![]() ![]() The youngest daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, Elektra is horrified by the bloodletting of her kin. An exciting and equally lyrical new retelling from Jennifer Saint, the Sunday Times bestselling author of ARIADNESaints immersive novel thrusts the reader. She is powerless in her knowledge that the city will fall. Princess of Troy, and cursed by Apollo to see the future but never to be believed when she speaks of it. Her husband raises a great army against them and determines to win, whatever the cost. The sister of Helen, wife of Agamemnon - her hopes of averting the curse are dashed when her sister is taken to Troy by the feckless Paris. This is the story of three women, their fates inextricably tied to this curse, and the fickle nature of men and gods. A bloodline tainted by a generational cycle of violence and vengeance. 'A brilliant read' Women & Home | 'A spirited retelling' Times | 'Beautiful and absorbing' Fabulous | 'A vivid reimagining of Greek mythology' Harper's Bazaar | 'Jennifer Saint has done an incredible job' Red 'Jennifer Saint has breathed new life into this myth and put her own stamp on it' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ REAL READER REVIEW 'I was glued to it from beginning to end and could not wait to recommend to my friends afterwards.' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ REAL READER REVIEW 'The story and its characters swept me up and engulfed me, I could not put this one down' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ REAL READER REVIEW ![]() ![]() **The spellbinding new retelling of the Trojan War drawn from the perspective of the fearless women at the heart of it all.** ![]()
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![]() ![]() He is a quadriplegic who can move nothing but a single finger. In tried and true thriller fashion, the killer's crimes are described in lurid detail, as is the astounding technological equipment with which Rhyme examines the evidence-everything from an energy-dispersive x-ray unit to a mass spectrometer.Įvery fictional detective has his or her gimmick, from Sherlock Holmes's violin to Nero Wolf's orchids, and Rhyme is no exception. Rhyme will need all his reason-and his considerable stock of high-tech tools-about him to solve this latest brain-twister: a serial killer with method to his madness. ![]() ![]() The hero of Jeffery Deaver's thriller The Bone Collector is Lincoln Rhyme, a forensic scientist known to his peers as "the world's foremost criminalist". ![]() ![]() Yet this knowledge does not spoil the novel in any way and I found that it heightened the emotion throughout. Starting with the breakup gives the book an interesting twist because we already know that the worst will happen from the start of the novel. I find relationships really interesting and so this novel was definitely one for me. ![]() ![]() The book itself is very clever and I love the premise of going backwards in order to unpick a breakup and explore a relationship and also to look at whether love is worth it and why we choose to do it. When I first heard about this novel, from following Hayes on social media, I was intrigued to know how a love story told in reverse would work and I enjoyed following the writing process via Hayes’ videos and stories. ![]() This review is a bit late so, for that, I am sorry! ![]() ![]() Frederics, a Detailed Map of Tour, and a Photo of the Three Men Author(s): Jerome K Jerome Title: Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog): New Illustrated Edition with 67 Original Drawings by A. Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat was met with such immediate success that it has never been out of print since its publication in 1889. Jerome masterfully weaves a tale that is a hilarious critique of the self-centered behavior of the English upper classes so typical of Victorian England.Īs an international best-selling title, Jerome K. ![]() As the three well-to-do upper class gentleman set out on their excursion they are beset by a series of comic mishaps. “Three Men in a Boat” is a first-class comic masterpiece. He is one of the title characters of Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) (1889) and its sequel Three Men and a Bummel (1900), which are presented as non-fiction memoirs of the fictionalized Jerome. Jerome, often called J., is the fictionalized alter-ego of British author Jerome K. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Jerome recalling his memories of a boating holiday in Thames along with his two real life friends. Synopsis Three Men in a Boat is a humorous account by English writer Jerome K. ![]() ![]() ![]() Abrahams writes that to signify is "to imply, goad, beg, boast by indirect verbal or gestural means". ![]() Bell defines it as an "elaborate, indirect form of goading or insult generally making use of profanity". Signifyin(g) is closely related to double-talk and trickery of the type used by the Monkey of these narratives, but, as Gates himself admits, "It is difficult to arrive at a consensus of definitions of signifyin(g)." Bernard W. Gates' title alludes to the song "Signifyin' Monkey" by Oscar Brown, recorded in 1960. The book traces the folkloric origins of the African-American cultural practice of "signifying" and uses the concept of signifyin(g) to analyze the interplay between texts of prominent African-American writers, specifically Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston and Ishmael Reed. The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of Afro-American Literary Criticism is a work of literary criticism and theory by the American scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rushing to save her, Sadie meets a handsome stranger that ignites her dormant lust. Suddenly, the peace of the day is shattered when her best friend steps too far into the river. With her husband's dead, they want her to marry her brother-in-law so they can take control of her farm. Will Zack release her from her claim of matrimony? Or will he teach her once words are spoken.they are not so easily retracted? In Too Deep - On the banks of the Trinity River, Sadie Pepperman is looking for a chance to escape the demands of her in-laws. Naked and embarrassed, Carolyn is quick to save them from humiliation and claims they are married. After saving Carolyn from drowning, Zack Goodman is trapped in an awkward situation when they're both rescued by a steamboat and hauled on deck. Naked Bluff, Texas Volume 1 Stories Included In Deep Water Wading into the water, Carolyn Evans takes one step too far and finds herself neck-deep in the river and fighting for her life. ![]() ![]() He rang for room service, and a tired bearer came to take away the plates and bones. The wild, overgrown garden was full of the whisper and scurry of small lives. The walls, streaked with moss, had grown soft, and bulged a little with dampness that seeped up from the ground. The old house on the hill wore its steep, gabled roof pulled over its ears like a low hat. From the very first page on (as you can see in the quote below), you’re instantly immersed in this weird and different kind of world. It reminded me of the feeling I have when drinking milky oolong tea, being immersed in its soft taste and a smell that cocoons you in. A place where you roam around tentatively, not knowing what awaits you around the corner, set in a soft, dreamy and “creamy” kind of atmosphere (stealing that last expression from one of my fellow book club participants since it simply fits perfectly as an explanation □ ). To start with the positive parts first, I would describe reading “The God of Small Things” with the sensation of stepping into a mystic maze. ![]() ![]() It’s quite difficult to put the reading experience of “The God of Small Things” in words because it was marked by so many ups & downs for me. ![]() ![]() ![]() And she might be the only one who can melt the ice around his heart.Author's Note: a sassy farm girl takes on a grumpy businessman in this cozy, snowy, small-town Christmas romance. Christmas Village needs to go.But as Elias spends time in the small town, holiday spirit-and Isabelle-get under his skin. A Christmas-loving farm girl is not going to come between him and his ambition. And Isabelle Cook is his ex.He might have history with Isabelle, but this is just business. All he has to do is convince one struggling family to sell their farm.The problem? It's Cook Family Farm. Especially when his boss is promising a long-awaited promotion. Not with his heart made of coal.Elias Stoneheart is in the business of making money, not friends. And worst of all? The man trying to buy it is none other than the grumpiest, grinchiest man of them all-Elias Stoneheart.That's a big nope. Her family farm, site of Tilikum's Christmas Village, is in trouble. ![]() ![]() Hardworking Isabelle Cook has a serious problem. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In The Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger recounts the last, fatal voyage of the Andrea Gail, a Gloucester, Massachusetts, fishing boat that went down off Nova Scotia in 1991. In many ways, they owe more to the genius of Henry Luce than to that of Melville. Two recent books follow in Melville's wake, offering accounts of life and death at sea that are really meditations on human nature, on how far we can defy the elements, and how much we can know of ourselves.īoth books are by journalists who write for popular magazines such as Outside and Sports Illustrated, and both reflect the influence of contemporary journalism on our literature. "Meditation and water are wedded forever," wrote Herman Melville in Moby Dick, suggesting that it is metaphysics as much as money or adventure that draws people to risk their lives at sea. ![]() ![]() ![]() Malorie has already lost so much: her sister, a house full of people who meant everything, and any chance at an ordinary life. Someone very dear to her, someone she believed dead, may be alive. And with it, the first time Malorie has allowed herself to hope. And don't look.īut then comes what feels like impossible news. ![]() No solution.Īll Malorie can do is survive - and impart her fierce will to do so on her children. ![]() One glimpse of the creatures that stalk the world will drive a person to unspeakable violence. Twelve years after Malorie and her children rowed up the river to safety, a blindfold is still the only thing that stands between sanity and madness. “ Malorie is even more of a psychological thriller than Bird Box, and all the scarier for it.” ( The Wall Street Journal ) In the “fast-paced, frightening” ( The New York Times Book Review ) sequel to Bird Box, the inspiration for the record-breaking Netflix film starring Sandra Bullock, best-selling author Josh Malerman brings unseen horrors to life. ![]() |