Literature & Fiction

Ein bayerisches Dorf mit Hangover - Xaver Gottwalds Schädel brummt, als er nackt auf einer Kirchenbank erwacht. Was ist gestern beim jährlichen Frühlingserwachen-Fest nur passiert? Verkatert sieht sich der Dorfpolizist um und entdeckt ein Foto, das ihn glücklich in eindeutiger Pose mit einer wunderschönen Unbekannten zeigt. Verdammt, wieso kann er sich an nichts erinnern! Xaver macht sich auf den Weg zur Wache. Im Dorf herrscht blankes Chaos: Reifenspuren in der Kirche, bemalte Schweine auf dem Friedhof und Pinguine in Kühlregalen.

Big personalities, quick schemes, and even quicker comebacks—life with Torchy and Vee is never dull. Torchy may have traded his office-boy days for marriage, fatherhood, and greater responsibility, but he has lost none of the streetwise charm, restless curiosity, or sharp New York wit that...

1993, Clemens Wallner, 24 Jahre alt, ist frischgebackener Kriminalkommissar. Gefeiert wird das zusammen mit Polizeiwachtmeister Leonhardt Kreuthner und der Tochter des Chefs – bei einem riesigen Sonnwendfeuer, auf einem Gipfel im Mangfallgebirge, die ganze Nacht. Als der Morgen graut, entdeckt »Leichen-Leo« die erste Leiche seiner Karriere. Denn unter der Asche ihres Feuers findet sich eine metallene Kiste mit einer Toten.

When Prince Harry sues Prince William for "wilful and malicious sibling rivalry," the sensational claims from Spare finally face their day in court. But as the proceedings unfold, it's not just the brothers on trial – suddenly the very suitability of Wills and Kate as Britain's future King and Queen is thrown into doubt. The timing couldn't be more disastrous. Charles and Camilla are preparing to abdicate for a blissful retirement in Mustique, leaving the throne dangerously exposed just as the monarchy becomes the centre of the most explosive trial of the century.

Weihnachtswunder gibt es nicht ... oder? Neve verbringt die Tage immer gleich, egal, welches Fest vor der Tür steht. Sie fährt mit dem Taxi durch das eingeschneite New York, sammelt die unterschiedlichsten Menschen ein und am Abend fällt sie müde ins Bett. Nur dieses Weihnachten hat das...

May Morrigan is in her bookshop one morning when she—and everyone else in the shop—receives an anonymous text. It contains a reference to a Shakespeare quotation—and seems to be aimed at the vicar and his partner, Juan. The next morning, one of them is dead. As disturbing texts continue to arrive, the Blackheath residents are threatened with further revelations and titillations. Then Fletcher becomes the focus of the tormenting texter, and barely escapes an attempt on his life.

Sandwich meets The Wedding People in this irresistible comedy of manners as three generations of a family—a snail scientist, a soon-to-be divorcée, her teenage daughter, a hapless con man, and their feckless patriarch—descend on a ritzy Lake Michigan vacation island. "Engaging and charming...

In the scorching heat of the Turanian summer, Thraxas is doing his best to avoid working. His plans for a spell of uninterrupted beer drinking go wrong when the Civil Guards arrest a man for murder, right in Thraxas's office. Outraged at this insult to his dignity, Thraxas goes into action. Soon he finds himself in the middle of a deadly war between rival bands of warrior monks. The situation becomes more complicated when a consignment of the King's gold goes missing.

A humble clerk. A treasured overcoat. A loss that follows him beyond the grave. Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin lives an invisible life in the freezing streets of St. Petersburg. Poorly paid, routinely mocked, and devoted to his monotonous work as a government copyist, he asks for little—until...

An ancient city. A perfect stranger. A single word that ruins everything. For the deeply refined Miss Winchelsea, a dream voyage to Rome is supposed to be an escape into art and poetry. Instead, amidst the sun-drenched, cypress-shadowed ruins of the Colosseum, she falls under the spell of a...

I’ve come a long way since inheriting my Aunt Elizabeth’s Tarpon Cove house and her beach cottages full of quirky residents. I strap a Glock to my thigh as easily as I slip into flip–flops. Even Fab is going legit . . . mostly. When she’s hired to investigate some high–end boat thefts...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In the Unified Human-Supernatural Territories, survival comes down to a single number on your wristband: your Human Score. Fail to blend in, fail to act human, and the system eliminates you. Enter Mira Thornfield, a Licensed Supernatural Integration...

One missing letter. One eccentric inventor. One very smoky meeting with the Viceroy of India. John Fennil Wonder is an ambitious private secretary with a talent for involving himself in matters far beyond his authority. Determined to manage the affairs of the British Raj—and occasionally the...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if wartime lodging became the stage for secrets, flirtation, courage, and hearts caught between duty and desire? In *The Girls at His Billet*, Berta Ruck brings her lively romantic wit to a world shaped by war, social change, and unexpected...

A witty and satirical Edgar Allan Poe tale, The Spectacles follows a vain young man whose romantic obsession leads to comic embarrassment and a sharp lesson about pride, perception, and appearances...