The Girl From Cobb Street

The Girl From Cobb Street
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Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Total Pages : 250
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ISBN-10 : 9781474020275
ISBN-13 : 1474020275
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis The Girl From Cobb Street by : Merryn Allingham

She longed for a family of her own... Growing up in an orphanage on East London’s Cobb Street, Daisy Driscoll never felt the warm heart of home. Forging her own way in the world, determined Daisy struggles to make ends meet as the country finds itself on the brink of the Second World War.

Flood of Lies

Flood of Lies
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Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages : 338
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ISBN-10 : 145561789X
ISBN-13 : 9781455617890
Rating : 4/5 (9X Downloads)

Synopsis Flood of Lies by : James A. Cobb

Defending Hurricane Katrina's most notorious couple. In the media storm that followed Hurricane Katrina in 2005, nursing home owners Sal and Mabel Mangano were vilified for allegedly causing the deaths of 35 residents of St. Rita's Nursing Home in low-lying St. Bernard Parish. This book, written by the lawyer who defended them, reveals the gripping, true story behind the couple's heartrending decision not to evacuate and their persecution at the hands of the government sworn to protect them.

The Lost Girl of Astor Street

The Lost Girl of Astor Street
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Publisher : Blink
Total Pages : 352
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ISBN-10 : 9780310758433
ISBN-13 : 0310758432
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis The Lost Girl of Astor Street by : Stephanie Morrill

When her best friend vanishes without so much as a good-bye, eighteen-year-old Piper Sail takes on the role of amateur sleuth in an attempt to solve the mystery of Lydia’s disappearance. Given that Piper’s tendency has always been to butt heads with high-society’s expectations of her, it’s no surprise that she doesn’t give a second thought to searching for answers to Lydia’s abduction from their privileged neighborhood. As Piper discovers that those answers might stem from the corruption strangling 1924 Chicago—and quite possibly lead back to the doors of her affluent neighborhood—she must decide how deep she’s willing to dig, how much she should reveal, and if she’s willing to risk her life of privilege for the sake of the truth. Perfect for fans of Libba Bray and Anna Godbersen, Stephanie Morrill’s atmospheric jazz-age mystery will take readers from the glitzy homes of the elite to the dark underbelly of 1920s Chicago.

The Nurses's War

The Nurses's War
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 348
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ISBN-10 : 0750543736
ISBN-13 : 9780750543736
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis The Nurses's War by : Merryn Allingham

1941: As a nurse in the rubble-strewn East End of London, Daisy Driscoll is a first-hand witness to the trauma of the Second World War. The blare of guns and bombs assailing the dark empty streets of London are now the soundtrack to her life. Yet this isn¿t the only war Daisy is fighting ¿ there¿s a battlefield in her heart as she deals with her husband¿s cruel betrayal. As Daisy tries to forge a new life without him, she is determined not to become dependent on another man ¿ but first she must face her very deepest fears¿

The Girl from Cobb Street

The Girl from Cobb Street
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 348
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0750543515
ISBN-13 : 9780750543514
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis The Girl from Cobb Street by : Merryn Allingham

Growing up in an orphanage on East London¿s Cobb Street, Daisy Driscoll never felt the warm heart of home. Forging her own way in the world, she struggles to make ends meet in a country on the brink of the Second World War. Her fortunes change when she meets Gerald Mortimer, a handsome cavalry subaltern in the Indian army. Finally, Daisy has found someone to love of her very own. But soon she discovers she¿s pregnant and Gerald is not all he claims. As he leads her along a path of danger and scandal, Daisy must find the strength within herself to get through her darkest hour.

My Summer Darlings

My Summer Darlings
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 385
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ISBN-10 : 9780593101179
ISBN-13 : 0593101170
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis My Summer Darlings by : May Cobb

Three lifelong friends plus a dangerous, sexy new stranger in their wealthy, Texas town adds up to a scorching summer of manipulation, obsession, and murder, from the acclaimed author of The Hunting Wives. Jen Hansen, Kittie Spears, and Cynthia Nichols have been friends since childhood. They are now approaching forty and their lives have changed, but their insular East Texas town has not. They stay sane by drinking wine in the afternoons, dishing about other women in the neighborhood, and bonding over the heartache of their own encroaching middle age and raising ungrateful teens. Then Will Harding moves into one of the grandest homes in town. Mysterious and charming, he seems like the answer to each woman’s prayers. He’s a source of fascination for Jen, Kittie, and Cynthia, but none of them are ready for the way Will disrupts their lives. As Will grows closer to all three women, their fascination twists into obsession, threatening their friendships and their families. When he abruptly pulls away, each woman scrambles to discover the source of his affection. But what they’ll uncover is far more sinister and deadly than any of them could have ever imagined.

The Hunting Wives

The Hunting Wives
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 369
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780593101148
ISBN-13 : 0593101146
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis The Hunting Wives by : May Cobb

SOON TO BE A STARZ SERIES A Most Anticipated Novel by The Skimm * Cosmopolitan * SheReads * Frolic * PopSugar * BuzzFeed * Goodreads * E! Online * Betches * Crime Reads * Pure Wow * Book Riot * Bustle * and more! A Book of the Month Club Selection “Gossipy, scandalous housewives behaving badly might make this the juiciest read of the season."--Library Journal (starred review) "Sultry, salacious and utterly unpredictable....You'll devour it."--Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark The Hunting Wives share more than target practice, martinis, and bad behavior in this novel of obsession, seduction, and murder. Sophie O'Neill left behind an envy-inspiring career and the stressful, competitive life of big-city Chicago to settle down with her husband and young son in a small Texas town. It seems like the perfect life with a beautiful home in an idyllic rural community. But Sophie soon realizes that life is now too quiet, and she's feeling bored and restless. Then she meets Margot Banks, an alluring socialite who is part of an elite clique secretly known as the Hunting Wives. Sophie finds herself completely drawn to Margot and swept into her mysterious world of late-night target practice and dangerous partying. As Sophie's curiosity gives way to full-blown obsession, she slips farther away from the safety of her family and deeper into this nest of vipers. When the body of a teenage girl is discovered in the woods where the Hunting Wives meet, Sophie finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation and her life spiraling out of control.

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
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Publisher : Yearling
Total Pages : 226
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780553494952
ISBN-13 : 0553494953
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by : Gary D. Schmidt

Turner Buckminster is purely miserable. Not only is he the son of the new minister in a small Maine town, but he is shunned for playing baseball differently from the local boys.

The Hot Country

The Hot Country
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Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Total Pages : 329
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780802193995
ISBN-13 : 0802193994
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis The Hot Country by : Robert Olen Butler

A US war correspondent is plunged into the Mexican civil war in “a whip-smart tale of intrigue and espionage” by the Pulitzer Prize winner (CNN.com). Undaunted by enemy territory and sweltering heat, American journalist Christopher “Kit” Marlowe Cobb has arrived in Mexico in the spring of 1914. The country is rocked by civil war, the American invasion of Vera Cruz, and the controversial presidency of Victoriano Huerta, El Chacal (The Jackal). Marlowe thinks he’s found his first big headline in the attempted assassination of a priest—the bullet miraculously rebounding off the holy man’s cross. Employing a young pickpocket to help him identify the sniper, Cobb is soon led into a far more dangerous story: German officials, with ammunition ships docked in the port, are showing up in the city. When Cobb falls for a young Mexican laundress, he believes he’s found a soft respite from hard news. If only she were as innocent as she seems. A sweeping saga of espionage, action, and romance set at the dawn of World War I, Robert Olen Butler kick-starts his rousing series with “a thinking person’s thriller, the kind of exotic adventure that, in better days, would have been filmed by Sam Peckinpah” (TheWashington Post). “Pancho Villa, fiery senoritas, and Germans up to no good—Robert Olen Butler is having fun . . . and readers will too.” —Joseph Kanon, New York Times–bestselling author of The Good German “[A] high-spirited adventure.” —The New York Times Book Review “Going off to war with Kit Cobb is as bracing and fun as it used to be in George MacDonald Fraser’s Flashman books, or in Perez-Reverte’s Captain Alatriste novels.” —Dan Fesperman, Hammett Prize–winning author of The Double Game

The Great Oklahoma Swindle

The Great Oklahoma Swindle
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 270
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781496230409
ISBN-13 : 149623040X
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis The Great Oklahoma Swindle by : Russell Cobb

Russell Cobb’s The Great Oklahoma Swindle is a rousing and incisive examination of the regional culture and history of “Flyover Country” that demystifies the political conditions of the American Heartland.