The brutal killing of Sophie Toscan du Plantier just days before Christmas in 1996 has proved to be Ireland's highest-profile, most baffling and controversy-stalked murder mystery.In this definitive account of Ireland's most notorious unsolved crime, Ralph Riegel, who has covered the case from the very beginning, delves into the facts of the murder that caused shockwaves across both Sophie's native France and the quiet Cork countryside where her dream turned into a nightmare. Views: 127
The entertainment industry of Las Vegas collides with the supernatural underworld in this fun, flirty, fantasy series. Now you can read the first THREE books of the Paranormal Talent Agency in one collection. Lights, Camera, Action (Episode 1) An empath talent agent risks her life – and her heart – when she teams up with her not-quite-human client to prove him innocent of murder. Reset to One (Episode 2) Drawn together in the search for a killer, a 1920's vampire actress and the murder suspect's human best friend fight her pretentious vampire ex – and their mutual attraction. That's a Wrap (Episode 3) A (sort of) water spirit movie producer antagonizes and attracts a human detective when she inserts herself into his investigation of an actor's murder by an invisible killer. Short & Sweet Paranormal Romance with Supernatural... Views: 127
This award-winning novel about a woman facing her past introduces Terranova to English-speaking audiences. Translated by Ann Goldstein, translator of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan quartet.Finalist, Premio Strega, 2019 | Winner, Premio Alassio Centolibri | Selected among the 10 Best Italian Books of 2018 by Corriere della SeraIda is a married woman in her late thirties, who lives in Milan and works at a radio station. Her mother wants to renovate the family apartment in Messina, to put it up for sale and asks her daughter to sort through her things—to decide what to keep and what to throw away. Surrounded by the objects of her past, Ida is forced to deal with the trauma she experienced as a girl, twenty-three years earlier, when her father left one morning, never to return. The fierce silences between mother and daughter, the unbalanced friendships that leave her emotionally drained, the sense of an identity based on anomaly, even the... Views: 127
The most successful mainstream novel of H.G. Wells, now finally back in print.Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul Until he reached manhood, it was not clear to Kipps how he came to be under the care of an aunt and uncle, instead of having a father and motherlike other little boys. But the elusive memories of his phantom mother that plagued him began to fade away over time. His life's memories begin to be filled with childhood friendship and love, until that too was taken away. Now, after coming into an unsuspected inheritance, Kipps tries to adapt to a new social life, one that challenges him in a way he didn't expect. With money and newfound love, one might think that Kipps would be on top of the world, but he soon finds out that he was better off without it...Long unavailable to readers, Kipps is a classic rags-to-riches story that addresses the moral and emotional difficulties that come with wealth and a change of... Views: 127
