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The Fashion Hound Murders: Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper by Elaine Viets
mobi |eng | 2009-11-02 | Author:Elaine Viets

Chapter 21 “Hunk alert!” Amelia said, peering between the miniblinds out the front window. “Major hottie on the porch.” Josie was horrified to see her daughter had mastered Mrs. Mueller’s ...
( Category: Mystery June 14,2017 )
A Spy By Nature by Charles Cumming
epub | | 2009-12-07 | Author:Charles Cumming [Cumming, Charles]

SEIZE THE DAY The keypad on my telephone at home has four preprogrammed numbers: 1 is Mum; 2 is Saul; 3 is Katharine and Fortner; 0 is Abnex. The rest ...
( Category: Mystery June 14,2017 )
Bel Canto (P.S.) by Ann Patchett
epub |eng | 2006-07-15 | Author:Ann Patchett [Patchett, Ann]

"I would agree," Gen said. "To find myself here with her and to be unable to say anything it is, well, unfortunate. No, honestly, it is frustrating. What if we ...
( Category: Contemporary June 14,2017 )
DIXIE CITY JAM by james lee burke
epub |eng | | Author:james lee burke [burke, james lee]

'I never hurt anybody who didn't try to do a Roto-Rooter on me first.' 'A hit's going down that you don't like?' 'I said that? Must be a ventriloquist around ...
( Category: Mystery June 14,2017 )
Vintage Baker by Nicholson Baker
epub, mobi |eng | 2004-08-29 | Author:Nicholson Baker [Baker, Nicholson]

Even after the electric motor eased the physical labor of the projectionist, silent film studios often furnished cue sheets along with their prints, which itemized the changes in speed that, ...
( Category: Literary June 14,2017 )
The Hope of Refuge by Cindy Woodsmall
epub, mobi |eng | 0100-12-31 | Author:Cindy Woodsmall [Woodsmall, Cindy]

Cara slid most of her breakfast into a bowl and set it aside. She’d take it to the mama dog later. Lori was sprawled on the living room floor, reading ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction June 14,2017 )
Our Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-12-19 | Author:Scarlett Thomas

The next morning it was raining again. Christopher was out of it in bed on the strong painkillers they’d given him at the hospital, but had begged me not to ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense June 14,2017 )
The Score: A Parker Novel by Richard Stark
epub |eng | | Author:Richard Stark

6 Chambers brought the truck up at eleven-thirty, using the parking lights only. The rest were waiting for him in the darkness at the top. In the last three days, ...
( Category: Mystery June 14,2017 )
How to Ruin My Teenage Life by Simone Elkeles
mobi, epub |eng | 2006-01-01 | Author:Simone Elkeles

Fight the fight worth fighting And give up all the rest" As the words enter my consciousness, I wonder how many fights I've fought that weren't worth fighting. Nathan is ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction June 14,2017 )
Sunset Bridge by Emilie Richards
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-06-13 | Author:Emilie Richards

Tracy remembered when parties like the one at the Statler mansion had been a normal part of her life. She knew how to dress, who to talk to, how much ...
( Category: Women's Fiction June 14,2017 )
The Best of Me (2011) by Nicholas Sparks
epub |eng | 2011-10-10 | Author:Nicholas Sparks [Sparks, Nicholas]

11 Dawson lowered the top of the Stingray and leaned against the trunk, waiting for Amanda. There was a sultry, heavy feel to the air, portending a storm later that ...
( Category: Literary June 14,2017 )
Pale Criminal by Philip Kerr
epub |eng | 2011-03-28 | Author:Philip Kerr [Kerr, Philip]

The next morning we walked a short way north to Jakob’s Platz, where opposite a fine church stands a fortress built by the old order of Teutonic knights. At its ...
( Category: Mystery June 14,2017 )
13 Sharpe's Company by Bernard Cornwell
epub |eng | 1994-06-05 | Author:Bernard Cornwell

The Irish­man chuck­led soft­ly and Sharpe looked at him. 'What?' 'I was think­ing of the Colonel. What was on the bloody por­trait?' 'His wife.' 'She must be a rare beau­ty.' ...
( Category: Genre Fiction June 14,2017 )
The fixer by Bernard Malamud
epub |eng | | Author:Bernard Malamud [Malamud, Bernard]

6 A prisoner, an anguished and desperate man, was locked in the next cell. The minute in, he began to pound with his shoe, or both shoes, against the wall. ...
( Category: World Literature June 14,2017 )
The Sari Shop Widow by Bantwal Shobhan
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-08-24 | Author:Bantwal, Shobhan [Bantwal, Shobhan]

Chapter 17 Anjali could see Rishi wasn’t about to reveal anything regarding her uncle and himself—at least not right away. He had an entirely different agenda and she was waiting ...
( Category: Women's Fiction June 14,2017 )

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