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Ex-Rhodesian soldier Jason Green was frustrated and mildly depressed. The winter in London had been long and bitterly cold. The steady work as a freelance insurance fraud investigator was mundane and repetitive. Then he is summoned to the offices of a wealthy investment banker. The brief: to ascertain the source of the unanticipated wealth of the man's high-flying young son. The time frame: urgent. The payout: enormous. This takes Green from the grimy streets of London to the beaches of Cape Town and ultimately to the dark tropical jungles of the spice island of Zanzibar. Intrigue, chaos, murder, betrayal, and revenge follow swiftly.

Rumer Godden is well known for her acclaimed novels for adults and children. She wrote over 60 works in her lifetime, nine of which were made into films. Included here are dramatisations of three of her classic tales, as well as a fascinating interview with the renowned author.

This is the third book in the Afterlife, Interrupted series. For nearly 30 years, Nathan G. Castle, OP, has helped several hundred “stuck" — and not-so-stuck souls who died suddenly and traumatically adjust to the afterlife. Victims of fires, automobile accidents, shootings, stabbings, drownings - and suicides - come to him in his dreams seeking help to resolve their Interrupted Death Experiences.™ Father Nathan believes that providing such help is something the Holy Spirit has given him and his prayer partners to do.

The dying man jerked and then collapsed. His body twitched, and then lay still. The Lama nodded again to the acolyte, who touched flame to the third stick of incense. "Spirit now released from the suffering body," said the Lama, "pay attention before setting out on your journey; pay attention for I shall detail to you the steps you must take, and the path you must follow..." The fourth stick of incense was lit, and the smoke trailed upwards, as if it had been drawn in blue-gray chalk, straight as a pillar in the almost airless room...

While visiting her 92 year old grandfather in Devon, Kirsten's life changed forever. On the night before his death he asked her to go and get an old box hidden in the wall in his attic. Inside was a long thin gold bar wrapped in a piece of dark brown leather that was also a map.

At a time when millions are searching for inner peace in a troubled world, the means to a richer, fuller life can be found in the Orient, where wise men long ago penetrated the veils of the spirit and found the path to serenity. Now, for the first time, this ancient wisdom is gathered into one audiobook and explained in clear and simple language. Here is a veritable dictionary of the occult, clarifying the mysteries surrounding its terms, from abhinisvesha to zen. Here is a remarkable audiobook - written by a remarkable man.

This audiobook is not a work of fiction, but was transmitted to the author via mental telepathy from his pet cat. Yes, you read that correctly. This is the first audiobook ever written by a cat, Mrs. Fifi Greywhiskers!

Something evil lurks in the woods, on the outskirts of town. It lives in the shadows and strikes without warning, always with the same objective: to mutilate, kill and devour its victim. A monster with a cannibalistic craving for human flesh and a sexual appetite which, seemingly, cannot be satiated. No victim is left alive, and the scattered remains divulge very little to the police pathologist.

Another ten books by Dante containing 71,100 words.

Vodou, Vodoun, Vudu, and Voodoo has captivated the imaginations of Americans for centuries. Everyone is familiar with New Orleans Voodoo and its images of black candles, chicken’s feet, and skulls meant to invoke fear and awe in outsiders. Voodoo as practiced in the United States has become an amalgam of witchcraft, necromancy, rootwork, conjure, and a catch-all word for any type of magic that seems dark and ominous. In the Caribbean, however, Voodoo is spelled Vodou and is practiced as an African Traditional Religion (ATR).

Dante writes raw and personal stories about real people, husband and wife sharing, wife watching, BDSM, cuckold, swinger and fetish clubs, dogging, Asian wives, ladyboys, and many other fetishes.

DI John Gammon meets a cross road in his personal life. With murder cases still outstanding in his professional life Gammon is concerned. These are testing times for our hero.

Detective Inspector John Gammon is involved in another serial killer case. With his private life quite messy, the cleanup results of previous cases under scrutiny by his peers. Gammon needs to get his private and professional life back on track. Maybe that could mean leaving the Peak District to try and get his career back to the high standard before he came back to the Peak District.

Gammon feels mounting pressure with the murder count going up. Follow John Gammon in his career and social life, the up and downs in both. Gammon is a good detective, but recognition from his peers is slow in arriving due to his maverick approach.

Fae/Shifter stand-alone Romance. Spin-off from The Bound Series. Each audiobook is a stand-alone listen about a different couple who meet through Eternal Mates the immortal dating site. Trina made a promise to her friend that if she found a mate using a dating site, she'd sign up herself. Now she must keep her promise. Will she be able to find a mate who will not only love her but also be capable of feeding her nymph side?

Charles had no idea of how some men were so lucky with women, and others were just duds. He was a dud! All through high school, not one girl, except his lovely young sister, would look his way. That is until his first year in a private college. There, he learned the power of suggestion, the power of hypnosis. With this power, Charles learned to control women and men through the power of suggestion.

Syd Shepherd doesn’t do holidays - not since losing so much just before Christmas three years ago. Instead, she spends her holidays alone in the wilderness, away from the celebrations and pitying looks from friends and her coworkers at Carter Marketing. This year, against her better judgement, she attends the Christmas works party. After her boss Riley Carter kisses her under the mistletoe, she's running scared to the only place she finds solace - her cabin.

In the grimy slums and leafy suburbs of London, a malevolent evil is lurking in the shadows. Terrorism. The perpetrators hide in plain sight. There's really no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment. For ex-soldier Jason Green, it began like any another job. He'd even been assigned a young intern to assist him.

After their last battle, something comes to light that has the potential to throw the immortals into further turmoil and danger. Once more, they must band together. This time, not just to defeat an enemy. After the sighting of a big cat in the area hits the press, and a dead body is found, they must also throw a reporter off their scent. All they need is one night, so at least one set of mates can complete the binding ceremony and boost morale. It’s going to take skill, finesse and strategic planning.

For millions of years, a bounty of unimaginable riches lay hidden deep within the scorched wastelands of the Namib desert. Diamonds. Some men cracked the earth to own them. Some men died. For ex soldier Jason Green, the job was unexpected but the brief was simple. At the most remote diamond mine in the world, something was wrong. Badly wrong. The insurance firm was deeply concerned. The running costs were enormous, the claims, numerous. What were the dark secrets that had been so carefully concealed? Secrets buried as deep as the glittering stones themselves.