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Mark B. Mills

    6 sierpnia 1963
    Mark B. Mills
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    The Information Officer
    Waiting for Doggo
    The Savage Garden
    House of the Hanged
    The Whaleboat House
    • The Whaleboat House

      Long Island, 1947: A Beautiful Young Woman Is Dead. And A Small Town Is Drowning In Lies.

      • 368 stron
      • 13 godzin czytania

      Snow Falling on Cedars meets The Shipping News in this enthralling literary crime novel set in post World War II Long Island.In the small town of Amagansett, perched on Long Island's windswept coast, generations have followed the same calling as their forefathers, fishing the dangerous Atlantic waters. Little has changed in the three centuries since white settlers drove the Montaukett Indians from the land. But for Conrad Labarde, a second-generation Basque immigrant recently returned from the Second World War, and his fellow fisherman Rollo Kemp, this stability is shattered when a beautiful New York socialite turns up dead in their nets.On the face of it, her death was accidental, but deputy police chief Tom Hollis - an incomer from New York - is convinced the truth lies in the intricate histories and family secrets of Amagansett's inhabitants. Meanwhile the enigmatic Labarde is pursuing his own investigation.In unravelling the mystery, this haunting and evocative novel captures a community whose way of life is disappearing, its demise hastened by war in Europe and the incursions of wealthy city dwellers in search of a playground.

      The Whaleboat House
      3,7
    • House of the Hanged

      • 423 strony
      • 15 godzin czytania

      A riveting and evocative tale of passion and murder, set on the French Riviera in the 1930s, from the No. 1 bestselling author of The Savage Garden.

      House of the Hanged
      3,5
    • The Savage Garden

      • 400 stron
      • 14 godzin czytania

      Set in Italy in 1958, 'The Savage Garden' is the story of two unsolved murders - one committed in the late Renaissance, the other in 1944, during the dying days of the German army's occupation.

      The Savage Garden
      3,5
    • Waiting for Doggo

      • 213 stron
      • 8 godzin czytania

      No-one ever called Dan a pushover. But then no-one ever called him fast-track either. He likes driving slowly, playing Sudoku on his iPhone, swapping one scruffy jumper for another. He's been with Clara for four years and he's been perfectly happy; but now she's left him, leaving nothing but a long letter filled with incriminations and a small, white, almost hairless dog, named Doggo. So now Dan is single, a man without any kind of partner whether working or in love. He's just one reluctant dog owner. Find a new home for him, that's the plan. Come on...everyone knows the old adage about the best laid plans and besides, Doggo is one special kind of a four legged friend...and an inspiration --

      Waiting for Doggo
      3,4
    • For the people of Malta in 1942, suffering daily bombing raids from the Luftwaffe, the British Army represent their only hope of defending their lone outpost in Nazi waters. And it is Max Chadwick's job to make certain the islanders keep thinking that.

      The Information Officer
      3,3
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