Set in the year 1900, the story revolves around the loving relationship between Cathleen and Silas, who have known each other since they were children. After Silas asks Cathleen to marry him, a malicious rival meddles in their affairs, using Silas's father to ruin their happiness. This forces Silas to make a terrible sacrifice, and Cathleen is left to face the bitter consequences. Separated and swept into lives with no love or peace, they must endure the cruel turns of fate that have put them on a path with no way back.
The story follows Arjun, an Indian computer programmer who travels to the U.S. with dreams of success, but ends up in a disappointing job. After being laid off, he releases a virus in an act of revenge, which spirals into a global catastrophe. The novel explores the intersection of cyberspace, Indian cinema, and global interconnectedness.Â
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This romance novel by Judith Krantz, originally published in 1996. The story centers on the glamorous world of high fashion and modeling, with intersecting plots of family drama, ambition, and romance. The story is known for its fast-paced, entertaining narrative and its signature "glamour novel" style.
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In The Three, four unrelated airplane crashes happen around the world, and there is only one child survivor found in the wreckage of each crash. An American reverend insists that the children are the harbingers of the apocalypse, while the media dubs them "The Three".
Mad Cows is a comic novel and a sequel to Lette's earlier book, Foetal Attraction. The story follows Madeleine Wolfe, a single mother, who is framed and arrested for shoplifting. She then has to navigate the British justice and welfare system while trying to protect her newborn son
Every year since he can remember, Richard had spent his holidays on the sun-drenched shores of Palm Beach with his wife and two friends. Now a hollowed-out man, he remembers his paradise, their immaculate lives and the tales that can exist only between the most intimate of friends. As Richard reminisces, we begin to wonder whether he is reliving a lost paradise or actually reinventing it.
The book is an expose of high-frequency trading (HFT) on Wall Street, detailing how a small group of outsiders discovered that the stock market was being rigged and set out to fix it.
The story follows up-and-coming photographer Kristin Ryder. Her life is turned upside down when she begins receiving anonymous and sinister emails that suggest the sender has an intimate knowledge of her past. As her life spirals out of control, she must discover the sender's identity before it's too late
Bella is a teenage chocolate addict who lives in an idyllic village in France with her aristocratic grandmother. Her eccentric life is shaken by the sudden appearance of a deposed African leader, an urbane man with a reputation for intense cruelty, who develops a strong interest in her.
This is a novel about 15-year-old Isabel, who is sent to Two Rivers in South Africa to live with her sister and brother-in-law after her mother has a stroke. The story follows her friendships and traces the riots that ultimately lead to her brother-in-law's death
Dead Men's Dust introduces Joe Hunter, an all action hero with a strong moral code. Like the gunslingers of the Wild West, Hunter is not afraid to use his weapons and his fists - but only to save the victims from the bad guys.
It's the summer of 1968, the year of love and hate, of Prague Spring and Cold War winter. Two English students, Ellie and James, set off to hitch-hike across Europe with no particular aim in mind but a continent, and themselves, to discover. Somewhere in southern Germany they decide, on a whim, to visit Czechoslovakia where Alexander Dubcek's "socialism with a human face" is smiling on the world.Meanwhile Sam Wareham, a first secretary at the British embassy in Prague, is observing developments in the country with a mixture of diplomatic cynicism and a young man's passion. In the company of Czech student, Lenka Konecková, he finds a way into the world of Czechoslovak youth, its hopes and its ideas. It seems that, for the first time, nothing is off limits behind the Iron Curtain.Yet the wheels of politics are grinding in the background. The Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev is making demands of Dubcek and the Red Army is massed on the borders. How will the looming disaster affect those fragile lives caught up in the invasion?
The novel follows a young, naive aspiring actress named Jonni Kendal who moves to London to escape her parents' plans for her life. There she meets the dangerously attractive Jean-Baptiste St. Michel, a talented and ambitious man haunted by his past. As Jonni is drawn into Michel's world, they must both confront their histories before they can build a future together
The novel tells the story of Anthony Peardew, a short-story writer who has spent half his life collecting lost objects in an effort to atone for a broken promise. Nearing the end of his life, he bequeaths his house and his vast collection of lost items to his assistant, Laura, tasking her with reuniting the objects with their owners.
'A wonderfully compelling portrait of a family haunted by secrets and lies ... pitch perfect on the chilling, devastating consequences of guilt ' - Sally Brampton
Dr. Jeremy Cramer is a young doctor on the verge of a cutting-edge medical discovery. But his research is derailed when Cramer's son is infected with a rare fatal disease. Now as he races against time to save his child's life, Cramer will make a decision that could shatter his career.Informed Consent is a pulse-pounding medical thriller that complements the current popularity of hospital dramas. With non-stop suspense, snappy dialogue, and witty humor, author Sandra Glahn takes a look at some of today's hot-button issues through this provocative story.
The Haj is a historical saga that follows a Palestinian Arab boy named Ishmael through the birth of Israel and the subsequent displacement and turmoil.
The novel takes readers from Cambridge to the desolate Suffolk coast, where Penrose uncovers a connection between the victims that dates back twenty-five years. As the body count rises and the stakes get higher, both Penrose and Tey must race to stop the killer before another person is attacked.
