Mystery Books
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Sleep and His BrotherMcNair House is a charitable institution, set up to care for ?cathypnic? children. With their incredibly low metabolism, cathypnic
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The Sins of the Fathers (Matthew Scudder Mysteries)The pretty young prostitute is dead. Her alleged murderer—a minister's son—hanged himself in his jail cell. The case is clo
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The First EagleFor acting Lieutenant Jim Chee, the murder of a Navajo Tribal Police officer seems like an open-and-shut case when he discovers
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The Hanging in the Hotel (Fethering Mysteries)A young solicitor is found hanged from his four-poster bed in a country house hotel following a dinner held there for an all-male
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The Cat Who Went BananasThe merry atmosphere in Pickax is dampened by the death of an out-of-town actor and the theft of a rare book. Qwill finds
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To Die For (Blair Mallory)Blair Mallory lives the good life. She’s pretty, confident, and the owner of a thriving up-scale fitness center. But in the shad
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Mystery Movies
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Devil's AdvocateOne part "The Firm" and one part "Rosemary's Baby," this supernatural suspenser features a rousing turn by Al Pacino as the charis
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Mel Gibson's ApocalyptoFrom Mel Gibson, director of THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST and the Academy Award®-winning BRAVEHEART (Best Director, Best Picture, 19
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Fight Club (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)"'Fight Club' pulls you in, challenges your prejudices, rocks your world and leaves you laughing" (Rolling Stone). Brad Pitt ("12
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The Next Three DaysLife seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a murder she says she didn’t commit. Three years into
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Shutter IslandAcademy Award® winning director Martin Scorses once again teams up with Leonardo DiCaprio in this spine-chilling thriller that cr
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Mystery Authors
Book reviews - The Light Between Oceans: A Novel
The Light Between Oceans: A NovelAuthor: M.L. Stedman The debut of a stunning new voice in fiction— a novel both heartbreaking and transcendent
After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day’s journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season and shore leaves are granted every other year at best, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby’s cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby. Tom, whose records as a lighthouse keeper are meticulous and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. But Isabel has taken the tiny baby to her breast. Against Tom’s judgment, they claim her as their own and name her Lucy. When she is two, Tom and Isabel return to the mainland and are reminded that there are other people in the world. Their choice has devastated one of them. M. L. Stedman’s mesmerizing, beautifully written novel seduces us into accommodating Isabel’s decision to keep this “gift from God.” And we are swept into a story about extraordinarily compelling characters seeking to find their North Star in a world where there is no right answer, where justice for one person is another’s tragic loss. The Light Between Oceans is exquisite and unforgettable, a deeply moving novel. US publication:
2012-07-31
Detective:
n/a
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Amazon Price:
$17.32
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