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You've lost your job as a department store lingerie buyer, your car's been repossessed, and most of your furniture and small appliances have been sold off to pay last month's rent. Now the rent is due again. And you live in New Jersey. What do you do? If you're Stephanie Plum, you become a bounty hunter. But not just a nickel-and-dime bounty hunter - you go after the big money. That means a cop gone bad.

Morris Duckworth can't get over Massimina, or Mimi, as he likes to refer to her. But then, he should have thought of that before he kidnapped and killed her. Only now, living in Verona and married to Mimi's sister, does he appreciate how much he misses her and how blindly he has stumbled into a trap of fate. Struggling to adjust to his good fortune, with a lavish house and cushy job, our unsavory hero finds that his new success is rife with tribulation: not least his pushy bride's staggering sexual appetite.

The charming and original story of a small, declining community’s struggle to survive in the shadow of an all-consuming metropolis, from from the multi-million copy bestselling author of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared. 'A shot of serotonin in book form'...

CIA agent Caitlyn Valentine has disappeared in London, and James Flynn is sure she's in danger. Of course, as a heavily medicated patient in a Pasadena psychiatric hospital, no one takes Flynn seriously. Especially since he's convinced his locked ward is the headquarters for His Majesty's Secret Service and that he's an international superspy with a license to kill.

Hornitos State Mental Hospital houses the worst of the worst. Those convicted of violent criminal behavior and judged not guilty by reason of insanity. Mass murderers, serial killers, mad bombers, arsonists, terrorists, and now...James Flynn. Still convinced he's an international super spy, Flynn finds himself in the most dangerous predicament of his life.

Włoska mafia, zrzucony z jasnogórskiej wieży trup i kobiety, które nie dają sobie w kaszę dmuchać. Ostrzegamy, słuchanie tego audiobooka w miejscach publicznych grozi niekontrolowanymi wybuchami śmiechu albo... napadami głodu! Dorota zatrudnia się w domu zabójczo przystojnego włoskiego biznesmena jako pielęgniarka, szybko jednak się okazuje, że będzie musiała dla niego również gotować. Zresztą nie tylko dla niego, ale także dla bandy jego pracowników, a Włosi mają żołądki jak spadochrony i lubią dobrze zjeść.

Henri Koskinen firmly believes in the power of common sense and order. That is until he moves in with Laura Helanto and her daughter. As Henri realises he has inadvertently become part of a group of local dads, a competing adventure park is seeking to expand their operations, not always sticking to the law in the process. Is it possible to combine the increasingly dangerous world of the adventure-park business with the unpredictability of life in a blended family? At first glance, the two appear to have only one thing in common: neither deals particularly well with a mounting body count.

Berlin: a man wakes up in a trash can with no idea who he is. He's taken to hospital for treatment. Then people start trying to assassinate him. The man has to find out why, how to get them to stop, and what the CIA has to do with all this. There's also the little problem of working out who he used to be, and why that changed. Meanwhile, his girlfriend Piper and best friend Lance are trying to find him.

A young actress, involuntarily committed to City of Roses Psychiatric Hospital, plunges James Flynn into a dangerous new adventure when she claims one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood is trying to kill her. Still convinced he's a secret agent for Her Majesty's Secret Service, Flynn springs into action, helps her escape, and finds himself embroiled in a battle with a dangerous sociopath worth billions. In the process, he uncovers a high-tech conspiracy to control the mind of every human being on Earth.

Eddie Morales finds his lowly R&D life completely upended when his Boise-based biotech firm dispatches him to Puerto Malogrado, a tiny but tumultuous country in South America where the international media is accusing their experimental potatoes of causing a bizarre medical crisis. Eddie unwillingly arrives in South America only to find his plans for a quick resolution thwarted when he gets caught between the two sides of an impending revolution, each hoping to capitalize on the potato scandal in order to seize power.

Un día, cuando Vendela llega a casa, se encuentra a su madre sentada frente a su puerta. Dice estar harta y que ha dejado a su marido, Karl. Este es solo el primero de una larga serie de acontecimientos que despiertan los recuerdos de Vendela y que la hacen pensar en las decisiones que ha tomado en su vida y cómo han afectado a las personas que la rodean.

No me atrevo a afirmar o desmentir si esta es la típica novela en la que vas a leer lo que te han contado siempre: chica conoce chico, chica y chico follan, chica y chico se quedan juntos y fueron felices y comieron perdices. Que esto no quiere decir que no sea cierto y que te encuentres algo de lo que te acabo de contar entre estas páginas, ojo al dato.

På ett plan till Indien sitter en ung och övergiven Bob Hansson med ett slitet pass med några uppätna sidor. Utan visum. Men med en ivrig tro på att allt kommer att lösa sig ändå. Tänk bara så många människor som var tvungna att mötas och kopulera med varandra för att han skulle bli till! Alla dessa spermier och ägg genom tusentals år som har lett fram till just honom. Och i Indien väntar mycket riktigt hans öde. Hon heter Alak och är allt han kunnat önska sig. Ändå tvivlar han det borde finnas något mer, något större?

James Flynn is an expert shot, a black belt in karate, fluent in four languages, and irresistible to women. He’s also a heavily medicated patient in a Los Angeles psychiatric hospital. Flynn believes his locked ward is the HQ of Her Majesty’s Secret Service. When the hospital is acquired by a new HMO, Flynn is convinced that the Secret Service has been infiltrated by the enemy. He escapes to save the day, and in the process, Flynn kidnaps a young Hispanic orderly named Sancho. This crazy day trip turns into a very real adventure when Flynn is mistaken for an actual secret agent.

When Inspector Peter Glebsky arrives at a remote ski chalet on vacation, the last thing he intends to do is get involved in any police work. He's there to ski, drink brandy, and loaf around in blissful solitude. But he hadn't counted on the other vacationers, an eccentric bunch, including a famous hypnotist, a physicist with a penchant for gymnastic feats, a sulky teenager of indeterminate gender, and the mysterious Mr. and Mrs. Moses.

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An old enemy seeking revenge sends James Flynn back around the bend and into a wild adventure even more deranged than his last one. Once again he believes that his psychiatric hospital is the headquarters of Her Majesty’s Secret Service and that he is a secret agent with a license to kill. With the help of Sancho, his reluctant sidekick, Flynn confronts a mysterious new adversary just as unhinged as he is and far more deadly. The entire planet is in danger, and the only one who can save it is someone no one believes.

Powracają przebojowe babcie, na które czekaliście! Marcela Kociokwik i Fatima Wierniewicz skradły show w debiutanckiej powieści Michała Krawczyka „Przypadek? Nie sądzę!”. „NA DWOJE BABKA GRZESZYŁA” to przewrotna, zaskakująca, komediowa opowieść o codzienności seniorek, które burzą wizerunek tradycyjnych babć. Marcela – aktywistka i orędowniczka życia – wciąż wpada na szalone pomysły, aby nie dać sobie przestrzeni na nudę. Fatima – zielarka powszechnie znana ze swoich trucizn – uznała, że pora poważnie przygotować się do ostatniej, najważniejszej podróży.

Begravningsentreprenör Fridlund gör så gott han kan, det blir bara lite fel ibland. Som till exempel vid Anton Bengtsons begravning. På heder och samvete var det inte meningen att det skulle bli som det blev. Är det då så konstigt att han behöver en sup. Dödgrävare Eriksson blir misstänkliggjord för både det ena och det andra, trots att han inte har med någonting av det att göra. Längtan, kärlek och prövningar gör det svårt för de inblandade.

Att leva i en femstjärnig stad är ingen garanti för ett femstjärnigt liv. Det får Louise Hathaway och Filip Fredriksson erfara. De hanterar sin stora tragedi på olika sätt. Filip flyttar till Gran Canaria för att bli chefredaktör och framgångsrik författare. Louise återvänder till sin gård och startar en annorlunda restaurang. Det kriminella husbilsgänget har blivit laglydigt. Nästan. Husbilsbyn Smaklösa växer, trots att somliga vill kalla det husbilsghetto. Okända inslag gör intrång i den nu välmående staden som sätter människornas värderingar på sin spets.