Trueman Bradley is a genius detective with a difference, he hasAsperger's Syndrome (AS).Trueman leaves his hometown of Heartville, Illinois, and arrivesin New York City, hoping to fulfil his dream of becoming aprivate detective, like his comic book heroes. He is soon toldthat a guy with AS could not possibly succeed as a detective.Undeterred, ......
Munin, a former political prisoner, runs Blitar Magic Garage in Setiabudi, a makeshift settlement in central Jakarta. When whispers of redevelopment threaten Setiabudi's fragile balance, Munin and his neighbours are forced to confront a dark web of corruption, greed and political manoeuvring. While they grapple with their pasts and futures, ......
Shorty: Mistaken Identity or Stitch Up? is the story of Stephen ‘Shorty’ Jamieson, a man who has spent 37 years in prison for brutal crimes he has always said he didn’t commit. Born with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and made a ward of the state as an infant, he was arrested with four juveniles for the abduction and murder of Janine Balding ......
Murders in a flooded Australian town, vendetta in the Sumatran jungle, and drama on the high seas.
No one is to be trusted and no one is safe… not even family.
Embark on a journey through the mysteries of Cabot Cove to learn why Murder, She Wrote is a timeless classic. Discover the secrets behind the enduring appeal of Murder, She Wrote (CBS, 1984-96) in this captivating investigation of the long-running mystery series. Author Bridget Kies details the show's lasting impact owing to several ......
On a late summer night in 2007, Phil and Beth Porter celebrated their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary with their wealthy Greenwich, CT friends. Then, they went home and made love with the passion of two people connected on a nearly cellular level. After which, Beth gave Phil a cocktail of drugs that killed him and then called the police to let ......
One December evening, when 13-year-old Marta crosses the frozen Lake Superior and reaches the home she shares with her father, she finds a woman standing at their door. As Marta approaches, she realizes the woman, who looks like a tropical bird caught in the snow, is her mother who'd abruptly left them six years before. Marta hopes this is a ......
A bleak and humorous literary novel about a scientist with synesthesia who invents an artificial fragrance to reproduce the silence of the smell of his dead mother. When Denise, his coworker, unwittingly inhales the fragrance, she must fight to stop a flood of hallucinatory artificial memories that threaten to destroy her identity. The novel ......