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Riddle Island An Alex McKnight Short Story by Steve Hamilton

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  There are spoilers but written separately after the story review as a footnote. Please read keeping this in mind. ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐   Stars Book Blurb FOR 45 YEARS, OVER 200 FBI AGENTS HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR JIMMY HOFFA. ALEX MCKNIGHT HAS JUST FOUND HIM. About the Author - Steve Hamilton Steve Hamilton is one of only two authors to win Edgars for both Best First Novel and Best Novel. His Alex McKnight series includes two New York Times notable book, and he has either won or received multiple nominations for virtually every other crime fiction award in the business, from the Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award to the Anthony to the Barry to the Gumshoe.  His standalone The Lock Artist made publishing history, his first book to win an Edgar for Best Novel, a CWA Steel Dagger for Best Thriller in the UK, and an Alex Award.  His first book, A Cold Day in Paradise,1998, won the Private Eye Writers of America/St. Martin’s Press Award for Best First Mystery by an Unpublished...

A Wasted Hour: A Specially Selected Story from Tell Tale Kindle Edition by Jeffrey Archer

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A Wasted Hour: A Specially Selected Story from Tell Tale Kindle Edition by Jeffrey Archer From the Back Cover A young student hitch-hiking home from college meets an old man with an incredible story to tell. Taken from his collection Tell Tale, A Wasted Hour is an ingenious and witty short story sure to delight Jeffrey Archer's many fans and proves why the Mail on Sunday has said that he is 'probably the greatest storyteller of our age'. If you loved this story be sure to look out for The Year of Short Stories, a collection of digital short stories which celebrate the talent of this incredible bestselling author, including The Endgame and The Man Who Robbed His Own Post Office. A Wasted Hour There are a lot of things written and spoken about the author Jeffrey Archer both about his personal life and his life as an author and everything else in between including his foray into jail as a convicted criminal and his earlier stint as an elected member of parliament. But through ...

A Hideous Convention - BCB Interrogations by Krishna Raj

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  I received this book from the author Mr. Krishna Raj in exchange of a frank and honest review.  The opinions in this review are all mine and based on my reading of this book. Available at Amazon - https://www.amazon.in/Bombay-Crime-Bureau-Interrogations-investigation-ebook/dp/B0B432ZXDX From the Back Cover A car crash in the dark hours of dawn claims the lives of two passengers, leaving their seventeen-year-old son in the backseat severely injured. A procedural investigation ensues. The police detect little mystery but no foul play. Downplaying the findings of Forensics department, the police conclude that the driver had dozed off behind the wheel, leading to the fatal accident. The survivor and remaining members of the family accept this and make peace with their fate. However, the investigation takes a new twist once the Bombay Crime Bureau takes charge. Was it truly an accident, or were there darker intentions at play? A Hideous Convention - BCB Interrogations by Krishna...

Replenished by William Michael Davidson Review based on the Advance Copy

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Replenished by William Michael Davidson From the Back Cover After his wife walks out on him, Charlie Phoenix tries to lick his wounds by purchasing his dream car: a ‘69 Corvette Stingray. It isn’t long before he realizes that the Stingray has the bizarre ability to replenish itself; every time the fuel needle drops below E, he watches in amazement as it slowly returns to F. But the car does more than just replenish gasoline. After driving in it for months, he realizes that his health problems have vanished, and the relationship with his estranged son mends whenever they go for a drive together. Hoping to use the car for good, Charlie must come to terms with whether such power was ever meant to be placed in the hands of any one driver. And as his life begins to unravel, it becomes clear there is another, darker side to this Stingray lurking beneath the hood—one that utterly terrifies him. A tale of jealousy, rage, and human frailty, this is a drive along the dark highways of the human h...

Stephen King's Heart in Atlantis

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  Stephen King's Heart in Atlantis From the Back Cover Five interconnected, sequential narratives, set in the years from 1960 to 1999. Each story is deeply rooted in the sixties, and each is haunted by the Vietnam War. Stephen King, whose first novel, Carrie, was published in 1974, the year before the last U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam, is the first hugely popular writer of the TV generation. Images from that war -- and the protests against it -- had flooded America's living rooms for a decade. Hearts in Atlantis, King's newest fiction, is composed of five interconnected, sequential narratives, set in the years from 1960 to 1999. Each story is deeply rooted in the sixties, and each is haunted by the Vietnam War. In Part One, "Low Men in Yellow Coats," eleven-year-old Bobby Garfield discovers a world of predatory malice in his own neighborhood. He also discovers that adults are sometimes not rescuers but at the heart of the terror. In the title story, a bunch o...