Murder follows Captain Heimrich home in this classic mystery from the authors of the "excellent" Mr. and Mrs. North series (The New Yorker). Capt. M. L. Heimrich of the New York State Police may not have the flash of hard-boiled city detectives, but there's no lead the intrepid investigator won't follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . A police captain's driveway is the last place anyone would expect to find a dead body. But when a man who's been shot collapses in front of Captain Heimrich's wife, it seems murder has landed directly on the detective's doorstep. The victim turns out to be Old Tom, a vagabond who did odd jobs around the town of Van Brunt, New York. Then, a shocking truth emerges: Old Tom was T. Lyman Mitchell, a justice of the New York Supreme Court who's been missing for six years. Heimrich needs to figure out the reason for the justice's sudden reappearance in order to determine who shot... Views: 70
Daughter of a troubled artist, Nessa Penwellyn has always
struggled to feel settled. Used to making her way alone, an unusual bequest turns
her world upside down. With trepidation Ness exchanges life abroad for her Cornish
inheritance, a crumbling castle on St Pirran Island, and solitude for her newly
discovered relatives – some more pleased to learn of her existence than others.
Resentment, tension and mystery swirl around Pirran Island
like deadly currents and the rocks beneath the sea are no less threatening than
gathering developers or scheming cousins. Independent and determined, Ness must
now decide who to trust in order to prevent the island legacy being lost
forever.But can Ness’s heart keep her safe from the one man who may
cost her everything? Or are deeper secrets hiding within the echoes of the past?
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Their love was raw and passionate and the thing that most fairytales were made of, but love doesn’t always guarantee a happy ending in life. Aston’s only family was Shelby, so when her best friend calls her with devastating news, Aston is quick to drop everything and run to her best friend’s side, no questions asked. Except her life isn’t just hers anymore, and the distance between her and Sloan begins to prove to be too much to handle. Sloan changed his entire life for Aston, not because she asked him to, but because he finally found the one person he wanted to change for. Although their life up until now has been pure romance and undying love, Sloan is finding it hard to still be the man Aston knows him to be, and the man that his father’s company needs him to be at the same time. With so much distance between them, issues and certain people are starting to test their relationship in ways they were never prepared for. Will love still be enough to conquer it all? Or will it burn out and fizzle to ashes? ** Views: 70
Amnesia obliterates a married couple's shared past in this poignant second-chance-at-love story.Matteo Vanni washed up on a Tunisian beach six years ago with no clothes, identity documents, or memories, just a wedding ring to link him to his past. He's reinvented himself as a wealthy entrepreneur, but now a knock on the head restores some of his memories, particularly that his wife Bella is waiting for him in Sicily. But returning to his native land and digging into his mysterious and sudden disappearance could cost this new millionaire everything. Sheep farmer Bella Vanni has accepted that her presumed-dead husband is long gone, so it's a huge shock when he knocks on her door and announces his desire to resume their marriage. She can't trust his answers on where he's been or why he left, and she certainly isn't keen to walk away from the family farm she labored to save. But their mutual passion won't be denied. When Matteo's freedom is threatened, Bella must... Views: 70
Prince Grian, the reincarnation of a heroic Sun Dragon, travels to earth in search of his long-lost soul mate. But Grian's enemies want him dead, and there's no guarantee love will bloom twice. Views: 70
This eighth prequel novella continues an all-new digital original arc in the Endgame world, and follows a forbidden love that threatens Endgame in post-World War II Germany.Humanity rests on the shoulders of twelve Players. But when the lives of a Cahokian Player and a Minoan Player intertwine over the search for an ancient weapon in post-World War II Berlin, the last thing they expect is to let their guard down, and fall in love. Now the fate of the world is threatened, as Boone and Ariadne race against the clock to keep the weapon from falling into the wrong hands.But this is Endgame. And only one can win.This heart-stopping novella arc takes place prior to the events in the New York Times bestseller Endgame: The Calling. Views: 70
It's never too late to fall in love ... Now in her seventies and widowed for the past three years, Mary Wilson never expected to find love again. But when a kindly stranger helps her home with her shopping and she invites him in for a cup of tea, it marks the start of a slow-burning friendship. Mary's affection for Bill grows steadily, despite his failing health and repeated attempts to interfere by her scheming daughter-in-law. But despite her growing feelings for Bill, Mary finds it hard to adjust to sharing her life with someone again and is reluctant to take the relationship further.It's only when tragedy strikes Mary's family, that she realizes how much Bill has come to mean to her and how she needs him now as never before. But has she left it all too late ... ? Views: 70
Sasha, a young computer programmer from Leningrad, is driving north to meet some friends for a nature vacation. He picks up a couple of hitchhikers, who persuade him to take a job at the National Institute for the Technology of Witchcraft and Thaumaturgy. The adventures Sasha has in the largely dysfunctional institute involve all sorts of magical beings—a wish-granting fish, a tree mermaid, a cat who can remember only the beginnings of stories, a dream-interpreting sofa, a motorcycle that can zoom into the imagined future, a lazy dog-size mosquito—along with a variety of wizards (including Merlin), vampires, and officers. First published in Russia in 1965, Monday Starts on Saturday has become the most popular Strugatsky novel in their homeland. Like the works of Gogol and Kafka, it tackles the nature of institutions—here focusing on one devoted to discovering and perfecting human happiness. By turns wildly imaginative, hilarious, and disturbing,... Views: 70
Once upon a time there were three young ladies, who, despite their fortunes, had been on the marriage mart a bit too long. They were known as "the Spinster Heiresses" . . . He's inherited a title, but not a penny to speak of, so the Earl of Rochdale knows he must find a wife—preferably one tolerably pretty and good-tempered, but definitely wealthy, and who will exchange her fortune for his family name.His choice: Leonie Charnock, one of the season's "Spinster Heiresses." Years before, the earl had saved the dark-eyed beauty's reputation and she is still breathtakingly lovely, leading Rochdale to hope that their marriage will be more than in name only.However, Leonie doesn't want to be anyone's wife. Nearly destroyed by the secrets in her past, Leonie agrees to their union with one condition: there will be a wedding but no bedding. But it's a condition the new Countess Rochdale isn't sure even she can keep. . . Views: 70
