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Trouble Book Extract

Trouble Book Extract

  Prologue April 1942 The shadows were getting longer. He reckoned that by the time they made it to the train station, night would fall. Ahead of them, the road... Read More
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Evil Things

Evil Things

MONDAY 13 OCTOBER 19521She had to squint hard to see where the village was. Just a tiny speck of grey on the map, buried deep in the crevices of that... Read More
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The Horseman's Song

The Horseman's Song

CAÑADA DE LOS ZAGALES, TERUELPROVINCE, ARAGON REGION,NORTH-WESTERN SPAIN, 13 JULY 1937The tall canes gave a rustle like rain, but it hadn’t rained in a month, and down the bank the... Read More
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A Man of Genius by Janet Todd

First Chapters London ‘Annabella looked at the corpse. Hands and head separate.Blood had leaked from wrists and neck. Fluid covered part ofthe distorted features. The open eyes were stained so... Read More
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Lumen by Ben Pastor

Cracow, Poland. Friday, 13 October 1939  The Polish words stencilled on the plaque read, “Take Good Heed”, and the Hebrew script below them presumably repeated the sentence. Coloured pictures illustrating... Read More
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Liar Moon by Ben Pastor

Verona, German-occupied Northern Italy 9 September 1943  “Si deve far coraggio, maggiore.”  Martin Bora was in too much pain to say he understood.  “Dobbiamo pulire le ferite.”  In too much... Read More
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The Vampire of Ropraz by Jacques Chessex

1 Ropraz, in the Haut-Jorat, canton of Vaud, Switzerland, 1903. A land of wolves and neglect in the early twentieth century, poorly served by public transport, two hours from Lausanne,... Read More
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Tequila Blue by Rolo Diez

Chapter oneSnow White looks eighteen going on fifteen, withher short skirt and plaits, breasts like apples and110 pounds of a mixture of innocence and sensualityall wrapped in tissue paper. There... Read More
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Someone Else by Tonino Benacquista

Prologue That year, for the first time in ages, Thierry Blin decided to play tennis again, with the sole purpose of confronting the man he had once been: a competent... Read More
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