Showing results for "The Ringer" in Genre Fiction

In the first in this trio of Western stories by Louis L'Amour - "Black Rock" - Jim Gatlin, a Texas trail driver, arrives in the town of Tucker where he finds himself quickly drawn into the middle of an all-out battle for the XY Ranch when, due to a case of mistaken identity, he kills the segundo of Wing Cary's Flying C Ranch. Gatlin is a dead-ringer for Jim Walker, who, like Cary, wants control of the XY. Gatlin is thrown into a situation in which all he can do but fight for his life.

While speaking at a Hong Kong medical conference, neurosurgeon Dr. Lucas McCrae slips the cloth off a cadaver's head during a routine medical demonstration, and is overwhelmed with the shock by what's staring back at him: His best friend, Andy Baer. Stunned, McCrae races back to Seattle to discover that Andy is in fact missing and may have been murdered by a gang of body snatchers who operate a legit funeral business and make a fortune by selling recovered body parts to medical researchers.

With its wickedly funny mimicry and on-point parodies, Dead Ringers became an instant classic when it hit the airwaves in January 2000. In these four series, first broadcast between 2020 and 2023, the team give us their inimitable impersonations of the famous and infamous: from Donald Trump and Joe Biden to Liz Truss, Professor Chris Whitty and Holly Willoughby.

Ledger McGraw may know all about horses, but he doesn't know anything about the lie that broke up his first romance with waitress Abby Pierce. Abby, tricked into marrying the wrong man, is at the end of her tether in her abusive relationship. When she learns the truth about her terrible marriage, she becomes desperate to escape it - before her jealous husband kills her.

Rob lives by the maxim that there's no such thing as over. And something's certainly not over for him. An unknown, unseen enemy is stalking him, with tragic consequences for his son and ex-wife. As Rob and Mike close ranks to protect their families, they find themselves up against industrial espionage, two warring scientists, and a blood feud that won't end until somebody pays with their life. Their best hope of putting the past to rest forever could lie in the unique genetic skills of a runaway teenager.

Julia liebt den Advent in Funkelstein. Dass sie ausgerechnet jetzt zu ihrer Tante nach Schweden reisen soll, um diese nach einem kleinen Unfall zu unterstützen, gefällt ihr gar nicht. Doch da sie als Kind viele wunderbare Sommer bei ihr verbracht hat und obendrein gerade arbeitslos geworden ist, macht sie sich auf den Weg. Auf der kleinen Insel Alnön angekommen, hilft sie nicht nur ihrer Tante dabei, den Alltag zu bewältigen, sondern arbeitet auch in deren Friseursalon. Zusammen mit Henrik, in den sie als Teenager heimlich verliebt war, bevor ihr eine gemeinsame Freundin verraten hatte, dass er schwul ist.

L'orpheline Giuseppa est surnommée "La Fortuna" pour la main généreuse qui a payé son éducation dans un couvent de Sicile. Elle mène toutefois une existence âpre au milieu de religieuses au cœur sec. Sa soif du monde et de liberté lui donne à l'âge adulte la force d'emmener mari et fils loin de la tyrannie de sa belle-famille, et loin de la terre natale.