Showing results for "The Plan" in Literature & Fiction

“The perfect cocktail of well-plotted, good-hearted, murderous fun."" —Nina Simon, bestselling author of Mother-Daughter Murder Night THEY'D KILL TO BE WIDOWS. Three best friends turn to murder to collect on their husbands’ life insurance policies… But the husbands have a plan of their...

I would have trusted this man with my life. Until a couple of days ago, anyway. You know what they say - hope for the best, but plan for the worst. Max is quite accustomed to everything going wrong. She's St Mary's, after all. Disaster is her default state. But with her family reunited and a jump to Bronze Age Crete in the works, life is getting back to normal. Well, normal for St Mary's. And then, following one fateful night at the Tower of London, everything Max thought she knew comes crashing down around her. Too late for plans. The worst has happened. And who can Max trust now?

In San Francisco verschwinden die Seelen der Toten - um sie zu retten, braucht Charlie Asher einen todsicheren Plan... In San Francisco gehen seltsame Dinge vor sich: Die Seelen der Toten verschwinden einfach im Nichts, statt ins Jenseits zu gelangen. Sie dort sicher hinzugeleiten, war eigentlich der Job des Totenboten Charlie Asher. Doch der kann diese Aufgabe schon länger nicht mehr erfüllen, und sein Nachfolger Alphonse Rivera hat seinen Auftrag monatelang ignoriert - ohne dass etwas Schreckliches geschehen wäre.

Caroline hat genug von ihrem Job in der Delikatessenabteilung eines großen Supermarktes. Viel lieber möchte sie eine Tapas-Bar in Stockholm eröffnen. Dummerweise hat Caroline kein Geld - dafür hat sie einen Plan: Gemeinsam mit ihrem Kollegen und ihrem charmanten, kleinkriminellen Vater will sie einen Fleischtransporter klauen. Der Erlös der Beute soll ihr Startkapital sein. Doch dann lernt sie den Fahrer des Transporters kennen, und schon ist es um Caroline geschehen. Was natürlich kein Grund ist, den Plan zu ändern.

Widowed Kate Everett is looking forward to starting her "second act". She’s planned out everything that she wants - a new house, a new job, maybe even a new man. She can’t wait until everything falls into place. But life has a way of butting in, and Kate soon finds herself dealing with unexpected houseguests, helping her daughter plan the world’s smallest wedding, and sudden unemployment. Things get even more complicated with the reappearance of her old college love, Jake. He realizes the mistake he made years ago in letting her go, and is eager to win her back.

Privatdetektiv Philip Maloney ermittelt mit Charme, Schalk und unverkennbarer Raubeinigkeit. Seine Fälle werden ihm von seinen Klienten zugetragen und beginnen harmlos, doch stößt Maloney im Laufe der Ermittlungen meistens auf eine Leiche. Widerwillig muss er mit der Polizei zusammenarbeiten. Der zuständige Beamte ist nicht der Hellste und löst lieber Kreuzworträtsel als Kriminalfälle. Am Ende klärt immer Maloney den Fall.

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The man would leave the apartment but then he would simply be trapped outside instead.

These distant relatives emphasized these attractions would be both scary and dark.

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A very modern vampire, Betsy Taylor is facing some formidible challenges. She is getting ready to negotiate her way through a highly political meeting with powerful European vampires. She just found out her best friend, Jessica, may have a fatal illness. And her fiance, Eric, continues to evade every wedding plan. What to do? Put on high heels, hug her friend, and splash on something special for Eric, of course.

Lou wants to sing a duet with Susan. Abbott and Costello talk about where they are going on their vacation. Lou asks for some aspirin. Bud won't get any for him. Matty won't. The cast won't either. A kid in the audience says he will. It breaks up the audience. Then the boys go to a travel bureau. They take a boat trip where they are left on an island. They run into cannibals.