A Load Of Old Bones

Author : Suzette Hill
Publisher : Constable
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781849017985

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All the Reverend Francis Oughterard had ever wanted was some peace and quiet, instead he becomes entangled in a nightmare world of accidental murder, predatory female parishioners, officious policemen and a drunken bishop. As the vicar's life spirals out of control it is his supercilious cat, Maurice, and bone obsessed hound, Bouncer, who save the day. A Load of Old Bones is a charming and farcical romp through a 1950's mythical Surrey. Praise for Suzette A. Hill: 'Perfect one-sitting summer read.' Laura Wilson, Guardian 'E F Benson crossed with Jerome K Jerome' The Times audiobooks review 'Quite why this series should be charming, astringent and witty, instead of emetically twee, I am not sure, but it is entirely delightful' Guardian 'This dry, funny British gem, with its eccentric cast of characters, will have readers laughing and eagerly awaiting the next episode' Publishers Weekly

Author : Suzette A. Hill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Humorous stories
ISBN : OCLC:1245532809

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Author : Suzette A. Hill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0955070104

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'A Load of Old Bones' takes us on a nostalgic romp into 1950s mythical Surrey, where murky deeds and shady characters abound and where even the animal population is distinctly bizarre. All the Reverend Francis Oughterard had ever wanted was an easy life and a bit of peace and quiet.

Author : Suzette A. Hill
Publisher : Soho Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 156947656X

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Load of Old Bones by Suzette A. Hill Pdf

“Should appeal to fans of Martha Grimes, Saki, and Wodehouse.”- Historical Novels Review“Quite why this series should be charming, astringent and witty instead of emetically twee, I am not sure, but it is entirely delightful.”- GuardianThe Reverend Francis Oughterard (“FO”) merely longs for a quiet life far from his bishop’s overview. Instead, he becomes entangled in a nightmare world of predatory female parishioners, officious policemen, and accidental murder. It is up to Maurice, the cat, and Bouncer, the dog, to save him.

Author : Douglas Preston,Lincoln Child
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781538747216

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Old Bones by Douglas Preston,Lincoln Child Pdf

The #1 NYT bestselling authors Preston & Child bring the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party to new life in this thrilling novel of archaeology, history, murder, and suspense. Nora Kelly, a young curator at the Santa Fe Institute of Archaeology, is approached by historian Clive Benton with a once-in-a-lifetime proposal: to lead a team in search of the so-called "Lost Camp" of the tragic Donner Party. This was a group of pioneers who earned a terrible place in American history when they became snow-bound in the California mountains in 1847, their fate unknown until the first skeletonized survivors stumbled out of the wilderness, raving about starvation, murder-and cannibalism. Benton tells Kelly he has stumbled upon an amazing find: the long-sought diary of one of the victims, which has an enigmatic description of the Lost Camp. Nora agrees to lead an expedition to locate and excavate it-to reveal its long-buried secrets. Once in the mountains, however, they learn that discovering the camp is only the first step in a mounting journey of fear. For as they uncover old bones, they expose the real truth of what happened, one that is far more shocking and bizarre than mere cannibalism. And when those ancient horrors lead to present-day violence on a grand scale, rookie FBI agent Corrie Swanson is assigned the case...only to find that her first investigation might very well be her last.

Author : Ron Chudley
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781926741475

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Old Bones by Ron Chudley Pdf

Resting on what was left of the bench was something else, lighter in shade than the background, round, about the size of a cabbage. There were two large holes close together, a smaller pair below, then two rows of wedge-shaped objects. The pattern suddenly coalesced: in atavistic and chilling familiarity . . . In a remote British Columbia lake, an ancient auto wreck is discovered. Inside are the half-century-old remains of a traveler long lost and long forgotten. While there are few clues to the identity of the corpse, the discovery sets in motion a singular chain of events that dramatically affects a small and disparate group of people, each unknown to the other, but connected by history to the dead driver. Old agonies, unresolved quarrels, and desperate, dangerous secrets come to light, leading to a strange and surprising conclusion. Old Bones is the story of how a single circumstance can bring about huge changes in the lives of many people. “If we could only know,” observes one of the characters, “just how many lost souls are stashed beneath the earth, some likely as near as our neighbour’s yard, we would never sleep at night. Old Bones is the tale of what happens when some small-town stashing comes badly undone.

Author : Suzette A. Hill
Publisher : Soho Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781569479605

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A Bedlam of Bones by Suzette A. Hill Pdf

A blackmailer is stalking the bishop—can he survive the threat of being outed? Why is there a body in the flower bed? And can Lavinia Birtle-Figgins really be as dippy as she seems? These and other imponderables immerse the Reverend Francis Oughterard in a fresh web of danger and subterfuge, while his animal "minders," Maurice and Bouncer, try their best to make sense of all this human bedlam.

Author : Leslie S. Talley
Publisher : Leslie S. Talley
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Make Old Bones by Leslie S. Talley Pdf

Make Old Bones By: Leslie S. Talley Fifteen-year-old Connie Kittredge disappears in 1953, presumed drowned, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Almost forty years later, her skeleton is discovered in the disused dumbwaiter of historic Belgrath House, situated on an island in the tidal Halifax River. The discovery coincides with the thirty-five year reunion of Connie's Class of '57. Clarice and Otis Campion function as caretakers of Belgrath, newly restored and opened as a B & B. Clarice, along with their permanent guest Miss Letty, ninety-year-old star of the silent screen, decides to investigate the mystery. Could the murderer be one of Connie's classmates, now respectable citizens? A rejected boy friend? A jealous girl? Connie, a sneaky child, loved the power of finding out secrets; perhaps she found one just too dangerous for her to live. At a wake for Connie held at Belgrath House, someone collapses from iced tea laced with cherry laurel, proving that the murderer is still around - and dangerous. Complications cloud the picture in the form of suspicious bed and breakfasters, restoration society members, University of Florida freshmen...and a certain pelican. Clarice and Miss Letty re-double their efforts at sleuthing. The death of Connie Kittredge is tied directly to the history of the house, they learn. The house will ultimately reveal its secrets, but not before exposing Clarice to danger. Inadvertently left behind during a forced evacuation due to Category Four Hurricane Aphrodite, Clarice finds herself confronting a killer - and a rising tidal surge.

Author : Annemarie Colbin
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-02
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781608825899

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The Whole-Food Guide to Strong Bones by Annemarie Colbin Pdf

It's essential to maintain strong bones to keep an active lifestyle, but aside from taking a daily calcium supplement, is there really anything you can do to improve your bone health? With this complete program for stronger bones created by health educator Annemarie Colbin, you'll learn the best foods to eat to build bone mass and find out which foods actually weaken bones. In The Whole-Food Guide to Strong Bones, you'll also discover how exercise and finding personal balance can improve your health and prevent fragility fractures, menopause-related bone loss, and osteoporosis. Learn: •What puts you at risk for bone fracture •Why medication and estrogen therapy may not work for you •How the nutrients in whole foods build bone mass •85 easy recipes that maximize the bone-building effects of whole foods

Author : Suzette Hill
Publisher : Constable
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781849017947

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Bone Idle by Suzette Hill Pdf

Revd Francis Oughterard is in the grip of a blackmailer and under orders to steal a valuable figurine. Relief at success is short-lived when the theft backfires, and further skulduggery ensues. The Reverend's efforts to distance himself from yet another murder lead to embarrassing complications for him and his pompous bishop, Horace Clinker. When things come to a head in the form of crazily menacing Victor Crumpemeyer, it is once again up to the Reverend's world-weary cat, Maurice, and intrepid mongrel, Bouncer, to save his bacon. Praise for Suzette A. Hill: 'Perfect one-sitting summer read.' Laura Wilson, Guardian 'I think this is tremendous - amusing and professional' Dame Beryl Bainbridge 'E F Benson crossed with Jerome K Jerome' The Times audiobooks review 'Quite why this series should be charming, astringent and witty, instead of emetically twee, I am not sure, but it is entirely delightful' Guardian 'This dry, funny British gem, with its eccentric cast of characters, will have readers laughing and eagerly awaiting the next episode' Publishers Weekly 'An intriguingly quirky read! And Maurice the cat is a very clever puss indeed!' Leslie Phillips OBE

Author : Siusaidh MacDonald
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781783338702

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Cockshut Grange by Siusaidh MacDonald Pdf

Cockshut Grange is a tale of witchcraft, murder and revenge centred around an historical family feud. When Dr. Stuart Carney, together with his wife and their two children, decides to move away from the pressures of city life and into the green tranquillity of the Irish countryside, little does he suspect that the rumours of witchcraft circulating the small village of Lisnacally might actually be true. However,a series of terrifying and inexplicable events soon force him to confront the truth - that not only is there a witch in residence,but also that someone - or something - is trying to kill his entire family.His wife Jo,meanwhile,finds herself increasingly drawn into the bizarre world of Davey McFie,a young,enigmatic busker. Unable to extricate herself, she decides to take drastic action,a decision which proves to have shocking consequences.

Author : Kirsty Hartsiotis,Cherry Wilkinson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780750986670

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Suffolk Ghost Tales by Kirsty Hartsiotis,Cherry Wilkinson Pdf

Suffolk – a peaceful, rural county with big skies, rolling fi elds, unspoilt beaches, quaint towns and villages. But all is not as quiet as it seems. Could that be the eerie clanking of gibbet chains at the crossroads? Did you see a desolate face at an upper window or a spectral white form lurking in the hedgerow? Cats are not always lucky – and beware a north Suffolk Broad in the still, small hours of Midsummer Night . . . Kirsty Hartsiotis and Cherry Wilkinson retell, with spine-chilling freshness, thirty fabulous ghost tales from all corners of this beguiling county. So pull up a chair, stoke the fire and prepare to see its gentle landscape in a new light.

Author : Natalie Goldberg
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-02
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780834821132

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Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg Pdf

For more than thirty years Natalie Goldberg has been challenging and cheering on writers with her books and workshops. In her groundbreaking first book, she brings together Zen meditation and writing in a new way. Writing practice, as she calls it, is no different from other forms of Zen practice—"it is backed by two thousand years of studying the mind." This thirtieth-anniversary edition includes new forewords by Julia Cameron and Bill Addison. It also includes a new preface in which Goldberg reflects on the enduring quality of the teachings here. She writes, "What have I learned about writing over these thirty years? I’ve written fourteen books, and it’s the practice here in Bones that is the foundation, sustaining and building my writing voice, that keeps me honest, teaches me how to endure the hard times and how to drop below discursive thinking, to taste the real meat of our minds and the life around us."

Author : Trudy Nan Boyce
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780698140714

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Old Bones by Trudy Nan Boyce Pdf

A timely and penetrating mystery about the intersection of policing, racism, and the community—set in a city at its boiling point—from an author who’s been in the trenches and seen it all. A senseless act of violence. During a vigil calling for police reform, students from Spelman College, a historically black women’s institution, are assaulted by rifle fire from a passing vehicle. On her way to interview witnesses, Detective Sarah “Salt” Alt confronts the fleeing vehicle of the suspects, but they get away. A city in turmoil. While other detectives take the lead on the Spelman murders, Salt is tasked to investigate the case of a recently discovered decomposed body. When she combs through the missing-persons reports, it becomes clear the victim is a girl Salt took into custody two years before, and Salt feels a grave responsibility to learn the truth about how the girl died. But before she can pursue any leads, Salt is called onto emergency riot detail—in the wake of the assault on the Spelman students, Atlanta has reached the boiling point. In a city burdened by history and a community erupting in pain and anger, Salt must delve into the past for answers. A gripping and astute story about what it means to serve and protect, Old Bones solidifies Trudy Nan Boyce as an evocative, authoritative voice in crime fiction.

Author : Russell Banks
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307375643

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Rule Of The Bone by Russell Banks Pdf

Chappie is a punked-out teenager rejected by his mother and abusive stepfather. Out of school and in trouble with the police, he drifts through crash pads, doper squats, and malls until he finally settles in an abandoned school bus with Rose, a seven-year-old child, and I-Man, an exiled Rastafarian who will dramatically change his life. Together they begin an amazing journey...