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Book Thriller Night

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  • Author : Luna Graves
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2022-07-19
  • ISBN : 1665906251
  • Pages : 160 pages

Download or read book Thriller Night written by Luna Graves and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The students of YIKESSS are invited to a dance at the local public school, but they are prohibited from performing any magic or supernatural acts around the humans.

Book Thriller Night

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  • Author : Luna Graves
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2022-07-19
  • ISBN : 166590626X
  • Pages : 160 pages

Download or read book Thriller Night written by Luna Graves and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twin witch sisters Bella and Donna must keep their magic under control when they go to a human dance in this second book in a new middle grade series that’s Wizards of Waverly Place meets Halloweentown. When the students of Y.I.K.E.S.S.S. are invited to attend the Peculiar Public School fall dance, Bella and Dee Maleficent are excited to attend a human function with their friends. The only problem is that the Y.I.K.E.S.S.S. students will need to be on their best behavior—and refrain from performing any magic or other acts of the supernatural around the humans. Which could be a problem for our twin witches who don’t quite have a handle on their magic yet…

Book Whisper in the Night

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  • Author : D.K. Hood
  • Publisher : Bookouture
  • Release : 2019-06-20
  • ISBN : 178681546X
  • Pages : 415 pages

Download or read book Whisper in the Night written by D.K. Hood and published by Bookouture. This book was released on 2019-06-20 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She opens her eyes and struggles to make out the dark room around her. One thing she knows instantly – her wrists are bound and she’s tied to a chair, unable to move. As she screams for help, she hears footsteps outside. He’s coming… Fifteen-year-old Lindy Rosen has been having nightmares for weeks, waking in a panic, screaming that there’s a man in her room watching her sleep. Her parents assumed it was her overactive imagination, but when one morning they find Lindy missing from her bedroom, they’re not so sure. Detective Jenna Alton is called in to investigate. Within hours of the schoolgirl going missing, the kidnapper reaches out to Jenna with a video of Lindy bound and tied to a chair, crying to be set free. And a simple message – you’ve got 24 hours to find her or I kill her. Jenna’s team work around the clock to try to find Lindy before the deadline, but time runs out, and Jenna receives a devastating message. The killer has made good on his promise. He’s playing a dangerous game. And no one knows what his next move will be. But just two days later, one of Lindy’s school friends is taken in the middle of the night and the countdown begins again. Completely addictive from the very start, if you like Lisa Regan, Karin Slaughter and Rachel Abbott you’ll love Whisper in the Night. What readers are saying about Whisper in the Night: ‘I can’t get enough of this series and whizzed through yet another blinding instalment!’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘D.K. Hood never disappoints and this new instalment is a brilliant addition to an already awesome series… An abundance of twists and turns and multiple suspects so it’s difficult to guess the culprit until the big reveal.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘Another hit in a great series! This case was one of the best of the series… The twists are many and perfect to the story line. I am never disappointed by this author.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘I barely ate or slept while reading this book. I love the characters and this author’s imagination is scary good.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘This is another rollercoaster of a ride, so strap yourself in and be prepared to be hurtled along at 100mph through the pages.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘I love this series. As soon as I received this, it jumped straight to the top of my to-be-read list. I’ve even left a book half read to start it… Number six in a series that just keeps getting better and better…. Brilliant stuff. Read in one day. Genuinely didn’t want to put it down.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘There is absolutely nothing negative which I could say about this book. I was genuinely disappointed to finish it… This book had me completely hooked and had me reading well into the early hours as I just couldn’t put it down! It was a fantastic crime book that was filed with so much action and suspense that I’m sure I could feel my heart beating just that little bit faster! This is definitely down on my list of one of the best series that I have read.’ Stardust Book Reviews, 5 stars ‘Great book. Held my attention from start to finish. Plenty of twists and turns and suspense. I can’t wait for more from this author.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars What readers are saying about D.K. Hood: ‘Wow!!! I read this book in one sitting.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘WOW, WOW, WOW!!!!! ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!... I just wish I could’ve given it more than five stars!!!’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘Wow, this book was amazing… totally thrilling and had me hanging on to every word.’ Bonnie’s Book Talk, 5 stars ‘GO AND READ THIS BOOK!’ Loving Life Everyday ‘I absolutely love D.K. Hood… An amazing author!!’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars

Book The Night of the Party

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  • Author : Anna-Louise Weatherley
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2022
  • ISBN : 9781803141077
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Night of the Party written by Anna-Louise Weatherley and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Night at the Asylum

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  • Author : Elle Gray
  • Publisher : Independently Published
  • Release : 2021-12-13
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book Night at the Asylum written by Elle Gray and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-12-13 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You better watch your back. You better do your best to hide. Because at Whitehorn there are strange forces at play. Someone or something is watching. And the bizarre death within a secured room is only the beginning... Within a short period of time FBI agent Blake Wilder has had to overcome many life altering events. From the relief of discovering the truth of her past and having the reunion she had always dreamed of. To becoming suffocated by the feelings of grief and failure, feelings that nearly resulted in her death. Safe to say, Blake Wilder is far from looking forward to the festivities to come. Blake and her team are summoned to a small town in northern Washington to investigate the mysterious death of a patient at Whitehorn. A case with no prints and no evidence that anyone had entered the victim's room the night of her death. A strangely perplexing and unfathomable death. And the patients and staff at Whitehorn believe that it was the spirit of the woman's boyfriend-a man she'd killed-coming back from the grave to have his revenge. When Blake discovers that the victim is not what she appears to be and the case takes a more shocking turn. Blake finds herself in an inescapable fight, a fight of the ghosts of the girl's past and Blake's very own ghosts of present and future to come. You better watch out. You better hide. Because a night at The Asylum could bring forth a darkness that may lead to an untimely demise.

Book The Wedding Night

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  • Author : Harriet Walker
  • Publisher : Ballantine Books
  • Release : 2021-06-01
  • ISBN : 1984820028
  • Pages : 337 pages

Download or read book The Wedding Night written by Harriet Walker and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After ending her engagement, a woman decides to go on a much-needed getaway with her friends to clear her head—but she soon realizes her secret may be the one thing she can’t get away from. “A twisty, tense and claustrophobic tale of secrets, manipulation and soured relationships. I loved it!”—Claire Douglas, author of Local Girl Missing When Lizzie calls off her wedding in the south of France only a week before the big day, not even her closest friends know why. But since the château is already paid for, they figure it’s the perfect place to take Lizzie and get her mind off her suddenly single state. When the group arrives, it’s as if the wedding is waiting for them. The next day, Lizzie wakes to find her friends have drunkenly reveled in the wedding-that-wasn’t—but not all their antics were benign. Someone is set on tormenting Lizzie, and she can’t figure out who. The more the friends try to piece together exactly what happened that night, the more secrets start to come out. The biggest secret of all—the one that must not be revealed—is Lizzie’s. But as intimidating messages appear around the château, it seems that someone intends to pursue her until it is. Will Lizzie ever be able to escape her past, or will it destroy more than one life on this trip?

Book Not a Sound

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  • Author : Heather Gudenkauf
  • Publisher : Harlequin
  • Release : 2017-05-30
  • ISBN : 1460396650
  • Pages : 300 pages

Download or read book Not a Sound written by Heather Gudenkauf and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A shocking discovery and chilling secrets converge in this gripping novel from New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf When a tragic accident leaves nurse Amelia Winn deaf, she loses everything that matters—her job, her husband, David, and her stepdaughter, Nora. Now, two years later and with the help of her hearing dog, Stitch, she is finally getting back on her feet. But when she discovers the body of a fellow nurse in the dense bush by the river, deep in the woods near her cabin, she is plunged into a disturbing mystery that could shatter the carefully reconstructed pieces of her life all over again. As clues begin to surface, Amelia finds herself swept into an investigation that hits all too close to home. But how much is she willing to risk in order to uncover the truth and bring a killer to justice? And don’t miss Heather’s latest book, AN OVERNIGHT GUEST! You’ll be chilled and riveted from start to finish with this story of an unexpected visitor and a deadly snowstorm! Check out these other riveting novels of suspense by bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf: The Weight of Silence These Things Hidden One Breath Away Little Mercies Missing Pieces Before She Was Found This is How I Lied

Book The Night Season

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  • Author : Chelsea Cain
  • Publisher : Minotaur Books
  • Release : 2011-03-01
  • ISBN : 1429965150
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book The Night Season written by Chelsea Cain and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the Beauty Killer Gretchen Lowell locked away behind bars once again, Archie Sheridan—a Portland police detective and nearly one of her victims—can finally rest a little easier. Meanwhile, the rest of the city of Portland is in crisis. Heavy rains have flooded the Willamette River, and several people have drowned in the quickly rising waters. Or at least that's what they thought until the medical examiner discovers that the latest victim didn't drown: She was poisoned before she went into the water. Soon after, three of those drownings are also proven to be murders. Portland has a new serial killer on its hands, and Archie and his task force have a new case. Reporter Susan Ward is chasing this story of a new serial killer with gusto, but she's also got another lead to follow for an entirely separate mystery: The flooding has unearthed a skeleton, a man who might have died more than sixty years ago, the last time Portland flooded this badly, when the water washed away an entire neighborhood and killed at least fifteen people. With Archie following the bizarre trail of evidence and evil deeds to catch a killer and possibly regain his life, and Susan Ward close behind, Chelsea Cain—one of today's most talented suspense writers—launches the next installment of her bestselling series with an electric thriller.

Book The Night Agent

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  • Author : Matthew Quirk
  • Publisher : HarperCollins
  • Release : 2019-01-15
  • ISBN : 0062875485
  • Pages : 439 pages

Download or read book The Night Agent written by Matthew Quirk and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW ON NETFLIX! Starring Gabriel Basso and Luciane Buchanan “Matthew Quirk moves into David Baldacci and John Grisham territory with The Night Agent, a paranoid, pulse-pounding thriller that could not be more prescient. If you’re wondering where the best of the next generation of suspense talent is headed, look no further.” — Joseph Finder To find a Russian mole in the White House, an FBI agent must question everything. . . and trust no one. No one is more surprised than FBI Agent Peter Sutherland when he’s tapped to work in the White House Situation Room. When Peter was a boy, his father was suspected of selling secrets to the Russians—a breach that cost him his career, his reputation, and eventually his life. Now Peter’s job is monitoring an emergency line for a call that has not—and might never—come. Until tonight. At 1:05 A.M. the phone rings. A terrified young woman named Rose tells Peter that two people have just been murdered and that the killer might still be in the house with her. One of the victims gave her this phone number with urgent instructions: “Tell them OSPREY was right. It’s happening...” The call thrusts Peter into the heart of a conspiracy years in the making, involving a Russian mole at the highest levels of the U.S. government. Anyone in the White House could be the traitor. Anyone could be corrupted. To save the nation, Peter must take the rules into his own hands, question everything, and trust no one. The Night Agent marks the return of the classic conspiracy thriller, a Three Days of the Condor for today’s chaotic world. With incredible twists and heart-stopping action, this electrifying novel pulls back the curtain on Washington power and confirms Matthew Quirk as a new master of suspense. Don't miss Matthew Quirk's twisty new thriller, Inside Threat! Look for these other pulse-pounding thrillers by Matthew Quirk: Red Warning Hour of the Assassin Dead Man Switch Cold Barrel Zero The Directive The 500

Book That Night

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  • Author : Gillian McAllister
  • Publisher : Penguin UK
  • Release : 2021-07-08
  • ISBN : 1405942452
  • Pages : 480 pages

Download or read book That Night written by Gillian McAllister and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING RICHARD & JUDY PICK 'Incredibly tense and gripping' ADELE PARKS 'Kept me guessing and kept me fooled. Clever, pacy and so gripping that my heart raced' C.L. TAYOR 'This absolutely blew me away. Properly unputdownable' 5***** READER REVIEW 'Another unputdownable what-would-you-do thriller, rich with McAllister's trademark twists and emotional depth' ERIN KELLY ________ What would you do to protect your family? ANYTHING. During a family holiday in Italy, you get an urgent call from your sister. There's been an accident: she hit a man with her car and he's dead. She asks for your help. She'd cover for you, so will you do the same for her? But when the police come calling, the lies start . . . And you each begin to doubt one another. What really happened that night? Who is lying to who? AND WHO WILL BE THE FIRST TO CRACK? ________ 'From its propulsive opening to its devastating finale, That Night explores the terrible cost of family loyalty and the lines all of us might cross for those we love. Her best yet' TM LOGAN 'Tautly plotted and beautifully written. Gillian McAllister just gets better and better' Clare Mackintosh 'That Night was like watching a gripping, tense and claustrophobic box set! My heart was in my mouth the whole time. Her best yet' Claire Douglas 'Almost unbearably tense and an utterly absorbing read' Rosamund Lupton 'Had me absolutely gripped. Claustrophobic and tense and completely absorbing' Jane Fallon 'Beautifully written and incredibly gripping . . . it gave me genuine shivers. Masterfully done' Beth O'Leary 'So slippery, you will struggle to catch your breath. Gillian McAllister has secured her throne as the queen of the moral dilemma' Holly Seddon 'That Night is yet another triumph, intricately plotted and beautifully written' Jill Mansell 'That Night crept into my every waking thought. A claustrophobic, twisty novel that will have you asking, "what would I do?"' Lia Louis READERS ARE HOOKED BY THAT NIGHT: 'A masterpiece' 5***** Reader Review 'I'm speechless . . . cannot recommend enough' 5***** Reader Review 'A pressure cooker of panic, excitement, fear, anger . . . I cannot rave about this enough!' 5***** Reader Review 'WOW! WOW! WOW! The twists and shocks blew me away' 5***** Reader Review Praise for Gillian McAllister 'I read it in a breathless day and a half' Lisa Jewell 'Perfection. Intriguing and compelling' Clare Mackintosh 'As tense as a piano string' Sunday Times 'Addictive, clever, twisty' Sun

Book The Shape of Night

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  • Author : Tess Gerritsen
  • Publisher : Ballantine Books
  • Release : 2020-06-30
  • ISBN : 1984820974
  • Pages : 370 pages

Download or read book The Shape of Night written by Tess Gerritsen and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman trying to outrun her past is drawn to a coastal village in Maine—and to a string of unsolved murders—in this novel of romance and psychological suspense from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen. “Suspenseful, sexy, and soulful.”—J. R. Ward, bestselling author of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series After an unspeakable tragedy in Boston, Ava Collette flees to a remote village in Maine, where she rents an old house named Brodie’s Watch. In that isolated seaside mansion, Ava finally feels at peace . . . until she glimpses the long-dead sea captain who still resides there. Rumor has it that Captain Jeremiah Brodie has haunted the house for more than a century. One night, Ava confronts the apparition, who feels all too real, and who welcomes her into his world—and into his arms. Even as Ava questions her own sanity, she eagerly looks forward to the captain’s ghostly visits. But she soon learns that the house she loves comes with a terrible secret, a secret that those in the village don’t want to reveal: Every woman who has ever lived in Brodie’s Watch has also died there. Is the ghost of Captain Brodie responsible, or is a flesh-and-blood killer at work? A killer who is even now circling closer to Ava? Praise for The Shape of Night “Gerritsen is at her atmospheric best in this spine-tingling tale of a lone woman, an old house, and all the secrets everyone tries to hide.”—Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author “With a twisty mix of dangerous passion, obsession, and suspense, Tess Gerritsen reinvents the Gothic novel, giving it a razor-sharp, modern edge.”—Jayne Ann Krentz, New York Times bestselling author of Untouchable “Curl up in your favorite reading chair and let Tess Gerritsen whisk you away to a coastal town reminiscent of Daphne du Maurier’s best settings. You are in for a dark and sexy night, and you will be up very late with Tess’s twisted, haunting tale.”—Iris Johansen, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Book Hold Back the Night

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  • Author : Axel Blackwell
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2019-11-15
  • ISBN : 9781707255672
  • Pages : 300 pages

Download or read book Hold Back the Night written by Axel Blackwell and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 4:23 a.m. The phone rings. The officer on the other end says, "It's a bad one, Darren. Can you come?" Darren McDaniel has worked dozens of homicides in his years as a detective. It's a dark and gritty business, and he's prepared to handle whatever it throws at him. Or so he once believed.The pre-teen girl is dead, dressed in a white princess gown, lying on a bus stop bench. There's a steel chain clamped to her ankle. A cryptic message scrawled across the booth's dusty glass wall may be the only clue.As McDaniel plunges into the case, he isn't surprised to discover the girl had been held somewhere horrible before her death. But, his blood chills when the evidence shows she wasn't alone. Other children were with her. Are they still there? Can McDaniel save them in time?The detective races against the clock, but the closer he gets, the deadlier the chase becomes. Secrets this dark fight back. When those secrets turn their murderous attention on McDaniel's family, he faces an impossible decision - let the killer walk free or risk losing his own daughter.

Book The Night Shift

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  • Author : Alex Finlay
  • Publisher : Minotaur Books
  • Release : 2022-03-01
  • ISBN : 1250268893
  • Pages : 327 pages

Download or read book The Night Shift written by Alex Finlay and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the breakout thriller Every Last Fear, comes Alex Finlay's electrifying next novel The Night Shift, about a pair of small-town murders fifteen years apart—and the ties that bind them. One of the Best or Most Anticipated Books of 2022: Newsweek • PopSugar • E! News • Goodreads • Book Riot • BookBub • The Nerd Daily • SheReads • Novel Suspects • Crime by the Book • London Times A Library Reads Selection—Best Book Voted By Librarians for March 2022 “The night was expected to bring tragedy.” So begins one of the most highly-anticipated thrillers in recent years. It’s New Year’s Eve 1999. Y2K is expected to end in chaos: planes falling from the sky, elevators plunging to earth, world markets collapsing. A digital apocalypse. None of that happens. But at a Blockbuster Video in New Jersey, four teenagers working late at the store are attacked. Only one inexplicably survives. Police quickly identify a suspect, the boyfriend of one of the victims, who flees and is never seen again. Fifteen years later, more teenage employees are attacked at an ice cream store in the same town, and again only one makes it out alive. In the aftermath of the latest crime, three lives intersect: the lone survivor of the Blockbuster massacre who’s forced to relive the horrors of her tragedy; the brother of the fugitive accused, who’s convinced the police have the wrong suspect; and FBI agent Sarah Keller who must delve into the secrets of both nights—stirring up memories of teen love and lies—to uncover the truth about murders on the night shift. Twisty, poignant, and redemptive, The Night Shift is a story about the legacy of trauma and how the broken can come out on the other side, and it solidifies Finlay as one of the new leading voices in the world of thrillers.

Book Texts

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  • Author : Peter Childs
  • Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
  • Release : 2006-09-27
  • ISBN : 0748629181
  • Pages : 192 pages

Download or read book Texts written by Peter Childs and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being able to analyse different types of text is an essential skill for students of literature. Texts is a new kind of book which shows students how to use literary theory to approach a wide range of literary, cultural and media texts of the kind studied on today's courses. These texts range from short stories, autobiographies, political speeches, websites and lyrics to films such as The Matrix and Harry Potter and from television's Big Brother to shopping malls, celebrities, and rock videos.Each chapter combines an introduction to the text and aspects of its critical reception with an analysis using one of sixteen key approaches, from established angles like feminism, postcolonial studies and deconstruction to newer areas such as ecocriticism, trauma theory, and ethical criticism. Each chapter also indicates alternative ways of reading the text by drawing on other critical approaches.

Book Night Mayer

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  • Author : Paul W. Papa
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-06-19
  • ISBN : 9781953482020
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Night Mayer written by Paul W. Papa and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a rich developer is found dead in his trailer, it's up to P. M. Mayer to find out who--or what--sent him to the big sleep. Only to do that, Mayer must navigate through a city where the paranormal rules the night, and those who enter don't always make it out alive.

Book Fly by Night

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  • Author : Ward Larsen
  • Publisher : Oceanview Publishing
  • Release : 2011-11-01
  • ISBN : 1608090302
  • Pages : 393 pages

Download or read book Fly by Night written by Ward Larsen and published by Oceanview Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA Today best-selling author Florida Book Award Gold Medal Foreword Book of the Year Fly by Night will shock you with a conspiracy so devastating that it will shake the world A top secret drone crashes in the lawless Horn of Africa. The CIA is prepared to write off the loss until evidence surfaces that the wreckage of their prized aircraft is hidden in a hangar outside Khartoum's main airport. The hangar is owned by a shady cargo airline that flies ancient DC-3s across Africa and the Middle East. The name of the company does nothing to still concern: FBN— Fly By Night Aviation. The U.S. government must find out what is in the hangar, and when an FBN airplane crashes, the opportunity arises to send an investigator to get to the bottom of things. Jammer Davis is the NTSB's biggest headache, but also its best solo operator. He goes to Sudan in the name of solving an air crash, but with the true aim of locating the priceless remains of America's latest technological marvel. As Davis enters this inhospitable world, he finds the two disparate mysteries strangely intertwined. True to his nature, Davis barges ahead. Yet everything he finds takes him in reverse, disproving what little he has been given as fact. From Khartoum, to the Sudanese desert, to the Red Sea, Davis is unstoppable. He soon discovers that more is at stake, an incredible conspiracy that will tear the region apart. And one that will threaten America like nothing before. Perfect for fans of Daniel Silva, Fredrick Forsyth, and Tom Clancy While all of the novels in the Jammer Davis Series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence is: Fly by Wire Fly by Night Passenger 19

Book The Meaning of Night

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  • Author : Michael Cox
  • Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
  • Release : 2011-05-18
  • ISBN : 1551993856
  • Pages : 607 pages

Download or read book The Meaning of Night written by Michael Cox and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2011-05-18 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “After killing the red-haired man, I took myself off to Quinn’s for an oyster supper.” So begins an extraordinary story of betrayal and treachery, of delusion and deceit narrated by Edward Glyver. Glyver may be a bibliophile, but he is no bookworm. Employed “in a private capacity” by one of Victorian London’s top lawyers, he knows his Macrobius from his First Folio, but he has the street-smarts and ruthlessness of a Philip Marlowe. And just as it is with many a contemporary detective, one can’t always be sure whether Glyver is acting on the side of right or wrong. As the novel begins, Glyver silently stabs a stranger from behind, killing him apparently at random. But though he has committed a callous and brutal crime, Glyver soon reveals himself to be a sympathetic and seductively charming narrator. In fact, Edward Glyver keeps the reader spellbound for 600 riveting pages full of betrayal, twists, lies, and obsession. Glyver has an unforgettable story to tell. Raised in straitened circumstances by his novelist mother, he attended Eton thanks to the munificence of a mysterious benefactor. After his mother’s death, Glyver is not sure what path to take in life. Should he explore the new art of photography, take a job at the British Museum, continue his travels in Europe with his friend Le Grice? But then, going through his mother’s papers, he discovers something that seems unbelievable: the woman who raised him was not his mother at all. He is actually the son of Lord Tansor, one of the richest and most powerful men in England. Naturally, Glyver sets out to prove his case. But he lacks evidence, and while trying to find it under the alias “Edward Glapthorn,” he discovers that one person stands between him and his birthright: his old schoolmate and rival Phoebus Rainsford Daunt, a popular poet (and secret criminal) whom Lord Tansor has taken a decidedly paternal interest in after the death of his only son. Glyver’s mission to regain his patrimony takes him from the heights of society to its lowest depths, from brothels and opium dens to Cambridge colleges and the idylls of Evenwood, the Tansor family’s ancestral home. Glyver is tough and resourceful, but Daunt always seems to be a step ahead, at least until Glyver meets the beguilingly beautiful Emily Carteret, daughter of Lord Tansor’s secretary. But nothing is as it seems in this accomplished, suspenseful novel. Glyver’s employer Tredgold warns him to trust no one: Is his enigmatic neighbour Fordyce Jukes spying on him? Is the brutal murderer Josiah Pluckthorn on his trail? And is Glyver himself, driven half-mad by the desire for revenge, telling us the whole truth in his candid, but very artful, “confession”? A global phenomenon, The Meaning of Night is an addictive, darkly funny, and completely captivating novel. Meticulously researched and utterly gripping, it draws its readers relentlessly forward until its compelling narrator’s final revelations.