"Swanson rips us from one startling plot twist to the next... A true tour de force." —Lisa Gardner"Fiendish good fun." —Anthony HorowitzFrom the hugely talented author of Before She Knew Him comes a chilling tale of psychological suspense and an homage to the thriller genre tailor-made for fans: the story of a bookseller who finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation because a very clever killer has started using his list of fiction's most ingenious murders.Years ago, bookseller and mystery aficionado Malcolm Kershaw compiled a list of the genre's most unsolvable murders, those that are almost impossible to crack—which he titled "Eight Perfect Murders"—chosen from among the best of the best including Agatha Christie's A. B. C. Murders, Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train, Ira Levin's Death Trap, A. A. Milne's Red House Mystery, Anthony Berkeley... Views: 256
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition. Views: 256
From Publishers WeeklyThis 12th romance from Britisher Fforde (Restoring Grace) features a heroine as flintily naïve as she is endearing. Upon inheriting 51% of the Stanza and Stanza antique auction business from her uncle Clodio, Flora Stanza sublets her London flat for six months, packs up her pregnant kitty, Imelda, and heads for the countryside hamlet of Bishopsbridge. A chilly welcome and a partial buyout offer await her from cousin Charles, the 49% inheritor who has been running the business for years and is looking to gain operational control for himself and scheming fiancée Annabelle. Despite being banished to a remote cottage and run-ins with Annabelle, Flora decides to stick it out. Acceptance in the local church choir and a growing fascination with the antique business (enhanced by the presence of a number of interesting local men) reinforce her decision. The jejune prose has a schoolgirl quality, but Fforde brings an appealing, bumbling innocence to the age-old formula of a single woman against the vicissitudes of fortune and family, as Flora finds true love on her very own road show. (Apr.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From BooklistFlora, young and pretty, takes up the family country antiques business with the hope of learning a trade and shedding her lackluster London life. She knows nothing about antiques but has inherited 51 percent of the assets. When Flora insists, her uptight cousin Charles and his chilly fiancee, Annabelle, warm up enough to lend her a remote cottage to live in and assign her dogsbody work in the firm. With ready intelligence and a cheerful disposition, Flora soon earns approval from the staff, if not from Charles. In short order, she joins the local choir, gives frumpy Annabelle a makeover, and finds homes for kittens, all the while gaining expertise and developing her eye for good pieces over fakes. She discovers that she has a flair for marketing and the antiques business, but, to her horror, finds herself falling in love with Charles. Readers can only guess what happens next. Popular novelist Fforde's latest, following Restoring Grace (2006), is charming, romantic, and sweet. A pleasure to read. Danise HooverCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Views: 256
Set in beautiful tropical Australia’s dangerous era of pearl diving, tentacles of deceit spread like a black blanket. A violent storm is brewing, that will leave human devastation in its path, rippling into the present day. What dangers lie just beyond the forming black clouds? Laugh, cry and get angry, but don’t turn your back on the sky. Mahina will take you on a journey you won't forget.Mentored by a demon, a young impressionable boy becomes a man with a dark secret. Adventure. Murder. Intrigue. Passion. Desire. How many lives will be entangled in his web? Can he be stopped before he swallows up the beautiful and captivating Elizabeth? What will it take to reveal his secret? Just when you think you have it figured out, a new twist will send you scurrying for more clues.Set in beautiful tropical Australia’s dangerous era of pearl diving, the tentacles of deceit spread like a black blanket over the delightful and inspiring characters of Mahina. A violent storm is brewing, that will leave human devastation in its path, rippling into the present day. What dangers lie just beyond the forming black clouds? Laugh, cry and get angry, but don’t turn your back on the sky.Mahina will take you on a journey you won't forget. Views: 256
Welcome to The Club—leave your inhibitions and your everyday cares at the door and indulge yourself in an evening of anonymous, no-strings, woman-on-woman action.
For many of the women who visit The Club this is exactly what they are looking for and what they get. For others the emotions run high, and one night of sex can change their lives in ways they couldn’t have imagined. For Lou, her weekly visits to The Club enable her to set aside her shyness and loneliness and feel intimacy, however briefly. For Kath, caring for her mother at home, The Club is a welcome relief from her everyday toil; while Max needs distraction from her troubled relationship, even as she tries to tell herself she isn’t really cheating. Tania and Jacky find an outlet for a tricky block in their sex life. Cassie and Nina, bar staff at The Club, find themselves staying on after hours. And finally, Stephanie, struggling with her sexuality, finds her life changing in so many ways once she plucks up courage to enter.
The lives of these women intersect in ways they don’t realize, and watching over them all is Mandy— the owner, whose own ghosts play a pivotal role in the existence of The Club. Views: 255
In the first two books of this trilogy (“Cashback” and “Their Own Game”), mysterious and unexplained men on motorbikes appear from time to time. This final book explains their top secret role by following the desperate attempt by their Intelligence agency to prevent the assassination of one of Britain’s leading nuclear physicists.In the first two books of this trilogy (“Cashback” and “Their Own Game”), mysterious and unexplained men on motorbikes appear from time to time. This final book explains their top secret role.***One of Britain’s top particle physicists, Jack Barclay, is on the verge of a major breakthrough in developing the nuclear fusion process into a clean and sustainable alternative to carbon fuels. News of this spreads round the world causing great interest in most nations but grave concern in Russia. When other countries, including America, seek collaboration to help speed his work, Russia determines to put an end to Barclay’s research at the Harwell and Culham laboratories.As a top-secret British intelligence agency is tasked with protecting Barclay, one of Russia’s top KGB agents is sent to arrange his assassination. The twists and turns of the action-packed plot take us, with the intelligence agency’s team, from England’s nuclear research laboratories to a final, bloody, gunfight in the Swiss Alps. Views: 255
Silver and Gold - A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Dane Coolidge is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Dane Coolidge then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. Views: 255
Escaping from captivity brings its own special challenges. Like dealing with PTSD, along with major trust issues. When an ancient vampire arrives from overseas, she comes with baggage from a past long before I was born. And she is hell-bent on revenge. Not only are we trying to dodge the monsters, but we are back on the radar of the Monster Defense Agency, and they are pissed. If Robby and I can't get our shit together, either the MDA or the master of the vampire who nearly destroyed us will finish the job. Views: 255
Old and New Worlds clash in a farming community on the frozen Minnesota prairie. Can Seamus Tripp and the kids break a Norse witch's enchantment over the town? He's Seamus Tripp, Loremaster.When Seamus Tripp, world traveler extraordinaire, is delayed by a blizzard during a business trip across the Minnesota prairie, he reunites with an old friend and together they make a chilling discovery: an Old World witch is in the country, enchanting local politicians!But when Seamus, aided by his charge Elie Doolittle and his nephew Gordon, attempts to break the spell of the witch, she turns her powers on them, unleashing ancient curses and a legion of Norse zombies.Bundle up for a showdown that pits Seamus Tripp against the elemental cold of the northland winter and the ferocious power of a Viking witch!Seamus Tripp & the North Star Witch is an introductory short story to the world of Seamus Tripp. Many more full length novellas of The Adventures of Seamus Tripp are also available. Views: 255
This Book which has 50 differently titled Poems , is actually volume 9 of the Book titled – Life = Death – Poems on Life , Death ( 1200 pages ) .This enigmatic collection of poems explores and equates the boundless possibilities of life and death and delves into each intricate inexplicability of survival. Parekh's roving philosophical eye brings the unconquerable richness of life to the fore and yet at the same time explicitly highlights the veracity of 'death' as the absolute certainty of every existence. The poet joyously celebrates the occasions of both life and death with equal panache in each poetic stanza sewn with the uncanny mysteries of this Universe. The poems within immortalize both life and death as the ultimate victories and the two most contrastingly amazing and divine sides of creation. Catapulting the reader to the threshold of ultimate ecstasy; they bring about an impromptu twist with the closure of breath and what lies beyond. This charismatically woven collection of poetic verse would equally enamor the narcissist as well as the simple humanitarian to the core.This book is a humble attempt to enlighten the readers with the equality of life and death-and to live in both of them to the most unparalleled fullest. Embracing only the religion of humanity, as the Lord has commanded every living being on earth. You cant die in life and cant live in death-each of these components are irrefutably equal in every respect and should be worshipped with due obeisance. Views: 255
"A life by inference is better than no life at all." Dunn pushes his propensity for quirky to the limit, creating a full-length novel entirely upon the margins of a fictitious biography of Jonathan Blashette, a three-legged circus performer-cum entrepreneur and humanitarian. When his editor loses the manuscript of this biography, he offers to publish the only text left: his footnotes. Dunn holds up a funhouse mirror to the pedestaled residents of the twentieth century and has a laugh at the expense of the events and luminaries of an era that perhaps took itself just a little too seriously. Views: 255
