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| sleep sister laura elliot: Sleep Sister Laura Elliot, 2016-03-31 ‘Wow. What a book … a roller coaster ride of emotions ...’ Goodreads Reviewer Two childhoods destroyed. One story they will never tell. Until now. Beth ran away from her family when she was a teenager. She left behind a terrible evil that took her innocence. She also left behind her sister, Sara. When Beth returns home, she is shocked to discover her terrible secret is not just hers alone…she shares it with Sara. Under the shadow of a remote headland, the sisters make an oath they promise never to break. Eva’s birth is a mystery that remains unsolved. Years later with her marriage in ruins, and her future uncertain, she realizes that to move forward with her life, she must first understand her past. But while Eva is drawing closer to the truth about her roots, Beth and Sara’s lives are falling apart, crushed under the weight of the secret they carry. They must confront the past and face the darkness once more. But this time, their story will be heard. From the bestselling author of The Betrayal, Stolen Child and Fragile Lies, comes a breathtakingly tense and emotional story of the fierce bond between sisters, and a family destroyed by a disturbing secret. Breathtakingly emotional … I really felt for Beth, Sara and Eva and feel privileged to have read the book.’ Donna’s Book Blog ‘An absorbing, compelling family saga...very well-written, captivating and at times very emotive …Once I started it, I couldn't stop.' Relax and Read Book Reviews ‘A hard hitting story… there is a sense of justice and resolution.’ For the Love of Books ‘A good tale around a dark subject.’ Books from the Comfort of my Sofa Note: Previously published as ‘When the Bough Breaks.’ This is a new extended version. Read what everyone is saying about Laura Elliot: ‘My emotions were in overdrive…absolutely gripping – one of my best reads of the year so far.’ Literary Lightbox ‘Entertaining and highly thought-provoking.’ Closer Magazine ‘This page-turner is gripping, all the more because it presents the dilemmas of betrayal with brutal honesty.’ Irish Independent ‘The Betrayal certainly makes for a tense read that had me at times literally on the edge of my seat.’ By The Letter Book Reviews ‘This well-crafted and compelling story traces the deceits which begin unnoticed but end in the destruction of friendships and lives.’ The Irish Times ‘A gripping, multi-stranded novel… An unusual combination of fine writing, strong plotting and a huge cast of well-formed characters.' Irish Examiner 'A page-turner…has all the ingredients of a bestseller.' RTE ‘The story is beautifully descriptive…one of those truly unforgettable stories which you just want to tell everyone to read for themselves.’ Jaffa Reads Too ‘I was astounded at how the book ended! Not many books make me say wow at the end, but this one has me repeating it. It is an ending that you won't see coming in a million years. The Betrayal is utterly compelling and gripping. It will get into your head and you will become immersed in the story from the very first page.’ Kelly’s Book Corner ‘Laura Elliot builds up the tension and sense of intrigue right from the first few pages…I just couldn’t put it down once I started!’ Portobello Book Blog ‘A gripping tale of adultery and illusion.’ Evening Herald ‘Dealing with passion, adultery, deception and tragedy, and how the past has a way of creeping up on you…a really intriguing page-turner with a surprising twist.’ Evening Echo |
| sleep sister laura elliot: Stolen Child Laura Elliot, 2010 When Carla Kelly and Robert Gardner marry, they seem destined for happiness. But tragedy strikes when their two-day-old baby, Isobel, is stolen. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: The Wife Before Me Laura Elliot, 2020-01-14 One evening as the sun is setting, Amelia Madison's car slides into the sea off Mason's Pier. Her body is never found. Two years later, Elena Langdon meets Nicholas Madison. She is grieving the loss of her mother, he is grieving for his wife. Together they can help each other. Now Elena is living with Nicholas. But Elena doesn't really know him. She doesn't know what he is capable of. And she doesn't know what really happened to Amelia. Until the day she discovers the torn page of a letter and the words she reads chill her to the bone. Elena must find the person who wrote these letters if she is to save herself. A totally breathtaking page-turner about the darker side of love and what really goes on behind closed doors. This book will have you gripped from the very first page until the dramatic final twist. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: The Prodigal Sister Laura Elliot, 2010 Scared and pregnant, fifteen-year-old Cathy Lambert ran away from her Dublin home. Settled in New Zealand with her new son Conor, she believed the secret she carried would never be revealed... When Rebecca Lambert's parents died she took responsibility for her younger sisters. Now, she is still haunted by fears she hoped she'd conquered. And mother of three Julie Chambers is determined to recapture the dreams of her youth. Meanwhile Lauren Moran embarks on a love affair that threatens to destabilise her fragile world... Anxious to make peace with her three sisters, Cathy invites them to her wedding. And their journey together through New Zealand, towards their reunion, forces them to confront the past as the secret shared histories of the Lambert sisters are revealed. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: The Book of Harlan Bernice L. McFadden, 2016-05-03 During WWII, two African American musicians are captured by the Nazis in Paris and imprisoned at the Buchenwald concentration camp. “Simply miraculous . . . As her saga becomes ever more spellbinding, so does the reader’s astonishment at the magic she creates. This is a story about the triumph of the human spirit over bigotry, intolerance and cruelty, and at the center of The Book of Harlan is the restorative force that is music.” —Washington Post “McFadden’s writing breaks the heart—and then heals it again. The perspective of a black man in a concentration camp is unique and harrowing and this is a riveting, worthwhile read.” —Toronto Star The Book of Harlan opens with the courtship of Harlan’s parents and his 1917 birth in Macon, Georgia. After his prominent minister grandfather dies, Harlan and his parents move to Harlem, where he eventually becomes a professional musician. When Harlan and his best friend, trumpeter Lizard Robbins, are invited to perform at a popular cabaret in the Parisian enclave of Montmartre—affectionately referred to as “The Harlem of Paris” by black American musicians—Harlan jumps at the opportunity, convincing Lizard to join him. But after the City of Light falls under Nazi occupation, Harlan and Lizard are thrown into Buchenwald—the notorious concentration camp in Weimar, Germany—irreparably changing the course of Harlan’s life. Based on exhaustive research and told in McFadden’s mesmeric prose, The Book of Harlan skillfully blends the stories of McFadden’s familial ancestors with those of real and imagined characters. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: Guilty Laura Elliot, 2017-06-22 On a warm summer morning, thirteen-year-old school girl Constance Lawson is reported missing. A few days later, Constance's uncle, Karl Lawson, suddenly finds himself swept up in a media frenzy created by journalist Amanda Bowe implying that he is the prime suspect. Six years later, Karl's life is in ruins. His marriage is over and his family is destroyed. But the woman who took everything away from him is thriving. With a successful career, husband and son, Amanda's world is complete. Until the day she receives a phone call and in a heartbeat, she is plunged into every mother's worst nightmare. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: Girl Meets Boy Ali Smith, 2021-06-30 From the astonishingly talented writer of The Accidental and Hotel World comes Ali Smiths brilliant retelling of Ovids gender-bending myth of Iphis and Ianthe, as seen through the eyes of two Scottish sisters. Girl Meets Boy is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, and the absurdity of consumerism, as well as a story of reversals and revelations that is as sharply witty as it is lyrical. Funny, fresh, poetic, and political, Girl Meets Boy is a myth of metamorphosis for a world made in Madison Avenues image, and the funniest addition to the Myths series from Canongate since Margaret Atwoods The Penelopiad. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: The Marrying Type Laura Chapman, 2016-09-30 Always the wedding planner, never a bride, Elliot Lynch is famous for orchestrating the splashiest weddings in Charleston, South Carolina. When her father's sloppy management practices leave them on the brink of bankruptcy, Elliot will do whatever it takes to save the family business. When asked to appear on The Marrying Type, a reality TV show about the people behind the scenes as couples exchange I dos, she says yes to the invasion of privacy (and the hefty paycheck that comes with it). With a camera crew capturing every detail of her life, Elliot faces her most challenging contract yet: planning a wedding where her ex is involved in every part of the process. Add in a lazy assistant, liquor-loving bridesmaid, and rival planner encroaching on her turf, and Elliot's wedding season goes from high-end to high-stress. Forced to confront her past, Elliot must live out her troubled present on national TV if she has any hope of saving her future. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: The Lost Sister Laura Elliot, 2009-07-09 The Lambert sisters have secrets... |
| sleep sister laura elliot: White is for Witching Helen Oyeyemi, 2014-02-04 Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award One of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists From the acclaimed author of What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, Gingerbread, and Peaces There’s something strange about the Silver family house in the closed-off town of Dover, England. Grand and cavernous with hidden passages and buried secrets, it’s been home to four generations of Silver women—Anna, Jennifer, Lily, and now Miranda, who has lived in the house with her twin brother, Eliot, ever since their father converted it to a bed-and-breakfast. The Silver women have always had a strong connection, a pull over one another that reaches across time and space, and when Lily, Miranda’s mother, passes away suddenly while on a trip abroad, Miranda begins suffering strange ailments. An eating disorder starves her. She begins hearing voices. When she brings a friend home, Dover’s hostility toward outsiders physically manifests within the four walls of the Silver house, and the lives of everyone inside are irrevocably changed. At once an unforgettable mystery and a meditation on race, nationality, and family legacies, White is for Witching is a boldly original, terrifying, and elegant novel by a prodigious talent. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: Wrong Girl Gone Audrey Wilson, 2024-07-31 It's late in the summer of 1989 and the body of twenty-two-year-old Joy Elliot Larson is about to be discovered on the bank of the Kawanee River. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. As a young mother living in her small hometown of Jasper, Mississippi, Joy lives paycheck to paycheck with her son, Jerry, and alcoholic husband, Carl. After enduring years of Carl's abuse, Joy reaches her breaking point when she discovers a large stash of money he's been keeping from her. With the encouragement of her twin sister, Joy takes the money, packs up Jerry, and goes on the run, determined to get as far away from Carl as possible. But Joy is not alone. Someone is following her. And it's only a matter of time before Joy will have to fight for her son... and her life. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: Hidden Laura Griffin, 2020-08-25 An ambitious female reporter tracks a deadly threat in Austin, Texas, in the newest riveting thriller by New York Times bestselling author Laura Griffin. When a woman is found brutally murdered on Austin’s lakeside hike-and-bike trail, investigative reporter Bailey Rhoads turns up on the scene demanding access and answers. She tries to pry information out of the lead detective, Jacob Merritt. But this case is unlike any he’s ever seen, and nothing adds up. With the pressure building, Jacob knows the last thing he needs is a romantic entanglement, but he can’t convince himself to stay away from Bailey. Bailey has a hunch that the victim wasn’t who she claimed to be and believes this mugging-turned-murder could have been a targeted hit. When she digs deeper, the trail leads her to a high-tech fortress on the outskirts of Austin, where researchers are pushing the boundaries of a cutting-edge technology that could be deadly in the wrong hands. As a ruthless hit man’s mission becomes clear, Bailey and Jacob join together in a desperate search to locate the next target before the clock ticks down in this lethal game of hide-and-seek. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: The Tinderbox Laura Elliot, 2020-12 In the small hours of a cold winter morning, charcoal grey clouds gather in the sky over Hyland Hall where a young teenage girl is about to make an emergency call to say her life is in danger ... With her marriage in pieces and desperate to find work and a new home for her and daughters, Isobel and Julie, Sophy accepts a job as a live-in nurse for Jack Hyland. Once a magnificent house, Hyland Hall has fallen into disrepair and its owner, Jack, disfigured in a terrible fire that broke out on the property years ago, is now a recluse. As Sophy's daughters struggle to adjust to their new surroundings, exploring every forbidden corner of the house, Sophy does her best to care for Jack and her broken family. But Jack has secrets of his own and Sophy's arrival is about to set in motion a chain of events that will uncover the devastating truth of Hyland Hall's past. A truth that will put her daughters in harm's way. An intense and emotionally engrossing read that will keep you compulsively turning the pages late into the night. If you read one book this year, make it The Tinderbox. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: The Thorn Girl: A Totally Addictive and Emotional Psychological Thriller Laura Elliot, 2019-10-24 A swallow flutters its wings into a dimly lit attic as Adele Foyle stumbles across the secret diary of the mother she has never met, and a shocking account of a crime committed over twenty-five years ago. With her mother's words etched in her mind and in the pages tucked into her jacket pocket, Adele delays joining her fiancé for a new life abroad and returns to Reedstown, the last place her mother, Marianne, was seen alive. She has one purpose: to find those who carried out the devastating attack on her mother. Born into a Mother and Baby home run by Gloria Thornton, Adele needs to first unlock the disturbing chain of events that led to her own birth if she is to understand what happened to her mother. But news of Adele's arrival and the diary spread like wildfire amongst the small close-knit community. Old memories are stirring up fresh wounds. No-one wants the truth to be told. The diary is just a story, they say. Yet as Adele begins to unravel the layers of deceit, the tissue paper lies begin to fragment and her own relationship starts to break down. Her mother was telling the truth. Adele just has to prove it, even if it puts her own life in terrible danger. A heart-stopping, intense and emotionally engrossing read that will keep you compulsively turning the pages late into the night. If you read one book this year, make it The Thorn Girl. Read what everyone is saying about The Thorn Girl 'This is a compelling and gripping read that I didn't want to put down. I devoured this book in one sitting. Laura Elliott pulled me in from the very start. I highly recommend.' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Amazing book! Kept me on the edge of my seat. Tons of suspense and twists and turns. Just when I thought I had it figured out, I was wrong. Can't wait to read more from this author.' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This book is one of my favorites of the year. I finished it in two days. I could not put this book down. This book keeps you guessing and keeps you so hooked on the story... Stop whatever you are doing and pick up a copy of this book. You will not be disappointed.' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A powerful emotional rollercoaster.' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This is brilliantly written, you feel as if you were in the room with her mother...a really, really wonderful book that I will be thinking about for quite a while.' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A really powerful story... handled superbly. A sterling read and one I won't forget.' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| sleep sister laura elliot: Buried Kendra Elliot, 2013 Haunted by the disappearance of his brother's school bus twenty years ago, Michael Brody's mystified when his brother's remains aren't among the other students' when bones are finally unearthed, so decides to track down the sole survivor of the mass kidnapping. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: Not Her Daughter Rea Frey, 2018-08-21 Gripping, emotional, and wire-taut, Rea Frey's Not Her Daughter raises the question of what it means to be a mother—and how far someone will go to keep a child safe. Brings to mind Jodi Picoult...thought-provoking domestic drama. - Booklist “Will make you miss your bedtime, guaranteed.” – Bestselling author Kimberly Belle Emma Townsend. Five years old. Gray eyes, brown hair. Missing since June. Emma is lonely. Living with her cruel mother and clueless father, Emma retreats into her own world of quiet and solitude. Sarah Walker. Successful entrepreneur. Broken-hearted. Kidnapper. Sarah has never seen a girl so precious as the gray-eyed child in a crowded airport terminal. When a second-chance encounter with Emma presents itself, Sarah takes her—far away from home. But if it’s to rescue a little girl from her damaging mother, is kidnapping wrong? Amy Townsend. Unhappy wife. Unfit mother. Unsure whether she wants her daughter back. Amy’s life is a string of disappointments, but her biggest issue is her inability to connect with her daughter. And now Emma is gone without a trace. As Sarah and Emma avoid the nationwide hunt, they form an unshakeable bond. But what about Emma’s real mother, back at home? PopSugar – The Summer’s Hottest Books * Refinery 29 - Best Summer Thrillers * US Weekly - Summer's Best Send-Offs * Parade - 20 Chilling Thrillers by Women to Read This Year * Brit + Co - 15 New Thrillers by Women That Will Give You Chills This Summer * The Zoe Report – 20 Books to Read this Summer * She Reads - New Summer Thrillers to Get Your Heart Racing * Working Mother - 15 Hot New Summer Beach Reads * Culturalist - Top Ten Domestic Thrillers That Will Make You Question Everything * Crime Reads - 5 Debut Crime Novels to Read This August |
| sleep sister laura elliot: In the Pines Kendra Elliot, 2021-08-10 |
| sleep sister laura elliot: Hoax for Hire Laura Martin, 2019-08-27 Goonies meets the humor and heart of Gordon Korman in this new adventure full of nonstop action and spot-on humor from the critically acclaimed author of Float. The McNeil family has always been professional hoaxers—tricking bystanders into believing they’re seeing legendary creatures like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. Unlike the rest of his family, twelve-year-old Grayson hates hoaxing and wants nothing to do with the business—even when the McNeils land a huge job and must pull off four sea monster hoaxes in a week. But when things go disastrously wrong and Dad and Gramps go missing, Grayson and his brother, Curtis, are the only people who can finish the job and save their family. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: Lady Wynwood's Spies, Volume 3 Camille Elliot, 2024-03-24 Large Print Edition Part three in a Christian Regency Romantic Adventure serial novel with a supernatural twist One man faces death With the help of his team, Mr. Michael Coulson-Jones has overcome the deadly Root elixir that turned him into a monster. But now that they know more about the poisonous potion, he is faced with an inevitable truth-unless he agrees to the risk of taking more, he will eventually die. One man faces theft In the meantime, a beautiful, infamous French spy and her group of thugs have landed on English soil, intent on stealing the mysterious plant that Apothecary Jack uses to control his underworld empire. They play a violent game of hide-and-seek with Michael's team amidst the rookeries of London. One man faces rage Then one of the team is afflicted by a savage, insane rage after exposure to the strange pollen of Jack's plants. The team must not only battle the French spies and Apothecary Jack, but also a sickness of the mind tormenting one of their own. PLEASE NOTE: Like the novels published in Jane Austen's time, this is a novel in multiple parts. Each volume has a completed story arc, but this is NOT a stand-alone novel and the story continues in volume 4. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: The Pilo Family Circus Will Elliott, 2011-04-01 Jamie's tyres squealed to a halt. Standing in the glare of the headlights was an apparition dressed in a puffy shirt with a garish flower pattern It wore oversized red shoes, striped pants and white face paint. It stared at him with ungodly boggling eyes, then turned away...this seemingly random incident triggers a nightmarish chain of events as Jamie finds he is being stalked by a trio of gleefully sadistic clowns who deliver a terrifying ultimatum: you have two days to pass your audition. You better pass it, feller. You're joining the circus. Ain't that the best news you ever got? Jamie is plunged into the horrific alternate universe that is the centuries-old Pilo Family Circus, a borderline world between hell and earth from which humankind's greatest tragedies have been perpetrated. Yet in this place peopled by the gruesome, grotesque and monstrous, where violence and savagery are the norm, Jamie finds that his worst enemy is himself - for when he applies the white face paint, he is transformed into JJ, the most vicious clown of all. And JJ wants Jamie dead. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: Mommy, I Want to Sleep in Your Bed! Harriet Ziefert, 2011-07 Good night, sleepy parakeet. Good night, sleepy dog. Good night, sleepy Charlie. But wait! Charlie doesn't want to go to sleepnot all by himself in his own bed. With the help of his patient mom, Charlie works through a problem all young children faceputting their busy days to rest. Mommy, I Want to Sleep in Your Bed! will encourage other children to do the same and help them understand in a sweet and sympathetic way, that sleeping alone is an important step in growing up. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: The One That Got Away Melissa Pimentel, 2017-08-22 Melissa Pimentel delivers smart, funny, and modern retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion, where a young woman comes face-to-face with a lost love, proving that the one that got away is sometimes the one you get back. Ruby and Ethan were perfect for each other. Until the day they suddenly weren't. Ten years later, Ruby's single, having spent the last decade focusing on her demanding career and hectic life in Manhattan. There's barely time for a trip to England for her little sister's wedding. And there's certainly not time to think about seeing Ethan there for the first time in years. But as the family frantically prepare for the big day, Ruby can't help but wonder if she made the right choice all those years ago? Because there's nothing like a wedding for stirring up the past . . . |
| sleep sister laura elliot: Float Laura Martin, 2018-05-29 From the critically acclaimed author of the Edge of Extinction series comes this fast-paced, action-packed, and heartfelt adventure about a group of kids with uncontrollable abilities, perfect for fans of Gordon Korman, Lisa McMann, and Dan Gutman! Emerson can float…he just can’t do it very well. His uncontrollable floating is his RISK factor, which means that he deals with Reoccurring Incidents of the Strange Kind. The last place Emerson wants to be is at a government-mandated summer camp for RISK kids like him, so he’s shocked when he actually starts having fun at camp—and he even makes some new friends. But it’s not all canoeing and capture the flag at Camp Outlier. The summer of fun takes a serious turn when Emerson and his friends discover that one of their own is hiding a deadly secret that puts all of their lives in danger. It’s up to the Red Maple boys to save themselves—and everyone like them. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: All the Missing Girls Megan Miranda, 2016-06-28 A...story about the disappearances of two young women--a decade apart--told in reverse--Amazon.com. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: Glitch Laura Martin, 2020-06-09 From the critically acclaimed author of Float comes a new whirlwind adventure about a pair of kids who must break all the rules of time travel, perfect for fans of Gordon Korman and John David Anderson. Regan Fitz and Elliot Mason have been enemies since they started training to become Glitchers—people who travel through time to preserve important historical events. But everything changes when they find a letter from Regan’s future self, warning them about an impending disaster that threatens them and everyone they know. Will they be able to set aside their past in order to save the future? |
| sleep sister laura elliot: The Demonists Thomas E. Sniegoski, 2016-04-05 After an exorcism goes wrong, Theodora is left catatonic, possessed by countless spirits, and John finds himself on a desperate quest to find a cure for his wife. But Theodora's possession is only one piece of a deadly plot that is threatening the entire world - and without John and Theodora's intervention, there is no chance for salvation. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: Vanished Kendra Elliot, 2014 When an eleven-year-old is abducted on her way to school, the FBI immediately sends agents to scour the area and embed Special Agent Ava McLane with the family. In the middle is local detective Mason Callahan, whose life is crumbling; he's related to the victim, and his confidential informant has just been murdered. Both he and Agent McLane hole up in the victim's family home. As Ava and Mason struggle to hold the family together, the two investigators find themselves drawn to each other. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: The Good Samaritan John Marrs, 2017-12 The people who call End of the Line need hope. They need reassurance that life is worth living. But some are unlucky enough to get through to Laura. Laura doesn't want them to hope. She wants them to die. Laura hasn't had it easy: she's survived sickness and a difficult marriage only to find herself heading for forty, unsettled and angry. She doesn't love talking to people worse off than she is. She craves it. But now someone's on to her -- Ryan, whose world falls apart when his pregnant wife ends her life, hand in hand with a stranger. Who was this man, and why did they choose to die together? The sinister truth is within Ryan's grasp, but he has no idea of the desperate lengths Laura will go to ... Because the best thing about being a Good Samaritan is that you can get away with murder.--Page 4 of cover. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: Nobody's Perfect David Elliott, Sam Zuppardi, 2015-02-01 Everybody says 'nobody's perfect' - and, it's true. Your best friend can be a bit of a show-off and your mum can be a little bit stubborn. But sometimes people can come pretty close - and you can too Told from a child's point of view, David Elliot's witty text and Sam Zuppardi's dynamic illustrations show that life may be more about patience than perfection, and that focusing on the positive reaps its own rewards. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: The Lassoed by Marriage Romance Collection Angela Bell, Angela Breidenbach, Mary Connealy, Lisa Cox Carter, Rebecca Jepson, Amy Lillard, Gina Welborn, Kathleen Y'Barbo, Rose Ross Zediker, 2015 Meet nine historical couples who barely know each other before they find themselves surrendering to duty, suddenly married, and joined for life. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: 2034 Elliot Ackerman, Admiral James Stavridis, 2021-08-11 From two former military officers and award-winning authors, a chillingly authentic geopolitical thriller that imagines a naval clash between the US and China in the South China Sea in 2034 - and the path from there to a nightmarish global conflagration. On March 12, 2034, US Navy Commodore Sarah Hunt is on the bridge of her flagship, the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones, conducting a routine freedom of navigation patrol in the South China Sea when her ship detects an unflagged trawler in clear distress, smoke billowing from its bridge. On that same day, US Marine aviator Major Chris Wedge Mitchell is flying an F35E Lightning over the Strait of Hormuz, testing a new stealth technology as he flirts with Iranian airspace. By the end of that day, Wedge will be an Iranian prisoner, and Sarah Hunt's destroyer will lie at the bottom of the sea, sunk by the Chinese Navy. Iran and China have clearly coordinated their moves, which involve the use of powerful new forms of cyber weaponry that render US ships and planes defenseless. In a single day, America's faith in its military's strategic preeminence is in tatters. A new, terrifying era is at hand. So begins a disturbingly plausible work of speculative fiction, coauthored by an award-winning novelist and decorated Marine veteran and the former commander of NATO, a legendary admiral who has spent much of his career strategically outmaneuvering America's most tenacious adversaries. Written with a powerful blend of geopolitical sophitication and human empathy, 2034 takes us inside the minds of a global cast of characters - Americans, Chinese, Iranians, Russians, Indians - as a series of arrogant miscalculations on all sides leads the world into an intensifying international storm. In the end, China and the United States will have paid a staggering cost, one that forever alters the global balance of power. Everything in 2034 is an imaginative extrapolation from present-day facts on the ground combined with the authors' years of working at the highest and most classified levels of national security. Sometimes it takes a brilliant work of fiction to illuminate the most dire of warnings: 2034 is all too close at hand, and this cautionary tale presents the readers a dark yet possible future that we must do all we can to avoid. -- |
| sleep sister laura elliot: Eva Sleeps Francesca Melandri, 2016-07-28 A bestselling novel in Italy, soon to be a motion picture directed by Edoardo Winspeare, and Elle's magazine's book of the year. Eva Sleeps is a sweeping story about family, forgiveness, conflict, and the search for truth. A literary page-turner that will delight fans of Elena Ferrante. Out of the struggles and conflicts in the border regions of Northern Italy and Austria comes a family story that embodies the history of nations. Eva, a forty-year-old public relations professional based in northern Italy, receives an unexpected message from the deep south. Vito, a man she knew as a child as a friend of her mother's, is very ill and would like to see her one last time. He is a retired police officer who was stationed in the north during the late 1960s, a period rife with tension, protest and violence. These troubles, however, did not stop the young hapless policeman from falling in love with the wrong woman... The beautiful Gerda, accomplished cook, sister of a terrorist, and Eva's mother. Their affair was a passionate one, but what was the nature of their love? And if he loved her so passionately why did he leave her to return to Calabria? What scars did those years leave on Vito, and on Gerda? It's time for Eva to find out. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: Forgetting You L. A. Casey, 2020-10-06 The fiery new romance from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author L.A. Casey--can Noah unlock her memories...and find true love? When Noah Ainsley wakes up in a hospital room with no recollection of how she got there, all she knows is that she needs to see Elliot, the love of her life. Then she learns the horrifying truth: her short-term memory has been destroyed by a car accident . She and Elliot broke up five years ago. And now she's married to Anderson, a man she doesn't even recognise. In an instant Noah's world is turned on its head. All she wants is Elliot by her side, but it's clear Anderson is hurt by her rejection. Can she really have fallen in love with this stranger? Nothing makes sense--and when even Elliot refuses to answer her questions, Noah is left feeling all alone. But as her memories slowly return, Noah begins to wonder if she's been wrong to shut Anderson out--and wrong to put all her trust in Elliot. The ex she loves and the husband she doesn't remember hold the keys to her past. And when the truth is finally revealed, which future will Noah's heart choose? |
| sleep sister laura elliot: Madness in Meryton Jayne Bamber, 2020-08 When Jane and Elizabeth Bennet return home from Netherfield, two days of heavy rain confine them indoors with their unruly younger sisters, a mother in perpetual need of smelling salts, and the tedious Mr. Collins. When the rain clears, the ladies from Longbourn and the gentlemen from Netherfield are drawn to Meryton by the excitement of Market Day, setting in motion a series of significant events. That night, Mrs. Phillips hosts a card party for officers of the local militia, where the charming Mr. Wickham tells Elizabeth his shocking history with Mr. Darcy, a man who has only given Elizabeth offense since coming to stay with his friend Mr. Bingley at Netherfield. The next day, the same thing happens again.And again, the day after that - and so on, for what begins to feel like an eternity. Elizabeth takes increasingly drastic measures to further the budding romance between her beloved sister Jane and their handsome neighbor Mr. Bingley. Along the way, she arranges improvements in the lives of all of her family, in a effort to end the relentless redundancy that only she seems aware of. As Elizabeth's frustration turns to madness, she soon realizes that her inexplicable dilemma is somehow connected to a certain officer and a certain gentleman of her acquaintance.... Elizabeth must forge unlikely alliances and devote her considerable wit to the task of achieving a perfect day for those she holds dear, while facing familiar Fitzwilliam friends and foes, as well as all the mortification and delight of falling in love. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: Silent Child Sarah A. Denzil, 2020-06 In the summer of 2006, Emma Price watched helplessly as her six-year-old son's red coat was fished out of the River Ouse. It was the tragic story of the year - a little boy, Aiden, wandered away from school during a terrible flood, fell into the river, and drowned. His body was never recovered.Ten years later, Emma has finally rediscovered the joy in life. She's married, pregnant, and in control again...... until Aiden returns.Too traumatized to speak, he raises endless questions and answers none. Only his body tells the story of his decade-long disappearance. The historic broken bones and injuries cast a mere glimpse into the horrors Aiden has experienced. Aiden never drowned. Aiden was taken.As Emma attempts to reconnect with her now teenage son, she must unmask the monster who took him away from her. But who, in their tiny village, could be capable of such a crime? It's Aiden who has the answers, but he cannot tell her the unspeakable. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: Laura's Pa Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1999 Stories about Laura's father and life on the frontier. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: The Last Anniversary Liane Moriarty, 2007-11-10 SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SERIES From the no. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies and new novel Here One Moment. I'll tell you something, something important. Love is a decision. Not a feeling. That's what you young people don't realise. That's why you're always off divorcing each other. No offence, dear. So decrees the formidable Connie Thrum of Scribbly Gum Island. She is the chief decision-maker of a rather unconventional family and her word is law. It's been over seventy years since Connie and her sister Rose visited their neighbours and found the kettle boiling and a baby waking for her feed, but no sign of her parents. The Munro Baby Mystery still hasn't been solved and tourists can visit the abandoned home, exactly as it was found in 1932. But now Connie has passed away and the island residents ponder her legacy. Sophie Honeywell is looking down the barrel of her fortieth birthday and still hoping for that fairytale ending. Her beautiful new friend Grace, the Munro Baby's granddaughter, can't tell anyone what she hopes for. It would be too shocking. Meanwhile, a frumpy housewife makes a pact with a stranger, an old lady starts making her own decisions and a family secret finally explodes on an extraordinary night of mulled wine, fire-eating and face-painting-the Last Anniversary. Fans of Jojo Moyes, Jodi Picoult and Paula Hawkins will love Liane Moriarty. PRAISE FOR THE LAST ANNIVERSARY Original and entertaining ... deeply affecting The Australian [A] stunner...[Moriarty's] prose turns from funny through poignant to frightening in an artful snap. Publishers Weekly |
| sleep sister laura elliot: The Mandibles Lionel Shriver, 2016-06-21 From Lionel Shriver, the acclaimed author of the National Book Award finalist So Much for That and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin, comes a striking new novel about family, money, and global economic crisis. The year is 2029, and nothing is as it should be. The very essence of American life, the dollar, is under attack. In a coordinated move by the rest of the world’s governments, the dollar loses all its value. The American President declares that the States will default on all its loans--prices skyrocket, currency becomes essentially worthless, and we watch one family struggle to survive through it all. The Mandibles can count on their inheritance no longer, and each member must come to terms with this in their own way-from the elegant ex-pat author Nollie, in her middle age, returning to the U.S. from Paris after many years abroad, to her precocious teenage nephew Willing, who is the only one to actually understand the crisis, to the brilliant Georgetown economics professor Lowell, who watches his whole vision of the world disintegrate before his eyes. As ever, in her new novel, Shriver draws larger than life characters who illuminate this complicated, ever-changing world. One of our sharpest observers of human nature, Shriver challenges us to think long and hard about the society we live in and what, ultimately, we hold most dear. |
| sleep sister laura elliot: A Constellation of Vital Phenomena Anthony Marra, 2013-05-16 *** Granta Best of Young American Novelists 2017 *** In a snow-covered village in Chechnya, eight-year-old Havaa watches from the woods as her father is abducted in the middle of the night by Russian soldiers. Their life-long friend and neighbour, Akhmed, has also been watching, and when he finds Havaa he knows of only one person who might be able to help. For tough-minded doctor Sonja Rabina, it’s just another day of trying to keep her bombed-out, abandoned hospital going. When Akhmed arrives with Havaa, asking Sonja for shelter, she has no idea who the pair are. But over the course of five extraordinary days, Sonja’s world will shift on its axis, revealing the intricate pattern of connections that binds these three unlikely companions together and unexpectedly decides their fate. 'A Constellation of Vital Phenomena is simply spectacular' Ann Patchett |
| sleep sister laura elliot: The Marriage Retreat Laura Elliot, 2024-11-11 ‘OMG… Totally blew my mind, seriously! I can't even find the right words to express how freaking awesome it was! A total master of deception… So many crazy twists and turns that I never saw coming… Had me doubting everything!… So gripping… A page-turning, mind-bending thriller.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My husband saved other people’s marriages. But his secret will destroy ours. I always thought my life was perfect. A wonderful family, a successful business and a beautiful home. My husband Victor and I were so happily married we thought we could help transform other people’s lives at our boutique marriage retreat. This tranquil hotel with the soothing sound of the waterfall outside is the perfect setting for couples to repair their fractured relationships. Our marriage has always been the shining example of honesty and trust. Or at least that’s what I thought… When a police officer knocks on my door to tell me that my husband has been killed in a tragic accident, I am absolutely devasted. But that isn’t all. An unnamed woman was by his side when Victor died, and she now lies in a coma. Who is she? And what was she doing with my husband? As I begin to unravel Victor’s secrets, I realise that my perfect marriage might never have been perfect at all. And that the man I swore to love for all my life has a more shocking past than I could ever have imagined. Because now my future is at stake and my life is in danger. All because of Victor’s secrets and lies. Someone is back to make us pay. But they don’t know how far I’ll go to protect myself and my family. Or what I’ll do to protect the secrets I’ve long kept hidden behind these walls… What readers are saying about The Marriage Retreat: ‘Holy hell… What an absolute mind-blowing thriller. I cannot put into enough words how phenomenal this was… Like nothing was as simple as it seems, there was so many possible options that I didn't even see them coming… page-turning.’ @book_brilliance_xo, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘EXCELLENT… kept me glued to my kindle!!!!… WOW!!!!… This book I will NOT FORGET for a long time, definitely will be telling my friends about it.’ Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow… Could not put this book down, so many twists and turns… Late night reading this as no way was it going to be put down without finding out the truth.’ Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Heart-stopping… Grips from the very first page… Keeps readers on the edge of their seats… Chilling… Will leave readers stunned… A rollercoaster of emotions and a relentless sense of suspense… Will stay with readers long after they've turned the final page.’ Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A fantastic gripping dark thriller which had me up late reading needed to know how it was going to end… intriguing… excellent… A fantastic gripping story.’ Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Scary, twisty and utterly brilliant… The perfect book to read on a rainy weekend – pick it up and you won’t put it down until you have finished.’ Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A wild ride and one that kept me on my toes with reveal after reveal… I was gripped throughout… I encourage you to pick up if you enjoy psychological mysteries full of twists.’ Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I raced through this book. Gripping from the start and everything that a psychological thriller should be. Don’t take my word for it, read it! You wont’ be disappointed… Awesome.’ Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Brilliant… Will hook you from the beginning until the very end… Loved it.’ Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
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