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    Sam Vines is a man on the run. Yesterday he was a duke, a chief of police, and the ambassador to the mysterious, fat-rich country of Uberwald. Now he has nothing but his native wit and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya (don't ask). It's snowing. It's freezing. And if he can't make it through the forest to civilization, there's going to be a terrible war. But there are monsters on his trail. They're bright. They're fast. They're werewolves. And they're catching up. Sam Vines is out of time, out of luck, and already out of breath. The Fifth Elephant is one more installment of Terry Pratchett's Discworld cycle, this time starring dwarfs, diplomacy, intrigue - and big lumps of fat. Language: English. Narrator: Tony Robinson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/000190/bk_rhuk_000190_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A feather for my nest...My financial situation is beyond desperate and that stripper pole is looking better and better, but I refuse to put on the baby oil just yet. There’s got to be some other way to break this job-jinx.Luck is not on my side - until I spot the Crow’s feather. The wind - like my life - is against me and decides to try to keep me from my prize. I follow it. I really want that feather and end up at this gloomy, creepy building that I don't recall ever seeing before. And as fate would have it...there's a "Now Hiring" sign on the front gate.This book is a slow-burn urban fantasy with a dash of unconventional romance. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jessica M. Hepburn. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/196752/bk_acx0_196752_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Duchlan Castle is a gloomy place in the Scottish Highlands. Late one night the body of Mary Gregor, sister of the laird, is found in the castle. She has been stabbed to death in her locked bedroom. The only tiny clue to the culprit is a silver fish's scale, left on the floor next to Mary's body. Inspector Dundas is dispatched to investigate. The Gregor family and their servants are quick to explain that Mary was a kind and charitable woman, but Dundas uncovers a more complex truth. Soon further deaths occur. Superstitious locals believe that fish creatures from the nearby waters are responsible, but luckily for Inspector Dundas, gifted amateur sleuth Eustace Hailey is on the scene. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Bryce. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/002504/bk_isis_002504_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Rome, AD 41. Caligula has been assassinated and the Praetorian Guard have proclaimed Claudius Emperor – but his position is precarious. His three freedmen, Narcissus, Pallas and Callistus, must find a way to manufacture a quick victory – but how? Pallas has the answer: retrieve the Eagle of the Seventeenth, lost nearly 40 years before. Who but Vespasian could lead a dangerous mission into the gloomy forests of Germania? Accompanied by a small band of cavalry, Vespasian and his brother try to pick up the trail of the Eagle. In search of the Eagle and the truth, whilst being pursued by barbarians, Vespasian must battle his way to the shores of Britannia. Yet can he escape his own Emperor's wrath? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Kenny. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/002210/bk_isis_002210_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    It's Christmastime in Good Springs, and Lydia Bradshaw is eager for the light at the end of her year - the Colburn family's big holiday gathering. When she discovers none of her siblings are coming back to the village this year, she believes Christmas will be ruined. As Lydia faces a gloomy holiday in the Colburn house, an unexpected romance brightens her favorite season. Will it be enough to rekindle the light of Christmas? Spend Christmas with the Colburns in this inspirational holiday novella. If you like the traditional setting and sweet romance of Amish fiction but are looking for something new, try Christmas with the Colburns today to jump into a fast-paced story of Christmastime in a hidden land. Holiday recipe included! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kate Fisher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/047432/bk_acx0_047432_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    In this frolicking, adult Alice in Wonderland adventure, Robert attempts to communicate with his grieving wife from the afterlife. He stumbles upon the ability to enter the body of Murphy, their eight-year-old family boxer. The experience is overwhelming, but the challenge to communicate with Maria proves to be more difficult than expected. When he learns that he can change into almost anything, he is torn between his transformational experience, and being a loyal guardian to his wife. Even in the gloomy prospect of death, Robert entertains us with his playful sense of humor, as he morphs into the lives of animals, insects, and other living creatures. This thought-provoking story delivers a message that resonates for a long time. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Adam R. Watson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/143833/bk_acx0_143833_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Sera Jane Walker, an aspiring writer with a gloomy bank account, takes a temporary job cleaning toilets to keep a roof over her head while she writes her first book. Her dream comes to an abrupt halt when her muse flees after the stench in the stairwell turns out to be a former employee! Questions arise, accusations are made, and tensions flare.When the bodies start to pile up as fast as the bills, Sera races in to flush out the killer before she becomes the next stain on the bathroom floor. If she can avoid death long enough to sell her first manuscript, she can pen a "Dear John" letter to her employment agency, and say good-bye to a temporary life forever. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan McGurl. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/130868/bk_acx0_130868_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Again, the terrifying cry rang out. The Doctor quickened his pace along the gloomy tunnels of the castle. Suddenly, from the darkness lumbered the mighty Aggedor, Royal Beast and Protector of the Kingdom of Peladon! The Doctor fumbled in his pocket. Would the device work? As he trained the spinning mirror on the eyes of Aggedor, the terrible claws came closer and closer... What is the secret behind the killings on the Planet of Peladon? Is Aggedor seeking revenge because the King of Peladon wants his kingdom to become a member of the Galactic Federation? Will the Doctor escape the claws of Aggedor and discover the truth? David Troughton reads Brian Hayles' complete and unabridged novelisation, first published by Target Books in 1974. Language: English. Narrator: David Troughton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbcw/006920/bk_bbcw_006920_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The first in a compelling new crime series from Booker Prize-winning author John Banville, writing as Benjamin Black. Quirke's pathology department, set deep beneath the city, is his own gloomy realm: always quiet, always night, and always under his control. Until late one evening after a party he stumbles across a body that should not be there - and his brother-in-law falsifying the corpse's cause of death. This is the first time Quirke has encountered Christine Falls, but the investigation he decides to lead into the way she lived and died uncovers a dark secret at the heart of Dublin's high Catholic network; one with the power to shake his own family and everything he holds dear. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Timothy Dalton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/macm/000428/bk_macm_000428_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    In this second installment of Carola Dunn's cozy mystery series set in 1923 England, plucky Daisy Dalrymple embarks on another assignment for Town and Country magazine and discovers that daffodil bulbs aren't all that's buried in a country estate's flower bed. Feisty flapper Dalrymple is a breath of fresh air to the occupants of gloomy Occles Hall in Cheshire, among them her former school chum, wallflower Bobbie Parslow, and the thorny mistress of the manor, Lady Valeria. While photographing the barren ground behind the house, Daisy suspects someone has been digging amidst the soil's first green shoots, and promptly unearths the corpse of Grace Moss, the missing parlor maid. So begins a harrowing romp as the dead woman's shocking secret is revealed. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bernadette Dunne. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/001506/bk_blak_001506_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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