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Author |
: Benjamin Black |
Publisher |
: Henry Holt and Company |
Total Pages |
: 388 |
Release |
: 2007-03-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781429906227 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1429906227 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis Christine Falls by : Benjamin Black
In the debut crime novel from the Booker-winning author, a Dublin pathologist follows the corpse of a mysterious woman into the heart of a conspiracy among the city's high Catholic society It's not the dead that seem strange to Quirke. It's the living. One night, after a few drinks at an office party, Quirke shuffles down into the morgue where he works and finds his brother-in-law, Malachy, altering a file he has no business even reading. Odd enough in itself to find Malachy there, but the next morning, when the haze has lifted, it looks an awful lot like his brother-in-law, the esteemed doctor, was in fact tampering with a corpse—and concealing the cause of death. It turns out the body belonged to a young woman named Christine Falls. And as Quirke reluctantly presses on toward the true facts behind her death, he comes up against some insidious—and very well-guarded—secrets of Dublin's high Catholic society, among them members of his own family. Set in Dublin and Boston in the 1950s, the first novel in the Quirke series brings all the vividness and psychological insight of Booker Prize winner John Banville's fiction to a thrilling, atmospheric crime story. Quirke is a fascinating and subtly drawn hero, Christine Falls is a classic tale of suspense, and Benjamin Black's debut marks him as a true master of the form.
Author |
: Benjamin Black |
Publisher |
: Henry Holt and Company |
Total Pages |
: 300 |
Release |
: 2008-03-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781429938297 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1429938293 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Silver Swan by : Benjamin Black
The inimitable Quirke returns in another spellbinding crime novel, in which a young woman's dubious suicide sets off a new string of hazards and deceptions Two years have passed since the events of the bestselling Christine Falls, and much has changed for Quirke, the irascible, formerly hard-drinking Dublin pathologist. His beloved Sarah is dead, his surrogate father lies in a convent hospital paralyzed by a devastating stroke, and Phoebe, Quirke's long-denied daughter, has grown increasingly withdrawn and isolated. With much to regret from his last inquisitive foray, Quirke ought to know better than to let his curiosity get the best of him. Yet when an almost forgotten acquaintance comes to him about his beautiful young wife's apparent suicide, Quirke's "old itch to cut into the quick of things, to delve into the dark of what was hidden" is roused again. As he begins to probe further into the shadowy circumstances of Deirdre Hunt's death, he discovers many things that might better have remained hidden, as well as grave danger to those he loves. Haunting, masterfully written, and utterly mesmerizing in its nuance, The Silver Swan fully lives up to the promise of Christine Falls and firmly establishes Benjamin Black (a.k.a. John Banville) among the greatest of crime writers.
Author |
: Christine Fletcher |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury USA Childrens |
Total Pages |
: 404 |
Release |
: 2007-05-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1599900955 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781599900957 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Tallulah Falls by : Christine Fletcher
When Tallulah Addy sets out on an impulsive cross-country trip to rescue her best friend, she doesn't anticipate getting stranded in rural Tennessee without a dime. Nor does she guess that rescuing a dog will land her a job in the local veterinarian's office. But there, under the wary eye of ornery Dr. Poteet, Tallulah works harder than ever before, tending to animals of all shapes and sizes—and unexpectedly, to wounds long-buried in herself. Tallulah swears she'll leave the first chance she gets, yet when given the choice, it may prove harder to keep the promise to her friend than to say good-bye to the strangers who have become her new family.
Author |
: Christine Carbo |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 416 |
Release |
: 2016-05-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781476775470 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1476775478 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mortal Fall by : Christine Carbo
"Glacier National Park police officer Monty Harris knows that each summer at least one person--be it a reckless, arrogant climber or a distracted hiker--will meet tragedy in the park. But Paul 'Wolfie' Sedgewick's fatal fall from the sheer cliffs near Going-To-the-Sun Road is incomprehensible. Wolfie was an experienced and highly regarded wildlife biologist who knew all too well the perils that Glacier's treacherous terrain presents--and how to avoid them. The case, so close to home, has frayed park employee emotions. Yet calm and methodical lead investigator Monty senses in his gut that something isn't right"--
Author |
: Christine Bader |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 187 |
Release |
: 2016-10-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351861809 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351861808 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis Evolution of a Corporate Idealist by : Christine Bader
There is an invisible army of people deep inside the world's biggest and best-known companies, pushing for safer and more responsible practices. They are trying to prevent the next Rana Plaza factory collapse, the next Deepwater Horizon explosion, the next Foxconn labor abuses. Obviously, they don't always succeed. Christine Bader is one of those people. She worked for and loved BP and then-CEO John Browne's lofty rhetoric on climate change and human rights--until a string of fatal BP accidents, Browne's abrupt resignation under a cloud of scandal, and the start of Tony Hayward's tenure as chief executive, which would end with the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Bader's story of working deep inside the belly of the beast is unique in its details, but not in its themes: of feeling like an outsider both inside the company (accused of being a closet activist) and out (assumed to be a corporate shill); of getting mixed messages from senior management; of being frustrated with corporate life but committed to pushing for change from within. The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist: When Girl Meets Oil is based on Bader's experience with BP and then with a United Nations effort to prevent and address human rights abuses linked to business. Using her story as its skeleton, Bader weaves in the stories of other "Corporate Idealists" working inside some of the world's biggest and best-known companies.
Author |
: Benjamin Black |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 300 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781627790666 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1627790667 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis Even the Dead by : Benjamin Black
When a body is found in a burnt-out car, Pathologist Quirke is called into to verify the apparent suicide of an up-and-coming civil servant. But Quirke can't shake off the suspicion of foul play. The only witness has vanished, every trace of her wiped away. Piecing together her disappearance, Quirke finds himself drawn into the shadowy world of Dublin's elite
Author |
: Julie Christine Johnson |
Publisher |
: Sourcebooks, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 297 |
Release |
: 2016-02-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781492625216 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1492625213 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis In Another Life by : Julie Christine Johnson
"Johnson is clearly striding in the footsteps of authors like Geraldine Brooks and Diana Gabaldon in her juxtaposition of the modern and historical."—New York Journal of Books Three men are trapped in time. One woman could save them all. Historian Lia Carrer has finally returned to southern France, determined to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. If nothing else, her trip could grant her perspective on the region's traditional reincarnation beliefs and resurrect her dying thesis. But instead of finding solace and insight in the region's quiet hills and medieval ruins, Lia falls in love. Raoul's very existence challenges everything she knows about life, history, and her husband's death. As Raoul reveals the story of his past to Lia, she's caught up in the echoes of a historic murder, resulting in a haunting and suspenseful journey through the romantic landscape of the Languedoc region. A remarkable and richly-developed novel, in the tradition of time-travel romances by Susanna Kearsley and Diana Gabaldon, In Another Life masterfully blends historical fiction with a love that conquers time.
Author |
: Christine E. Fell |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:298104924 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Women in Anglo-Saxon England by : Christine E. Fell
Author |
: Christina Dodd |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 448 |
Release |
: 2014-09-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781250028419 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1250028418 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Virtue Falls by : Christina Dodd
"Twenty-three years ago, four year old Elizabeth Banner witnessed her mother's brutal murder in her home in Virtue Falls, Washington, but has no memory of it. Her father was convicted of the crime, but he was innocent and the killer is still out there. And her investigation could provoke another bloody murder--her own"--
Author |
: Christina Dodd |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 401 |
Release |
: 2015-09-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781250028471 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1250028477 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis Obsession Falls by : Christina Dodd
After sacrificing herself to protect a young boy from a death threat, Taylor endures a ruined life in the wilderness before seeking the help of an unlikely ally to defeat a man who would prevent her from reclaiming her life.