The Stronger Sex - formato ePub

Young lawyer Alex Zabel defends industrialist Herbert Klofft in a case for wrongful dismissal being brought against him by his former employee and mistress. She is thirty-four, he seventy-eight, a despot,...

An amateur investigation into Erika's watery death buys our anti-hero a ticket for a vertiginous ride.

A taut psychological thriller about a visitor from war-torn Georgia who brings paranoia to a peaceful family.

Der Marquis von Vale - sehr bei den Damen der Londoner Gesellschaft begehrt - ist nicht nur ein sehr attraktiver und wohlhabender Junggeselle, sondern auch viel bereist und in viele internationale Aktivitäten...

I HATE the sight of those terra-cotta envelopes that telegrams come in. They have often announced ill news to me, and even in the absence of ill news they bear with them an atmosphere of emergency, suggestions...

A gripping and claustrophobic rural gothic horror novel about an isolated family who worship the bog that surrounds them, perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher and Stephen Graham Jones.It is said that the...

In this spellbinding rom-com about a wish gone wrong, two opposites might just get a second chance at love, perfect for fans of New York Times bestsellers Payback's a Witch and The Ex Hex. Ex-celebrity...

This classic ghost story from the author of The Last Unicorn follows Jonathan who’s been living in a cemetery with a raven as his only friend amongst the newly dead until he discovers a pair of ghostly...

An “impossibly endearing” (Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author) debut novel about three clairvoyant sisters who face an unexpected twist of Fate at the bottom of their own delicate porcelain...

From a renowned scholar and translator, the definitive translation of Aesop’s Fables Aesop’s fables are among the most familiar and best-loved stories in the world. Tales like “The Tortoise and the Hare,”...

'A rare combination of experience and talent' Mick Herron'His best yet ... Superb, addictively suspenseful, politics/tradecraft accurate, scary, complex ... A newmaestro of espionage thrillers'Simon Sebag...

"A harrowing exploration of the expanding labyrinth of despair and the self." Paul Tremblay. A mindbending and visceral experimental horror about a young man trapped in an infinite Montreal subway...

Howard Walker is fleeing from a dark secret. As 62-year-old Walker drives a coach bus across America, he recounts his experiences of war trauma and his bond with the famous protest singer Philip Boothman...

In this swoon-worthy conclusion to the New York Times instant bestselling Luminaries trilogy, Winnie continues her fight against the monstrous nightmares of Hemlock Falls and finds answers about her past.Winnie...

A smart-talking supernatural noir, full of twists and turns, delivered at a whipalong pace about a dead investigative-journalist-turned-soul-collector on the trail of his nemesis – and murderer. Perfect...

On the death of Congresswoman Kitte' Lawson, the world mourned.  She was broadly regarded as a great woman, and many people felt as though her last sacrifice was a noble and selfless act.  The two people...

The Missing You in Belmar, NJ trilogy concludes with Summer Mirrors, where change shapes the lives of the five main characters, drawing them closer to their shared core—resilience. As Labor Day nears,...

Ridge Warner believes his worst nightmare is behind him. But when a series of mysterious explosions reduce his home to rubble and leave him injured, he is thrust back into a world of chaos and uncertainty. Amidst...

Liquid time, the River Thames flows through London Town in one direction, the water swallowing most everything that falls in. Items lost to the river's churn, caught in silt, mud, and gravel, lay exposed...

In What is Found, What is Lost, Freddie was raised on faith; it's in her blood. But when she loses her husband of many years, she can't quite bring herself to seek solace from the Almighty and instead...

Some say the art of storytelling lies in the making of something out of nothing, but for Rachel Rodman, the art of story lies in the remaking-in taking stories apart, mixing the pieces together, and gluing...

What do you do when your plans are dashed?Do you salvage the pieces?Or forge a new dream?When Karoline Stryker cancels her wedding, she is at a loss for what to do next. She has already given up her teaching...

"Silent screams bounce around my head like an impending storm, brewing into a force that will escape in a wild dance of chaos and be lost forever if I don't stop to write them down." For centuries, philosophers...

Emily Darkwood is already resisting Victorian society's expectations of her as a woman of the upper classes, when she receives a strange and life-changing inheritance in the wake of her missing parents....

Welcome to Burnt Rock Cove: The Harlan Brothers, a new contemporary romance series set on reader-favorite Drake Isle!Thirty years ago, four foster brothers made a pact to protect the girl they loved and...

London Detective Agency, The Complete Series MISTAKEN IDENTITY: Graduate student Evelyn Stevenson is on her way to study abroad, and it's her first time away from home. Excited for the adventure of a...

In the desert's merciless grip, a top-secret military base harbors a diabolical experiment—a drug engineered to unleash carnage and horror. Enter Luke, a hardened operative tasked with infiltrating the...

It's the summer of 1987, and Jimmy Hanlon, a closeted bisexual in his late forties, is searching for a new sense of identity in his Jersey Shore hometown after a laryngectomy. In this first installment...

In a world where Fae and Vampire will forever be at odds, a Vampire wins the crown, ruling the Fae Realm for the first time in history.After the execution of the Succubus who attempted to murder the King,...

This forest is full of invisible lines. There is the line of the U.S./Canada border, which Mike needs to cross undetected with his rucksack full of shrooms. There are the myriad underground lines of mycorrhizal...

The Kingmaker of Muguland is a gripping political thriller set in the heart of a fictional African country blessed with immense wealth, natural resources, and intelligent citizens, yet plagued by corruption,...

Set against a backdrop of a failing Galactic war and to save what remains of the once flourishing Near Galaxy. Muse Maverick, the last of the famed Archeological Relic Hunters must put behind him the...

A protective madame…Born a slave in the Siren's Song brothel, Kathryn fought a silent and sometimes futile battle to shield her little family of fellow captives from harm. When the tides of Fate turn...