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When Sarah House's husband doesn't come home for yet another Christmas, she finally sees her marriage for what it is...a sham, and a waste of 20 good years. No amount of wine is going to fix it. She knows. She's tried. Her marriage isn't the only lie in her life. When her husband goes missing, she has just 12 days to set things right...and sometimes right isn't the man you've got. Sometimes it's the kind of man that speaks quietly and carries a .45. A Sarah House Novel...noir, love, and guns. And brandy.

One wet winter night, two women meet on a bridge. One is Tess Taylor, a personal trainer on the way to meet her boyfriend for date night. The other is Kate King, a celebrity married to a handsome billionaire who just happens to make her cry. In the cold, dark evening, there is nothing to link them together but the bridge they shiver on. Little do they know they'll each hold the key to the other's future marriage....

Tragische Umstände haben Klara Himmel samt Familie ins mecklenburgische Mordsacker verschlagen. Doch hier liegt nicht nur der sprichwörtliche Hund begraben! Während die chaotische Großstädterin sich noch als brave Hausfrau versucht wird ihr Mann, der neue Dorfpolizist, zu seinem ersten Fall gerufen: Bauer Schlönkamp liegt tot in der Güllegrube. Leider erkrankt Klaras Göttergatte und sie wittert ihre große Chance auf etwas Nervenkitzel.

A man who married young, and so never had the chance to sow his wild oats, suddenly breaks out when in his mid-30s - and becomes convinced he has stumbled on the secret of happiness.

Kate Foster runs the Summerside Inn (and her life) by well-organized checklists. But, when an acclaimed hotel critic dies at the inn just before she’s about to publish a scathing review that would ruin the business, Kate’s life and checklists are thrown into disarray. And it doesn’t help matters that the detective assigned to the case is messy, unorganized, and too charming for his own good.

Dotty Davis belongs to that subgenre of hard-boiled, sleazy, overweight, boozing, and otherwise disgusting private detectives increasingly offered as protagonists working for the "betterment" of humankind. Nonetheless exhibiting a modicum of charm through her heavy-handed humor, Dotty proceeds to wiggle her way out of several murder charges after answering a middle-of-the-night call from the male prostitute living downstairs from her.

A town full of mystery and intrigue. Corrupt politicians. An out-of-control police force. A wealthy family who controls everything. Criminal merchants, drug trafficking, and violence. Other than that, a pretty nice place to visit.

With five girls already missing and two dead police officers to add to the body count, the hunt is on. But how do you catch a man who doesn’t exist? This isn’t DS Ali Green’s first murder case. But only recently recovered from her near-fatal injuries and battling some personal demons of her own, she’s out for justice.

Still adjusting to her family's recent exoneration from the archaeological world (they stole an artifact, caused a ruckus...it's a long story), June decides to embark on a press tour to repair the image of her employer (Oxford University) and her (somewhat crazy, but altogether lovable) grandfather. When the opportunity arises to go to America to find a lost treasure belonging to the notorious outlaw Butch Cassidy, June know's it isn't something she can shy away from - even if she wasn't exactly the one who was assigned by Oxford to the task.

Helene hat genug! Als ihr Mann sich zu ihrem Geburtstag seinen eigenen Wunsch erfüllt und ihr ein Wohnmobil schenkt, das sie nie wollte, ist das Maß voll. Sie setzt sich in das wuchtige Gefährt und düst los, ohne Plan, ohne Ziel, ohne Kohle. Das ändert sich jedoch, als sie im Einbauschrank ein kleines Vermögen findet. Wie ist Siegfried an so viel Geld gekommen? Aber was soll's! In der Toskana beginnt für Helene ein aufregendes neues Leben. Als Siegfried plötzlich vor ihrer Tür steht, ist allerdings erst mal Schluss mit Dolce Vita. Doch will er wirklich sie zurück oder nur sein Geld?

Endlich ist es so weit: Die Eröffnungsfeier des "Albergo Annina" steht kurz bevor, und sogar der Bürgermeister von Siena hat sich angekündigt! Natürlich sind auch Annas Brüder eingeladen. Das muss sein, wenn ihr Erscheinen die frischgebackene Hotelbesitzerin auch ein bisschen nervös macht. Hoffentlich lassen die beiden niemanden merken, dass das Hotel zwei Schwerkriminelle beherbergt! Und dann läuft prompt alles aus dem Ruder. Im "Albergo Annina" checken Gäste ein, die einiges durcheinander bringen, und in der Basilica di San Francesco wird eine wertvolle Statue gestohlen.

Francese con un lavoro a Parigi e un appartamentino a Montmartre, Vivienne Vuloir è una ragazza buffa e imbranata che colleziona una figuraccia dopo l'altra, fa i conti con una fallimentare carriera di scrittrice e soffre di un numero indefinito di fobie. A trent'anni ha dimenticato il sapore di un bacio, si è adattata a essere identificata come “quella che si occupa di gossip”, ma soprattutto ha perso completamente fiducia nel genere umano, specialmente se maschile.

It’s no surprise to anyone that Jeffrey Sachs, billionaire CEO of his own hotel chain, has a drop-dead gorgeous Estonian mistress. But stepping down to spend his retirement years with her? No one saw that coming - least of all his wife! So now the prize of becoming Sachs CEO is up for grabs - and Jeffrey’s four children have until the day of his wedding to compete for the job. In a game where the ultimate prize is power beyond your wildest dreams, you should never underestimate your competitors, even if they are family.... And, it turns out, twins can be the most dangerous rivals of all....

Stunning, charismatic Lexy O’Brien is the reigning queen of British reality TV. Her life in front of the camera is planned and manipulated as successfully as any military assault. But success breeds jealousy. When you’re on top, the only way is down, and there’s always someone standing by to give you a shove....

Joni, Trina, Deb and Eden. Best friends since the first day of school. Each woman will write an anonymous letter, sharing with their friends the things that are really going on in their lives. But as the confessions come tumbling out, Joni starts to feel the certainty of their decades-long friendships slip from her fingers.And then she finds another letter. A fifth letter. Containing a secret so big that its writer had tried to destroy it. And now Joni is starting to wonder, did she ever really know her friends at all?

Lizzie James is happy. She has a steady office job (with a steady stream of tray bakes), has had the same best friend since secondary school, and sees her family every Thursday night for take-away and TV soaps. Granted, some members of her family she'd rather not see, and they definitely don't want to see her after what happened back then...but on the whole she's happy. Or somewhere close to it, anyway. Until a letter arrives one day from her best friend, Roman. A letter dated 12 years ago, the exact day he went missing.

A vicar is disbelieving when two teenagers in his parish claim to have been given a message by the archangel Gabriel, but gradually changes his mind and decides he must do something about it.

Cross Roads: Pick a Path tells the journey of a young man by the name of Arrun Durai. Arrun had his life all figured out. A beautiful girl, the picture-perfect family, and his favorite job. Although, life wouldn't be all that great without challenges. His greatest form of challenge came following the death of a loved one, which ultimately sent his life into a spiral of events. Take a dive into finding out how a common software engineer from Toronto, Canada, ended up being a part of a notorious criminal organization in Chennai, India.

In this collection of 19 short stories, Craig Nybo invites you to visit the lives of mostly unfortunate souls as they face the most terrifying moments of their existences. With everything from vampire hunting to zombie bashing, from steampunk death devices to shifty soul brokers, Nybo brings his own sense of perspective and, of course, his sense of humor to this collection of departures from reality. Terrifying Lies contains Nybo's acclaimed story, "The Mechanic", along with 18 other tales of the macabre.