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The Saint Bids Diamonds by Leslie Charteris
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-06-24 | Author:Leslie Charteris

2 “You’re a fool,” Palermo said thickly. “We can’t all have your brains,” said the Saint deprecatingly. “Besides, you need a few compensations, with a face like yours.” The greenish ...
( Category: Contemporary March 30,2015 )
The Saint Versus Scotland Yard by Leslie Charteris
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-07-28 | Author:Leslie Charteris

CHAPTER 7 “So even your arrangements can break down, Templar—when your accomplice fails you,” Kuzela remarked silkily. “My enterprising young friend, when you are older you will realise that it ...
( Category: Historical March 30,2015 )
Thursday Next: First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
mobi |eng | 2007-08-15 | Author:Jasper Fforde

“We need to know,” added Polly, “where you left it.” “Is that all?” laughed Mycroft. “Why, goodness—I put in my jacket pocket!” He was beginning to fade, and his voice ...
( Category: Contemporary March 27,2015 )
Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle by Amos Tutuola
epub |eng | 2014-03-21 | Author:Amos Tutuola [Amos Tutuola]

CHAPTER EIGHT Simbi became the wife of the Woodcutter When the eagle flew for a few minutes, it came to the tree on top of which its nestlings were in ...
( Category: Contemporary March 22,2015 )
Flowers in the Rain & Other Stories by Rosamunde Pilcher
epub |eng | 2013-03-23 | Author:Rosamunde Pilcher [Pilcher, Rosamunde]

A GIRL I USED TO KNOW The cable-car, at ten o’clock in the morning, was as crammed with humanity as a London bus at rush-hour. Grinding, swaying slightly, it mounted, ...
( Category: Short Stories March 22,2015 )
The Closed Circle by Jonathan Coe
epub, azw3 |eng | 2007-12-17 | Author:Jonathan Coe

9 18 July, 2001 Etretat Dearest Andrew, I promised you a postcard from Normandy. Well—lucky you, you are going to get rather more than that. I’m booked home on a ...
( Category: Contemporary March 22,2015 )
The Rotters' Club by Jonathan Coe
epub, azw3 |eng | 2007-12-17 | Author:Jonathan Coe

10 Five days later Philip asked him the key question and Benjamin had to admit that he didn’t know the answer. “So—is Cicely your girlfriend now?” “I don’t think so,” ...
( Category: Contemporary March 22,2015 )
A River in May by Wilson Edward
mobi |eng | 2007-03-14 | Author:Wilson, Edward [Wilson, Edward]

At first light the surrounding jungle was thumped and pummeled by bombs and helicopter rockets in preparation for the arrival of the extraction helicopters. As soon as the smoke cleared ...
( Category: Military March 4,2015 )
The Migration of Ghosts by Pauline Melville
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-05-19 | Author:Pauline Melville

The Fable of the Two Silver Pens I am writing these words with a silver pen, or rather a silvery-looking pen. This year, on my birthday, my husband gave it ...
( Category: Short Stories March 4,2015 )
A Spot Of Bother by Mark Haddon
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-09-23 | Author:Mark Haddon

59 Katie posted the invitations, left a message for Jamie, then sat back down at the table. She wanted to break something. But she wasn’t allowed to break things. Not ...
( Category: Contemporary March 3,2015 )
Fragile Things (Short Stories) by Neil Gaiman
mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Neil Gaiman

Somewhere a car backfired. I turned, startled, and when I looked back I was alone on the street. I sat there for several moments, on my own. Charlene opened the ...
( Category: Short Stories February 15,2015 )
Smoke and Mirrors (Short Stories) by Neil Gaiman
mobi |eng | 2012-05-12 | Author:Neil Gaiman

My breath steamed and billowed in the icy air. I growled involuntarily, low in my throat. My forepaws were touching the snow. I pulled back, tensed, and sprang at her. ...
( Category: Ghosts February 15,2015 )
The Ninth Life of Louis Drax by Liz Jensen
epub, mobi |eng | 2004-01-01 | Author:Liz Jensen [Jensen, Liz]

( Category: Contemporary February 15,2015 )
The Limits Of Enchantment by Joyce Graham
epub |eng | 2013-09-12 | Author:Joyce, Graham [Joyce, Graham]

20 ‘Ultrasound. You’ve heard this old wives’ tale and you’ve heard that old wives’ tale, and I’m here today to tell you there is no way of knowing the gender ...
( Category: Contemporary February 10,2015 )
18_Maskerade by Terry Pratchett
mobi |eng | 2005-10-28 | Author:Terry Pratchett

When the witches arrived at Goatberger’s offices next morning they found a very large troll sitting on the stairs. It had a club across its knees and held up a ...
( Category: Suspense February 9,2015 )

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