Author: Karin Fossum
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448104645
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Riktor doesn’t like the way the policeman comes straight into the house without knocking. He doesn’t like the arrogant way he observes his home.The policeman doesn’t tell him why he’s there, and Riktor doesn’t ask. Because he knows he’s guilty of a terrible crime. But it turns out that the policeman isn’t looking for a missing person. He is accusing Riktor of something totally unexpected. Riktor doesn’t have a clear conscience, but this is a crime he certainly didn’t commit.
I Can See in the Dark
Author: Karin Fossum
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544114426
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
What if you were arrested for a crime you didn't commit--but had to prove your innocence without revealing anything about the crime that you did? A thrilling new stand-alone novel from Norway's Queen of Crime, "a truly great writer." (Jo Nesbo)
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544114426
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
What if you were arrested for a crime you didn't commit--but had to prove your innocence without revealing anything about the crime that you did? A thrilling new stand-alone novel from Norway's Queen of Crime, "a truly great writer." (Jo Nesbo)
What You See in the Dark
Author: Manuel Munoz
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1616201452
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
The long-awaited first novel by the award-winning author of two impressive story collections explores the sinister side of desire in Bakersfield, California, circa 1959, when a famous director arrives to scout locations for a film about madness and murder at a roadside motel. Unfolding in much the same way that Hitchcock made Psycho—frame by frame, in pans, zooms, and close-ups—Mun~oz’s re-creation of a vanished era takes the reader into places no camera can go, venturing into the characters’ private thoughts, petty jealousies, and unrealized dreams. The result is a work of stunning originality.
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1616201452
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
The long-awaited first novel by the award-winning author of two impressive story collections explores the sinister side of desire in Bakersfield, California, circa 1959, when a famous director arrives to scout locations for a film about madness and murder at a roadside motel. Unfolding in much the same way that Hitchcock made Psycho—frame by frame, in pans, zooms, and close-ups—Mun~oz’s re-creation of a vanished era takes the reader into places no camera can go, venturing into the characters’ private thoughts, petty jealousies, and unrealized dreams. The result is a work of stunning originality.
Seeing in the Dark
Author: Timothy Ferris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684865807
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
America's finest science writer describes a major revolution sweeping astronomy, as amateur astronomers, in global networks linked by the Internet, make discoveries that are changing the knowledge of the universe. Illustrations.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684865807
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
America's finest science writer describes a major revolution sweeping astronomy, as amateur astronomers, in global networks linked by the Internet, make discoveries that are changing the knowledge of the universe. Illustrations.
In the Dark
Author: Lisa Deresti Betik
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1525305956
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
An entertaining, fact-packed introduction to the science of night. What happens when we go to sleep at night? Kids can find out in this fun exploration of the world after dark. This nonfiction book covers the surprising amount of activity going on at night with animals, plants, celestial objects and even our own bodies! Here are answers to all the questions kids have about nighttime — and many they have never thought of! — including: Why do we dream? How do bats use echolocation? What blooms in the moonlight? Why do stars twinkle? There’s so much here to investigate, kids will be up all night!
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1525305956
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
An entertaining, fact-packed introduction to the science of night. What happens when we go to sleep at night? Kids can find out in this fun exploration of the world after dark. This nonfiction book covers the surprising amount of activity going on at night with animals, plants, celestial objects and even our own bodies! Here are answers to all the questions kids have about nighttime — and many they have never thought of! — including: Why do we dream? How do bats use echolocation? What blooms in the moonlight? Why do stars twinkle? There’s so much here to investigate, kids will be up all night!
Chickens Can't See in the Dark
Author: Kristyna Litten
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780192756800
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Little Pippa is not like other chickens. So when she's told in class by Mr Benedict that chickens can't see in the dark, she sets out to challenge this claim! In doing so she puts an old hens' tale to the test, discovers the benefits of carrots for night vision, and creates a carroty feast for all the doubting chickens on her farm!
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780192756800
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Little Pippa is not like other chickens. So when she's told in class by Mr Benedict that chickens can't see in the dark, she sets out to challenge this claim! In doing so she puts an old hens' tale to the test, discovers the benefits of carrots for night vision, and creates a carroty feast for all the doubting chickens on her farm!
Dark Needs at Night's Edge
Author: Kresley Cole
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1849834296
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
On the night lovely Néomi Renate, a famous ballerina at the turn of the century, was murdered, an evil force turned her into a spectre - a phantom that's neither alive nor dead - and cursed her to relive her harrowing death every month during the full moon. Unable to leave her home, she has managed to scare away any trespassers, until she encounters an inhabitant even more terrifying than Néomi herself. When Conrad Wroth, a vampire warlord who's been half-mad for centuries, first beholds Néomi, he knows nothing will stop him from claiming the ethereal beauty as his own - not even death itself. Yet even if the gruff warrior can win her love and defeat the evil that surrounds her, he still must determine a way to bring her fully back to life, and back to him.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1849834296
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
On the night lovely Néomi Renate, a famous ballerina at the turn of the century, was murdered, an evil force turned her into a spectre - a phantom that's neither alive nor dead - and cursed her to relive her harrowing death every month during the full moon. Unable to leave her home, she has managed to scare away any trespassers, until she encounters an inhabitant even more terrifying than Néomi herself. When Conrad Wroth, a vampire warlord who's been half-mad for centuries, first beholds Néomi, he knows nothing will stop him from claiming the ethereal beauty as his own - not even death itself. Yet even if the gruff warrior can win her love and defeat the evil that surrounds her, he still must determine a way to bring her fully back to life, and back to him.
Can God See Me in the Dark?
Author: Neal Lozano
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781883551452
Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When Anna goes to sleep overnight at her grandparents' house for the very first time, she is afraid of the dark, but her grandfather explains that Jesus is with her even when she cannot see, which makes her feel better.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781883551452
Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When Anna goes to sleep overnight at her grandparents' house for the very first time, she is afraid of the dark, but her grandfather explains that Jesus is with her even when she cannot see, which makes her feel better.
Find You in the Dark
Author: A. Meredith Walters
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476782288
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
New York Times bestselling author A. Meredith Walters delivers an emotional, heart-wrenching story about the all-consuming power of first love—for fans of J.A. Redmerski and Colleen Hoover. Maggie Young had the market on normal. Normal friends, normal parents, normal grades…normal life. Until him. Clayton Reed was running from his past and an army of personal demons that threatened to take him down. He never thought he had a chance at happiness. Until her. Maggie thought their love could overcome anything. Clay thought she was all he needed to fix his messy life. That together, they could face the world. But the darkness is always waiting. Sometimes the greatest obstacle to true love is within yourself.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476782288
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
New York Times bestselling author A. Meredith Walters delivers an emotional, heart-wrenching story about the all-consuming power of first love—for fans of J.A. Redmerski and Colleen Hoover. Maggie Young had the market on normal. Normal friends, normal parents, normal grades…normal life. Until him. Clayton Reed was running from his past and an army of personal demons that threatened to take him down. He never thought he had a chance at happiness. Until her. Maggie thought their love could overcome anything. Clay thought she was all he needed to fix his messy life. That together, they could face the world. But the darkness is always waiting. Sometimes the greatest obstacle to true love is within yourself.