The third and final novella in the electrifying e-book-exclusive trilogy by R.J. Ellory, "the perfect author to read late into the night" (Clive Cussler) In Three Days in Chicagoland, his most ambitious effort yet, R.J. Ellory tackles the story of a brutal murder from three radically different perspectives. It's 1956, and though Chicago's gangland days are long over, it remains a city drenched in violence. Its latest victim is Carole Shaw, a young woman who had no enemies - except, that is, The Killer who strangled her to death and left her body on her kitchen's cold, linoleum floor. The Killer reveals the explosive solution to the many puzzles introduced in The Sister and The Cop, the first two novellas in this remarkable mini-epic. The Killer is narrated by Lewis Woodroffe, the man who is about to be executed for the savage murder of Carole Shaw. As he describes the broken home and broken dreams that led to that bloody night, Woodroffe pulls the rug out from under the reader and rewrites the story that we thought we knew. A stunning conclusion to Three Days in Chicagoland, The Killer will leave you breathless, and desperate to reread what has come before. Views: 118
Definition of an Empty Net: When a team pulls the goalie for an extra attacker, desperately seeking a goal.Audrey Parker was in a horrible place.She hated her job, her sister was getting married and moving out, but worst of all, she was in love with a total jerk. No matter what she did, every guy she met hurt her. All she wanted was her happily ever after. Her Prince Charming. Her Lucas Brooks! She didn’t know how to change her life but she knew she needed too.Feeling like she was about to hit rock bottom, Audrey wakes up next to Tate Odder.Tate Odder had lost everything.After being brought up from the Assassins’ farm team, the Florida Rays to the Nashville Assassins, Tate hopes he’ll forget everything he has lost. He doesn’t. Each day gets harder to live in a place he doesn’t know. Even being the first rookie goalie to shut out an opposing team three times during the Lord Stanley Cup Finals, he still felt empty. With the loss of his parents and sister still heavy on his heart, Tate isn’t sure how to live like everything is okay.But when he wakes up beside Audrey Parker, things start to change. She turns his life upside down with her kooky sense of humor and her bright clothing. She is intelligent and beautiful, and for once, he doesn’t feel empty.Will Audrey be the person to fill the holes in Tate’s heart, making him whole again?Or will another player ruin everything, leaving him feeling forever like an empty net? Views: 118
Three days out of Santa Fe their wagon train had been attacked by Apaches. Ten-year-old Jenny Oberling stared in horror as her parents and older brothers were killed. When the attack was over, her only option was to live with Natty Morgan, a hard woman known for gambling and other vices. Now sixteen, Jenny is reconciled to a dreary existence when she meets Daniel Monroe. The young pastor's kind blue eyes and genuine concern warm her heart. For the first time since her parents died, Jenny hears about a God who loves her and can give her strength to forgive those who destroyed her family. David determines to marry Jenny, but Natty has other plans. As David frantically works against time, he fears the worst: He may be too late to free Jenny. Views: 117
Violet and Nate may have escaped the labyrinth, but only one of them came out unscathed. Nate is now the bearer of a mysterious eye-shaped tattoo, a mark he has no memory of receiving and no desire to investigate further. But Vi has never been one to let a mystery go unsolved, and she’ll do whatever she can to discover who’s behind the tattoo—even if it means leaving Nate out of her plan. Views: 117
For years Cameron has hidden behind a façade of normalcy, warned there were those who would do her harm should they uncover the truth…that she is a mind reader. She never imagined her biggest threat would come from the parents she thought dead. Cameron’s life changes dramatically when she’s abducted by her mother, a woman she hasn’t seen in thirteen years. Even more shocking is the truth… Cameron’s mother leads a group of rogue mind readers and their number one enemy is Cameron’s very own father. Everyone has their own agenda and Cameron is caught in the middle, unsure who to trust. But one thing is clear, war looms on the horizon and in order to save those she loves, Cameron must not only pick sides, but learn to believe in herself and her powers. This book contains kissing and cursing. It is best for ages 14 and up. Books in the Mind Readers Series: Book 1: The Mind ReadersBook 2: The Mind ThievesBook 3: The Mind Games Views: 117
Book 3 in the Lucy gives it up... seriesThe holiday is now a distant memory. Broke and unemployed, Lucy thought that things couldn't get any worse. When she is thrown out of her flat, she realises she was wrong. Homeless, she has to persuade her mum to allow her to move back in until she can find somewhere else to live. Much to Lucy's surprise, her mum welcomes her home. Lucy soon realises that her mum's personality change owes much to the new man in her mum's life. When she accidentally walks in on them having sex - she can see why.Lucy manages to find work in the bar at a local hotel. Trade is slow and the evenings drag until a face from her past appears. Mr Drake, Lucy's Maths teacher from her senior school, calls in for a quick drink. She used to fancy him when she was at school - she still does - and now she can do something about it! Views: 117
A poisoned paan, a non-government issue arrow and the cameo of a mysterious Englishman...Muzaffar Jang is that rare creature in Mughal Emperor Shahjahan’s Dilli – an aristocrat with friends in low places. One of whom, Faisal, stands accused of murder. When the body of Mirza Murad Begh is found stabbed in the chest, lying in a water channel in the Qila, poor Faisal is the only one around. But what of the fact that, minutes before his demise, the victim had stepped out of the haveli of Shahjahanabad’s most ravishing courtesan? Could not the sultry Mehtab Banu and her pale, delicate sister, Gulnar have something to do with the murder? Determined to save his friend, Muzaffar decides to investigate, with only a cup now and then of that new-fangled brew – ‘Allah, so bitter’ – called coffee to help him. A trail of clues leads him from Mehtab’s haveli out into the streets of seventeenth-century Dilli – rife with rumours of Dara Shukoh’s strange leanings and Prince Aurangzeb’s rebelliousness – into a conspiracy far more sinister than he had imagined… Views: 117
Mrs Robinson's Disgrace together with the classic Flaubert novel Madame Bovary, with a brand new introduction by Kate SummerscaleOn a mild winter's evening in 1850, Isabella Robinson set out for a party. Her carriage bumped across the wide cobbled streets of Edinburgh's Georgian New Town and drew up at 8 Royal Circus, a grand sandstone house lit by gas lamps. This was the home of the rich widow Lady Drysdale, a vivacious hostess whose soirees were the centre of an energetic intellectual scene.Lady Drysdale's guests were gathered in the high, airy drawing rooms on the first floor, the ladies in dresses of glinting silk and satin, bodices pulled tight over boned corsets; the gentlemen in tailcoats, waistcoats, neckties and pleated shirt fronts, dark narrow trousers and shining shoes. When Mrs Robinson joined the throng she was introduced tho Lady Drysdale's daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Edward Lane. She was at once enchanted by... Views: 117
