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    Scammed
    Scammed ab 16.99 € als epub eBook: How to Save Your Money and Find Better Service in a World of Schemes Swindles and Shady Deals. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Wirtschaft,
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    Bad Karma: A Jack McCoul Caper , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 497min
    Puts the "con" in Silicon Valley. Jack McCoul traveled the world running elaborate swindles. Now, he's settled down and trying to go straight. The trouble is, dead bodies and a homicide cop with a grudge keep getting in the way.McCoul is trying to cash in on a high-tech start-up when his past comes roaring back. A former partner-in-crime's scheme to snatch a priceless statue from a venture-capital mogul drags McCoul into a murder mystery with a sexy suspect's life hanging in the balance. When hired killers come gunning for him, McCoul must resort to his old skills to turn the tables. He rounds up a gang as quirky as San Francisco itself, and it's game on. Listen to this audiobook as a stand-alone or as part of the series."Loaded with one liners. Keeps the plot turning." (Kirkus Reviews)Discover why other mystery and suspense thriller fans love Jack McCoul. Grab a copy fast. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Connor Toms. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/131109/bk_acx0_131109_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Case of the Running Man (eBook, ePUB)
    I think murder is practically a certainty.William Weddall was eccentric even in Ludovic Traver's wide experience. There was about him an aura of secrecy and subterfuge at odds with the quiet atmosphere of his estate. Hinchbrook Hall, show-place for his antiques and paintings. He had sent Travers to Paris on the seemingly pointless errand of mailing a letter. And Travers later saw him deliberately miss a boat.Then William Weddall plunged from a window to his death. A running man was seen leaving Hinchbrook Hall after the fatal accident, a man identifiable only by the scar on his chin. Weddall's American chauffeur, Sam, asked Travers to investigate. It was Sam's guess that Weddall was pushed. Suave and urbane, with a connoisseur's eye for antiques, Travers stepped in.An unwholesome nephew, an ambitious housekeeper, faked-antique swindles in a Bohemian underworld-these are the elements that combine to give Christopher Bush's 52nd mystery an electric atmosphere of suspense.The Case of the Running Man was originally published in 1958. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans."Throws incidental information on art and antiques into an ingenious plot as Ludovic Travers pursues the murderer of a collector." Daily Telegraph"As neatly fashioned a puzzle as Ludovic Travers has ever tackled." Guardian
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    A Distant Dawn: Westward Dreams , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 428min
    Following the death of their parents, 24-year-old Sunniva Lyndall and her younger brother, Tracy, leave the comforts and safety of their Ohio Valley home to travel west to California, With excitement, determination, and the money they received from the sale of the family farm, they head for Missouri and the wagon train that will take them west. But Sunny and her brother quickly learn the ways of the West the hard way when a con-man swindles them out of their money. Without means to buy supplies, California seems out of the question. But being stuck in Missouri is not what Sunny had planned for their future. Employment with the Pony Express seems to be the only available option. With Tracy as express rider and Sunny as station manager, it looks like they will soon earn enough to resume their journey. But unplanned adventure in the saddle of the Express awaits Sunny with the greatest challenge of her young life. Will her strong spirit be enough to see her through -- or is the happiness that California promised a dream that will never be fulfilled? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christine Williams. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/zond/000797/bk_zond_000797_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Four Fingers of Death , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1668min
    Montese Crandall is a downtrodden writer whose rare collection of baseball cards won't sustain him, financially or emotionally, through the grave illness of his wife. Luckily, he swindles himself a job churning out a novelization of the 2025 remake of a 1963 horror classic, "The Crawling Hand." Crandall tells therein of the United States, in a bid to regain global eminence, launching at last its doomed manned mission to the desolation of Mars. Three space pods with nine Americans on board travel three months, expecting to spend three years as the planet's first colonists. When a secret mission to retrieve a flesh-eating bacterium for use in bio-warfare is uncovered, mayhem ensues. Only a lonely human arm (missing its middle finger) returns to earth, crash-landing in the vast Sonoran Desert of Arizona. The arm may hold the secret to reanimation or it may simply be an infectious killing machine. In the ensuing days, it crawls through the heartbroken wasteland of a civilization at its breaking point, economically and culturally--a dystopia of lowlife, emigration from America, and laughable lifestyle alternatives. The Four Fingers of Death is a stunningly inventive, sometimes hilarious, monumental novel. It will delight admirers of comic masterpieces like Slaughterhouse-Five, The Crying of Lot 49, and Catch-22. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chris Patton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/002631/bk_adbl_002631_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Let George Do It: Sweet Poison, Hörbuch, Digital, 477min
    Got a problem? Here's your solution! It's Bob Bailey as troubleshooter-for-hire George Valentine. This man of many talents will take on just about any job...for a price. Frances Robinson co-stars as Brooksie, with Wally Maher as Lieutenant Riley. They stick by George's side as he deals with clients who run the gamut from ruthless to ridiculous. Gangsters, cowgirls, painters, and beauties write George full details about cases of blackmail, swindles, missing persons, and murder in 16 action-packed adventures! Episodes Include: Laura's House 07-25-49; The Perfect Alibi 08-01-49; One Chance at the World 08-08-49; The Problem of Joe Martin 08-15-49; The Empress of Fish Falls 08-22-49; End of Summer 08-29-49; Everything is Nice 09-05-49; Valley Sunset 09-12-49; The Coward 09-19-49; The Man Under the Elm Trees 09-26-49; Double Death 10-17-49; The Rose Petal Stair Case 10-24-49; Every Shot Counts 10-31-49; The Dark Chain 11-07-49; Run Until Dead 11-14-49; Sweet Poison 11-21-49 PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Language: English. Narrator: Bob Bailey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/radi/001263/rt_radi_001263_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Concrete Angel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 607min
    An atmospheric and eagerly-awaited debut novel from acclaimed crime writer Patricia Abbott, set in Philadelphia in the 1970's about a family torn apart by a mother straight out of Mommy Dearest, and her children who are at first victims but soon learn they must fight back to survive. Eve Moran has always wanted "things" and has proven both inventive and tenacious in getting and keeping them. Eve lies, steals, cheats, swindles, and finally commits murder, paying little heed to the cost of her actions on those who love her. Her daughter, Christine, compelled by love, dependency, and circumstance, is caught up in her mother's deceptions, unwilling to accept the viciousness that runs in her mother's blood. Eve's powers of seduction are hard to resist for those who come in contact with her toxic allure. It's only when Christine's three-year old brother, Ryan begins to prove useful to her mother, and she sees a pattern repeating itself, that Christine finds the courage and means to bring an end to Eve's tyranny. An unflinching novel about love, lust and greed that runs deep within our bones, Patricia Abbott cements herself as one of our very best writers of domestic suspense. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jessica Almasy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/024853/bk_adbl_024853_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Hannity's Curse , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 671min
    Smooth-talking Sean Hannity has put his golden tongue to work as a con man par excellence. Other men might be content to go for the easy marks, but Hannity is an artist who considers the entire world his stage. He skates through adventures with very little harm done to his person; his Gaelic charm and quick wits always carry the day.But as he watches a roach crawl its way across his filthy Baghdad cell, he considers that perhaps this time he may have miscalculated. And it was such a lovely scheme, too. He would highjack an oil tanker and threaten to dump the oil into the coastline unless his demands were met. But he needed muscle for the job. Given that Iraq had just invaded Kuwait and was persona non grata with the west, he figured Saddam Hussein would jump at the chance to lift the embargo with a spot of hijacking. By representing himself as an I.R.A. man, he could set up the job, make a mint, and walk away leaving Iraq holding the bag. Fortunately, his gift for planning carries the day again, and Iraq releases him to carry out the plan. The I.R.A. has gotten wind of the scheme and is demanding a cut (holding Hannity's girlfriend for insurance), the Iraqi lieutenant assigned to him has orders to kill everyone involved, and his plans are falling apart.Hannity is at the top of his game as he cons, swindles, and double-crosses his way across the world to rescue his girl and make the big score, too. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin Foley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bimo/000689/bk_bimo_000689_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Girls from da Hood: The Girls from da Hood, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 512min
    For Unique, life is good until her dope-dealing boyfriend, Took, is arrested and winds up in jail. Now she's broke as a joke, trying to put every petty hustle into play to chase hard times away from the door. With an empty refrigerator, a stack of bills piling up, a tenth-grade education, a big butt and a smile, it doesn't take long for her to learn to pull the wool over the eyes of any fool who's blinded by her good looks. She's sure that one day some guy's slip-up will be her ultimate come-up, and her days of nickel-and-dime swindles will be a thing of the past. Unique knows that every scandalous chick has her day but doesn't realize that her day will come, too! If luck were money, Nina Thomas would be one broke sister. After taking a stab at stripping, she finds herself once again on the wrong end of a bad choice. Now she's on trial for murder, and the consequences of spending too much time with the wrong folks might just end up costing her life. Anyeh is out for revenge, and with the help of a secret friend on the other end of her cell phone, known only as "my baby", she just might get what she wants. She's after Diablo, the most well-known hustler in Virginia. He's one careful brother, but in the end his feelings for Anyeh might just be his undoing. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: iiKane. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/010062/bk_blak_010062_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Damon Runyon Theatre: Dolls and Guys and Broadway, Hörbuch, Digital, 379min
    For gamblers, burlesque queens, murderers and innocents, comedy and tragedy were found in equal measure on the streets of Damon Runyon's Manhattan. Runyon, one of the most popular and widely-read figures of the Golden Age of the American Short Story, found his work was cut to measure for success in the most verbal medium of all: Radio drama. John Brown stars as the glib Broadway, whose scene-setting brings a distinctive unifying touch to these fourteen digitally remastered episodes of the classic Damon Runyon Theatre radio series. He takes you aside and lets you in on his stylized tales of guys and dolls, scams and swindles - all wrapped up in one of the most distinctively colorful dialects ever concocted. Join him on a tour of his bustling, loud-mouthed, high-rolling town, full of flamboyant sportsmen willing to bet on anything. Features adaptations of the famous short stories that were later used as the basis for various productions of Guys and Dolls in movies and on stage. Episodes include: "Tobias The Terrible" 01-02-49, "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" 02-06-49, "For a Pal" 02-13-49, "Butch Minds the Baby" 02-27-49, "Blood Pressure" 04-10-49, "Blonde Mink" 04-24-49, "The Hottest Guy in the World" 05-15-49, "Madame La Gimp" 06-19-49, "Bloodhounds of Broadway" 07-17-49, "Broadway Financier" 08-07-49, "Social Error" 08-28-49, "Tight Shoes" 10-30-49, "Neat Strip" 12-11-49, "Dream Street Rose" 12-25-49. Language: English. Narrator: John Brown. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/radi/000895/rt_radi_000895_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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