In his consulting room at 221B Baker Street, the master sleuth receives a stream of clients all presenting him with baffling and bizarre mysteries to unravel. In these twenty three tales, collected here in one volume, you have some of the best detective yarns ever penned. The runaway success of this series prompted a second set of stories, The Memoirs. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes first introduced Arthur Conan Doyle's brilliant detective to the readers of The Strand Magazine. It is my business to know what other people don't know".
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‘Butler’s prose, always pared back to the bone, delineates the painful paradoxes of metamorphosis with compelling precision’ GUARDIAN ‘Butler’s evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, what it means to be human’ NEW YORK TIMES ‘Unnervingly prescient and wise’ YAA GYASI BUTLER, THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ‘No novel I’ve read this year has felt as relevant, as gut-wrenching or as essential’ CAROLINE O’DONOGHUE This is the extraordinary story of two people bound by blood, separated by so much more than time. Neither of them understands his power to summon her whenever his life is threatened, nor the significance of the ties that bind them.Īnd each time Dana saves him, the more aware she is that her own life might be over before it’s even begun. She saves his life – and it will happen again and again. When Dana first meets Rufus on a Maryland plantation, he’s drowning. 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He provided a road map to the United States for compromising and defeating two critical Soviet weapons systems: the radars on the ground that defended it from attack, and. Hoffman recounts the history of the CIA’s efforts to learn what the Kremlin was up to, building up to the moment in 1977 when Tolkachev, an engineer, approaches them to provide incredibly valuable intelligence. The Billion Dollar Spy Tolkachev was one of the CIA’s most productive agents of the Cold War, providing the United States with intelligence no other spy had ever obtained. Hoffman warns early on that Tolkachev (code-named CKSphere), “the most successful and valued agent the United States had run inside the Soviet Union in two decades,” will be destroyed by “betrayal from within.” But, as in the best genre fiction, giving away the ending actually heightens the suspense. 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Set in California 2049, the scene is set of a land of great contrasts. Although there is been a gap of over 20 years since Fifth Sacred Thing was published It expertly flows to take up the story as if it were written to further the tale of a much more recent novel. It’s actually the 3rd novel of the story that begins in the 1960’s in Walking To Mercury. “How can we be build a new world when people are so deeply damaged by the old?”Ĭity of Refuge is Starhawk’s powerful and profound sequel to the Fifth Sacred Thing. Winners will be announced on this site and in our monthly newsletter ( sign up now!) within 30 days after the giveaway ends.ĭuring each giveaway, we ask entrants a question pertaining to the book. US only.Įntering is simple, just fill out the entry form below. One winner will receive a signed copy of Glittering Shadows with a character sketch. Learn more Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads | Pinterest Book excerpt: Sixteen-year-old Thea Holders mother is cursed with a spell thats driving her mad, and whenever they touch, Thea is chilled by the magic. This book was released on with total page 304 pages. She lives with her partner, Dade, and three weird cats in a Victorian house in western Maryland. Download or read book Dark Metropolis written by Jaclyn Dolamore and published by Hachette UK. She has a passion for history, thrift stores, vintage dresses, drawing, and local food. Jaclyn Dolamore spent her childhood reading as many books as she could lug home from the library and playing elaborate games of pretend. To learn more about this book and see our review, go HERE. Dolamore’s lyrical writing and masterfully crafted plot deliver a powerful conclusion. This action-packed sequel to DARK METROPOLIS weaves political intrigue, haunting magic, and heartbreaking romance into an unforgettable narrative. 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