epub, mobi |eng | 2013-01-15 | Author:Brad Meltzer [Meltzer, Brad]

63 And if you had to rate the pain on a scale of one to ten?” the doctor with the bald head and thin beard asked. “Probably a five,” Pastor ...

epub |eng | 2013-11-15 | Author:Jim Musgrave [Musgrave, Jim]

Chapter 8: Herein Beneath the Central Park Lie the Underground Pirates For a little man, Doctor Biggs-Pemberton had a big headache when he arose the next morning. We ate our ...

epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2010-03-24 | Author:Edward Marston [Edward Marston]

It was remarkable how much information they had garnered between them in the course of one day. When the two detectives met over a meal at the Saracen’s Head that ...

epub, mobi, pdf |eng | | Author:Caleb Carr [Carr, Caleb]

CHAPTER 26 * * * Once on the sidewalk, Stevie and I dispatched our waiting contingent of street arabs to fetch Kreizler, Roosevelt, Sara, and Marcus, then sped across Cornelia ...

epub |eng | 2010-12-31 | Author:Graham Ison [Graham Ison]

TEN ‘Good morning, Inspector.’ The assistant provost marshal’s chief clerk looked up from the pile of reports on his desk. ‘You’ll be wanting to see the colonel, no doubt.’ ‘Is ...

epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2007-01-02 | Author:Jonathan Green [Green, Jonathan]

CHAPTER THIRTEEN His Waterloo Ulysses surfaced, coughing violently, the surging current of the sewer channel bringing him to a stone ledge in the septic darkness. He scrabbled for a hold, ...

epub |eng | 1999-01-01 | Author:Mary Reed & Eric Mayer [Reed, Mary & Mayer, Eric]

Chapter Thirty-one In the first light of morning, the Inn of the Centaurs lay quiet save for a repetitive dripping, a reminder of the previous night’s storms and the roof’s ...

epub |eng | 2012-01-01 | Author:Mary Reed & Eric Mayer [Reed, Mary & Mayer, Eric]

Chapter Thirty-one Hypatia peered toward Antonina’s house, into which Vesta had just vanished. Why would Vesta be taking foxglove from the palace garden to Antonina? She would have to tell ...

epub |eng | 2010-01-01 | Author:Mary Reed & Eric Mayer [Reed, Mary & Mayer, Eric]

Chapter Twenty-Four How are we going to endure staying here, knowing a man’s been murdered down the hall?” Pompeius selected an olive from the plate on the dining room table ...

epub |eng | 2008-01-01 | Author:Mary Reed & Eric Mayer [Reed, Mary & Mayer, Eric]

Chapter Twenty-Eight John knew he was dreaming, even though he had never before dreamt of Zoe. “That is because I was never dead before,” she told him in an annoyed ...

epub |eng | 2005-01-01 | Author:Mary Reed & Eric Mayer [Reed, Mary & Mayer, Eric]

“Soup?” said Anatolius. “That’s right, eel soup. If you spill a bowl, don’t step in it. It’s slippery stuff, especially after you’ve had a cup or three of wine.” Francio ...

epub |eng | 2004-03-01 | Author:Mary Reed & Eric Mayer [Reed, Mary & Mayer, Eric]

When Anatolius departed, John secured the house door and visited Peter’s storeroom to replenish the kitchen wine jug, deriving some amusement from the realization he was performing tasks for both ...

epub |eng | 2001-01-01 | Author:Mary Reed & Eric Mayer [Reed, Mary & Mayer, Eric]

Godomar made the sign of his religion as he entered Poppaea’s bedroom. It seemed to him that his moving hand was met with some slight, inexplicable resistance, as if the ...

epub |eng | 2000-01-01 | Author:Mary Reed & Eric Mayer [Reed, Mary & Mayer, Eric]

Striding through the austere warren of imperial administrative offices, John found himself noticing the water clocks set in niches and corners to regulate the labors of those not content to ...

epub, mobi |eng | 1992-01-10 | Author:Fred Saberhagen [Saberhagen, Fred]

"You heard. I have no real explanation. Why don't you get some sack time while there's a chance?" Maria's faint snores came drifting from the other room. "At the moment ...