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An anytime, anywhere listen, Office Shocks is a quirky and comical account of a young, impatient and opinionated B-school graduate who enters the corporate world and discovers it in all its backstage glory. He encounters a stereotypical yet unusual ensemble: the fickle-minded boss, the girl who got fired, the flirtatious colleagues, the dreaded lunch-sharing saint, the erudite two-timing family man, and much more on what turns out to be the most shocking first day at work.

Aspiring writer and general layabout Jacob Garlicker doesn't expect—walking along the beach on the night of his twenty-sixth birthday—to witness a murder. After a hapless attempt to help the victim, Jacob decides to forget the incident entirely. And for a while, he does, returning to his bohemian life in NYC as if nothing of consequence had occurred.

Living in the British city of Rosington of the 1950s, Wendy finds herself penniless, jobless, and on the verge of divorce. She goes to stay with her friend, who seems to have everything Wendy lacks. But a decades-old mystery lingers, and the shadow of death seeps through from turn-of-the-century Rosington, portending tragedy.

From the Collins Crime Club archive, the fifth Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’. THE PUZZLE OF THE PURPLE SICKLE The suicide of a sales clerk at the box office of a London cinema leaves another girl in fear for her life...

When Gloria, the loathed office receptionist, is found dead - and Charlie admits to being the first person to talk to the victim after the murder - there's no turning back. The police, impressed by Charlie's psychic powers, insist on her help in their investigation, and Charlie soon discovers that Gloria more than lived up to her nickname of "the office witch" - she was a member of a local witches coven.

Christophe Leibovitz-Berthier est avocat pénaliste et traîne son âme en peine de commissions d'office en dossiers minables. Déçu par son milieu professionnel, il accepte de collaborer avec un avocat sulfureux qui défend des gros truands. Mais cette collaboration fera de lui le compagnon de cellule d'un proxénète albanais... amateur de Flaubert.

Rye Marshall had it all - wealth, prominence, and the love of his life. But nothing lasts forever, and his perfect world came crashing down around him. When the dust settled, he found himself alone and starting from a clean slate. Grace Dorrance had made many mistakes in her life, but one stood out above the rest - an epic ending to a complex and passionate relationship. She left her former lover’s life in complete ruins and tried her best never to look back at the wreckage.

Smith Gallo has everything a man could ever want at the tip of his fingertips, except of course, the woman he loves. To what lengths will he be willing to go to make his ambitions come true? Laurel Calanthe is one successful stock pick away from making partner when she finds herself in desperate need of an alibi. There’s only one problem. The man who can save her from being arrested is her only competitor and the one who now holds her fate in his hands.

Der "Aktenzeichen XY" - Fall ist seit 40 Jahren ungelöst: Münzdiebstahl in der Stuttgarter Innenstadt. Das Intermezzo des Angeklagten Victor Bethke und dem Täter Heinrich Dasler war wohl alles andere als zufällig - das glaubt jedenfalls Kommissar Hartmann. Warum sonst hätten gerade nur sie beide den Straßenbahnunfall an jenem Maisamstag 1974 überleben sollen? Andererseits wundert sich Bethke, wie es überhaupt zu all dem kommen konnte. Wenn er selbst nicht der Komplize war, wer war es dann? Hartmann...?

In der Remonstered Edition wurden ein paar Sprecher ausgetauscht und neue Musik hinzugefügt. Im kleinen Örtchen Eglosheim, tief im Schwabenländle, geschehen seltsame Dinge. Jeden Morgen sind die Lagerräume der Fast-Food-Restaurants leergeräumt, doch gibt es keine Hinweise auf einen Einbruch! Nachts schleicht eine dunkle große und augenscheinlich böse Gestalt durch die Stadt! Und warum sucht diese Gestalt die Kinderzimmer kleiner Kinder auf und ist dann wieder spurlos verschwunden? Ein Fall für die Men in Green!

Seit Jahren ermittelt Viktor Balldar als Privatdetektiv im Fall des Secret Killers, doch so nah wie jetzt ist er ihm noch nie gekommen. Vor seiner Tätigkeit als privater Ermittler war er Polizist. Doch wegen einer Korruptionsaffäre quittierte er einst den Dienst, hatte er doch berechtigterweise Grund zu der Annahme, dass der Killer aus den Kreisen der Polizei kam.