The first biography of the little-known real-life Tom Sawyer (who Mark Twain met during his brief tenure as a California newspaper reporter), told through a harrowing account of Sawyer's involvement in the hunt for a serial arsonist on the loose in mid-nineteenth century San Francisco. When 28-year-old San Francisco Daily Morning Call reporter Mark Twain met Tom Sawyer at San Francisco's steam baths in 1863, he was seeking a subject for his first novel. As Twain steamed, played cards, and drank beer with Sawyer (a Volunteer firefighter, Customs Inspector, and local hero responsible for having saved ninety lives at sea), he had second thoughts about Shirley Tempest, his proposed book about a local girl firefighter, and began to envision a novel of wider scope. Twain learned that a dozen years earlier the eighteen-year-old New York-born Sawyer had been a "Torch Boy," one of the young men who raced ahead of the volunteer firemen's hand-drawn... Views: 12
He Was Her HeroFor Mary Clancy, Alex Mitchell had been everything. She'd fallen in love with his dark, brooding eyes, with his sense of honor and his sexy ways. He was everything she'd dreamed of—and he was hers. Until something took her angel away….
She Was His HopeMary had seen beyond the walls Mitch had put up, the one woman who'd made him think about forever. He'd never forget her sweetness, or the passion they'd shared. But he couldn't stay….
Could Their Love Save Them Both?Now fate had brought them together again. Could their wounded hearts find their way home?
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The worst floods the world has ever known besiege all land masses. Some, such as Great Britain, are on the point of extinction. Dr. Palfrey has to find a solution, but before he does he needs to find the cause .... If he can, will a solution present itself, and can Palfrey triumph on behalf of mankind? Views: 12
The caterpillar was huge, green and hairy – the biggest the boy had seen – and it wasn’t alone. The insect stowaways had attached themselves to his clothing. As he picked one up for closer inspection, a pain like hot needles shot through his arm. Then he felt the other wriggling across his front, where it began to penetrate the soft flesh of his stomach, burrowing into his skin… Views: 12
Is Mallory Harrington jinxed because her name means luckless? Things have gone wrong for Mallory since she was a small child. All she ever wanted was to have a complete family and live happily ever after. It appears she has it all when she marries Toby Harrington and they have a son. Unfortunately, their marriage ends when Toby has an affair with his law partner. After their divorce, Mallory feels guilt that she couldn't forgive Toby for his affair. As a Christian, she should be able to forgive him for his sin. Mallory decides to do something for herself, and get a surgical procedure that she's always wanted. What she doesn't expect is her instant attraction to her surgeon. Sometimes faith is about accepting what can't be changed and grabbing what God offers her. Life must go on. Views: 12
By day, she’s Mrs. Mallowan, hospital pharmacist. By night, she’s Agatha Christie, queen of crime.
Doing her part for the war effort, Agatha dispenses medicine in
shell-shocked London. But the world’s most renowned mystery writer is
troubled. Compared to the horrors of World War II, her detective novels
seem trivial and quaint. When a Jack the Ripper–style murderer strikes,
Agatha lobbies her friend, forensics expert Sir Bernard Spilsbury, to
take her to the crime scenes. But the killings are far more gruesome
than any that her fictional detectives have ever solved. Can a crime
writer also be a crime fighter? Joining forces with London’s top
investigators, Agatha risks her life to stop the monstrous serial
killer.
With this ripped-from-the-headlines mystery, author Max Allan Collins
presents a blood-stained valentine to the most celebrated author of
detective fiction.
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When Detta O'Neill returns to Rathinch - a village in Donegal - she is determined to make a difference. Bringing together four lone parents for a support group which has the old biddies of the village scandalised, she tries her best to build bridges and forge friendships among her charges. Niamh Quigley’s dream of a perfect life in the country was cut cruelly short with the death of her husband Seán. A woman on the verge of meltdown – but with a kitchen island you might just kill for – she has to find her way again without the man she never thought could hurt her. Ruth Byrne was left high and dry when her husband ran off with a younger woman. But could his desertion have been a blessing in disguise for Ruth and her children? Liam Dougherty doesn’t think so. His wife is the younger woman in question and he would do anything to win her back . . . or would he? Which leaves teen mum Ciara Boyle. Everyone is just dying to know who the father of her child is, but does she have a good reason for keeping her secret to herself? Apart from being parents, can the group find anything in common? Can they find happiness and confidence again? And can Detta really make the difference she wants to make?
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