Ergebnis für "Jane" in Schwarzer Humor

Björn Diemel wird von seiner Frau gezwungen, ein Achtsamkeits-Seminar zu besuchen, um seine Ehe ins Reine zu bringen, sich als guter Vater zu beweisen und die unausgeglichene Work-Life-Balance wieder herzustellen. Denn als erfolgreicher Anwalt hat Björn sehr wenig Zeit für seine Familie. Der Kurs trägt Früchte und Björn kann das Gelernte sogar in seinen Job integrieren, allerdings anders als gedacht. Denn als sein Mandant, ein brutaler und mehr als schuldiger Mafiaboss, beginnt, ihm ernstliche Probleme zu bereiten, bringt er ihn einfach um - und zwar nach allen Regeln der Achtsamkeit.

Ungewöhnliche Grabinschriften wie „Hier ruhen meine Gebeine, ich wollt, es wären Deine" kennt jeder. Auch bei Beerdigungen ist der Grat zwischen Trauern und ungewollter Komik schmal. Die Autoren fragten Pfarrerinnen und Pfarrer, Bestatter und „normale" Menschen nach anrührenden Beerdigungserlebnissen. Daraus entstand diese hinreißende Sammlung, ein Kleinod des Allzumenschlichen. Ernst und doch erheiternd.

For fans of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Miranda July comes a whip-smart, irresistible novel about a college senior who has 48 hours to sell her recently deceased mother's surprise stash of rare pills, or suffer the consequences. Arvy Keening is just trying to get through the week. Tantalizingly...

After her messy divorce, Sienna Blake is done with men. She’s trading her wreckage for a sun-drenched future in California until a violent Montana storm sends her car skidding off the road and straight into Blackwood. A town with more cows than people, a thriving fascination with its...

How far would you go to bring back the only person who ever felt like home? 'A riot in novel form by an author with an utterly singular, original vision. Public Access Afterworld will leave you breathless and desperate for a sequel' KALIANE BRADLEY, author of The Ministry of Time 'Jane...

Katie has no reason to believe her boyfriend, James, is cheating until someone claiming to be his wife gets in touch. Now she's been cast in the role of mistress. Not one she's happy with. Once Stephanie and Katie know about each other, they must decide what to do. They could both just throw him out or they could join forces to make his life hell first.

Brought to you by Penguin. It's never too late to teach an old woman new murders...a razor-sharp, edge-of-your-seat new thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Samantha Downing. You’d never guess Lottie Jones had skeletons in her closet. She’s lived in town for decades now. She’s getting...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Getting Rid of Matthew by Jane Fallon, read by Zoe Telford. What to do if Matthew, your secret lover of the past four years, finally decides to leave his wife Sophie and their two daughters and move into your flat, just when you're thinking that you...

April 29, 1585. Coroner John Derrick is summoned to the cozy village of Bramley to investigate a naked dead man found beneath a waterwheel. An unfortunate drowning, by all indications. But upon closer inspection, the case takes a macabre turn: The deceased is missing a certain piece of his anatomy.

Brought to you by Penguin. Top ten bestselling author Jane Fallon looks at discovering secrets and the price of keeping them in her stunning new novel, Skeletons. All Jen had ever wanted was a big, happy family. And when she married Jason and became part of the Masterson clan that's exactly what...

Brought to you by Penguin. The bestselling author of Getting Rid of Matthew and My Sweet Revenge tells the story of a woman living in her sister's shadow. When it comes to genes, life is a lottery . . . Abi knows that all too well, having spent her life in the shadow of her beautiful, glamorous...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Tell Me A Secret by Jane Fallon, read by Claire Sturgess. **The million copy bestselling author of Faking Friends and My Sweet Revenge is back!** 'She's the queen of the revenge novel and Jane Fallon's done it again. Dramatic and engaging from the start...

Wenn dein Date eine Lüge ist, lügt sein Herz dann auch? Lucy ist verschroben, eine graue Maus, und stolz darauf. Warum auch nicht? Die Studentin verdient nebenher als Laborassistentin gutes Geld und keiner kommt ihr dabei in die Quere. Doch als der heißeste Kerl, den sie in ihren 22 Jahren jemals gesehen hat, ausgerechnet mit ihr Essen gehen möchte, verändert sich ihr Weltbild. Schließlich hat es Wochen gedauert, bis sie aufgehört hat zu sabbern, wenn er ins Labor kam. Was will er also ausgerechnet jetzt von ihr? Das Date kann nur schieflaufen. Nun, sie irrt sich.

Brought to you by Penguin. When several children from the same village start succumbing to a mysterious illness, the quest to discover the cause has devastating and extraordinary consequences. It is late June in Ballylack. Hannah Adger anticipates eight long weeks' reprieve from school, but when...

Brought to you by Penguin. From the award-winning author of The Raptures and The Fire Starters, a magically surreal novel about history, identity and redemption It’s summer 2017 and the last few residents of the Lough Neagh Archipelago are facing imminent eviction. The flood planned to combat...

Specially adapted for audio by the author. Fleabag meets I Am Legend in this extraordinary novel of one woman's survival in the face of the end of the world. Who will she be now that she is completely alone? THE END OF EVERYTHING WAS HER BEGINNING It's November 2022. The human race has been...

Many full moons ago, a young American boy with ambition in his belly and the moon in his veins followed his destiny west, determined to carve a path to success no matter the carnage. Two centuries later, a city is captivated by the strange and savage murder of a young woman. Her roommate, Natasha, no longer able to afford their apartment alone—and hounded by both rumors of wolves and a pop-star’s angry fan-swarm—has resorted to living in her car. There’s nothing left for her ... except vengeance.

Jane ha perso il lavoro in lavanderia a causa di una bustina di ketchup che ha dimenticato di togliere dalle tasche di un capo prezioso e le sue prospettive per il futuro sono decisamente scarse. Come ciliegina sulla torta, la sorella minore, che vive a nord e con cui non va d'accordo, l'ha invitata al suo matrimonio, anche se Jane sospetta che l'abbia fatto sicura che lei non avrebbe partecipato.

Look for Wreck, the new novel by Catherine Newman—a deeply moving story of laughter and heart, about marriage, family, and what happens when life doesn’t go as planned—Coming October 2025. “Catherine Newman sees the heartbreak and comedy of life with wisdom and unflinching compassion...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Bad by Chloe Esposito, read by Emily Atack. She stole the life she wanted. Now someone wants to steal it back . . . Alvie Knightly may be waking up in the Ritz, but her life is no bed of roses. Firstly, she has the mother of all hangovers. Secondly, her...