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Download or read book The Distance written by Eddie Muller and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1948, an era when newspapermen were stars -- and San Francisco sportswriter Billy Nichols is no exception. Known as Mr. Boxing throughout the city, he is the West Coast's answer to Damon Runyon -- an insider's insider who plucks and polishes his pearllike stories from the nonstop hustle of the city's nightclubs, gambling dens, and ringside seats. Billy Nichols is right where he wants to be, until he stumbles onto a shocking crime scene. Heavyweight boxer Hack Escalante has killed his manager, and for reasons Billy doesn't fully understand, he makes a spur-of-the-moment decision to protect the prizefighter. Soon Billy's in too deep, caught in a conspiracy of desire, deceit, and betrayal, and he sets off a chain of events whose consequences may cost him his beloved career -- and his life. As Billy himself struggles to escape suspicion, he must square off against relentless police detective Francis O'Connor, carry on business as usual with his colorful cronies in the boxing world, and resist his overwhelming passion for a woman he dare not love. Billy soon discovers that he's not the only yarn spinner in this nefarious netherworld: many of the characters inhabiting his well-honed newspaper columns have crafted their own alternative life stories, hiding scores of secrets. Whose story will emerge as truth? As richly ambient as James Ellroy's L.A. Confidential, this debut novel brilliantly brings to life another time -- when pride and professionalism are sometimes more important than life itself.

Download or read book The Journeying Boy written by Michael Innes and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2010-02-20 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humphrey Paxton has taken to carrying a shotgun to 'shoot plotters and blackmailers and spies'. His new tutor, Mr Thewless, suggests he might be overdoing it somewhat. But when a man is found shot dead Thewless is plunged into a nightmare world of lies, kidnapping and murder - and grave matters of national security.

Download or read book The Mist Procession written by Robert Gilbert Vansittart Baron Vansittart and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Without a Trace written by Nora Roberts and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The queen of romantic suspense” (The Columbus Dispatch) delivers international intrigue in the fourth gripping O’Hurley novel. A long time ago, Trace O'Hurley left his show business family behind and set off on his own path. Now a disillusioned spy, Trace has nothing left to lose or prove, until the beautiful Dr. Gillian Fitzpatrick asks him to save her family, who have been kidnapped by terrorists. As their desperate search puts them in untold danger, Trace discovers he may have found someone worth risking everything for... A NORA ROBERTS CLASSIC AVAILABLE DIGITALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME

Download or read book Wild West Adventures In The Great African Bush written by David Robert Dalton and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the African bushveld in the late 1950s and early1960s, this side-splitting tale features a delightful array of wacky small-town characters. The three elder Dalton cowpokes are members of a gang dubbed the Messina Dalton Gang, after the infamous Wild West Dalton Gang. The youngest Dalton cowpoke, six year old, David, calls himself Gunslinger and his main ambition in life is to become a recognized member of the gang. Together with his African Pawnee sidekick- Tokoloshie-Two-Feathers, and his three-legged Jack Russell dog, Jock, Gunslinger tries hard to impress, but continually messes up. It is a wonderful, laugh-out-loud tale to the touch hearts of all ages!

Download or read book Ramblings of an Actress written by Sheila Hancock and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1987 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Young Poets of a New Poland written by Donald Pirie and published by Forest Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the country's poetry since the fall of communism. Grand ideas of liberty and revolution have given way to parochialism and Western style navel gazing. The heroes on the barricades have been replaced by people going about everyday life.