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Convinced of the superiority of his so-called “scientific” mind, Doctor Daniel Hobbes, of Her Majesty’s Royal Society, investigates supernatural creatures and cryptozoological phenomena during the Victorian age. Whether providing mermaids with artificial legs or a plesiosaur with an electric and steam-powered prosthetic steel jaw, capturing and dissecting fairies, or isolating naiads from their natural habitat, Dr. Hobbes brings egoism, hubris, and bloody-mindedness to every investigation, to the detriment of all those around him.

After hitting rock bottom mentally via a road sign in Bedford, Danny Murdo bounces back and straight into the Serbian mafia, the Hungarian aristocracy, and an American film producer, amongst others, as he flounders through an Eastern Europe lurching worryingly to its right. He somehow solves crimes, aided by his heroic homosexual brother and hindered by his devoutly pious brother-in-law.

Vier rabenschwarze Krimis mit wunderbar hanebüchenen Storys, makabren und mörderischen Abenteuern, Gag-Gemetzeln und ziemlich verrückten Typen mit Hang zum Mord. Amateurkriminologe Alfons Friedrichsberg ist immer zur Stelle, um auch den seltsamsten Dingen mit Bravour auf den Grund zu gehen.

Shane Moxie: A washed-up 80s action star who refuses to believe his best days are behind him.... Duke: A hyper-intelligent chimpanzee, and arguably the greatest animal actor of his generation.... Reunited for an anniversary movie screening, when Moxie and Duke are targeted by assassins, the feuding co-stars reluctantly join forces to smash an organized crime syndicate headed by an iconic German action star dealing death from his movie-themed fast food franchise....

Buddha Fan Utz und Jesus Fan Lo oder umgedreht haben an der Uhr gedreht. Jetzt ist die Uhr weg, aber sie haben noch eine genaue Uhr von Chinamann für günstig, die seit Urzeiten funktioniert. Es ist Zeit zu LACHEN, die beiden Superfreaks aus Nordgermany (Lil Chi (Chicago), Nähe Rostock) haben Witze, Weisheiten usw. für's Leben mit ihren letzten ca. 14 Gehirnzellen hingezaubert. In Fachkreisen-, Experten- und in allen Götterkreisen sind sich mal alle einig, es ist ein Meisterwerk geworden. Es liegen (oder stehen?) ca. 555 Topsprüche vor. Die "Superhelden" versuchen das Multiversum zu retten... Schaffen sie es??

Ein Gentleman-Auftragskiller in einem verschlafenen Nest am Niederrhein – ein origineller Kriminalroman mit viel schwarzem Humor für Fans von "Achtsam morden". "Er schloss zum ersten Mal die Ladentür auf und schaute dabei auf die Buchstaben an der Tür, um sie aus allen Winkeln zu betrachten. Am Ende gönnte er sich gar ein Lächeln und war mit sich und seinem Werk zufrieden. In goldenen Buchstaben stand auf der Ladenfront: Kopernikus Mahler, 'Tötungsdelikte aller Art'"

Schöne neue Welt oder doch die Hölle auf Erden? Unsere Gruppe lebt sich langsam ein, aber nicht alles verläuft nach Plan. Auch Dates und gratis Kaffee können einen nicht über die Geheimnisse hinwegsehen lassen. Am Ende zählt nur eins: Zombies sind auch nur Menschen.

The Bombay Family of Assassins have hung up their gun belts, vials of undetectable poisons, and throwing knives for good. Or have they? The kids of the newest generation have itchy trigger fingers and an opportunity pops up that's too good to refuse.

What if the infamous Hatfield-McCoy feud was not about an alleged murder, or a stolen pig, or an elopement, but ran much deeper? Ushaville, West Virginia is like a tiny European city in the piney wilderness. Four failed punk musicians’ van breaks down in Ushaville, and as they meet people in the town, they discover Ushaville’s bloody secret. The punks group up with a faithless priest; a skeptical ghost hunter; a real, magical fairy; a weak-minded professor; a Cherokee man; and a local bartender. This ridiculous, unlikely group of antiheroes must save the world, or die trying.

This book is very silly. Actually, it contains two very silly books written by two very silly people. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll throw up. Contains the novellas Naked Brunch by William Pauley III and Naked Brunch by Zachary T. Owen.

Derald Grake destroys his life the moment he decides to sell the family home. After capturing the American dream, this father of 4 hopes to solve the complex formula of buying low and selling high. Witness one ‘normal’ family embark on a hilarious and entirely unexpected journey involving, among other surprises, assassins, meth, murder, and the end of Amazon. Wrapped inside this intriguing mystery are eye witness accounts and compelling evidence to separate truth from fantasy. Follow the clues, sort through the lies, and put the pieces together of this twisted reality.

Wer das Leben zu ernst nimmt, verpasst den Spaß: Die neuen Stories "Mafiosi, Drache, Tod und Teufel" von Sebastian Niedlich. Es gibt so viele drängende Fragen im Leben – dieses Hörbuch enthält nun endlich Antworten, auf die wir alle schon viel zu lange gewartet haben: Hier erfahren Sie endlich, warum Aufbauanleitungen für Regale eine teuflische Angelegenheit sind, wo der Tod Urlaub macht und was im gar nicht mal so seltenen Fall einer Entführung durch Drachen oder Mafiosi dringend zu beachten ist.

From the award-winning author of Occupational Hazards come nine more tales of blue-collar fiction, including The Destroyer (sequel to Jar Baby) and the author's autobiographical Memoir of a Murderer, narrated by an all-star cast of performers. There's horror, there's humor, there's horrific humor. It slices, it dices, it makes julienne fries. Treat yourself. You deserve it.

Ever wondered what it's like to be born into a family of assassins? Gin Bombay knows, and now she's sharing her family's deepest, darkest secrets. The Bombay Family Bedtime Stories continue with My Heroes Have Always Been Hitmen! Four more family stories have been released from the vault, including Rio Bombay, wanna-be cowboy and wild west gunslinger; Caspian, the first Bombay to have to take out another Bombay; Aberdeen, the hoop-skirted Antebellum Assassin; and Dublin Bombay, the Scottish Viking Slayer! History is at its most hilarious as this darkly funny family tells all.

A wet Arizona monsoon throws a white-knuckling, single father into a tailspin after falling into his Father's grave. What emerges is a complicated journey that confronts polarizing internal voices, superhuman responsibilities, and an insatiable desire to end human suffering while overcoming one's own mental heath issues, addictions, and suicidal ideations.

The odious Jeanette Sobriquet is dead and her granddaughter, Fizzy, is too relieved to grieve. Unfortunately for her, when Fizzy announces her refusal to attend the abusive woman’s funeral, her life becomes a living nightmare. Now, she has demons, ghosts, and the threat of homelessness hunting her down, all demanding she caves into the dead woman’s iron will.

In the spirit of the shot-on-video horror of the '80s, Meat Photo is a transgressive, absurd horror comedy and the love child of Andersen Prunty and C. V. Hunt. Meat photos are the hottest trend. Everyone has one or is willing to do anything to get one. It’s all anyone can talk about on social media. Grab your meat photo. Wear it like a mask. Join the Great Migration to the local Dollar General.

Meet Ava: rule-abiding lawyer who has ticked all of life’s boxes. She’s married to a successful surgeon and has just taken an indefinite career break to raise her adorable toddler. A picture-perfect life. Meet Winnie: Ava’s old college roommate. Once awkward, quiet and apparently academically challenged, she left Stanford in a shroud of scandal. But now, she is charismatic, wealthy and has returned to town dripping in designer accessories. An actual perfect life. When the two women bump into one another at a local coffee shop, it seems like fate has intervened.

The cornerstone of private investigation—insurance fraud. Doing it, obviously. And then there’s the taxi job. Run someone to the airport while being chased by who knows what? Mix that in with drugs, party boats, and the Virgin Mary, and you’ve got a pretty standard day for one Mr. Cole. All for a lousy paycheck. Full of infanticide, evisceration, sadists, and snuff, Alex Cole is part private detective, part mercenary...all sick f--k. Cole Investigations is open—once more—for business.

A swirling, psychedelic, bleakly funny fugue by the Booker-shortlisted author of The Butcher Boy and Breakfast on Pluto. Una Fogarty, suffering from dementia in a seaside nursing home, would be all alone without her brother Dan, whose epic free-verse monologue tells their family story. Exile from Ireland and immigrant life in England. Their mother’s trials as a call girl. Young Una’s search for love in a seemingly haunted hippie squat, and the two-timing Scottish stoner poet she’ll never get over.