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After suffering the tragic loss of her best friend, Lottie Beck is struggling. Aged eighteen, she's flunked school and spends her days lying in a darkened room, doing nothing. Finally, she is forced to get a job in Silver Birches Care Home. Once there, and after meeting the residents, particularly the feisty, no-nonsense Bobby, she settles in, appreciating how much history lies behind each person. A history she can read, in her own special way, via the simple touch of a hand.

Seit zehn Jahren ist Alice in einem düsteren Hospital gefangen. Alle halten sie für verrückt, während sie selbst sich an nichts erinnert. Weder, warum sie sich an diesem grausamen Ort befindet, noch, warum sie jede Nacht Albträume von einem Mann mit Kaninchenohren quälen. Als ein Feuer ausbricht, gelingt Alice endlich die Flucht. An ihrer Seite ist ihr einziger Freund: Hatcher, der geisteskranke Axtmörder aus der Nachbarzelle. Doch nicht nur Alice und Hatcher sind frei. Ein dunkles Wesen, das in den Tiefen des Irrenhauses eingesperrt war, ist ebenfalls entkommen und jagt die beiden.

Though I was born with the ability to see the dead, I struggled with it until my brother was killed and his ghost was left behind. Now, I’m determined to figure out who is responsible for his death…the problem is that Detective Maddox Booker, the one working the case, is a grumpy and stubborn man who wants nothing to do with me and definitely doesn’t believe in ghosts. It doesn’t help that I keep finding myself looking ridiculous in front of the detective, thanks to interfering ghosts who enjoy laughing at my expense.

In four new novellas, Christina Henry returns to the world of Alice and Red Queen, where magic runs as freely as secrets and blood. Lovely Creature In the New City lives a girl with a secret: Elizabeth can do magic. But someone knows her secret--someone who has a secret of his own. That secret...

Keisha Lewis mourned the loss of her wife, Alice, who disappeared two years ago. There was a search, there was grief beyond what she thought was possible. There was a funeral. But then Keisha began to see her wife, again and again, in the background of news reports from all over America. Alice isn’t dead. And she is showing up at the scene of every tragedy in the country. Keisha shrugs off her old life and hits the road as a trucker - hoping on some level that travelling the length of the country will lead her to the person she loves. 

After 10 years of being told she can't tell the difference between real life and a fairy tale, Alice finally stops believing in Wonderland. So when the White Rabbit shows up at her house, Alice thinks she's going crazy. Only when the White Rabbit kicks her down the rabbit hole does Alice realize that the magical land she visited as a child is real. But all is not well in Wonderland. The Ace of Spades has taken over Wonderland and is systematically dismantling all that makes it wonderful.

Paladin Agent Alice Skye is desperate to get back in the field, and gets her chance, but not as she expected. Thrust into a gruesome homicide, Alice faces a case that tests the limits of her magical knowledge, and threatens to destroy not only her, but everyone she loves. Still grieving her recent loss, Alice is struggling to rebuild her life when an unexpected letter from Dread’s estate uncovers a secret that should have stayed buried. But time is running out. In the shadows, powerful enemies await, determined to stop the prophecy that has haunted her since birth.

Alice Skye has come a long way since she was an inexperienced witch at the Supernatural Intelligence Bureau. Having fought monsters, ruthless assassins and a savage wolf shifter or two, she’s sure there’s no crisis too catastrophic for her to overcome.

When Alice’s estranged brother, Kyle, unexpectedly reaches out, she’s determined to help him—even if it goes against everything she’s ever believed in. But as his dark past unravels, Alice uncovers a shocking truth: they’re both hunting the same man—the one who tore their family apart. Riley Storm is relentless in his pursuit of Mason Storm. Exposing his father’s web of lies, and avenging the lives he'd destroyed. Thrown together by fate, Alice and Riley must join forces to bring Mason down.

My name is Alex, and I am just a normal office worker from Denver. But I’m also “the Dreamer.” Or at least that’s what the beautiful cat-girl said after I woke up in All-the-Land and saved her from a monster in a crazy forest full of smiling flowers and trees. The Dreamer is the prophesied savior of this land. He is immune to all side effects of the world’s magical potions, and his… seed also has enhanced abilities that can be passed on to the women he so chooses. So it’s down the rabbit hole for me, and no card queen or dark king is going to stop me from saving this world.

After an epidemic of attacks by newly risen vampires terrorizes the city, authorities pressure Charles Vaughan and the Vampire Court to determine who is responsible. Complicating matters, a local businessman hires infamous bounty hunter Jack Justice to find and execute the rogues after his sister is attacked.

Alice has had a lousy life since she left Wonderland. All grown up and trapped in an unhappy marriage, she longs to escape. But when she finally manages to leap through the mirror, she gets one twisted shock after another. Whatever happened to the crazy, charming Wonderland of her youth? This time, the Mad Hatter, Cheshire Cat, Mock Turtle, Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledum, and Tweedledee are out for blood. Something has warped the magical mystery realm, sending Alice reeling from one close shave to the next.

1938. Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. An abandoned manor whispers secrets best left alone… When Maggie dares to enter the dilapidated DuMond Manor on Cat Island, she awakens something she cannot escape. Each night, her dreams grow darker, pulling her deeper into a haunting that feels all too real. Desperate, she turns to Carson Jacobs—better known to his nationwide radio audience as "Mr. Mystery"— who agrees to help her uncover the truth. But the deeper they search, the more dangerous the hauntings become… and the harder it is to ignore the spark between them.

New Hampshire, 1865. Marion Abbott is summoned to Brawders House asylum to collect the body of her sister, Alice. She’d been found dead after falling four stories from a steep-pitched roof. Officially: an accident. Confidentially: suicide. But Marion believes a third option: murder. Returning to her family home to stay with her brother and his second wife, the recently widowed Marion is expected to quiet her feelings of guilt and grief. Just when the search for the truth seems hopeless, a stranger approaches Marion with chilling words: I saw her fall.

Within this audiobook, you'll find myriad approaches to Alice, from horror to historical, taking us from the nightmarish reaches of the imagination to tales that will shock, surprise, and tug on the heart-strings. So, it's time now to go down the rabbit hole, or through the looking-glass or...but no, wait. By picking up this audiobook and starting to listen to it, you're already there, can't you see? 

A chilling legend clings to the weathered walls and overgrown paths of the old Hermitage Plantation, a tale whispered in hushed tones by the locals. It is said that the restless spirit of Alice Flagg, a woman whose life was tragically cut short, roams the grounds even now. Not in gentle peace, but in a desperate, unending search.

Unverzichtbar für alle Fans von "Die Chroniken von Alice": Brutal, düster, originell! Alice und der Axtmörder Hatcher haben in Christina Henrys finsterem Wunderland schrecklichen Gefahren getrotzt – jetzt erfahren die Fans, wie es mit den beiden weitergeht, und sie dürfen zudem tief in das Innerste von Henrys beliebtesten Figuren blicken: In einer von vier Kurzgeschichten berichtet Hatcher aus der Zeit, als er selbst noch Nicholas hieß und der beste Kämpfer der Alten Stadt war. In zwei anderen erzählt Alice von einem dunklen Geheimnis, das sie sogar vor Hatcher geheim hält.

All Jade really wants is to live a happy life. To do so in 1693, the idea was fairly simple. Don't be different. Jade thought she would be just fine, that is until she encounters a witch and gets cursed. Her life gets turned upside down as she's turned into a Fae and it takes away her ability to tell lies.

At a carnival spook ride, young women vanish, never to be seen again. On a dark Texas road, women disappear after being stranded and then saved by friendly Texans. Alice is one of the women who have been shackled and hand cuffed in a basement where she and her new friends are tortured physically and emotionally to force them into compliance with their new family.

Transformed into a formidable warrior, Alice and her friends join a rabbit-like guide on a mission to stop the dead walking the earth. On their epic quest, they meet an amazing caterpillar, the King of Hearts, an infernal Duchess, and more demonic delights as they fight through the horrific nine circles of Wonderhell.