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Mick Delaney, a retired FBI agent, working cases for understaffed police departments takes on a baffling case in Powell, Wyoming. Harry Thornton, a local rancher, was shot and killed in front of his barn. He was well liked, had no enemies, yet someone shot him down in cold blood right in his front yard. Why? What was the motive? His marriage was solid. There was not sign of jealous lovers. His valuables were taken but who shows up at a barnyard with a robbery motive? There had to be a reason but it was hidden. Mick eventually figures it out with the help of a local deputy, Sharon Carter.

Myles Foster: CEO, thief, broody grump. And, once upon a time, the boy who read me stories when it stormed. My brothers hate him for the knowledge he took from our family's bourbon company to start his own empire. My sisters have forgotten him. But me? I'm going to be his new assistant. To him, I'm just a temp with a deep knowledge about the world of spirits. But if I come clean about just where I got that know-how, he'll toss me out before I can find out what happened to the boy who calmed my fears.

I've been a recluse since the accident, but there was a wedding I refused to miss. I just never expected to come home with the bride. Now, I have a runaway bride in my Montana cabin who needs time to lick her wounds. Summer Kerrigan is as bright as her name, even on her worst days. Too bad she's been off-limits since she dated my brother in high school. It doesn't matter that fifteen years have passed since we lost him. She was his. She'll never be mine.

A dog named Slipper almost ruined my life. The uncatchable stray snuck on the patio where I was waitressing and knocked me straight into Lee Powell's lap. My fist slammed into his junk. Then I accidentally flipped his breakfast platter onto his pants. I thought it couldn't get any worse, but when I bring my brother to baseball practice, I discover his new coach is none other than Lee, owner and founder of Powell Dog Sanctuary, and he's not happy to see me.

ನೀಲಿ ಮೂಗಿನ ನತ್ತು" ಎಚ್‌. ಆರ್‌. ಸುಜಾತ ಅವರು ಬರೆದಿರುವ ಅನುಭವಗಳ ಸರಮಾಲೆ. ಬೆನ್ನುಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಡಾ. ಬಿ.ಎ.ವಿವೇಕ ರೈ ಹೇಳುವಂತೆ, ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಥನ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊಸ ಆಯಾಮವನ್ನು ತಂದುಕೊಡುವ ಅಪೂರ್ವ ಕೃತಿ. ಊರು ತನ್ನ ದೇಸಿ ಗುಣವನ್ನು ಕಳೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಮೂಲಕ ಅನಿಷ್ಟ ಮಾರಿಗಳನ್ನು ಬರಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಆತ೦ಕದ ಶಬ್ದಚಿತ್ರಣಗಳನ್ನು ಅವರು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕಟ್ಟಿಕೊಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

Seventy-two men arrive in the middle of the Sicilian countryside. They are "immigrants," "refugees" or "migrants." But in Altino, they're called the ragazzi, the "guys" that the Santa Marta Association have taken responsibility for. In this small Sicilian town, their arrival changes life for everybody. While they wait to know their fate, the ragazzi encounter all kinds of people: a strange vicar who rewrites their pasts, a woman committed to ensuring them asylum, a man determined to fight against it, an older ragazzo who has become an interpreter, and a reclusive poet who no longer writes.

Fifteen years ago, on Halloween night, a group of teenagers performed a summoning ritual on Hallows Hill. The next day, one of them was dead. Mia has never forgotten the chilling vision she saw that night, and which she believes foretold the death. Now the remaining friends gather for Halloween again. But when another death occurs, Mia starts to doubt everything around her. Is there a malevolent supernatural force that means them harm, or is human evil at play? Mia must take a long, hard look at her friends, herself and the folklore of Hallows Hill.

Cherry Hensley just wants to feel strong again. Armed with a bucket list of activities to help her regain her confidence after years of health conditions holding her back, Cherry’s determined to make the best of her last summer in Willow Ridge before graduating college and moving to the city. But when her best friend—and co-author of the bucket list—lets her down, Cherry’s left afraid to tackle it alone.

When Georgie Greene is evacuated to the English countryside to keep him safe from the London Blitz, he can’t think of anything worse than leaving his family behind to face the nightly bombings. With her little brother safe from the air raids, his sister, schoolteacher Kate, prays for a brighter future, but in a time of war, tragedy is never far away. Faced with uncertainty and heartache at every turn, Georgie and Kate must find the courage to carry on without each other. Can they be strong and keep their hopes alive of being a family once again?

After being publicly humiliated, New York socialite and hotel heiress, Madison Clark, pours out her woes to a psychic. She's given a "to-go" bag of calming tea that promises relaxation, but instead she wakes up in an unfamiliar crappy apartment with a wallet full of maxed-out credit cards and a bank account balance of zero. Madison returns to the psychic's shop, only to learn the universe—and that freaking cosmic tea—is responsible for the change.

Levi King has never met a woman he couldn't charm—until he meets Indigo Jameson. One of Brightwater Valley's newest residents, the prickly woman gets under his skin like no one else ever has. Indigo Jameson doesn't trust people—especially handsome men—and Levi is the handsomest man she's ever seen. Much to her chagrin, the gorgeous adventure guide seems intent on befriending her, and he's a surprisingly good friend.

Scuttler's Cove is a working village, nestling in dramatic coastal scenery in Cornwall, where life has gone on uninterrupted for centuries... until this seaside idyll was discovered by the rich. Now the quaint harbour-front cottages have been snapped up by second-homers and rental companies, and the locals can barely afford to live in their own town. It is a very different place for Merrin Moon, who left for university at the age of eighteen and never looked back. Now in her thirties, she returns to the Cove for the first time since, after the death of her mother.

Mick Hardin returns to the trials and tribulations of local sheriff duties, whilst the previous sheriff, his sister Linda, recovers from a gunshot wound sustained in the line of duty. Living in Linda's house in Rocksalt, Mick finds himself entwined in the trials and tribulations of being a sheriff in the perturbing Kentucky community. Unable to retire from a world of dubiousness and violence, Mick Hardin is back with determination to deliver retribution.

The advice ignites a yearning in Ashleigh to leave city life and all it involves. A teaching position in Featherwood Falls could provide the answer, one she hopes will offer the new life she craves. After all—what could go wrong? It’s better than being unemployed and the reward could be the peace she desires. Damian Cartwright has a secret. Like his eccentric great-aunt, a reclusive life in the bush suits him.

Nancy’s dog, Cody was barking; when she went to get him, she found a body on the side of the road Linda, a 38-year-old single mom, was injured severely by a hit and run driver. Nancy ran home to call an ambulance and get help. There are many suspects including the men playing cards and drinking at the Roadhouse, a new man in town whose car is dented and the ex-boyfriend Linda recently kicked out of her home. Linda’s daughter, Brenda, saw her grandfather, Tom, driving drunk in the area Linda was found and thinks he did it.

During the summer of 1958, a local church burned to the ground in a small town in central Virginia. While the details of what happened that early June morning were lost over the decades, Mansion Springs still has descendants who knew the people and the places involved. Our modern-day narrator is fascinated by the local legend and tries to decipher the truths from the myths. He tells the story of Rev.

Grieving her fiancé’s death, Lizzie Walker struggles to find purpose to her life in Rugby, Tennessee, a utopian community in the Appalachian Mountains. But that changes when William, a wealthy flatlander mourning the loss of his sister, arrives. Teaching together in the community’s school sparks a budding relationship as they embrace Rugby’s classless society and equality for women. However, their peace is short-lived.

Lesen, genießen, abschalten – dieser Roman ist ein Kurzurlaub für die Seele. Die Berliner Journalistin Lucia braucht eine Auszeit. Über ein Wohnungstauschportal lernt sie Felke Truels aus St. Peter-Ording kennen und tauscht mit ihr das Zuhause. Sie erhofft sich, in dem Küstenort ein nordfriesisches Paradies der Ruhe und Erholung zu finden. Dass sie es hier aber nicht nur den Macken von Oma Truels, sondern auch mit dem attraktiven Nachbarn Wilko und seinen zwei abenteuerlustigen Rotbunten Husumer Schweinen zu tun bekommt, hat Lucia nicht im Traum erwartet.

Conto que encerra o livro Sagarana, A hora e vez de Augusto Matraga traz a história de um homem sertanejo acostumado a se impor pela força em seu cotidiano. Nhô Augusto é a perfeita síntese do mandonismo local que se fez presente em tantas cidades brasileiras durante o século XX. Manejando de forma magistral o dilema universal entre o bem e o mal, João Guimarães Rosa construiu um enredo surpreendente, que leva os leitores a refletir acerca de seus instintos.

When thirty-eight-year-old Nick Sullivan agrees to deliver hot chocolate to the new English professor at the local University, he has no way of knowing a simple good deed will forever change his life. After losing his wife and daughter in an automobile accident, Nick believes his wounds are too deep to heal, so he withdraws to the safety of the East Tennessee mountains. There, he purchases a small farm where he spends his days riding horses and nights battling the ghosts of his past.