I listened to the audio version of this story. The B&B trip takes place just after they closed the missing persons cases in book 4. If you read out of order, the story has some spoilers for Gone Missing. This story is meant to be read after book 4, Gone Missing. Interesting story, and some nice character development for Kate and John. Great short story! I love how both of them got sucked into the investigation despite them going away together to leave all that "cop stuff'' behind for a couple days. Turns out some secrets are best left alone. Kate and John both get sucked into the story and do some investigation, seeking justice for Angela. No trace of the woman since, except some sightings of her ghost. Only a pile of bloody clothing was found. They get the full story from the owners.about 22 years ago, a guest, Angela Blaine, disappeared. But it seems the B&B has a reputation for being haunted. They arrive at the quaint, picturesque Bed and Breakfast more than an hour away, looking forward to some down time. It's fall and Kate decides to escape the stress of her job as police chief in Painter's Gap for a nice weekend away with her lover, John Tomasetti. I didn't realize that Linda Castillo had written some short stories in between books in the Kate Burkholder series! My library has a couple of them.the rest I will buy.as I read my way through this series.
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Now thirty, he figures it’s time to grow up and think about his future. Now with his kids both in college and his wife deceased, he runs his farm alone and without joy, counting off the days of a life half-lived.Ĭhristie Landon, graphic designer, Manhattanite, and fierce gay party boy, needs a change. Born to a Mennonite family, he obeyed his father and took over the family farm, married, and had two children. Please support the arts!ĭavid Fisher has lived by the rules all his life. The author earns her living from sales of her work. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means. Please do not loan or give this ebook to others. International copyright law, subject to criminal prosecution. Duplication or distribution via any means is illegal and a violation of This book is licensed to the original purchaser only. A Second Harvest, Men of Lancaster County #1įirst Edition – Published by Dreamspinner Press, July, 2016Ĭover content is for illustrative purposes only and any person depicted on the cover is a model.ĪLL RIGHTS RESERVED. Labyrinths (1962) is a collection of short stories and essays by Jorge Luis Borges. (Book 441 From 1001 Books) - Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings, Jorge Luis Borges Coetzee said of Borges: "He, more than anyone, renovated the language of fiction and thus opened the way to a remarkable generation of Spanish American novelists." His work was translated and published widely in the United States and in Europe. In 1961, he came to international attention when he received the first International Publishers' Prize Prix Formentor. In 1955, he was appointed director of the National Public Library (Biblioteca Nacional) and professor of Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. He was a target of political persecution during the Peron regime, and supported the military juntas that overthrew it.ĭue to a hereditary condition, Borges became blind in his late fifties. He also worked as a librarian and public lecturer. On his return to Argentina in 1921, Borges began publishing his poems and essays in Surrealist literary journals. In 1914, his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school and traveled to Spain. Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo, usually referred to as Jorge Luis Borges (Spanish pronunciation: ), was an Argentine writer and poet born in Buenos Aires. She glanced to the left and the right, and Skye nervously noted the security cameras that followed her every move.Ĭautiously now, she approached the desk. Getting out of that icy Chicago air was a relief for her.Īnother man waited behind the gleaming desk in the lobby. Skye gave a quick shake of her head, pulled her coat a bit closer around her, and hurried inside that fortress. Probably because she was standing in the middle of the street, gawking up at the place. “Miss?” The doorman eyed her with a hint of concern in his dark eyes. Looking more like a fortress than an office, the place spoke of power. There were too many floors for her to count. It shot high into the sky, its massive windows gleaming in the light. Skye Sullivan stared up at the building before her. It was in that darkness that she heard his voice.Īnd when she heard him, she was afraid. There was nothing left, nothing but the darkness. She begged for help until her voice broke. The blood and rain mixed together on her face. Would anyone from the road even be able to see her?Įvery part of her body hurt. Her car had rolled, again and again, down the incline. The rain poured down, pelting through the broken windshield. She screamed for help, but no one was there to save her. It held her in a grip too tight and too hard, and every move she made just caused her to hurt even more. Pain rolled through her body, and she tried to fight it, tried to break free, but she couldn’t. This tale of self-acceptance and respect for one’s roots is breathtaking. When the narrator comes to describe her own eyes and acknowledges the power they hold, she is posed against swirling patterns, figures, and swaths of breathtaking landscapes from Chinese culture. Illustrator Ho’s textured cartoons and clever use of light and shadow exude warmth and whimsy that match the evocative text. Mei-Mei’s eyes are filled with hope and with admiration for her sister. Amah’s eyes are like those of the narrator’s little sister. Here, illustrator Ho’s spreads bloom with references to Chinese stories and landscapes. While she notes that her grandmother’s eyes “don’t work like they used to,” they are able to see “all the way into my heart” and tell her stories. In those moments when she’s all mine.” Mama’s eyes, the girl observes, take after Amah’s. Mama’s “eyes sparkl like starlight,” telling the narrator, “I’m a miracle. She “has eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea.” Author Ho’s lyrical narrative goes on to reveal how the girl’s eyes are like those of other women and girls in her family, expounding on how each pair of eyes looks and what they convey. In this circular tale, the unnamed narrator observes that some peers have “eyes like sapphire lagoons / with lashes like lace trim on ballgowns,” but her eyes are different. A young Chinese American girl sees more than the shape of her eyes. Still, it did not overwhelm my enjoyment of the book. He made a sexy, teasing woman sound evil and threatening more often than not, and I found myself wishing for a female voice worthy of Nora's personality. But his interpretation of Nora was unfortunate. He was excellent when portraying the voice of the editor, which is a large part of the story. (I'll admit that when it came to the more intense scenes of S/M, I felt myself recoil, but those scenes, while powerful, are not frequent.) My only caveat, and it is a small one, is due to the reader. I couldn't stop listening to this story, needing to know what would happen next, but I had to pace myself because it was very visceral and I found myself immersed in the story at odd times during the day, whether listening or not. By the end you understand the deeper needs of the main character - and given the subject matter, that is an amazing feat handled deftly and with compassion. The author has created a work of fiction that IS something more. The psychological and emotional dynamics between the characters were fascinating. I'll admit that it's taking me a while to process my thoughts on this one. Their relationship is the fulcrum of the novel, and it is through the eyes of the editor that we are able to see into her world with an almost unflinching view. This is the story of an erotica writer who is determined to work with a challenging literary editor in an effort to turn her latest work into something more - something better. Which version of his mother is the true one? Determined to solve the puzzle-and finally have something to deliver to his publisher-Samuel decides to capitalize on his mother's new fame by writing a tell-all biography, a book that will savage her intimately, publicly. The media paints Faye as a militant radical with a sordid past, but as far as Samuel knows, his mother never left her small Iowa town. But then one day there she is, all over the news, throwing rocks at a presidential candidate. He hasn't seen his mother, Faye, since she walked out when he was a child. Meet Samuel Andresen-Anderson: stalled writer, bored teacher at a local college, obsessive player of an online video game. 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