Author: Martin O’ Hanlon
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1524664251
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Tragedy struck the McGinley family in the town of Mulldish in the year 1941 when Frank McGinley was killed in a freak accident. His wife, Agnes, was left devastated. With six children, the widow was left with no option. She sent Cissie, the eldest child, to work in Clydebank, Scotland. Twelve-year-old Cissie arrived in Clydebank in March that same year. Clydebank, at the time, had almost been obliterated by bombing. She soon found work. Cissie met and befriended another girl named Annie McCoy, both coincidentally shared the same birthday and age. The years pass, and the girls turn eighteen. One night, after a barn dance, Cissie is brutally raped by a jealous Johnny Byrnes. Cissie becomes pregnant. Not wanting to keep the baby, the women persuade her to go to London to have an abortion. Cissie succumbs, and she sets of by train to London. Her intention though is to have the baby and give it up for adoption. Molly is born on Christmas Day. After Molly is adopted, she and her new parents immigrate to San Francisco where Molly accidentally signed her soul away to the devil. Will she get it back?
Molly Sings for the Devil
Author: Martin O’ Hanlon
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1524664251
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Tragedy struck the McGinley family in the town of Mulldish in the year 1941 when Frank McGinley was killed in a freak accident. His wife, Agnes, was left devastated. With six children, the widow was left with no option. She sent Cissie, the eldest child, to work in Clydebank, Scotland. Twelve-year-old Cissie arrived in Clydebank in March that same year. Clydebank, at the time, had almost been obliterated by bombing. She soon found work. Cissie met and befriended another girl named Annie McCoy, both coincidentally shared the same birthday and age. The years pass, and the girls turn eighteen. One night, after a barn dance, Cissie is brutally raped by a jealous Johnny Byrnes. Cissie becomes pregnant. Not wanting to keep the baby, the women persuade her to go to London to have an abortion. Cissie succumbs, and she sets of by train to London. Her intention though is to have the baby and give it up for adoption. Molly is born on Christmas Day. After Molly is adopted, she and her new parents immigrate to San Francisco where Molly accidentally signed her soul away to the devil. Will she get it back?
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1524664251
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Tragedy struck the McGinley family in the town of Mulldish in the year 1941 when Frank McGinley was killed in a freak accident. His wife, Agnes, was left devastated. With six children, the widow was left with no option. She sent Cissie, the eldest child, to work in Clydebank, Scotland. Twelve-year-old Cissie arrived in Clydebank in March that same year. Clydebank, at the time, had almost been obliterated by bombing. She soon found work. Cissie met and befriended another girl named Annie McCoy, both coincidentally shared the same birthday and age. The years pass, and the girls turn eighteen. One night, after a barn dance, Cissie is brutally raped by a jealous Johnny Byrnes. Cissie becomes pregnant. Not wanting to keep the baby, the women persuade her to go to London to have an abortion. Cissie succumbs, and she sets of by train to London. Her intention though is to have the baby and give it up for adoption. Molly is born on Christmas Day. After Molly is adopted, she and her new parents immigrate to San Francisco where Molly accidentally signed her soul away to the devil. Will she get it back?
Devil’S Kiss
Author: Brandy Bryant
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1524528471
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
On the evening of July 9, 2016, Karlas life changed forever. She was a woman in her early thirties with little to no adventure in her life. Her boyfriend, her job, everything in her life seemed to follow along the same expected path day in and day out. It was time for a change; it was time for Karla to take charge of her life and do something spontaneous! But sometimes adventure can turn into a fight for your life as Karla would soon find out on the African safari she had decided to take. Her fate, her destiny, was sealed from the moment she had stepped off the airplane and on to the African tarmac. Had she known what was in store for her, she would have run kicking and screaming back to the safety of her own home, the place where things were so planned, so boring, yet so safe.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1524528471
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
On the evening of July 9, 2016, Karlas life changed forever. She was a woman in her early thirties with little to no adventure in her life. Her boyfriend, her job, everything in her life seemed to follow along the same expected path day in and day out. It was time for a change; it was time for Karla to take charge of her life and do something spontaneous! But sometimes adventure can turn into a fight for your life as Karla would soon find out on the African safari she had decided to take. Her fate, her destiny, was sealed from the moment she had stepped off the airplane and on to the African tarmac. Had she known what was in store for her, she would have run kicking and screaming back to the safety of her own home, the place where things were so planned, so boring, yet so safe.
Devil's Wake
Author: Steven Barnes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451617011
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
An exciting paranormal novel from two award-winning authors about what happens when an alien race brings Earth to the brink of the Apocalypse. What happens when an unprecedented infection sweeps the world, leaving the earth on the brink of the Apocalypse? But this infection goes far beyond disease. Beyond even the nightmare images of walking dead or flesh-eating ghouls. The infected are turning into creatures unlike anything ever dreamed of . . . more complex, more mysterious, and more deadly. Trapped in the northwestern United States as winter begins to fall, Terry and Kendra have only one choice: they and their friends must cross a thousand miles of no-man’s-land in a rickety school bus, battling ravenous hordes, human raiders, and their own fears. In the midst of apocalypse, they find something no one could have anticipated . . . love.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451617011
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
An exciting paranormal novel from two award-winning authors about what happens when an alien race brings Earth to the brink of the Apocalypse. What happens when an unprecedented infection sweeps the world, leaving the earth on the brink of the Apocalypse? But this infection goes far beyond disease. Beyond even the nightmare images of walking dead or flesh-eating ghouls. The infected are turning into creatures unlike anything ever dreamed of . . . more complex, more mysterious, and more deadly. Trapped in the northwestern United States as winter begins to fall, Terry and Kendra have only one choice: they and their friends must cross a thousand miles of no-man’s-land in a rickety school bus, battling ravenous hordes, human raiders, and their own fears. In the midst of apocalypse, they find something no one could have anticipated . . . love.
The Devil's Captain
Author: Frank Sherry
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595010083
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Born to sail the high seas, young Englishman Bart Roberts shipped aboard the merchant trader Princess, bound for the Dark Continent. But Roberts was headed for another destiny that began when his vessel was waylaid by cruel freebooters off the Guinea Coast. His sword spilling pirate blood on the well-worn decks, Roberts fought long and hard until the brigands overran his ship, killing the captain and shanghaiing him as part of their crew. But he learned the buccaneer craft faster than most and soon he was captain of the Royal Fortune, flying the black flag as the scourge of the Atlantic. His Majesty抯 warships, no match for the twenty-four pounders and nimble speed of his ship, 揃lack?Bart sailed south to the Caribbean, preying upon the rich galleys of treasure headed back from the New World. But when dreaded Don Esteban, commander of the Spanish fleet off Hispaniola, planned to attack the island of Nassau, the commander of the Royal Navy turned to the man he called 搕he Devil抯 Captain?in a bold plan of treachery that ended in a great sea battle with the sea running red with Spanish blood.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595010083
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Born to sail the high seas, young Englishman Bart Roberts shipped aboard the merchant trader Princess, bound for the Dark Continent. But Roberts was headed for another destiny that began when his vessel was waylaid by cruel freebooters off the Guinea Coast. His sword spilling pirate blood on the well-worn decks, Roberts fought long and hard until the brigands overran his ship, killing the captain and shanghaiing him as part of their crew. But he learned the buccaneer craft faster than most and soon he was captain of the Royal Fortune, flying the black flag as the scourge of the Atlantic. His Majesty抯 warships, no match for the twenty-four pounders and nimble speed of his ship, 揃lack?Bart sailed south to the Caribbean, preying upon the rich galleys of treasure headed back from the New World. But when dreaded Don Esteban, commander of the Spanish fleet off Hispaniola, planned to attack the island of Nassau, the commander of the Royal Navy turned to the man he called 搕he Devil抯 Captain?in a bold plan of treachery that ended in a great sea battle with the sea running red with Spanish blood.
The Devil's Puzzle
Author: Clare O'Donohue
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0452297370
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Book #4 of the Someday Quilts Mystery series Nell and the crafty Someday Quilters undertake their first cold case in the latest addition to this bewitching series. After their quilting retreat upstate, the Someday Quilts ladies return to Archers Rest to prepare for the town's big anniversary celebration. But their plans are unexpectedly derailed by the discovery of a human skeleton in Nell's grandmother's backyard-making Eleanor the prime suspect in a murder. But a skeleton isn't the only thing that's long been buried. When a wave of vandalism raises fears that the town's bygone history of witchcraft has been reawakened, secrets are unearthed that could change life in Archers Rest forever. In addition to a thrilling mystery and the warm camaraderie of the ladies, The Devil's Puzzle is full of the quilting lore and techniques that Clare O'Donohue's readers adore.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0452297370
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Book #4 of the Someday Quilts Mystery series Nell and the crafty Someday Quilters undertake their first cold case in the latest addition to this bewitching series. After their quilting retreat upstate, the Someday Quilts ladies return to Archers Rest to prepare for the town's big anniversary celebration. But their plans are unexpectedly derailed by the discovery of a human skeleton in Nell's grandmother's backyard-making Eleanor the prime suspect in a murder. But a skeleton isn't the only thing that's long been buried. When a wave of vandalism raises fears that the town's bygone history of witchcraft has been reawakened, secrets are unearthed that could change life in Archers Rest forever. In addition to a thrilling mystery and the warm camaraderie of the ladies, The Devil's Puzzle is full of the quilting lore and techniques that Clare O'Donohue's readers adore.
The Devil's Breath
Author: Richard Hicks
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483620913
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
IN THE FOOTHILLS OF SAN DIEGO, A SERIAL ARSONIST AWAITS THE WIND Eddie DeSilva, San Diegos ex-chief of police, is asked to take on a cold case that turns out to be anything but cold. Its the height of the dangerous fire season and a raging wildfire, believed to have been set by an arsonist, has rained ashes on the city for five days, causing massive evacuations. Three years earlier, in nearby Diablo Gorge, three fire-fighters died when they were encircled by a raging wildfire and the calcified bones of two others were found in the ashes, their deaths the result of an apparent unsolved arson-homicide. Now an arsonist, who calls himself Moonlighter, is backwriting poems about his feats of fire on internet chat rooms frequented by pyromaniacs. When neither the state fire authorities nor the FBI are willing to join forces to catch the serial arsonist, DeSilva forms his own team that includes his former partner, detective Fisher Wells, psychologist (and currant main-squeeze), Pauline Graham, and Sunny Szabo, a recovering meth addict suffering from agoraphobia. As the Santa Ana windsthe devils breathblow hot out of the mountains, the sociopathic arsonist spins out of control, in this taut police procedural, the third in the Eddie DeSilva mystery series.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483620913
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
IN THE FOOTHILLS OF SAN DIEGO, A SERIAL ARSONIST AWAITS THE WIND Eddie DeSilva, San Diegos ex-chief of police, is asked to take on a cold case that turns out to be anything but cold. Its the height of the dangerous fire season and a raging wildfire, believed to have been set by an arsonist, has rained ashes on the city for five days, causing massive evacuations. Three years earlier, in nearby Diablo Gorge, three fire-fighters died when they were encircled by a raging wildfire and the calcified bones of two others were found in the ashes, their deaths the result of an apparent unsolved arson-homicide. Now an arsonist, who calls himself Moonlighter, is backwriting poems about his feats of fire on internet chat rooms frequented by pyromaniacs. When neither the state fire authorities nor the FBI are willing to join forces to catch the serial arsonist, DeSilva forms his own team that includes his former partner, detective Fisher Wells, psychologist (and currant main-squeeze), Pauline Graham, and Sunny Szabo, a recovering meth addict suffering from agoraphobia. As the Santa Ana windsthe devils breathblow hot out of the mountains, the sociopathic arsonist spins out of control, in this taut police procedural, the third in the Eddie DeSilva mystery series.
The Devil's Jump
Author: Peter Doyle
Publisher: Verse Chorus Press
ISBN: 1891241877
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
August 1945: the Japanese have surrendered and there's dancing in the streets of Sydney. But Billy Glasheen has little time to celebrate; his black marketeer boss has disappeared, leaving Billy high and dry. Soon he s on the run from the criminals and the cops, not to mention a shady private army. They all think he has the thing they want, and they'll kill to get hold of it. Unfortunately for Billy, he doesn't know what it is . . . but he'd better find it fast. Set in Australia in the years following World War II, Peter Doyle's novels brilliantly explore the criminal underworld, political corruption, and the postwar explosion of sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll.
Publisher: Verse Chorus Press
ISBN: 1891241877
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
August 1945: the Japanese have surrendered and there's dancing in the streets of Sydney. But Billy Glasheen has little time to celebrate; his black marketeer boss has disappeared, leaving Billy high and dry. Soon he s on the run from the criminals and the cops, not to mention a shady private army. They all think he has the thing they want, and they'll kill to get hold of it. Unfortunately for Billy, he doesn't know what it is . . . but he'd better find it fast. Set in Australia in the years following World War II, Peter Doyle's novels brilliantly explore the criminal underworld, political corruption, and the postwar explosion of sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll.
THE DEVIL'S KISS
Author: Deloras Scott
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459275543
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
The Devil In Disguise Bethany Alexander yearned to experience the real West in all its dusty glory—and who better to show it to her than an honest-to-goodness outlaw? So she'd hired the notorious gunman Cole Wagner to teach her the ropes—never expecting a lesson in seduction from the devil himself. Cole Wagner needed a cover to hide behind. But he didn't count on being saddled with a rich, spoiled—and tempting—heiress who was constantly getting herself into scrapes. His orders were to keep his hands off, but while rescuing her from peril, he couldn't save her from himself.
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459275543
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
The Devil In Disguise Bethany Alexander yearned to experience the real West in all its dusty glory—and who better to show it to her than an honest-to-goodness outlaw? So she'd hired the notorious gunman Cole Wagner to teach her the ropes—never expecting a lesson in seduction from the devil himself. Cole Wagner needed a cover to hide behind. But he didn't count on being saddled with a rich, spoiled—and tempting—heiress who was constantly getting herself into scrapes. His orders were to keep his hands off, but while rescuing her from peril, he couldn't save her from himself.
The Devil's Mark
Author: WD Jackson-Smart
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504079922
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A gory display in a London park sets the police scrambling, in this new thriller by the author of From Inside the House. When a bloodstained effigy made of body parts is found in a park, DI Daniel Graves must discover what it means and find the person responsible. Symbols at the crime scene suggest the occult. Who is behind this horrific scene and what’s his purpose? As Graves and his partner, DI Charlie Palmer, begin to investigate, they enlist the help of Molly Gooding, a talented professor specialising in the arcane. Then the next crime scene is found. More blood, more symbols, and again, out in the open. It seems the killer wants the world to pay attention, but why? How are they choosing their victims? The pressure is on for Graves to put an end to the murders before more victims appear. In addition, Graves’s past is still not behind him. Someone is eager to make sure he doesn't forget and cannot move on. And they’re not playing games anymore. There may be a killer out there, but someone else is out for blood—Daniel Graves’s blood . . . Praise for the DI Graves series “Panic inducing moments.” —Scream magazine “Lures readers in and holds them.” —Online Book Club
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504079922
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A gory display in a London park sets the police scrambling, in this new thriller by the author of From Inside the House. When a bloodstained effigy made of body parts is found in a park, DI Daniel Graves must discover what it means and find the person responsible. Symbols at the crime scene suggest the occult. Who is behind this horrific scene and what’s his purpose? As Graves and his partner, DI Charlie Palmer, begin to investigate, they enlist the help of Molly Gooding, a talented professor specialising in the arcane. Then the next crime scene is found. More blood, more symbols, and again, out in the open. It seems the killer wants the world to pay attention, but why? How are they choosing their victims? The pressure is on for Graves to put an end to the murders before more victims appear. In addition, Graves’s past is still not behind him. Someone is eager to make sure he doesn't forget and cannot move on. And they’re not playing games anymore. There may be a killer out there, but someone else is out for blood—Daniel Graves’s blood . . . Praise for the DI Graves series “Panic inducing moments.” —Scream magazine “Lures readers in and holds them.” —Online Book Club
Thoreau at Devil's Perch
Author: B. B. Oak
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN: 0758290241
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Henry David Thoreau leaves the seclusion of Walden Pond to help investigate a series of murders in the first in B. B. Oak's fascinating new historical mystery series, set against the bucolic backdrop of 19th century New England. The lush, overgrown banks of Massachusetts's Assabet river are the ideal place for Dr. Adam Walker to find coveted medicinal plants for his remedies. But on one balmy August morning he finds something very different. A stranger, identifying himself as Henry David Thoreau of nearby Walden Pond, approaches and entreats Adam to accompany him upriver. He has discovered the body of a young black man at the base of the cliff known as Devil's Perch. As they examine the broken corpse and the surrounding scene, both men become convinced that the unfortunate victim was dead long before he fell. Yet the coroner's jury insists otherwise, dismissing the matter as an accident. Angered by the injustice, Adam and his lovely cousin Julia Bell agree to assist Thoreau in investigating. Adam notes in his new friend all the makings of a great detective—an encyclopedic knowledge of the natural world, uncanny observational skills, a sharp instinct for detecting human foibles. As the case progresses, the mysteries only deepen and there is no mistaking the brutal slaying of a womanizing army captain as anything other than the coldest murder. Journeying from their tranquil village to Boston's most disreputable district, they gradually uncover the monstrous truth—even while a vicious killer prepares to end their inquiry for good. . . Advance Praise For Thoreau At Devil's Perch! "A favorite literary figure shows an unexpected flair for detection in this historical mystery. Original and charming." —Laura Joh Rowland, author of The Incense Game "Well researched, captivating and compelling until the very end, Thoreau at Devil's Perch is both mystery and love story during a time that appeared deceptively simple. Through their diaries, the main characters, Adam and Julia become to feel like old friends you want to revisit again and again. I've never been a fan of using historical figures in fiction—B.B. Oak has changed my mind. Well done!" —Anna Loan-Wilsey, author of Anything But Civil "B. B. Oak brings Thoreau's nineteenth-century world to vivid life in this intriguing puzzler that will keep you guessing to the terrifying end." —Victoria Thompson, author of Murder in Chelsea
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN: 0758290241
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Henry David Thoreau leaves the seclusion of Walden Pond to help investigate a series of murders in the first in B. B. Oak's fascinating new historical mystery series, set against the bucolic backdrop of 19th century New England. The lush, overgrown banks of Massachusetts's Assabet river are the ideal place for Dr. Adam Walker to find coveted medicinal plants for his remedies. But on one balmy August morning he finds something very different. A stranger, identifying himself as Henry David Thoreau of nearby Walden Pond, approaches and entreats Adam to accompany him upriver. He has discovered the body of a young black man at the base of the cliff known as Devil's Perch. As they examine the broken corpse and the surrounding scene, both men become convinced that the unfortunate victim was dead long before he fell. Yet the coroner's jury insists otherwise, dismissing the matter as an accident. Angered by the injustice, Adam and his lovely cousin Julia Bell agree to assist Thoreau in investigating. Adam notes in his new friend all the makings of a great detective—an encyclopedic knowledge of the natural world, uncanny observational skills, a sharp instinct for detecting human foibles. As the case progresses, the mysteries only deepen and there is no mistaking the brutal slaying of a womanizing army captain as anything other than the coldest murder. Journeying from their tranquil village to Boston's most disreputable district, they gradually uncover the monstrous truth—even while a vicious killer prepares to end their inquiry for good. . . Advance Praise For Thoreau At Devil's Perch! "A favorite literary figure shows an unexpected flair for detection in this historical mystery. Original and charming." —Laura Joh Rowland, author of The Incense Game "Well researched, captivating and compelling until the very end, Thoreau at Devil's Perch is both mystery and love story during a time that appeared deceptively simple. Through their diaries, the main characters, Adam and Julia become to feel like old friends you want to revisit again and again. I've never been a fan of using historical figures in fiction—B.B. Oak has changed my mind. Well done!" —Anna Loan-Wilsey, author of Anything But Civil "B. B. Oak brings Thoreau's nineteenth-century world to vivid life in this intriguing puzzler that will keep you guessing to the terrifying end." —Victoria Thompson, author of Murder in Chelsea