Résultats pour "Max" dans Littérature et fiction

Some mysteries are better left unsolved. Some insurance claims are better left unpaid. Max Payload has had enough of murder. After a particularly unpleasant case involving five dead debutantes and an exceptionally ugly cat, the hard-boiled Boston private detective decides it’s time for a quieter line of work. Life insurance. His first assignment for Eternal Rest Mutual Life & Casualty seems simple enough. A fellow named Wilbur Whateley wants to collect $2,500 on his mother’s life insurance policy. There’s just one problem. Nobody can find the body.

In her debut Audible memoir, Lady Miss Jacqueline (Oscar-winning child star, nightclub magnate, crystal empress, and self-proclaimed beacon of hope) finally tells her story in her own inimitable voice. From a gold-plated birth canal in Newport to surviving a shipwreck in nothing but a satin nightgown, from inspiring talk show legends to gifting Rolls Royces by Zeppelin to her nightclub staff in Ibiza, Lady Miss recounts the greatest moments of her lives (past and present) with the confidence of a woman who has never once been wrong, and the heart of one who occasionally suspects she might be.

Endlich wieder Neues für alle Fans von Max Goldt In seinem neuen Hörbuch »Komischerweise schrie ich Hallo statt Hilfe« stellt Max Goldt eine Auswahl alter und neuer Texte vor – eine Mischung aus Studiolesungen und Livemitschnitten aus den Jahren 1997 bis 2024. Mit diesem Erfolgsrezept...

14 fictions réalisées comme de véritables films audio pour vous transporter dans les frissons, le suspens, la tendresse ou l'absurde.

When Lady Miss returns to her great-aunt's church in New Orleans to plan the funeral of the beloved Mother Miss Pearline, she discovers that the humble congregation of her youth has been transformed into a megachurch conglomerate run by holograms, subscriptions, and an AI named Earncybot. At the center of it all is the scheming Illuminate Slanders, a woman with five dead husbands, a suspicious will, and a dangerous plan to upload every church member's consciousness into her AI network.

I've got my looks, my charm, and well, a smile that melts panties. My charm only gets me so far though. I don't even care when the courts finally give me a punishment for vandalizing the church property; in my defense, I didn't know it was a church. They've got me serving community service working at the local church's Salvation shelter. They think three months here will change me; that I will change my delinquent ways. If only they knew...nothing could ever tame me.   

Turbulente Flitterwochen für Dackel Max und seine Familie! Endlich: Dackel Max' Frauchen und Goldies Herrchen heiraten auf Sylt! Natürlich bei Traumwetter am Strand. Doch auch Max ist im Hochzeitsstress, denn seine Goldie wünscht sich ebenfalls eine Strandhochzeit. Aber er wäre nicht Max, wenn er nicht schon einen Plan hätte – der garantiert schiefgeht.

When it comes to life's fun and games, always know: The rules. What's at stake. When to quit. Wise words from...well...my fortune cookie. But wise words, nonetheless.

From the bestselling author of Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, the uproarious and brilliantly inventive new novel from Max Porter. Quiet on set, please. Enter Lynette: Actor, writer, director, showrunner, and star of her final movie in her head—is it a comedy, a tragedy, a farce, or...

Dear Fellow Bookworms, I need your help. I, Rachel Rose, am in quite the pickle with a hot-as-sin English Lit professor by the name of Ty Winslow, and I don't know how to get out of it. Let me break it down for you: Girl meets Guy. Girl gives Guy her underwear on a dare but nothing else identifying because she plans to never see Guy again. But Girl does see Guy again, where she is to be the Teaching Assistant to his Professor for an entire semester. Guy is a whole list of tempting things that are hard to resist.

Es geht wieder in den Urlaub nach Sylt! Dackel Max ist frisch verliebt, alles könnte entspannt sein. Wären da nicht die beiden Kinder von Frauchens neuer Liebe. Ein Sack Flöhe ist gegen den vierjährigen Lasse ein Rentnerverein. Und plötzlich verschwindet die Teenager-Tochter Lisa spurlos!

Mein Name ist Max - nicht Maxl, wie mein Frauchen behauptet -, und ich muss da mal was loswerden. Mein Frauchen hat einen neuen Freund. Er mag angeblich Hunde, aber gegen mich hat er jede Menge Vorurteile, das rieche ich. Immerhin sind wir uns einig, dass ein Urlaub auf Sylt eine ziemlich doofe Idee ist, noch dazu in einem Wohnwagen auf dem Campingplatz. Zumindest dachte ich das, bis ich beim ersten Spaziergang über Frauchens Lieblingsinsel meine Jugendliebe Goldie erschnüffelt habe.

THE INSTANT NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Crackles with chemistry, deliciously witty banter, and clever sparring - I adored every page with my whole heart' - CHLOE LIESE Two competing meteorologists are forced to find common ground in this opposites attract, When Harry Met Sally-inspired...

Although two of his best friends have settled down, Wes Lancaster is determined not to get sucked into some siren's web. As owner of the New York Mavericks football team and wildly successful BAD restaurant, his lifestyle is full as it is. Well, it was, until Winnie Winslow, the new, sexy, stiletto-wearing team physician trash-talks him in the locker room without batting an eye. Now he can't stop himself from wanting her.

Un delinquente costretto a fare il poliziotto per non rischiare di finire arrestato. E lo fa benissimo, a modo suo. Da semplice agente, risolve casi su casi che neanche va a cercare. L'ironia e la sregolatezza sono le sue armi segrete. Giuseppe Pino Pitrusino, detto per fare prima Joe, a tutto pensa tranne che a fare il poliziotto. Gli piacciono le "topoline" e non una, tutte. Sbirro per caso, fa di tutto per non fare il poliziotto, ma viene chiamato ad agire anche quando è appartato in spiaggia, di notte, con la luce della luna e gli ululati dei lupi.

Grundgütiger! Kriminalkommissar Klaus Neher und Buchhändler Robert Mondrian trauen ihren Augen nicht, als sie den Mühlenbetreiber Max Moritz erschlagen und kopfüber im historischen Mahlwerk stecken sehen – als wäre es ein besonders böser Streich. Doch wer hat diesen schurkischen Coup geplant? Die wachsame Nachbarin Witwe Klara Boldt ist für ihr scharfes Auge und noch schärferes Gedächtnis bekannt. Akribisch beobachtet sie, was auf dem Weg zur Mühle vor sich geht. Die Liste der Verdächtigen ist lang – denn in dieser Geschichte könnte jeder ein mörderischer Lausbub sein.

It's spring break and Max is stuck at home all by himself. Just the way he likes it. He games online, feasts on junk, and wonders why his cat can suddenly talk. Thanks to a bizarre mishap, Max has started shifting between parallel universes whenever he falls asleep. A curious affliction, and one that steadily erodes his sanity. Day after day, he awakes to a strange new reality and struggles to make sense of his surroundings.

Max Sturm ist Autor, dreht die letzte Runde in seinen Dreißigern und kann mit gleichaltrigen Frauen nichts anfangen...

When tabloid kingpin Dick Dickerson is found drowned in duck dung, the case is as messy as his headlines. The infamous editor of the National Star made enemies everywhere—from politicians and Hollywood elites to business moguls with secrets to hide. But who had the guts to silence him for good? As reporter Odelia Poole and Detective Chase Kingsley dive into the case, Hampton Cove is rocked by a whirlwind of gossip, scandal, and betrayal—and it’s not just the humans causing drama.

Private Investigator Max Dunham is planning a vacation in sunny Mexico when two kids enter his office and ask for help hiring a hit man. They insist their lives are in danger and that murder is the only way they can protect themselves. Max's disbelief is tempered by sympathy. The precocious girl and her taciturn brother are strangers to American society, having grown up in the Amazon jungle. They find much of life in the US incomprehensible, even silly.