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Bloomsbury presents Bone China by Laura Purcell, read by Laura Kirman. 'Du Maurier-tastic' GUARDIAN 'Deliciously sinister' HEAT 'A clever, creepy read' SUNDAY EXPRESS Consumption has ravaged Louise Pinecroft’s family, leaving her and her father alone and heartbroken. But Dr Pinecroft has plans...

I'm twenty-six years old, and I want to die. So when I wake up at the hospital with my brother weeping over me, I know my life is about to change. What I didn't expect was to get a nurse with cruel eyes and a morbid sense of humor that surpasses my own. I'm even more surprised when I arrive at Harlow Sanctum and realize that my brother selected an unorthodox rehabilitation center that rooms people based on their treatment plan. And my roommate is none other than the man with cruel eyes I met the day prior.

Brought to you by Penguin. The unputdownable, thought-provoking must-read Richard & Judy book club pick. You should never judge how someone chooses to raise their child. Elizabeth and Bryony are polar opposites but their unexpected friendship has always worked. They're the best of friends, and...

It starts out as a bet....A way to forget about my latest in a string of bad relationships and move on. I know it's a mistake. Especially when I have a terrible knack for picking the wrong men. Then I see him. The gorgeous man in the dark suit, drowning his sorrows in a glass of scotch is only supposed to be one night of fun. No strings. Zero expectations. No one gets hurt. And when I wake up alone the next morning, it appears I've gotten everything I was after. That is until I find the shiny gold cuff links he left behind. Oh, and discover that he's my new boss.

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital. Haría cualquier cosa para protegerla... incluso echarla de su vida. Royce Lawler era guapo, misterioso y peligrosamente seductor incluso estando convaleciente. Y se suponía que la recatada y eficiente Merrily Gage iba a tener que vivir bajo el...

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital. Cuando el doctor Jake Andrews llegó al Mercy Medical West, todas las mujeres se desmayaron al verle. Todas menos la enfermera Hope Carmichael, una joven viuda decidida a no enamorarse de nuevo para no volver a sufrir. Hope parecía inmune a los...

Der Weg zu dir selbst ist kein Spaziergang! Eigentlich wollte Valerie nur kurz in die Stadt und dann ihren Sohn Lio von der Kita abholen. Doch als der Bus ohne sie abfährt, läuft sie einfach los. Valerie steckt fest: in der Überforderung des Alltags als Single-Mom und ihrem Drang, ihre Probleme durch Instagram-Self-Care-Posts zu analysieren. Doch auf ihrem ungeplanten Fußmarsch hilft kein Wischen und kein Tippen mehr.

Em uma narrativa tanto introspectiva quanto brutal, Antônio Xerxenesky nos faz encarar os traumas do passado, mas, principalmente, o medo do futuro. Livro vencedor do prêmio São Paulo de Literatura 2022. Nicolas, um jovem psiquiatra francês, é convidado para trabalhar na Suíça logo após...

Daniel is everything I ever dreamed of. A handsome, successful doctor who truly swept me off my feet. I can’t wait to get back from our honeymoon and begin our new lives together. Except, rather than taking us back to our flat, Daniel announces we are moving to a new house in a different city. And when we arrive, the house is fully furnished, with plates in the cupboard, pictures on the walls and new clothes in my closet. It’s like someone already lives here. It seems a bit strange. But I know Daniel is just trying to make sure our new life is perfect, right from the start.

Not too long from today, a new, highly contagious virus makes its way across the globe. Most who get sick experience nothing worse than flu, fever, and headaches. But for the unlucky one percent - and nearly five million souls in the United States alone - the disease causes "Lock In": Victims fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus. The disease affects young, old, rich, poor, people of every color and creed. The world changes to meet the challenge.

Brought to you by Penguin. Watch Will Trent now on Disney+ The sixth Will Trent novel, from the #1 bestselling author. A woman is found brutally murdered in a sordid Atlanta apartment. But there's something strange about this particular slaying. Her blood-soaked body bears a chilling similarity...

Something terrible has happened in the snowbound village of Kingdom Come, Wyoming, where 12 eerily identical houses stand dark and abandoned. Meals remain untouched on dining room tables, cars are still in garages, and the town's residents have vanished into thin air. This is the disturbing setting where vacationing medical examiner Maura Isles and her traveling companions find themselves trapped during a ferocious snowstorm.

Deep in the steaming jungles of Paraguay, Aimee Weir is in trouble. The petrobiologist has found what she was looking for – a unique microorganism in a natural gas deposit – but it proves to be more destructive than anyone could have imagined. A contagion is striking down all in its wake. The camp is quarantined, but workers start to vanish in the night. Is it fear of contamination – or has something far more lethal come to the surface? Something that has been trapped beneath the miles of stone, waiting... for us.

A successful entrepreneur in the mushroom industry, Jaakko Kaunismaa is a man in his prime. At just 37 years of age, he is shocked when his doctor tells him that he's dying. What is more, the cause is discovered to be prolonged exposure to toxins; in other words, someone has slowly but surely been poisoning him. Determined to find out who wants him dead, Jaakko embarks on a suspenseful roller-coaster journey full of unusual characters, bizarre situations and unexpected twists.

In Atlanta, Dr. Peyton Shaw is awakened by the phone call she has dreaded for years. As the CDC's leading epidemiologist, she's among the first responders to outbreaks around the world. It's a lonely and dangerous job, but it's her life - and she's good at it. This time she may have met her match. In Kenya, an Ebola-like pathogen has infected two Americans. One lies at death's door. With the clock ticking, Peyton assembles her team and joins personnel from the Kenyan Ministry of Health and the WHO.

The story of one woman who believed in scientific medicine before the world believed in her Raised by the eccentric surgeon Dr. Horace Croft after losing her parents to a deadly pandemic, the orphan Nora Beady knows little about conventional life. While other young ladies were raised to busy...

Two contrasting short stories about the medical profession, written and narrated by Michael Henrik Wynn, the editor of the educational radio stream Historyradio.org. 1. The Doctor: a Victorian horror story. 2. Old Jacob: a contemporary doctor coping with bereavement. This is the second edition...

Joy Stern, a free-spirited photographer, thought she had it all together. She built a traveler's life with her husband, an architect who designed their days like the buildings he created. Children weren't part of the plan. When Joy's mom dies suddenly, everything changes. Being behind the lens, capturing photos of families, doesn't feel like enough anymore—until Joy discovers a hidden key to her mother's diary. One entry inspires a choice that could transform the trajectory of her life.

Stemningen i Europa er blevet mere dyster. Mafiaen er stærkere end nogensinde, narkotikamarkedet er blevet mere avanceret, og metoderne er blevet mere voldelige – ­noget, som Paul Hjelm og hans kolleger i Opcop har måttet erfare på den hårde måde. Men nu er mafiaen truet af en uventet...

The world’s bestselling crime writer Patricia Cornwell presents the extraordinary eighteenth novel in the Kay Scarpetta series, in which Kay Scarpetta is confronted with a case that could ruin her professionally and personally. Kay Scarpetta has been training at the Dover Port Mortuary...