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Nails: A Montana Mystery featuring Gabriel Du Pré, Book 13 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 420min

When Gabriel Du Pré's precocious granddaughter, Pallas, returns from her studies in Washington, D.C., the entire clan in Toussaint, Montana, is happy to see her. Except Du Pré, that is, because the crotchety old fiddlin' cowboy knows that where Pallas goes, trouble is likely to follow. A van full of praying, protesting fundamentalist Christians has arrived in Toussaint at just about the same time. A young soldier follows, just back from Iraq, missing a leg, an eye, and his grip on reality. Du Pré suspects that he's going to have his hands full for the foreseeable future. Graffiti appears on the door of clumsy Father Van Den Heuvel's church, and a cryptic phone call from a missing girl causes concern in town. When a confluence of these strange events and even stranger people threatens problems that even laid-back Du Pré can't ignore, another quirky, compelling, and purely enjoyable mystery unfolds in Peter Bowen's Montana, a land trouble tends to visit often, with unpredictable but fiercely entertaining results. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim Meskimen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/009032/bk_adbl_009032_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Never Borrow a Baronet: Fortune's Brides, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 508min

After caring for a crotchety countess, Patience Ramsey wants a more purposeful position. So, when Miss Thorn of the Fortune Employment Agency offers her the post of assistant to amateur apothecary Augusta Orwell, Patience jumps at the chance. Then, her new employer introduces her at an Easter house party as the bride-to-be of her nephew Sir Harold Orwell. Miss Thorn’s cat Fortune may approve of Sir Harry, but Patience has no interest in borrowing the handsome baronet. She’s had her heart trampled on by false promises before.Sir Harry has enough on his hands trying to restore the family name while spying for the English against the French. But the pretty Patience could cover for him when he must ply his trade during the house party, so he convinces her to agree to the charade. As Harry’s work brings danger closer, he begins to realize Patience embodies everything he could want in a wife. Can he convince her to overlook the scandals surrounding him and exchange their false engagement for a true love?This sweet, clean regency romance is the sequel to Never Doubt a Duke. Fortune’s Brides: Only a matchmaking cat can hunt true love. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jannie Meisberger. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/179647/bk_acx0_179647_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Big One: An Island, an Obsession, and the Furious Pursuit of a Great Fish , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 516min

Published to rave reviews in hardcover and purchased by DreamWorks in a major film deal, The Big One is a spellbinding and richly atmospheric work of narrative journalism in the tradition of Friday Night Lights. Here is the story of a community - Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts - and a sporting event - the island's legendary Striped Bass & Bluefish Derby - that is rendered with the same depth, color, and emotional power of the best fiction. Among the characters we meet: Dick Hathaway, a crotchety legend who once caught a bluefish from a helicopter and was ultimately banned for cheating; Janet Messineo, a recovering alcoholic who says that striped bass saved her life; Buddy Vanderhoop, a boastful Native American charter captain who guides celebrity anglers like Keith Richards and Spike Lee; and Wyatt Jenkinson, a nine-year-old fishing fanatic whose mother is battling brain cancer. At the center of it all is five-time winner Lev Wlodyka, a cagey local whose next fish will spark a storm of controversy and throw the tournament into turmoil. Much more than just a book for fishing enthusiasts, The Big One is an exhilarating story of passion and obsession and a powerful testament to the dreams that keep us all going. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Noah Michael Levine. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/021774/bk_adbl_021774_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face before , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 752min

Moviegoers know her as the housekeeper in White Christmas, the nurse in Now, Voyager, and the crotchety choir director in Sister Act. This audiobook, filled with never-published behind-the-scenes stories from Broadway and Hollywood, chronicles the life of a complicated woman who brought an assortment of unforgettable nurses, nuns, and housekeepers to life on screen and stage. Mary Wickes (1910-1995) was part of some of the most significant moments in film, television, theatre, and radio history. On that frightening night in 1938 when Orson Welles recorded his earth-shattering "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast, Wickes was waiting on another soundstage for him for a rehearsal of Danton's Death, oblivious to the havoc taking place outside. The pinched-face actress who cracked wise by day became a confidante to some of the day's biggest stars by night, including Bette Davis and Doris Day. Bolstered by interviews with almost three hundred people, and by private correspondence from Ball, Davis, Day, and others, Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before includes scores of never-before-shared anecdotes about Hollywood and Broadway. In the process, it introduces listeners to a complex woman who sustained a remarkable career for 60 years. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John McCormick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/021133/bk_acx0_021133_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Recycled Hope , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 260min

Now a middle-aged woman facing inevitable old age, Linda relishes reminiscing about her childhood and what people commonly refers to as the good old days. This is especially prevalent when she gets together with her siblings and their now extended families.On one particular Saturday afternoon’s visit to her mother’s townhouse, which is located on what was once the McDowell’s Farm, Linda is reminded of the events that transpired there when she was just a young girl growing up in the '60s.Though at one time the farm was profitable and bustling with activity, by the time Linda’s family moved to the neighborhood, McDowell’s farm was overgrown and uncared for by a crotchety, old farmer and his kindhearted wife.This sets the backdrop for this whimsical and nostalgic tale that takes many unexpected twists and turns. Linda’s strained relationship with her older sister, Karen, does a complete 180 due to the fateful events that occur one fall afternoon in 1967, when they take a shortcut through McDowell’s farm on their way home from school. One wrong decision leads to a chain of events that one would never anticipate and takes the listener through a journey that is both tragic and heartwarming. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kristen Clemmer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/215679/bk_acx0_215679_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Great Gildersleeve: For Corn's Sake, Hörbuch, Digital, 477min

Willard Waterman stars as radio's romantic water commissioner in 16 laugh-filled episodes of The Great Gildersleeve! Walter Tetley co-stars as nephew Leroy, with Mary Lee Robb as niece Marjorie, and Lillian Randolph as housekeeper Birdie Lee Coggins. Gildy goes toe-to-toe with the likes of crotchety Judge Horace Hooker (Earle Ross), sardonic barber Floyd Munson (Arthur Q. Bryan), Summerfield druggist J.W. Peavey (Richard LeGrand), and Marjorie's husband Bronco (Richard Crenna). And he learns the hard way that the folly of family and friends are small potatoes compared with our own foibles! Episodes include: Hooker and Peavey Are Feuding 09-24-52; Economize 10-01-52; Ladies' Man 10-08-52; Watch Trouble 10-15-52; Gildy the Athlete 10-22-52; Gildersleeve vs. Golf 11-05-52; Problems With Leroy's Teacher 11-12-52; Leroy's Gift 11-19-52; Miss Grace Tuttle and Bird Watching 11-26-52; The Birthday Duck Dinner 12-03-52; Leroy's Part Time Employment 12-10-52; Grace Tuttle's Brother Sydney 12-17-52; New Year's Eve With Peavey 12-31-52; Gildy and Sydney Help Leila 01-14-53; Uncle Bert Sends Leroy a Great Dane 01-21-53; Gildy and Grace Tuttle 01-28-53. Language: English. Narrator: Willard Waterman, Walter Tetley, Mary Lee Robb, Lillian Randolph. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/radi/001219/rt_radi_001219_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Spider Webs (eBook, ePUB)

The motives and prejudices of twelve jurors are on full display in the case of a Carribean yacht capitain who has been accused of murdering a wealthy white client for her jewelry. Twelve Santa Felicia County citizens have assembled for their civic duty: they will serve as jurors in the murder trial of Cully Paul King, the Caribbean private yacht captain accused of killing Madeline Pherson for her jewelry. The last time Madeline was seen before her kelp-wrapped body was fished out of the Pacific Ocean was aboard Cully's boat, Bewitched. But even more complicated than the circumstances surrounding Madeline's death are the motives of the people involved in the trial. Some people don't like that the white, married Madeline Pherson seems to have been having an affair with the handsome black ladies' man Cully. The courtroom staff and jurors react to Cully's charisma in wildly different ways. Cully's lawyer, Charles Donnelly, has inexplicably taken the case pro bono. Harry and Richie Arnold, the father and son who crewed for Cully, have vastly different opinions of the accused. Crotchety old Judge Hazeltine feels like he doesn't have control over his courtroom; for Oliver Owen, the racist district attorney, the case is black and white. Even if Cully is acquitted of the crime, will anything ever be able to heal the damage done during the trial?

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Imagine That: Covington Falls Chronicles, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 560min

Children's author Emily Sinclair was supposed to be the next J.K. Rowling...until her second book flopped and her imagination went on the fritz. Like the storybook heroes of her childhood, Emily sets out on an epic adventure to find inspiration again. Till a dead car lands her in Covington Falls, a small, Southern town with a healing power of its own. Soon Emily is taking up her quest, looking for inspiration driving a mobile library van, as a companion to a crotchety old woman and her insomniac dog, and as a very ungraceful baker's assistant. Of course, what really sparks her romantic fantasies is a valiant hero, though he yields a paint roller instead of a sword. Rugged, blue-collar Nate Cooper has spent most of his life avoiding the printed page. These days, he doesn't have much use for fancy words and certainly not for a slightly off-center writer on the lam. Not when his mother is battling cancer, his little brother has morphed into a teenaged ogre, and God seems to have taken a vacation. On paper, these two would seem the least likely pairing, and a happily ever after nothing but fantasy. But with faith and imagination Emily and Nate are about to write a new chapter that will lead to unexpected love. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Becky Doughty. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/063061/bk_acx0_063061_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Dogs Don’t Lie: The Pru Marlowe Pet Noir Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 538min

Pru Marlowe isn't your ordinary animal psychic. A tough girl on the run from her own gift, Pru left the big city to return to her picturesque Berkshires hometown looking for a little peace. Too bad that her training as an animal behaviorist got her mixed up with Lily, a rescue dog, and Charles, the dog’s guardian. Now Charles is dead, and Lily appears to be headed for the same end, for after all, Lily is a pit bull, a fighting-ring dropout. And Lily is far too traumatized to give Pru a clear picture of what she has witnessed. But Pru knows something about bad girls trying to clean up, and, with a sense of justice strong enough to overcome her dislike of human society, she takes the case. Listening to the animals, Pru picks up clues and learns there are secrets in the pretty little town that make murder look simple. Unable to tell anyone about her psychic abilities, uncertain at times about her own sanity, Pru comes to realize that if she clears Lily, she’ll likely become the prime suspect—or the next victim. While the only creature she can totally trust is her crotchety tabby cat, Wallis, Pru must uncover the real killer—and find a way to live with her gift—before the real beasts in the town savage her and those she has come to love. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tavia Gilbert. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/004268/bk_blak_004268_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Sasha: Mixed Drinks #1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 349min

Sasha is the first book in the connected standalone series Mixed Drinks. When it comes to relationships, I have really bad luck. Each time I meet a guy, I cross my fingers and hope he is at least halfway normal. I'm so tired of dealing with crybabies and freak shows that I could just scream. At this point, I'm so close to just joining a convent, taking the vow of chastity, and calling it quits with men entirely. Well, I probably don't need to go to that extreme... I mean who am I kidding? There's no way I could be a nun. But becoming an old crotchety lady with 20 cats lurking around? Now THAT is a definite possibility. That is until I see him, my brown-eyed stallion man, swooping in to save me from an unforeseen wrinkly old balls attack, and then... he is gone. Well, not gone completely, because I can't stop fantasizing about him. I fantasize about him so much that when I finally do see him again, I make a complete and total ass of myself. Several times in fact. How I do not drop dead of embarrassment right then and there is beyond me. So, remember I said I have really bad luck? Well, sit back, grab a glass of wine or your favorite mixed drink, and let me tell you how it all started, and how it all ends... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tina Marie Shuster. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/028625/bk_acx0_028625_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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