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Swamp Foetus: A Collection of Short Stories by Poppy Z. Brite
mobi, epub |eng | 1993-12-15 | Author:Poppy Z. Brite

Missing It was high summer and the breeze coming over the levee from the river carried a hint of cleanly rotting fish, a phantom of oyster shell still slick with ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )
Open House by Elizabeth Berg
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2000-09-18 | Author:Elizabeth Berg

16 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ON THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING, I pull up in front of David’s building. I had a little trouble finding it, despite David’s clear directions. In ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )
Beneath an Opal Moon by Eric van Lustbader
mobi, epub |eng | 1980-01-01 | Author:Eric van Lustbader

Fugue THE Plaza de la Pesquisa was deserted. He stood deep within the shadows of the olive trees, having chosen a spot with excellent visibility to the east and west ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )
Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-09-15 | Author:Daphne Kalotay

BOOK II LOT 50 Tiara. Rhinestone and Austrian crystal, h. 1¾ in., dia. 5.5 in., plated in sterling silver, comb tines on each end. $800–1,000 CHAPTER NINE In his mailbox ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )
Noir by Robert Coover
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-03-04 | Author:Robert Coover

THIS ISN’T YOUR FIRST MAD DISHABILLE DASH OUT OF A woman’s bedroom. They have mostly—your incorrigible weakness in a meaningless universe for the fleeting joys of romance—followed upon the unexpected ...
( Category: Hard-Boiled March 25,2014 )
Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2011-01-25 | Author:Anne Tyler

8 Damian came back from his cousin’s wedding with his arm in a cast. He said there’d been a little “contretemps.” Liam was so surprised by his wording that he ...
( Category: Psychological March 25,2014 )
This Same Earth by Elizabeth Hunter
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-12-07 | Author:Elizabeth Hunter

Chapter Thirteen Northern Wales January 2010 “When are you coming home?” “I’m not sure yet, Benjamin. I want to come home, but it’s more important that I make everyone safe ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )
Night Of The Blackbird by Heather Graham
mobi, epub |eng | 2001-11-27 | Author:Heather Graham

“Moira, now what the hell are you up to?” She blinked, then realized that she must have passed out, if only for a few minutes. There was a light on ...
( Category: Suspense March 25,2014 )
Night Music by Jojo Moyes
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2008-01-02 | Author:Jojo Moyes

Fifteen They thought Anthony couldn’t hear. Shut behind the office door, they seemed to believe their voices wouldn’t carry round the house, ricochet off the walls like bullets. ‘I really ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )
Voice of Our Shadow by Jonathan Carroll
mobi, epub |eng | 1982-01-01 | Author:Jonathan Carroll

Paul was buried three days later in a small cemetery that fronted one of the vineyards in Heiligenstadt. He had discovered the place while on a Sunday walk and had ...
( Category: Horror March 25,2014 )
Vivien's Heavenly Ice Cream Shop by Abby Clements
azw3, mobi, epub |eng | 2013-05-21 | Author:Abby Clements

Chapter Seventeen Jon opened the door in a pair of boxer shorts. ‘Imogen,’ he said, surprised. ‘Sorry, Jon.’ Imogen was still holding Anna’s borrowed key to the flat in her ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )
Virtual Virgin by Douglas Carole Nelson
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-11-28 | Author:Douglas, Carole Nelson [Douglas, Carole Nelson]

Chapter Twenty-one “BIG DAY YESTERDAY,” Ric’s voice told me. “Mmph,” I told my cell phone. It read 12:52. Why was Ric calling me so late at night after what had ...
( Category: Paranormal & Urban Fantasy March 25,2014 )
Burglars Can't Be Choosers by Lawrence Block
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2004-02-05 | Author:Lawrence Block

I awoke first in the morning. For a moment something was wrong. The ghost of a dream was flickering somewhere behind my closed eyelids and I wanted to catch hold ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )
Bullet Park by John Cheever
mobi, azw3, epub, pdf |eng | 1969-01-02 | Author:John Cheever

X After lunch Nellie poured herself a whiskey. I should go to a shrink, she thought, until she remembered the doctor circling his invisible dentist’s chair. She hated him, not ...
( Category: Literary March 25,2014 )
Brilliance of the Moon by Lian Hearn
mobi, epub |eng | 2005-06-07 | Author:Lian Hearn

7 I feared I would have to report your disappearance to your wife,“ Makoto said as we made our way through the darkness to the shrine. ”I dreaded it more ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )

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