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Cast the First Stone
It is late 1879 when James Murdoch finally returns to Scotland after a year-long adventure in South Africa. His wife, Barbara, is thrilled to see her husband again - and shocked when he reveals to her on the train ride home that he has been offered a partnership in the Kimberley diamond mine. But only moments after she agrees to follow him back to South Africa, their train plunges off the famous Tay Rail Bridge. The bodies of James and Barbara Murdoch are never recovered. Their young son, Henry, is now an orphan. Twenty years later, the South African War is just underway. In the course of his military duties, Captain Henry Murdoch interrogates Boer spies suspected of espionage a task that ev...
The North Country
A Clash of Faiths Duncan, a Protestant minister from Scotland, suffered immeasurable loss when Belfast was hit by IRA bombings on Bloody Friday, 21 July 1972. Driven by grief and dissolution, he finds a new life in America. Hoping to flee the rising sectarian hatred back home, Duncan leads a church in Clayton, a small town in upstate New York. It’s not long before he encounters Niall O’Doherty, the local priest of next door’s Catholic Church. Duncan learns with surprise that O’Doherty has his own history with Northern Ireland’s Troubles. When his cousins, Malcolm and Billy, unexpectedly arrive for a visit from Scotland, Duncan discovers there is no escaping from the Troubles’ div...
The Little Kingdoms
Its 1993. Americas shocked by the World Trade Center bombing and the botched raid on the Branch Davidian Compound. Both Main Street and Wall Street struggle with recession. College graduate, Richard Carnegie, arrives in New York with a promising opportunity at Moodys Investor Services. Hes asked to house-sit for an aunt in Ozone Park, Queens. The homes empty; except for Tony, the upstairs tenant, a widower. Tonys outdated mindset both amuses and irritates Richard. Tonys estrangement from family adds to his bitterness. On the first day of work, while riding the subway, Richard meets Ester Chan. They quickly bond over their love for tennis and finance. A relationship is formed. Richard soon discovers that Esters tastes are both expensive and risqu. An affair leads into habits that would shock Richards family back home. However, the closer they grow, the less hes able to break her spell. With the pressures and the excesses of their rising lust, Richard is unaware of the hidden vice around him. Esters connections and power pull him deeper into a world that he cannot control, leading to a life-altering event, and a miracle.
Cast the First Stone
It is late 1879 when James Murdoch finally returns to Scotland after a year-long adventure in South Africa. His wife, Barbara, is thrilled to see her husband again - and shocked when he reveals to her on the train ride home that he has been offered a partnership in the Kimberley diamond mine. But only moments after she agrees to follow him back to South Africa, their train plunges off the famous Tay Rail Bridge. The bodies of James and Barbara Murdoch are never recovered. Their young son, Henry, is now an orphan. Twenty years later, the South African War is just underway. In the course of his military duties, Captain Henry Murdoch interrogates Boer spies suspected of espionage - a task that ...
Severed Branch
Upon hearing her words, 'the Somme', Gordon looked at her with wide eyes. He realized that he had just begun to solve a piece of his personal puzzle. "Anna, can I ask you to translate something that might be French, or might be nonsense? Just humor me." "What do you want me to translate?" "OK, if I say to you, Ill reposing sir le Somme, does it have any meaning?" After listening to his short phrase she replied, "Hmmm, yes. Your American accent aside, I think you are saying 'they rest on the Somme', in French." Later, as the train moved south, Gordon asked, "Anna, if your parents don't mind, I'd like to make a few more visits. I feel there is something in those fields back there, something hidden for me to find." "That's a strange thing to say, Gordon. Something hidden? Like what?" "I don't know. But something special "
The Cleveland Directory
An alphabetical list of all business firms and private citizens; a classified business directory, and a directory of the public institutions; together with a map from the latest surveys: and complete street guide.
