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A Twist Of The Knife
With each twist of the knife, a chilling new journey begins. From a woman intent on bizarre revenge, to a restaurant critic with a morbid fear of the number thirteen and from a man arranging a life - changing assignation, to a couple heading for a disaster - filled vacation. In multi - million - copy bestselling author Peter Jame's collection of short stories we first come to meet Brighton's finest detective, Roy Grace and read the tale that went on to inspire James hugely successful novel, Dead Simple. James exposes the Achilles heel of each of his characters and makes us question how well we can trust ourselves and one another. Each tale carries a twist that will haunt readers for days after they turn the final page. Combining every twisted tale from the e-book bestsellers Short Shockers One and Short Shockers Two, with a never - seen - before collection of new material, A Twist of the Knife shows Peter James as the undisputed grand master of storytellers with this sometimes funny, often haunting, but always shocking collection.
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The Dead Will Tell
Innumerable ghost stories are woven about the Hochstetler farm in Painters Mill. But no one is aware of the reason for the passing of an Amish father and his four children and his wife disappearing. This was thirty-five years ago. Kate Burkholder, Chief of Police is now called to Painters Mill to investigate a new suicide case. Evidences soon point out that the man hanging from the rafters in his own barn was rather murdered. Kate, as she unravels the case, discovers that there is a tragic link between the murder and the thirty-five-year-old incident. And just when she thinks her personal life is going well with agent John Tomasetti and her moving in together, this case leads to more chaos in her life. Find out how Kate deals with her personal and professional life and strikes a balance between the two.
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The Rithmatist
Although Joel is spellbound by the magic of Rithmatics, he is not gifted, unlike others. Undeterred, he coaxes Professor Fitch to teach him magical theory. But he still can't infuse his shielding lines and circles with authority, or bring his chalk-drawn beings to life, but he's fast to master the fundamental geometric guidelines. His distinctive expertise will soon face an unexpected test when the best Rithmatist students are taken hostage from his Academy. Since he's not a magic worker, Joel seems to be safe, but he is adamant about investigating the case and proving his mettle. But people start dying and Joel gathers he will require the help of Rithmatist beginner, Melody. Can they stop the killer together before it is too late?
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Understanding Type 2 Diabetes
This title studies what diabetes is and how it comes about. It explains the practical changes you can make to your diet and physical activity that can be incorporated into your routine to maintain and improve your health. It also examines the medical aspects of diabetes care, the best ways to control your waistline, blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels. The book also talks about the ways of avoiding possible major complications. Individual chapters explore the consequences of diabetes on the heart, vision, feet, kidneys, bladder, mind, mood, sleep, and sex, delving into the best ways that will help you lead a life with optimum health.
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Shotgun Lovesongs
Hank, Leland, Kip and Ronny are born and raised in the same Wisconsin town - Little Wing. They are now growing up to be husbands and fathers, shouldering their own responsibilities, and building individual lives. One of the four siblings does not leave the town. He is still taking care of the family land that has been cultivated for generations. But the others leave, go to far off places to live different lives. They even achieve success in their own fields - one becomes a rock star, one, a commodities trader, and the other, a rodeo stud. And then there is Beth, whose presence has always kindled the kind of passion that either leads to the love songs and rivalries. Discover the further journeys of these characters that will remain with you long after you finish reading their story.
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Mightier than the Sword
Mightier than the Sword opens with an IRA bomb exploding during the M. V. Buckingham's maiden voyage across the Atlantic-but how many passengers lose their lives? When Harry Clifton visits his publisher in New York, he learns that he has been elected as the new president of English PEN and immediately launches a campaign for the release of a fellow author, Anatoly Babakov, who's imprisoned in Siberia. Babakov's crime? Writing a book called Uncle Joe, a devastating insight into what it was like to work for Stalin. So determined is Harry to see Babakov released and the book published, that he puts his own life in danger. His wife Emma, chairman of Barrington Shipping, is facing the repercussions of the IRA attack on the Buckingham. Some board members feel she should resign and Lady Virginia Fenwick will stop at nothing to cause Emma's downfall. Sir Giles Barrington is now a minister of the Crown and looks set for even higher office, until an official trip to Berlin does not end as a diplomatic success. Once again, Giles's political career is thrown off balance by none other than his old adversary, Major Alex Fisher, who once again stands against him at the election. But who wins this time? In London, Harry and Emma's son, Sebastian, is quickly making a name for himself at Farthing's Bank in London and has proposed to the beautiful young American, Samantha. But the despicable Adrian Sloane, a man interested only in his own advancement and the ruin of Sebastian, will stop at nothing to remove his rival. Jeffrey Archer's compelling Clifton Chronicles continue in this, his most accomplished novel to date. With all the trademark twists and turns that have made him one of the world's most popular authors, the spellbinding story of the Clifton and the Barrington families continues.
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Frog Music
San Francisco, 1876 - A stifling heat wave and smallpox epidemic have engulfed the City. Deep in the streets of Chinatown live three former stars of the Parisian circus - Blanche, now an exotic dancer at the House of Mirrors, her lover Arthur and his companion Ernest. When an eccentric outsider joins their little circle, secrets unravel, changing everything and leaving one of them dead. Frog Music, inspired by true events, is an evocative novel of intrigue and murder elegant, erotic and witty. About the Author Born in Dublin in 1969 and now living in Canada, Emma Donoghue is a writer of fiction, history and drama for radio, stage and screen. She is best known for her international bestseller Room, shortlisted for the Man Booker and Orange Prizes and winner of the Commonwealth (Canada / Caribbean), Rogers Writers Trust and Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year Awards. Her fiction ranges from contemporary (Stir-fry, Hood, Landing, Touchy Subjects) to historical (Slammerkin, The Woman who gave birth to Rabbits, Life Mask, The Sealed Letter, Astray) to fairy-tale (Kissing the Witch).
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Come Back To Me
Home on leave in sunny California, Marine and local Lothario Kit Ryan finds himself dangerously drawn to his best friend's sister, Jessa - the one girl he can't have.But Kit's not about to let a few obstacles stand in his way and soon Jessa's falling for his irresistible charms. What starts out as a summer romance of secret hook-ups and magical first times quickly develops into a passionate love affair that turns both their worlds upside down.When summer's over and it's time for Kit to redeploy, neither Kit nor Jessa are ready to say goodbye. Jessa's finally following her dreams and Kit's discovered there's someone he'd sacrifice everything for. Jessa's prepared to wait for Kit no matter what. But when something more than distance and time rips them apart they're forced to decide whether what they have is really worth fighting for. A breathtaking, searchingly hot story about love, friendship, family and finding your way back from the edge of heartbreak.
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Anatomy Of My Life
A narrative that's shaped like a fable, but in which we recognize the various features of life in India today.' - Amit ChaudhuriAn unusual and readable chronicle of an abstract Poets journey, veering from the salacious to the sacred.-Romesh Gunesekera. The human self has come before religion, nations and boundaries -what is the self? This is the question.The poet, just sixteen, moves to a new city with his recently-divorced mother. It is a new beginning; there is the promise of a new life away from endless domestic squabbles. But ghosts of the past still linger The poet joins college, meets his first love, his sweetheart, makes new friends-through his relationships, separations and experiences we enter his world. Thoughtful, sensitive, observant, he is not one who shies away from life. He journeys into different spaces, both in the physical world and within the realm of thoughts. His relentless efforts are to know and to understand ideas-his own and those of the thinkers of the past. There are moments of confusion, contemplation, ennui, ecstasy, happiness and hidden amidst them lie little nuggets of truth and those rare moments of epiphany. But epiphany knows no time and place, it can come knocking anywhere, at any moment-be it on the balcony of a hotel in Benares or in the squalid room of a prostitute.Anatomy of Life is an engaging contemporary story of urban experience and a fascinating journey of discovery.
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In The Light Of What We Know
In Light of What We Know is a contemporary novel by Zia Haider Rahman. Summary of the Book When an unexpected guest visits an investment banker approaching forty, the man is shocked to realize that his visitor is a long-lost college friend. The banker’s life is unravelling, his marriage seems to be ending and his career is at its final stretch towards a collapse. Against the background of the economic recession and the fall of nations, this novel tells the story of two friends as they struggle under the pressure of class, culture and faith to control their destiny. It is a story of friendship and betrayal, infused with all the colours and variety of Bangladeshi culture. About Zia Haider Rahman Zia Haider Rahman is a Bangladeshi-born British novelist. This is his first book. In Light of What We Know has been nominated for the 2014 Guardian First Book Award.
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Edge of Eternity
The five families of the Century Trilogy have braved it all through the 20th century. Now they have reached the difficult period of the 1960s to the 1980s. It is an era of social, political and economic turmoil. The times are rife with demonstrations for civil rights, political assassinations, mass political movements, the Vietnam War, the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis and presidential impeachment, revolution and the magic and promise of rock and roll. Rebecca Hoffman’s world as an East German teacher is shaken up as she discovers that the Stasi has been spying on her for years. She reacts by committing an impulsive act that will affect her family for as long as they live. George Jakes is the child of a mixed-race couple. He gives up a chance to pursue a corporate law career to join Robert F. Kennedy’s Justice Department. He soon finds himself right in the centre of the principal events of a civil rights battle, not to mention a battle closer to home than he desires. Cameron Dewar is the grandson of a senator. He is excited at the prospects of being able to undertake some official and unofficial espionage for a cause he believes in. However, he will learn that the world is a much more dangerous place than he’d imagined. Dimka Dvorkin is a young aide to Nikita Khrushchev. She becomes a principal player as the United States of America and the Soviet Union race towards nuclear war. However, Dimka’s twin sister, Tania, is carving out a role for herself that will etch her name into history and take her from Moscow to Cuba to Prague to Warsaw.
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Southern Cross The Dog
Robert Chatham loses everything in the flood. His home, his family and his first love are gone. He journeys through the deep South, seeking some manner of escape from his own memories. He finds it nowhere, not in the desperation of a refugee camp or in the fiery and raucous brothel Hotel Beau-Miel. The journey takes him to the Mississippi hinterland, and he joins a band of men commissioned with clearing the swamp and building a dam. Through his journey he meets hustlers who play the piano, Klansmen who never do or mean well, and a family of fur trappers. The trappers, called the L’Etangs, are threatened by the clearing of the swamp. The L’Etang brothers are fierce, but their cousin, the soft and caring Frankie, might be the only woman who can once again touch Robert’s heart and cleanse it of the darkness and melancholy it hides.
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Before The Fall
A compelling, moving tale of a love affair, set in the East End during World War I and inspired by an unforgettable true story. A great war. A powerful love. An impossible choice. 1916. Across the channel, the Great War rages; in London's East End, with her husband away fighting, Hannah Loxwood struggles to hold everything together. But when Hannah takes a job in a caf, she discovers a glimpse of freedom away from her needy young children, her spiteful sister and desperately ill father. While the conflict drags on, Hannah battles with the overwhelming burden of 'duty'. She has sacrificed so much for a husband who left her behind, a husband who may never come home. Then, when she meets Daniel - thoughtful, intelligent, quietly captivating - Hannah finds herself faced with the most dangerous of temptations. As the war grips tighter and bombs fall down upon the streets, the stakes for the couple grow ever higher. Soon Hannah and Daniel will realise just how precarious their happiness is, as their destiny rushes towards them. Beautifully wrought, utterly compelling and with a twist that will leave you breathless, Before The Fall, inspired by a true story, hurls you into a London torn apart by the First World War and paints a vivid and haunting portrait of one woman's struggle.
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W Is For Wasted
The latest Kinsey Millhone mystery from the number one New York times bestselling author. Two dead bodies changed the course of my life that fall. One of them I knew and the other I'd never laid eyes on until I saw him in the morgue. The first was a local PI of suspect reputation. He'd been gunned down near the beach at Santa Teresa. It looked like a robbery gone bad. The other was on the beach six weeks later. He'd been sleeping rough. Probably homeless. No identification. A slip of paper with private investigator Kinsey Millhone's name and number was in his pants pocket. The coroner asked her to come to the morgue to see if she could ID him. Two seemingly unrelated deaths, one a murder, the other apparently of natural causes. But as Kinsey digs deeper into the mystery of the John Doe, some very strange links begin to emerge. And before long at least one aspect is solved as Kinsey finds the key to his identity. In this multilayered tale, the surfaces seem clear, but the underpinnings are full of betrayals, misunderstandings and outright murderous fraud. And Kinsey, through no fault of her own, is thoroughly compromised.
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Secret Lives
Disillusioned actress Eden Riley leaves a life of Hollywood glamour and a broken marriage to return to her mothers childhood home in rural Virginia. In search of answers about her mother, a famous childrens author who died when she was very young, she meets the handsome yet mysterious Ben Alexander, an archaeologist and friend of her Uncle. But Ben has his own demons and a secret that threatens to destroy their newfound happiness. Now Eden must make a heart breaking decision as she struggles to lay the ghosts of the past to rest and come to terms with her own future.
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Dead In A Mumbai Minute
Reema Ray is a rare combination of beauty and brains. She is a brilliant sleuth who had once impressed the eccentric security professional Shayak Gupta. Reema is given a case in Mumbai – a murder case, of an Ashutosh Dhingre, a former assistant of the Bollywood superstar Kimaaya Kapoor, whose fame is on the decline. Ashutosh was found dead in Kimaaya’s private island. The suspects happen to be the house guests and Kimaaya herself. Reema also learns that Kimaaya was in a relationship with Shayak in the past. Shayak keeps disappearing very often and Reema finds this very unusual. This case is assigned to Reema by the firm Titanium, where Shayak works in. How is all this intertwined? Does Shayak have anything to do with the murder? Will Reema be able solve the case of the year? Find out the answers and more in this page-turner mystery novel.