In 1941, racial tensions are rising in the California community where nineyear-old Sachiko Kimura and her seventeen-year-old brother, Nobu, live. Japan has attacked Pearl Harbor, people are angry, and one night, Sachiko and Nobu witness three teenage boys taunting and beating their father in the park. Sachiko especially remembers Terrence Harris, the boy with dark skin and hazel eyes, and Nobu cannot believe the boys capable of such violence toward his father are actually his friends. What Sachiko and Nobu do not know is that Terrence's family had received a telegram that morning with news that Terrence's father was killed at Pearl Harbor. Desperate to escape his pain, Terrence rushes from his home and runs into two high-school friends who convince him to find a Japanese man and get revenge. They do not know the man they attacked is Sachiko and Nobu's father. In the months that follow, Terrence is convicted of his crime and Sachiko and Nobu are sent to an internment camp in... Views: 8
This collection of Platonov’s short fiction brings together seven works drawn from the whole of his career. It includes the harrowing novella Dzahn (“Soul”), in which a young man returns to his Asian birthplace to find his people deprived not only of food and dwelling, but of memory and speech, and “The Potudan River,” Platonov’s most celebrated story. Views: 8
1923. When a young Cockney woman appears in Falmouth, Inspector George Bartlett and Constable Archibald Boase think she's harmless enough – until they're caught up in a cycle of mayhem and deceit. Unsure exactly how this woman fits into their enquiries, at various turns they are investigating her, searching for her, and worrying about her safety – and still can't decide if she is all she seems. With death on their doorstep, strange visitors to the town, and a killer still on the loose, Bartlett and Boase have little time left to prevent further murders as their superintendent looms large in the background, waiting to take them off the case... Views: 8
Slocum's gathering no moss...Out in the remote Wasatch Mountains, there isn't much in the way of employment. Luckily, Slocum has a job at the sawmill that will do just fine. But when the owner of the mill tells him he wants a man to hunt down the crook who stole his wife's jewelry, Slocum finds himself switching jobs—for a promised huge payoff. Chasing down the jewel thief seems like a simple tracking job. That's before Slocum winds up in unmapped territory on the trail of a criminal mastermind. Heading into terrible danger, Slocum will have to decide if getting back the most valuable stone is worth putting his own life on the line... Views: 8
Callie Parrish and her BFF, Jane, love presents at Christmas, but what they find under the tree isn't a gift from Santa Claus. It is Santa in person—murdered and dumped under the tree the friends decorated with much joy for the holiday season. They see this as a personal insult.The investigation takes Callie away from her job as a cosmetician at Middleton's Mortuary and to fascinating places—especially after Sheriff Harmon makes Callie an undercover deputy. She finds clues at Safe Sister and the Turkey Trot but can't solve this case until the killer identifies both Jane and Callie as the next victims. Views: 8
As Libby looks down from a hotel room to her father's steamboat, a shadow separates from a building off to the right. A second shadow follows, then a third. Can the three men racing toward the Christina possibly reach freedom?Suddenly the quiet night explodes with barking dogs-bloodhounds!For Libby the journey begins-her discovery of the world of 1857 when a fugitive slave law means that runaways can be captured and returned, even from free northern states. When those involved in the Underground Railroad can suffer severe penalties. And a world where caring people make the choice to uphold the political and spiritual freedoms they cherish. Views: 8
