The Water Room

Author : Christopher Fowler
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553902423
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Water Room written by Christopher Fowler and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2006-03-28 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Traditional mystery buffs with a taste for the offbeat will relish British author Fowler's wonderful second contemporary whodunit featuring the Peculiar Crimes Unit and its elderly odd couple, Arthur Bryant and John May.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) How can an elderly recluse drown in a chair in her otherwise dry basement? That’s what John May and Arthur Bryant of London’s Peculiar Crimes Unit set out to discover in a city rife with shady real estate developers, racist threats, dodgy academicians, and someone dangerously obsessed with Egyptian mythology. Linking them all is an evil lurking in London’s vast and forgotten underground river system—a killer with the eerie ability to strike anywhere, anytime, without leaving a clue. It’s a subterranean case of secrets, lies, and multiple murder that defies not only the law, but reason itself. Can Bryant and May bring a killer to the surface and stop the dark tide of murder before it pulls them under, too? “A clever twist on the traditional police procedural . . . The real thrill here is the delightful duo in the starring roles, two fresh and unusual characters who manage to breathe new life into an established genre in which it’s getting harder and harder to find anything genuinely fresh.”—Booklist “Humorous, engaging.”—Kirkus Reviews

Author : Christopher Fowler
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1407083627
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Water Room written by Christopher Fowler and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-06-29 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally built to house the workers of Victorian London, Balaklava Street is now an oasis in the heart of Kentish Town and ripe for gentrification. But then the body of an elderly woman is found at Number 5. Her death would appear to have been peaceful but for the fact that her throat is full of river water. It falls to the Met's Peculiar Crimes Unit, led by London's longest-serving detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, to search for something resembling a logical solution. Their initial investigations draw a blank and Bryant's attention is diverted into strange and arcane new territory, while May finds himself in hot water when he attempts to save the reputation of an academic whose knowledge of the city's forgotten underground rivers looks set to ruin his career. In the meantime, the new owner of Number 5 is increasingly unsettled by the damp in the basement of her home, the particularly resilient spiders and the ghostly sound of rushing water . . . Pooling their information to investigate hitherto undiscovered secrets of the city, Bryant and May make some sinister connections and realize that, in a London filled with the rich, the poor and the dispossessed, there's still something a desperate individual is willing to kill for - and kill again to protect. With the PCU facing an uncertain future, the death toll mounts and two of British fiction's most enigmatic detectives must face madness, greed and revenge, armed only with their wits, their own idiosyncratic practices and a plentiful supply of boiled sweets, in a wickedly sinuous mystery that goes to the heart of every London home.

Author : Christopher Fowler
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553385550
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Water Room written by Christopher Fowler and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Traditional mystery buffs with a taste for the offbeat will relish British author Fowler's wonderful second contemporary whodunit featuring the Peculiar Crimes Unit and its elderly odd couple, Arthur Bryant and John May.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) How can an elderly recluse drown in a chair in her otherwise dry basement? That’s what John May and Arthur Bryant of London’s Peculiar Crimes Unit set out to discover in a city rife with shady real estate developers, racist threats, dodgy academicians, and someone dangerously obsessed with Egyptian mythology. Linking them all is an evil lurking in London’s vast and forgotten underground river system—a killer with the eerie ability to strike anywhere, anytime, without leaving a clue. It’s a subterranean case of secrets, lies, and multiple murder that defies not only the law, but reason itself. Can Bryant and May bring a killer to the surface and stop the dark tide of murder before it pulls them under, too? “A clever twist on the traditional police procedural . . . The real thrill here is the delightful duo in the starring roles, two fresh and unusual characters who manage to breathe new life into an established genre in which it’s getting harder and harder to find anything genuinely fresh.”—Booklist “Humorous, engaging.”—Kirkus Reviews

Author : Pat Conroy
Publisher : Dial Press Trade Paperback
ISBN 13 : 0553381571
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Water Is Wide written by Pat Conroy and published by Dial Press Trade Paperback. This book was released on 2002-03-26 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “miraculous” (Newsweek) human drama, based on a true story, from the renowned author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini The island is nearly deserted, haunting, beautiful. Across a slip of ocean lies South Carolina. But for the handful of families on Yamacraw Island, America is a world away. For years the people here lived proudly from the sea, but now its waters are not safe. Waste from industry threatens their very existence unless, somehow, they can learn a new way. But they will learn nothing without someone to teach them, and their school has no teacher—until one man gives a year of his life to the island and its people. Praise for The Water Is Wide “Miraculous . . . an experience of joy.”—Newsweek “A powerfully moving book . . . You will laugh, you will weep, you will be proud and you will rail . . . and you will learn to love the man.”—Charleston News and Courier “A hell of a good story.”—The New York Times “Few novelists write as well, and none as beautifully.”—Lexington Herald-Leader “[Pat] Conroy cuts through his experiences with a sharp edge of irony. . . . He brings emotion, writing talent and anger to his story.”—Baltimore Sun

Author : Sophie Mackintosh
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385543883
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Water Cure written by Sophie Mackintosh and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A gripping, sinister fable!” —Margaret Atwood, via Twitter ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR • GLAMOUR • GOOD HOUSEKEEPING • LIT HUB • THRILLIST King has tenderly staked out a territory for his wife and three daughters, Grace, Lia, and Sky. Here on his island, women are protected from the chaos and violence of men on the mainland. The cult-like rituals and therapies they endure fortify them from the spreading toxicity of a degrading world. But when King disappears and two men and a boy wash ashore, the sisters’ safe world begins to unravel. Over the span of one blistering hot week, a psychological cat-and-mouse game plays out. Sexual tensions and sibling rivalries flare as the sisters are forced to confront the amorphous threat the strangers represent. A haunting, riveting debut, The Water Cure is a fiercely poetic feminist revenge fantasy that’s a startling reflection of our time.

Author : James Bennett Pritchard
Publisher : UPenn Museum of Archaeology
ISBN 13 : 9780934718141
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Water System of Gibeon written by James Bennett Pritchard and published by UPenn Museum of Archaeology. This book was released on 1961-01-29 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: University Museum Monograph, 22

Author : Gayle Carlton Felton
Publisher : Upper Room Books
ISBN 13 : 0881776580
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book By Water and the Spirit written by Gayle Carlton Felton and published by Upper Room Books. This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By Water and the Spirit, a 6-session study guide for use in small groups, contains the full text of the paper "By Water and the Spirit," which describes the United Methodist understanding of baptism approved by the 1996 General Conference. This booklet serves as a resource for congregational leaders who are helping members make connections between the baptismal covenant and discipleship in daily life.

Author : Eugene Spangenberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spangenberg's Steam and Electrical Engineering in Questions and Answers written by Eugene Spangenberg and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Patents of Inventions, Specifications written by and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William John Macquorn Rankine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Manual of the Steam Engine and Other Prime Movers written by William John Macquorn Rankine and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: