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» The Orpheus DeceptionDavid Stone
After the killings, Dalton went to Venice, where the rain fell for two days and three nights, a hard, slicing torrent, and, under it, the threat of worse things coming, the deep, hard cold of the Venetian winter.
» The Widows of EastwickJohn Updike
Those of us acquainted with their sordid and scandalous story were not surprised to hear, by way of rumors from the various localities where the sorceresses had settled after fleeing our pleasant town of Eastwick...
» Mr S and the Secrets of the AndorraRoss O'Carroll-Kelly
'Er . . . run that by me again?'
'A Divorce Fair,' he goes. And he's, like, totally serious. In the RDS, of all places.
'Divorce and fair,' I go. 'Two words I never thought I'd hear in the same sentence.'
» The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole, 1999-2001Sue Townsend
Friday, November 26, 1999, 2.30 p.m.
Wisteria Walk, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire
I have not kept a diary since fire destroyed my house, furniture, clothes, books and life savings. The arsonist, Eleanor Flood, is residing in a secure unit, where she is doing an MA.
» Arctic DriftClive Cussler
The cry rattled through the ship like the howl of a wounded jungle beast, a mournful wail that sounded like a plea for death. The moan incited a second voice, and then a third, until a ghoulish chorus echoed through the darkness.
» The Lost ThroneChris Kuzneski
The monk felt the wind on his face as he plummeted to his death, a journey that started with a scream and ended with a thud.
» Circle of the DeadIngrid Black
Back home in New England, they used to have these things called winters. Still do have them, probably. The world doesn't stop just because you're not there to keep an eye on it anymore.
» Casino RoyaleIan Fleming
The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning.
» Live and Let Die
» Moonraker
» Diamonds are ForeverIan Fleming
With its two fighting claws held forward like a wrestler's arms the big pandinus scorpion...
» From Russia with LoveIan Fleming
The naked man who lay splayed out on his face beside the swimming pool might have been dead.
» Dr. NoIan Fleming
Punctually at six o'clock the sun set with a last yellow flash behind the Blue Mountains...
» GoldfingerIan Fleming
James Bond, with two double bourbons inside him, sat in the final departure lounge of Miami Airport...
» ThunderballIan Fleming
It was one of those days when it seemed to James Bond that all life, as someone put it, was nothing...
» The Spy Who Loved MeIan Fleming
I was running away. I was running away from England, from my childhood, from the winter...
» On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceIan Fleming
It was one of those Septembers when it seemed that the summer would never end.
» You Only Live TwiceIan Fleming
The geisha called 'Trembling Leaf', on her knees beside James Bond...
» The Man with the Golden GunIan Fleming
The Secret Service holds much that is kept secret even from very senior officers in the organization.
