![]() ![]() ![]() But worst of all, Spencer Grant is on a collision course with inner demons he thought he’d buried years ago-inner demons that could destroy him if his enemies don’t first.Available for purchase at:Apple - Audiobook (Downloadable format)Audible - Audiobook (Downloadable format)audiobooks. government-and a man who considers himself a compassionate Angel of Death. On his trail is a shadowy security agency that answers to no one-including the U.S. And he is hiding from a past he can’t fully remember. Follow him in each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting. White Kindle Edition 2 99 (11,901) Elsewhere Dean Koontz Kindle Edition 2. From 1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes In the Heart of the Fire, part of Nameless, a riveting collection of short stories about a vigilante nomad, stripped of his memories and commissioned to kill. He is in love with a woman he knows next to nothing about. My Heart and Other Black Holes (Kindle Edition) Published February 10th 2015. But now Spencer is on the run from mysterious and ruthless men. He couldn’t know that it would lead to a narrow escape from a bungalow targeted by a SWAT team. ![]() He thought he would just sit down, have a slow beer or two, and talk to a stranger. From 1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes In the Heart of the Fire, part of Nameless, a riveting collection of short stories about a vigilante nomad, stripped of his memories and commissioned to kill. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Do you dare step through the red door? Spencer Grant had no idea what drew him to the bar with the red door. ![]()
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It is set in the fictional town of Lochdubh, Scotland and is the first novel of a series featuring the local constable Hamish Macbeth.Įight people of varied background meet in the fictional village of Lochdubh in Northern Scotland. ![]() Beaton ( Marion Chesney), first published in 1985. Death of a Gossip is a mystery novel by M. ![]() ![]() George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four was published in 1949 in both London and New York. Whichever hits the shops first is the “true” first edition while the other becomes the “first American edition” or “first English edition.” The value of a “true” first is typically always greater. Many titles were published virtually simultaneously in two places, for example, London, and New York. The location of publication is an often overlooked but important detail in a list of information about a collection of books. ![]() However, his Travels with Charley, first edition with dust jacket, is worth around $100. A first edition of John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath in good condition is worth around $2,500. Additionally, some books by famous authors are better than others. Who wrote that?Ī book is more likely to appeal to collectors, and therefore be worth more, if you have actually heard of the book or its author. If you have one on a good book, treasure it and be sure to protect it with a plastic sleeve. ![]() This huge difference in value is largely due to the fact that more than 90% of dust jackets are destroyed, either deliberately or due to their ephemeral and fragile nature. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night with dust jacket is around $6,000. If there is one single thing that is a make or break for book value, it would be the dust jacket. ![]() Dust jackets, dust jackets, and more dust jackets! Scott (1896-1940), Tender is the Night, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1934, first edition with dust jacket, sold for: $8,295 1. ![]() ![]() ![]() Or sometimes I will see something going on that is good for the world of kid-lit or YA and you say to yourself – ‘Oh, this is a really cool thing and I really want to do it!’ Then you end up looking at your schedule and realise – I have not factored in sleeping or tidying things! I think there’s a constant attempt to try and make sure that I’m not taking on too much! ![]() ![]() I often feel guilt for not doing enough but I think that’s really normal for freelancers working in the arts, you do have to take on so many things to pay the bills. It’s kind of a problem, I need more sleep!Ĭlaire: Sometimes I don’t. Let’s get started with first things first- between being an editor, an author and frequently writing articles for different publications – you must never stop working – when do you sleep?Ĭlaire: Yes. Now as a children’s book editor and author she has even more feathers in her very large cap! Meabh McDonnell had a chat with Claire about her last book Nothing Tastes as Good and her upcoming release, Like Other Girls. Since the release of her first book Dear Diary, she has been at the forefront of Irish teen literature. ![]() Claire Hennessy has been a published writer since she was twelve. ![]() ![]() ![]() (Poor lady’s knee pops throughout the whole book!) Greg, too, is struggling with everything. The book begins with Meg still reeling from everything that happened to her in the last book and she’s still dealing with it emotionally and physically. ![]() The amount of blood and gore – oh my goodness! \o/ The action is great and the Rat King, rat hordes and zombie rats made for a surprising complication for our supers. The case was interesting and everything moves along at a fast past and I read the whole book in a day, which is quite rare for me these days (attention span of a spork, I tell ya), so hats off to Jackson! Not a single dull moment. I read Fear and Fury a while back, but my TBR is long long long, so it’s taken me a little while to get to book two but even still I sank very quickly back into Meg and Greg’s world with this book. ![]() Bark, rough under my fingers and the palms of my hands A message on the wind. Torment and Tarnish ( Adventures of a Villain-Leaning Humanoid #2) by Jamie Jackson ![]() ![]() ![]() Later, I was the teenager who had to stand up and read out extracts from her stories when inspectors visited my girls’ school in Northern Ireland. They were my favourite adventure stories. ![]() So tell us, how did you get started ?Īs a child I made little books, mostly Famous Five stories which I exchanged with a friend by post during the long summer holidays. Hearty congratulations! A member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association New Writers’ Scheme with me, Carol has graduated to full membership on the publication of her debut novel The Handfasted Wife. Carol McGrath writes historical fiction and has recently achieved her MPhil in Creative Writing from the Royal Holloway University, London. Today, I’m welcoming a special guest to my blog. ![]() Writing in an alternat(iv)e history setting.Claudia Dixit’s tourist guide to Roma Nova.The 500 Word Writing Buddy: 35 Inner Secrets for the New Writer.First glimpse: Carina and Conrad’s Roman Holiday.Independent reviews for Double Identity.The Big Thrill feature on Double Identity. ![]() ![]() ![]() “As usual, the rapport between Alex and Milo is a show-stealer, and longtime fans. Killer is Kellerman-and Delaware-at their finest. But then the little girl at the center of the vicious dispute disappears and Alex knows he must work with longtime friend Detective Milo Sturgis, braving an obstacle course of Hollywood washouts, gangbangers, and self-serving jurists in order to save an innocent life. Nothing would please Alex more than to be free of the ugly spectacle known as Sykes v. ![]() And when the court battle between the Sykes sisters erupts into cold, calculating murder and a rapidly growing number of victims, Alex knows he’s been snared in a toxic web of pathology. Then, at the behest of the court, he becomes embroiled in a bizarre child custody dispute initiated by Connie against her sister and begins to realize that there is much about the siblings he has failed to comprehend. ![]() Despite that, Constance Sykes, a sophisticated, successful physician, hardly seems like someone Alex needs to fear. The City of Angels has more than its share of psychopaths, and no one recognizes that more acutely than the brilliant psychologist and police consultant Dr. ![]() noir portrayal of the darkest impulses of human nature carried to shocking extremes. After thirty-five riveting, internationally acclaimed novels of psychological suspense, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman returns with his most stunning thriller to date. ![]() ![]() A truly admirable addition to a genre defined by the very high standards of George Orwell's 1984.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) “From the first page, the sense of crisis and the lucid, honest voice of the. “A work of extraordinary power, insight and lyricism, Into the Forest is both an urgent warning and a passionate celebration of life and love.” -Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and the Blade “ beautifully written and often profoundly moving novel.” - San Francisco Chronicle Reminiscent of Margaret Atwood's A Handmaid's Tale, Into the Forest is a mesmerizing and thought-provoking novel of hope and despair set in a frighteningly plausible near-future America. Their arrival into adulthood, however, forces them to reexamine their place in the world and their relationship to the land and each other. The sisters consume the resources left in the house, waiting for the power to return. ![]() ![]() There is talk of a war overseas and upheaval in Congress, but it still comes as a shock when the electricity runs out and gas is nowhere to be found. Over 30 miles from the nearest town, and several miles away from their nearest neighbor, Nell and Eva struggle to survive as society begins to decay and collapse around them. Set in the near-future, Into the Forest is a powerfully imagined novel that focuses on the relationship between two teenage sisters living alone in their Northern California forest home. ![]() |