The Removal Man is an utterly unputdownable suspense thriller that imagines your worst house-moving nightmare - and then dials it up to 11. Rose is moving. For her and her son, Noah, this is going to be a fresh start. She's almost finished packing but Noah is determined to spend one last night camping out in the garden like he used to. Rose agrees as long as he wraps up warm inside their small tent. Four hours later she's woken by a frantic banging on the window. It's Noah. There's someone in the garden. That's when Rose picks up the kitchen knife.
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RJ Parker is a celebrated author specializing in the compelling genre of true crime. His narratives delve into the intricate psychology of serial offenders and the methodical approaches of criminal profiling, offering readers a chilling exploration of humanity's darker aspects. Drawing upon his extensive expertise in criminology, Parker crafts stories that are both gripping and insightful. His work provides a profound look into the complexities and disturbing realities of the criminal underworld.
When Leah Talbot crashes her car one night, she spots a light on in a nearby house and approaches, hoping that someone is home. Charming, handsome, Martin Tate answers the door to the bedraggled and traumatised Leah, inviting her in. Though she's not there for long, Leah feels an indescribable pull to the man who has helped in her hour of need. But when she returns the next morning to say thank you, it isn't Martin who answers the door this time. It's the police. There's been a brutal murder and the female homeowner is lying dead in a pool of blood upstairs in bed. There's no sign of Martin until he comes looking for Leah
The Norton Anthology of American Literature
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The best-selling survey of American literature from its beginnings to the present day is now brought to readers in an innovative revision. Here are the classic writers in the American tradition--from Wheatley and Franklin to Poe and Dickinson, to Cather, Hemingway, and Ellison. Fifteen major works are included in their entirety, among them Nature, Song of Myself, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Daisy Miller: A Study, Long Day's Journey into Night, A Streetcar Named Desire, and "Howl." Here too are contemporary and newly recovered writers and traditions--from Native American Trickster tales to modernists Carlos Bulosan and Claude McKay, to contemporary authors Toni Morrison, Billy Collins, and Sandra Cisneros. Helpful introductions, headnotes, bibliographies, maps, and timelines accompany the texts.
Published in two volumes, the newest edition of THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE presents the work of 212 writers--38 newly included. From trickster tales of the Native American tradition to bestsellers of early women writers to postmodernism, this edition conveys the diversity of American literature from its origins to the present. Volume 2 covers the period of 1865 to the present.