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Seit Wochen knabbern Heffs Angestellte höchstens noch das Schwarze unter den Fingernägeln weg, denn ihr Chef, der einen ausgeprägten Sinn für Personalführung vermissen lässt, gibt sein Geld lieber für Fallen aus als für Nahrung seiner unterbezahlten Angestellten. Der Hunger treibt Heffs Angestellten schlussendlich zum Kühlschrank der Vermieterin, die von diesem Akt des Mundraubs allerdings alles andere als begeistert ist.

The night after her father's funeral, Claire meets Lucas in a bar. Lucas doesn't know it, but it's not a chance meeting. One thoughtless mistyped email has put him in the crosshairs of an extremely put-out serial killer. But before they make eye contact, before Claire lets him buy her a drink, even before she takes him home and carves him up into little pieces, something about that night is very wrong. Because someone is watching Claire. Someone who is about to discover her murderous little hobby.

A daring, hilariously neurotic literary debut from the acclaimed actor and comedian Brett Gelman (Stranger Things, Fleabag). Enter the wonderfully weird, always uncomfortable, side-splittingly funny world of The Terrifying Realm of the Possible, where your worst fears of who you are or might...

The story of four generations of the Movi family, who all live in a crumbling Hollywood mansion, is chronicled by their stage acting dog and primary breadwinner Chumley P. Movi. A reality TV show based on their everyday existence appears to be the perfect vehicle to revive their glory days in the entertainment industry, but as the family will soon realize, you have to be careful what you wish for.

Jason hadn’t seen his grandpa in years. And when he inherits a large estate, the Dummy is something he can’t get rid of. It’s a loud, wild ride with hilarious, terrifying twists and turns.

A fast-paced, hilarious, and ultimately hopeful novel for anyone who has ever worried they might be a terrible person—from the bestselling author of Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead. Enid is obsessed with space. She can tell you all about black holes and their ability to spaghettify...

A psychologist with a savior complex offers shelter to a recently cancelled K-pop idol in this “first great K-pop literary phenomenon” (Debutiful) that is perfect for fans of Mouth to Mouth and Black Buck. Sang Duri is the eldest member and “visual” of a Korean boy band at the apex of...

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize | Winner of the Joyce Carol Oates Prize | Finalist for the Kirkus Prize “A blistering, hilarious, tragic novel that is simultaneously absurd and painfully real.” —The Miami Herald Scarface meets Moby Dick in Say Hello to My Little Friend following...

Cuando Grace Bernard descubre que el padre millonario que la abandonó ha ignorado las llamadas de auxilio de su madre moribunda, jura venganza y se propone matar a todos los miembros de su acaudalada familia. Así que hace una lista de nombres y, decidida a tacharlos todos, se lanza en una misión despiadada para hacer justicia y, en el proceso, convertirse en la única heredera de la fortuna de los Artemis.

While traveling back home from a job interview in California, Mark and Ally Thurston suffer a car accident in Middle of Nowhere Kansas. After walking for miles to the nearest convenience store, they are greeted by Hap, the store owner, who invites them to stay the night at his home.

Kyiv, 1919. The Soviets control the city, but White armies menace them from the West. No man trusts his neighbour and any spark of resistance may ignite into open rebellion. When Samson Kolechko's father is murdered, his last act is to save his son from a falling Cossack sabre. Deprived of his right ear instead of his head, Samson is left an orphan, with only his father's collection of abacuses for company. Until, that is, his flat is requisitioned by two Red Army soldiers, whose secret plans Samson is somehow able to overhear with uncanny clarity.

Before Derek Christian became the confused hero, pawn of the universe, and reluctant cosmic adventurer of the Intergalactic novels, he was a simple copywriter at a radio station in Atlanta, WRFA: Radio Free America. This story tells how his writer's block set off a domino effect of murder and cosmic intrigue as The Fear chases him to his breaking point, and how he manages to escape into a world not of his own making.

Nummer 1 på New York Times’ bestsellerliste og vinder af Costa First Novel Book Award 2017.

Eleanor Oliphant er en socialt kejtet kvinde, der lever et liv i ensomhed. På hverdagene passer hun sit kontorjob, og weekenderne består af dybfrost-pizza og vodka. Men hun har det helt ’fint’, og ingen har nogensinde fortalt hende, at livet kan være mere end det.

Alting forandrer sig dog, da Eleanor møder Raymond, den kluntede, usoignerede IT-fyr fra kontoret. Da hun og Raymond sammen hjælper Sammy, en ældre herre, der er faldet på fortovet, spirer et venskab gradvist frem mellem dem.

Molly Gray wears her Head Maid badge proudly for every shift at the Regency Grand Hotel, plumping pillows, sweeping up the guests’ secrets, silently restoring rooms to a state of perfection. But when a renowned guest – a famous mystery writer – drops very dead in the grand tea room, Molly has an unusual clean-up on her hands. As rumours and suspicion swirl in the hotel corridors, it’s clear there’s grime lurking beneath the gilt. And Molly knows that she alone holds the key to the mystery.

Une comédie déjantée, où l’inattendu rencontre l’humour à chaque page! Je m'appelle Damien Hachett : 34 ans, légiste, catapulté médecin chef à l'Institut Médico-Judiciaire. Tard le soir, entre deux macchabées carbonisés ou livrés coupés en morceaux dans un joli paquet cadeau, j'écris des bouquins. Jusqu'à ce qu'une nuit, mon plus vieux lecteur atterrisse sur ma table d'autopsie. Et maintenant... que les ennuis commencent !

Mi chiamo Grace Bernard e, con ogni probabilità, il mio nome non vi dice proprio niente. Nessuno mi conosce perché languisco dietro le sbarre per l’unico crimine che non ho commesso. Eppure, se devo dire la verità nient’altro che la verità, ho ucciso diverse persone, alcune in modo brutale, altre con maggior delicatezza – vale la pena specificarlo, perché fa un’enorme differenza agli occhi giudicanti della gente. Quando ripenso a ciò che ho fatto, avverto persino una punta di tristezza, giusto una fitta trascurabile, al pensiero che nessuno verrà mai a conoscenza del mio strabiliante piano.

A chance meeting with a school friend of Lottie’s brings Hannah a new case. She’s confident Sandlin Private Investigations can find out who’s responsible for the recent threats at Eliza’s house. But as she and Lottie begin to unravel the facts of the present case, they also find themselves involved in a longstanding mystery.

The UnTed zOmnibus is an undead- and necromancer-themed portal fantasy GameLit/LitRPG. Content includes dead people, dead animals, evil named shovels, necromancers, ancient entities both chaotic and dark, and brutality.

Penny has caught some unlucky breaks in life, which is why she is driving an Uber instead of running her own restaurant. However, her luck changes when a mysterious stranger gifts her an antique coin and then quickly kills himself right in front of her. Before she can process the trauma, Penny learns this coin is her ticket into Pendulum, an organization that controls all of the life-altering luck in the world. But to earn their unique good luck, Penny needs to choose someone and cause their bad luck. To help herself, she needs to hurt someone she knows, over and over again.

Stella loves her life in London, being far from the foul-mouthed, flame-haired grandmother who raised her. Then, she gets the dreaded call in the middle of the night, and finds herself living with Gina in the crazy coastal town of Mapton on Sea.

La periodista y madre soltera Suzy Hamilton recibe una llamada de teléfono una mañana de verano y descubre que la protagonista de uno de sus nuevos artículos de investigación, la bloguera de bienestar y salud de veintiocho años Tracey Doran, se ha suicidado esa noche. La noticia la horroriza, pero sale adelante de la única forma que sabe: a través del trabajo, la maternidad y continuando con sus desacertadas aventuras, una tras otra.

In the land of Daoistan, freedom has arrived at last. The revolution liberated all, then enslaved everyone, and now it was liberating them again by allowing people to own credit cards. And a man with credit is a man who has the world at his fingertips, or at least a trip into town where the temptations are pretty much as they have always been, only more people can afford them.

Den snart 40-årige Bertil bor hjemme hos sine forældre i Sdr. Kvong ved Vesterhavet. Han kan ikke se nogen mening med at være i live og har købt to krysantemumbomber for at sprænge sig selv og hønsehuset i luften. Det eneste problem er, at han ikke rigtig har viljen til at begå selvmord. Da hans mor i ledtog med kommunen tvinger ham i aktivering som besøgsven hos den gamle, etbenede dame Judith, får han sin sag for. "DØDSMODEN" af Simon Holm Pedersen er en sort og absurd komedie om livsangst og dødsdrift, ensomhed og umage venskab - og om at finde en vej ud af sit eget forknudrede hoved.

One night, the body of a young woman is found, naked but for a necklace, tied to a statue outside a block of luxury flats. There should be an outcry. But the police rule it a suicide, and move on. Private investigators Lee and Jo, owners of No Stone Unturned detective agency in Leeds, are tasked with looking into the case. Who was the woman? Did she really kill herself? As they investigate, Lee and Jo uncover shocking secrets. And when they see links between this case and another they are working on, they are forced to question – is any woman ever truly safe in this world?

There was always one point, one moment in all of reality where everything that was will fight for everything that might be. It’s this point. Well, several points, but all happening at the same time, but not the same time. It’s super complicated. Some question whether it really happened at all, or will happen.

All her life, Susan's loved ones have been hiding a terrible secret from her: If she thinks too hard, her head will explode. Luckily, her devoted boyfriend, anxious parents and fierce best friend are prepared to do whatever it takes to keep Susan safe in ignorant, thoughtless bliss. And until now, Susan has lived happily in a bubble of TV and takeaways, social media and small talk; anything to distract her from the spiralling thoughts that so often haunt the rest of us - thoughts that would be deadly for her.

Hvor langt er du klar til at gå, når du ikke længere har noget at miste? Alex Storm har mistet næsten alt. Nu risikerer han også at miste sin kone, Jessica, hvis han ikke kapper båndet til sin halvbror, Peter Bao, der er leder af en magtfuld Hongkong-triade. Da Alex rejser til Hongkong for at finde ud af mere om sit kinesiske ophav, bliver Jessica tvunget til at involvere sig med et colombiansk narkokartel. Samtidig bliver Peter udsat for et drabsforsøg. Han lugter blod og vil rydde ud blandt sine fjender – også blandt dem, der er tættest på Alex.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 'A tender story about family, love, intergenerational grief, living up to family expectations and making your own way'. Nicole Abadee, Sydney Morning Herald Sorrow and Bliss meets Normal People in this utterly compelling, darkly humorous millennial...

Kevin Mallory is a customer assistance representative for a cable company. He keeps his customers on hold, his supervisor on the run, and his female nemesis on ice, but a new friend just might change his perspective.

The Way We Thunk is the much anticipated follow-up to the 2018 best-seller Meeting Mungo Thunk—a novel that's attracted many thousands of loyal fans and five-star reviews. Now, Mungo Thunk is back, and he's quirkier than ever....

A hellacious thunderstorm rages over the small tin mining town of Bleddington, waking reclusive teenager, Willard Jennings, from his sleep. As the fleeting flashes of light illuminate the room, he sees brief and taunting glimpses of a broken figure standing at the foot of his bed.

Marilyn Monroe died just after midnight on August 5, 1962; former Little League champion Kimitake "Clyde" Koba was born on the same day, at the same time. As Clyde struggles to escape the ghost of his brother and his alcoholic father and stumbles through his first love, he finds strength in the belief that he is the reincarnation of Monroe. Meanwhile....

When Brooke is released from rehab and goes back home, her bestie April moves in to keep her company and help her get back on her feet. The two start dating guys. When one guy makes a move on April, Brooke's alter ego Hayden makes him pay with his life.They scramble to hide the body, but then a detective pays a visit and questions them.

Canadian author James K. Moran's debut collection of dark fiction offers fantasy, sci-fi, and horror shot through with hope and friendship.

Garth Marenghi - Frighternerman, Darkscribe, Doomsage - is back with volume two of his TerrorTome . . . Horror novelist Nick Steen is abducted and imprisoned at Nulltec, a shadowy technological research facility with excellent conference parking, concealed deep on the Stalkford Downs. There he is observed, tested and 'interfered with' (physically) by a team of scientific experts led by Dr Barbara Nullman, determined to probe and 'nullify' his escaping imagination . . .

Una noche, hace varios años, Iván le sugirió a su prima María la idea de escribir juntos un libro sobre la gira musical Leiva vs. Ferreiro de 2013. ¿Qué pasó realmente durante esa mítica gira? Este es el hilo conductor de Meteoro y el Señor Conejo, una autobiografía de ficción en la que Iván Ferreiro sufre una auténtica odisea mientras el esperpento se fue adueñando de un tour que ofrecía una versión en el escenario, esa que vio el público que asistió a los conciertos, y otra disparatada en el backstage.

Gamer, geek, and vampire – Bill Ryder was a normal guy who's now trying to survive in a world of abnormal horrors. Despite awesome powers and a Brooklyn-sized attitude, the odds are stacked heavily against him. Bill must fulfill his destiny and save the world from the ancient terrors threatening it – all while trying to build some semblance of a social life.

Saffy Huntley-Oliver is beautiful, charming, rich, and in her spare time she's a serial killer. For the past fifteen years she's been hunting down and killing bad men: rapists, murderers, domestic abusers. As a hobby, it's not as Instagrammable as baking, but at least it's better for your thighs. The problem is, that it's hard to sustain a healthy, balanced heterosexual relationship when you're expecting to have to kill your boyfriend at any moment. She's lost her faith in mankind. That's why she's decided to look for a good man instead, preferably one who shares her interests.

Paul is a simple handyman looking for work. He thinks it should be easy to get a job. But it's not. This is The Wasteland. The Wasteland sucks. Introducing himself as a handyman is the biggest mistake he’s ever made. Why? Because someone’s on a murdering rampage. Everyone calls this infamous killer "The Handyman."

Eigentlich haben wir nur eine Person gesucht und am Ende drei gefunden. Doch wie soll es jetzt weitergehen? Diese neue Welt ist nicht für jeden gemacht und manche brauchen mehr Schutz als andere.

Haben uns wirklich Zombies gerettet? Abgesehen davon warten noch viele weitere Überraschungen auf mich. Unsere Retter sind nicht irgendjemand, sondern... das sage ich jetzt natürlich nicht! Dazu kommen noch schwierige Entscheidungen, ein paar Todesfälle und ein DVD Abend. Die alltägliche Apokalypse eben.