49 Results for : goddaughter
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Fallout: V. I. Warshawski 18 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 885min
V. I. Warshawski's impossible goddaughter, Bernie, convinces her to look for August, a young filmmaker who has disappeared. The evidence indicates that he has gone to Kansas in the company of Emerald, an older black movie actress who wants to film the story of her life. Her search takes V. I. from the military base Emerald was born on to the farm where she grew up outside a university town, ploughing up past and present-day secrets as she goes. What is happening at the former nuclear missile site next door to the farm? What happened at the site in 1983, when students tried to stage their own version of Greenham Common? Everywhere V. I. turns she seems to be finding more trouble - with not a sign of August and Emerald. And then trouble turns to death.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Liza Ross. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hodd/001140/bk_hodd_001140_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Friend of the Devil : The Bill Walton Mysteries, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 286min
Bill Walton is driving Dave Pasch crazy. There’s nothing the renowned and respected play-by-play man can do to keep the “World’s Tallest Deadhead” from going on long, strange rants that have nothing to do with the basketball game they’re announcing. Their night only gets longer and stranger after the game, when Bill discovers that the daughter of a former teammate has been kidnapped. They can’t go to the cops or the FBI, and when Pasch tells Walton there’s a good chance she’ll be killed even if the 10 million dollar ransom is paid, they vow to find Bill’s goddaughter and rescue her before it’s too late.In Friend of the Devil, two basketball announcers trade in their microphones for magnifying glasses as they track down clues by night and, by day, still manage to call a thrilling Pac-12 Tournament in a hilariously sincere psychedelic mystery by James Kirkland. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Kirkland. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/155295/bk_acx0_155295_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Wish , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 560min
The touching and emotional new novel from the number one best-selling author of The Secret of Orchard Cottage and The Great Christmas Knit Off.Sam Morgan knows he messed up with his wife, Chrissie, and daughter, Holly - he wasn’t there when they needed him most, but now he’ll do anything to put his family back together again. Until then, he's back living in the picture-postcard village of Tindledale.Jude Darling is coming home for good this time. She's taking over the antique shop in Tindledale, the place where she grew up, and she's going to make sure she's there for her friend, Chrissie, and goddaughter, Holly. They certainly need her right now.As for Holly, there's only one thing she wants, and it's not the sort of thing you can buy in a shop. She might be 13 years old, but Holly still believes in wishes, and perhaps if she wishes hard enough, this one might come true.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Claire Trusson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/003889/bk_hcuk_003889_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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House of the Hanged , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 547min
A riveting and evocative tale of passion and murder, set on the French Riviera in the 1930s, from the No.1 bestselling author of The Savage Garden. France, 1935: At the poor man’s end of the Riviera sits Le Rayol, a haven for artists, expatriates and refugees. Here, a world away from the rumblings of a continent heading towards war, Tom Nash has rebuilt his life after a turbulent career in the Secret Intelligence Service. His past, though, is less willing to leave him behind. When a midnight intruder tries to kill him, Tom knows it is just a matter of time before another assassination attempt is made. Gathered at Le Rayol for the summer months are all those he holds most dear, including his beloved goddaughter Lucy. Reluctantly, Tom comes to believe that one of them must have betrayed him. If he is to live, Tom must draw his enemy out, but at what cost to himself and the people he loves…? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Sackville. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/000834/bk_hcuk_000834_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Family Room: Good Things, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 623min
Deidre McIntosh is a woman with it all... a successful business, a doting fiancé, a baby on the way. But business is getting busier, Kevin is always on the road and Deidre's future mother-in-law has hijacked the wedding plans. To make matters worse, Kevin's sullen goddaughter, Claire, has been expelled from boarding school and has ended up in Deidre's care, a temporary arrangement that seems more permanent by the day. Claire Phillips doesn't want to be in Seattle. It's bad enough that her own parents are too busy with their lives to care about hers, but being stuck with Deidre is like a prison sentence. Deidre works, cooks, cleans and crafts... the woman is obviously nuts. Claire knows it's just a matter of time before she's enrolled in another boarding school, out of sight and mind once again. But when a woman appears on Deidre's doorstep, both Deidre and Claire find themselves faced with the ultimate question: what is family, and what lengths would you go to care for those you love? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Carin Gilfry. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/029983/bk_acx0_029983_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Big Sister: Varg Veum , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 463min
When PI Varg Veum is approached to find a missing girl by a half sister he barely knew, his investigation takes him deep into the dark web and some personal history he'd rather forget.... Varg Veum receives a surprise visit in his office. A woman introduces herself as his half sister, and she has a job for him. Her goddaughter, a 19-year-old trainee nurse from Haugesund, moved from her bedsit in Bergen two weeks ago. Since then no one has heard anything from her. She didn't leave an address. She doesn't answer her phone. And the police refuse to take her case seriously. Veum's investigation uncovers a series of carefully covered up crimes and pent-up hatreds, and the trail leads to a gang of extreme bikers on the hunt for a group of people whose dark deeds are hidden by the anonymity of the internet. And then things get personal.... Chilling, shocking and exceptionally gripping, Big Sister reaffirms Gunnar Staalesen as one of the world's foremost thriller writers. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Colin Mace. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/050279/bk_adbl_050279_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Babycakes , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 635min
Molten chocolate...cinnamon spice...gingerbread...old-fashioned Vanilla... You can't stop at just one. And the women of the Cupcake Club love to indulge.... Kit Bellamy was raised on pie. Mamie Sue's Peanut Pies, to be exact, the family company her scheming brother-in-law sold out from under her. Now Kit needs a new recipe for her life - and sleepy Sugarberry Island is the first ingredient. Running mail-order cupcake business Babycakes is a chance to get her baking on again - until she meets tall, dark, and adorable lawyer Morgan Westlake. New to the island to raise his goddaughter, he's as mouthwatering as any of Kit's creations. It's just her luck that he's the spawn of the very law firm that helped crush her dreams.... Fortunately, Kit's new friends can assure her that Morgan is no typical Westlake - and that even lawyers, not to mention single dads, need romance. If Kit can just be persuaded to follow her appetite - and set another place at her holiday table - her sweetest dreams just might come true.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amanda Ronconi. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/018960/bk_adbl_018960_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Claiming His Ward: Sweet & Sexy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 144min
A sad beginning brought them together. Elsie entered Jack's household as a bereaved goddaughter many years ago, but she has blossomed into a beautiful woman. Jack has hidden his growing desire for his ward, fearing the consequences of a betrayed trust. For years, she has been his to nurture and protect, but now a new set of desires are seizing him. Jack has always provided for her. But, of late, their tender friendship fractured. As it should. She must leave her guardian - as all young ladies must. She harbors no desire to go. How to tell the man who has given her everything that she yearns for even more? They had always had a reason to restrain themselves, but after Jack's daughter's wedding day, he and Elsie are left alone once and for all. His vow of guardianship threatens to be overtaken by his passion. Her untouched beauty. Her pure trust in him. They draw him to the woman he has sworn to protect and shelter. Her innocence balances on the brink of desire. His unwavering strength. His never-ending kindness. They draw her to the man who guided her and possessed her. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Desiree Dunne. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/073340/bk_acx0_073340_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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One Mile Under , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 784min
The heart-pounding new thriller from the coauthor of five number-one James Patterson best sellers including Judge and Jury and Lifeguard and the Sunday Times best sellers The Blue Zone and Reckless. Leading a tour down the rapids outside Aspen, Colorado, whitewater guide Dani Haller comes across the body of a close friend. Refusing to believe it was an accident, Dani uncovers evidence that backs up her suspicions and takes her case to Wade Dunn, local police chief and her ex-stepfather. Wade insists the case is closed, but Rooster, a hot-air balloon operator, claims he saw something that Dani needs to know. Before she can find out, however, Rooster plunges to his death in a fiery crash. Dani threatens to go public with her evidence and finds herself thrown in jail. When ex-detective Ty Hauck receives word that his goddaughter is in trouble, he immediately jumps to her aid. Together he and Dani step foot into a sinister scheme running deep beneath the surface of a quiet, Colorado town that has made a deal with devil to survive. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christian Hoff. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/001972/bk_hcuk_001972_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Mitford Murders , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 705min
*Named one of the best audiobooks of 2017 by The Times (UK)* This program includes a bonus interview with the author. Set amid the legendary Mitford household, The Mitford Murders is a thrilling golden age-style mystery audiobook, based on a real unsolved murder, by Jessica Fellowes, author of the New York Times best-selling Downton Abbey books. It's 1920, and Louisa Cannon dreams of escaping her life of poverty in London. Louisa's salvation is a position within the Mitford household at Asthall Manor, in the Oxfordshire countryside. There she will become nursemaid, chaperone, and confidante to the Mitford sisters, especially 16-year-old Nancy, an acerbic, bright young woman in love with stories. But then a nurse - Florence Nightingale Shore, goddaughter of her famous namesake - is killed on a train in broad daylight, and Louisa and Nancy find themselves entangled in the crimes of a murderer who will do anything to hide their secret.... Based on an unsolved crime and written by Jessica Fellowes, author of the New York Times best-selling Downton Abbey companion books, The Mitford Murders is the perfect new audio obsession for fans of classic murder mysteries. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rachel Atkins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/002698/bk_aren_002698_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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