![]() ![]() Assigned to investigate the murder of philanthropist and reformer Stephen Finch, Jasper joins forces with a man who might be even more of an outsider than he is: Hieronymus Law, a detective who had investigated two almost identical killings-and who is rumored to have taken money to help frame an innocent woman for murder. Jasper is sent packing to New York City on a year-long assignment to train detectives, and discovers a police department hovering on the brink of armed conflict. But Jasper's biggest problem is his father, the Duke of Kersey, who, enraged by a series of front-page newspaper stories extolling Jasper's exploits, decides he's had enough of the embarrassment and uses his political connections to keep his son out of the headlines-and off the police force. ![]() ![]() Along with a chest full of medals, he's got a head injury that's left large chunks of his memory missing. Jasper Lightner is a decorated Crimean War hero and the most admired inspector in London's Metropolitan Police. Goodwin's debut novel, a sure hit for fans of Will Thomas and C. A string of grisly murders in Pre-Civil War New York propels an unlikely pair of detectives into a deadly tinderbox in S. ![]()
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![]() But it doesn’t take long for his caress to become a rough grasp muffling her screams. One with unexplained wealth, tattoos on his hands, and secrets in his eyes. She never expected to fall for a man on the way. Suffocated by the rules and unanswered questions, Mila does what she’s always wanted to. Not about her papa’s absences or his refusal to let her set foot in her birthplace-Russia. Having always done what is expected of her, Mila dresses the part, only dates college boys with exemplary backgrounds, and doesn’t ask questions. She refrained from telling her it would be literally while Mila ran for her life. ![]() Simply perfection!" – Charmaine Pauls, USA Today bestselling author A fortune teller once told Mila she’d find a man who would take her breath away. ![]() ![]() Yet Sam knows she’d be truly crazy to leave the protection of the most popular girls in school. Second-guessing every move, thought, and word makes daily life a struggle, and it doesn’t help that her lifelong friends will turn toxic at the first sign of a wrong outfit, wrong lunch, or wrong crush. But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her friends would never understand: Sam has Purely-Obsessional OCD and is consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can’t turn off. Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. If you could read my mind, you wouldn’t be smiling. Have a great reading and listening time! □ ![]() ![]() Hi! Welcome to Day 3 of Bookish Birthday Bash! The amazing Tamara Ireland Stone takes over the blog today for a very special guest post and a swoon-worthy playlist that will melt your hearts in no time. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In that regard it changed everything, on a personal level. Getting hurt is not an issue on my mind anymore. But from the running perspective, everything has changed. How has your life changed since it was published? In a way, from the book perspective, nothing has changed. Your book Born to Run has been a huge success. Curiously they're coming at running like this was 1957, so they go to the running magazines, and the magazines say "you need shoes", so they buy the shoes. They're working a lot so they don't have that excess energy to burn. You know the Amish don't really do recreational sports. It's interesting their approach to running is really rudimentary because it's not a sport they're familiar with. ![]() It's funny because the Amish tend to go barefoot all the time, so that whole question about running shoes is probably among the most intense conversations I've had with them about running.ĭid you suggest they try running barefoot? You know, I try never to encourage anybody to do anything. Do they wear old fashioned running kit? If they're out in the world, they'll wear shorts and T-shirt, but if they're at home for local runs they'll wear their long pants and long shirts.Īnd what about footwear? You know, pretty conventional, normal running shoes. ![]() ![]() ![]() You can watch her talking about her emotional goodbye to the Star Wars franchise in this clip from The Graham Norton Show. In the meantime, we can expect to see her next in Sometimes I Think About Dying, a romantic comedy movie that she also produced, which premiered at January's Sundance Film Festival. Ridley will also serve as an executive producer on the series, which is in the works at Prime Video. The London-born actress's previous TV credits include episodes of British TV dramas Mr. The Better Liar will be the first lead TV role for Ridley, who broke through as Rey in the Star Wars sequel trilogy. Thank you to the publisher who sent an ARC in exchange for review. The Better Liar releases on Januand can be found on GoodReads or preordered on Amazon. ![]() This in turn opens a much larger web of secrets and lies. Anyway- I really enjoyed this debut effort by Tanen Jones and I’ll look forward to more of her work in the future. Jones will play a woman who hires a lookalike in a bid to hide her sister's death so that she can claim their shared inheritance. She lives in New York with her partner, where she writes from her apartment window. A queer author, she writes from the perspective of women who are also queer. She has a degree in American history and spent several years editing law and criminal justice textbooks. Daisy Ridley is set to star in The Better Liar, a twisty-sounding series based on Tanen Jones' novel of the same name.ĭeadline reports that the series is being written and executive produced by Raelle Tucker, whose previous credits include True Blood, Jessica Jones, and Supernatural. 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'You could truly choose your own adventure, and I had a lot of props and costumes,' she says of her time as a webcamming. says she has 'always had a little sex vixen waiting to be unleashed', but before she got into porn, she was working as a webcam girl inside the the dorm room of her New England liberal arts college. reveals what is really like to work in the industry during a candid interview on the latest episode of the Cosmo Happy Hour podcast (file photo used) Lifting the lid: A former porn star going by the name S.K. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Luckily for you, this is just the first in a series perfect for boys and girls who are smart, clever, and funny (just like the twins), and enjoy reading adventurous stories (who doesn’t?!). Wouldn’t it be fun to read about that? Oh please. ![]() Dean, kidnapped the Templeton twins and their ridiculous dog in order to get their father to turn over one of his genius (sort of) inventions. And suppose that another set of twins – adults – named Dean D. Now suppose their father was a brilliant, if sometimes confused, inventor. Let’s say John was pragmatic and played the drums, and Abigail was theoretical and solved cryptic crosswords. Suppose there were 12-year-old twins, a boy and girl named John and Abigail Templeton. Written by Ellis Weiner, illustrated by Jeremy Holmes ![]() ![]() ![]() It is a stunning potpourri of a Parsi rookie soldier’s experiences in the Great War, his riveting travelogue and incisive social satire, all packaged in a gung-ho, insightful translation. Amitav Ghosh describes in inimitable style the unusual circumstances which led him to access this delightful read. The book brings readers face-to-face with a rare genre of military writing - the unravelling of an Indian soldier’s mind and voice from the Great War. Translated by eminent historian/translator Murali Ranganathan, ‘The First World War: Adventures of Nariman Karkaria’ comes in a colourful jacket design. EBULLIENT and peppy, the English translation of Indian soldier Nariman Karkaria’s Gujarati war memoir ‘Rangbhoomi pe Rakhad’ is unputdownable. ![]() |