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The Snakes

The night they decided to leave London Bea had a dream. Dreams are like silent films; guns are fired without shots, people talk without voices.

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Daisy Jones and The Six

Daisy Jones was born in 1951 and grew up in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California.

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A Rose Petal Summer

Caro pulled her jersey over her knees knowing she should just be sensible and have an early night.

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The Taking of Annie Thorne

Even before stepping into the cottage, Gary knows that this is bad.

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18th Abduction

JOE AND I were in the back seat of a black sedan, cruising along a motorway from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

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Celtic Empire

Wails of grief drifted over the city like a black aria. The mud brick dwellings burst with anguish, as the sorrow swirled into the night desert.

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Invisibly Breathing

A prime number is divisible only by itself and by one. If I were a prime number, I’d want to be a five.

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Never Tell

By the time I pull my car into the garage, my hands are shaking on the wheel. I tell myself I have no reason to feel so nervous.

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The Last

Nadia once told me that she was kept awake at night by the idea that she would read about the end of the world on a phone notification.

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The Secretary

The secretary is the most dangerous person in the room.

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Black Leopard, Red Wolf

The child is dead. There is nothing left to know.

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The Great Wide Open

All families are secret societies. Realms of intrigue and internal warfare, governed by their own rules, regulations, boundaries, frontiers. Rules which often make no sense to those outside its borders.

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The Chef

“GIMME TWO scoops, three waddles, and a shake!”

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I Owe You One

The trouble with me is, I can’t let things go.

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Out of the Dark

A man melted into the throng of tourists gathered along the E Street walkway.

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The Wedding Guest

No Regrets. Stupid name for a signature cocktail. Brears had found the recipe online, this tequila-Baileys thing.

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Pearly Gates

When Pearly was in a north-facing upstairs bedroom, he saw through the window a woman come briskly to the neighbour’s back door, which opened without the need for her to pause on entry.

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The Mister

Alessia opens the door but freezes on the threshold of the room.

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Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal Extract

Diary of a Wimpy Kid world to expand in April 2019 with new book: DIARY OF AN AWESOME FRIENDLY KID

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The House Next Door

“Hurry,” I heard someone say. “He’s losing a lot of blood.”

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Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss

It should have been the greatest day of his life.

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The Suspect

The call comes at 3 a.m. The jagged ring of the bedside telephone tearing a hole in our sleep. I reach out a hand to silence it.

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Tell Me a Secret

Everyone is staring at me.

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The Chestnut Man

Red and yellow leaves drift down through the sunlight on to the wet asphalt, which cuts through the woods like a dark and glassy river.

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