93 Results for : denouement
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Healing of Luther Grove , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 361min
Arriving at their idyllic and newly renovated Highland home, worthy of TV's Grand Designs, wealthy 30-somethings John and Laura Payne hope they are leaving their problems behind in the city. But the couple's presence disturbs neighbour and local eccentric Luther Grove, forcing him to confront long-buried secrets - secrets that draw him inextricably to Laura and trigger an instant conflict with John. The arrival of John's brother, Frank, proves to be the spark that ignites this highly combustible triangular relationship, ultimately threatening the safety and sanity of all four as they are propelled towards a bloody and tragic denouement. In a stunning debut, Barry Gornell, graduate of the University of Glasgow's renowned and highly successful Creative Writing Masters course - which launched the careers of John Creasey Dagger winner Louise Welsh, Orange Prize nominee Anne Donovan, Somerset Maugham winner Rodge Glass, and Man Booker nominee Rachel Seiffert, amongst many others - builds the tension flawlessly, showing genuine sympathy for his principle characters in this elegant, claustrophobic and acutely observed psychological thriller. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Meadows. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/027765/bk_adbl_027765_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Invisible Girl
From the #1 bestselling author of THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS and THEN SHE WAS GONE comes an engrossing, twist-packed story of dark family secrets and betrayal.'Dark, furiously twisty and utterly gripping.' LUCY FOLEY, author of The Hunting Party_______________________________________YOU DON'T SEE HER. BUT SHE SEES YOU.MIDNIGHT. In the bad part of town, where cats prowl and foxes shriek, a girl is watching...When Saffyre Maddox was ten, something terrible happened, and she's carried the pain of it ever since. The man who she thought was going to heal her didn't, and now she hides and watches him, learning his secrets, invisible in the shadows.Owen Pick is invisible too. He's never had a girlfriend; he's never even had a friend.Nobody sees him. Nobody cares.But when Saffyre goes missing from opposite his house on Valentine's Day, suddenly the whole world is looking at Owen. Accusing him. Holding him responsible for Saffyre's disappearance...INVISIBLE GIRL: an engrossing, twisty story of how we look in the wrong places for bad people while the real predators walk among us in plain sight._________________________________'I've really struggled with reading during lockdown but this weekend I finished Lisa Jewell's gripping Invisible Girl and it was such a joy not to be able to put a book down. Her best yet.' JOJO MOYES'A masterclass in how to write with pace and tension.' HARRIET TYCE'Lisa Jewell's dark and twisty thriller explores the murkier reaches of the human psyche, confounding expectations as it reaches a shocking denouement.' DAILY MAIL'An engrossing and compelling read.' MIRROR'Another twisty, turny and tangled thriller from Lisa Jewell, which also manages to deliver a really satisfying and shocking denouement.' RED'She isn't afraid of plunging an icy blade into her readers' hearts whilst examining the cruel realities of the world.' ADELE PARKS'Compelling and surprisingly moving - Lisa Jewell never lets you down.' CLARE MACKINTOSH'A masterclass in character... A wonderful slow-burn gripper - I loved it.' LOUISE CANDLISH'An up-all-night gripping story with characters who feel as real as you and me.' ERIN KELLY'Not only is her plotting masterful, Lisa has the rare ability to make you care - passionately - about all her characters... Invisible Girl is quite brilliant in every way.' JANE CASEY'Dark, gripping, emotionally intense. My heart hurt from being squeezed so tight.' TAMAR COHEN'I loved it. Every damn word.' AJ FINN'A breathtakingly brilliant novel by an author at the absolute top of her game.' JENNY COLGAN'Once again, Jewell deliversa story with characters you care about and enough twists to keep you hooked' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'Gripping, disturbing and acutely observant; Jewell is an extremely special writer.' ALEX MARWOOD- Shop: buecher
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Invisible Girl (eBook, ePUB)
From the #1 bestselling author of THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS and THEN SHE WAS GONE comes an engrossing, twist-packed story of dark family secrets and betrayal.'Dark, furiously twisty and utterly gripping.' LUCY FOLEY, author of The Hunting Party_______________________________________YOU DON'T SEE HER. BUT SHE SEES YOU.MIDNIGHT. In the bad part of town, where cats prowl and foxes shriek, a girl is watching...When Saffyre Maddox was ten, something terrible happened, and she's carried the pain of it ever since. The man who she thought was going to heal her didn't, and now she hides and watches him, learning his secrets, invisible in the shadows.Owen Pick is invisible too. He's never had a girlfriend; he's never even had a friend.Nobody sees him. Nobody cares.But when Saffyre goes missing from opposite his house on Valentine's Day, suddenly the whole world is looking at Owen. Accusing him. Holding him responsible for Saffyre's disappearance...INVISIBLE GIRL: an engrossing, twisty story of how we look in the wrong places for bad people while the real predators walk among us in plain sight._________________________________'I've really struggled with reading during lockdown but this weekend I finished Lisa Jewell's gripping Invisible Girl and it was such a joy not to be able to put a book down. Her best yet.' JOJO MOYES'A masterclass in how to write with pace and tension.' HARRIET TYCE'Lisa Jewell's dark and twisty thriller explores the murkier reaches of the human psyche, confounding expectations as it reaches a shocking denouement.' DAILY MAIL'An engrossing and compelling read.' MIRROR'Another twisty, turny and tangled thriller from Lisa Jewell, which also manages to deliver a really satisfying and shocking denouement.' RED'She isn't afraid of plunging an icy blade into her readers' hearts whilst examining the cruel realities of the world.' ADELE PARKS'Compelling and surprisingly moving - Lisa Jewell never lets you down.' CLARE MACKINTOSH'A masterclass in character... A wonderful slow-burn gripper - I loved it.' LOUISE CANDLISH'An up-all-night gripping story with characters who feel as real as you and me.' ERIN KELLY'Not only is her plotting masterful, Lisa has the rare ability to make you care - passionately - about all her characters... Invisible Girl is quite brilliant in every way.' JANE CASEY'Dark, gripping, emotionally intense. My heart hurt from being squeezed so tight.' TAMAR COHEN'I loved it. Every damn word.' AJ FINN'A breathtakingly brilliant novel by an author at the absolute top of her game.' JENNY COLGAN'Once again, Jewell deliversa story with characters you care about and enough twists to keep you hooked' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'Gripping, disturbing and acutely observant; Jewell is an extremely special writer.' ALEX MARWOODBestseller in the UK, Sunday Times, August 2020- Shop: buecher
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The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 160min
Originally written by Adolphe Danziger De Castro in 1889, but based on an earlier German tale, this story was submitted to Ambrose Bierce for revision. He insisted on reinstating the tragic ending which De Castro had altered in order to cater for the tastes of the day. In reverting to the original plot, the story regains its full importance as a work of great literature. The young monk, Ambrosius, falls in love with the village outcast, Benedicta, who is the daughter of the hangman.The story is the tale of his struggle with himself, as he strives for religious purity against worldly and carnal temptation. When he is sent out into the wilderness to contemplate and finds that Benedicta is living close by, his struggle reaches a head. But Benedicta is in love with the Saltmaster's dashing son, Rochus. Ambrosius has to contend with his own jealousy, confusion and uncertainty as to God's real purpose for him. As one tragic event follow another, the young monk begins to lose his grip on reality... leading to a dramatic denouement which sends the reader reeling in shock. One of the great classics of its age. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000119/bk_redd_000119_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Great Mistake: A Stephen Crane Story , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 5min
A Great Mistake, which is quite short, is an unexpected Stephen Crane jewel. Crane is best known for three short stories, "The Open Boat", thought by many to be the best short story ever written, "The Blue Hotel", and "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky". Simply has recorded over ten more stories that deserve to be right up there with the top three. As Simply says, this is not an NFL Power ranking, or a compare and contrast assignment. This is your opportunity to enjoy many of Crane's other illuminating and moving works." A Great Mistake" relates to a common theme of coveting something out of reach, in this case on fruit cart, when fruit was a far more expensive and unobtainable product than today. The story paints the picture and sets the scene of the "babe," to quote Crane's description, observing, dreaming, and scheming about seeing and getting fruit off of the Italian's fruit stand. The denouement is violent and non-violent at the same time as the Italian "...whirled him (the babe) fiercely, and took from the little fingers a lemon." Another remarkable and under-appreciated work by Mr. Crane. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Deaver Brown. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/smag/000076/bk_smag_000076_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Superman by Grant Morrison Omnibus
From one of the greatest storytellers of our time a bold reimagining of the Man of Steel!Rocketed from a dying world. Raised by a kindly couple. Soaring into battle for truth and justice. Everybody knows the legend of Superman but no one has ever shown you his earliest adventures quite like visionary writer GRANT MORRISON!Clad in jeans and a T-shirt, this blue-collar champion takes on evil in every imaginable realm, from parallel Earths to alternate dimensions to the apartment next door including familiar enemies like Lex Luthor and the Kryptonite Man as well as all-new threats like the Anti-Superman Army and Vyndktvx all vividly brought to life by Morrison with writer SHOLLY FISCH and a legion of superartists led by RAGS MORALES, ANDY KUBERT, and BRAD WALKER!This tremendous tome assembles all of Morrison s New 52 Superman saga in one hardcover volume for the very first time encompassing everything from the Last Son of Krypton s action-packed debut through his climactic denouement in Dimension 5!Collecting Action Comics #0-18 and Action Comics Annual #1, Superman by Grant Morrison Omnibus is a must-have treasury of tales from one of the most creative minds in comics starring the greatest superhero of all time!- Shop: buecher
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The Last of Something (eBook, ePUB)
"A reflective, smoothly written first novel, a Carolina Novel Award winner. . . . The denouement of this auspicious debut is strong and affecting."-Publishers Weekly "Kelly writes like there's an angel hiding in her pen. . . . How Close We Come is a winner all the way."-Raleigh News Observer They've been friends since their college days-Shotsie, Bess, and Claire-and the twenty years since have gotten them husbands, children, mortgages, assorted body patches, one handgun, a hysterectomy, and lots of neurosis. Still, at least once a year they again have each other. And Ian. This year, in this affecting, sly, bittersweet novel, they are gathering along with their husbands at Dune Ridge on the coast of North Carolina near the close of summer. Only this year their circle is incomplete. Because Ian-wildly irresponsible Ian, "the enigma" Ian-does not show. His young, new wife does, however, and no matter what romance Ian may in the past have shared with Shotsie, Bess, and Claire, it's the dewily beautiful Nina who is bearing his child. For sure, a hurricane is heading menacingly their way, and neither friendship nor memory, any more than a creaky seaside cottage, can grant them safe harbor. In old stories new truths unfold.- Shop: buecher
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'Til Murder Do Us Part, Hörbuch, Digital, 138min
Now a milestone of unsolved true crime, the Hall-Mills case began in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1922 and lasted for over a decade. The killer has never been found, and the case continues to fascinate true-crime aficionados. A bon vivant Episcopal minister, a not-so-virginal soprano in his choir. The wealthy wife. Her oddball brother. Their furtive maid. The snooping congregants. The bumbling detectives. And in the denouement, a trial, one of the more notable of America’s Jazz Age, covered by the likes of Damon Runyon, Dorothy Dix, and James Thurber. All of it hanging on the dramatic testimony of a single, strange witness of questionable veracity, a farmer the tabloids came to call "The Pig Woman." Almost everyone in this labyrinthine mystery had at least one secret, sometimes more, and the biggest one remains almost a hundred years later.At Audible’s request, business and true crime journalist Bryan Burrough reopened the case, digging deep into records of the time. His narration in a warm Texas accent lends immediacy and intimacy to a classic New Jersey true crime, as listeners follow his reconstruction of the fateful double-murder…and the botched prosecution that became a national media circus in its day. Language: English. Narrator: Bryan Burrough. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/or/orig/000455/or_orig_000455_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Judgment Day: Mike Daley/Rosie Fernandez, Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 551min
New York Times best-selling author Sheldon Siegel returns with a harrowing new case for the San Francisco law firm of Daley and Fernandez. As husband and wife, Mike Daley and Rosie Fernandez couldn't make it work. But as partners in one of San Francisco's most tenacious law firms, Daley and Fernandez make one hell of a team. Judgment Day finds the ex-spouses tackling their most difficult case yet. Called in at the last minute to try to stop the execution of Nathan Fineman, a former mob lawyer convicted of murdering three people in the back room of Chinatown's notorious Golden Dragon Restaurant, Mike and Rosie must race the clock in a desperate attempt to prove their client's innocence. With only 10 days to go and a wealth of forensic evidence pointing overwhelmingly to Fineman's guilt, their task seems impossible. Complicating matters, Mike must battle his own personal demons when the reputation of his dead father - a San Francisco cop who was one of the first officers at the scene the night of the murders - is called into question. And as the plot hurtles toward its stunning denouement, judgment day is fast approaching not only for Nate Fineman, but for Mike's father and the law firm of Daley and Fernandez as well. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tim Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/085572/bk_acx0_085572_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Twelve Stories and a Dream , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 461min
A brand new collection of 13 short stories by the master of supernatural suspense and thrillers, exploring science fiction and fantasy themes. All of the stories in this volume follow a simple and classic pattern: exposition, conflict, resolution. Because of the short story format, there is not much room for complication or denouement, so these stories by nature are simpler than some of Wells' other work, and therefore will keep the listener entertained and engrossed! Included in this collection are 'Filmer', 'The Magic Shop', 'The Valley of Spiders', 'The Truth About Pyecraft', 'Mr Skelmersdale in Fairyland', 'The Inexperienced Ghost', 'Jimmy Goggles the God', 'The New Accelerator', 'Mr Ledbetter's Vacation', 'The Stolen Body', 'Mr Brishner's Treasure', 'Miss Winchelsea's Heart', and 'A Dream of Armageddon'. About the reader: John Banks is one of the UK's most prolific audiobook narrators, working for the likes of Big Finish, Audible, Random House and Games Workshop. He is a true multivoice, creating everything from monsters to marauding aliens. He is also an accomplished stage and TV actor. About the author: Herbert George Wells was a novelist, teacher, historian and journalist who has become known as the "father of science fiction". His works have been adapted countless times and provided the basis for many literary and theatrical productions. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Banks. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lbrk/000084/bk_lbrk_000084_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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