Ergebnis für "The Block" in Literatur & Belletristik

"Appealing. Day’s choice to withhold both victim and perpetrator ratchets up the tension nicely, and her jabs at suburban repression are sharp. This is wicked fun."—Publishers Weekly “Narrator Megan Tusing gives an emotive and affecting performance as Alex and provides distinct voices for...

Rosemary Bell just wants to live a quiet, happy life and raise her daughter as far away from her toxic ex-husband as she can get. But when they move into a decrepit cottage in the woods of Mosswood, Georgia, Rosie realizes her life will never be simple.A gang of meddling neighborhood do-gooders want to run her out of town. The vicious laundromat machines keep eating her spare change. And to top it all off, strange things keep happening around Rosie when she least expects it....

Talon Mitchell had gotten a job right out of college, had her own coffee mug at the office that no one else could use, and planned to keep her job as sales manager for a long time, because she had practically grown up working for this company. She was content and not looking for anything, when a new sales director showed up and changed everything.... She couldn’t date someone who worked with her. Feeling the simmering heat begin to boil over, the two women decide to at least take one step, and deal with the rest later.

JARED - If I had a dollar for every time Banner Morales made my heart skip a beat...The heart everyone assumes is frozen over. Her anger is...arousing. Every glare from those fire-spitting eyes, every time she grits her teeth, gets me...well, you know. If I had a dollar for every time she's put me in my place, I'd be an even richer man. I'm a successful sports agent because I assume "no" means you'll think about it. I'm sure what you meant to say is, "Coming right up." They say even rich men don't always get what they want, but those men don't know how to play the game.

Twenty-seven-year-old Ryan sells his dating app after years of grinding, and hits the road. When he stops in a secluded Southern town and checks into a B&B by the river, he doesn’t plan on staying long. But the beautiful hostess Caroline makes him feel right at home. And she’s not the only one eager to feed him. There’s Sofia next door, a gorgeous Latina who keeps finding reasons to come over. As Ryan helps these stunning older women with their troubles—making repairs on their properties and getting to know them—he finds himself drawn deeper into their world.

Conny, Beamtin im öffentlichen Dienst, macht den Job seit Jahrzehnten. Ihre Kolleginnen – Tief-einatmen-Petra, Gegen-alles-Gisela, Kussi-Doris, Küken-Dilara und Du-bist-der-Change-Ronja – sind ihr wohl oder übel zur Familie geworden. Der alltägliche Behördenwahnsinn schweißt sie zusammen. Gemeinsam trotzen sie Aktenbergen, Management-Geschwätz, Digitalisierung und viel zu selbstbewussten Bürgern. Und wenn gar nichts mehr geht: "Da bin ick nicht zuständig, Mausi".

A nearly divorced trophy wife enrolls in culinary school to win back her husband, only to find a fresh start in the unlikeliest of places in this new novel from the USA Today bestselling author of Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers. Retirement should mean long-awaited trips to the...

"I write this sitting at the kitchen sink" is the first line of a novel about love, sibling rivalry, and a bohemian existence in a crumbling castle in the middle of nowhere. Cassandra Mortmin's journal records her fadingly glamorous stepmother, her beautiful, wistful older sister, and the man to whom they owe both their isolation and poverty: Father. The author of one experimental novel, and a minor cause celebre, he has since suffered from writer's block and is determined to drag his family down with him.

Falkenberg, Sweden. The mutilated body of talented young jewellery designer, Linnea Blix, is found in a snow-swept marina. Hampstead Heath, London. The body of a young boy is discovered with similar wounds to Linnea's. Buchenwald Concentration Camp, 1944. In the midst of the hell of the Holocaust, Erich Hebner will do anything to see himself as a human again. Are the two murders the work of a serial killer, and how are they connected to shocking events at Buchenwald?

The Block In the year 2050, the world has experienced a near total economic collapse, destroying the global monetary system. After years of struggle, a new form of exchange arose: cryptocurrencies called scripts, digital IOUs centrally managed through programs called blockchains. And the ambitious Proctors, who control the blocks, restlessly seek to expand their power. Milt Bruckner investigates blocks to counter fraud and is struggling to keep his script-chasing business afloat when a mysterious woman enters his establishment in need of his help.

This love story doesn't follow the rules of time... Jack and Sara fell in love in 1995 - two teenagers with stars in their eyes - sharing mixtapes, cheap fizzy pop, and a first kiss that felt like the whole world was theirs. Decades later, their marriage is crumbling and their daughters are...

When a gruesome discovery is uncovered in the attic of the White House Inn, Detective Inspector Graham and his team are thrust into a mystery four decades in the making. As they are propelled into a labyrinth of secrets, power, and deceit, the investigation probes painstakingly into the affairs of the past.

The sea doesn't forget. It knows all of this has happened before. And will happen again . . . 1840 As a vast ship loses its way in the night-time mist, shattering against the cliffs of Crescombe, North Devon, a daring young artist dives into the murky sea. But it's not for heroism he is risking...

A man visits his dying father, receiving home hospice care in his childhood crime-ridden neighborhood. Many truths and realizations are revealed to him as he enters a realm of reconciliation and forgiveness. This short story is a part of The Mindset Elevator book series.

On the outside, Tone seems to have it all. He has a father he looks up to and an older brother who keeps him under his wing - until the day his father crosses a line that changes everything. Tone is forced to enter a world he knew nothing about. Detective Abraham is obsessed with power and money, so he has figured out a way to play on both sides of the tracks when it comes to organized crime. The only thing stopping him from making it to the top spot is Santiago, one of the most feared suppliers in the country.

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She doesn’t remember that night. But she will never be the same. One moment, Dahlia is a successful Harvard student; the next, she wakes up from a party, the victim of a brutal assault. Her life veers into a tailspin, and what’s worse — her memory of the attack has been ripped away...

Jett is accustomed to people thinking he’s an intimidating, aloof loner. He doesn’t really mind, even though finding a special connection to someone would be nice. Opening his own tattoo shop on Cravenwood Block is a dream come true, but he isn’t prepared for the determined little ray of sunshine who walks through his door and turns his entire world upside down.

A 911 call cut off mid-scream and a melted cellphone in a circle of burned grass hint at an alien abduction in Effigy Mounds National Monument. Doug Fletcher’s cop intuition makes him reluctant to accept the investigative assignment. Jill Fletcher’s curiosity and desire to escape the oppressive Texas summer weather overcome his hesitancy. Watching a pair of eerie lights rise over the park has them questioning their eyes.

Dave's first day working on the wall does not go well. Through very little fault of his own, he finds himself embroiled in the ruthless, backstabbing, corrupt world of interplanetary politics. The money has all gone, people are turning on each other, and the whole colony of Copernicus is in utter turmoil.