![]() ![]() A trip to the International Cryptozoology Museum will find several of his cryptid books among the fascinating displays. His novel, The Montauk Monster, was named one of the best reads of the summer by Publishers Weekly. As part of the new horror line at Flame Tree Press, his novel Creature has gained critical acclaim. In 2011, he was selected to be a part of the launch of Samhain Publishing’s new horror line alon Hunter Shea is the author of over 25 books, with a specialization in cryptozoological horror that includes The Jersey Devil, The Dover Demon, Loch Ness Revenge and many others. ![]() Living in a true haunted house inspired his Jessica Backman: Death in the Afterlife series (Forest of Shadows, Sinister Entity and Island of the Forbidden). ![]() ![]() Hunter Shea is the author of over 25 books, with a specialization in cryptozoological horror that includes The Jersey Devil, The Dover Demon, Loch Ness Revenge and many others. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Soon it becomes clear that, even in her death, Bertha’s defining spirit and the implications of her obfuscations live on, infecting and affecting future generations through inheritance battles, murky paternities, and hidden wills. When Bertha dies in a freak accident, her past resurfaces in the form of a heretofore-unheard-of son, who arrives in Salford claiming he is heir apparent to Truitt Alleys. But Bertha is plucky, tenacious, and entrepreneurial, and the bowling alley she opens quickly becomes Salford’s most defining landmark-with Bertha its most notable resident. She has no past to speak of, or at least none she is willing to reveal, and her mysterious origin scandalizes and intrigues the townspeople, as does her choice to marry and start a family with Leviticus Sprague, the doctor who revived her. A sweeping and enchanting new novel from the widely beloved, award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken about three generations of an unconventional New England family who own and operate a candlepin bowling alleyįrom the day she is discovered unconscious in a New England cemetery at the turn of the twentieth century-nothing but a bowling ball, a candlepin, and fifteen pounds of gold on her person-Bertha Truitt is an enigma to everyone in Salford, Massachusetts. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As she begins to close in on the truth, the ruthless Vlane-an alpha Fae who makes sex an addiction for human women–closes in on her. She is soon faced with an even greater challenge: staying alive long enough to learn how to handle a power she had no idea she possessed–a gift that allows her to see beyond the world of man, into the dangerous realm of the Fae.Īs Mac delves deeper into the mystery of her sister’s death, her every move is shadowed by the dark, mysterious Jericho, a man with no past and only mockery for a future. The quest to find her sister’s killer draws her into a shadowy realm where nothing is as it seems, where good and evil wear the same treacherously seductive mask. ![]() ![]() When her sister is murdered, leaving a single clue to her death-a cryptic message on Mac’s cell phone-Mac journeys to Ireland in search of answers. In other words, she’s your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so. ![]() ![]() ![]() Through this story, author Yvonne Buchanan explores themes of grief and loss, resilience, identity and family. Charmaine Wilkersons debut novel is a story of how the inheritance of betrayals, secrets, memories, and even names can shape relationships and history. Deeply evocative and beautifully written, Black Cake is an extraordinary journey through the life of a family changed forever by the choices of its matriarch. Black Cake is a children's book about an African American girl named Lola, who struggles to cope with the death of her father. The black cake is a rum-soaked fruit cake made from a beloved family recipe. The heartbreaking tale Eleanor unfolds, the secrets she still holds back, and the mystery of a long lost child challenge everything the siblings thought they knew about their lineage and themselves.Ĭan Byron and Benny reclaim their once close relationship, piece together Eleanor's true history, and fulfill her final request to "share the black cake when the time is right"? Will their mother's revelations bring them back together or leave them feeling more lost than ever?Ĭharmaine Wilkerson's debut novel is a story of how the inheritance of betrayals, secrets, memories, and even names can shape relationships and history. In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultuous story about a headstrong young swimmer who escapes her island home under suspicion of murder. ![]() ![]() In present day California, Eleanor Bennett's death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording. ![]() ![]() ![]() In February 2013, Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QAIA) applied to the NYC LGBT Community Center for space for this reading. Beginning in March 2011, the NYC LGBT Center banned any discussion of Palestine, in response to pressure from wealthy supporters of Israel's anti-Palestinian policies. ![]() This event is a huge victory for free speech and queer organizing, and we hope you'll come celebrate it with us. At the same time, she talks with straight Palestinian activists about their position in relation to homosexuality and gay rights in Palestine and internationally (). QUEERS AGAINST ISRAELI APARTHEID (QAIA) is proud to welcome Sarah Schulman with a reading from her new book, "Israel/Palestine and the Queer International." In her book, Schulman questions the contradiction between Israel's investment in presenting itself as gay friendly-financially sponsoring gay film festivals and parades-and its denial of the rights of Palestinians. ![]() ![]() I could almost hear Vic’s narration, and again it’s a long time since I’ve read a protagonist I was so immediately able to conjure a voice for. It’s not every day that you read a book that simultaneously sucks you in completely, and is so effective at delivering shock moments without in anyway disrupting the flow of reading. ![]() Vic is such an intriguing, even endearing character, that you almost forget the whole murder part until the novel shocks you back to remembering just who it is you’re thinking fondly of. It’s not just the updated social commentary, skewering modern social issues such as inequality and desperation, or the skillful work with the characters that won me over so completely it’s the way the gritter, rougher moments are highlighted by the gorgeous descriptive prose of symphonies and rainy afternoons in New York. Base Notes is absolutely going to attract comparisons to Patrick Süskind’s Perfume, but in my opinion blows it completely out of the water. Usually, that’s just the kind of problem Vic’s learnt to solve with the odd, very discrete, murder-for-hire, but an old client with an impossible request is suddenly threatening everything they’ve worked so hard for. ![]() ![]() ![]() Despite landing the title to an up-and-coming perfume house, following the mysterious disappearance of the owner, Vic just can’t seem to break in to the old-boy network that sits as a barrier to true success. Vic Fowler is drowning in debt and in dreams. ![]() ![]() ![]() All of them resented the way he bullied and manipulated them. All of them knew about the eserine: Aristide talked about how it could be used to kill him. All of them get substantial bequests from Aristide's estate. At the Leonides estate, Charles interviews the various members of the family, finding motives for each of them. ![]() Charles seeks the consent of Chief Inspector Taverner of Scotland Yard to look into the case, utilizing his personal connection with Taverner, who had served with Charles's father, a decorated former Assistant Commissioner who was murdered. Charles reluctantly takes on the case, in part because he had a brief love affair with Sophia in Cairo. Sophia believes this was deliberate, not accidental. Sophia notes that Aristide' regular insulin injection had been laced with eserine from his eye drops, causing a fatal heart attack. Sophia wants Charles to investigate Aristide's death, for she believes he was murdered by a member of his sprawling and idiosyncratic family. The granddaughter of late Greek-British business tycoon Aristide Leonides, Sophia Leonides, visits private investigator Charles Hayward in his office. ![]() ![]() Other omissions and facts along the way make him more suspicious, and eventually Joe becomes the primary suspect. Joe tries to help, but when he realizes that he knows the victim, he doesn't mention this right away, which makes Ruiz suspicious. Joseph O'Loughlin, an innocent psychologist, tries to help a detective, Ruiz, who shows up at a talk Joe is giving having to do with prostitution asking questions about a murder of what he thought was a prostitute. This book illustrates what can happen when you ignore this advice and talk too much about a crime. He made a very good case, and was followed by a policeman who surprisingly agreed 100%. ![]() I recently watched a YouTube video of a talk made by a law professor/former criminal lawyer on why you should never talk to the police about a crime, whether you are innocent or guilty. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Against this backdrop, the intertwined fates of Elisabetta, Marco, Sandro, and their families will be decided, in a heartbreaking story of both the best and the worst that the world has to offer. ![]() The Nazis invade Rome, and with their occupation come new atrocities against the city's Jews, culminating in a final, horrific betrayal. In time, everything that the three hold dear-their families, their homes, and their connection to one another-is tested in ways they never could have imagined.Īs anti-Semitism takes legal root and World War II erupts, the threesome realizes that Mussolini was only the beginning. But in the autumn of 1937, all of that begins to change as Mussolini asserts his power, aligning Italy's Fascists with Hitler's Nazis and altering the very laws that govern Rome. Their friendship blossoms to love, with both Sandro and Marco hoping to win Elisabetta's heart. Elisabetta is a feisty beauty who dreams of becoming a novelist Marco the brash and athletic son in a family of professional cyclists and Sandro a Jewish mathematics prodigy, kind-hearted and thoughtful, the son of a lawyer and a doctor. Elisabetta, Marco, and Sandro grow up as the best of friends despite their differences. ![]() ![]() Enraged, Griffin and Ben try to steal it back from Swindle's shop, only to find that it has gone, and they have to break into Swindle's house. A dejected Griffin later chances upon Palomino on television, stating that the card he stole was worth at least a million dollars. ![]() Wendell, a.k.a Swindle tells the boys that the card is an old counterfeit of a valuable one, worth only one hundred dollars. Excited that the card could help his family, which is struggling financially, Griffin takes it to the local collectibles dealer, S. Griffin discovers a Babe Ruth baseball card of him in a Red Sox uniform that, unbeknownst to Griffin, is worth huge amounts of money. ![]() However, only Griffin and his best friend Ben Slovak show up. A smart young boy named Griffin Bing decides to gather their entire grade in a sleepover in an old house about to be demolished after their plan for using a new space in their town to make a skate park was thrown out because of their youth. ![]() |