In the tradition of Sam Spade, Phillip Marlow and Travis Magee The Fall and Rise of Cain is a modern day Mystery Thriller. Retired in disgrace, Houston Police Detective, Richard Cain, left the Department when a brutal ambush crippled him and killed his partner. Two years after the gunfight that broke his body and spirit he is called back to the town that turned it's back on him. He must know who was responsible for his shattered life and ...
A WORLD IN TURMOIL<br><br>In the wake of al-Qaeda's catastrophic attacks, western democracies scramble to meet a deadly new threat…<br><br>A LIFE IN TURMOIL<br><br>For legal secretary Grace Palliser, the war on terror is just background noise. Twenty-four years ago, her father shot her mother and then killed himself. Today, Grace's life is a torment of nightmares, drug addiction, and custody fi ...
It's the summer 2010, Allentown, Pennsylvania. Doc Halladay has joined The Philadelphia Phillies in a bid to go back and win the World Series after losing to the New York Yankees in 2009. <br><br>6 months ago, Don Gunn's wife died in a car accident. Now he is on the verge of losing his job and career at Blake & Yurman, an advertising agency, because of his non-compete agreement which will keep him out of the indus ...
Who killed the aspiring young actress, Megan Maguire, and just as importantly, why? Megan's parents hire R. A. Huber to find out. The seasoned sleuth and her spunky assistant Andi set about to unravel the obscure reason for the murder. The young victim's short life had revolved around an amateur theater group where she had played the lead character role of Vanity in the play From Sin to Virtue. Among the murder suspects are Megan ...
Mia Ingalls, artist for a travel magazine and approaching retirement, revives an old passion–writing mystery novels. New to the Internet, she quickly discovers chat rooms and happily forms an anonymous relationship with another writer wannabe. For two years they enjoy sharing ideas and challenging each other in a writing game, but the fun ended the day she shared her idea for the perfect murder. Her young and obnoxious boss was nearly ...
Had Mason Chase gone to sleep that night he might be dead. The fact that he didn't might make him wish he was dead. <br><br>With his family gruesomely murdered around him in their comfortable suburban home, he is arrested, charged and convicted of a crime he claims he did not commit. In fact there is evidence – strong evidence– to suggest that Mason's claims of innocence are in fact true. But a Tex ...
Евгений Бабушкин (р. 1983) – лауреат премий «Дебют», «Звёздный билет» и премии Дмитрия Горчева за короткую прозу, автор книги «Библия бедных». Критики говорят, что он «нашёл язык для настоящего ужаса», что его «завораживает трагедия существования». А Бабушкин говорит, что просто любит делать красивые вещи.
«Пьяные птицы, весёлые волки» – это сказки, притчи и пьесы о современных чудаках: они незаметно живут рядом с нами и в нас самих. Закоулки ...
«Его нашли дети в полях, там, где между двумя лугами пролегала цепочка невысоких холмов, поросших травой, и всегда гулял сильный ветер. Почему его раньше никто не видел? Ведь такую штуку, как шагающий танк, не заметить сложно. Но тогда никто об этом особенно не раздумывал. Может, осыпалась стенка одного из холмов, похожих на курганы, – и явилась на свет ржавая башня, увенчанная, словно рожками, пулеметными стволами. Мальчишки весь день бегали см ...
Некоторые люди оторваны от своих корней, от истории своего рода. Иные напротив: имея богатую историю предков, отказываются быть ее частью, и только желание стать особенными, не похожими на остальных, может объединить всех!
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