epub, mobi |eng | 2010-01-22 | Author:Ngaio Marsh [Marsh, Ngaio]

CHAPTER 5 Postscript to a Party Connie raised no objections to Alleyn's keeping the letters, and with them both in his pocket he asked if he might see Miss Ralston ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2010-01-22 | Author:Ngaio Marsh [Marsh, Ngaio]

CHAPTER 7 Sunday Morning I didn't knock you up when I came in," Peregrine said. "There seemed no point. It was getting light. I just thought I'd leave the note ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2010-01-22 | Author:Ngaio Marsh [Marsh, Ngaio]

CHAPTER 7 Routine And so," Alleyn said, "we set up the appropriate routine and went to work in the usual way. Tillottson was under-staffed--the familiar story--but he was able to ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2010-01-22 | Author:Ngaio Marsh [Marsh, Ngaio]

CHAPTER 6 Re-Appearance of a Postcard Vendor At seven o'clock Alleyn obeyed his own orders and woke. He ordered breakfast, bathed, shaved and was ready for the day when the ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2010-01-22 | Author:Ngaio Marsh [Marsh, Ngaio]

CHAPTER 7 House Work Colonel Forrester lay in a little heap face down under the window. He looked small and accidental. His wife, in her red dressing gown, knelt beside ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2011-03-29 | Author:Bryce Courtenay [Courtenay, Bryce]

Dear Peekay, Much news from the war zone. I have been to see Mr. Andrews. He is the lawyer who comes into the library and only takes out books on ...

epub |eng | 2012-06-26 | Author:Rowena Cory Daniells [Daniells, Rowena Cory]

Chapter Thirty-Three Year 316 ‘COME WITH US.’ Imoshen looked up to see Arodyti and Sarosune in their finery, eyes and lips painted, silks parting to reveal glimpses of pale skin, ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2013-09-03 | Author:Paul Cleave [Cleave, Paul]

Chapter Thirty-Five Shooting The Cleaner at the casino fell through. The casino wasn’t happy with the story line. They didn’t like a TV show suggesting desperate people in desperate times ...

epub |eng | 2011-07-26 | Author:Paul Cleave [Cleave, Paul]

chapter twenty-eight The payoff is in the expression. It’s been more than twenty years since he last saw that look. It brings a flood of memories that makes his insides ...

epub |eng | 2008-01-01 | Author:Paul Cleave [Cleave, Paul]

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX I sit back down and wait for a few minutes, thinking about what he’s said, trying to decide whether the police could help me if I told them ...

epub |eng | 2006-06-02 | Author:Paul Cleave [Cleave, Paul]

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN I dream of death and wish I was there. I dream of pain and this is where I live. My teeth bite down on the end of the ...

epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2006-12-31 | Author:Matthew Reilly [Reilly, Matthew]

ABC Amber LIT Converter “Now that’s a sight you’ll remember for a long time,” he breathed. THE HALL OF THE MACHINE The twenty-foot-high archway in which Jack stood looked microscopic ...

epub |eng | 2010-07-20 | Author:Paul Cleave [Cleave, Paul]

chapter twenty-seven The knocking wakes me. I unplugged the alarm clock last night since time doesn’t really matter much these days. I get to my feet and pull back the ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2012-01-01 | Author:Philippa Ballantine [Ballantine, Philippa]

SIXTEEN Plans and Patterns Zofiya dreamed of her time in Delmaire. It was a pleasant dream—one without any sign of her father. She held Kaleva, a toddler, warm, soft and ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2004-10-02 | Author:Stephanie Laurens [Stephanie Laurens]

CHAPTER 12 IN THE HALL, CHARLES DROPPED THE PACKET ON FILCHETT’S salver, then remembered he needed more clothes. Penny waved him up the stairs. “Go on. I’ll wait.” He went, ...