The Cornish Foundation is thriving under the directorship of Arthur Cornish when Arthur and his beguiling wife, Maria Theotoky, decide to underetake a project worthy of Francis Cornish, whose vast fortune endows the Foundation. The remarkably unattractive, extraordinarily talented music student Hulda Schnakenburg is commissioned to complete E.T.A. Hoffmann’s unfinished opera Arthur of Britain, or The Magnanimous Cockold; and the scholarly priest Simon Darcourt finds himself charged with writing the libretto. Complications both practical and emotional arise: the gypsy in Maria’s blood rises with a vengence; Darcourt stoops to petty crime; and various others indulge in perjury, blackmail, and other unsavory pursuits. Hoffmann’s dictum, “the lyre of Orpheus opens the door of the underworld,” seems all too true—especially when the long-hidden secrets of Francis Cornish himself are finally revealed. The Lyre of Orpheus is the third novel in the Cornish Trilogy. Views: 59
"Do I have to tell you that Ronnie's got one of the greatest female rock-and-roll voices of all time? She stands alone." —Keith RichardsBe My Baby is the behind-the-scenes story—newly updated, and with an especially timely message—of how the original bad girl of rock and roll, Ronnie Spector, survived marriage to a monster and carved out a space for herself amid the chaos of the 1960s music scene and beyond.Ronnie's first collaboration with producer Phil Spector, "Be My Baby," shot Ronnie and the Ronettes to stardom. No one sounded like Ronnie, with her alluring blend of innocence and knowing, but her voice would soon be silenced as Spector sequestered her behind electric gates, guard dogs, and barbed wire.It took everything Ronnie had to escape her prisonlike marriage and wrest back control of her life, her music, and her legacy. And as shown in this edition, which includes a 2021 postscript from Ronnie, her life became... Views: 59
This early short novel by F. Paul Wilson was written at a point when the author was beginning to understand that horror… was the genre he should focus on. THE TERY is certainly not a straightforward scare novel… Wilson began adding horrific elements to his pseudo-fantasy beauty-and-the-beast tale. The creepy stuff includes 'The Hole,' a nightmarish place where failed results of genetic experimentation have been dumped… the eerie way the tribe of telepaths that the tery bonds with practices 'humane hunting'… where we see how radically religion can change after a number of generations…the clever, cool prose that makes Wilson such an easy read is evident…anyone interested in tracking the development of a major genre writer will find much to satiate his or her curiosity. - Fangoria's Nightmare Book Of The Month, Tom Deja Views: 59
Who hanged the headmaster in the playground on the night of the school Hallowe’en Party? Almost
everyone in Heppleburn either hated or feared the viper-tongued Harold
Medburn. Inspector Ramsay is convinced it was the headmaster’s enigmatic
wife but Jack Robson, school governor and caretaker, is determined to
prove her innocence. With the help of his restless enthusiastic
daughter, Patty, Jack digs into the secrets of Heppleburn, and uncovers a
cesspit – of lies, adultery, blackmail and madness. Views: 59
SUMMARY: Jessamyn Bonney, alias Jazzbeaux, alias Krokodil. Juvenile delinquent in the cannibal gangworld of the late 1990s, cyborg terminatrix transformed by state-of-the-art biomechanics, symbiote of an extra-dimensional entity beyond the grasp of human imagining. A hard person to kill. But Elder Nguyen Seth, High Priest of the Dark Ones plotting to bring about the Apocalypse, needs Jessamyn dead, and is prepared to hire assassins with all the wealth a world-spanning church can afford. Bronson Manolo, the cool Californian Op with the latest kill technology at his tanned fingertips. The Tasmanian Devil, a genius economist and full-time psychopatic killer. And Jibbenainosay, a creature of the outer darkness huge enough to have Godzillas the way a dog has fleas. Three chances to kill. Can Jessamyn survive? Can the world endure beyond the new millennium? Views: 59
“CALLING DICK TRACY! CALLING DICK TRACY!”
There’s big trouble on the wrist radio: Five of the city’s deadliest hoods lie dead in a downtown garage—and their boss, Lips Manlis, will soon be number six. “Big Boy” Caprice is on the rampage. With his number-one gun, Flattop, loose on the streets, Big Boy plans to destroy his gangland opposition and unite all the tough guys in town—Pruneface, Mumbles, Itchy, Numbers, and the rest—in an organized reign of terror. Just one man stands in Big Boy's way: Dick Tracy.
Soon, the ace detective will be hit from all sides: by the ferocious Big Boy himself; by Breathless Mahoney, the sizzling chanteuse who wants to snag Tracy away from his girl, Tess Trueheart; and by a mysterious, faceless figure, The Blank, who may have found the ultimate way to end Tracy’s crime-stopping career for good. Views: 59
Several pounds heavier--and gaining--blissful mother-to-be Ellie Haskell knows her days as a thin woman are numbered. Time to let out her clothes, put up her feet, and prepare to enjoy the next nine months as pampered wife. But the first pangs of morning sickness have barely passed when Ellie's handsome husband, Ben, is invited to compete for membership in the world's most exclusive secret society of chefs, and suddenly Ellie finds herself whisked off to America--to Mud Creek, Illinois--and to a gothic mansion straight out of a horror movie. Views: 59
Rebecca Nuthall, downtrodden unpaid companion to a relative, is saved from drowning by Lord John Danville. Lord John has been ordered abroad by his father after indulging in a frivolous but near fatal duel. About to leave for Russia with his cousin Teresa Graylin and her diplomat husband, he persuades Teresa to take Rebecca along as governess for their little girl.
In St Petersburg, Rebecca blossoms…until she is arrested for espionage. Once again, John must risk his life to rescue her. Regency Romance by Carola Dunn; originally published by Walker Views: 58
The Sensual, Seductive Predator... Amarillo Smith was enigmatic, dangerous, the best private investigator in Boston next to her brother, Nico, his partner. Angelica DiFrenza was surprised and intrigued when he invited her to dinner-the broodingly handsome detective had seemed to be avoiding her deliberately... until now. Amarillo heated her skin with his gaze and made her wonder how his mouth would taste when it captured hers, but the fever in her blood was nothing compared to the savage ecstasy of their tumultuous kisses--and the seething passions that erupted without warning between them! Tantalized by her skin of silk and fire, caught in a maelstrom of uncivilized hunger, Amarillo possessed her with sweet madness, branded Angelica as only his-but he was desperate to protect her from the danger that threatened her life and the demons that menaced her soul. Once, joy had filled the grand ballroom at SwanSea; could the shadows be lifted by the healing power of love? Views: 58
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Four courageous people--Dion, a young man seeking his destiny; Tusk, the mercenary; outlaw commander Dixter; and the beautiful and cunning Lady Maigrey--battle the corrupt and harsh Democratic Commonwealth Views: 58
THE RUTHLESS SON OF A
POWERFUL DYNASTY… — Conall Deverell was stunned by Sharon Graham's
demand: that he honor a promise made by his grandfather to her
great-aunt -- and that the favor she wanted was that he make her
pregnant! Ten years before, he'd broken her heart by saying the child
she carried couldn't be his, that she must... more » have been
unfaithful -- and he'd abandoned the girl who'd been his first love to
run the family corporation. Now she vowed that this time he'd know the
baby was his…but she wanted nothing else from the formidable man once
she'd proved her case. Conall found Sharon almost impossible to resist,
but the master gamesman insisted she beguile him into taking her
challenge, that she make him want her, make his blood boil; Sharon
craved Conall's intimate embraces with a wildness that made her panic.
But unless she fled Conall's domain, she feared he'd never free her
heart. Would Swansea's legacy be that true love once lost could be
redeemed? Views: 57
Once there was a doll named Chucky who did naughty, wicked things. Like murder.But Andy and his mother killed Chucky. Killed the madman whose deranged spirit possessed the doll. Killed him once and for all.That’s what they think.
CHILD’S PLAY 2
Andy’s in a foster home now. His mother is undergoing psychiatric treatment. And Chucky . . . ?The toy makers decided there was nothing wrong with the doll. So they rebuilt him. Now Andy has more reason than ever to fear for his life . . .Chucky’s back—and he wants Andy’s soul. Views: 57
