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    Sphinx , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 986min
    Mythical in its ambition, Sphinx is a gripping literary thriller set against the tense backdrop of Sadat’s Egypt and the decadent, decaying remnants of the colonial European diaspora in Alexandria.  Alexandria, Egypt, 1977. During a dive to an old shipwreck, archaeologist Isabella Warnock uncovers an artefact unlike anything she has ever seen: an astrarium, a mysterious ancient device rumoured to have shaped the destinies of pharaohs and kings since the beginning of time. But her discovery comes at a terrible price, and it falls to her husband, Oliver, to keep the priceless object safe.  Up against a shadowy enemy and a powerful cult prepared to do anything for the treasure, Oliver is catapulted into a breakneck race to protect an ancient secret in a dangerous world of conspiracy and Egyptology, where age-old sorcery and legends clash violently with modern-day ambitions. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gavin Osborn. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/boli/003902/bk_boli_003902_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Murder House , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 669min
    No. 7 Ocean Drive is a multimillion-dollar beachfront house in the Hamptons, but its beautiful exterior hides a horrific past. This house was the setting for a series of depraved killings that have never been solved. Neglected, empty and rumoured to be cursed, it's known as the Murder House, and locals keep their distance. Detective Jenna Murphy has moved to the area to escape her troubled past and rehabilitate a career on the rocks. But when a Hollywood power broker and his mistress are found dead in the abandoned Murder House, Jenna becomes involved in a case that at first seems open and shut, but reveals more secrets than she could possibly imagine. As more bodies surface and Jenna is drawn deeper into the dark history of No. 7, she must risk her own life to expose the truth - before the Murder House claims another victim. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jay Snyder, Therese Plummer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/002151/bk_rhuk_002151_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Three Short Stories by Henry Chapman Mercer , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 173min
    Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930) was, amongst other things, an eccentric archaologist, historian, architect, antiquarian collector and author of Gothic horror stories very much after the fashion of M. R. James. 'The Dolls' Castle' is the creepy story of a haunted house with a sinister past which uses old, rotting dolls to lure unwary children away from their parents. 'The Wolf Book' is the story of a professor who spends the summer travelling in Hungary and Romania in search of rare manuscripts. At the monastery at Jollok, he learns that the library was plundered a hundred years earlier by a sinister nobleman who was rumoured to be a werewolf. 'Castle Valley' tells the strange supernatural tale of an artist who gazes into an old crystal and sees a vision of a beautiful Gothic castle, with which he gradually becomes obsessed. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000840/bk_redd_000840_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Invader: Dark Blade : Invader Novella Series, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 152min
    The third novella in the gripping Invader series, set in Roman Britain, AD 44, from Sunday Times best-selling authors Simon Scarrow and T. J. Andrews.Despite defeat in battle, Britannia's natives continue to resist their Roman conquerors. All attempts to impose Roman rule have failed. A new king has been installed among the Durotriges to bring them into line, and Optio Horatius Figulus of the Second Legion is charged with protecting him. It's a thankless task, and, worse still, the Druids are rumoured to be plotting to assassinate the king. The king begins a devastating campaign of reprisals against his political rivals. Whole families are murdered, weapons are confiscated and the old gods are denounced. As open native rebellion threatens, Figulus finds his unswerving allegiance to Rome faltering. Just as a Druid assassin is poised to strike.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan Keeble. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/head/001248/bk_head_001248_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Pharaoh's Secret: NUMA Files, Book 13 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 654min
    Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Pharaoh's Secret. The City of the Dead, Egypt, 1353 BC Buried deep beneath the Sahara desert is a secret - an ancient elixir so powerful that it is rumoured to take life from the living and restore it to the dead. Lampedusa, present day Off a remote island, a mysterious ship releases a deadly poison. Minutes later everyone on the island is dead. Responding to a distress call, Kurt Austin and the NUMA team struggle to understand what has caused this disaster. As they investigate the incident further, they uncover a far greater threat. What is the truth behind the legends? Now Kurt Austin must learn the secrets of the past if he is to save millions from horrifying deaths. But it is a desperate race against time. And he faces a deadly enemy who will stop at nothing.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Brick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pauk/000692/bk_pauk_000692_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Secret of Crickley Hall , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1080min
    There is an old, empty house in Devil's Cleave, a deep gorge that leads from the high moors down to the harbour village of Hollow Bay. The house is Crickley Hall and it's large and grim, somehow foreboding. It's rumoured to be haunted. It's thought to hold a secret. Despite some reservations, the Caleighs move in, searching for respite in this beautiful part of North Devon, seeking peace and perhaps to come to terms with what's happened to them as a family. But all is not well with the house. They hear unaccountable noises. A cellar door they shut every night is always open again in the morning. They see things that cannot be real. The house is the last place the Caleighs should have come to, for the terror that unfolds is beyond belief. Soon they will discover the secret horror of Crickley Hall.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Rintoul. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbcw/006279/bk_bbcw_006279_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Tyrant's Throne: The Greatcoats, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1189min
    Would you - could you? - uphold the law at the cost of those you love? Falcio val Mond, First Cantor of the Greatcoats, is on the brink of fulfilling his dead King's dream: Aline is about to take the throne and restore the rule of law once and for all. But for the Greatcoats, nothing is ever that simple. In neighbouring Avares, an enigmatic new warlord is uniting the barbarian armies, and, even worse, he is rumoured to have a new ally: Falcio's old nemesis Trin. With the armies of Avares at her back, she'll be unstoppable. Falcio, Kest and Brasti go racing north to stop her, but in those cold, treacherous climes they discover something altogether different - and far more dangerous: a new player plans to take the throne of Tristia, and the Greatcoats, for all their determination and skill, may not be able to stop him. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Jameson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/qpuk/000367/bk_qpuk_000367_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Rosewater: The Wormwood Trilogy, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 816min
    Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2019   Winner of the inaugural Nommo Award for Best Novel, Africa's first award for speculative fiction Shortlisted for the Kitschie Award for Best Novel 2019   John W. Campbell Award finalist for Best Science Fiction Novel  Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious alien biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry and the helpless - people eager for a glimpse inside the dome or a taste of its rumoured healing powers.Kaaro is a government agent with a criminal past. He has seen inside the biodome, and doesn't care to again - but when something begins killing off others like himself, Kaaro must defy his masters to search for an answer, facing his dark history and coming to a realisation about a horrifying future. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bayo Gbadamosi. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/twuk/002093/bk_twuk_002093_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Great Gatsby
    In The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald captures the flamboyance, the carelessness and the cruelty of the wealthy during America's Jazz Age. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition features an afterword by David Stuart Davies.The Great Gatsby lives mysteriously in a luxurious Long Island mansion, playing lavish host to hundreds of people. And yet no one seems to know him or how he became so rich. He is rumoured to be everything from a German spy to a war hero. People clamour for invitations to his wild parties. But Jay Gatsby doesn't heed them. He cares for one person alone - Daisy Buchanan, the woman he has waited for all his life. Little does he know that his infatuation will lead to tragedy and end in murder.
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    Black Water Lilies , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 717min
    Giverny. During the day, the home of the famous artist Claude Monet and the gardens where he painted his water lilies. But once the tourists have gone, there is a darker side to the peaceful French village. This is the story of 13 days that begin with one murder and end with another. Jérôme Morval, a man whose passion for art was matched only by his passion for women, has been found dead in the stream that runs through the gardens. In his pocket is a postcard of Monet's Water Lilies with the words 'Eleven years old. Happy Birthday.' Entangled in the mystery are three women: a young painting prodigy, the seductive village schoolteacher and an old widow who watches over the village from a mill by the stream. All three of them share a secret. But what do they know about the discovery of Jérôme Morval's corpse? And what is the connection to the mysterious rumoured painting of black water lilies? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joan Walker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/orio/000955/bk_orio_000955_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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