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![]() ![]() Crystal Holroyd-not her real name-has built a brilliant new life for herself, but someone from her past is threatening her daughter. Vince Ives is a more-or-less successful middle-class husband and father until his wife leaves him, his boss makes him redundant, and he becomes a murder suspect. ![]() ![]() In this latest outing, Jackson is a half-duty parent to his teenage son while the boy's mother, an actor, finishes her run on a detective series. But he is not so much the central character as the grumpy, anxious, largehearted gravitational field that attracts a motley assortment of lost souls and love interests. Yes, he is the hero in that he is a private investigator-former cop, military veteran-who solves (usually) mysteries. This is Atkinson's fifth Jackson Brodie novel (Started Early, Took My Dog, 2011, etc.), but fans know that the phrase "Jackson Brodie novel" is somewhat deceptive. Canterbury Tales Bookstore on "The Drive" 2010 Commercial Drive Vancouver BC Canada V5N 4A9 60 ![]() ![]() ![]() Hear, sweet daughters of primeval Darkness! Hear, you that are called the city of great Athena, Athens, given most tīmē of all cities! Pity this poor phantom of the man Oedipus! 110 For in truth it is the former living body no more. Then, goddesses, according to the word of Apollo, give me at last some way to accomplish and close my course-unless, perhaps, I seem too lowly, 105 enslaved as I am evermore to woes the sorest on the earth. ![]() ![]() Now I perceive that in this journey some trusty omen from you has surely led me to this grove never otherwise could I have met with you, first of all, in my wanderings-I, in my sobriety, with you who touch no wine, 100 -or taken this august seat not shaped by men. And he went on to warn me that signs of these things would come, 95 in earthquake, or in thunder, or in the lightning of Zeus. Ladies of dread aspect, since your seat is 85 the first in this land at which I have bent my knee, show yourselves not ungracious to Phoebus or to myself who, when he proclaimed that doom of many woes, spoke to me of this rest after long years: on reaching my goal in a land where I should find a seat of the awe-inspiring Goddesses 90 and a shelter for xenoi, there I should profitably close my weary life, through my having fixed my abode there, for those who received me, but ruin for those who sent me forth, who drove me away. ![]() ![]() But he was quite glad when he heard that Edmund and Lucy were coming to stay. He liked books if they were books of information and had pictures of grain elevators or of fat foreign children doing exercises in model schools.Įustace Clarence disliked his cousins the four Pevensies, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. In their house there was very little furniture and very few clothes on beds and the windows were always open.Įustace Clarence liked animals, especially beetles, if they were dead and pinned on a card. They were vegetarians, non-smokers and teetotallers and wore a special kind of underclothes. They were very up-to-date and advanced people. He didn't call his Father and Mother "Father" and "Mother", but Harold and Alberta. I can't tell you how his friends spoke to him, for he had none. ![]() ![]() ![]() His parents called him Eustace Clarence and masters called him Scrubb. THERE was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it. ![]() ![]() ![]() I feel the walls he built start to crumble. Him and his son and their messy, crazy life. Even ones with chiseled abs and killer smiles.īut he got to me. And I definitely don’t fall for single dads with baggage. Of the woman who broke his heart, who hardened him, and who left him alone to raise the cutest little boy I’ve ever seen.īut I don’t want a relationship. And while we might be older now, I remind him of before. And if I’m successful, if I’m able to increase our online readership, then I get a shot at my dream job.īut the one thing I never expected to happen, happened: Contestant number ten, Grayson Malone. That Hot Dad contest you’ve seen advertised all over the place was my idea. ![]() To earn back the trust of my boss, I promised to save one of our magazines. It’s a long story, but I messed up at work. This whole contest was supposed to be easy. Worth the Risk, an all-new, sexy standalone about taking chances and finding love when it’s least expected, from New York Times bestselling author K. ![]() ![]() ![]() Juggling the increasingly outrageous demands of their customers while tracking a killer isn't easy. Always cool-headed, Rafe hides the body, convinced he and Vivian can find the culprit without disturbing their guests. ![]() ![]() Vivian knows the best performance requires perfect timing, but the powerful vamp is put to the test when she discovers a corpse in a locked guestroom minutes before the next arrivals. Her ability to project physical illusions has created the perfect vacation spot-a dark, isolated Alaskan hideaway where visitors can have their wildest fantasies come true. She's a 580-year-old vampire who exudes sex, has a talent for drama, and is passionate about two things: her human husband, Rafe, and their resort for the undead. Produktbeschreibung Alaskan Vampires series, from the USA Today & New York Times Bestselling Author, C.J. ![]() ![]() ![]() "I am not sure who you think I am," she said. To add to her troubles, everyone seems eager to warn Persephone away from the God of the Dead by exposing his hellish past. "Persephone's relationship with Hades has gone public and the resulting media storm disrupts her normal life and threatens to expose her as the Goddess of Spring. "Darling, I would burn this world for you. Hades sighed and brushed his finger along her cheek. All of that changes when she sits down in a forbidden nightclub to play a hand of cards with a hypnotic and mysterious stranger. After moving to New Athens, she hoped to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist. Since she was a little girl, flowers have only shriveled at her touch. "Persephone is the Goddess of Spring in title only. "You will worship me, and I won't even have to order you." His request felt sinful and devious, and she reveled in it. She remembered the words she had whispered to him in the back of the limo after La Rose. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Of anything.Įven worse, it’s not long before Camp Featherlite’s luxurious bungalows are totally overrun with zombies. Plus, the camp’s supposed “miracle cure” for obesity just seems fishy, and Vee and her fellow campers know they don’t need to be cured. Then she spots something horrifying outside in the snow. Vee barely has a chance to meet the other members of her pod, all who seem as unhappy to be at Featherlite as she does, when a camper goes missing down by the lake. ![]() And when they arrive at Camp Featherlite at the start of the worst blizzard in the history of Flagstaff, Arizona, it’s clear that something isn’t right. Vivian Ellenshaw is fat, but she knows she doesn’t need to lose weight, so she’s none too happy to find herself forced into a weight-loss camp’s van with her ex-best friend, Allie, a meathead jock who can barely drive, and the camp owner’s snobby son. In the next few hours, one of three things will happen.ģ–We’ll be eaten by thin and athletic zombies (odds: excellent) Shaun of the Dead meets Dumplin’ in this bitingly funny YA thriller about a kickass group of teens battling a ravenous group of zombies. Content Warnings: Fatphobia (challenged), gore and blood ![]() ![]() ![]() In this tightly wound, enthralling story reminiscent of Agatha Christie’s works, Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. ![]() ![]() INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF IN A DARK, DARK WOOD Featured in TheSkimm An Entertainment Weekly “Summer Must List” Pick A New York Post “Summer Must-Read” Pick Included in Summer Book Guides from Bustle,, PureWow, and USA TODAY An instant New York Times bestseller, The Woman in Cabin 10 is a gripping psychological thriller set at sea from an essential mystery writer in the tradition of Agatha Christie. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is the tale of an adventurer unlike any you have ever encountered: an unforgettable story about the power of the human spirit in the face of adversity. Traumatised by his wartime experiences and leaving behind a trail of broken hearts, Wilson believed that Everest could redeem him. But he had pluck, daring and a vision - he wanted to be the first man to stand on top of the world. In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceived his own crazy, beautiful plan: he would fly a Gipsy Moth aeroplane from England to Everest, crash land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit - all utterly alone. The untold story of Britain's most mysterious mountaineering legend - Maurice Wilson - and his heroic attempt to climb Everest alone. A fine, fine slice of history by a truly special writer who proves time and time again that he is among the best of his generation' Dan Jones, author of The Plantagenets ![]() 'One of the best books ever written about the early attempts to conquer Everest. ![]() |