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A multiple rapist is on the loose, a woman reports that her baby has been stolen, and someone is trying to blackmail the local supermarket by poisoning some of the stock. When two young girls are reported missing, the Denton crime wave reaches terrifying heights. As DI Jack Frost staggers exhausted from case to case, something nasty arrives at the station in the form of Detective Chief Inspector Skinner.

'If I had my way, every idiot who goes around with Merry Christmas on his lips, would be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. Merry Christmas? Bah humbug!' Charles Dickens’ ghostly tale of sour and stingy miser Ebenezer Scrooge has captivated readers, listeners and audiences for over 150 years. This Christmas, Audible Studios brings this story to life in an audio drama featuring an all-star cast.

Missing for 3,000 years, Magic has returned to Olympus. But is it the change they need—or the end of everything? Darien Glade was torn from his world and thrust into Olympus, chosen as one of the Eldric—warriors fated to stop the rise of Cyprin, the dark sorcerer threatening all existence. As new dangers close in, Darien discovers that magic isn’t lost after all—it’s hidden. And he may be able to wield it. While Darien fights to survive, the remaining Eldric journey across Olympus to recover the ancient weapons needed to end the cycle. And far from them all, Evatra sets off on her...

In a variation of the classic locked room mystery, Attorney John Lloyd Branson and his beautiful, trusted, but often impetuous legal assistant, Lydia Fairchild, scare up ghosts from the past and rattle family skeletons as they try to discover who murdered the young museum curator. It’s no Halloween trick when Brad Hemphill materializes in a locked museum at midnight, the main feature in a prehistoric display. Who among the museum staff would kill the harmless, mild-mannered young curator, and why?

The Murder by the Yard book group has been going strong for six months, and Megan Clark is eager to celebrate - and increase membership. For fun and publicity, she volunteers her friend, Dr. Ryan Stevens, to lead tours of famous Amarillo murder sites. One of the sites witnessed the strangling of a young bride and the subsequent suicide of her husband. The case was never solved - but one of the Gormans wants to know what really happened, and urges the group to reopen the investigation. Megan dives into the research with her usual enthusiasm. But it's soon clear that the killer doesn't take kindly to amateur sleuths....

Abundance is an aftereffect of mindset with action. Reality is bound by your actions and intentions. What this means is, you make your own reality by populating your existence with the puzzle pieces. Now, life is not simple, and if it was simple we would all be perfect at it. Perfect is just boring, and we are not living this existence to sit around and twiddle our thumbs in perpetual bliss. Our existence is our own, and we can choose to experience whatever we want, whenever we want. This audiobook will help you understand the many facets of building an abundant life.

Werewolf Alex has always been a loner; sure, he'd bring a guy home from the club once in a while, but he never gave his conquests a second thought after they were gone. All that changes when he encounters a mysterious, sexy shapeshifter in the woods one night. Alex can't seem to get this smart-mouthed wolf out of his head. Is this fellow wolf the mate that Alex never thought he needed? READ AN EXCERPT: The next thing Alex knew, he was a man once more. He was never fully conscious as a man during his nights as a wolf; it was always as though he had traveled through time. He awoke in his ...

Justice is blind. But Nola James is lethal. Since the events in Georgia six months ago, the battle to help those the system has left behind has not slowed for former CIA operative Nola James. Rafael Ortiz and his two children have been living under the protection of the United States government for nearly a year. But now with both a Mexican cartel and MS-13 on their trail, they have nowhere to turn and no safe harbor. Now Nola must reach the Ortizes before the other dangerous players in this life-ending game of cat and mouse do. She must pull out all the stops to protect a family who has ...

C Is for Cannibals, the third book in an epic series of 26 horror anthologies. In this audiobook, you will find a collection of 13 gut-wrenching stories from some of the finest independent writers on the scene today. From those with a taste for human flesh to people merely trying to survive, C Is for Cannibals contains a range of twisted stories not for the weak of stomach.

Water, is the fourth in a series of four horror anthologies based on the elements. Within this book, you will find a variety of stories from some of the best independent horror writers on the scene today. Immerse yourself in tales of shipwrecks, evil spirits, terrifying aquatic creatures, and much more.

The next spectral visitor takes a more current approach, bringing Mr. Scrooge into the cheerful but painfully sparse home of his only employee, Bob Cratchit. Watching the family celebrate, despite their circumstances, Scrooge experiences something he hasn't felt in a long time--empathy.

The messages of Paul the Apostle have inspired the thoughts and imaginations of Christians of all ages. His authoritative approach to justification and righteousness serve to capture the interest of believers today. It is appropriate that his examples of holiness be presented afresh to our generation. After all, history repeats itself. The indulgences and iniquities rampant in Paul's day appear in churches today. False teachers overlook the sins of neglect.

Five short fantasies that will fulfill your wildest dreams and leave you craving more! "Playtime - An Erotic Romp" by D. R. Grantwood. Ah, to be young and wealthy, an animal unleashed upon the world, to feast on whatever is offered, to experience romance and lust in all their varieties! But such is the way of young passion in that oftimes it is merely unbridled lust wearing a mask of respectability!

Ten days to Christmas, and on a bitter December afternoon 8-year-old Tracy Uphill goes missing. Detective Inspector Jack Frost, Denton Police Force's scruffiest officer, knows they only have a limited time to find her, and he's also got to nursemaid Detective Constable Clive Barnard, whose uncle just happens to be the Chief Constable....Then the bodies start to pile up and a crime committed many years before leads a murderer to kill again.

As our society continues its transition from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age, new challenges are being introduced into the workplace, giving rise to a new phenomenon, Virtual Distance.

Sometimes Therapy Isn’t Enough finds the author coping with mental health struggles through poetry. The book is divided into four chapters, taking the listener on a raw emotional journey through anxiety, addiction, depression, and grief.

On a freezing, bleak Christmas Eve in London, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge sits in his counting house, resenting the holiday and all who celebrate it. But, contrary to what he has planned for, Mr. Scrooge won't be spending the evening alone. He's about to get a visit from a very old friend--one he thought he'd never see again.

After Dervla’s boyfriend abruptly breaks up with her, she’s ready to kill him! His own grandmother and great-aunt are furious and applaud Dervla for throwing his stuff out the window. The next morning, however, Emil is wrongly accused of murder. The police are sure he’s guilty, so they can’t take time to investigate. The nanas call Dervla. She doesn’t want to investigate either, but once the elderly women accidentally trigger Dervla's other-worldly powers, she chases after the real murderer.

Xhanga draws its listeners into the adventures Marcie Espinoza, a young woman fresh out of Bible school, who has a burning passion to bring the love of Christ to a mysterious tribe thought to live in the remote reaches of northern Brazil. Despite warnings of danger she presses ahead. Marcie doesn’t know that all who had pursued the Xhanga in the past failed to return, nor does she know about the slow and painful death they experienced.

When Dr. Monica Gray’s unrivaled robotic surgery skills thrust her into the midst of a bitter war, she finds herself fighting for more than just her patients’ lives. As the leading telesurgeon in the world, Monica is persuaded to lend her cutting-edge talents to NATO’s war effort against Russia’s invasion of Finland. But what begins as a call to serve those in need quickly escalates into a high-stakes game of global espionage. Soon Monica and her uncannily adept AI surgical partner, Adam Two, become targets of the ruthless Russian Intelligence apparatus. Determined to prevent Monica...