Next of Kin

Author: John Boyne
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466852313
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372

Book Description
From the bestselling author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and "one of the most imaginative and adventurous of the young Irish novelists working today" (Irish Independent) comes John Boyne's Next of Kin. Boyne steps into the drawing rooms and private clubs of the prewar English aristocracy to offer an unobstructed view of a social elite driven by the conflicting desires to uphold tradition and to acquire vast wealth. It is 1936, and London is abuzz with gossip about the affair between Edward VIII and Mrs. Simpson. But the king is not the only member of the aristocracy with a hard decision to make. Owen Montignac, the handsome and charismatic scion of a wealthy family, is anxiously awaiting the reading of his late uncle's will, for Owen has run up huge gambling debts and casino boss Nicholas Delfy has given him a choice: Find 50,000 pounds by Christmas or find yourself six feet under. So when Owen discovers that he has been cut out of the will in favor of his cousin Stella, he finds that even a royal crisis can provide the means for profit, and for murder. Next of Kin vividly captures the spirit of 1930s London, revealing the secrets of the upperclass, complete with gambling, murder, an art heist, and a conspiracy to unseat the new king that could change the future of the country.

Next of Kin

Author: Roger Fouts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Experimental psychologists
Languages : en
Pages : 420

Book Description

Next of Kin

Author: Kia Abdullah
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008538336
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332

Book Description
“Abdullah’s legal thrillers make John Grisham seem like a maiden aunt.” Sunday Times Crime Club “An enthralling, heartbreaking and thrilling courtroom drama that had me shouting out loud and gripped until the last page.” Nadine Matheson, author of The Jigsaw Man

Next of Kin

Author: Dan Wells
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692246030
Category : Cleaver, John Wayne (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 33

Book Description
Elijah Sexton was a god of the ancient world, but now he drives a hearse in a Midwest town, drinking dead memories and trying to avoid the war between humans and monsters. Then he drains memories that reveal the presence of another fallen god.

Next Of Kin

Author: Joanna Trollope
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409011704
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
Multi-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope expertly depicts how grief can tip the family balance head over heels in this beautifully written novel about change and hope through adversity. Perfect for readers of Elizabeth Noble, Erica James and Amanda Prowse. 'Extraordinarily powerful' -- Mail on Sunday 'A devastatingly acute picture of a harsh rural world' -- The Sunday Times 'Certainly one of her best' -- Daily Telegraph 'A richly satisfying novel ... compulsively readable' -- Sunday Express 'Kept me interested - twists and turns - great character development - well written' -- ***** Reader review 'I couldn't put it down and finished the book in just a couple of days' -- ***** Reader review 'Excellent' -- ***** Reader review 'A wonderful book, a wonderful story, wonderful characters - a must have' -- ***** Reader review ************************************************************** A FAMILY IN CRISIS. A CATALYST THAT THREATENS TO CHANGE EVERYTHING... The land running down to the River Dean has been farmed by the Meredith family for generations. Robin Meredith bought the farm from his father, just before he married his wife Caro and now he and his brother Joe work on the land. But now Caro has died, as much as a mystery to the family as she was when she arrived twenty years ago, and the whole family feels her loss acutely, none more so than her adopted daughter Judy. Into this unhappy family comes Zoe, Judy's London friend, an outsider with an independent spirit and a disturbing directness. Everyone underestimates Zoe's power as a catalyst for change as the realities behind the seeming idyll of a rural community become ever clearer...

Next of Kin

Author: Jae
Publisher: L-Book Epublisher
ISBN: 9781934889428
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 548

Book Description
Lesbian Fiction: Romance Crime - Sequel to Conflict of Interest. Sex crimes Detective Aiden Carlisle is slowly getting used to being in a committed relationship with Dawn Kinsley-a relationship that isn't always easy since Dawn is not only a psychologist but also a former victim in one of Aiden's cases. Aiden's private and professional lives collide when Dawn's newest patient gets in trouble with the law. Will she be able to stay objective enough to solve the case without pushing Dawn away? The same case also throws Deputy District Attorney Kade Matheson's well-ordered life into chaos. In the last few years, Kade has taken case files and law books, not lovers, to bed. She has been focused only on her career and fought hard to win cases like Dawn's, but now the case forces her to finally face her attraction to women. She suddenly finds herself with two secret admirers-but which one is more dangerous, the threat to her life or her heart?

The Devil's Only Friend

Author: Mitchell Bartoy
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1466839902
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302

Book Description
It is the fall of 1943, and the city of Detroit is doing its best to recover from the explosive race riots that marked the recent summer. The police are working overtime to protect the auto plants and ensure that their massive machinery continues to churn out the steel that comprises America's lifeblood overseas. Pete Caudill, late of the Detroit detective squad, is passing the time sitting on the fire escape of a squalid rented room, consumed by the ghosts of his past, including the black teenager he shot and killed years ago and a similar boy whose life he saved in the recent riots. When a young woman distantly connected to Caudill is murdered, her blood threatens to stain the reputation of the Lloyd family, scions of Detroit's all-powerful auto industry. Caudill himself has a certain reputation with the Lloyds, plus a direct link to the complicated man who runs the company and, some say, the city of Detroit itself. As a desperate investigation unfolds and the war effort rages on, the tentacles of a menacing conspiracy reach deep into the soul of the powerful Lloyd family and threaten to squelch the very heart of American patriotism beating within. It's up to Pete Caudill, using whatever meager resources he can assemble, to put down the sinister forces working against the Lloyds, perhaps in the process preserve America's chances in the war—and discover an unexpected second chance at his own life.

Next of Kin

Author: Sharon Sala
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459220331
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335

Book Description
Beth Venable has seen too much. Witness to a major mob hit, she's placed in protective custody until the trial. But after her third safe house is riddled with bullets, she goes off-grid to save herself. What the FBI can't do, her kinfolk will. The beautiful but forbidding Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky welcome Beth back, dirt roads and rustic shacks a world apart from L.A. But her homecoming—even her blissful reunion with strong, silent Ryal Walker—is made bittersweet by the fight she's brought to the clan's doorstep. Hidden in a remote cabin with the man she's always wanted, Beth begins to dream of a new life: her old one. But after so long, with such dangers stalking her…impossible. But love can distill life down to its essence: an elixir of pure hope, nerve—and the will to survive.

Next of Kin

Author: Eric Frank Russell
Publisher: Pollinger in Print
ISBN: 1905665466
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
81,82 new hostile worlds discovered: 83 - and then another five propulsors blew their linings simultaneously and Scout-Officer John Leeming knew he would have to make a crash landing. Soon he was a prisoner of the Zangastans - and filled with a determination to get back to Earth just as soon as possible. It took the failure of an orthodox escape attempt to make him realise that his alien life-form captors knew precious little of human nature. So unprompted corroboration from another Terran prisoner held by the Lathians, Zangasta's senior allies, that said Lathians had the Willies was good enough proof that Leeming's Eustace could be pretty dangerous. Does this baffle you? Read on!

Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin

Author: Nancy Atherton
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780143036548
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
Hidden among her belongings are clues that Lori feels certain Miss Beacham wished to be discovered after her death. Watch out for Nancy Atherton's latest, Aunt Dimity and the King's Ransom, coming in July 2018 from Viking! Feeling a touch world-weary, Lori Shepherd decides to become a volunteer at the Radcliffe Infirmary, where she meets Elizabeth Beacham, a kind, retired legal secretary. But after only one visit, Miss Beacham passes away, leaving behind no family except a brother who has mysteriously disappeared. Armed with the generous help of a handsome neighbor and, as always, Aunt Dimity's supernatural skills, Lori begins to unearth Miss Beacham's secrets--including the surprising truth about her next of kin. Full of delightfully surprising twists and turns, Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin is another page-turning installment in the mystery series that has won the hearts of cozy mystery fans everywhere.