Titres dans Humour noir

Lenny Marks is excellent at not having a life. She bikes home from work at exactly 4pm each day, buys the same groceries for the same meals every week, and owns thirty-six copies of The Hobbit (currently arranged by height). The closest thing she has to a friendship is playing Scrabble against an imaginary Monica Gellar while watching Friends reruns. And Lenny Marks is very, very good at not remembering what happened the day her mother and stepfather disappeared when she was still a child. The day a voice in the back of her mind started whispering, You did this.

In this provocative, darkly funny, and unique novel—a mix of Lord of the Flies and The Royal Tenenbaums—a dictator's former right-hand man becomes housebound and a family power struggle erupts. Growing up on a Cuba-esque Caribbean island, Casandra, Calia, and Caleb endure life under two...

Ein fieser Weihnachtsroman. Fernand hat die Nase voll von seinem daueralkoholisierten Chef. Dumm nur, dass er der Weihnachtsoberelf ist und sein Chef - richtig, der Weihnachtsmann. Einziger Lichtblick ist Fernands Assistent Perus, der ihm immer zur Seite steht und hilft, den Zustand des Weihnachtsmannes vor den anderen Elfen zu verheimlichen. Als der Weihnachtsmann bei einem Probeflug Fernands Haus zerstört, reicht es. Der Weihnachtsmann muss weg! Fernand und Perus beauftragen zwielichtige "Problemlöser". Aber ist Auftragsmord wirklich das richtige Mittel?

Uma comunidade plural e anárquica encontra-se no Centro de Emagrecimento Ingatori para assistir à semifinal da Copa de 2014. Enquanto os frequentadores testemunham o fiasco histórico do 7 x 1, flashbacks narram suas trajetórias individuais: embora tenham personalidades muito distintas, o excesso de quilos parece unificar suas identidades; como se obesidade fosse um gigantesco rótulo padronizador. Os próprios sobrepesados brincam: um magro que habita um corpo gordo é um trans? E uma alma rica que nasceu num físico de pobre?

Após uma década de trabalho mediana, Rick Dalton acha difícil engolir a ideia de que a indústria cinematográfica passa muito bem sem ele, obrigado. Sentindo que sua carreira de ator está cada vez mais próxima do fim e mergulhado em uma crise existencial, Rick está disposto a se submeter ao lobby cruel de Hollywood para tentar adiar sua ruína. Para isso, vai cogitar uma investida no cinema italiano, encarnar um vilão controverso em uma série de faroeste e aceitar conselhos profissionais de uma respeitada atriz de oito anos de idade.

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! WARNING! Under no circumstances must employees strike a deal with unauthorized personnel on Dark Enterprises property. Such behavior may result in death…or the end of the world. Colin is a low-level employee at Dark Enterprises, a Hell-like multinational corporation...

When Agatha Benedict plucked Kelly off the city streets to replace her dead cat Poopsie, she neglected to inform him of some very important house traditions. The history of the Benedict Estate prescribes that once the estate owner passes on, a will reading is to take place. However, the reading is more than passing on a loved one's final wishes: it's a figurative gunshot into the air, an alert to all in attendance that a playful game of anything-goes murder has begun. The prize? The inheritance, of course.

If you're a fan of Roald Dahl or Gillian Flynn you'll love these unsettling stories with a twist in the tale. Are you ready to stay up all night with USA Today best-selling author JT Lawrence? Click now to start listening.

Although retired, Jim Godwin takes a lowly part-time job at Slobend, Fleecem & Skinnem out of boredom and the need to eke out his pension. Unfortunately for Jim, he's had a prior altercation with two staff members. Worse, Jim knows that they are drug dealers on the side.

Les détails lucides nous envahissent, ils possèdent leur propre volonté, ils sont une conscience de ce qu'il y a entre la matière et sa voisine ; l'antimatière. Ils ne sont peut-être pas exactement l'antithèse de tout ce qui existe. Ils provoquent une forte dérision dans la vie quotidienne.

A New York Times Book Review and Washington Post ""Top-10 Thriller of the Year"" A New Yorker, Vogue, Esquire, Elle, and Bookshop.org ""Best Book of the Year' Conor O’Toole has never been anywhere like Cutters Neck, a gated community near Cape Cod. It’s a sweet deal for the summer: in...

It's New Year's Eve, and the Rook family are at odds with one another. Unfortunately, not only is their psychic rival Aurora coming to their hometown, but there's another visitor - Death. The newly appointed Replacement Reaper, who is not grim at all, but a very cute Canadian. He's here to end the world - albeit ethically and politely. This time, Armageddon is coming home. Can the family overcome their differences in time to stop the ultimate New Year Countdown? Who is Aurora, really? And, is Death single?

Henri Koskinen firmly believes in the power of common sense and order. That is until he moves in with Laura Helanto and her daughter. As Henri realises he has inadvertently become part of a group of local dads, a competing adventure park is seeking to expand their operations, not always sticking to the law in the process. Is it possible to combine the increasingly dangerous world of the adventure-park business with the unpredictability of life in a blended family? At first glance, the two appear to have only one thing in common: neither deals particularly well with a mounting body count.

Sebastian Kunze ist als Großstadtjournalist gescheitert. Er landet mit Frau und Tochter in der brandenburgischen Provinz, denn Melanie ist Psychotherapeutin, und auf dem Land gibt es, was sie braucht: Einen Kassensitz und therapiebedürftige Menschen. Doch die ländliche Realität zwischen Gurkenständen und Landgaststätten hält für das Paar einige Überraschungen bereit. Melanie traut sich bald kaum mehr auf die Straße - wegen all der "Bescheuerten". Sebastian hingegen lernt die Überschaubarkeit des neuen Lebens zu schätzen.

Es läuft nicht gerade gut für den titelgebenden Künstler. Der Einzige, der ihm Aufmerksamkeit schenkt, ist sein Drogendealer. Bis er durch einen glücklichen Zufall ein Arbeitsstipendium an einem neurologischen Institut erhält, das alles verändert und ihm neuen Schwung verleiht. Die rettende Idee: eine von Neurowissenschaften inspirierte Ausstellung! Doch in dem verheißungsvollen Institut geht es abgedrehter zu als erwartet.

Before she knows it, Turquoise finds herself in strange and perilous worlds populated by the likes of human oddities, shape-shifters, serial killers in flying saucers, flesh-eating hippies, man-eating house cats, and sleazy televangelists who produce snuff films for Christ.

""Brydie Lee-Kennedy's writing is sharp and funny and humane. A passionate chronicler of the ridiculous—in people, in society, in sex—Brydie skewers everyone equally, but always with empathy, warmth and wit."" —Monica Heisey, author of Really Good, Actually For readers of Dolly Alderton...

Prewitt Patry is an expert in European art and antiquities, and he used to be the best con artist in New York City. But fate has left him divorced and broke, with his glory days behind him. Then a golden opportunity falls into his lap. Ranger du Courtemanche is the aging patriarch of the centuries-old French aristocratic Courtemanche family. The family resides in their ancestral chateau, and they haven’t been outside the property in years. Enter Prewitt, who cozies up to the reclusive family and warns them that their chateau and wealth have been targeted by an obscure secret society.

On the run from the guild and hounded by quickly manifesting monsters, Viral, Varney, and 10 orphans are forced to flee into a dungeon. A dungeon that just so happens to be composed entirely of food matter. Trapped in the food dungeon, and with his enemies closing in from all sides, Varney concocts a treacherous plan to betray Viral and seize the villain's power for himself.

Germany, 1940. While struggling to survive at an orphanage, young Didi crosses paths with a rebellious, quirky girl who will either help her escape a life of abuse and uncertainty, or lead her down an even darker path.