Literary
mobi, epub |eng | 2003-03-15 | Author:Marian Keyes

'I have the result of the bone-marrow biopsy,' he said, looking at Fintan. Tell us, tell us. 'Would you prefer to hear it alone?' 'No,' Fintan said, trembling with calm. ...
( Category: Humorous March 25,2014 )
azw3, mobi, epub |eng | 2012-10-10 | Author:Vanessa Greene

I’d emptied my in tray, processed all the invoices, visited the water cooler twice, tidied my desk, sorted out Zoe’s files, ordered Chloe those cat-shaped paperclips she liked – and ...
( Category: Mothers & Children March 25,2014 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2011-09-14 | Author:Isabel Wolff

Mum heaved a tipsy sigh. ‘That’s true. It’s a pity we’re not Catholic, like Nate, otherwise he and Chloë could have had a Nuptial Mass – they’re rather beautiful; but ...
( Category: Literary March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-08-15 | Author:Julia Stuart

BALTHAZAR JONES IGNORED THE KNOCKING on the Salt Tower door. He remained in the same position on the bed, clutching the letter as the wind blew through the tiny gaps ...
( Category: Humorous March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2003-12-31 | Author:Kate Atkinson

Jackson put Emma Drake in a cab and gave the driver a ridiculously generous twenty-five pounds to take her back to Crouch End and see her into her flat. Then ...
( Category: Private Investigators March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 1983-01-01 | Author:Salman Rushdie

Two days after Haroun lectured an egg-laying turtle about revolution, Rani Harappa at Mohenjo was telephoned by a male voice so muted, so crippled by apologies and embarrassment that it ...
( Category: Satire March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-04-30 | Author:Edward Rutherfurd

It was as he was returning to his workbench that afternoon that Osmund saw the girl. At first, she did not particularly attract his notice. He was aware of a ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 1995-01-01 | Author:Roddy Doyle

There were twenty-seven dogs in Barrytown, our part, and fifteen of them had had their tails docked. —Docked off. —There’s no Off. Docked, by itself. They got their tails docked ...
( Category: Biographical March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-03-04 | Author:Tina Seskis

24 As I cut through the back streets, past Liberty’s, along Great Marlborough Street (I long ago learned to avoid the tourists on Oxford Street) I try again to ignore ...
( Category: Suspense March 25,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2004-01-02 | Author:Paul Murray

9 Taking my chance meeting with Hoyland to be nothing less than a warning from the gods, I did not attempt any other agencies that day. The rain had become ...
( Category: Humorous March 25,2014 )
azw3, epub, mobi |eng | 2009-01-19 | Author:Isabel Wolff

We didn’t stay at the restaurant very much longer, not least because Roxy began phoning again. Miles told her he’d be back by ten. Then as our desserts arrived she ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2007-08-13 | Author:Mark Haddon

59 Katie posted the invitations, left a message for Jamie, then sat back down at the table. She wanted to break something. But she wasn’t allowed to break things. Not ...
( Category: Family Life March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2006-03-28 | Author:Marina Lewycka

I lie in bed in the small hours thinking about the man from the Congo. I imagine the knock on the door in the night, the heart jumping against the ...
( Category: Historical Thrillers March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2003-08-31 | Author:Hilary Mantel

That afternoon, Kit was at her aunt’s house in Foulsham. They sat together in the kitchen, the half door open to admit the sunshine, elbows propped on the table and ...
( Category: Psychological March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub, azw3, pdf |eng | 1971-01-02 | Author:W. Somerset Maugham

6 AFTER THAT WE SAW a good deal of Larry. For the next week he came to the apartment every day and for half an hour shut himself up with ...
( Category: Family Saga March 25,2014 )