drag queen and a one-armed reporter to...

REED After years in stifling corporate architecture, Reed Berry is chasing his dream in Fairwick Falls: opening a cozy bookstore. His plan? Design a bookstore that sparks wonder to honor his late grandfather. The hitch? Pearl Bishop—his new assistant, and the human embodiment of a "Do Not...

Uppbrott och Försoning är en verklighetsbaserad roman där en rad dramatiska och mystiska företeelser tar läsaren med på en hisnande resa. Boken handlar om svek och uppslitande uppbrott, men även om insikt och uppvaknande. "En före detta musiker kollega hör av sig efter 25 års tystnad...

世人只知有盗墓，却不知盗墓这一行中的高手，被称之为：摸金校尉！ 摸金一脉源远流长，最早可以追溯到三国时期。 据说每个摸金校尉下墓前，都会佩戴一枚摸金符，用来防止棺材里的粽子诈尸。...

SAND IM SCHUH: Wo zum Kuckuck ist Harald von Friedwitz bloß abgeblieben? Nach einem feuchtfröhlichen Abend stehen am nächsten Morgen nur noch seine herrenlosen Schuhe am Strand der Nordseeinsel Langeoog. Ein Unglück? Oder könnte er sich etwas angetan haben? Vielleicht ist ihm auch lediglich...

L'arcigna zia Dahlia ha incaricato Bertie Wooster di rimediarle una vecchia lattiera a forma di mucca. Il piano è semplice: Bertie dovrà recarsi nel vicino negozio di antiquariato e tentare di abbassare il prezzo del bovino d'argento. Una volta lì, il giovane Wooster viene però informato – disgrazia! – che il prezioso oggetto è stato appena acquistato da Sir Watkyn, magistrato londinese che da qualche tempo si accompagna a Roderick Spode.

Betty Singer blickt auf ein buntes Leben als Hippie und Kommunen-Bewohnerin zurück. Bis sich plötzlich alles auflöst wie eine Reinigungstablette für dritte Zähne: Sie verliert ihren Job als Feng-Shui-Beraterin, der hypochondrische Lebensgefährte geht ins Kloster und ihr wird die Wohnung gekündigt. Doch so leicht lässt sich eine selbstbewusste Frau nicht unterkriegen. Betty fasst einen Entschluss, zukunftsorientiert und als Lösung aller Probleme: Sie will endlich heiraten – und zwar reich heiraten!

Ein bayerisches Dorf braucht Hilfe aus dem Jenseits. Xaver Gottwald, der Dorfpolizist, genießt sein Familienessen mit seinem Vater und seiner Tante. Die ist extra angereist, um an einer Séance teilzunehmen. Franz Abwerzger findet anstatt eines Riesenfischs eine Leiche. Sofort beginnt Xaver zu ermitteln und das führt ihn direkt zu Spirit-Us, wo auch der Tote auf einen Plausch vorbeischaut.

The adventures of a poor gentleman who, inspired by reading novels of chivalry, sets out in the company of his faithful squire Sancho Panza to help the poor, weak and oppressed, as well as to fight against evil. Driven by the desire to achieve immortal fame and the love of Dulcinea - a peasant girl whom he named lady of his heart - Don Quixote becomes entangled in successive adventures and, in his attempt to fix the world, he will fight more than one heroic battle against windmills that, in his eyes, take the form of dangerous giants...