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    The Killer's Art , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 546min
    It is a cold wintry morning in the picturesque port town of Visby when art dealer Egon Wallin's battered and naked body is found hanging from a gate in the town's old city walls. His was a very public death, but who killed him and why? As Inspector Knutas begins his investigation, Egon's secrets quickly begin to come to the surface. He died on the eve of leaving his wife. Is his death a spurned lover's revenge? And when a painting by a new cause-célèbre artist is stolen from his gallery, more questions are raised. Another theft and another death, this time in Stockholm, widens the search for the killer. As the police piece together the clues, one scandal is followed by another and Inspector Knutas will discover that beneath the patina of glamour, the high-society world of art collecting hides many secrets - some worth killing for. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon Shepherd. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/001275/bk_rhuk_001275_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Love and Death in Blue Lake: Blue Lake Series, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 338min
    Courtney and Eddie, high school sweethearts, married young. Eddie had dreams of becoming a musician and spurned Courtney’s attempts to start a family. So without bothering to get a divorce, she took off for California, where a new thing in the 1990s called "music video" gave her a career as a set stylist. Now their high school reunion weekend is upon them, and despite time passed, they find themselves as wildly attracted to each other as ever. But Eddie's an embittered failure as a musician and Courtney is conflicted in love as she has finally decided to officially divorce Eddie and start a new family in California with a man willing to have the child Eddie refused to consider. Will Courtney shape a new life or will she and Eddie finally make sweet music together? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Charlie Glaize. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/121658/bk_acx0_121658_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Gioconda , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 547min
    A novel of Leonardo da Vinci - visionary painter of the Mona Lisa, the smiling, enigmatic Gioconda. We know him as the Renaissance genius: inventor, scientist, artist. They knew him as Leonardo from Vinci: heretic, butcher, lunatic. A solitary child, Leonardo's only intimate is Lisa Gherardini, the girl who spies on him in his workshop. Spurned by his tutor, he is sent by his despairing father to Florence as an apprentice. Under the guiding hand of Verrocchio, the master sculptor, he begins to make his name. But success requires sacrifice. Florence demands a level of conformity impossible for him. Forced to leave, Leonardo places himself at the service of the charismatic, power-thirsty Duke of Milan. His journey leads him back to Lisa and the portrait he has waited so long to paint, the culmination of his life's work… ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Meadows. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbcw/005034/bk_bbcw_005034_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Bottom Feeders: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 390min
    An addictive whodunit set in the wilds of a remote movie ranch, Bottom Feeders describes the hapless Hollywood cast and crew that eke out a living working on low-budget fare. Their ambitious TV-movie needs to be made fast and cheap, but a brutal murder grinds production to a halt. An approaching forest fire forces everyone to evacuate. In the confusion not everyone gets out. Eddie is the alcoholic director, Sheila the vulnerable camera assistant, Tom the self-centered actor, and Sondra the spurned sheriff's deputy. Who will survive? Death comes sudden and silent. The camouflaged killer's weapon of choice is a high-tech hunting bow capable of firing razor-sharp arrows 400 feet per second. The mysterious assassin has an agenda. Those left behind must find out what it is and who is behind this bloody slaughter in the fight for their lives. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bronson Pinchot. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/010794/bk_blak_010794_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Sharpe's Fortress: Sharpe, Book 3, Hörbuch, Digital, 174min
    It is 1803, and closing on the retreating Mahrattas in western India is Sir Arthur Wellesley's army and with it Ensign Richard Sharpe, newly commissioned but wishing he had stayed a sergeant. Spurned by his new regiment, he is sent to the army's baggage train and there finds corruption, romance, treason, and enemies old and new, including the murderous Sergeant Hakeswill who has powerful friends, while Sharpe's only ally is an orphaned Arab boy. And waiting with the cornered Mahrattas is another enemy, the renegade Englishman William Dodd, who envisages a glorious triumph, for the Mahrattas have taken refuge in Gawilghur, India's greatest stronghold, perched high on cliffs above the Deccan Plain. He who rules in Gawighur, it is said, rules India, and Dodd knows that the fortress is impregnable, but it is here that Sharpe must face his enemies. Language: English. Narrator: Paul McGann. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/000111/bk_hcuk_000111_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Perfect Gentleman , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 647min
    Forced to marry an American heiress to save his family, Graeme Parr, Earl of Montclair, vowed their marriage would be in name only. Abigail Price thought handsome, aristocratic Graeme was her knight in shining armor, rescuing her from her overbearing father. But when she was spurned by her husband on their wedding night, Abigail fled home to New York. Now, years later, Abigail has returned. But this sophisticated, alluring woman is not the drab girl Graeme remembers. Appalled by her bold American ways but drawn to her beauty, Graeme follows her on a merry chase through London's elegant ballrooms to its dockside taverns - why is his wife back? What could she want of him now? Torn between desire and suspicion, Graeme fears that Abby, like her unprincipled father, has a devious plan to ruin him. But is Abigail's true desire Graeme's destruction...or winning his love at last? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gildart Jackson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/010470/bk_tant_010470_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Flower Shop: The Seed Traders' Saga, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 809min
    Bestselling author Petra Durst-Benning’s Seed Traders’ Saga continues, as a young woman in nineteenth-century Baden-Baden risks everything to pursue her dream of becoming a florist. Twenty-year-old Flora Kerner has arrived in Baden-Baden, the “Summer Capital of Europe.” Having spurned the family seed trade, Flora has instead chosen to accept a floristry apprenticeship in the famed German spa town. She is a quick study in the art of flower arranging, but progress is slower in matters of the heart. As her magnificent displays and keen eye soon reverse the fortunes of her mentor’s shop, she attracts the notice of princesses and other royal clientele. Flora’s found her passion—or at least she hopes she has. But as her new life begins to blossom, does she dare risk everything to discover where her true heart lies? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kristin Watson Heintz. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/010533/bk_brll_010533_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Twilight Girl , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 363min, (USK 18)
    The swaggering butches and dolled-up femmes of this 1961 lesbian pulp novel experience the guilt, thrills, and wonder of forbidden love. She knew why they danced with such gay desperation. A budding butch in the Brylcreem era, Lorraine "Lon" Harris fantasizes about a South Pacific island full of women, where everyone will be free and accepting, and she'll never have to wear an eyelet blouse again. Spurned by her high school English teacher, Lon turns to a new friend, the brash, purple-haired Violet, who draws Lon into the lesbian underworld of suburban Los Angeles, to the sordid 28 Percent Club, a private bar where those with "contaminated passions" cling to each other. Here, among the swaggering butches and dolled-up femmes, Lon will discover herself. And here she will first lay eyes on brilliant, lovely Mavis, a black jazz pianist and the girlfriend of wealthy Sassy Gregg, whose heavy bracelets may as well be brass knuckles where Lon is concerned. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jewel Rubenstein. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/000715/bk_acx0_000715_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Woman in Red: Magdalene Speaks , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1366min
    In an enthralling saga, Mary Magdalene, the most misunderstood woman in history, returns strong and true as the irresistible voice of the banished feminine divine. Holding an intriguing legacy in her hands, she unveils the scandalous secrets, prophecies, and confidential teachings of Jesus. Using the profound language of the soul to construct in the listener the essence of a divine state, this audiobook could be called pure alchemy from beginning to end. Overflowing with enthralling descriptions detailing the creation, Heaven and Hell, the hidden life of Jesus, the truth about mother Mary and the secrets of death, endorsed by obscure ancient texts - this audiobook sets spiritual and historical literature apart.After 25 years of research this could be the most authentic portrayal recounting accurate details of what happened next - after the crucifixion.Finally the spurned women of ancient times speak true from beyond the grave.Prophecy spoke of two Messiah’s - Jesu was the first. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Genevieve Steele. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/193969/bk_acx0_193969_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Georgianna: A Regency Romance (Miss Wolfraston's Ladies, Book 3) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 441min
    Lady Georgianna Voss bids adieu to her friend Marianne with a heavy heart. Before their friendship blossomed, she had been a stranger to affection. She returns to her home uncertain of her reception. She has spurned the advances of the eligible but dull man her mama wished her to marry. Having witnessed the cold, unhappy union between her parents, she is not at all eager to follow their example. Enraged, Lady Westbury sends Georgianna to her impoverished aunt, hoping that she will realize just how much a lady needs a wealthy husband, regardless of her feelings for him. Georgianna embarks on a journey of self-discovery and meets two very different gentlemen who are far from dull. Her head tells her one is ineligible, and her heart that the other would never make her happy. When she suddenly finds herself facing disgrace, it seems she must make a choice. But should she listen to her head or her heart? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Helen Taylor. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/234152/bk_acx0_234152_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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