epub, mobi | | 2010-06-01 | Author:Robeson, Kenneth [Kenneth, Robeson,]

The homely Monk offered in a dry tone: "Old Bonepicker seems to be sort of a Jekyll and Hyde guy. He kept that miser's office and bedroom outside to impress ...

epub, mobi | | 2010-06-01 | Author:Robeson, Kenneth [Kenneth, Robeson,]

"How many?" Monk demanded. "Ten or fifteen thousand men, I should judge. Man, they've got some up-to-date war machinery!" A green hut which resembled a treetop spurted flame--and an anti-aircraft ...

epub, mobi | | 2010-06-01 | Author:Robeson, Kenneth [Kenneth, Robeson,]

"I've got it! The attackers came in a dirigible--an airship. One of those things, a blimp, for instance, could sink down without using its engines." "And what would it have ...

epub, mobi | | 2010-06-01 | Author:Robeson, Kenneth [Kenneth, Robeson,]

One man was a jail flunky. He held an automatic. An empty cartridge glittered on the floor, and the place reeked of cordite. The second man was a twisted pile. ...

epub, mobi | | 2010-06-01 | Author:Robeson, Kenneth [Kenneth, Robeson,]

Of the six men present, only Oliver Wording Bittman betrayed nervousness. He got up from his chair often. He paced the floor. "Aren't you worried about Doc Savage?" he inquired ...

mobi |eng | 1995-02-02 | Author:Roger MacBride Allen

CHAPTER FOURTEEN Sightseer The rain continued into the next day, but by that time, everyone had had quite enough of being cooped up in the house. Rain or no rain, ...

epub |eng | 2010-07-01 | Author:Maxwell Grant [Grant, Maxwell]

At Cardona's request, he repeated the story which Cardona had learned from Tharbel. Joe came down to details which interested him specifically. He asked Neswick just what he knew about ...

epub |eng | 1991-08-02 | Author:Carolyn Keene [Keene, Carolyn]

Chapter Eight Nancy didn’t have time to think about what to do. Holding the binder to her chest, she slid the file drawer shut, then rushed over to squat in ...

epub |eng | 2010-07-01 | Author:Maxwell Grant [Grant, Maxwell]

"I have been watching this man," he whispered. "He has no contacts at the inn. I think that he is working alone. That means -" Morales listened, but Armagnac did ...

epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Michael Chabon [Chabon, Michael]

ONE OF THE STURDIEST PRECEPTS of the study of human delusion is that every golden age is either past or in the offing. The months preceding the Japanese attack on ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2008-09-01 | Author:Morgan, Richard [Morgan, Richard]

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE You know anything about synamorphesterone?” “Heard of it.” Ortega dug absently at the sand with the toe of one boot. It was still damp from the tide’s retreat, ...

epub |eng | 2010-07-01 | Author:Maxwell Grant [Grant, Maxwell]

That box in the Mukden Theater! Was it The Shadow's hiding place? That was a thought, but like all others, it led to no conclusion. While Cleve was cogitating thus, ...

epub |eng | 2012-03-10 | Author:Soldier for the Empire (William C Dietz & Dean Williams) [Dietz, Soldier for the Empire (William C & Williams), Dean]

CHAPTER FIVE Jan entered the lock with a Mon Calamari pilot and a pair of maintenance droids. None felt the need to communicate, and they passed the time by watching ...

epub | | 2010-04-05 | Author:Fool Moon [Moon, Fool]

Chapter 18 I tried to make my stunned body respond, to get to my feet, to unleash every ounce of magic at my command to protect Murphy, and to hell ...

epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2006-09-27 | Author:Sarah Waters [Waters, Sarah]

3 'Miss Giniver,' said Miss Chisholm, putting her head around Helen's door, 'there's a lady to see you.' It was a week or so later. Helen was fastening papers together ...