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Detective Lola is heading back over the river from a rare night out when she spots a crowd of people looking over the parapet. Someone’s gone in. A young man called Cammy witnessed everything. He swears it’s the work of the Clyde Pusher, but is terrified of the police. The Clyde Pusher is the stuff of urban legend. A hooded figure who throws men into the river to drown. Eight victims in five years. But according to the police, the Pusher doesn’t exist. There are no reliable witnesses, nothing to link the victims.

Bangkok ist eine Stadt, die rund um die Uhr in einem Dampftopf gegart wird – mit diesen Worten beginnt Christian Callos Erzählung. Sie handelt von einem Deutschen, den es in die fernöstliche Metropole verschlagen hat und der dort einen kuriosen Tagtraum erlebt. Dieser handelt von einer exotischen Schönheit, einer ebenso geheimnisvollen Badewanne und dem unwiderstehlichen Sog fernöstlicher Magie mit all ihren touristischen Klischees zwischen Großstadtlärm, buddhistischen Tempeln und hypnotisierender Musik. Ein Hörstück, gelesen von Johannes Hitzelberger.

רגע לפני יום הולדתה השלושים מתחילה נטע, תל אביבית שבורת לב עם שאיפות אקדמיות וטראומת ילדות שממאנת להרפות, לעבוד כמזכירתו של איש עסקים כריזמטי. נטע היא חלומו של כל בוס: מאורגנת, מתקתקת, חרוצה, לא יודעת לשתות אלכוהול, תמיד יש לה אדוויל בתיק, והכי חשוב: אין לה חיים. היא קובעת פגישות, מתייקת מסמכים, משמיעה שקרים משכנעים בטלפון ופותרת משברים אישיים בחיי

Isa, a Gulf War sergeant, silenced a snitch to save his platoon from a murder rap. He now lives namelessly on the streets of New York, shielded by police formerly of his old platoon. His orders are clear: “If the authorities get close, take me out.” For now, in limbo, Isa writes books. He spots his daughter, who has no idea who he is, on the bus. Full of emotion, he accidentally forgets a manuscript. Bob Herman finds a woman who plagues his dreams and a manuscript he can’t put down on a bus ride home. His boss scans the composition, shocked that Herman had it in him.

A teacher and his wife get caught up in the drama of election politics and a Channel 8 soap opera. An invalid house-sits for his sister and has to care for his nephew's pampered pet pig. A daughter travels overseas to convince her elderly father to move home with her. An academic must navigate...

My new husband is everything I shouldn't want: dark soul, wicked smile, and a growl that makes me forget my own name. A walking sin in a tailored suit, he's determined to make me pay for my father's betrayal. But the way he claims me like I'm his only redemption tells a different story. Turns out New York's most feared crime lord has a weakness. And apparently, it's me.

Ophélie déteste Noël et sa coloc et amie Zoé adore cette fête. Cette année, Ophélie se sent dans un creux de vague : son chum l’a laissée pendant l’été et son avenir en tant prof de littérature au cégep est loin d’être assuré, puisqu’elle est en début de carrière. Zoé propose donc un pari à son amie : si elle réussit à lui faire aimer Noël, elle aura le droit de décorer l’appartement plus tôt l’an prochain. Le bal des activités de saison est lancé. Zoé ne lésine pas sur les classiques des fêtes, ce qui permet à Ophélie de rencontrer Laurent, avec qui le potentiel amoureux est au rendez-vous.

Cybersecurity expert Ted McCord has been fired. He risked everything in a game far beyond his control. It's the last straw for Charlotte McCord, who's never understood her husband's addiction to the trappings of corporate life-the titles, the money, and the promise of visible success that he prefers over his family's ranch. Six months earlier, Ted did something unthinkable to gain a promotion and hid his actions from his wife.

تتناول الرواية أحداث ثلاثة أيام يعيشها الكاتب في مدينة وصفها بالمتوحشة ليصادف فيها أحداث غريبة وشخصيات أغرب خارجة عن المألوف. وتعج الرواية بالعشيقات والحانات...

أخذ الكاتب السوري زياد عبد الله على عاتقه أن يحمل عبء رواية تجري أحداثها في مدينة دبي الحديثة، حيث التجارة والمال والأعمال والأبراج الشاهقة، وسوق المال والبورصة...

جاءت الرواية معالجةً للتحولات التي طرأت على المدينة التونسية في عهد ما وصفه الكاتب بـ"دولة التغيير الكاذب". والتجوال في روائح المدينة المختلفة من الفل والياسمين...

تتابع رواية "حدائقهنّ المعلقة" مجموعة من الأشخاص اختاروا لندن مغترَبًا أو مَهْجرًا، فتبعتهم الجذورُ، وقرَّبتهم المصالحُ، وأنضجتهم الصداقاتُ، وأغنتهم التجارب...

Twenty-year-old Kate is ready to leave behind her small London suburb and chase her dream of becoming a singer. But when Britain declares war on Germany, Kate’s future is suddenly uncertain. Her ambitions are put on hold as she faces the threats of bombing raids and the possibility of invasion. Living in a time of fear and uncertainty, Kate struggles to find balance in her life—particularly as a speech disability hinders her singing career and a failed romance adds to her emotional burden.

Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.

Lucas will nichts als seine Ruhe in einer Welt, die ihn einfach nicht in Ruhe lässt. Eine Kurzgeschichte vom internationalen Bestsellerautor Fredrik Backman Videospiele, Wein und Pad Thai – das ist der perfekte Abend für Lucas. Andere Menschen? Muss nicht sein. Warum denn, wenn er auch alleine glücklich sein kann? Als der dreiköpfige Vorstand der Bewohnervertretung überraschend an seiner Tür klingelt und eine Inspektion seiner Bratpfanne verlangt, ist Lucas alles andere als begeistert. Doch Abwimmeln ist nicht.

"مع وقف التنفيذ" حكايةٌ تدور أحداثها في أحد أحياء مدينة القاهرة المزدحمة بالطبقة الوسطى وما تحتها حيث نرى سلاسل البنايات المتراصّة دون تناسق ملتحمةً ببعضها البعض...

Life can change in a damn instant. I should know that. Mine did the moment I walked through the front door of my penthouse and found Danica on her hands and knees cleaning. One look—that's all it took. I saw her and I wanted her on her knees for an entirely *different* reason.

Tommy Jr might be one of the youngest members of the Carter family, but he has plans to one day step into his Uncle Jonny’s shoes as head of the family. But when his young girlfriend Aimee announces she’s pregnant, everything changes. Although only nineteen, Tommy’s determined to be the best dad he can. Aimee’s dad Kevin Fox feels the Carters owe him big time and now he’s going to part of the family it’s time to pay up. But publicly rejected by the Carters, Kevin plots his revenge and Tommy Jr is firmly in his sights.

The neon lights of New York City flickered like stars in a velvet sky, casting a vibrant glow over the streets below. In the heart of the bustling metropolis, amidst the cacophony of honking horns and the distant hum of sirens, lay the emblem of Ethan Scott and Marcus Turner’s success—a nightclub called "Inferno." Its dazzling facade, ablaze with crimson and gold, promised nights of untamed revelry and escape from the ordinary.

Like most people, Bud Palmer felt this was just another day. Though the era was drawing to a close, he assumed his life as a sports columnist in the subtropics, in keeping with the benign fifties itself, would go on as predictable as ever. But that particular autumn morning he was thrust into a caper that was totally beyond him, forced him to leave Miami and take the train to Manhattan, and suddenly found everything in this restless "Big Apple" was up for grabs, on the brink, at a dicey turning point.