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Tales of the Out & the Gone by Imamu Amiri Baraka
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2007-08-15 | Author:Imamu Amiri Baraka [Baraka, Imamu Amiri]

* * * But the aggravation was being replaced now by something else, because the chauffeur was asking him to respond. In effect, for him to be someone. Why couldn’t ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 19,2017 )
Footprints of Thunder by James F. David
epub, mobi |eng | 2007-04-01 | Author:James F. David [David, James F.]

Luis stood with his back to the wall, watching the dinosaur walk to the next sugar pile, which it devoured eagerly. From the window, Luis had been afraid of the ...
( Category: Science Fiction September 19,2017 )
Me and You by Claudia Carroll
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-07-31 | Author:Claudia Carroll [Carroll, Claudia]

As long as she lived, Jean would never forget sitting alone in the bathroom that night, perched on the side of her bath, eyes glued to a minuscule screen on ...
( Category: Contemporary September 19,2017 )
The Girl With the Golden Shoes by Colin Channer
epub |eng | 2007-05-01 | Author:Colin Channer [Channer, Colin]

VIII. The road was dark and silent, and she focused on the slapping of her feet against the asphalt as she walked. In the distance, she could hear the engine ...
( Category: Contemporary September 19,2017 )
The Marmalade Files by Steve Lewis; Chris Uhlmann
mobi |eng | 2012-10-26 | Author:Steve Lewis; Chris Uhlmann

July 29, 2011 One clue, just a single clue. Harry Dunkley leaned back in his chair in his Perth hotel room, arms folded behind his head, and laughed. Heartily. It ...
( Category: Contemporary September 19,2017 )
Hollow Man by Oliver Harris
mobi |eng | 2011-05-02 | Author:Oliver Harris

33 He was out of the grounds in minutes, back in the comforting speed of a Mercedes. “Drop me at Hampstead police station,” Belsey said when they were approaching Golders ...
( Category: Mystery September 19,2017 )
SPQR X: A Point of Law by John Maddox Roberts
epub, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:John Maddox Roberts [Roberts, John Maddox]

8 OCTAVIA SAID SOMETHING IMPORTANT,” I told Julia. “What was it?” “I don’t remember.” “That’s a great help.” We sat eating dinner while sounds of revelry made their way in ...
( Category: Mystery September 19,2017 )
Ruins by Achy Obejas
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-03-01 | Author:Achy Obejas [Obejas, Achy]

The Daewoo was cramped. “If you can’t drive, how’d you get it here?” he asked Diosdado as he struggled to fit into the driver’s seat. He couldn’t believe he’d agreed ...
( Category: Genre Fiction September 19,2017 )
SPQR IX: The Princess and the Pirates by John Maddox Roberts
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:John Maddox Roberts

THAT NIGHT A DREAM CAME TO ME. MOST people make far too much of dreams, attaching vast import to the most banal reflections of everyday cares, woes, and ambitions. I ...
( Category: Mystery September 19,2017 )
Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach
epub |eng | 2007-12-18 | Author:Deborah Moggach

TIME EXPANDS AND CONTRACTS. We hoard it like misers or watch it spill out like shaken cloth in front of us. Our dreams are broken by it—at night they are ...
( Category: Genre Fiction September 19,2017 )
Spiderweb by Penelope Lively
epub |eng | | Author:Penelope Lively

Chapter Ten The procurement of food is an activity of social significance in all societies. From hunting and gathering to shopping. In the Maltese village, where few people had fridges ...
( Category: Contemporary September 19,2017 )
Lapham Rising by Roger Rosenblatt
epub |eng | 2009-09-19 | Author:Roger Rosenblatt

Eleven Get your leash.” “I hate that,” he says. “You hate your leash?” “I hate the fact that I automatically obey certain things you say. That you programmed me when ...
( Category: Humor & Satire September 19,2017 )
It's Raining Men by Milly Johnson
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-07-31 | Author:Milly Johnson

Chapter 38 May was up and drinking tea when Lara arrived back at the cottage. Her legs were knackered from climbing all those stairs. A life in power heels had ...
( Category: Contemporary September 19,2017 )
Heat Wave by Penelope Lively
epub |eng | 2011-08-23 | Author:Penelope Lively [Lively, Penelope]

10 ‘I did wonder a bit about dragon’s breath setting fire to a tree,’ says Pauline. ‘Would it?’ ‘I tried with a blow-torch,’ says Chris Rogers. ‘I borrowed my neighbour’s ...
( Category: Contemporary September 19,2017 )
Winter Solstice by Pilcher Rosamunde
epub |eng | 2005-07-03 | Author:Pilcher, Rosamunde [Pilcher, Rosamunde]

LUCY On Monday morning, when Lucy descended from her private eyrie in the attic, she saw, on the first-floor landing, that Carrie’s bedroom door was closed. Her first thought was ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense September 19,2017 )

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