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» Devil May CareSebastian Faulks
It was a wet evening in Paris. On the slate roofs of the big boulevards and on the small mansards of the Latin quarter, the rain kept up a ceaseless patter.
» The Beach HouseJane Green
The bike crunches along the gravel path, weaving around the potholes that could present danger to someone who didn’t know the road like the back of their hand.
» A Fraction of the WholeSteve Toltz
You never hear about a sportsman losing his sense of smell in a tragic accident, and for good reason;
» Bleeding Heart SquareAndrew Taylor
Sometimes you frighten yourself. So what is it, exactly? A punishment? A distraction? A relief? You're not sure.
» The Rain Before it FallsJonathan Coe
When the telephone rang Gill was outside, raking the leaves into coppery piles, while her husband shovelled them on to a bonfire.
» TyphoonCharles Cumming
'Washington has gone crazy.'
I am standing at the foot of Joe's bed in the Worldlink Hospital.
» White Rose RebelJanet Paisley
In the distance there was a drum beating and the faint skirl of slow pipes. It was a call to the clans, for a chief was dying.
» The Road from DamascusRobin Yassin-Kassab
Uncle Mazen drove Sami into the city as far as the parliament building, then shrugged and peered out through the windscreen.
» The Closed CircleJonathan Coe
Sister Dearest,
The view from up here is amazing, but it's too cold to write very much. My fingers can barely hold the pen.
» Second ChanceJane Green
The wine has been drunk, the pasta demolished, three quarters of the tiramisu polished off.
» SpiderMichael Morley
At the cool, dusky end of a sizzling day, barbecues spit flames while party laughter rolls along the banks of South Carolina's winding Black River.
» Girls of RiyadhRajaa Alsanea
Ladies and Gentlemen: You are invited to join me in one of the most explosive scandals and noisiest, wildest all-night parties around.
» Tell Me SomethingAdele Parks
I fell in love with Roberto twice.
The first time was twelve years before I met him.
» Confessions of a Demented Housewife: The Celebrity YearNiamh Greene
Have made enormous progress in my spiritual growth since last year. In fact, I have achieved such a high level of self-awareness...
» ConsequencesPenelope Lively
They met on a bench in St James's Park; it was the sixth of June 1935. Lorna was crying because she had had a violent argument with her mother;
» My RevolutionsHari Kunzru
Outside in the garden, workmen from the marquee company are bolting together an aluminium frame on the lawn.
» The DigJohn Preston
That evening I came back and worked on alone. The rectangle of darkened earth at the entrance to the burial chamber showed up quite clearly in front of me.
» The Rotters' ClubJonathan Coe
On a clear, blueblack, starry night, in the city of Berlin, in the year 2003, two young people sat down to dinner.
» Soon I Will Be InvincibleAustin Grossman
This morning on planet Earth, there are one thousand, six hundred, and eighty-six enhanced, gifted, or otherwisesuperpowered persons.
» 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.
