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Vier Frauen... Eine Freundschaft... und die große Sommerliebe! Maddie Bell liebt ihren Job als Sozialarbeiterin über alles, aber die Männer lieben sie dafür nicht. Was vermutlich daran liegt, dass sie das Herz auf der Zunge hat und immer das ausspricht, was sie denkt. Ganz sicher liegt es daran. Das bekommt auch Cooper zu spüren, der neue heiße Handwerker, der den Nordpol mit einem einzigen Blick zum Schmelzen bringen kann. Als Maddie schon bei ihrer ersten Begegnung nur Blödsinn erzählt, würde sie am liebsten auswandern. Blödsinn, den Cooper ziemlich originell findet.

Book #1 in the Wilt series. The hilarious first Henry Wilt novel from Tom Sharpe, the British master of farce and bestselling author of Porterhouse Blue. Meet Henry Wilt. Professionally overlooked. Demoralised at home. Passed over for promotion yet again. At work, he faces yet more years of trying to force literature into the heads of students who'd rather be anywhere else.

*Now a major Netflix series starring Leo Woodall and Rachel Weisz* 'An astonishing debut . . . I was utterly hooked . . . by this twisty, sexy, shocking treat of a novel ' – The Sunday Times One evening, a fifty-something literature professor invites her new and beautiful young colleague...

Meet the Skelfs: well-known Edinburgh family, proprietors of a long-established funeral-home business, and private investigators.... When patriarch Jim dies, it's left to his wife Dorothy, daughter Jenny and granddaughter Hannah to take charge of both businesses, kicking off an unexpected series of events. Dorothy discovers mysterious payments to another woman, suggesting that Jim wasn't the husband she thought he was.

Skurril, witzig und ironisch: nach dem erfolgreichen ersten Teil "VOLL BEHÄMMERT – Jobchaoten" kommt nun die Fortsetzung "VOLL VEREIST – Skichaoten". Alexander Humbolt hat es endlich geschafft, seine Traumfrau Maike für sich zu gewinnen. Nun steht Weihnachten vor der Tür: Das Fest der Liebe! Kurzerhand geht es in einen spontanen Skiurlaub. Und damit fangen die Probleme für Alex an, denn wer hätte gedacht, dass einige freie Tage so viele Tücken und Fallstricke bereithalten?

In his startling and singular new short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence. Among the stories are 'The Depressed Person', a dazzling and blackly humorous portrayal of a woman's mental state; 'Adult World'...

Frank and his team have their work cut out for them. The club needs new guests, drinks, trophies, and employees, not to mention a good mopping of blood after every shift. Guests love him, but the bounty hunters aren't pleased at all with Frank's success. Hector, their leader, knows just what it takes to knock his former friend down a peg or two. Just when Frank thinks things can't get any crazier, he gets invited to a bizarre nightclub owner meeting. New alliances will have to be forged, and dangerous waters will threaten to swallow him.

Der Schriftsteller Armin Breddeloh wird kurz nach einer Lesung in einem Teich bei Bad Bevensen aufgefunden. Tot und mit zwei Glasaugen, genau wie die Opfer in seinem eigenen Krimi. Hauptkommissar Gerold und Oberkommissarin Schubert aus Uelzen haben einen ersten Verdacht: Missgönnte ein anderer Krimiautor dem Kollegen den Erfolg? Schon wenig später gibt es weitere Opfer. Der erste Krimi von Kultautor Gerhard Henschel ist ein furioses Fest, nicht nur für Krimi-Fans!

A dramatisation of A. A. Milne’s only detective novel, plus two of his sparkling comedies A.A. Milne achieved lasting fame as the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, but he was much more than just a children’s writer. A prolific novelist, playwright and humorist, he penned numerous works for adults...

A BEST BOOK OF 2024 IN STYLIST, DAILY MAIL, THE i PAPER, IRISH TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND RED SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DEBUT FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 'ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS YOU WILL READ ALL YEAR' ELIZABETH DAY 'BRILLIANT. WHAT A WRITER' NIGELLA LAWSON 'INCREDIBLY FUNNY' CAITLIN...

A “one-sitting-read" (Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author) about two very different sisters, and a love letter to childhood, growing up, and the power of imagination—from the bestselling author of Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead and Interesting Facts About Space...

Bloomsbury presents The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris, read by Aja Naomi King, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Bahni Turpin and Heather Alicia Sims. * THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * ‘One of the biggest reads of the summer, and for good reason’ INDEPENDENT ‘Enormously fun . . . A...

Recently dumped and stuck with the mortgage, artist Esther Ray wants to burn the world, but instead, she reluctantly accepts a scrapbooking job from the deliriously wealthy Naomi Duncan. The scrapbooks, a secret birthday gift for Naomi's husband Bryce, trace the Duncan's twenty-five-year marriage. As Esther binges true-crime podcasts and works through the near-two hundred-boxes of Duncan detritus, she finds herself infatuated with the gilded family - until, mid-project, Naomi dies suspiciously.

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...

An anthology of full-cast Gothic dramas and readings from the author of the world’s most famous vampire tale Celebrated today as the creator of the legendary blood-sucking Transylvanian aristocrat Count Dracula, Bram Stoker was best known in his lifetime as stage manager to the actor Henry...

"An inventive mystery loaded with humor, heart, and found family." —People Magazine “I have never had so much fun watching a fictional character try to figure out if she killed someone or not. Wild, outrageous, silly, smart, Tilly is a heroine for the ages and Mary Lowry writes like no one...

From the star of Peacock’s Queer as Folk and the Netflix series Special comes a “funny, tender, and beautiful” (Gary Janetti, New York Times bestselling author) novel following a gay TV writer with cerebral palsy as he fights addiction and searches for acceptance in an overwhelmingly...

Goodboy is a darkly funny, searing debut novel that asks: What does it mean to be a good man? Lars is enlightened. He takes ice baths, meditates, journals, and has a cute rescue dog. He even volunteers every week! A former Hollywood agent turned producer, Lars can finally pursue his passions...

‘A fantasy that feels true. A story that’s as furious as it is tender’ Emily Henry ‘A roar of rage, a pacy page-turner’ Marian Keyes ‘It’s a thriller, it’s about friendships, it’s about finding your path, it’s a murder mystery, it’s just brilliant’ Reader review...

Jedes Kind kennt sie: Max und Moritz und ihre sieben Streiche! Frank Arnold erzählt die berühmte Geschichte der beiden Lausbuben von Wilhelm Busch in einer ungekürzten Lesung.