The Nighttime Novelist

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1599632063
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (996 download)

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Book Synopsis The Nighttime Novelist by : Joseph Bates

Download or read book The Nighttime Novelist written by Joseph Bates and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-08-27 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make Every Creative Moment Count Franz Kafka was an insurance agent. William Faulkner was a postmaster. Stephen King taught high school English, John Grisham was an attorney, and Toni Morrison worked in publishing. Though romantic fantasies of the writing life don't often include a day job, the fact is that most writers have one. If you find yourself among them, stealing moments late at night, early in the morning, or on your lunch break to write, The Nighttime Novelist is your guide—on call any hour to help. Divided into quick mini lessons to make the most of your precious writing time, this book offers: • Technique instruction that breaks down the elements of the novel—from crafting your protagonist to successful plotting and pacing • Hurdle lessons that help you anticipate and overcome roadblocks, so you can keep your productivity and your story on track • Going Deeper explorations that provide guidance on the more nuanced aspects of storytelling, so you can take your work to the next level • Try It Out assignments and more than 25 interactive worksheets that help you apply the lessons to your own project Whether you're just beginning your novel, wondering how to navigate its middle, or bringing it to a close, you'll find the instruction, exercises, and support you need to keep your story moving forward every time you sit down to write.

Writing Your Novel from Start to Finish

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440347581
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)

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Book Synopsis Writing Your Novel from Start to Finish by : Joseph Bates

Download or read book Writing Your Novel from Start to Finish written by Joseph Bates and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equip yourself for the novel-writing journey! Starting a novel is exciting, but finishing it--that's the real challenge. The journey from beginning to end is rife with forks in the road and dead ends that lead many writers off course. With Writing Your Novel from Start to Finish: A Guidebook for the Journey, you'll navigate the intricacies of crafting a complex work of fiction and complete the journey with confidence and precision. To maximize your creativity and forward momentum, each chapter offers: • Techniques to break down the elements of the novel--from character-building to plotting and pacing • Mile Markers to anticipate and overcome roadblocks like ineffective dialogue and "the unchanged protagonist" • Guidelines for Going Deeper to explore and implement more nuanced aspects of storytelling, such as finding your voice and the role of theme • Try-It-Out Exercises and 27 interactive worksheets that help elevate your writing. No matter your level of experience or where you are in your project, Writing Your Novel from Start to Finish provides the instruction, inspiration, and guidance you need to complete your journey successfully.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

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Publisher : Anchor Canada
ISBN 13 : 0307371565
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Book Synopsis The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by : Mark Haddon

Download or read book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time written by Mark Haddon and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bestselling modern classic—both poignant and funny—narrated by a fifteen year old autistic savant obsessed with Sherlock Holmes, this dazzling novel weaves together an old-fashioned mystery, a contemporary coming-of-age story, and a fascinating excursion into a mind incapable of processing emotions. Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. At fifteen, Christopher’s carefully constructed world falls apart when he finds his neighbour’s dog Wellington impaled on a garden fork, and he is initially blamed for the killing. Christopher decides that he will track down the real killer, and turns to his favourite fictional character, the impeccably logical Sherlock Holmes, for inspiration. But the investigation leads him down some unexpected paths and ultimately brings him face to face with the dissolution of his parents’ marriage. As Christopher tries to deal with the crisis within his own family, the narrative draws readers into the workings of Christopher’s mind. And herein lies the key to the brilliance of Mark Haddon’s choice of narrator: The most wrenching of emotional moments are chronicled by a boy who cannot fathom emotions. The effect is dazzling, making for one of the freshest debut in years: a comedy, a tearjerker, a mystery story, a novel of exceptional literary merit that is great fun to read.

The Night Guest

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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374710643
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Book Synopsis The Night Guest by : Fiona McFarlane

Download or read book The Night Guest written by Fiona McFarlane and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mesmerizing first novel about trust, dependence, and fear, from a major new writer Ruth is widowed, her sons are grown, and she lives in an isolated beach house outside of town. Her routines are few and small. One day a stranger arrives at her door, looking as if she has been blown in from the sea. This woman—Frida—claims to be a care worker sent by the government. Ruth lets her in. Now that Frida is in her house, is Ruth right to fear the tiger she hears on the prowl at night, far from its jungle habitat? Why do memories of childhood in Fiji press upon her with increasing urgency? How far can she trust this mysterious woman, Frida, who seems to carry with her own troubled past? And how far can Ruth trust herself? The Night Guest, Fiona McFarlane's hypnotic first novel, is no simple tale of a crime committed and a mystery solved. This is a tale that soars above its own suspense to tell us, with exceptional grace and beauty, about ageing, love, trust, dependence, and fear; about processes of colonization; and about things (and people) in places they shouldn't be. Here is a new writer who comes to us fully formed, working wonders with language, renewing our faith in the power of fiction to describe the mysterious workings of our minds. A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of 2013

Night-Time is My Time

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1847395384
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (473 download)

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Book Synopsis Night-Time is My Time by : Mary Higgins Clark

Download or read book Night-Time is My Time written by Mary Higgins Clark and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definition of an owl had always pleased him: "I am the owl," he would whisper to himself after he had selected his prey, "and night-time is my time." Jean Sheridan, a prominent historian, returns to her hometown to attend the twenty-year reunion of Stonecroft Academy, where she is to be honoured along with six other members of her class. There is, however, something uneasy in the air: one woman in the group, Alison Kenall, a beautiful, high-powered Hollywood agent, died just a few days before, drowned in her pool during an early morning swim. She is the fifth woman in the class whose life has come to a sudden, mysterious end. At the award dinner, Jean does not suspect that among the distinguished people she is greeting is the "Owl," a murderer nearing the countdown on his mission of vengeance against the Stonecroft women who had mocked or humiliated him, with Jean his final intended victim.

The Last Days of Night

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Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0812988914
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Book Synopsis The Last Days of Night by : Graham Moore

Download or read book The Last Days of Night written by Graham Moore and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A world of invention and skulduggery, populated by the likes of Edison, Westinghouse, and Tesla.”—Erik Larson “A model of superior historical fiction . . . an exciting, sometimes astonishing story.”—The Washington Post From Graham Moore, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game and New York Times bestselling author of The Sherlockian, comes a thrilling novel—based on actual events—about the nature of genius, the cost of ambition, and the battle to electrify America. New York, 1888. Gas lamps still flicker in the city streets, but the miracle of electric light is in its infancy. The person who controls the means to turn night into day will make history—and a vast fortune. A young untested lawyer named Paul Cravath, fresh out of Columbia Law School, takes a case that seems impossible to win. Paul’s client, George Westinghouse, has been sued by Thomas Edison over a billion-dollar question: Who invented the light bulb and holds the right to power the country? The case affords Paul entry to the heady world of high society—the glittering parties in Gramercy Park mansions, and the more insidious dealings done behind closed doors. The task facing him is beyond daunting. Edison is a wily, dangerous opponent with vast resources at his disposal—private spies, newspapers in his pocket, and the backing of J. P. Morgan himself. Yet this unknown lawyer shares with his famous adversary a compulsion to win at all costs. How will he do it? In obsessive pursuit of victory, Paul crosses paths with Nikola Tesla, an eccentric, brilliant inventor who may hold the key to defeating Edison, and with Agnes Huntington, a beautiful opera singer who proves to be a flawless performer on stage and off. As Paul takes greater and greater risks, he’ll find that everyone in his path is playing their own game, and no one is quite who they seem. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER “A satisfying romp . . . Takes place against a backdrop rich with period detail . . . Works wonderfully as an entertainment . . . As it charges forward, the novel leaves no dot unconnected.”—Noah Hawley, The New York Times Book Review

In the Night of Time

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Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547548052
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

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Book Synopsis In the Night of Time by : Antonio Muñoz Molina

Download or read book In the Night of Time written by Antonio Muñoz Molina and published by HMH. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Washington Post Best Book of the Year: A “hypnotic” novel of the Spanish Civil War and one man’s quest to escape it (Colm Tóibín, The New York Review of Books). October 1936. Spanish architect Ignacio Abel arrives at Penn Station, the final stop on his journey from war-torn Madrid, where he has left behind his wife and children, abandoning them to uncertainty. Crossing the fragile borders of Europe, Ignacio reflects on months of fratricidal conflict in his embattled country, his transformation from a bricklayer’s son to a respected bourgeois husband and professional, and the all-consuming love affair with an American woman that forever altered his life. Winner of the 2012 Prix Méditerranée Étranger and hailed as a masterpiece, In the Night of Time is a sweeping, grand novel and an indelible portrait of a shattered society, written by one of Spain’s most important contemporary novelists. “Labyrinthine and spellbinding . . . One of the most eloquent monuments to the Spanish Civil War ever to be raised in fiction.” —The Washington Post, “The Top 50 Fiction Books for 2014” “An astonishingly vivid narrative that unfolds with hypnotic intensity by means of the constant interweaving of time and memory . . . Tolstoyan in its scale, emotional intensity and intellectual honesty.” —The Economist “Epic . . . Intoxicating prose.” —Entertainment Weekly “A War and Peace for the Spanish Civil War.” —Publishers Weekly

A Secret History of the Nighttime World

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Publisher : 39 West Press
ISBN 13 : 1946358045
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (463 download)

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Book Synopsis A Secret History of the Nighttime World by : Jason Ryberg

Download or read book A Secret History of the Nighttime World written by Jason Ryberg and published by 39 West Press. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the world of Jason Ryberg—a world of true crimes and misdemeanors in the American grain, transformed, through the poet’s retelling, into miniature works of art. Reading Ryberg is like driving a pick-up truck across Kansas on shrooms, and his imagery, as fresh as a midnight S curve, takes the reader on a journey from city streets to wheat fields, navigating through a landscape bright with the “five-battery-flashlight of a moon.” A Secret History of the Nighttime World, the twelfth book of poetry by Ryberg, delivers one great breath of fire directly from his heart onto the page.

In the Night Season

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Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061967963
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)

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Book Synopsis In the Night Season by : Richard Bausch

Download or read book In the Night Season written by Richard Bausch and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-27 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nora Michaelson and her eleven-year-old son, Jason. are going through a difficult adjustment to life after the accidental death of Jason's father. at a time when the family's small business was failing. The loss of Jack Michaelson has left his wife and son nearly destitute. It has also placed their lives in jeopardy. This is a story of terror, and resourcefulness in the face of terror, from a master storyteller.

The Night in Question

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Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 149266801X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (926 download)

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Book Synopsis The Night in Question by : Nic Joseph

Download or read book The Night in Question written by Nic Joseph and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your ride is here... When Paula picks up her last passenger of the night, all she sees is a few more dollars to put toward her husband's medical bills. That's before she recognizes the quiet stranger in her back seat as a world-famous musician and realizes the woman waiting at his destination is not his equally famous wife. So, Paula does what any down-on-her-luck woman would do. She asks for money in exchange for silence. But when a woman is murdered in the same building days later, Paula discovers she is the only witness to the secret affair—an affair that incriminates the musician. Now, Paula's silence comes at a much more dangerous price.

The Weekend Novelist

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Publisher : Billboard Books
ISBN 13 : 0307875059
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Book Synopsis The Weekend Novelist by : Robert J. Ray

Download or read book The Weekend Novelist written by Robert J. Ray and published by Billboard Books. This book was released on 2011-08-24 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who doesn't dream of writing a novel while holding on to a day job? Robert J. Ray and coauthor Bret Norris can help readers do just that, with this proven practical and accessible step-by-step guide to completing a novel in just a year's worth of weekends. The Weekend Novelist shows writers of all levels how to divide their writing time into weekend work sessions, and how to handle character, scene, and plot. This new, revised version is far more skills-based than its predecessor, and includes both classic and contemporary literature models, contains a sample "Novel in Progress," and at the end offers readers the choice to rewrite their novel, draft a memoir, or turn their rough draft into a screenplay. Readers for a decade have been instructed and inspired by The Weekend Novelist. This new edition will help many more strive to realize their writing potential. • Offers a practical, structured approach to finishing a novel • Ray has taught more than 10,000 students over 25 years and continues to teach new classes that attract new readers to his books

The Weekend Novelist Writes a Mystery

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Publisher : Dell
ISBN 13 : 0307490394
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Weekend Novelist Writes a Mystery written by Robert J. Ray and published by Dell. This book was released on 2011-08-10 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler, Sara Paretsky and Thomas Harris, you, too, can learn the trade secrets of quality detective fiction. It's true. Just one year from now, you can deliver a completed mystery novel to a publisher--by writing only on weekends. Authors Robert J. Ray and Jack Remick guide you through the entire mystery-writing process, from creating a killer to polishing off the final draft. Each weekend you'll focus on a specific task--learning the basics of novel-writing, the special demands of mystery-writing, and the secrets professionals use to create stories one scene at a time, building to a shivery, satisfying climax. Using Agatha Christie's The Body in the Library as a model for the classical mystery tale and Martin Cruz Smith's Gorky Park for the hard-boiled mystery, this unique step-by-step program gives you all the information you need to reach your ultimate goal: a finished book in just 52 weeks! Let two successful masters of the genre show you how... Discover: Why you must create your killer first The tricks to writing dialogue that does it all--moves your plot, involves your reader, and makes your style sizzle How to "bury" information (and corpses) for your reader to find Why you should NOT build your book around chapters Special techniques for clearing writer's block Plus: examples from Sue Grafton, Dashiell Hammett, Patricia Cornwell, Thomas Harris, Raymond Chandler, and more.

Night Song

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Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504025725
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis Night Song by : John A. Williams

Download or read book Night Song written by John A. Williams and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the life of Charlie “Bird” Parker, this poignant, provocative, and stylistically brilliant tale paints a vivid picture of the New York City jazz scene In Greenwich Village, jazz is king, enticing hip young crowds with its seductive and vibrant rhythms. Jazz is also the lifeblood pumping through the veins of Richie “Eagle” Stokes, a saxophonist blessed with an otherworldly talent but cursed by cravings for women, fame, and heroin. To ex–college professor David Hillary, musicians like Stokes are gods possessed with the uncanny ability to turn a private inner world inside out and make everything else irrelevant. And for ex-preacher Keel Robinson, Hillary’s unlikely savior, the bewitching music serves as a bridge across racial boundaries as he embarks on a forbidden and dangerous love affair. Considered one of the finest novelists of a generation that included James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, and Richard Wright, author John A. Williams follows a diverse cast of all-too-human characters through nighttime New York City in this incendiary and unforgettable novel.

The Late Night Writer Bundle

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Publisher : Writers Digest Books
ISBN 13 : 9781599631905
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (319 download)

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Book Synopsis The Late Night Writer Bundle by : Joseph Bates

Download or read book The Late Night Writer Bundle written by Joseph Bates and published by Writers Digest Books. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SPECIAL SHRINKWRAPPED BUNDLE! If you're one of those writers completing their novels in stolen hours during the day, Writer's Digest has you covered with The Late Night Writer Collection. With The Nighttime Novelist, The 3 A.M. Epiphany and The 4 A.M. Breakthrough, you'll know what to do regardless of when inspiration strikes—or when it seems to have abandoned you completely. You'll discover lessons that help you anticipate and overcome blocks so you can keep your productivity—and your story—right on track; guidance on the more nuanced aspects of writing, so you can take your work to the next level; techniques for crafting unique ideas that combine personal experiences with unrestricted imagination; and a fun and experimental writing process that allows you to approach your fiction writing with the spirit of discovery, rather than anxiety. Discover the energy you need to keep writing with The Late Night Writer Collection.

Late Night Talking

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416538798
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Book Synopsis Late Night Talking by : Leslie Schnur

Download or read book Late Night Talking written by Leslie Schnur and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-05-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed author of The Dog Walker comes Late Night Talking, a tender and funny novel about bad behavior, the fragility of friendship and family, and how we cannot choose whom we love. Jeannie Sterling, host of a late-night NYC talk show, vents with her listeners about everyday injustices, from rude cell phone users and poor gym etiquette to bad drivers and negligent pet owners -- the many aggravations of modern urban life. An idealistic California girl raised by two free-spirited parents, Jeannie believes in a life of value through activism. She's passionate about making a difference, about making the world a better place, one annoying person at a time. For as long as she can remember, success in her career has been more than enough. But after all these years of being single, Jeannie realizes that some of the pieces of her perfect puzzle aren't fitting quite right. The people she thought she knew best all harbor secrets, secrets Jeannie isn't prepared for, secrets that can't be digested, processed, and solved in the neat three-hour window of her show. Her best friend, Luce, is growing distant and distracted; her wayward father unexpectedly moves in; and an ambiguous relationship with her college crush ignites. When the radio station is bought by the maverick mogul Nicholas Moss, Jeannie's career, her one safe haven, also descends into chaos. She is pushed to increase ratings and goes too far, risking the loss of everything and everyone important to her. Delightfully real and deliciously flawed, Jeannie Sterling is a character we can't help but root for as she faces her life's most hilarious -- and heartbreaking -- challenges.

Night Shift

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Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 1250775558
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (57 download)

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Book Synopsis Night Shift by : Nora Roberts

Download or read book Night Shift written by Nora Roberts and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “America’s favorite writer” (The New Yorker), #1 bestselling phenomenon Nora Roberts, delivers an emotion-charged thriller in Night Shift—the first Night Tales novel—revealing the passionate relationship between a late night deejay being stalked over the airwaves and the police detective assigned to protect her. Cilla O’Roarke’s voice breaks the darkened, early a.m. silence, connecting with the lost and lonely listeners who tune in and hang on every word she whispers. Admiring, awkward callers come with the territory, but the man threatening to kill her rings in every night, relentless in his cruelty. Assigned to protect Cilla, Detective Boyd Fletcher meets a strong-willed woman who’s suspicious of cops, but willing to accept his help. Now, together in close quarters, Cilla and Boyd find their growing mutual desire undeniable—even as a predator moves ever closer for the kill.

The Night Visitors

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Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780062852007
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (52 download)

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Book Synopsis The Night Visitors by : Carol Goodman

Download or read book The Night Visitors written by Carol Goodman and published by William Morrow Paperbacks. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest thriller from the internationally bestselling author of The Lake of Dead Languages and The Other Mother, a story of mistaken identities and missed chances, forgiveness, and vengeance. “Carol Goodman is, simply put, a stellar writer.”—Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of The Red Hunter ALICE gets off a bus in the middle of a snowstorm in Delphi, NY. She is fleeing an abusive relationship and desperate to protect... OREN, ten years old, a major Star Wars fan and wise beyond his years. Though Alice is wary, Oren bonds nearly instantly with... MATTIE, a social worker in her fifties who lives in an enormous run-down house in the middle of the woods. Mattie lives alone and is always available, and so she is the person the hotline always calls when they need a late-night pickup. And although according to protocol Mattie should take Alice and Oren to a local shelter, instead she brings them home for the night. She has plenty of room, she says. What she doesn't say is that Oren reminds her of her little brother, who died thirty years ago at the age of ten. But Mattie isn't the only one withholding elements of the truth. Alice is keeping her own secrets. And as the snowstorm worsens around them, each woman's past will prove itself unburied, stirring up threats both within and without.