166 Results for : alarmed
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The Vanishing: A Thriller , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 711min
In Beverly Hills, a wealthy CEO goes on a bloody rampage and videotapes the slaughter. He leaves behind a chilling cryptic message: “This is where it begins.”Miles away, an alarmed mother receives an unsettling letter from her estranged husband, stained with bloody fingerprints.And all across California, children are becoming affected by a monstrous change - and their parents by a mounting fear.Social worker Carrie Daniels and reporter Brian Howells are determined to find the link between these baffling crimes. But they shouldn’t look too deeply into the lives of the victims. It’s quite dark there. And God help them, they won’t like what they find. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Pirhalla. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/226213/bk_acx0_226213_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Lady Susan Comes Alive: Part 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 147min
This second book is an expansion of the story Lady Susan by Jane Austen, which is a fictional narrative crafted mostly from letters.Lady Susan drops her daughter Frederica off at school, annoyed that she refuses to marry nobleman Sir James Martin, and arrives at Churchill, her brother-in-law's house. She is determined to erase her reputation as a heartless coquette and win them over, but her sister-in-law Catherine is unconvinced. She is further alarmed when her brother Reginald seems to be falling for her. Letter Readers: Zoe Cunningham, Amberley Hillyard, Sarah Shelton, Stephanie Simpson, Hughie Stanley, David Tarpey, Susan Nicolls ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lisa Druett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/222369/bk_acx0_222369_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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E.F. Benson's Ghost Stories: read by Mark Gatiss , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 317min
Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones) reads chilling tales by the unsung master of the classic ghost story: E. F. Benson. There's nothing sinister about a London bus. Nothing supernatural could occur on a busy train platform. There's nothing terrifying about a little caterpillar. And a telephone, what could be scary about that? Don't be frightened of the dark corners of your room. Don't be alarmed by a sudden inexplicable chill. There's no need for a ticking clock, a limping footstep, or a knock at the door to start you trembling. There's nothing to be scared of. Nothing at all. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Gatiss. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/002566/bk_rhuk_002566_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Ebony Swan , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 539min
Twenty-five years ago, Susan Prentice lost her mother to a tragic accident. Now she is returning home for the first time to Virginia's eastern shores and the ancestral house whose front steps her mother fell down to her death.Though Susan has little memory of the accident, her arrival has alarmed those who fear what may lie dormant in Susan's memory. But it is her maternal grandmother, Alex Montoro, a proud, intense, aging doyenne of the ballet, who believes that that memory must be unlocked. For Susan is the only living witness to the tragedy - and Alex suspects that her daughter's fall was no accident. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anna Fields. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/003255/bk_blak_003255_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Killing in the Café , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 401min
When the owner of Polly's Cake Shop announces her retirement, the Fethering residents start to worry about the loss of this popular amenity. Alarmed by rumours that the café might become a Starbucks, a group clubs together to form an action committee. The plan is that Polly's should become a community venture managed and run by volunteers from the village. Roped in to help, Jude finds the committee meetings fraught with petty power struggles, clashing personalities and monstrous egos. Matters take a turn for the worse when she and Carole come across a badly decomposed body on Fethering beach - and uncover a link to Polly's. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon Brett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/002617/bk_isis_002617_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Vengeful One: A Christmas Tale , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 379min
The Vengeful One: A Christmas Tale, the second novel by Aydin Guner, takes the listener on an exhilarating journey of magic and wonder. Adam Goldman is alarmed by a ruckus in the early hours of Christmas morning and nervously leaves his bedroom to investigate.Frightened by an ominous figure, he hits the perceived burglar over the head with a vase. After the subsiding shock, he turns on the light, and to his horror, lying before him is a motionless Santa Claus.As the North Pole hear the news of their fallen leader, the Goldman family do everything they can to conceal their dark secrets. The race is on to save Christmas in this unrivaled and irresistibly edgy festive offering. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Power. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/209557/bk_acx0_209557_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Blood Pit , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 701min
DI Wesley Peterson is called to an unusual crime scene. The victim, Charles Marrick, has been murdered, his body drained of blood. Described by those who knew him as "evil", it seems there won't be a shortage of suspects. But when a popular local vet is murdered in an identical fashion, Wesley wonders what the two men could possibly have in common. Meanwhile, Wesley's archaeologist friend Neil Watson is alarmed when he starts getting disturbing anonymous letters about macabre events at a medieval abbey. Neil fears that the author of the letters is the killer that Wesley is tracking. As the sinister truth unfolds, both Wesley and Neil are forced to face shocking revelations. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Wickham. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/000702/bk_isis_000702_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Three Pennyworth of Luck , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 12min
Basil Murray (1902 - 1937) was a prominent British journalist and prominent anti fascist during the Spanish civil war. Alongside his short stories, he was well known for his radio broadcasts from Valencia. He died in Spain, officially of pneumonia. According to a memoir by journalist Claud Cockburn, however, Murray was bitten to death by his pet ape while lying in a drunken stupor in a Valencia hotel. 'Three Pennyworth of Luck' is the story of a superstitious man who puts three coins in a penny in the slot fortune telling machine and becomes increasingly alarmed at the pronouncements of the mechanical soothsayer. But subsequent events start to shed terrifying light on the true meaning of the warnings.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000678/bk_redd_000678_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom
"This is my favorite book of the year." -Lincoln Peirce, New York Times bestselling author of Big Nate series Meet Ben, a literal-minded kid with a big heart and an even bigger sweet-tooth, who cracks open a fortune cookie and discovers that TODAY might be his last day on Earth! Perfect for fans of DIARY OF A WIMPY KID or DOG MAN. Live each day as if it were your last. When Ben reads his fortune-cookie fortune, he's alarmed and inspired. Immediately, he begins drafting a bucket list of unfinished tasks and lifelong dreams (finish his 1000-piece model of the Taj Mahal, eat an entire cake, etc....). As Ben marches himself in and out of trouble, takes useful risks, and helps both his parents to see the bigger picture, readers discover how something that seems scary can instead be empowering--leading to friendships that might never have been made, neighbors that might never have been known, and apple pies that might otherwise never have been baked.- Shop: buecher
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Dangerous Minds , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 510min
When she receives a wedding invitation from one of her former patients, forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget is more than a little alarmed. Highly intelligent and manipulative, Jerome Barclay suffers from a severe personality disorder. Although she has never been able to prove it, Claire believes him to be highly dangerous, responsible for at least three suspicious deaths - and she fears for the safety of his new bride. What's more, Jerome seems to know rather too much about Claire's personal and professional lives, including intimate details concerning her other patients. What sinister game is he playing? With no proof as to Jerome's possibly murderous intentions, Claire's hands are tied. Can she prevent a tragedy unfolding? And is Claire herself at risk? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julia Franklin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/002916/bk_isis_002916_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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