Doubletake

Download or read book Double Take written by Elizabeth Breck and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2022 SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD Nominee When a young journalist goes missing in sunny San Diego , P.I. Madison Kelly learns the true price of knowing too much. It's a perfect San Diego fall--cool and crisp with bright blue skies. But not everything is right in the sunny idyll dubbed "America's Finest City." Young journalist Barrett Brown has been missing for a week, and her boyfriend hires private investigator Madison Kelly to find her. Right away, Barrett reminds Madison of a younger version of herself: smart, ambitious, and a loner. As she launches her investigation, Madison realizes that Barrett's disappearance is connected to a big story she was chasing--and she sets out to walk in Barrett's footsteps to trace her whereabouts. As the trail grows colder, things begin to heat up between Madison and Barrett's boyfriend. But he doesn't seem to be telling everything he knows, and Madison gets the feeling that her every move is being watched. What dirty secrets lie at the heart of Barrett's big lead? If Madison can't get to the bottom of the case in time, she could be in line to become the next victim.

Download or read book Double Take written by Kevin Michael Connolly and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-09-30 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Charming . . . Connolly recounts growing up a scrappy Montana kid—one who happened to be born without legs. . . . an empowering read.” —People Kevin Connolly has been an object of curiosity since the day he was born without legs. Growing up in rural Montana, he was raised like any other kid (except, that is, for his father’s MacGyver-like contraptions such as the “butt boot”). As a college student, Kevin traveled to seventeen countries on his skateboard, including Bosnia, China, Ukraine, and Japan. In an attempt to capture the stares of others, he took more than 30,000 photographs of people staring at him. In this dazzling memoir, Kevin Connolly casts the lens inward to explore how we view ourselves and what it is to truly see another person. From the home of his family in Helena, Montana, to the streets of Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur, Kevin’s remarkable journey will change the way you look at others, and the way you see yourself. “This deeply affecting memoir will place him in the company of Jeanette Walls and Augusten Burroughs.” —Sara Gruen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Water for Elephants “A courageous, immensely rewarding chronicle expressed in arresting words and pictures.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review “Beautiful, revealing, and stimulating . . . [Connolly] is a good storyteller . . . whether describing his first high school wrestling match, the path from novice to champion skier or what it’s like to travel around the world on a skateboard.” —Publishers Weekly ,starred review “An inspiring read. . . . [Kevin Connolly] is a lucky man, sharing his bounty with us.” —Sacramento Book Review

Download or read book Double Take written by Catherine Coulter and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-06-24 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock are joined by one of their own and a Virginia sheriff in an extraordinary case that immerses them in the world of psychic visions, mind benders, and communications with the dead It's been more than six months since her husband's brutal death, and Julia Ransom is just beginning to breathe again. She loved her husband, renowned psychic August Ransom, but the media frenzy that followed his murder sapped what little strength she had left. Now, after dinner with friends, strolling along San Francisco's Pier 39, she realizes that she's happy. Standing at the railing, she savors the sounds around her-tourists, seals on a barge-and for a moment enjoys the sheer normalcy of it all. And then it comes to an end. Out of nowhere she's approached by a respectable-looking man who distracts her with conversation before violently attacking her and throwing her the railing. If it hadn't been for Special Agent Cheney Stone, out to stretch his legs between courses at a local restaurant, Julia would have vanished into the bay's murky depths. Not only does he save her from a watery grave, but he senses a connection between her assault and her husband's death, and sets out to serve as her protector while reopening August Ransom's murder investigation. Meanwhile, in Maestro, Virginia, Sheriff Dixon Noble-last seen in Point Blank-still mourns his wife, Christie, who vanished hree years earlier. His life, too, is just getting back to normal when he learns of a San Francisco woman named Charlotte Pallack, whose shocking resemblance to Christie sends Dix across the country. Though he knows in his heart that she can't possibly be his wife, Dix is compelled to see her with his own eyes. Once in San Francisco, Dix and Cheney's paths inevitably cross. With the help of agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock, whose San Francisco connections prove essential in unlocking the mystery behind Charlotte Pallack's identity as well as the forces behind Julia Ransom's attempted murder, Sheriff Noble and Agent Stone push deep into a complex world of psychics and poseurs. As the stakes and the body count rise, Savich, Sherlock, Dix, and Cheney fight for answers-and their lives.

Download or read book Double Take written by Roy Huggins and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It seemed that a good many people wanted to find out the identity of Ralph Johnston’s wife. Among them was the woman’s own husband...

Download or read book Doubletakes written by T. Coraghessan Boyle and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected by celebrated author and professor T. Coraghessan Boyle, DOUBLETAKES: PAIRS OF CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORIES gives students the opportunity to enjoy, through close reading and analysis, the works of some of the most recognized names in contemporary literature.

Download or read book Double Take written by Carolyn Keene and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-07-21 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Treasure Trouble, Nancy, George, and Bess are headed to Barnacle Beach for a pirate-themed birthday party. But when the treasure chest filled with party favors disappears, playtime is over. With the help of a mysterious treasure map, the Clue Crew needs to reclaim the missing loot before the party’s completely ruined. In Double Take, the Clue Crew has competition—one of their classmates has started a rival sleuthing club! Can Nancy and the girls solve the latest case before the phony detectives do?

Download or read book Doubletake written by D. S. Jones and published by Publish America. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Bryan's best friend disappears in the middle of the night, he sets out on a desperate search to find her and to find the truth behind Twin City. What Bryan uncovers in the next twenty-four hours is more terrifying than his worst nightmare as it becomes clear that the answers lead back to him, and reality isn't always what it seems. Can Bryan accept the terrifying truth about himself and accept the position he was born to take?