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Years after fleeing San Francisco and getting sober, Jhanvi has made a life for herself working at a grocery co-op and saving for her surgeries. But when her friend (and sometimes more) Henry mentions that he and his techie festival-goer friends spent $100,000 to transform a warehouse basement into a sex dungeon, Jhanvi starts wondering if there's a way to exploit these gullible idiots. She returns to San Francisco, hatching a plan to marry Henry for his company's generous healthcare benefits.

When artist Eloise Ford hears that human remains found in an abandoned mine are believed to be those of long-missing teenager Elizabeth King, the shock sends her reeling. It can't be true. Eloise knows this for a fact because... she is Elizabeth King. Now, her carefully curated life in Cornwall is falling apart. Her husband is acting strangely, her children aren't speaking to her and she can't sell a painting for love nor money. But much more worrying are the signs that someone knows exactly who she is... and why she had to vanish thirty years ago.

It’s been disastrous since Bud and Catherine opened up their marriage, and none of the Flynns can remember the last time a meal was cooked, a load of laundry was done, or a social code was abided by. Not that Catherine and Bud aren’t trying – and trying new things. Bud still drives to his job at the Harbor(TM) in the family minivan, which, yes, is also now his home, and Catherine still refuses to conform to domestic pressures – she’s an artist, a woman, and no one understands her! And the girls? Surely they’re fine, whatever it is they’re up to.

Meet Charlie King. He’s doing great! Honestly. A fantastic job, two solid best mates and a girlfriend who might just be The One. Life is good. Perfect, even. So why is he waking up in a cold sweat? Why does his heart keep trying to punch its way out of his chest? Charlie should probably see a doctor. That’s what everyone keeps telling him. But it’s not that bad. He just needs a decent night’s sleep. Other than that, he’s Totally Fine. Except for that car crash a few months ago—the one he barely remembers. The one he hasn’t thought about at all.

I Am an Author is a tale of the extraordinary lengths to which one might go in pursuit of a dream. Laced with black humour, it will resonate with anyone who has sought recognition as a writer but also those who enjoy a fast-moving thriller with lots of twists and a killer punch line.

Zwei Leichen und ein Häkelkreis – das kann kein Zufall sein! Im beschaulichen sauerländischen Dorf Affeln wird es wieder kriminell: Ausgerechnet beim wöchentlichen Häkelabend segnen zwei Damen das Zeitliche. Für Hubbi, Kneipenwirtin der legendären "Nuckelpinne" und selbsternannte Hobbydetektivin, ist klar: Hier muss jemand nachhelfen – und zwar nicht mit der Häkelnadel. Blöd nur, dass ihre Freundin und Stammkundin Gerda auf einmal selbst unter Verdacht steht. Und als wäre das nicht genug, steht auch Hubbis geliebte Kneipe kurz vor dem Aus. Geld muss her – und zwar schnell!

Underground revolutionaries, The Nail, and their rookie, Luke, snatch 23- year-old heiress Adeline Woolsaw. Her parents, the Woolsaws, control a vast empire outsourcing everything from prisons to bases. The Nail aims to expose this shadowy power grab. But their plan twists. Adeline's pregnant. Her child, about to be born, isn’t human. It’s a supernatural being, product of a demonic ritual in the Woolsaws’ Highgate mansion. The family’s endgame? An infernal kingdom with Adeline's son as king.

Caro führt ein glückliches Hundeleben ... bis Bella in seinem Heim auftaucht. Hund und Katze vertragen sich nicht? Davon könnte Caro ein Lied singen. Oder Bella ein Gedicht schreiben. Obwohl - nicht nötig! In Versform, um die herrschende Dramatik besser ausdrücken zu können, erzählt dieses Hörbuch die Geschichte von Bella und Caro.

Lachlan Kane, killer professionista, vorrebbe ritirarsi dagli "affari" e dimenticare il passato dedicandosi al suo negozio di pelletteria. Impresa tutt'altro che facile... fino a quando Lark Montague, cantante indie nonché migliore amica della ragazza di suo fratello, gli propone un accordo: lui darà la caccia a un assassino e lei gli garantirà la libertà. Perché il piano funzioni, però, dovranno sposarsi.

Locinda has a debt to pay—and the clock is ticking. Desperate to erase her mistakes and financial woes, she signs a contract with a nefarious company, Joyful Coffin & Co. Matchmaking Services, to be a bride in the Afterlife to the highest bidder. Next thing she knows, she’s smuggled underground into the caves where her training coffin awaits. All that’s left to do now is submit to her fate and renounce her past life by dying a nameless nobody.

President Robert Thompson, ensnared in a fetish-related scandal and facing imminent impeachment, fakes his own assassination with the help of his ambitious wife and psychiatrist. His goal? To secure his legacy and vanish to an island. This satirical tale follows Thompson’s transformation from disgraced politician to mythic hero. As story plot unfolds, his psychiatrist, Petros Andros (Pete), finds himself entangled in a web of deceit, obsession, and indiscretions of his own.

All Olivia wanted was one last miserable Christmas with her husband’s awful family before moving to Australia. She didn’t expect a murder. Or another. Or another. Now the snow has cut them off and she’s stuck in a crumbling country house, with ten increasingly deranged relatives and the rising suspicion that someone is picking them off one by one. As the bodies pile up and the festive façade starts to crack, Olivia must survive the season, clear her name and uncover the killer – Or, at the very least, get through lunch without anyone else choking on a sprout.

Horror author Nick Steen is having visions... A sinister Black Steeple; eerie lights in the sky that look like a Catherine wheel but are not remotely a Catherine wheel... Plus a giant skeleton with a moustache. Are they omens? Auguries? Portenderings of things to come? (Spoiler - yes, they are.) For Nick Steen's imagination is bursting out of his brain and threatening to burst in turn the entirety of Stalkford. Can Nick stop the aforesaid bursting? Or have things already slightly burst regardless?

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Fearne Dixon hates Christmas. As the long-suffering wife of the Ellsbury Christmas Market’s manager, she’s sick to the back teeth of it and it’s still only November. But then the bodies start piling up, an old rival arrives back in her life, and Fearne reaches breaking point.

Life can’t go on like this – can it? This book is for everyone who has ever wanted more: more time, more meaning, more connection. Discontent is an audacious, darkly funny novel and perfect summer read about a young woman in Madrid whose carefully crafted office persona threatens to crack when she’s forced to attend her company’s annual retreat On the surface, Marisa’s life looks enviable. She lives in a nice apartment in the heart of Madrid, her friendly neighbour and lover Pablo lives downstairs, and she’s risen quickly through the ranks at a successful advertising agency.

At midnight on New Year’s Eve, Trowbridge Vermont EMT Brighid Doran delivers the region’s ambulance to a three-alarm house fire. Afterward, she sits in a warm truck with her girlfriend Sam, a US Army officer fresh from the battlefields of Iraq, as they watch a local volunteer firefighter battle the blast in subzero weather.

In the early 1970s, Poe is living a nomadic life, hopping trains, sleeping rough, and juggling to feed himself. He eventually settles in Philadelphia and masters his street act before ever-growing crowds. When one of his fellow buskers presents him with an opportunity—a bank heist—he should have refused, an innocent bystander is killed, and he splits town a felon.

In einer Hütte findet Heffs Team Schutz vor den Schrecken des Waldes – doch leider auch neue Schrecken! Denn hier finden sie die Aufzeichnungen einer Okkultistin über die Machenschaften eines Hexenzirkels in genau dieser Gegend. Einen Zirkel, der seine Opfer in Kuckucksuhren zu bannen pflegt!

ಬದುಕೆಂಬ ಮಹಾಸಾಗರದಿಂದ ಬೊಗಸೆ ನೀರು ಕೈಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿಡಿದು ಅದು ಕೈಸೊಂದುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹರಿದುಹೋಗುವ ಮುನ್ನ ಅದರ ಗುಣಲಕ್ಷಣವನ್ನು ಹಾಸ್ಯದ ಕಡುಗಣ್ಣಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡುವ ಕಥೆಯಿದು.