119 Results for : proprietors
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Murder at the Manor: Libby Sarjeant Mystery , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 502min
Steeple Martin sleuth Libby Sarjeant and her partner Ben are hosting a writers’ weekend reunion at Ben’s family home, The Manor, when a body is discovered in the grounds. Even though Scotland Yard is on the case, Libby feels impelled to investigate a murder on her home patch. Their enquiries take Libby and her psychic investigator friend Fran Castle to historic Dorset, where they uncover a complex web of writers’ jealousies that has further tragic consequences before Libby uses all her wiles to get at the truth.Lesley Cookman started writing almost as soon as she could read, and filled many exercise books with pony stories until she was old enough to go out with boys. After following a varied career as a model, air stewardess and disc jockey, she turned to writing short fiction and features for a variety of magazines, before graduating from the University of Wales with an MA in Creative Writing. She has taught writing for both Kent Adult Education and the WEA and edited the first Sexy Shorts collection of short stories from Accent Press in aid of the Breast Cancer Campaign. She lives on the Kent coast and has four grown up children and a passion for community theatre. She has written 10 titles in the Libby Sarjeant Murder Mysteries series and has also published How To Write A Pantomime.What the Narrator Says"Lesley Cookman's Libby Serjeant female sleuth series is a joy to read. I loved Libby and her best friend and psychic investigative partner, Fran. Their constant banter keeps you amused throughout their various crime-solving escapades. I felt as if I was part of the gang in "The Pink Geranium", the local restaurant, popping in to enjoy a few glasses of wine, a nice meal, and more banter with Libby's husband and various other pals, including the proprietors, Peter and Harry. Lesley Cookman draws you into Libby's world, spurring you on to share the next case and the next!" Deryn Edwards, narrator of the Libby Sar ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Deryn Edwards. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/010279/bk_adbl_010279_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Murder by Magic: Libby Sarjeant Mystery , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 474min
The tenth book in the Libby Sarjeant series of British murder mysteries which feature a retired actress as the female sleuth and are based in the picturesque village of Steeple Martin. Libby Sarjeant and her friend Fran Wolfe are asked to look into the sudden and unexplained death of a devoted churchgoer. The police appear to have lost interest, but the villagers are certain that their new lady vicar has something to do with it! But if it is murder, how was it done? Could it be - magic?Lesley Cookman started writing almost as soon as she could read, and filled many exercise books with pony stories until she was old enough to go out with boys. After following a varied career as a model, air stewardess and disc jockey, she turned to writing short fiction and features for a variety of magazines, before graduating from the University of Wales with an MA in Creative Writing. She has taught writing for both Kent Adult Education and the WEA and edited the first Sexy Shorts collection of short stories from Accent Press in aid of the Breast Cancer Campaign.She lives on the Kent coast and has four grown up children and a passion for community theatre. She has written 10 titles in the Libby Sarjeant Murder Mysteries series and has also published How To Write A Pantomime What the Narrator Says"Lesley Cookman's Libby Serjeant female sleuth series is a joy to read. I loved Libby and her best friend and psychic investigative partner, Fran. Their constant banter keeps you amused throughout their various crime-solving escapades. I felt as if I was part of the gang in "The Pink Geranium", the local restaurant, popping in to enjoy a few glasses of wine, a nice meal, and more banter with Libby's husband and various other pals, including the proprietors, Peter and Harry. Lesley Cookman draws you into Libby's world, spurring you on to share the next case and the next!" Deryn Edwards, narrator of the Libby Sarjeant Mysteries. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Deryn Edwards. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/010280/bk_adbl_010280_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Dark Matter
Three generations of women from the Skelfs family take over the family funeral home and PI businesses in the first book of a taut, gripping page-turning and darkly funny new series.***Shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Best Scottish Crime Book of the Year*** ***Shortlisted for the Amazon Publishing Capital Crime Awards***'An engrossing and beautifully written tale that bears all the Doug Johnstone hallmarks in its warmth and darkly comic undertones' Herald Scotland'Gripping and blackly humorous' Observer'I was addicted from the first page; gripping, gritty and darkly funny as hell' Erin Kelly'A Dark Matter showcases a writer at the peak of his powers, except that with every book, Doug Johnstone just gets better' Val McDermid_________________Meet the Skelfs: well-known Edinburgh family, proprietors of a long-established funeral-home business, and private investigators...When patriarch Jim dies, it's left to his wife Dorothy, daughter Jenny and granddaughter Hannah to take charge of both businesses, kicking off an unexpected series of events.Dorothy discovers mysterious payments to another woman, suggesting that Jim wasn't the husband she thought he was. Hannah's best friend Mel has vanished from university, and the simple adultery case that Jenny takes on leads to something stranger and far darker than any of them could have imagined.As the women struggle to come to terms with their grief, and the demands of the business threaten to overwhelm them, secrets from the past emerge, which change everything...A compelling, tense and shocking thriller and a darkly funny and warm portrait of a family in turmoil, A Dark Matter introduces a cast of unforgettable characters, marking the start of an addictive new series._________________'A fiendish mystery that is also deeply moving and laced with suitably dark humour ... set to be one of the books of the year' Mark Billingham'Emotionally complex, richly layered and darkly funny. An addictive blend of Case Histories and Six Feet Under' Chris Brookmyre'This dark but touching thriller makes for a thoroughly enjoyable slice of Edinburgh noir' Mary Paulson-Ellis'This enjoyable mystery is also a touching and often funny portrayal of grief, as the three tough but tender main characters pick up the pieces and carry on: more, please' Guardian'A tense ride ... strong, believable characters' Kerry Hudson, Big Issue'They are all wonderful characters: flawed, funny, brave - and well set up for a series. I wouldn't call him cosy, but there's warmth to Johnstone's writing' Sunday Time- Shop: buecher
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The Quaker Colonies: A Chronicle of the Proprietors of the Delaware
The Quaker Colonies: A Chronicle of the Proprietors of the Delaware: ab 1.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Soulmate Proprietors
Soulmate Proprietors - How To Run A Business With Your Spouse And Stay Married: ab 8.69 €- Shop: ebook.de
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The Age of Entrepreneurship
The Age of Entrepreneurship - Business Proprietors Self-employment and Corporations Since 1851: ab 38.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Conceiving Carolina
Conceiving Carolina - Proprietors Planters and Plots 1662-1729: ab 85.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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The Age of Entrepreneurship
The Age of Entrepreneurship - Business Proprietors Self-employment and Corporations Since 1851: ab 36.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Flirting With Disaster
Sexy, hilarious farce stars Ben Stiller as Mel Coplin, an insecure grown-up adoptee obsessed with finding his real parents. Joined by wife Nancy (Patricia Arquette) and psychologist Tina Kalb (Téa Leoni), Mel sets out on a riotous cross-country journey that takes him face-to-face with rednecks, pesky bed-and-breakfast proprietors, and, eventually, his outlaw mom and dad. With Alan Alda, Lily Tomlin, Mary Tyler Moore, George Segal, Josh Brolin, David O. Russell directs. 93 min. Widescreen (Enhanced), Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1.- Shop: odax
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