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The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch; Mary Kinzie
mobi |eng | 1978-01-02 | Author:Iris Murdoch; Mary Kinzie

I may have described the period of my odd quiet tête-à-tête with Gilbert as if it could have covered weeks, but in fact it covered days. Upon the last of ...
( Category: Literary May 10,2014 )
On Chesil Beach (2007) by Mcewan Ian
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-12-18 | Author:Mcewan, Ian [Mcewan, Ian]

4 In the brief year between his first encounter with Florence in St Giles' and their wedding in St Mary's less than half a mile away, Edward was often an ...
( Category: Literary May 10,2014 )
Pandora's Daughter by Iris Johansen
mobi, epub |eng | 2008-04-22 | Author:Iris Johansen

CHAPTER THIRTEEN "RENATA IS STAYING IN A COTTAGE at the edge of town," Harley said when Grady picked up his call the next day. "As soon as it got light, ...
( Category: Psychics May 10,2014 )
Silent Thunder by Iris Johansen;Roy Johansen
mobi |eng | 2009-07-21 | Author:Iris Johansen;Roy Johansen

ELEVEN "It's good to see them doing so well." Congressman Preston stared out the sliding glass door of Cathy's kitchen at Ronnie and Donna playing in the backyard with an ...
( Category: Suspense May 10,2014 )
Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakthrough by Isabel Sharpe
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-09-23 | Author:Isabel Sharpe

"Dinner." She called louder, trying not to sound exasperated, but really, she shouldn't need a megaphone to summon her family to the table. "I'm going out, Mom." Amber's voice came ...
( Category: Contemporary May 10,2014 )
The Artificial Silk Girl by Irmgard Keun
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-06-13 | Author:Irmgard Keun

All three of us are sitting in the kitchen. He’s propped up on the chair, the wife is near the stove, and I’m in front of the bed — we’re ...
( Category: Historical May 10,2014 )
A Case of Two Cities by Qiu Xiaolong
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-03-13 | Author:Qiu Xiaolong

“The authorities have been trying hard—” Chen did not go on, for he himself was not so pleased with the editorial-like defense of the government. “Xing stays in Roland Height, ...
( Category: International Mystery & Crime May 10,2014 )
The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom
mobi, epub |eng | 2006-12-19 | Author:Ian Sansom

11 Israel was not exactly feeling welcome anywhere–not at the farm, not in Tumdrum, not in fact on the whole of the island of Ireland generally, which had not turned ...
( Category: Mystery May 10,2014 )
Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-03-13 | Author:Qiu Xiaolong

“Now where were you on the night of May tenth?” “May tenth, let me think. Ah, I remember. Yes, I was at Guo Qiang’s place.” “Who is Guo Qiang?” “A ...
( Category: Murder May 10,2014 )
The Mao Case by Qiu Xiaolong
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-05-05 | Author:Qiu Xiaolong

FIFTEEN TWO HOURS LATER, DR. XIA was writing out a prescription in his office, his silver brows knitted in a frown, after having taken both a CT scan and X-rays ...
( Category: International Mystery & Crime May 10,2014 )
The Book Stops Here: A Mobile Library Mystery by Ian Sansom
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2008-07-29 | Author:Ian Sansom

11 The address they'd been given was just by Wandsworth Bridge. They drove there in Israel's mother's new car; she'd traded up since Israel had gone to Tumdrum, to a ...
( Category: Contemporary May 10,2014 )
Return to Mandalay by Rosanna Ley
epub |eng | 2014-04-30 | Author:Rosanna Ley [Ley, Rosanna]

CHAPTER 32 Of course, Lawrence could understand that Rosemary blamed him, about Eva. He closed his eyes. That bloody ceiling. He hated that bloody ceiling. Sometimes it was close. Sometimes ...
( Category: Contemporary May 9,2014 )
Every Woman for Herself by Trisha Ashley
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-05-07 | Author:Trisha Ashley [Ashley, Trisha]

Chapter 17: Surprised Skint Old Fashion Victim, No. 2 Leopardskin prints and gold accessories complement each other perfectly. The girls were hanging over the banisters in their pyjamas when I ...
( Category: Contemporary May 9,2014 )
Wench: A Novel (P.S.) by Perkins-Valdez Dolen
mobi |eng | 2009-12-16 | Author:Perkins-Valdez, Dolen [Perkins-Valdez, Dolen]

TWENTY-TWO His clothes were genteel but worn. He wore a set of blue knickers that were white at the knees. The ruffles on his shirt were no longer crisp, crumpled ...
( Category: Historical May 9,2014 )
The Heritage of Hastur by Marion Zimmer Bradley
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-09-28 | Author:Marion Zimmer Bradley [Bradley, Marion Zimmer]

Three days later, at dinner in the great lighted hall, I spoke of my original mission to Kermiac. Beltran, I knew, felt that I had wholly turned my back on ...
( Category: Contemporary May 9,2014 )

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