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A God in Every Stone: A Novel by Kamila Shamsie
epub |eng | 2014-06-30 | Author:Kamila Shamsie [Shamsie, Kamila]

* * * The letter from her mother was addressed in black ink. Someone had died, again. Viv sat down in the garden chair, reaching overhead to pull down on ...
( Category: British & Irish December 15,2017 )
No Place For a Lady by Gill Paul
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-05-26 | Author:Gill Paul

Chapter Twenty-six When Dorothea arrived at the Castle Hospital – a row of prefabricated huts built along the clifftop overlooking Balaklava harbour – she was immediately questioned about her experience ...
( Category: Genre Fiction December 15,2017 )
The 12.30 from Croydon by Crofts Freeman Wills
epub |eng | 2016-07-19 | Author:Crofts, Freeman Wills

‌ Chapter XIV Charles Meets a Criminal There’s an old saying in use in certain parts of the country: ‘It never rains but it pours.’ It is the crystallized thought ...
( Category: Mystery December 15,2017 )
Saviour of Rome [Gaius Valerius Verrens 7] by Douglas Jackson
epub |eng | 2016-01-01 | Author:Douglas Jackson [Jackson, Douglas]

XXV ‘Well?’ ‘It was as you said,’ Tito told his father as he dismounted from his pony. ‘They have weakened the guard on the convoys from the mines to Asturica ...
( Category: British & Irish December 15,2017 )
Shaka the Great by Walton Golightly
epub |eng | 2013-12-15 | Author:Walton Golightly [Golightly, Walton]

The Bead Man “Master, forgive me … but which pot are we putting together now?” The Induna grins, hearing an echo of Mgobozi in the udibi’s words. Cheeky words but ...
( Category: Genre Fiction December 15,2017 )
The Rose of Singapore by Peter Neville
epub |eng | | Author:Peter Neville

19 Whistling happily to himself, LAC Peter Saunders reached the sergeants’ mess kitchen at eleven o’clock in the morning on 1 April 1953 only to be confronted at the office ...
( Category: Asia December 15,2017 )
The Voyage of the Dolphin by Kevin Smith
epub |eng | 2016-03-09 | Author:Kevin Smith

‘For he commandeth and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof,’ Crozier intoned. ‘They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths.’ ‘What ...
( Category: British & Irish December 15,2017 )
The Holiday Swap by Zara Stoneley
epub |eng | 2016-08-11 | Author:Zara Stoneley

Chapter 15- Daisy. Seeing clearly ‘I thought I’d find you here.’ Daisy looked up and grinned, totally relieved that she hadn’t put Javier off for life. She’d had a horrible ...
( Category: British & Irish December 15,2017 )
Hatter's Castle by A. J. Cronin
epub |eng | | Author:A. J. Cronin [Cronin, A. J.]

Chapter Eight Next morning Mrs Brodie woke early, while it was still almost dark, but, as she stirred, she heard in the distance the first, faint, challenging cock crow, betokening, ...
( Category: Genre Fiction December 14,2017 )
Don't I Know You? by Marni Jackson
epub |eng | | Author:Marni Jackson

Exfoliation Steam filled the darkened room, along with the smell of eucalyptus. “Just close your eyes.” Her voice was low, with a pleasant accent, neither American nor British. The tips ...
( Category: Humor & Satire December 14,2017 )
An Irish Country Love Story by Patrick Taylor
epub |eng | | Author:Patrick Taylor

23 Cries, and Falls into a Cough “Thank you, Nonie, for coming down early from Belfast on a Monday morning, especially coming by train,” O’Reilly said, wondering whether he should ...
( Category: Genre Fiction December 14,2017 )
The Weeping Ash by Joan Aiken
epub, pdf |eng | 2016-07-25 | Author:Joan Aiken

Ten Some twelve weeks had elapsed since Cal’s unfortunate seizure on the brink of the gorge. During that period of time he had not, mercifully, been subject to another severe ...
( Category: Regency December 14,2017 )
The Girls of Ennismore by Patricia Falvey
epub |eng | | Author:Patricia Falvey

PART FOUR REBELLION 1914–1916 CHAPTER 19 Victoria bid goodbye to her father outside 6 Fitzwilliam Square. ‘Thank you, Papa, for all you have done.’ Lord Ennis smiled at his only ...
( Category: Genre Fiction December 14,2017 )
The Linen Queen by Patricia Falvey
epub |eng | 2011-03-02 | Author:Patricia Falvey [FALVEY, PATRICIA]

I ran down the hill to the tram station, my mind in turmoil. I didn’t know what to think about first. I could make things all right for Ma and ...
( Category: Genre Fiction December 14,2017 )
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
epub |eng | 2016-09-20 | Author:Emma Donoghue

Where the laundry tub had stood this morning was an ashy puddle with a four-footed wooden dolly laid down beside it. Sheets and clothes were draped over bushes and pegged ...
( Category: Genre Fiction December 14,2017 )

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