The Wicked Cometh

Author : Laura Carlin
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473661417

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The Wicked Cometh by Laura Carlin Pdf

font size="+1"The nail-biting historical mystery with a heady romance at its heart/font size 'Beguiling' Stylist ********* Hester White once had a comfortable home and a loving family, but after the untimely death of her parents, her life was turned upside down, leading her to live with her aunt and uncle in the slums of London. As the years turn, people begin to disappear from these murky streets in mysterious circumstances . . . with nobody to investigate their absences. When a life-threatening accident crosses Hester's path with Calder Brock's, it appears Hester's fortune has changed. Handsome, charming and wealthy, Calder is quick to invite her into his home, introducing Hester to his mysterious sister Rebecca, who takes Hester under her wing. In the opulence of her new home, Hester believes she has now escaped the darkness of the slums for good. But, Hester is about to find out, appearances can hide the ugliest of truths. When she is lured back onto the streets to investigate the mystery, the clues seem to lead her back far closer to her new friends than she could ever have imagined. . . ********* 'Carlin can tell a good story' Observer 'Contains lovely, lyrical writing . . . and a heady romance at its heart' Sunday Express

Author : Laura Carlin
Publisher : Hodder Paperbacks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-08
Category : FICTION
ISBN : 1473661390

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The Wicked Cometh by Laura Carlin Pdf

'We have no need to protect ourselves from the bad sort because WE are the bad sort . . .' 'Beguiling' Stylist The year is 1831. Down murky alleyways, acts of unspeakable wickedness are taking place and London's vulnerable poor are disappearing from the streets. Out of these shadows comes Hester White, a bright young woman who is desperate to escape these slums by any means possible. When a chance encounter thrusts Hester into the beguiling world of the aristocratic Brock family, she leaps at the chance to improve her station in life. But whispers from her past slowly begin to poison her new existence, and lure her into the most sinister of investigations. As she finds herself dragged into the blackest heart of the city, little does she know that something more depraved than she could ever imagine is lurking. . . 'Carlin can tell a good story' Observer 'Contains lovely, lyrical writing . . . and a heady romance at its heart' Sunday Express 'A deliciously dark confection of a novel' Ruth Hogan

Author : Laura Forbes Carlin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Detective and mystery stories
ISBN : 152887224X

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The Wicked Cometh by Laura Forbes Carlin Pdf

Down the murky alleyways of London, acts of unspeakable wickedness are taking place and the city's vulnerable poor are disappearing from the streets. Out of these shadows comes Hester White, a bright young woman who is desperate to escape the slums by any means possible. When Hester is thrust into the world of the aristocratic Brock family, she leaps at the chance to improve her station in life under the tutelage of the fiercely intelligent and mysterious Rebekah Brock. But whispers from her past slowly begin to poison her new life and both she and Rebekah are lured into the most sinister of investigations, dragging them into the blackest heart of a city where something more depraved than either of them could ever imagine is lurking.

Author : LAURA. CARLIN
Publisher : Hodder Paperbacks
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1473661463

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Requiem for a Knave by LAURA. CARLIN Pdf

Author : Rachel Heng
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250185358

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Suicide Club by Rachel Heng Pdf

"A provocative new author. A fascinating debut novel. Read it!” —Jeff VanderMeer In Rachel Heng's debut set in near future New York City—where lives last three hundred years and the pursuit of immortality is all-consuming—Lea must choose between her estranged father and her chance to live forever. Lea Kirino is a “Lifer,” which means that a roll of the genetic dice has given her the potential to live forever—if she does everything right. And Lea is an overachiever. She’s a successful trader on the New York exchange—where instead of stocks, human organs are now bought and sold—she has a beautiful apartment, and a fiancé who rivals her in genetic perfection. And with the right balance of HealthTechTM, rigorous juicing, and low-impact exercise, she might never die. But Lea’s perfect life is turned upside down when she spots her estranged father on a crowded sidewalk. His return marks the beginning of her downfall as she is drawn into his mysterious world of the Suicide Club, a network of powerful individuals and rebels who reject society’s pursuit of immortality, and instead choose to live—and die—on their own terms. In this future world, death is not only taboo; it’s also highly illegal. Soon Lea is forced to choose between a sanitized immortal existence and a short, bittersweet time with a man she has never really known, but who is the only family she has left in the world.

Author : Adoniram Judson Gordon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : End of the world
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CR00503665

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Ecce Venit by Adoniram Judson Gordon Pdf

Author : Laura Carlin
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473661455

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Requiem for a Knave by Laura Carlin Pdf

From the author of The Wicked Cometh comes a dark, page-turning tale of passion and romance in the darkest of places. . . 'Carlin can tell a good story' Observer 'A book of great beauty and lyricism' On Magazine After the death of his mother, young Alwin of Whittaker leaves the only home he has ever known to seek answers about his unknown father through a pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. On the journey, Alwin falls in with a band of violent and marauding soldiers and is witness to their terrible crimes. When Alwin later joins up with a group of pilgrims, he must hide his identity . . . but he is not the only one with secrets to keep. Rosamund, a young woman travelling the same path, has much to conceal too. The journey to discovering who he really is will lead Alwin into great danger and great passion. These are dark times, and through them, Alwin must shine a light. Will the revelations to come destroy everything that came before? 'Effortlessly transports the reader to fourteenth-century rural Derbyshire and the plight of young Alwin. With the deft touch of a master storyteller, Laura Carlin recreates the dangerous world Alwin must navigate as they flee the comforts of home for an entirely new life' Sophie Ward, author of Love and other Thought Experiments READERS' PRAISE FOR REQUIEM FOR A KNAVE: 'Hugely engaging' 'A gem of an historical novel with beautiful atmospheric writing' 'I loved Laura's first book and this is another fun, dark historical novel full of twists and turns. Atmospheric and passionate' 'Laura Carlin charmed and bewitched me with her Victorian era debut The Wicked Cometh and here again I am willingly sucked into the dark medieval world of pilgrims, lords and villains' 'Beautifully written with strongly portrayed characters, A very good read' 'The author gives us fully rounded, engaging characters, a compelling story and beautiful, lyrical prose. I loved this even more than The Wicked Cometh' 'A lyrical and engaging novel, with beautiful writing and a gripping storyline'

Author : Ray Bradbury
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Boys
ISBN : 0553280325

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Something Wicked this Way Comes by Ray Bradbury Pdf

Tow boys discover the evil secret of the Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show.

Author : Lucy A. Delaney
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781513221540

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From the Darkness Cometh Light by Lucy A. Delaney Pdf

From the Darkness Cometh the Light (1891) is a memoir by Lucy A. Delaney. Published in St. Louis in the last year of Delaney’s life, the work is regarded as an essential slave narrative and the only firsthand account of a freedom suit, by which some enslaved African Americans were able to achieve their freedom prior to emancipation. Twentieth century scholars of feminism and African American literature in particular have upheld her work and continue to celebrate her influence on the historical and cultural development of the nation. “On a dismal night in the month of September, Polly, with four other colored persons, were kidnapped, and, after being securely bound and gagged, were put into a skiff and carried across the Mississippi River to the city of St. Louis. Shortly after, these unfortunate negroes were taken up the Missouri River and sold into slavery.” Tracing her mother’s life back to this tragic event, Lucy A. Delaney tells a story of enslavement, hardship, and perseverance, the story of her family’s struggle for freedom. As a young woman, Polly brought two lawsuits to court in St. Louis in the hopes of freeing herself and her daughter from slavery. Following their historic victory, mother and daughter remained together as Lucy attempted to start a family of her own. Despite losing her first husband and several children from her second marriage, Lucy remained dedicated to serving God and her community as a leader in her church and president of several organizations for the empowerment of African American women. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Lucy Delaney’s From the Darkness Cometh the Light is a classic of African American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Author : rev James Inglis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600098788

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The Bible text cyclopedia: a classification by J. Inglis by rev James Inglis Pdf

Author : Johnny Marciano,Emily Chenoweth
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781524787257

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Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat: The Spacedog Cometh #3 by Johnny Marciano,Emily Chenoweth Pdf

"Applaud for KLAWDE. Two paws up!"--Dav Pilkey, creator of the Dog Man series. "Funny, savage, and brilliant, Klawde is the pet I wish I had."--Max Brallier, New York Times Bestselling author of The Last Kids on Earth. Klawde is not your basic cat. He's an emperor from another planet, exiled to Earth. He's cruel. He's cunning. He's brilliant... and he's also Raj Banerjee's best friend. In book three of this hysterical series, Klawde faces a challenger he never imagined: a dog, who has arrived on Earth to settle the intergalactic score. He's hyper, he's loyal, he's an all-around-good boy, and he's here to bring Klawde to justice. Can our ferocious feline evade the long paw of the law? Raj, on the other hand, is faced with his own out-of-town visitor who, although from Earth, may prove to be even more formidable: his grandmother. When she plans a birthday party Raj doesn't want, will he survive the embarrassment? Heavily illustrated, with a hilarious, biting voice that switches between Raj's and Klawde's perspectives, this is the story of an unlikely friendship that emerges between a boy and the evil cat who arrived on his doorstep.

Author : Sara Collins
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443456197

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The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins Pdf

“Deep-diving, elegant + tough.” —Margaret Atwood via @MargaretAtwood “By turns lush, gritty, wry, gothic and compulsive, The Confessions of Frannie Langton is a dazzling page-turner. With as much psychological savvy as righteous wrath, Sara Collins twists together the slave narrative, bildungsroman, love story and crime novel to make something new.” —Emma Donoghue “A startling, compelling historical debut novel. . . . Should be on top of your vacation reading pile.” —The Washington Post “Reminiscent of Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace. . . . [A] devious, richly detailed debut.” —O: The Oprah Magazine A servant and former slave is accused of murdering her employer and his wife in this astonishing historical thriller that moves from a Jamaican sugar plantation to the fetid streets of Georgian London—a remarkable literary debut with echoes of Alias Grace, The Underground Railroad and The Paying Guest All of London is abuzz with the scandalous case of Frannie Langton, accused of the brutal double murder of her employers, renowned scientist George Benham and his eccentric French wife, Marguerite. Crowds pack the courtroom, eagerly following every twist, while the newspapers print lurid theories about the killings and the mysterious woman being tried at the Old Bailey. The testimonies against Frannie are damning. She is a seductress, a witch, a master manipulator, a whore. But Frannie claims she cannot recall what happened that fateful evening, even if remembering could save her life. She doesn’t know how she came to be covered in the victims’ blood. But she does have a tale to tell: a story of her childhood on a Jamaican plantation, her apprenticeship under a debauched scientist who stretched all bounds of ethics, and the events that brought her into the Benhams’ London home—and into a passionate and forbidden relationship. Though Frannie’s testimony may seal her conviction, the truth will unmask the perpetrators of crimes far beyond murder and indict the whole of English society itself. The Confessions of Frannie Langton is a breathtaking debut: a murder mystery that travels across the Atlantic and through the darkest channels of history. A brilliant, searing depiction of race, class and oppression that penetrates the skin and sears the soul, it is the story of a woman of her own making in a world that would see her unmade.

Author : Ralph Wardlaw
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V001486314

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Lectures on the Book of Proverbs by Ralph Wardlaw Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026562875

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Lectures on the Book of Proverbs. By the Rev. Ralph Wardlow ... Edited by His Son, the Rev. J. S. Wardlaw. Second Edition. [With the Text and a Portrait.] by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ralph Wardlaw
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555020480

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Lectures on the Book of proverbs, ed. by J.S. Wardlaw by Ralph Wardlaw Pdf