Denver private eye Johnny Lane is so busy he has to contract out his overflow cases. When a young woman approaches him to find her birth parents, he's willing to take the case for almost nothing. Almost. It would be a breath of fresh air after all the lowlife cases he's now stuck with . . . and there is something about the woman. the last thing Johnny expects is the path the case leads him down. As the chasm between words and reality grows wider, past and present deeds start unraveling with deadly force. "For those of us who believed Jim Thompson would never be equaled, great tidings, he's back in the form of Dave Zeltserman. Hilarious in the darkest fashion, violent, bitter, psychotic and unputdownable... FAST LANE left me bruised, battered and exhilarated." KEN BRUEN Views: 64
Wi Ile Anpo is a girl born to Lakota warrior, Wanbli Zi. But the tribal shaman has a vision that Anpo is wicakte - a two-souled person embodying both male and female spirits. She will become a great warrior and a great asset to her people. During a vision quest, Anpo finds that her life will be intertwined with the lives of a sacred white buffalo and a pale skinned woman with yellow hair, yet both will be wounded by her actions. Kathleen McGlashan Stevens has been captured by renegade Indians, and thrust into a terrifying and foreign culture where she must learn to survive. The sacred white buffalo brings Anpo and Kathleen together. As their relationship develops, Anpo wonders: Can she change her destiny, or is she fated to wound the woman she loves? Views: 64
Reminiscently capturing the warm and raw voices of Charlie Kelmeckis from The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Clay Jensen from Thirteen Reasons Why, I Had Such Friends is an important story about self-discovery, grief and finding your voice.When Charlie Parker, the most popular boy in school, dies it affects everyone who knew him. Everyone, that is, except for Hamish Day, the boy with only one friend, who lives on a cabbage farm.After the tragic car accident leaves his school in grief, Hamish finds himself pulled into the lives of the people left behind. He tries his best to thread them back together again, even though he is pretty sure he's the least qualified person for the job. As new friendships chip away at his quiet façade, Hamish is forced to face the traumas of his own past, as well as the person he is becoming.Set in rural Australia, I Had Such Friends is a powerful Australian YA debut that deals with the... Views: 64
Mystery/Crime. 76818 words long. First published in SynergEbooks, 2011 Views: 64
Kirsten agrees to accompany Billy on a summer cruise and tour of Europe, during which he slowly, determinedly awakens Kirsten to the romance and the sometime shocking extremes in becoming his submissive. Soon, she agrees to be his wife, and the starry-eyed submissive is led down a difficult path with surprising twists at every turn - strict discipline, anal eroticism, bondage and humiliating displays of her obedience. Views: 64
Wales may be small, but culturally it is richly varied. The aim in this collection of essays on a number of English-language authors from Wales is to offer a sample of the country's internal diversity. To that end, the author's examined range – from the exotic Lynette Roberts (Argentinean by birth, but of Welsh descent) and the English-born Peggy Ann Whistler who opted for new, Welsh identity as 'Margiad Evans', to Nigel Heseltine, whose bizarre stories of the antics of the decaying squierarchy of the Welsh border country remain largely unknown, and the Utah-based poet Leslie Norris, who brings out the bicultural character of Wales in his Welsh-English translations. The result is a portrait of Wales as a 'micro-cosmopolitan country', and the volume is prefaced with an autobiographical essay by one of the leading specialists in the field, authoritatively tracing the steady growth over recent decades of serious, informed and sustained study of what is a major achievement of... Views: 64
A man's mother can be a terrible burden sometimes. For Tarry Flynn - poet, farmer and lover-from-afar of beautiful young virgins - the responsibility of family, farm, poetic inspiration and his own unyielding lust is a heavy one. The only solution is to rise above all - or escape over the nearest horizon.Like The Green Fool, his autobiography, Patrick Kavanagh's Tarry Flynn is an idyllic and beautifully evocative account of life as it was lived in Ireland earlier this century. Views: 64
"In 1931, former U.S. serviceman, Cyrus Gables returns home to his native Florida only to find that the economic scourge of the 'Great Depression' has financially ruined hundreds of poor sharecroppers including his very own parents. To add insult to injury, the heartless local bankers mercilessly repossess the farms of dozens of families unable to pay their taxes. Outragedand determined to settle the score, the ex~soldier and Kay Johnson his pregnant, southern belle girlfriend take up bank robbery as a means to an end. As their sucessful bank heists become increasingly frequent and brazen, the interracial crime couple attracts the attention of the state governor, county sheriffs and angry lynch mobs throughout the Sunshine state, who vow to take them down either dead or alive. Views: 64
Readers meet Harry Dresden, Wizard for Hire. He finds lost items, conducts paranormal investigations, does consulting work, gives advice and charges reasonable rates. This is the first book in the Dresden Chronicles, with two more to come. Views: 64
Previously released by Kensington Publishing Corp.: Since her mother vanished years before, Shae Rowan's embittered father has kept her a virtual prisoner of their Gulf Coast home. To escape his tyranny, she reluctantly agrees to marry the selfish heir to a shipping fortune. But all that changes when she meets a handsome stranger on the beach and suddenly finds herself giving in to dangerous, unyielding passion. Phillip Payton's unconventional beliefs have left him embittered and isolated until Shae captures his lonely heart and gives him the strength to fight society's expectations. With a great storm bearing down on the island, Phillip helps his new love uncover the truth about her mother's disappearance. Discovering it could shatter what they share . . . or forge a bond that can never be broken. Review. . . a shining jewel of a novel where love overcomes loss, honor wins over greed, and following your heart... -- Reader to Reader Reviews, July 2000 Gwyneth Atlee combines romance and mystery to create one of the most intriguing novels I have read in years. -- Bookbrowser.com, May 2000 Wonderfully written, with terrifying and exacting detail about living through a hurricane. Escape to the gulf coast for this great read! -- Writer's Club Romance Group, July 2000 Views: 64
Dancing With the Virgins is an atmospheric, psychological stunner--perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and Peter Robinson.As winter closes in on the moors, so does death. The body of a young woman is found within a ring of ancient cairns, her arms and legs arranged to look as though she's dancing.Now another young woman has been found, savagely wounded and severely traumatized, but alive. Ben Cooper and Diane Fry must unlock the memories trapped inside her mind before more blood is shed amongst the stones . . . Views: 64
A woman dead in a derelict hotel. Hardly an unusual sight working homicide. Already under IA scrutiny, Blake must hunt the killer through a maze of cults, criminals, fake mediums, and things which make him question his sanity. All while trying to shoot as few people as possible. Fatally, at least. And there's the very unreal possibility of his soul becoming food for things that shouldn't exist. Views: 64
