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Open Season (Joe Gunther Mysteries) by Archer Mayor
mobi |eng | 2011-11-10 | Author:Archer Mayor [Mayor, Archer]

18 SUSAN LUCY’S ADDRESS on Prospect Street was located on a plateau driven into the Y formed by Canal and Vernon Streets—right where John Woll had been mugged—and held tightly ...
( Category: Mystery September 25,2017 )
Rumpole and the Primrose Path by John Mortimer
epub |eng | | Author:John Mortimer

‘Rumpole, I hear you’re doing an invasion of privacy case.’ ‘Breach of confidence. Invasion of privacy. Outrageous infringement of human rights. Yes, Claude. That’s the sort of practice I carry ...
( Category: Mystery September 25,2017 )
The Ruins of Us by Keija Parssinen
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-01-17 | Author:Keija Parssinen [Parssinen, Keija]

Chapter Seven HERE WE ARE, thought Faisal, two candles dying between us. It was the candles that so thoroughly depressed him, the glowing red wax and bright flames and polished ...
( Category: Contemporary September 25,2017 )
Heart of Dixie by Tami Hoag
epub, mobi |eng | 1991-01-01 | Author:Tami Hoag [Hoag, Tami]

Dixie lay in her bed staring at the ceiling. Above her, Dee was howling at Letterman again. She glanced into the shadowed corner at her golf club, then discarded the ...
( Category: Romantic Suspense September 25,2017 )
No Great Mischief by Alistair Macleod
epub, mobi |eng | 1999-09-30 | Author:Alistair Macleod [MacLeod, Alistair]

Outside the camp gates and beyond the posts of the security guards, there existed another world. No one was legally allowed within the camp gates unless an identification card or ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 25,2017 )
Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
epub, mobi |eng | 2002-09-25 | Author:Mary Lawson [Lawson, Mary]

Christmas was approaching—that family time, that worst of all times for the newly bereaved, that unrivalled time for magnifying tensions. “What are we going to do about presents for the ...
( Category: Literary September 25,2017 )
The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Alaa Al Aswany

Homosexuals, it is said, often excel in professions that depend on contact with other people, such as public relations, acting, brokering, and the law. Their success in these fields is ...
( Category: Contemporary September 25,2017 )
Set This House in Order by Matt Ruff
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2003-01-01 | Author:Matt Ruff [Ruff, Matt]

SIXTH BOOK: MOUSE 16 Mouse’s first meeting with Dr. Eddington is scheduled for 7:30 P.M., which is pretty late in the day, but the only time he had available. When ...
( Category: Contemporary September 25,2017 )
Strivers Row by Kevin Baker
epub |eng | 2006-01-01 | Author:Kevin Baker [Baker, Kevin]

His rare good mood lasted only until he got home. He had hoped that his visit to The Mansion might sustain him in trying to write his sermon again that ...
( Category: Genre Fiction September 25,2017 )
Heather Song by Michael Phillips
epub |eng | | Author:Michael Phillips [PHILLIPS, MICHAEL]

Chapter Thirty-six The Edinburgh Affidavit To the raid and the onslaught our chieftains have gone, Like the course of the fire-slaught their clansmen pass’d on; With the lance and the ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction September 25,2017 )
French Leave by Anna Gavalda
epub |eng | 2011-04-26 | Author:Anna Gavalda [Gavalda, Anna]

Simon stretched his legs while we got changed. I’d bought a magnificent sari in the Passage Brady right next to my house. It was turquoise, embroidered with gold thread and ...
( Category: Contemporary September 25,2017 )
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 31 by Champagne for One
epub, mobi |eng | 1960-01-02 | Author:Champagne for One [One, Champagne for]

Chapter 8 When we have company in the office I like to be there when they arrive, even if the matter being discussed isn’t very important or lucrative, but that ...
( Category: Mystery September 25,2017 )
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 25 by Before Midnight
mobi, epub |eng | 1956-01-02 | Author:Before Midnight

Chapter 12 Thank the Lord those next four days are behind me instead of ahead. I admit that there are operations and situations where the best you can do is ...
( Category: Mystery September 25,2017 )
The Braxtons of Miracle Springs by Michael Phillips
epub |eng | 2016-02-18 | Author:Michael Phillips [Phillips, Michael]

Chapter 30 Christopher’s Wisdom We were nearly back to the house now. “Let me ask if you’re willing to do something a little more immediate than wait thirty years,” I ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction September 25,2017 )
Party by Leveen Tom
epub |eng | 2010-02-17 | Author:Leveen, Tom [Leveen, Tom]

RYAN BY THE TIME I WAS ABLE TO START MAKING OUT WITH BETHANY CLARK … WAIT, CARTER … IN AN UPSTAIRS BEDROOM, I WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ABOUT FIVE ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction September 25,2017 )

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