Your favourite young detective returns with a new mystery in hand in the fourth installment of the Sherlock Hong series. Sherlock is given the task of helping his tutor Miss Priya translate a classic swordfighting manual called The Sword of Lady Yue. Written by a great swordswoman from the State of Yue in China more than 2500 years ago, a sponsor in London expresses interest to publish the manual in English. But both Miss Priya and the precious manual go missing! Sherlock is certain that an old enemy of his has kidnapped his tutor. Can he prove that Miss Priya's disappearance along with the manual is no coincidence? Will he be able to figure out the clues? Views: 50
WORSE THAN LAWYERS...In the 22nd century biofeedback techniques to control by will the processes of one's own body have reached their ultimate expression: the ability to transform the body into virtually any viable form whatsoever. What began as an innocent technique to reduce anxiety without recourse to drugs has raised fundamental questions about what it is to be human, since form is no longer sufficient nor even relevant.Enter the Humanity Test: in a future when other techniques can change the forms of animals, so far it has been a guaranteed one hundred percent successful means of determining if a life form started out human. But now strange life forms, vicious and bestial, are proliferating throughout the Solar System. They are clearly not human, and clearly their nervous systems are too underdeveloped for them to have been human. But though the beasts threaten havoc and death to all the far flung isolated stations, the simple solution of shooting the varmints is impossible: for life forms that according to the Humanity Test started out human the law is very clear: Thou Shalt Not Kill. Views: 50
Review'Smegging wonderful... some of the comic riffs are sublime.' Independent '...such a fine piece of work. Doug Naylor has come up with a winner here.' Dreamwatch Views: 50
From USA Today–bestselling author Nan Ryan, the passionate story of a woman determined to reclaim her stolen legacy—even if it means seducing and marrying her most hated enemyIn 1847, a dying general entrusts to his friend the final instructions for his heir, never imagining the treachery that will last for generations... The magnificent Southern California cattle ranch Lindo Vista is Sabella’s past—and her future. Now, as the lone survivor of a family that was cheated out of its rightful land, she will stop at nothing to regain what belongs to her.Burton J. Burnett, cattle baron and sole heir to the sprawling Lindo Vista, first spies the stunning blond stranger at a party celebrating his engagement to another woman. Passionately obsessed with the elusive beauty, he vows to make Sabella his, unaware that she is orchestrating her long-awaited revenge...A story of seduction, love, betrayal, and a decades-old lie that is about to come full circle, Because You’re Mine is Nan Ryan at her enthralling, steamy best. Views: 50
Based on real-life events, a gripping historical novel from award-winning young adult author Jessie Haas To Sue Gorham, life in Westminster West isn't fair, not at all. It isn't fair that she has to do most of the backbreaking chores on their Vermont farm while her sister, Clare, gets to take exotic vacations with their wealthy aunt. It all started when Clare, who's a year older than Sue, got sick. That was three years ago. Now, Clare is a chronic invalid too fragile to leave the house. One day Sue finds a diary in the attic, written by her father after he came home from the Civil War. After reading it, Sue suddenly falls ill. The sisters switch places as Sue becomes bedridden and Clare takes over her chores. That is, until the arsonist who's been burning barns in their close-knit parish community strikes again—and this time, it's the Gorham farm. Based on real-life incidents in the author's hometown, Westminster West vividly recreates... Views: 50
In this prequel to the series, single Faith Sibley is energized by the success of her catering business in New York City. But she's cast into a new role when she runs into old high school friend Emma. An anonymous blackmailer is threatening to expose secrets of socialite Emma's past. And when a murder raises the stakes, suddenly it's Emma's life and not just her reputation in peril. Views: 50
In the author's first novel since Frog, a nominee for the National Book Award, a father mentally replays, in eight variations, the shooting of his daughters on an interstate highway. 15,000 first printing. Views: 50
Brandon is out with the Slamster, touring the singles bars on a Friday night. The longest, sexiest legs anyone has seen in years walks in. Out of the blue, Kim, owner of aforesaid legs, asks a dazzled Brandon to dance. He only wishes he knew if Kim was a boy or a girl. After two and a half years without a date, and not much in the way of prospects, the question is a compelling one. Views: 50
Based on years of archival research and interviews with the last surviving aides and Roosevelt family members, Nigel Hamilton offers a definitive account of FDR's masterful—and underappreciated—command of the Allied war effort. Hamilton takes readers inside FDR's White House Oval Study—his personal command center—and into the meetings where he battled with Churchill about strategy and tactics and overrode the near mutinies of his own generals and secretary of war. Time and again, FDR was proven right and his allies and generals were wrong. When the generals wanted to attack the Nazi-fortified coast of France, FDR knew the Allied forces weren't ready. When Churchill insisted his Far East colonies were loyal and would resist the Japanese, Roosevelt knew it was a fantasy. As Hamilton's account reaches its climax with the Torch landings in North Africa in late 1942, the tide of war turns in the Allies' favor and FDR's genius for psychology and military... Views: 49
When you tempt a dragon, be prepared for the fire... Zoologist Chloe Stevens is certain she's on a wild-goose chase. There are worse things than being forced to travel to a remote South Pacific island, but to search for a dragon? She's sure the real reason she's been sent to find a creature that doesn't exist is that her boss—and ex-lover—wants her out of the way while he properly initiates a new team member. Whatever. Might as well relax and enjoy her all-expense-paid "assignment", aka vacation on Ryuu Mountain. The secluded resort is the perfect place to indulge in a little carefree, hedonistic sex. Especially with Jared, the drop-dead-gorgeous bartender. Their hot fling quickly melts into something deeper. When Jared reveals he is more than he seems, Chloe has a decision to make. Whether to take her discovery public and make her mark in the scientific world. Or keep his secret to herself—and surrender body and soul to the only man who... Views: 49
