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What do readers say about Dracula?
gothic and darkly atmosphericmurder and mayhemvampire/horror novellust and passionOf the many admiring reviews Bram Stoker's Dracula received when it first appeared in 1897, the most astute praise came from the author's mother, who wrote her son: "It is splendid. No book since Mrs. Shelley's Frankenstein or indeed any other at all... Read more about Dracula
Left Munich at 8.35 p.m. on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6.46, but train was an hour late. Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of...
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What do readers say about The Other Woman?
chick lit/family dysfunction storya story of suspensefast-paced, well-plotted storyan unexpected endTHE REESE WITHERSPOON X HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"One of the most twisted and entertaining plots."-Reese Witherspoon
"Whiplash-inducing."-New York Times Book Review
"Such fun you'll cheer [Emily's] chutzpah."-PEOPLE... Read more about The Other Woman
There weren’t many things that I didn’t like about Adam when I first saw him across the crowded bar at the Grosvenor Hotel in London, aside from his lack of empathy. I’d just come out of an incredibly...
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What do readers say about The Other Typist?
prohibition era dramafashionably dressed and charismaticwanton flapper and bootleggerchilling psychological studyPerfect for fans of Lara Prescott's The Secrets We Kept, this haunting debut novel-and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year-is set against the background of New York City in the 1920s…
Confessions are Rose Baker's job. A typist for the New York City ... Read more about The Other Typist
One look at the device itself and you might understand how they—the self-appointed keepers of female virtue and morality, that is—might have reached such a conclusion. Your average typewriter, be it U...
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What do readers say about Gallows Hill?
enjoyable ya novelhigh school romancesuspense/supernatural thrillerused bookRole-playing takes on a terrifying cast when 17-year-old Sarah, who is posing as a fortune-teller for a school fair, begins to see actual visions that can predict the future.
Frightened, the other students brand her a witch, setting off a chain of ev... Read more about Gallows Hill
The crystal paperweight should have been clear, but it was not. The man who had cast it was bewildered. He was certain that he had used the correct amount of selenium to counteract the iron in the sil...
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What do readers say about The 39 Steps?
a classic espionage novelshort and snappya ripping yarna man-on-the-run taleHaving returned to Britain after years in Rhodesia, Richard Hannay finds himself caught up in a plot to drag Europe - and the world - into a terrible war. Falsely accused of murder, Hannay goes on the run, intent on uncovering a vicious group of Germ... Read more about The 39 Steps
I returned from the City about three o’clock on that May afternoon pretty well disgusted with life. I had been three months in the Old Country, and was fed up with it. If anyone had told me a year ago...
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What do readers say about The Longest Day?
minute by minuteengrossing short narrative synthesisclassic of military historythe d-day invasionThe unparalleled, classic work of history that recreates the battle that changed World War II-the Allied invasion of Normandy.
The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan's unsurpassed account of D-Day, a book that endures as a masterpiece of military history.... Read more about The Longest Day
THE VILLAGE WAS silent in the damp June morning. Its name was La Roche-Guyon and it had sat undisturbed for nearly twelve centuries in a great lazy loop of the Seine roughly midway between Paris and N...
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What do readers say about Ordeal by Innocence?
stand alone novelsdeceptively simple prosea diatribe against adopted childrena very'talky'mysterySoon to be a limited streaming series starring Anna Chancellor and Bill Nighy
Considered by critics as one of the best of Agatha Christie's later novels, and a personal favorite for Christie herself, Ordeal by Innocence is a psychological thriller i... Read more about Ordeal by Innocence
First his luncheon with friends in Redquay; the light desultory conversation, the interchange of gossip about mutual friends—all that had meant only that he was inwardly shrinking from what he had to ...
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What do readers say about The Silent Patient?
sharp and aerodynamicgripping, compelling, unfolding nightmaretwisty and turnycreepy and suspenseful**THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**
"An unforgettable-and Hollywood-bound-new thriller... A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy."
-Entertainment Weekly
Alex Michaelides's The Silent Patient is a shocking... Read more about The Silent Patient
They had been married for seven years. They were both artists—Alicia was a painter, and Gabriel was a well-known fashion photographer. He had a distinctive style, shooting semi-starved, semi-naked wom...
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What do readers say about Rebecca?
descriptive and beautifulgripping and readableits dark tonebeautiful and atmosphericNow a Netflix film starring Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas
"Last Night I Dreamt I went to Manderley Again..."
With these words, the reader is ushered into an isolated gray stone mansion on the windswept Cornish coast, as the second Mrs. Maxim ... Read more about Rebecca
Last night I dreamed I went to Manderley again. It seemed to me I stood by the iron gate leading to the drive, and for a while I could not enter, for the way was barred to me. There was a padlock and ...
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What do readers say about Verity?
clear, tight & smootha dark thrillercreepy and twistydark, disturbing, and entertainingAn Amazon top 100 bestseller
Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining... Read more about Verity
The man was in front of me a matter of seconds ago. We were standing in a crowd of people waiting for the crosswalk light to illuminate when he stepped into the street prematurely, resulting in a run-...
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