152 Results for : seamy
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Justice: A Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 797min
The cruel and bizarre slaying of a beautiful teen leads Detective Decker into the dark heart of an exotic subculture: the seamy, sometimes violent world of Southern California's rootless, affluent youth. But even the confession of a disturbed kid with cold "killer eyes" cannot soothe Decker's inner torment. For he knows in his gut this crime goes much deeper and higher than anyone expects - and that true justice, brutal and complete, has yet to be done. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mitchell Greenberg. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/002728/bk_harp_002728_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Boy Who Followed Ripley , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 660min
Now part of American film and literary lore, Tom Ripley, "a bisexual psychopath and art forger who murders without remorse when his comforts are threatened" (New York Times Book Review), was Patricia Highsmith's favorite creation. In The Boy Who Followed Ripley, Highsmith explores Ripley's bizarrely paternal relationship with a troubled young runaway, whose abduction draws them into Berlin's seamy underworld. More than any other American literary character, Ripley provides "a lens to peer into the sinister machinations of human behavior." (John Freeman, Pittsburgh Gazette). ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin Kenerly. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/003584/bk_adbl_003584_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Black Dahlia , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 835min
On January 15, 1947, the tortured body of a beautiful young woman was found in a vacant lot in Hollywood. Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia, a young Hollywood hopeful, had been brutally murdered. Her murder sparked one of the greatest manhunts in California history. In this fictionalized treatment of a real case, Bucky Bleichert and Lee Blanchard, both LA cops obsessed with the Black Dahlia, journey through the seamy underside of Hollywood to the core of the dead girl's twisted life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephen Hoye. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000895/bk_rand_000895_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Size , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 559min
This hard-boiled tale from A. W. Gray takes its title from its hero, con artist and poker player Sizemore Brandon, a gentle if criminal giant and sidekick to Pecos Jimmy, a Dallas racketeer majoring in gambling. When Size is called to testify against his boss, Jimmy decides the time has come to dispense with his services permanently. The stakes are high, and Size will have to play his cards right if he is to come out on top in the seamy underbelly of Texas. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Barry Press. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/006270/bk_blak_006270_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Eunuch Park: Fifteen Stories of Love and Destruction , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 381min
Palash Krishna Mehrotra writes about prostitutes, cross dressers, murderers, drug addicts, students, and stalkers, portraying their perversions and vulnerabilities with equal insight, taking us deep into the dark and seamy soul of India. Set in the murky underbelly of big cities and small towns, slums and dotcoms, college hostels and rented rooms, Eunuch Park: Fifteen Stories of Love and Destruction is a collection like no other. Gritty, grim, and depraved, these are candid vignettes of an India most of us are afraid to acknowledge. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sanjiv Jhaveri. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/003784/bk_adbl_003784_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Shadow of Innocence , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 552min
The Newport Folk Festival provides a groovy backdrop for this drug-and-60s-music-soaked mystery, featuring partners in love and danger, Mick and Bridget, hopping on their motorcycles and into action. As the family of detectives quip, banter, and swing into action, posh Newport is threatened by a perverse, shadowy secret. Mick and Bridget's exuberance and optimism manage to glimmer through even the darkest of perils, as they delve into a seamy world of drugs and sex, and are forced to match wits with both the mob and a shadowy psychopathic killer. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: William Bahl. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/124990/bk_acx0_124990_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Monkey's Raincoat: Cole & Pike, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 490min
When quiet Ellen Lang enters Elvis Cole's Disney-deco office, she's lost something very valuable - her husband and young son. The case seems simple enough, but Elvis isn't thrilled. Neither is his enigmatic partner and firepower Joe Pike. Their search down the seamy side of Hollywood's studio lots and sculptured lawns soon leads them deep into a nasty netherworld of drugs and sex - and murder. Now the case is getting interesting, but it's also turned ugly. Because everybody, from cops to starlets to crooks, has declared war on Ellen and Elvis. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Patrick G. Lawler. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/orio/000718/bk_orio_000718_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Path to Nowhere: A Shady Acres Mystery, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 312min
Shelby Hart and her quirky family members and friends are at it again! This time, no one in Shady Acres is what he seems. The seamy side of the community is revealed when a seemingly good girl's dirty lifestyle is revealed and someone kills her for her secrets. Wanting justice for a woman no one deems worthy of spending too much time investigating her death, Shelby takes matters into her own hands. From a mystery maze to underground tunnels, Shelby and her family must catch a killer before they become the next victims. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Laurie Lane. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/068606/bk_acx0_068606_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Dark Side of Disney , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 229min
The Dark Side of Disney reveals all of the tips, tricks, scams, and stories that THEY don't want you to know about! Unabashedly unafraid of offending the family-oriented audiences catered to by other Disney travel guides, author Leonard Kinsey gives intrepid travelers access to the seamy, raunchy, and often hilarious underbelly of Walt Disney World. From cautionary tales of scoring illegal tickets, to thrilling accounts of exploring off-limits areas, to chronicles of drug-induced debauchery, this completely unauthorized guidebook will change the way you think about vacationing at "The Happiest Place on Earth". ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/002603/bk_tant_002603_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Very Cold for May , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 332min
Her corpse would be the hottest news in town. May Laval was as brilliant as a ten-carat diamond - and just as cold. As the calculating ruler of a social set, she influenced generals, politicians, and big businessmen. Slowly and shrewdly, she learned the intimate details of everyone's life and recorded the seamy facts in a diary so as not to forget a single sordid detail. One day, May Laval threatened to publish her diary. Now it’s up to PR man Jake Harrison to find out who killed May and - while he’s at it - why his wife left him. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephen Bowlby. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/005784/bk_blak_005784_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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