Baby wipes are not the best at cleaning up blood.
Or what happened to Thornhill in Amsterdam.
They told Thornhill it would be a simple spy mission that he was more than eager to take on, but of course, it wasn't.
Thornhill quickly found himself relying heavily on his smart, sarcastic handler, Mallory, and Jones, a former marine sniper with few words, to keep him and his mysterious older contact, Golay, from ending up in the bottom of the canal.
Fans of John Le Carre and Vince Flynn will have a thrilling blast with this page-turner! Views: 647
Duke and Wilt fly from the United States to Greece in search of the Heart of Aphrodite. Meanwhile, the Cult of Aphrodite is mobilizing as well. As Duke tries to gather leads on where the Heart might be located he finds that living with the curse is becoming increasingly difficult.In December 2015, I started a free monthly competition challenging my blog visitors to provide me with prompts for me to choose my favourite and write their story in around 500 words. The three pieces published here are the winning prompts submitted from 16th December to 15th January, as well as those that came second and third in that month. The prompts supplied can be found at the end of each story.The winning story, 'A Handle at One End, a Spout at the Other' features Danny and Penny, and is about two friends, a grandmother's will, a silver teapot and an abandoned shopping trolley stuck in the sand, one wheel running for its life but destined to never go anywhere other than the scrapyard if Mickey O’Flanagan got hold of it.The second-placed story, 'Don't Cry, Don't Cry', is of a couple, Mara and Jaime, skiing late in the season but making a pitstop of a Café Allongé and petit pain au chocolate, their encounter with a French family, and Mara trying to keep her composure.'Sweeping the Coast', the third-placed story, features Hugh, a disillusioned deutanope (he suffered with red-green colourblindness) whose escape to the coast doesn't go according to plan... not that he had one. Views: 647
The four corners is a small room of poetry big on emotive text. Within those corners is a tale which is honest, sometimes brutal but also contains a release of something thought always trapped. Within the pages are offerings from over two decades of scribe, a heady mixture of history and powerful ideas. There is exposure and honesty with the potential to link with you, the reader.the four corners contain a varied collection of poetry that has been compiled from work stretching back over 20 years. the four corners themselves thread through the collection and are linked in purpose and intent. those 4 poems tell a story to which the reader must unravel, decipher but ultimately make up their own mind about. within the text is a mix of emotion, storytelling and exposure to aspects of life that are often common and shared among us. i have tried to include unique approaches, view points and angles that are uncommon but also tried to share a vulnerable side with words that contain power. the four corners is spirited, sometimes potent but always honest and carefully paced. words remain within its pages that still excite me as a writer and make me wonder, what next? Views: 647
A kidnapping to a magical kingdom, five murders, and the theft of a magical sword of legendary power; young Irish policeman, Sean MacCarthy, is going to have an interesting day.The Answerer is a sword of legendary power. It is hidden when the Normans overrun Ireland only to be found, amidst much bloodshed, nearly a thousand years later. The Tuatha De Dannan retrieve the sword and take it to Tyr na nOg for safe keeping but there are still those in our world who want its power and there are those of the De Dannan who would give it to them. There is bloodshed, murder and theft and even the mighty De Dannan need help. Together, Declan of the Tuatha De Dannan and a young Irish policeman, just out of the Templemore Academy, Guard Sean MacCarthy, must bring a murderer to justice and, most importantly, find out what happened to the sword. Of course, the Answerer may not want to be locked away. Views: 647
The bestselling novel... Now with an all-new wedding epilogue!!!Prince Maxon may be twenty-two years old now, but he's still haunted by his boyhood abduction and torture in Hell. To deal with his past, Maxon limits his present-day activities to killing demons and seducing women. No long-term relationships. No combat too dangerous. No problem, right? Wrong. Maxon's life has stalled out. The old thrills aren't there anymore, either on the battlefield or in the bedroom. While staking out his next fight, Maxon meets what seems like just another girl after a good time. What he gets is a close encounter with Lianna, a lady warrior with ties to the mysterious elemental rulers called the monarkki. It's love at first fight. Trouble is, Lianna's running from a dark history of her own, and her elemental enemies are closing in. When Lianna gets taken, Maxon realizes that after years of wrong choices and dead ends, the right woman is worth risking it... Views: 647
Charlie finds himself on the hidden 13th floor of the Abracadabra Hotel. He discovers both Tyler and the magician Brack. Brack was trapped there by a mysterious figure he could not identify. Views: 647
Broken. Dead. Failure.That’s what I felt every time I looked in the mirror.Depression. Sadness. Anger.That's what others saw if they were smart enough to see past my facade. Knowing what I felt inside, I would I have to agree. I was on a path of destruction. Some would I say I was my own downfall waiting to happen. A man drowning himself in alcohol and loose women. That's what I had become. After all, that's all I was good for.Until Alzerro King f*cked up my day. One sentence completely altered my world. Hiding someone while working with the FBI was the last thing I wanted to do. Then I meet her.Isabella Vincenzo.Hurt. Beat. Fragile.I wasn’t a victim. I wasn’t prey to the monsters that lurked in the dark— at least that’s what I told myself. Trouble had found me, I was sold to the mafia by my family. I was now property of the drug cartel ran by the Russian Mafia, and to be sold to the highest bidder. What happened was never to be expected.Somewhere in the middle of the USA I’m being kept. Hidden. Held against my will from the monsters…. Little did I know, I traded one monster for another.Will Jared and Isabella save each other or will the murkiness that has tainted their lives pull them deeper into the darkness?Sometimes all we need is someone else to be our light in the moments of complete darkness.Sometimes love can smother the injustice. Views: 646
In this sweeping adventure full of danger, action, and intrigue, the master who has been the model for bestselling authors such as Clive Cussler and Bernard Cornwell returns to his longest-running series, taking fans back to the very beginnings of the Courtney family saga
The son pirate and merchant Sir Frances Courtney, Henry “Hal” Courtney was raised at sea. When war broke out between the English and the Dutch empires, his father, fighting for the English crown, attacked a fleet of Dutch East India Company ships off the coast of Africa. That bravery was met with betrayal, and Sir Francis was executed. His heartbroken son witnessed his death and dedicated his young adulthood to avenging his father’s name.
Now, twenty years of war have passed. It is 1784, and a truce has been made between the English and the Dutch, ending the long years of battle on the seas. Hal, too has changed. He has become the captain of his own ship, and is soon to become a father himself. Navigating his crew across the waves of danger, Hal sails his ship, the Golden Bough, from the slave markets of Zanzibar to the pirate-riddled waters of the Indian Ocean in search of fortune and treasure.
But though the war is over, the final battle has not been won. Soon, Hal will learn that the more a man achieves, the more he has to lose. . . .
Bursting with swashbuckling action and thrilling adventure, this magnificent novel breathes new life into one of Wilbur Smith’s most beloved family sagas and confirms his status as our “best historical novelist” (Stephen King). Views: 646
Susan and her assistant, Denesh, are on a quest to create a sentient computer.Dr Susan Davies and her young assistant, Denesh Praasad, have been working for years to develop a super computer, known as the MSC (Mega Super Computer), to a level that sentience will naturally arise. Frustrated by a lack of decisive results and with the threat of their grant running out of funds, they have reached a critical impasse. Views: 646
Merry Christmas from Mistletoe, KY.. Wish You Were Here!When Angelica Cartwright heads to Kentucky to begin her teaching career, she never dreams she will be waylaid in Mistletoe Kentucky with a broken foot and cared for by a handsome wood carver and his daughter. However, she soon finds that Luke Tanner is also carving himself onto her heart. Views: 646
