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Carter Beats the Devil
by Glen David Gold
A thrilling story of secrets & magic, set against the backdrop of 20th century America.
This novel is a fictionalised biography of Charles Joseph Carter. The main character, Carter, is followed through his career, from his first encounter with magic to his last performance. Along the ... (Wikipedia)
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
by Philip Pullman
A retelling of the story of Jesus and his twin brother Christ, exploring the nature of faith and religion.
This is a story. In this ingenious and spell-binding retelling of the life of Jesus, Philip Pullman revisits the most influential story ever told. Charged with mystery, compassion and enormous power, ... (Goodreads)
The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins
A thrilling mystery of secrets and hidden identities, with a hero on a quest for the truth.
Walter Hartright, a young art teacher, encounters and gives directions to a mysterious and distressed woman dressed entirely in white, lost in London; he is later informed by policemen that she has ... (Wikipedia)
The Seven-Percent Solution
by Nicholas Meyer
Sherlock Holmes seeks help from Sigmund Freud to overcome his cocaine addiction and solve a kidnapping case.
An introduction states that two canonical Holmes adventures were fabrications. These are " The Final Problem ", in which Holmes apparently died along with Prof. James Moriarty , and " The Empty House ... (Wikipedia)
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
A complex, interwoven story of family secrets, love, tragedy, and mystery.
The novel's protagonist , Iris Chase, and her sister Laura, grow up well-off but motherless in a small town in southern Ontario. As an old woman, Iris recalls the events and relationships of her ... (Wikipedia)
Any Human Heart
by William Boyd
A man's life journey, chronicling his loves, losses, and adventures.
Logan Gonzago Mountstuart, writer, was born in 1906, and died of a heart attack on October 5, 1991, aged 85. William Boyd's novel Any Human Heart is his disjointed autobiography, a massive tome ... (Goodreads)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories
by Robert Louis Stevenson
A collection of dark and mysterious tales exploring duality and morality.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , by Robert Louis Stevenson , is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the ... (Barnes & Noble)
Scoop
by Evelyn Waugh
A humorous and satirical look at journalistic misadventures in Africa.
Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of the "Daily Beast", has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, ... (Goodreads)
The Lost World
by Arthur Conan Doyle
An expedition to a remote region of South America, filled with prehistoric creatures and danger.
Edward Malone, a young reporter for the Daily Gazette , asks his editor for a dangerous assignment to impress the woman he loves, Gladys, who wishes for a great man capable of brave deeds and ... (Wikipedia)
My Man Jeeves
by P.G. Wodehouse
A series of humorous adventures featuring a bumbling English gentleman and his ever-resourceful valet.
Who can forget our beloved gentleman's personal gentleman, Jeeves, who ever comes to the rescue when the hapless Bertie Wooster falls into trouble. My Man Jeeves is sure to please anyone with a taste ... (Goodreads)
On Chesil Beach
by Ian McEwan
A young couple's journey through a difficult, yet passionate, wedding night.
In July 1962, Edward Mayhew, a graduate student of history, and Florence Ponting, a violinist of a string quartet, have just been married and are spending their honeymoon in a small hotel on the ... (Wikipedia)
The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov
A fantastical, satirical examination of Soviet life, intersecting with the supernatural.
The novel has two settings. The first is Moscow during the 1930s, where Satan appears at Patriarch's Ponds as Professor Woland . He is accompanied by Koroviev, a grotesquely-dressed valet; Behemoth , ... (Wikipedia)
The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins
A mystery novel, unraveling the secrets of an ancient Indian diamond.
Colonel Herncastle, an unpleasant former soldier, brings the Moonstone back with him from India where he acquired it by theft and murder during the Siege of Seringapatam . Angry at his family, who ... (Wikipedia)
I Am Pilgrim
by Terry Hayes
A former operative is called back into action to track down a terrorist plotting a global attack.
A breakneck race against time...and an implacable enemy. An anonymous young woman murdered in a run-down hotel, all identifying characteristics dissolved by acid. A father publicly beheaded in the ... (Goodreads)
Going Postal
by Terry Pratchett
An eccentric postman's humorous journey to restore order to a chaotic post office.
As with many of the Discworld novels, the story takes place in Ankh-Morpork , a powerful city-state based on the historical and modern settings of various metropolises like London or New York City. ... (Wikipedia)
The End of the Affair
by Graham Greene
A man's obsession and journey of love, struggling with faith, hatred and forgiveness.
"A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses a moment of experience from which to look ahead..." "This is a record of hate far more than of love," writes Maurice Bendrix in the opening ... (Goodreads)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
A collection of adventures of the world's most famous detective, solving mysterious cases.
'If I were assured of your eventual destruction I would, in the interests of the public, cheerfully accept my own.' In The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes , the consulting detective's notoriety as the ... (Goodreads)
Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
A nostalgic reflection on a wealthy family and the enduring power of love.
The novel is divided into three parts, framed by a prologue and epilogue. The prologue takes place during the final years of the Second World War . Charles Ryder and his battalion are sent to a ... (Wikipedia)
The Amber Spyglass
by Philip Pullman
A powerful journey through multiple realms of existence to save the world from destruction.
Having learned of the prophecy regarding Lyra, the Magisterium decides she must be killed to prevent a new fall. Lyra's mother, Mrs Coulter , hides her in a remote cave. In her drugged sleep, Lyra ... (Wikipedia)
The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham
A post-apocalyptic world overrun by carnivorous plants, exploring themes of survival and morality.
In 1951 John Wyndham published his novel The Day of the Triffids to moderate acclaim. Fifty-two years later, this horrifying story is a science fiction classic, touted by The Times (London) as having ... (Goodreads)
Between You and Me
by Lisa Hall
A psychological thriller about a woman who discovers her husband's infidelity and the dangerous consequences that follow.
They say every marriage has its secrets. But no one sees what happens behind closed doors. And sometimes those doors should never be opened … Sal and Charlie are married. They love each other. But ... (Goodreads)
Songs of Willow Frost
by Jamie Ford
A young Chinese-American boy searches for his mother in Depression-era Seattle. A tale of love, loss, and hope.
Twelve-year-old William Eng, a Chinese-American boy, has lived at Seattle’s Sacred Heart Orphanage ever since his mother’s listless body was carried away from their small apartment five years ago. On ... (Goodreads)
Among Thieves
by Douglas Hulick
Drothe, a thief, gets caught up in a power struggle between criminal factions in a world of swords and sorcery.
Drothe has been a member of the Kin for years, rubbing elbows with thieves and murderers in the employ of a crime lord while smuggling relics on the side. But when an ancient book falls into his ... (Goodreads)
The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde
An eccentric literary detective, in an alternate 1985, uses time-travel to save kidnapped characters from classic novels.
In a parallel universe , England and Imperial Russia have fought the Crimean War for more than a century; England still has a parliamentary government, although heavily influenced by the Goliath ... (Wikipedia)
A Sudden Light
by Garth Stein
A boy uncovers family secrets while trying to save his ancestral home, haunted by the ghosts of his ancestors.
From Garth Stein, author of the beloved bestseller, The Art of Racing in the Rain,—now a major motion picture! The New York Times bestselling “witty, atmospheric” ( People ) story of a once powerful ... (Barnes & Noble)
Nightlife
by Rob Thurman
Two siblings, one a monster hunter and the other a shape-shifter, navigate the supernatural underworld of New York City.
There are monsters among us. There always have been and there always will be. I’ve known that since I can remember, just like I’ve always known I was one ... Well, half of one, anyway. Welcome to New ... (Goodreads)
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
A historical fiction about the rise of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII.
England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry ... (Goodreads)
Batman: No Man's Land, Vol. 1
by Bob Gale
After a devastating earthquake, Gotham City is declared a "No Man's Land." Batman and his allies fight to restore order and help the citizens survive.
Gotham City suffers the results of a magnitude 7.6 earthquake in the, Cataclysm, storyline. In response, the US government evacuates most of the civilian population, then declares Gotham a " no man's ... (Wikipedia)
Guards! Guards!
by Terry Pratchett
A group of misfits join forces to save Ankh-Morpork from a dragon terrorizing their city.
This is where the dragons went. They lie ... not dead, not asleep, but ... dormant. And although the space they occupy isn't like normal space, nevertheless they are packed in tightly. They could put ... (Goodreads)
Cloud Atlas
by David Mitchell
A dynamic narrative spanning centuries, exploring the interconnectedness of humanity.
The book consists of six nested stories; each is read or observed by a main character of the next, thus they progress in time through the central sixth story. The first five stories are each ... (Wikipedia)
