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‘GESUCHT: Begleiterin für erkrankte Ehefrau.’ Das ist vermutlich die größte Chance, die mir seit Langem geboten wird. Ein Stellenangebot als Begleiterin für die Frau von Colin Harrington, die nach einem schweren Unfall nicht mehr ansprechbar ist. Dadurch bekomme ich eine Unterkunft, einen monatlichen Gehaltsscheck und sogar eine Möglichkeit, meine momentan eher bescheidene Karriere wiederzubeleben. Es ist meine letzte Chance, all den Menschen, die an mir gezweifelt haben, zu beweisen, dass sie sich irren. Es muss einfach klappen.

Als das Leben ihres Kindes auf dem Spiel steht, ist eine Mutter bereit, alles zu tun, um es zu retten. Clara McNair hat nicht mehr viel Zeit, um ihren Sohn James zu retten. Als bei dem Zweijährigen eine seltene Form von Hirnkrebs diagnostiziert wird, kann er nur mithilfe einer experimentellen Behandlung überleben. Sie braucht verzweifelt Geld, um die Operation zu bezahlen, aber um es zu bekommen, muss sie an den Ort ihrer dunkelsten Erinnerungen zurückkehren. Clara ist den Dämonen ihrer Jugend entkommen - zumindest glaubt sie das.

Être engagée pour prendre soin de la femme catatonique du podcasteur vedette Colin Harrington pourrait bien être la meilleure chose qui me soit arrivée depuis longtemps. J’y gagne un salaire, un endroit où vivre et une opportunité de sauver ma carrière en souffrance. C’est ma dernière chance de faire mes preuves. Je n’ai pas le droit à l’échec.

Landing a job caring for the unresponsive wife of celebrity podcaster Colin Harrington could be the best thing that's happened to me in a long time. I get a place to live, a paycheck, and a way to salvage my comatose career. It's my last chance to finally prove the doubters wrong. I have to make it work. All I need to do is survive a few months in the eerie, high-tech halls of the Harringtons' mansion. But caring for Colin's wife Kara is testing the limits of my sanity.

Der 5. Fall für Harry Hole - ungekürzt! Ein Kommissar am Tiefpunkt seiner Karriere, ein Mörder, der das hochsommerliche Oslo in Angst und Schrecken versetzt, ein Zeichen, das allen ein großes Rätsel aufgibt: Auf der Jagd nach einem Frauenmörder muss Hauptkommissar Harry Hole nicht nur eine Grenze überschreiten.

In Slough House, dem Abstellgleis des MI5, werden Erinnerungen wach – nur leider keine guten. Cathrine Standish kauft wieder Alkohol, und Louisa Guy wühlt in den Trümmern einer alten Liebe. Jackson Lamb quittiert das höchstens mit Flatulenz und einem Schluck Whiskey, doch selbst ihn holen die dunklen Schatten seiner Vergangenheit ein. Auf der Suche nach einem altbekannten Verräter schickt er seine Truppe ins Feld – aber nicht alle kehren zurück.

An Irish mobster. A missing friend. Two loyalties, ripping me apart. I had a plan. Get in, get my information, and get out. Easy, right? Turns out, infiltrating the Irish mafia isn't exactly what I thought it would be. I just wanted a soldier. Someone I could flirt with to get me in the door. That's when Lachlan Crow noticed me. Problem was, he wasn't a soldier. No, he was next in line for the throne of the Irish underworld. And he was determined to hate me from the outset.

'Mazey Eddings's writing is authentic, emotional, and intensely romantic! To me, it's like a Taylor Swift song in book form' ALI HAZELWOOD 🌭 Ex's to lovers 🌭 Fake dates 🌭 Second chance 🌭 Set in New York 🌭 Perfect for fans of Chicken Shop Date A new utterly delightful and sexy...

Was unterscheidet Mensch und Maschine? Die verwitwete Ermittlerin Kat kennt sich mit Verlust aus, Vermisstenfälle sind ihre Spezialität. Auf ihre untrüglichen Instinkte und ihr Bauchgefühl kann sie sich verlassen. Nun wird ihr im Rahmen eines Pilotprojekts der Polizei eine künstliche Intelligenz zur Seite gestellt, die in Form eines Hologramms in Erscheinung tritt und auf nüchternen Datenanalysen basiert. Locks regelkonforme, logikorientierte Art kollidiert mit Kats intuitivem Vorgehen, und doch sollen sie gemeinsam alte Vermisstenfälle lösen, um die Einsatzfähigkeit von KIs im Polizeidienst zu erproben.

Wisconsin, 1931: Mindy Zahn can’t understand why her parents deserted the family farm, leaving her mute younger sister in her care. Until her mother’s cryptic warning to keep her sister safe becomes a life-threatening task.

Surrounded by his friends and neighbors, he is both participant and witness as the community attempts to transcend its own decline. And meanwhile Jayber learns the art of devotion and that a faithful love is its own reward.

At the foot of the foreboding Gray Peak lies a desolate valley. These are the backwoods of the world of Waldyra—they offer nothing valuable to players, who rarely visit as a result. Yet this is the very place where the calm and good-natured dwarf named Crow is headed. Straight after leaving the Creche, he hopes to make a living there. This hero does not crave epic battles with monsters. Quite the contrary. He wants to be a merchant and develop his blacksmithing skills, while staying far away from fighting, long voyages, and clan squabbles.

Having passed his initial assessment, Mateo has been assigned to learn the craft of the Dark Wing, the information-gathering branch of the Iron Wing Army. But it quickly becomes apparent that Dark Wing does a lot more than gather information when he is sent to infiltrate an enemy city to pave the way for a surprise attack.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The New Jim Crow written by Michelle Alexander, read by Karen Chilton. Once in a great while a book comes along that radically changes our understanding of a crucial political issue and helps to fuel a social movement. The New Jim Crow is such a book...

George and his family are celebrating Christmas by the sea. But when a body washes up on the beach, George can't stop thinking about the strange lights he saw on the cliff top... Neither can his cousin, Isla. Together, they follow the clues, and as they draw nearer to the truth, they step further into danger. On land, or at sea, someone is desperate to stop them, whatever it takes. And that someone may be closer to home than they realise...

'There's an amazing sense of place and time in this novel, as Littlewood perfectly captures the literary style, attitudes, and class consciousness of Victorian England' - Publishers Weekly Susan Hill meets Alfred Hitchcock in Alison Littlewood's latest chiller: mad-doctor Nathaniel is obsessed...

'Beautiful and engaging and clever and what more could you ask for in a book?' Manda Scott, bestselling author of A Treachery of Spies 'A story that is full of magic and delight that will thrill readers of any age' Rowan Coleman, author of The Girl at the Window ‘A rural Ben Aaronovitch!’ C...

When gentleman farmer Harold Crow dies after routine surgery in rural Tasmania, his death exposes a web of forbidden love, secret offspring, and devastating betrayals that will tear two families apart. Local GP Dr David Boyd fears his secret affair with Harold will surface at the inquest. His wife Morven hides her own hurtful truth…Nurse Nathan Wentworth fears his malpractice may have killed Harold. But he's not the only one with blood on his hands.

Twenty-six brand-new tales of ghosts, spirits, and the afterlife to chill even the most hardened listener to their very marrow. Grandmasters and newcomers alike serve well to petrify with stories to keep you lying awake in the dead of night - long after the last of the light has died - listening for that telltale scratching at the door, a soft whisper of disembodied voices, and the icy caress of long-dead fingers upon your ankle.

When her child’s life is at stake, a mother will do anything to save him.? Clara McNair is running out of time to save her son, James. When the two-year-old is diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer, only an experimental treatment can save his life. She desperately needs money to pay for the surgery, but she’ll have to travel back to the site of her darkest memories to get it? Clara has escaped the demons of her youth - or so she thinks. It’s been 10 years since the mysterious disappearance of her parents.