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Henry Mathews is a young lawyer in a large Chicago firm who's called back to his rural Kansas home town when Tyler Crandall, the town's richest citizen, and boss to much of the town's population, dies. The routine legal matter of handling the dead man's will has fallen to Mathews. But when the will leaves Crandall's assets to a homeless person called the Birdman, who sits day after day in the town's square, the situation becomes complicated. The gripping events that follow reveal a shocking string of secrets about the town's leading citizens, and Mathews is forced into sophisticated and highly dramatic manoeuvering to uncover the truth.
A small sleepy town in Indiana is suddenly plagued with a series of gruesome events that seems to defy explanation. The local police were totally baffled, and enlisted the aid of the FBI in an effort to solve several puzzling disappearances and deaths which seemed to have happened overnight. It was soon learned that Henry Mason held the key to unlocking the mystery of the numerous horrible murders and mutilations that had turned the tiny town upside-down, but he was nowhere to be found. Henry had suddenly left town, worried that he might become the next victim of the one person in the world that he feared most. The one person that haunted his dreams. Henry Mason was attempting to run away from his worst nightmare; Eddie!
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"It's filled with saucy strippers, morally bankrupt politicians, depraved siblings, and winsome writers. It offers the intrigue of a thriller with a generous helping of social commentary and romance."--BOOK JACKET.
The Democrats have introduced a resolution for the Equal Rights Amendment for Women during every session of Congress since 1982. Each time it has been sent to die in Committee. But Congresswoman Shiloh Catherine Giles isn't going to let that happen this time. In addition to being a member of Congress, Shiloh is also an Episcopal minister, which gives her a unique view on the battles on Capitol Hill. She's a staunch champion for women's rights, and she knows that passing this resolution is paramount to her cause. Rather than follow the resolution route, Shiloh introduces the ERA as an amendment to the defense appropriations bill, insuring that it will be debated on the floor of Congress. Shil...
The Long Wolf Detective Agency is owned and run by Jason Wolf and his partner, the beautiful Maggie French. Weekends Are Murder For The Long Wolf Detective Agency involves two beautiful women who murder-for-hire on weekends. Its a fast moving story with a surprise ending.
Made in Scotland: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, politics, culture, and musicology of twentieth- and twenty-first-century popular music in Scotland. The volume consists of essays by local experts and leading scholars in Scottish music and culture, and covers the major figures, styles, and social contexts of popular music in Scotland. Each essay provides adequate context so readers understand why the figure or genre under discussion is of lasting significance. The book includes a general introduction to Scottish popular music, followed by essays organized into three thematic sections: Histories, Politics and Policies, and Futures a...
Covers the period of the author's governor-generalship in British India, 1798-1805.
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