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Kuba is a cocaine dealer in the dark, electric streets of Warsaw, believing he is smart enough to stay in control, unlike the top lawyers, doctors, and TV personalities who are his client base. However, after calling in the debt of a failing nightclub owner, breaking his own rules on other people’s property, and being caught in the consequences of his clients’ actions, all control starts to slip from his grasp. Now suffering under the glare of the spotlight, Kuba must find a way through the middle of the whirlwind of violence and betrayal sweeping him away.

A city is hit by a sudden and strange epidemic of "white blindness", which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there social conventions quickly crumble and the struggle for survival brings out the worst in people.

Good girl Danyelle Fitzgerald’s perfect image is shattered the moment she crashes into Ian Fogg’s car at a stop sign. An unexpected agreement and the lure of the handsome and witty Ian leave Danyelle's head spinning and her heart in danger. The more she tries to learn about Ian, the more he resists. What is he hiding and why does he have Danyelle questioning her own morals? Are his secrets too much for this good girl to handle?

Ein abgelegener Bauernhof in einem schwer zugänglichen Seitental von Siglufjörður im Norden Islands: Dorthin verschlägt es in den 1950-er Jahren zwei Ehepaare. Doch nach nur wenigen Monaten stirbt eine der beiden Frauen unter rätselhaften Umständen. Sechzig Jahre später taucht ein Foto auf, das zeigt: Die vier waren damals nicht allein dort draußen. Ari, Polizist in Siglufjörður, findet viele Ungereimtheiten. Eine befreundete Journalistin aus Reykjavík, die selbst in einem komplizierten Fall von Kindesentführung und Mord recherchiert, hilft ihm bei der Suche.

Across the country women are being murdered by a killer who leaves no evidence, no fatal wounds, no signs of struggle, and no clues to a motive. They are, truly, perfect crimes. In fact, the only thing that links the victims is the man they all knew: Jack Reacher.

Niemand weiß von ihrer Verletzlichkeit, niemand interessiert sich für das, was hinter Livias Fassade steckt. Bis Nicolas, ihr neuer »Stiefbruder«, in ihr Leben platzt. Ein gefährliches Spiel aus Anziehung, Ablehnung und Verführung beginnt.

"Im Land der Blinden ist der Einäugige König" – oder etwa nicht? Als der Bergsteiger Núñez in ein abgelegenes Tal stürzt, entdeckt er eine Gesellschaft, in der alle Menschen blind sind. Doch anstatt ihn als Sehenden zu bewundern, halten sie ihn für den Absonderlichen. Núñez muss erkennen, dass seine vermeintliche Überlegenheit nichts zählt – und dass das wahre Grauen nicht immer mit den Augen zu sehen ist. H. G. Wells‘ Das Land der Blinden ist eine zeitlose Parabel über Wahrnehmung, Macht und die Relativität der Normalität.

Decades after Laura's mysterious demise, her sister Iris recounts her memories of their childhood, and of the dramatic deaths that have punctuated their wealthy, eccentric family's history. Intertwined with Iris's story are chapters from the scandalous novel that made Laura famous, in which two unnamed lovers meet secretly in rented rooms and seedy cafés, themselves writing a pulp fantasy novel of a blind killer on a distant planet.

My first year at university started with a bang…literally. I crashed into someone’s car. Even worse? It turns out that the person I blindsided is my new housemate, Liam, second-year student and football player.

Midfielder Maclay "Mac" Logan is a loud-mouthed, tattooed ginger content with focusing on football. But when an adorable, freckled seamstress comes barreling into his life, he finds Netflix-And-Bickering with her to be his new favorite pastime. Freya Cook is used to being the invisible woman with a needle and thread, offering cheeky punchlines as she helps dress London's finest. She's plus-sized in body and spirit, and other than her friendship with Mac, talking to the opposite sex is one skill she never mastered.

In Blind Spots, Dr. Makary explores the latest research on critical topics ranging from the microbiome to childbirth to nutrition and longevity and more, revealing the biggest blind spots of modern medicine and tackling the most urgent yet unsung issues in our $4.5 trillion health care ecosystem. The path to medical mishaps can be absurd, entertaining, and jaw-dropping—but the truth is essential to our health.

When Talon left to play pro ball six years ago, the hole in my chest confused me. I focused my heartache into making my own NFL dreams come true, and by the time I was drafted, the longing I had for my best friend was buried deep. Now, he wants everything to be like it was in college, but we can't have threesomes and be reckless like we once were. The media storm would be enough to break both our careers. That's not my biggest concern, though. The torch I had for him burns brighter after so long apart, and there's nothing I can do about it. Marcus Talon is straight.

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023. This audio edition is read by the author, Natalie Haynes. In Stone Blind, the instant Sunday Times bestseller, Natalie Haynes brings the infamous Medusa to life as you have never seen her before. 'Witty, gripping, ruthless' – Margaret Atwood...

Telling the stories of trauma, PTSD, and healing, from people who grew up in fundamentalist and high control/demand religious movements.

Double Blind follows three close friends and their circle through a year of extraordinary transformation. Set between London, Cap d'Antibes, Big Sur and a re-wilded corner of Sussex, this thrilling, ambitious novel is as compelling about ecology, psychoanalysis, genetics and neuroscience as it is about love, fear and courage.

For the past twenty-five years, Margaret Atwood has written works of striking originality and imagination. In The Blind Assassin, she stretches the limits of her accomplishments as never before, creating a novel that is entertaining and profoundly serious. The novel opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister drove a car off the bridge." They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sister Laura's death in 1945 is followed by an inquest report proclaiming the death accidental.

Der sympathisch-chaotische Privatdetektiv Hartmann schlägt sich wieder durch! Diesmal nimmt Hartmann einen Job als Bodyguard bei der Schauspielerin Carmen Vlint an, die fest davon überzeugt ist, dass ihr ein Stalker nachstellt. Einen reichlich zudringlichen Fan, dem so etwas zuzutrauen wäre, hat Hartmann im Handumdrehen ermittelt. Trotzdem wird er von Carmen Vlints Ehemann Frank gefeuert, denn es gelingt einem Unbekannten, in Carmens Villa einzudringen.

Lady Clarissa Crambray wanted a husband, but maybe not as much as her stepmother wanted one for her. Really! Doffing her spectacles might make a girl prettier, but how would she see? She'd already caused enough mayhem to earn a rather horrible nickname. Yet as all other suitors seemed to shy away in terror, there came a man to lead her to the dance floor. A dark, handsome, blur of a man.

Von Geburt an blind: Joana Zimmer stellt sich dennoch mutig jeder Herausforderung. Mit ihrer einzigartigen Stimme erzählt sie in ihren Songs kraftvoll und feinfühlig Geschichten, die im Herzen lange nachklingen. In diesem Hörbuch lässt sie uns teilhaben an ihren Abenteuern, Erfolgen, Zielen, Sehnsüchten und an ihrem sozialen Engagement. Ein Hörbuch über Grenzen, die keine sein müssen, und wie man das Beste aus seinem Leben macht.

There was a time when the Red Gods ruled the land. The Dark Lady and her horde dealt in death and blood and fire. That time has long since passed, and the neighbouring kingdoms of Mireces and Rilpor hold an uneasy truce. The only blood spilled is confined to the border, where vigilantes known as Wolves protect their kin and territory at any cost. But after the death of his wife, King Rastoth is plagued by grief, leaving the kingdom of Rilpor vulnerable.