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Lucky Ce Soir by Deborah Coonts
epub |eng | | Author:Deborah Coonts

Chapter Twelve “LUCKY?” THE voice, male. “Lucky, are you okay? Talk to me.” Jean-Charles. Where was I? Why did he sound so scared? I struggled to remember. I tried to ...
( Category: Amateur Sleuths April 16,2019 )
1594634777 by Emma Rathbone
epub |eng | 2016-06-27 | Author:Emma Rathbone [Rathbone, Emma]

Nine A few days later I sat with Allison Block from work in a downtown seating area with pink concrete dividers separating us from the historic main street walkway. People ...
( Category: Coming of Age April 7,2019 )
The Promise of Elsewhere by Brad Leithauser
epub |eng | 2019-04-01 | Author:Brad Leithauser

* * * — “Your feet’ll be okay?” “My feet?” “It’ll be a fair amount of walking.” “Oh, these are great. Super comfy.” Shelley’s legs are crossed. She dangles an ...
( Category: Psychological April 3,2019 )
A Wonderful Stroke of Luck by Ann Beattie
epub |eng | 2019-04-01 | Author:Ann Beattie

Fifteen What the fuck!” Ben’s neighbor Steve said. “You’ve got one woman after another coming to visit, like they’re doing one-person interventions. Your stepmother just comes out with the news ...
( Category: Coming of Age April 3,2019 )
Disco Boy by Dominic Knight
epub |eng | 2009-03-28 | Author:Dominic Knight

Over the next month, my life contracted into three basic states: working, sleeping and commuting. Zoë’s theory that I’d end up doing extra days was almost immediately proven correct, and ...
( Category: Humorous March 29,2019 )
A Time of Love and Tartan (44 Scotland Street) by Alexander McCall Smith
epub |eng | 2018-02-06 | Author:Alexander McCall Smith

31 A Conversation under the Night Sky Elspeth said goodnight to the Duke at the end of dinner, leaving Matthew to see their guest to his car. Padruig had already ...
( Category: Humorous March 29,2019 )
The Gambler: Bad Romance, #3 by Shanna Bell
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Shanna Bell [Bell, Shanna]

* * * LUCA According to a certain source, his unicorn would be at Vince’s private club tonight. When Tess had told him earlier in the day that she was ...
( Category: Family Saga March 29,2019 )
Supermarket by Bobby Hall
epub |eng | | Author:Bobby Hall

CHAPTER 10 CLIMACTIC EVENT I was at a loss. As I saw it, there was no way to recover. Two days passed and Frank didn’t come into work. I kept ...
( Category: Psychological March 27,2019 )
China Dream by Ma Jian
epub |eng | | Author:Ma Jian

Dreaming your life away in a drunken haze Director Ma walks into the reception hall of the Red Guard Nightclub. Pink and red lanterns cast a rosy glow over Maoist ...
( Category: Dystopian March 25,2019 )
The Best a Man Can Get by John O'Farrell
epub |eng | 2000-03-25 | Author:John O'Farrell

chapter seven the mark of a man ‘It is not possible to maintain your dignity in a ball pit. Once you are lying on your back in the krazy quicksand ...
( Category: Humorous March 25,2019 )
Standing Room Only by Heidi Mastrogiovanni
epub |eng | 2018-09-04 | Author:Heidi Mastrogiovanni

“Okay, Kenny, in my defense, it’s not like I spent my life walking around pronouncing my name as if I were a Parisian, okay? Peh-tee-bown doesn’t bring to mind the ...
( Category: Humorous March 25,2019 )
A Season on Earth by Gerald Murnane
epub |eng | 2018-12-06 | Author:Gerald Murnane

It was hard for Adrian to convince his parents that he had to leave for the Charleroi Fathers’ junior seminary in the new year. His mother asked why he hadn’t ...
( Category: Coming of Age March 25,2019 )
The African Safari Papers by Robert Sedlack
epub |eng | 2011-12-20 | Author:Robert Sedlack [SEDLACK, ROBERT]

Thursday, August 18 2:34 p.m. Maralal Safari Lodge Cabin 12 Kenya, Africa I thought Baringo was paradise. But Maralal is even better. I have my own cabin. As I write ...
( Category: Humorous March 25,2019 )
The Case of the Clerical Cadaver by Howard of Warwick
epub |eng | | Author:Howard of Warwick

Caput XIII The Goddess of Drains Leaving the library, the volume of Vitruvius was still clasped in Hermitage’s hand. Given the significance of sundials to the demise of Ignatius he ...
( Category: Humorous March 25,2019 )
Deja vu All Over Again by Larry Brill
epub |eng | 2018-03-25 | Author:Larry Brill

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Yearbooks and Yearnings By the time Saturday afternoon rolled around, Julie had mopped the kitchen floor even though it didn’t need it. She had folded the clothes, gotten ...
( Category: Humorous March 25,2019 )

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