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Escape the Night
"Intricate . . . Intelligent and menacing." The Boston Globe By the bestselling author of "Degree of Guilt," an inescapable tale of suspense, scandal, and shock too terrifying to put aside as it draws you into its vortex of unforgettable characters and shattering events. Peter Carey is the son of privilege -- and an heir to terror. Poised on the brink of power over a mighty family dynasty, he is also the victim of a recurring nightmare that suddenly becomes all too real. The twisted force that had claimed his parents many years before now stalks him too. But the key to his survival lies locked deep in Peter's own mind. And he must discover it before the final night closes in. . .
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Balance Of Power
Richard North Patterson's eleven previous novels include seven consecutive international bestsellers (among them NO SAFE PLACE, DEGREE OF GUILT and DARK LADY- Random House). Formerly a trial lawyer in Washington and San Francisco, he now lives with his wife and their family in San Francisco and on Martha's Vineyard.
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The Mercy Rule
Justice... Once Dismas Hardy was a cop. Now he spends his days in a lawyer's suit, billing hours to a corporate client in a downtown San Francisco office. Hardy's wife and kids like it that way. Then one client changes everything. Compassion... Graham Russo, a former baseball star, is charged with murdering his dying father. Was it suicide, the last desperate act of a dying man? Was it murder? Or mercy? Murder... Now, as a carnival of reporters, activists, cops, lovers, and families throng around the case, Dismas Hardy is going to trial with a client he doesn't trust, a key witness he cannot believe, and a system that almost destroyed him once. For Dismas, this case will challenge everything he believes about the law, about his family, and about himself. Because a chilling truth is beginning to emerge about an old man's lonely death. And what Dismas knows could put him next in line to die. . . .
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Award Winning Stories
Announcing the launch of 'Short Story Book' made up of winning entries of National Level Short Story Competition 2011 conducted by Pune based Pomegranate Events and Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. This is India's first short story book to have QR code feature in it which enables the reader to connect with the winning story writers on individual basis. India has an enviable track record of producing world class writers and the winners of this competition are set to take this glorious tradition forward. This talent hunt has culminated in the best stories being published in this book, a permanent chronicle of the talent involved. Read and discover the magic of storytelling as it unfolds through the narratives from different backgrounds of about two dozen young writers from across the country and become part of India's next literary revolution.
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Honour Thyself
A world-renowned actress falls victim to a terrifying explosion in Paris — and begins a courageous journey of survival, memory, and self-discovery in Danielle Steel’s mesmerizing new novel. Carole Barber has come to Paris, with its rain-slick slate roofs and winding streets, to work on her novel — and to find herself after a lifetime in the spotlight. A legend of film and stage, Carole has set a standard of beauty and grace, devoting herself to her family and causes around the world. But on this cool November evening, as her taxi speeds into a tunnel just past the Louvre, a fiery instant of terror shatters hundreds of lives — and leaves Carole alone, unconscious and unidentified in a Paris emergency room.nnAt the Ritz, they wonder where their famous, incognito guest has gone.From California to London, Carole’s friends and family begin to make inquiries. Then comes a moment of shock as they realize that Carole is in a hospital far from home, fighting for her life. nnIn the days that follow, the paparazzi swarm. A mysterious stranger, a man famous in his own realm, quietly visits the hospital to see the woman he once loved and never forgot. Carole’s two grown children rush to her bedside, waiting and praying — until the miraculous begins to happen . . . But as a woman whom the whole world knows slowly awakens, she knows nothing of herself. Every detail must be pieced back together — from a childhood in rural Mississippi to the early days of her career, from the unintentional hurt inflicted on her daughter to a fifteen year-old secret love affair that went tragically wrong. But for Carole, an extraordinary opportunity has arisen in a life-threatening crisis: a second chance to count her blessings, heal wounded hearts, recapture lost love . . . and to live a life that will truly honor others —beginning with herself.nnA tale of survival and dignity, of small miracles and big surprises, Honor Thyself creates an unforgettable portrait of a public figure whose hopes, fears, and heartbreaks are as real as our own.Her courageous journey inspires us all.
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Just Imagine
he remarkable SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS enthralls, enchants, and touches the heart once again, revisiting her classic Risen Glory, with a new and breathtaking romantic dream. The War Between the States may be over for the rest of the country, but not for Kit Weston. Disguised as a boy, she's come to New York City to kill Baron Cain, the man who stands between her and Risen Glory, the South Carolina home she loves. But unknown to Kit, the Yankee war hero is more than her most bitter enemy -- he's also her guardian. And he'll be a lot harder to kill than she's figured on... Believing that Kit's a boy, Cain offers the grubby rapscallion a job in his stable. But he has no idea what he's in for, and it's not long before the hero of Missionary Ridge discovers the truth. His scamp of a stable boy is a strong-willed, violet-eyed beauty who's hell-bent on driving him crazy. Two hard-headed, passionate people.... Two stubborn opponents with tender souls.... Sometimes wars of the heart can only be won through the sweetest of surrenders. The War Between the States may be over for the rest of the country, but not for Kit Weston. Disguised as a boy, she's come to New York City to kill Baron Cain, the man who stands between her and Risen Glory, the South Carolina home she loves. But unknown to Kit, the Yankee war hero is more than her bitterest enemy--he's also her guardian. And he'll be a lot harder to kill than she's figured on . . . Believing that Kit's a boy, Cain offers the grubby rapscallion a job in his stable. But he has no idea what he's in for, and it's not long before the hero of Missionary Ridge discovers the truth. His scamp of a stable boy is a strong-willed, violet-eyed beauty who's hell-bent on driving him crazy. Two hard-headed, passionate people . . . Two stubborn opponents with tender souls . . . Sometimes wars of the heart can only be won through the sweetest of surrenders.
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FIR
The first genuine police procedural in Indian crime fiction! The first desi police procedural Dashing DSP Bikram Chatterjee of the West Bengal Police hates his boss, the boorish SP Toofan Kumar. And he knows his boss especially resents his affair with screen goddess Shona Chowdhury—it’s a rank thing. Bikram is keenly aware of the two distinct worlds he inhabits: the posh circles of Toofan and Shona—a world he instinctively distrusts—and the grimy world of crime with which he is familiar, even comfortable. Then Robi Bose, former darling of Calcutta’s Page 3, is found dead with bloody froth on his lips and Bikram is given the task of investigating this high-profile death in double-quick time. This, in addition to all his other duties—cultivating informers, breaking up drug-smuggling rackets on the Indo–Bangladesh border and providing security for occasionally violent football matches. And as the investigation draws him in, Bikram finds his two worlds colliding in unexpected ways.
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Naughty Men
have it all IITIIM degrees, plum consulting-partner position with Mcarthurs, a company-provided BMW but things havent been going so well lately. Work bores me, my wife Meera and I havent had sex in years, my in-laws treat me like their personal slave. Also, for some time, Ive been having reassuring conversations with Nunu, my dick. Actually, he thinks Im losing it! Sid, my friend from Institute days, has the same problem he doesnt talk to Nunu, though and his solution is simple: anything goes ... as long as the wife doesnt find out! We have a plan to spice up our lives. It involves Jenny, the mystic masseuse from the Feather Touch massage parlour, the infuriatingly efficient Baby Detective Agency to get the in-laws to back off, and a leisurely, raunchy road trip along the coast from Kerala to Goa. Oh yes, did I mention that consulting project for Rajnikanth Sirs new movie?
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Honor &Evie
Honor and Evie: cousins and best friends, yet so very different. Honor is intelligent, beautiful and popular - good fortune seems to fall into her lap. But for Evie life is harder. Honor adores Evie for her unconventionality, her honesty and her naughty sense of humour - although others find Evie prickly and impatient. And Evie loves Honor for her calmness, her loyalty and absolute integrity - traits that some might find a little too predictable, even a little dull... But as Honor and Evie leave girlhood behind, their friendship is tested to its limit. Can they still remain close when their choices and ideals are so very different? Or are these women destined to grow in opposite directions, grow up and grow apart?
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Listen To The Silcence
After her father's death, San Francisco P.I. Sharon McCone finds a document that raises questions about her birth. The stunned investigator embarks on a search for answers, yet from Montana's Flathead Reservation to northern California, all she finds is an impregnable wall of lies and evasion. Now she must solve the greatest mystery of her life--who she really is.
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Maverick Heart
Fleeing England as a destitute widow, Lady Verity Talbot settles in the wilderness of the Wyoming Territory. In the arms of a buckskin-clad stranger, she recognizes the unforgettable kind of passion from the man she left behind 20 years before. But this time Viscount Linden, now a frontiersman, would not let her go so easily.