Author: Lucy Atkins
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2018-07-03
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 1681440504
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"A COMPLEX, CREEPY, AND INSIDIOUS NOVEL ABOUT AMBITION." --THE GUARDIAN "READERS OF RUTH WARE AND GILLIAN FLYNN WILL LOVE IT." --LIBRARY JOURNAL (STARRED REVIEW) "FASCINATING, BRILLIANT, CREEPY." --GOOD HOUSEKEEPING If you had the perfect life . . . how far would you go to protect it? Professor Olivia Sweetman has worked hard to achieve the life of her dreams, with a high-flying career as a TV presenter and historian, three children, and a talented husband. Only one other person knows that Olivia's perfect life is in fact a desperate tangle of lies: Vivian Tester, the socially awkward, middle-aged housekeeper of a Sussex manor who found the Victorian diary of a pioneering female surgeon on which Olivia's new biography is based. In a gripping narrative that shifts between London, Sussex, and the idyllic South of France, Olivia and Vivian will learn knife-edged truths about themselves and discover just how far each will go to protect her reputation.
Author: Madsen Pirie
Publisher:
Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9780955584411
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Catherine Burns
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2017-09-26
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1501164031
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With the smart suspense of Emma Donoghue’s Room and the atmospheric claustrophobia of Grey Gardens, this “bizarrely unsettling, yet compulsively readable” (Iain Reid, internationally bestselling author of I’m Thinking of Ending Things) thriller explores the twisted realities that can lurk beneath even the most serene of surfaces. What becomes of a child who grows up without love? Marion Zetland lives with her domineering older brother John in a crumbling mansion on the edge of a northern seaside resort. A timid spinster in her fifties who still sleeps with teddy bears, Marion does her best to live by John’s rules, even if it means turning a blind eye to the noises she hears coming from behind the cellar door...and to the women’s laundry in the hamper that isn’t hers. For years, she’s buried the signs of John’s devastating secret into the deep recesses of her mind—until the day John is crippled by a heart attack, and Marion becomes the only one whose shoulders are fit to bear his secret. Forced to go down to the cellar and face what her brother has kept hidden, Marion discovers more about herself than she ever thought possible. As the truth is slowly unraveled, we finally begin to understand: maybe John isn’t the only one with a dark side....
Author: Christelle Dabos
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: 2018-09-25
Total Pages: 506
ISBN-13: 1609454847
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Author: Bav Gela
Publisher:
Published: 2018-05-24
Total Pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9781719000048
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Following a mysterious illness that prompted the departure from his movie industry career, a young man is finally able to visit an old university friend for a long awaited, and long sought after, catch-up. Though still unfit, he knows this is the time to listen to his heart and venture out, even in poor health and weather. It promises to be a lively visit, one that will hopefully allow an opening for him to share his new-found faith in Jesus Christ, yet what should have been a standard conversation soon takes a strange and disturbing turn. She reveals her worry regarding a friend who has joined a global movement, one that uses the technique of channeling to communicate with aliens that are planning on visiting planet Earth in the very near future.Alarmed and dismayed at what he hears, the young man instinctively knows this is the perfect opportunity to witness the truth... but something is not quite right. Has someone secretly been watching his steps from the shadows aiming to sabotage the good news?
Author: C. J. Cherryh
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2017-04-04
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 0756412080
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Working with the aiji-dowager a year after returning from an interstellar mission to discover that their government had been overthrown, Bren Cameron finds his efforts to reinstate peace throughout the atevi world challenged by an unexpected new threat.
Author: M. Mignola
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 1506703453
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Author: Barbara Cantini
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2019-08-13
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 1683356306
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A rollicking mystery with an unexpected hero, this fully-illustrated chapter book continues the adventures of Ghoulia, a lovable, not-so-scary zombie. One dark and stormy night, Ghoulia’s cousin Dilbert comes to visit her at Crumbling Manor. She’s confused—she didn’t invite him, and it turns out that Dilbert’s a real grouch. He complains about everything! When Ghoulia tries to track down Auntie Departed to find out why she invited Dilbert, she finds that Auntie has vanished. Ghoulia can’t find her. And the doorbell won’t stop ringing. One after another, Ghoulia’s friends arrive—all with the same mysterious invitation in hand. As the gang searches Crumbling Manor for Auntie Departed, one of their own goes missing. Finally, Dilbert inadvertently solves the mystery in the greenhouse when he finds himself face-to-face with the sinister Chatterbox Ivy. Clue meets Little Shop of Horrors in this fun romp, which includes full-color illustrations and kid-friendly activities.
Author: Chris Walley
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2011-03-15
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13: 1414329296
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Dark Foundations continues the epic story begun in The Shadow and Night. Far beyond the tranquility of the Assembly worlds, Nezhuala, Lord-Emperor of the Dominion, is preparing a merciless and crushing attack on Farholme as a prelude to an onslaught on the Assembly. Back on Farholme, Commander Merral D’Avanos recovers from his wounds after the battle at Fallambet where the intruders were destroyed. Yet even as Merral dreams of a return to peace, he receives a warning of imminent war on a massive scale he cannot ignore. Amid the urgent preparations for battle, Merral and his friends realize the inadequacy of their defenses. Then, with weeks to spare before the predicted eve of war, Merral receives an offer of assistance from the strangest of sources. But can it be trusted? As the wave of war finally crashes over Farholme, Merral must find the answer to other questions in the heat of battle: Can Farholme survive the growing internal strains? Who will pay the price for victory? Will his own weaknesses undo both him and his world?