18 books like Select Editions--Volume 2 2004

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Oracle Night Paul Auster · 2003 · ★ 3.8 · 251p · ≈ 8h · Moderate A novelist recovers from an accident. He begins to write again, after buying a blue portugese notebook. The words flow, but at some point, strange things begin to happen: his beloved wife behaves strangely, fiction and reality get mixed up, and what about this strange stationary shop where he bought the notebook? It disappears over night. Shares Novelists, Authorship, Romance & Relationships
The Fourth Monkey
The Fourth Monkey J. D. Barker · 2017 · ★ 4.5 · 404p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "Se7en meets The Silence of the Lambs in this dark and twisting novel from the author Jeffery Deaver called, "A talented writer with a delightfully devious mind." For over five years, the Four Monkey Killer has terrorized the residents of Chicago. When his body is found, the police quickly realize he was on his way to deliver one final message, one which proves he has taken another victim who may… Shares Serial murderers
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The two destinies Wilkie Collins · 1876 · ★ 3.7 · 102p · ≈ 3h · Challenging One of Wilkie Collins's 'sensation' novels of two lovers who face a life of accidents and vicissitudes when they are parted cruelly as children. Unknown to each other as the children they once were, they meet again and again in their adult lives, only to be separated. Wilkie brings in in his favourite tricks - bigamy, embezzlement, desertion, disfigurement, love that cannot be undone even in the… Shares Married people
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The Big Picture Douglas Kennedy · 1997 · ★ 3.9 · 374p · ≈ 12h · Moderate **WHAT IF YOU COULD GIVE UP YOUR LIFE AND TAKE OVER SOMEONE ELSE'S?** Ben Bradford has it all. A beautiful wife, two adorable children, a big house in an upscale neighborhood, and a top paying job as a partner at a New York law firm. But scratch the surface and you'll find a deeply unhappy man. Not only did he want to be a photographer, but his wife is slipping away from him into the arms… Shares Life change events, Married people, Romance & Relationships
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Telling Tales Kylie Cardell · 2015 · 156p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Authorship with this book.
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The Life of Ian Fleming John Pearson · 1966 · ★ 4.0 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Through extensive research and examination of private papers, this book exposes the fact that although Fleming might have denied the connection, the Bond books were in fact autobiographical. Shares Novelists, Authorship
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The secret hour Luanne Rice · 2003 · ★ 4.0 · 335p · ≈ 11h · Moderate One of America's most mesmerizing storytellers, Luanne Rice enthralls readers with her moving tales of ordinary people in crisis--and how they are transformed by the enduring power of love and family. Now the author of Safe Harbor, True Blue, and other New York Times bestsellers presents the gripping story of a man fighting for his family, a woman searching for her sister--and the promise of a… Shares Serial murderers, Lawyers, Romance & Relationships
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Envy Sandra Brown · 2001 · ★ 4.2 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Living on a remote island under an assumed name, novelist Parker Evans guards his secrets well. Fascinated by this reclusive genius, publisher Maris Matherly-Reed decides to pursue him. But this new project threatens an old commitment, a commitment at the very center of her life. Envy has all the ingredients of a Sandra Brown beach read bestseller Shares Novelists, Authorship
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Born Killers Christopher Berry-Dee · 2006 · 270p · ≈ 9h · Moderate But no matter how many people they have killed, no matter how many lives they have ruined and whatever the nature of their sickening crimes, serial killers are still human. Analysing the early years of the lives of men like Jeffrey Dahmer, who abused and killed 17 young men, offers a fascinating insight into the effects of a dysfunctional or abusive childhood. Criminologists Christopher… Shares Serial murderers
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The guilty one Lisa Ballantyne · 2012 · 466p · ≈ 15h · Moderate London solicitor Daniel Hunter finds his life changed when he meets an eleven-year-old boy accused of murdering an eight-year-old boy--a case that forces him to confront his own childhood and unearths memories he'd long buried. Shares Life change events, Lawyers
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Novel Notes Jerome Klapka Jérôme · 1893 · ★ 3.8 · 168p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Shares Authorship with this book.
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Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare · 1886 Baptista Minola has two daughters, the beautiful Bianca and the shrewish Katherina. A visiting stranger, Petruchio, learns of Katherina's large dowry, marries her and through his own even more extreme actions modifies her behavior. Shares Married people, Romance & Relationships
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A Hallowed Place Caro Fraser · 1999 · 298p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Beneath the calm exterior of the elite barristers' chambers at 5 Caper Court rumour and uncertainty begin to take their toll. Cameron Renshaw, the head of chambers, is dying, and Leo Davis, the QC with the charmed but amoral life, is about to find his dubious past catching up with him. Shares Lawyers
Vargulf
Vargulf Tim Garrity · 2009 · 237p · ≈ 7h · Moderate When the mutilated body of a young woman is discovered in Boston's historic North End Detectives Ed Fischer and John Nadeau are called in to investigate. Despite the brutality of the crime, there are no leads and it appears to be an isolated incident. However, a second murder just twenty-four hours later in Boston's Backbay Fens seems eerily similar and the victims appear to be linked. Before the… Shares Serial murderers
The Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden Ernest Hemingway · 1986 · ★ 4.0 · 247p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The last uncompleted novel of Ernest Hemingway, published posthumously in 1986, charts the life of a young American writer and his glamorous wife as they explore gender, sexuality, and desire—all while falling in love with the same woman.A sensational bestseller when it appeared in 1986, The Garden of Eden is the last uncompleted novel of Ernest Hemingway, which he worked on intermittently from… Shares Married people, Romance & Relationships
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The Good Rat LP Jimmy Breslin · 2008 · ★ 4.0 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "I didn't tell anyone that I was going to Santa Fe to kill myself."On the outside, Terri Cheney was a highly successful, attractive Beverly Hills entertainment lawyer. But behind her seemingly flawless facade lay a dangerous secret—for the better part of her life Cheney had been battling debilitating bipolar disorder and concealing a pharmacy's worth of prescriptions meant to stabilize her moods… Shares Mafia, Lawyers
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Tutt and Mr. Tutt Arthur Train · 1923 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Lawyers with this book.
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Not Easily Broken T. D. Jakes · 2006 · ★ 4.2 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Married people, Romance & Relationships with this book.

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