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The Perfidious Parrot by Janwillem Van De Wetering
epub |eng | 1997-03-03 | Author:Janwillem Van De Wetering [van de Wetering, Janwillem]

15 THE LOWER LEVEL “The lower level?” the commissaris asked at breakfast on the Eggemoggin Hotel’s terrace. “Isn’t American an expressive language? What do they mean? A hellish cellar? What ...
( Category: Police Procedurals March 4,2015 )
Invitation to Provence by Elizabeth Adler
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Elizabeth Adler [Adler, Elizabeth]

35 THERE WAS A SUDDEN commotion out in the hall. Dogs barked, the front door banged, and the wind roared through the house, snuffing out all the candles again. “Mimi, ...
( Category: Romantic Suspense March 4,2015 )
While England Sleeps by David Leavitt
epub |eng | 2014-05-01 | Author:David Leavitt

At the flat, breath whistled, sweet as ever, through sleeping Edward’s slightly parted teeth. Chapter Eight The world was ending, but in London women gossiped and argued over the price ...
( Category: Criticism & Theory March 4,2015 )
Revolution Baby
epub |eng | 2014-04-06 | Author:Joanna Gruda

It didn’t take me long to learn the customs of the place. The camp was surrounded by vineyards, but we weren’t allowed to pick the grapes, which made it one ...
( Category: Contemporary March 4,2015 )
Behind the Moon by Hsu-Ming Teo
epub, pdf |eng | 2008-12-31 | Author:Hsu-Ming Teo

Love, Gibbo PS I suppose we’d better wear red and white? To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Date: 21 September 1997 Subject: I love you! Dearest Linh, What a wicked game! And ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction March 4,2015 )
Everything Happens Today by Jesse Browner
epub |eng | 2011-10-06 | Author:Jesse Browner

“By order of the Secretary of the Army: CARL E. VUONO, General, United States Army Chief of Staff.” “Page 2-7. Change the fourth sentence from ‘Release the trigger.’ to ‘Slowly ...
( Category: Dating & Sex March 4,2015 )
Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
epub |eng | | Author:Garth Stein

Chapter Twenty-Seven In the morning, Denny didn’t know about Eve, and I, having awakened in a fog from my dream, barely suspected. He drove me over to Luther Burbank Park ...
( Category: Dogs March 4,2015 )
I Am Radar: A Novel by Reif Larsen
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-02-23 | Author:Reif Larsen [Larsen, Reif]

QRZ WHERE IS K2W9? His interlocutor obviously was not fooled. Like every CW operator, Radar had his own particular “fist,” or accent, that no doubt diverged from his father’s. It ...
( Category: Contemporary March 4,2015 )
The Bride Wore Black by Cornell Woolrich
epub |eng | 1984-11-19 | Author:Cornell Woolrich [Woolrich, Cornell]

on, to be let in here like that, it might help some " "One of the neighbors?" suggested the matron. "We've canvassed every one of them for six blocks in ...
( Category: Suspense March 4,2015 )
A Guilty Thing Surprised by Rendell Ruth
azw3, mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Rendell, Ruth [Rendell, Ruth]

9 BURDEN listened with disdain and incredulity to Wexford’s condensed and to some extent expurgated account of his two interviews. It aroused in him a cold angry disgust. Anyone who ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives March 4,2015 )
Best Man To Die by Rendell Ruth
azw3, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Rendell, Ruth [Rendell, Ruth]

A pewter tankard at his elbow, Wexford spent the next couple of hours studying Hatton’s log book and Mrs Hatton’s engagement diary. It was the week immediately preceding May 21st ...
( Category: Police Procedurals March 4,2015 )
Means Of Evil And Other Stories by Rendell Ruth
azw3, mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Rendell, Ruth [Rendell, Ruth]

Wexford called, "Come in," and Sergeant Willoughby first put his head round the door, then advanced a little sheepishly into the office. Behind him came Burden. "The young chap I ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives March 4,2015 )
When Somebody Loves You Back by Mary B. Morrison
epub |eng | 2008-07-02 | Author:Mary B. Morrison [Morrison, Mary B.]

CHAPTER 21 Ashlee Shortly after sunrise, Ashlee grabbed little Darius’s red, blue, and green toddler’s suitcase, opened his drawers, and selected three changes of clothing. The basics of what she’d ...
( Category: Women's Fiction March 3,2015 )
Wings of Grace by Vanessa Davis Griggs
epub |eng | 2005-08-15 | Author:Vanessa Davis Griggs [Griggs, Vanessa Davis]

Chapter 29 And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God. —Ephesians 4:30 By August, Johnnie Mae was back on the road doing another round of book signings. While in Michigan, ...
( Category: Contemporary March 3,2015 )
The Dramatist by Ken Bruen
mobi, epub |eng | 2004-11-19 | Author:Ken Bruen [Bruen, Ken]

“SAG HARBOR OR BUST.” Mad as the dream was, it made me feel good, as if I had a future. The Sacred Heart calendar said: “Be humble before the Lord.” ...
( Category: Hard-Boiled March 3,2015 )

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