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THE CRIME FICTION CLASSIC: Meet Quarry—an ex-Marine sniper and hired killer with a taste for justice—in this “fast-paced, sexy, violent, and entertaining” series kick-off (BookReporter).The assignment was simple: stake out the man’s home and kill him. Easy work for a professional like Quarry. But when things go horribly wrong, Quarry finds himself with a new mission: learn who hired him, and make the bastard pay.The longest-running series from Max ...

Friends and family delve into the secrets of a dying man's past in this literary novel by the award-winning author of The Wasp Factory."A goodbye letter to the world and all of its wonder and terror." ―Cory Doctorow, boingboing.netEighteen-year-old Kit is weird: big, strange, odd, socially disabled, on a spectrum that stretches from "highly gifted" at one end, to "nutter" at the other. At least Kit knows who his father is; he and Guy...

**'Halls' stories show that even in zero-hour, austerity-battered Britain, the tenderness and warmth of human connection exists. The Quarry is, in the end, a testament to this messy truth - how love, hate, hope and fear have always lived on the same street' GLEN BROWN, author of IronopolisYou can see it in them; all that anger inside, it's toxic. Throw some drink into it and everything bubbles over. People say that they never see it c...

In the quiet, forgotten corners of a small town, a dark legacy lies buried beneath centuries of secrets. When Clara Vanleigh uncovers the mysterious past of her family’s ancestral home, Vanleigh Manor, she is thrust into a world where the line between the living and the dead is thin, and ancient curses still hold sway.With her closest friend, Ruth, at her side, Clara embarks on a harrowing journey to break the curse that has haunted her bloodline for generations. As they delve deep...

Riches to rags ... Chaos is down ... Everyone loves sparkly rings ... Some more than others!Who knew a simple trip to the consignment store would find Wendy being strong-armed by two strangers? So not allowed—especially as it could affect Doreen getting her month-end check! Trying to get to the bottom of this is one convoluted story to sort out. It involves Bernard—an eccentric and handsome older man, who had a very young fiancée in his life—the breakup, and the re...

This collection includes books 7–9 in Max Allan Collins’s Quarry Series: The Last Quarry, The First Quarry, and Quarry in the MiddleThe Last Quarry: The ruthless professional killer known as Quarry long ago disappeared into a well-earned retirement. But now a media magnate has lured the restless hit man into tackling one last lucrative assignment. The target is an unlikely one—why, Quarry wonders, would anyone want a beautiful you...

A frightened phone call from her young daughter sends Jenny Carter into the darkness of Quarry Woods, seventeen years after she swore she'd never return. What she finds there triggers a journey back to a horrific event in her own childhood – an event which now threatens the present.

Discover the tapestry of history woven into the fabric of the Texas Hill Country, where each visitor leaves a mark and every corner holds a tale. Experience the enduring spirit of this small piece of land, a testament to the passage of time and the stories it holds.There is a story behind every place where humans have been, and this narrative unfolds in the heart of Texas Hill Country. The Quarry invites readers to explore the layers of history that shape ...

Winner - Best Novel - British Science Fiction Association Awards, 2024The Green Man sends Daniel Mackmain to stop threats from folklore making trouble in the everyday world. Now a naiad and dryad want him to deal with the big cat they’ve seen prowling in their woods. Reports like this turn up in the tabloid press from time to time, though no one has ever caught such a cat, or even found evidence of a large carnivore’s kills.Can Dan discover the truth behind this modern myth...

From the Man Booker Prize–winning author of Promise: "[A] spare, intense story of rural South Africa . . . His clear, elemental prose is never generic" ( Booklist).Damon Galgut established himself as a writer of international caliber with the publication of The Good Doctor, which was sold in sixteen countries and was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize and the winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize for the African region. The Quarry...

Set in southern Ontario during the 1980s, acclaimed poet Catherine Graham's debut novel is as layered as the open-pit mine for which it is named. Only child Caitlin Maharg lives with her parents beside a water-filled limestone quarry, but her idyllic upbringing collapses when she learns her mother is dying. After a series of family secrets emerges, she must confront the past and face her uncertain future. Lyrically charged, jewelled with images and at times darkly comic, Graham's prose wea...

10 years have passed since youngsters Bobby Massey and Linda West stumbled across an Australian Government secret cache of weapons. Now armed with new information, rogue government officials were ready to take any measures necessary to ensure their lucrative secret deal with a third world nation rebel group, remains secret.Bobby is captured by ex-military soldiers working for the rogue elements and interrogated in an effort to get him to reveal all he knows. Witnessing Bobby's captu...