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It’s a hot summer night, and Hugh Dalgarno, a 31-year-old clerical worker, thinks his brain is broken. Over the course of a day and night in an uncannily depopulated public park, he will sift through the pieces and traverse the baroque landscape of his own thoughts: the theology of nosiness, the beauty of the arbutus tree, the pathos of Gene Hackman, the theory of quantum immortality, Louis Riel’s letter to an Irish newspaper, the baleful influence of Calvinism on the Scottish working class, the sea, the CIA, and, ultimately, thinking itself and how it may be represented in writing.

Der Apotheker Duncan ist einem Herzinfarkt nahe. In seinem ganzen Berufsleben ist dem gewissenhaften Mann nie auch nur der kleinste Fehler unterlaufen. Doch an diesem Tag geschieht das Unvorstellbare - er verwechselt die Päckchen zweier Kunden, deren Adressen er nicht kennt. Eines der Päckchen enthält das todbringende Gift Arsen. Völlig aufgelöst spricht er bei Sherlock Holmes vor. Aber wie sollen Holmes und Watson den irrtümlichen Käufer des Arsens in der anonymen Großstadt London finden? Holmes weiß, gelingt es ihm nicht, dann wird eine ahnungslose Frau qualvoll sterben.

An impassioned veteran embarks back in time on a long-suffering military experience and the unexpected transition thereafter through the eyes of a meek and humble woman. She must come to embrace the life she now lives in sickness and health in remarkable ways through everything surrounding her. By the time it came for her to have a military medical evaluation, she really wasn’t feeling up to it, given the extent of how she felt that entire month. After the doctors did their evaluation and sent off the report, she waited for the final decision.

Alexis Valdés narra con profunda ternura sobre el niño que fue y logra reflejar no solo los años más duros de su vida, sino transportar al lector a la Cuba de su infancia y adolescencia, con sus problemas, sus carencias, su dolor, pero también con una alegría de vivir y la esperanza de que algún día todo será mejor.

Clarissa is in debt, but after seeing an advert for nude models of any age, she dares to attend a trial session. What will the photographer say about her naked form? And does he say it to all the girls? Regardless, it’s a risk Clarissa feels is worth taking - as long as the money is there. Of course, if she enjoys it then that’s just a bonus.

Nina is innocent when it comes to men. At 21, she’s never really dated, and ever since she started working for Mr Beck, she feels an undeniable attraction towards this super-hot older man, but she can’t bring herself to tell him. But when Mr Beck visits the kitchen for a midnight snack, he instead finds another kind of tasty morsel. But can he resist the temptation?

In this story, 19-year-old orphan Marie visits the photographic studio of Monsieur Zee. But it is not the photographer whose initial interest is piqued by the beautiful, fresh-faced young girl, rather it is his assistant, Celeste. Perhaps it is she who holds the key to the secrets that can be found in the cabinet of Monsieur Zee.

A vicar’s wife is worried when a film she made 30 years ago comes back to haunt her. Why now? And is it possible her now comfortable world might fall apart after all these years?

In this story, Connie and Clara decide to pay a visit to Clive, the photographer, when they realise they’re out of money and it’s time to pay the rent. Clive knows how the girls can make the money they need and more, but can Connie convince Clara to go through with it? After all, she’s never had her picture taken - clothes on or off.

A fierce blizzard is raging as Babes finds herself abandoned in the woods by her father's new girlfriend. Lost in the darkness, she stumbles upon the enticing cottage of the voluptuous Thrift Store Lady. All is not as it seems though, as she strips to bathe in the house's warm and scented interior - especially when a virile young buck called Wolfgang appears on the scene.

Zwei konkurrierende Gangsterbanden verschicken Erpresserbriefe an die Londoner High Society und stellen die wohlhabenden Opfer vor die Wahl, mit einem üppigen Schutzgeld oder mit ihrem Leben zu bezahlen. Scotland Yard ermittelt unter Hochdruck - vor allem als sich herausstellt, dass beide Banden offenbar eine gefährliche Allianz geschlossen haben. Bei einer Schießerei im Unterhaus wird klar, dass die Verbrecher sogar in den eigenen Reihen zu finden sind.

Two contentious elections. One dead philanderer. A monumental conspiracy. In the midst of Acting Coroner Fenway Stevenson’s reelection campaign, the body of a successful business owner is found in a pedestrian underpass—and she discovers that her young, hated stepmother is the prime suspect. As if that’s not bad enough, further digging only exposes a money-laundering scheme that could implicate dozens of residents in the coastal town she calls home. Each clue she uncovers puts her in more danger.

Diesseits vom Jenseits: Der erste Fall für Friedhofsgärtner Paul Blom. Die Recherche zu einem Fall führt Paul Blom, Anwalt für Wirtschafts- und Erbrecht, auf den Zürcher Friedhof Enzenbühl. Dort platzt er nicht nur versehentlich in die Vorbereitungen für eine Beerdigung, sondern wird auch vom Friedhofsgärtner Matteo Lazzarone für den Praktikanten Krasinski gehalten. Statt den Irrtum aufzuklären, erscheint Blom am nächsten Tag zum Dienst. Er taucht ein in den Friedhofsalltag: Jeder Stein, jede Skulptur birgt hier eine Geschichte.

Dans cette fable sur l’épreuve, deux frères, le Grand et le Petit, sont au fond d’un puits. Rien à boire, rien à manger, seul un sac les accompagne et l’ombre d’une mère. La fraternité se résume à l’essentiel : le Grand protège le Petit, le Petit donne au Grand une raison de vivre. La force vitale de ces deux enfants qui ne veulent pas mourir et s’accrochent au destin traverse le lecteur, marqué à tout jamais par les images et les mots de la hantise.

Bianca Bridge has always dreamt of becoming a writer. But Trinidadian high society can be unforgiving, and having an affair with a married government minister is a sure-fire way to ruin your prospects. When Obadiah Cortland, make-up artist and legend in the island's beauty scene, offers her a job as a lowly assistant, Bianca reluctantly accepts that working on his beauty magazine is the closest to her dreams she's going to get. But Obadiah has a reputation for being aloof and tyrannical, and it will take all the strength her mother taught her to endure it.

Nikita is an endangered animal specialist; her sole job is to help endangered animals. She ends up getting stuff in the woods of India on one of her mission and is saved by a rogue white tiger shifter.

For weeks, she’s been working on a prototype enlarging ray. Her entire lab thinks they are weeks from getting it working, but she’s been sabotaging progress at every turn. At night, she fixes the machine and plugs in her working code. It feels so good to grow. But on a night when everyone should be gone, she discovers there are two people still in the lab. She’s already zapped herself, and with 10 minutes remaining until she starts to grow, she knows she’ll need to come clean.

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Crystal est la fille de l'ancienne légende de courses automobiles Evel O'Neil, présumé mort depuis un accident. Avec lui, elle s'occupe d'une station service au beau milieu du désert américain. Leur quotidien paisible est troublé à l'arrivée de Billy Joe, charismatique chef de gang, qui réquisitionne l'endroit pour une course clandestine qui attire bien trop l'attention.

Der junge Zimmermannsgeselle Edwin ist auf der Suche nach Arbeit. In einer alten Klosterruine trifft er einen Mönch, der ihm Glück und Wohlstand verspricht. Dieser schenkt Edwin einen Spiegel, der alle Wünsche in Erfüllung gehen lässt - allerdings bezahlt für jeden Wunsch ein Unschuldiger mit dem Leben. Dennoch nimmt Edwin das Geschenk an, und seine Laufbahn geht steil nach oben. Durch den Spiegel wird jedes Begehren des inzwischen Unersättlichen zur Wahrheit. Doch schon bald wendet sich das Blatt.