Showing results by publisher "Audible studios" in Contemporary Fiction

The Judds, formerly of London N1, but now scattered, are about to be thrown together again by the shockwaves of their eldest child Juliet's release from prison in New York State. The family is devastated by Juliet's conviction and imprisonment for an art theft, and the nature of this theft and the reasons for it plague all the protagonists.

Born to elegant but frivolous parents, Harriet grows up ignored and unguided, and retains a curious innocence that neither her marriage to Freddie Lytton, nor her friendship with the beautiful Tessa can dispel. Freddie is far older than she is - a companion rather than a lover - and slightly disapproving of Tessa and her irresponsible, attractive husband, Jack. Yet all four are bound together: by their backgrounds, their children, by Harriet’s unspoken feelings for Jack and by the tragedy that lies in wait for all of them.

I needed someone I could trust. Someone others would trust. Someone with no criminal record. With no previous involvement. A cleanskin. Someone to come over, do the job, and go home.... Some days, even Halley can't find the person she once was. She's changed her name and no one - least of all her husband and son - knows of her past. No one except Aidan, who turns up one day in her small Australian town and shatters the façade she's built so carefully.

婚約者・坂庭真実が姿を消した。その居場所を探すため、西澤架は、彼女の「過去」と向き合うことになる。

真犯人Xは生きている――。網川は、高井は栗橋の共犯者ではなく、むしろ巻き込まれた被害者だと主張して、「栗橋主犯・高井従犯」説に拠る滋子に反論し、一躍マスコミの寵児となった。

鞠子の遺体が発見されたのは、「犯人」がHBSテレビに通報したからだった。

2020年春、惣菜店に勤める花は、ニュース記事に黄美子の名前を見つける。60歳になった彼女は、若い女性の監禁・傷害の罪に問われていた。

第162回直木賞受賞作

10月14日からドラマ（TBS日曜劇場）がスタートする大人気シリーズ第３弾！

バルブシステムの開発で倒産の危機を切り抜けてから数年、佃製作所はまたしてもピンチに陥っていた。そんな時、社長・佃航平の元に、かつての部下から医療機器の開発依頼が持ち込まれる。「ガウディ」と呼ばれるその機器が完成すれば、多くの心臓病患者を救うことができるというのだが――。ロケットから人体へ。佃製作所の新たな挑戦が始まる！

For Joanna and Ted Kramer, building a life in New York City is tough but full of joy thanks to their lovely little boy, Billy. Or so it seems, until one day Joanna walks out, unable to manage the burdens of family life and her own unfulfilled ambitions. Alone with Billy, Ted begins to navigate the challenges of single parenthood and forms a bond with his son that no one can break - except the courts.

Rohan’s dreams come crashing down when his beloved breaks up with him. Unable to endure the trauma of separation, he decides to end his life. An unexpected phone call gives his story a twist and takes him on a journey to diverse places, where he discovers life-altering truths. Who is the mysterious call from? Is he able to overcome his grief and make a fresh start?

Es ist der Alptraum einer jeden Familie: Die passionierte Reiterin Mikaela wird von ihrem Pferd abgeworfen – und ihr 9-jähriger Sohn Bret gibt sich die Schuld daran. Nach Wochen im Koma rechnet niemand mehr mit ihrem Aufwachen. Allein ihr Mann Liam glaubt fest daran, dass er sie mit seiner Liebe ins Leben zurückholen kann. Nur mit Mühe gelingt es ihm jedoch, sich um die beiden Kinder zu kümmern. Vor allem der kleine Bret ist durch den Verlust der Mutter schwer traumatisiert. Doch dann stößt Liam auf ein langgehütetes Geheimnis seiner Frau.

Aavarana: The Veil by S. L. Bhyrappa is a story of a free-spirited and rebellious young woman, Lakshmi, who marries the man she is deeply in love with. Amir, her husband, requests she convert to Islam, and she reluctantly agrees. Despite her father being completely against the marriage, she breaks ties with him and changes her name to Razia. However, things change for the worse, and she discovers a different side to Amir. He is not the progressive and liberal person she thought he was.

The trajectories of Arvind and Arbaaz, both businessmen of a kind whose lives are unwillingly intertwined, ricochet off one another while they play out their sinister and murderous plots of personal and professional one-upmanship, all the while breaking every rule in the book. Both are unaware that what they seek and fight over is the very obstacle in realising an ancient secret that dates back to a time long forgotten. And yet, at the heart of it all, there lies tenderness...and pathos...and blood...and rare moments of an almost exalted happiness.

The whole of the harbour was touched with gold - the tops of the quiet waves, warehouse roofs, the bulging folds of sails at rest, the tips of seagull wings - giving him one sweeping glimpse of beauty just as he was leaving, a vision of things as they ought always to be just as they were not.... March, 1912. A sultry Indian summer hangs over the west coast of Australia and aboard the luxury steamship SS Koombana, three tales entwine.

Alfred Larribee is sent by his father to live with his cousin’s family in the West. Larribee proves to be lazy and shiftless…spending most of his time in town…drinking and gambling…even cheating at cards. What changes all this is the appearance of Sky Blue…a magnificent stallion that has never been ridden. Dan Gurry is the owner and hopes to find a cowboy who can ride Sky Blue…but the first one to try is seriously injured. After that no one is willing to volunteer to try again except Larribee.

僕の考えていることが本当に正しいかどうか、わからない。でもこの場所にいる僕はそれに勝たなくてはならない。

京都市中京区、薄暗い雑居ビルにある「中京こころのびょういん」。評判を聞きつけ、メンタルの悩みを持った人々が訪れるが、そこで処方されるのは薬ではなく、なんと本物の猫だった！

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