Download or read book Portico The Social Media Thriller written by Gideon Burrows and published by Gideon Burrows. This book was released on 2020-11-20 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO SHARE? HOW MUCH ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY? “Portico is a thought-provoking thriller. I’m already casting the film version in my mind.” ***** Goodreads review “Pacy, thrilling, suspenseful and complex to keep your attention… this is a must-read for anyone who likes intelligently-written thrillers – political, techno, or otherwise.” ***** Amazon review “The best of this genre I have read for a long time.” ***** Amazon review It’s 2030. A world of driverless electric cars, touchless screens and social media that knows what you want before you do. When jaded journalist Curtis Soren meets the new powerful boss of the government’s mysterious Ministry for Society, he uncovers a top-secret organisation that puts him and his colleagues in danger – and threatens the privacy and freedom of every citizen. In a struggle with his own haunted past and a present he doesn’t understand, Soren is forced to take on Portico, the biggest social media organisation of all. It becomes a desperate battle to expose the truth in an online world of fake news, censorship and social users addicted to their screens. Watch the Portico Trailer Lose yourself in this thrilling page turner which will challenge how you think about the future, and what you might need to sacrifice to get there. A word from the Gideon Burrows, award winning author: “Portico was prompted by a single short news story on the radio, which left me seething. It was about social media companies and their influence upon governments, but also on every individual. The most terrifying thing was that every time I invented a new social tool or twist in my story, it actually happened a few weeks later. It made the book scary to write and I hope thrilling to read.” Enjoy 368 pages of story for fans of political conspiracy, near future and technological thrillers.

Download or read book The Illustrator s Daughter written by Gideon Burrows and published by Gideon Burrows. This book was released on 2020-11-20 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is any parent’s greatest fear? “From the award winning author of Portico, comes a novel that will challenge everything you thought you knew about your relationships.” Loving parents. A brand new baby girl. They should have been an ideal young family. It doesn’t always turn out that way. Matt Carron is desperate not to lose his perfect wife. But he can’t hide his jealousy when his daughter is born. The baby takes up all of his wife’s attention, leaving nothing left for him. As Minnie becomes a toddler, he’s driven crazy by her tantrums. When she gets a jigsaw wrong. When she won’t listen to his bedtime stories. When she won’t eat what he feeds her. When he has to pin her to the ground so hard she bruises her arms. When she reaches her pre-teens, Minnie is stubborn and argumentative. But every mother is bound to side with her own daughter, isn’t she? Any sign he resents his daughter, or can’t cope with her behaviour, might lead to their leaving him. So when Minnie becomes seriously ill, it’s best that Matt tries to hide his fears. And follow his wife down a desperate path. At least until he comes to terms with the unbearable choice he’s been avoiding for twelve years. His daughter, or his wife? The Illustrator’s Daughter is a heart-wrenching novel about the deep challenges any of our relationships might face, living with the decisions we make, and choosing between unbearable futures. “A brilliant book. Having several people in my life impacted by cancer the book really captured the feelings of watching someone impacted by cancer and the lengths we'd go to help them. Couldn't put it down.” “This book took my breath away. Absolutely couldn't put it down. Beautifully written, it explores some hugely emotional issues with honesty and grace.” “An excellent read that explores human emotions both good and not so good when stressed by life . Heartbreaking.” “Superbly written, engaging, would thoroughly recommend.”

Download or read book Locked In written by Gideon Burrows and published by Gideon Burrows. This book was released on 2022-04-29 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ★★★ Strap in for the latest novel in Burrows' Who's In Control? thriller series ★★★ London. A massive explosion leaves 11 people dead, hundreds critically injured and one man in a deep coma. David cannot speak. He cannot move. He cannot see. But he can hear. The police are desperate for answers. Hospital doctors need to save lives. The media are in a frenzy. And politicians want to make the whole thing go away. Amongst the noise and fierce disputes around him and his future, David discovers the truth about what really happened. It is worse than anyone could have imagined. What he learns could bring justice to the victims. But who was really to blame? If you're willing to have your your beliefs and assumptions rocked to the core, then close the door, turn on the bedside light and strap in for this page turning read. Find yourself immersed in another claustrophobic thriller, from the award winning author of Portico and The Illustrator's Daughter. Locked In is the fifth book in Gideon Burrows' Who's In Control? series. For Portico “Portico is a thought-provoking thriller. I’m already casting the film version in my mind.” ★★★★★ Goodreads “Pacy, thrilling, suspenseful and complex to keep your attention… this is a must-read for anyone who likes intelligently-written thrillers – political, techno, or otherwise.” ★★★★★ Amazon “The best of this genre I have read for a long time.” *★★★★★ Amazon For The Illustrator's Daughter “I finished this book and then went to give my children a big kiss and hug.” ★★★★★ Amazon “A brilliant book. Couldn’t put it down.” ★★★★★ Amazon This book took my breath away. Absolutely couldn’t put it down. Beautifully written, it explores some hugely emotional issues with honesty and grace. Can absolutely recommend.” ★★★★★ Amazon “Honest, heartbreaking and unputdownable.” ★★★★★ Amazon For The Spiral “Creepy and claustrophobic.” Andy MacDonald "Recommended to all who love a bit of creeping dread in their lives." ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Amazon "Another superb story from an emerging author." ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Amazon

Download or read book The Spiral written by Gideon Burrows and published by Gideon Burrows. This book was released on 2021-05-02 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *** Panic Room meets Lord of the Flies in this chilling claustrophobic thriller **** “From the award winning author of Portico, comes another thriller novel that will knock you over and leave you gasping for air." What if the staircase you are walking down never ends? Four very different strangers are trapped alive on a spiral staircase, 129 steps deep under the City of London. They have no food. There is no water. No-one even knows they're missing. Time is ticking and together they must find a way out before they starve to death. But as thirst, hunger and despair take over, personalities clash and their darkest secrets are exposed. Pushed to their very limits, it becomes a desperate battle to survive. Who will give up? Who will die? And who will fight to the very end? This dark, claustrophobic thriller will expose your own deepest fears. The clever twist will leave you gasping for air. Take the next step and pre-order this chilling page turner now. From the award winning author of Portico and The Illustrator's Daughter. “Creepy and claustrophobic.” Andy MacDonald "Recommended to all who love a bit of creeping dread in their lives!" ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Amazon "Another superb story from an emerging author." ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Amazon Praise for Gideon Burrows thriller novels: "Pacy, thrilling, suspenseful and complex to keep your attention... this is a must-read for anyone who likes intelligently-written thrillers - political, techno, or otherwise." ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Amazon (for Portico) "The best of this genre I have read for a long time." ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Amazon (for Portico) "This book took my breath away. Absolutely couldn't put it down." ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Amazon (for The Illustrator's Daughter) "Superbly written, engaging, would thoroughly recommend." ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Amazon (for The Illustrator's Daughter)

Download or read book The Perfect Neighbor A Jessie Hunt Psychological Suspense Thriller Book Nine written by Blake Pierce and published by Blake Pierce. This book was released on 2020-10-07 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A masterpiece of thriller and mystery. Blake Pierce did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page.” --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone) THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR is book #9 in a new psychological suspense series by bestselling author Blake Pierce, which begins with The Perfect Wife, a #1 bestseller (and free download) with nearly 500 five-star reviews. In an exclusive and wealthy neighborhood in Manhattan Beach, a new neighbor moves into a luxury home—only to be found dead soon thereafter. The case brings Jessie into another wealthy beach town, evoking bad memories of her marriage and forcing her to confront her own demons—while trying to unmask the lies of this seemingly perfect town. Was the murder connected to an exclusive party for the elite? Or is there an even more nefarious motive at stake? Making matters worse, Jessie’s husband is now out of prison—and a potential threat to her once more. A fast-paced psychological suspense thriller with unforgettable characters and heart-pounding suspense, THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR is book #9 in a riveting new series that will leave you turning pages late into the night. Books #10-#24 are also available!

Download or read book The Perfect Image A Jessie Hunt Psychological Suspense Thriller Book Sixteen written by Blake Pierce and published by Blake Pierce. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A masterpiece of thriller and mystery. Blake Pierce did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page.” --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone) THE PERFECT IMAGE is book #16 in a new psychological suspense series by bestselling author Blake Pierce, which begins with The Perfect Wife, a #1 bestseller (and free download) with over 5,000 five-star ratings and 900 five-star reviews. In a high-end Los Angeles suburb, wealthy wives are being found dead in their luxurious homes, with seemingly no connection. As Jessie plunges deeper into their exclusive world of clubs, lunches, vacations and every possible perk, she quickly realizes that appearances are not what they seem in their silver-spooned world—and that a killer is actively hunting amongst them. A fast-paced psychological suspense thriller with unforgettable characters and heart-pounding suspense, THE JESSIE HUNT series is a riveting new series that will leave you turning pages late into the night. Books #17-#24 are also available!

Download or read book Portico written by and published by UM Libraries. This book was released on 2000 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Your Life In The Metaverse written by Gideon Burrows and published by Gideon Burrows. This book was released on 2022-01-31 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine a world where you pull on a headset, and everything you need to do, buy, communicate and enjoy is online, available and easy to access right there and then. This is The Metaverse! In October 2021, the founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg announced the platform would change its name to Meta - reflecting a new direction for the company, where almost every human function could be carried out online, mostly through virtual reality experience. Imagine a cross between Minecraft, Fortnite, Amazon and BitCoin. That is The Metaverse. Plug in to meet a partner. To carry out a business meeting. To learn at school and college. To access your news and opinions. To share ideas and hobbies. To sell, make money, buy, and lose money. The Metaverse is likely to mark an enormous change in the lives of every person in the Western World, in how we shop, work, learn, earn and communicate. But it is not without controversy: questions about privacy, data protection, human rights, online bullying. In this easy to understand, readable guide, you will learn everything you need to know about the emerging Metaverse, and how it will affect you and your family. - What is The Metaverse? - How will you access The Metaverse? - Work and The Metaverse - Education and The Metaverse - Shopping and earning on The Metaverse - Governance, democracy, and freedom on The Metaverse - Social media, communications, and sharing on The Metaverse - Leisure, fun and gaming on The Metaverse - Ethics, privacy, and policing The Metaverse - Can I escape The Metaverse? - What comes after The Metaverse? These are amazing times. The Metaverse will offer opportunities and challenges for every one of us. Find out where your place will be in the Future of the Internet.

Download or read book The Maid written by Nita Prose and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE • *WINNER OF THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME FICTION* • *SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDGAR ALLAN POE BEST NOVEL AWARD* • INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • CITYLINE BOOK CLUB PICK • “A twist-and-turn whodunit, set in a five-star hotel, from the perspective of the maid who finds the body. Think Clue. Think page-turner.”—Glamour A dead body is one mess she can’t clean up on her own. Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her Gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by, but since Gran died a few months ago, Molly has been navigating life's complexities by herself. With gusto, she throws herself into work as a hotel maid. Her unique character, along with her obsessive love of cleaning and proper etiquette, make her an ideal fit for the job. She delights in donning her crisp uniform each morning, stocking her cart with miniature soaps and bottles, and returning guest rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel to a state of perfection. But Molly’s orderly life is upended the day she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black, only to find it in a state of disarray and Mr. Black himself dead in his bed. Before she knows what’s happening, Molly’s unusual demeanour has the police targeting her as their lead suspect. She quickly finds herself caught in a web of deception, one she has no idea how to untangle. Fortunately for Molly, friends she never knew she had unite with her in a search for clues to what really happened to Mr. Black. But will they be able to find the real killer before it’s too late? Both a Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different—and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart.

Download or read book Thirteen Steps Down written by Ruth Rendell and published by Seal Books. This book was released on 2010-04-23 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the multi-award-winning author of The Babes in the Wood and The Rottweiler, a chilling new novel about obsession, superstition, and violence, set in Rendell’s darkly atmospheric London. Mix Cellini (which he pronounces with an ‘S’ rather than a ‘C’) is superstitious about the number 13. In musty old St. Blaise House, where he is the lodger, there are thirteen steps down to the landing below his rooms, which he keeps spick and span. His elderly landlady, Gwendolen Chawcer, was born in St. Blaise House, and lives her life almost exclusively through her library of books, so cannot see the decay and neglect around her. The Notting Hill neighbourhood has changed radically over the last fifty years, and 10 Rillington Place, where the notorious John Christie committed a series of foul murders, has been torn down. Mix is obsessed with the life of Christie and his small library is composed entirely of books on the subject. He has also developed a passion for a beautiful model who lives nearby — a woman who would not look at him twice. Both landlady and lodger inhabit weird worlds of their own. But when reality intrudes into Mix’s life, a long pent-up violence explodes.

Download or read book Liar s Candle written by August Thomas and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this brilliant debut thriller, set in the US embassy in Turkey, one young woman finds herself at the centre of a deadly plot and marked for death ... An intelligent, fast-paced spy novel for fans of Olen Steinhauser and Joseph Kanon. SHE IS THE WOMAN WHO KNOWS TOO MUCH ... Penny Kessler, a young intern at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, wakes up in a hospital on the morning of July 5th to find herself at the centre of an international crisis. The day before, the Embassy had been the target of a devastating terrorist attack that killed hundreds of Penny’s friends and colleagues. Not only has a photograph of Penny emerging from the rubble become the defining image of the event (#TheGirlwiththeFlag), but for reasons she doesn’tunderstand, her bosses believe she’s a crucial witness. Suddenly, everyone is desperately interested in what Penny knows. But what does she know? And who can she trust? As she struggles to piece together her memories of the event, she discovers that Zach Robson, the young diplomat she’s been falling for all summer, went missing during the attack. Now his boss at the CIA, Christina Ekdahl, wants people to believe that Zach was a traitor. Only one person stands in her way: Penny. And Christina will do anything to silence her. In a race to keep from being killed and to uncover the truth, Penny reluctantly partners with Connor Beauregard, a rookie CIA officer on his first overseas assignment. But the two won’t survive unless they can outwit - and outmaneuver - everyone from the Turkish president and his daughter to Islamic extremists, to the US State Department, to the CIA itself. Praise for Liar’s Candle “Stunning…a novel that brings the le Carré and Follett traditions into the 21st century. Breakneck pacing, sharply observed detail, an all-too-plausible plot, and a protagonist to cheer for' Joseph Finder 'A high-energy thriller…The tension and relentless action ratchet higher from the very first chapter to the climatic ending as one terrifying escape follows the next and everywhere friends and foes change places. Thomas has eerily evoked not only the intrigue and brutality of terrorism in Turkey, but the country itself' Paul Vidich 'Tightly-plotted, well-written, and astute, Liar’s Candle is a remarkable debut' Lisa Unger 'August Thomas is a fresh, exciting new voice in international thrillers' Chris Pavone 'A propulsive, heart-in-your-throat thriller that’s loaded with unexpected twists and turns…. LIAR’S CANDLE is a shockingly good debut novel' Daniel Kalla

Download or read book Stuntboy in the Meantime written by Jason Reynolds and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Schneider Family Award Honor Book for Middle Grade From Newbery Medal honoree and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a hilarious, hopeful, and action-packed middle grade novel about the greatest young superhero you’ve never heard of, filled with illustrations by Raúl the Third! Portico Reeves’s superpower is making sure all the other superheroes—like his parents and two best friends—stay super. And safe. Super safe. And he does this all in secret. No one in his civilian life knows he’s actually…Stuntboy! But his regular Portico identity is pretty cool, too. He lives in the biggest house on the block, maybe in the whole city, which basically makes it a castle. His mom calls where they live an apartment building. But a building with fifty doors just in the hallways is definitely a castle. And behind those fifty doors live a bunch of different people who Stuntboy saves all the time. In fact, he’s the only reason the cat, New Name Every Day, has nine lives. All this is swell except for Portico’s other secret, his not-so-super secret. His parents are fighting all the time. They’re trying to hide it by repeatedly telling Portico to go check on a neighbor “in the meantime.” But Portico knows “meantime” means his parents are heading into the Mean Time which means they’re about to get into it, and well, Portico’s superhero responsibility is to save them, too—as soon as he figures out how. Only, all these secrets give Portico the worry wiggles, the frets, which his mom calls anxiety. Plus, like all superheroes, Portico has an arch-nemesis who is determined to prove that there is nothing super about Portico at all.

Download or read book The Silk Factory written by Judith Allnatt and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful and eerie story of love and memory from the author of The Moon Field.

Download or read book Sophie s World written by Jostein Gaarder and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.

Download or read book The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara written by David I. Kertzer and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon to be a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg. A National Book Award Finalist The extraordinary story of how the vatican's imprisonment of a six-year-old Jewish boy in 1858 helped to bring about the collapse of the popes' worldly power in Italy. Bologna: nightfall, June 1858. A knock sounds at the door of the Jewish merchant Momolo Mortara. Two officers of the Inquisition bust inside and seize Mortara's six-year-old son, Edgardo. As the boy is wrenched from his father's arms, his mother collapses. The reason for his abduction: the boy had been secretly "baptized" by a family servant. According to papal law, the child is therefore a Catholic who can be taken from his family and delivered to a special monastery where his conversion will be completed. With this terrifying scene, prize-winning historian David I. Kertzer begins the true story of how one boy's kidnapping became a pivotal event in the collapse of the Vatican as a secular power. The book evokes the anguish of a modest merchant's family, the rhythms of daily life in a Jewish ghetto, and also explores, through the revolutionary campaigns of Mazzini and Garibaldi and such personages as Napoleon III, the emergence of Italy as a modern national state. Moving and informative, the Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara reads as both a historical thriller and an authoritative analysis of how a single human tragedy changed the course of history.

Download or read book The Deceivers written by Harold Robbins and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-08-04 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Podrug delivers a tale of ruthless power, international intrigue, and unbridled passions in the classic tradition of Harold Robbins.

Download or read book Rebel with a Cupcake written by Anna Mainwaring and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does popularity only come in one size? Jesobel Jones says what she wants and eats what she wants — she is who she is, no regrets. But when a wardrobe malfunction leads to a mortifying encounter with a mean girl, Jess’s confidence suddenly takes a nosedive. Being fat has never bothered her before, but Jess starts to wonder if she’s been just a little too comfortable in her own skin. When the boy of her dreams seems suddenly interested, Jess must decide whether to try to fit in or remain true to herself — whoever that is. This bold and hilarious debut novel speaks with authority and compassion about teen life as it’s lived right now.