![]() ![]() Shortly thereafter an abbot at a local Buddhist temple is viciously murdered, with the temple's monk and nun the only suspects. ![]() So when a van containing the skeletal remains of two hippies, one of them wearing a hat, is inexplicably unearthed in a local farmer's field, Jimm is thrilled. When Jimm is forced to follow her family to a rural village on the coast of Southern Thailand, she's convinced her career-maybe her life-is over. Jimm Juree was a crime reporter for the Chiang Mai Daily Mail with a somewhat eccentric family-a mother who might be drifting mentally a grandfather-a retired cop-who rarely talks a younger brother obsessed with body-building, and a transgendered, former beauty pageant queen, former older brother. Set in present day rural Thailand, Cotterill is as sharp and witty, yet more engaging and charming, than ever before. Now, with this new series, starting with Killed at the Whim of a Hat, Cotterill is poised to break into the mainstream. ![]() With worldwide critical acclaim, Colin Cotterill is one of the most highly regarded "cult favorite" crime writers today. The launch of a brand new series by the internationally bestselling, critically acclaimed author of The Coroner's Lunch ![]()
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![]() ![]() With empathy and piercing social commentary, Such a Fun Age explores the stickiness of transactional relationships, what it means to make someone "family," the complicated reality of being a grown up, and the consequences of doing the right thing for the wrong reason. When the video of Emira unearths someone from Alix's past, both women find themselves on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know about themselves, and each other. At twenty-five, she is about to lose her health insurance and has no idea what to do with her life. ![]() Alix resolves to make things right.īut Emira herself is aimless, broke, and wary of Alix's desire to help. A small crowd gathers, a bystander films everything, and Emira is furious and humiliated. ![]() The store's security guard, seeing a young black woman out late with a white child, accuses Emira of kidnapping two-year-old Briar. ![]() So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains' toddler one night, walking the aisles of their local high-end supermarket. A striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarating new voice, Such a Fun Age is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both.Īlix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living, with her confidence-driven brand, showing other women how to do the same. ![]() ![]() ![]() Maryam: I didn’t really have any sort of expectations regarding the book but I have heard great things about it since its release. Do you have any? What made you want to read the book? Have you read any Lovecraft? Pre-Read Questions I know we have both started this book but I thought it would be nice to talk about our expectations. You can read the first part here and I highly recommend that you check the second half of the discussion on Mayri’s blog the Bookforager. Since we had a lot of things to say about this book, our discussion is split into two parts. ![]() Last year Mayri and I read buddy-read Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh together and we had so much fun that we decided that we needed to read more books together! □ Our first buddy-read of the year was Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff, a series of interconnected Lovecraftian tales following the members of a black family who are trying their best to live as well as they can during the Jim Crow era. ![]() ![]() ![]() He’s hot for teacher NHL star Tristan Holt may be at the top of his game, but he’s already thinking one play ahead. Heart of the Steal Off the Ice: A Gay Sports Romance (Hat Trick, 1) Goalie Interference: A Gay. Read 'Off the Ice A Gay Sports Romance' by Avon Gale available from Rakuten Kobo. Holt may be About the Authors Excerpt from Off the Ice by Avon Gale & Piper Vaughn. But there’s more to life than winning, and if Emmitt and Ryu can get past their egos and competitive natures, they might just discover they work better as partners than they ever imagined possible. See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Gale, Avon. Avon Gale was once the mayor on Foursquare of Jazzercise and Lollicup. Beating Armstrong at practice feels good, sure, but there are other, more fun ways to shut his rival up. Ryu doesn’t want to admit the other goalie’s smart mouth turns him on. ![]() If the Venom is looking for a meek, mild-mannered pushover, they’ve got the wrong guy. Emmitt Armstrong knows that, and he’s not about to waste the opportunity after grinding his way from the bottom to the top. Not everyone gets to play in the best league in the world. So when he’s called into management’s office, he’s expecting to hear he’s the new starting goalie for the team, not that some new guy-an incredibly hot, annoyingly bratty rookie-is here to compete for his spot. Ryu Mori has had a stellar season as goalie for the Atlanta Venom. goalie in this brand-new enemies-to-lovers hockey romance from Avon Gale and Piper Vaughn… ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Vanessa is the lead actress on a teen drama, Daylight Falls, and Josh is the new guest star – and their chemistry is perfect for the show. That’s what I wanted – that story was terrific. But as the cover illustration makes clear, this is Vanessa’s romance, and her romance is with Brianna, who is the daughter of her publicist, Jade. The back cover copy talks about both Vanessa and Josh, almost setting them up as the lead pair. I really wanted to read this book, and I’m glad I did, even though I wish it had been more of what it almost was, instead of what the cover copy sort of said it was. ![]() ![]() But this book was composed of a few fine, high-grade samples of my catnip, including the behind-the-scenes setting on a tv show or movie (thanks to Judith McNaught’s Perfect, that is always tempting). Someone pointed my ridiculousness out to the author, who contacted me very kindly and sent me an ARC – which was very cool of her – and so I read it.Ī few things of note: I don’t usually read NA. A few weeks ago, I was telling folks on Twitter that I’d made a rather large dork of myself (not like that’s at all difficult) by begging a publisher to approve a NetGalley request for a New Adult F/F novel about actors on a teen drama. ![]() ![]() ![]() Points are made complex, nonetheless, considering that Chloe has keys that also she does not recognize that might send MacRieve from her completely. MacRieve’s impulse restores as well as likewise notifies him that he requires to secure her. Chloe is the temporal child of MacRieve’s enemy and also is being auctioned off by the Home of Witches. At this defining moment of his life, he pleases his buddy, Chloe Todd. ![]() The one factor that maintains him to life is the opportunity of vengeance. Abused by his enemies, MacRieve has really shed his Lykae reaction and also he wishes to pass away. THE TALE: Uilleam (” Will”) MacRieve is destroyed. Chloe’s kickass personality was my preferred in thisbook ![]() MacRieve Audiobook Download textĭECISION: The unfavorable as well as likewise agonizing trip of MacRieve to recover from his past where he reveals the buddy he calls for, treats her terribly and also afterwards understands that she can assist him recuperate. ![]() ![]() ![]() The series will be re-published as e-books in the fall of 2018.Ĭhristine’s stand-alone novel, the critically acclaimed Smoke Eaters (2000, SMP) is set on a Western wildfire. Lee’s adventures continue in Grizzly (1994, SMP) and Small Target (l996, SMP). Martin’s Press), was nominated for an Edgar and began the series starring Lee Squires, a professor and poet from Washington, D.C., who moonlights as a camp cook in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. ![]() Her first mystery, Trail of Murder (1992, St. She is also the author of four crime novels, all set in Montana where she and her family spent summer vacations hiking and riding in the backcountry. Her latest book is a privately printed, illustrated memoir, Searching for a Sister Lost at Sea – a moving exploration of her father’s search for her youngest sister who disappeared in the Pacific in 1979. Christine Andreae is a writer and artist who lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia where she and her architect husband hand-build their house and raised their two sons. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ten years after the Armistice, in the spring of 1929, Maisie sets out on her own as a private investigator, one who has learned that coincidences are meaningful, and truth elusive. Maisie trained as a nurse, then left for France to serve at the Front, where she found-and lost-an important part of herself. Lady Rowan's friend, Maurice Blanche, often retained as an investigator by the European elite, recognized Maisie's intuitive gifts and helped her earn admission to the prestigious Girton College in Cambridge, where Maisie planned to complete her education. Her employer, suffragette Lady Rowan Compton, soon became her patron, taking the remarkably bright youngster under her wing. Maisie Dobbs got her start as a maid in an aristocratic London household when she was thirteen. Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air, on Maisie Dobbs Description "A female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander." ![]() ![]() ![]() Rocha Martins, 1879-1952: Maria da Fonte : romance histórico (J.Rocha Martins, 1879-1952: A independência do Brasil no rumor duma epopeia o levedar duma nação forte (Lumen, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust US access only).(João Romano Torres, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust US access only) Rocha Martins, 1879-1952: Gomes Freire, romance historico de Rocha Martins. ![]() Lamas, Motta, 1918), also by Manuel Francisco de Barros e Sousa Santarém and Manuel Francisco de Barros Santarem (page images at HathiTrust US access only) Rocha Martins, 1879-1952: Correspondencia do 2.o Visconde de Santarem (A.Lamas, 1910) (page images at HathiTrust US access only) Rocha Martins, 1879-1952: Alexandre Herculano e a sua epoca.Online Books by Rocha Martins (Rocha Martins, 1879-1952) Rocha Martins, 1879-1952 | The Online Books Page The Online Books Page ![]() ![]() ![]() Not that the city’s promotion engine was waning. ![]() Of course the eyes of the world were fixed on London more than any other place throughout all the tumult-save for maybe Kyiv-reminding everyone that London is spectacular and it’s been a really long while since they visited. Then the fall brought chaotic drama to 10 Downing Street that finally calmed down with Rishi Sunak becoming prime minister in late October. Just consider last summer’s firehose alone: the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, Royal Ascot, RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Wimbledon, Boris’s resignation and, in the worst kind of end to the summer, the Queen’s death and weeks of mourning. But given the year the city has had, have citizens even noticed? The city is more indomitable than ever (much more on that in a bit). ![]() Despite crippling Covid lockdowns and economic devastation. ![]() |