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The Path of the Wicked by Caro Peacock
epub |eng | 2013-01-24 | Author:Caro Peacock [Caro Peacock]

TWELVE Tabby joined me as I walked up the drive. ‘What was that thing between them?’ I had to think about it for a moment. ‘Tendresse. Meaning Rodney Kemble liked ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
Arctic Summer by Damon Galgut
epub, azw3 |eng | 2014-07-16 | Author:Damon Galgut

* * * At work, he was answerable to a Miss Victoria Grant Duff, the head of the Wounded and Missing Department. She was perhaps a decade older than Morgan, ...
( Category: Biographical January 29,2015 )
A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-03-09 | 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 a branch of ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
The Eye of the Abyss
epub |eng | 2011-04-07 | Author:Marshall Browne

21 ANOTHER NIGHT TO MAKE cold bones. Precisely at 6.30 pm Schmidt arrived at the nominated corner. Senior Detective Dressler wasn’t there, nor did a quick scan of the platz ...
( Category: Espionage January 29,2015 )
Easy Peasy by Lesley Glaister
epub |eng | | Author:Lesley Glaister

2 If it had not been for my ants, I might have spent less time in the tree-house. Somehow, as a refuge, it was spoilt now that Dog-belly was always ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction January 29,2015 )
The Mask of Ra by Paul Doherty
epub |eng | 2012-09-24 | Author:Paul Doherty [Doherty, Paul]

Isis: principal goddess of Egypt, often depicted as a young woman with the hieroglyph for a throne. CHAPTER 9 Amerotke left Omendap and went out of the hall, down into ...
( Category: Crime January 29,2015 )
The Cockatrice Boys by Joan Aiken
epub |eng | | Author:Joan Aiken

Chapter five Slowly, in fits and starts, depending on the condition of the track, the Cockatrice Belle made her way northwards to York and Thirsk, to Darlington and Newcastle. Surprisingly ...
( Category: Fantasy & Magic January 29,2015 )
The Fateful Day by Rosemary Rowe
epub |eng | 2014-08-17 | Author:Rosemary Rowe

FIFTEEN My presence in the guardroom caused little interest today, though usually there was at least one octio to stare. Now all eyes were on the flamboyant messenger from the ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
Lord Havelock's List by Annie Burrows
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-01-28 | Author:Annie Burrows

Chapter Nine She didn’t know what woke her, but the moment she did so, she knew she was alone. And the place where her husband had been was cold. She ...
( Category: Viking January 29,2015 )
The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-03-05 | Author:Hazel Gaynor

Harry ran from cabin to cabin, pounding on the doors until they were opened and telling the occupants that they needed to put on their life jackets and make their ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
Forgotten by You
epub |eng | 2014-12-11 | Author:Carlie Sexton [Sexton, Carlie]

Chapter 30: Mitch I had been in my room since Heather left. Going out and facing my mother was more than I could stand and as far as I knew ...
( Category: Criticism January 29,2015 )
Stella by Starlight
epub |eng | | Author:Sharon M. Draper

27 Bucket Brigade Oh my heavens! The Spencer house. It’s burning! Stella could smell it now as well. She broke into a run. At the same time, riding toward her, ...
( Category: Prejudice & Racism January 29,2015 )
Gwendolen by Diana Souhami
epub |eng | 2014-01-28 | Author:Diana Souhami

Gwendolen You had your Jewish wedding with your new-found Jewish friends. I was to hear about it from Hans Meyrick and Sir Hugo. Mordecai Lapidoth witnessed the betrothal of his ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
The King of Spain by Robert Ford
epub |eng | 2013-01-21 | Author:Robert Ford [Ford, Robert]

A WINTER OF DISCONTENT The lights in the Rec were always kept candle-low, an easy gloom that complemented the scruffy bar and its bingers. Towards the back of the room, ...
( Category: Dystopian January 29,2015 )
An Appetite for Violets by Martine Bailey
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Martine Bailey

XXV Villa Montechino Being Lent, March 1773 Biddy Leigh, her journal * * * Viperine wine To make a potent brew to prolong life and promote vitality drown several vipers ...
( Category: Suspense January 29,2015 )

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