The Quarry
The Quarry

Author: Iain M. Banks

Publisher: Hachette+ORM

Published: 2014-05-13

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0316281840

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Eighteen-year-old Kit is weird: big, strange, odd, socially disabled, on a spectrum that stretches from "highly gifted" at one end, to "nutter" at the other. At least Kit knows who his father is; he and Guy live together in a decaying country house on the unstable brink of a vast quarry. His mother's identity is another matter. Now, though, his father's dying, and old friends are gathering for one last time. "Uncle" Paul's a media lawyer now; Rob and Ali are upwardly mobile corporate bunnies; pretty, hopeful Pris is a single mother; Haze is still living up to his drug-inspired name twenty years on; and fierce, protective Hol is a gifted if acerbic critic. As young film students they lived at Willoughtree House with Guy, and they've all come back because they want something. Kit, too, has his own ulterior motives. Before his father dies he wants to know who his mother is, and what's on the mysterious tape they're all looking for. But most of all he wants to stop time and keep his father alive. Fast-paced, gripping and savagely funny, The Quarry is a virtuoso performance whose soaring riffs on the inexhaustible marvel of human perception and rage against the dying of the light will stand among Iain Banks' greatest work.

The Old Quarry
The Old Quarry

Author: Anne Gumley

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2011-02-01

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 1426954409

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After many years of hard work as a nurse, Rita Goodwin can finally relax and enjoy her retirement in her adopted country of Canada. One fateful day, she decides to catch up on the news from her home country via the BBC; however, the news from Britain is not a comfort. The skeleton of an American soldier, dating back to World War II, had been discovered in an unused sand quarry located directly behind Ritas childhood home. Rita knows of this skeleton, and she is horrified to hear of the mysterious details reported by the BBC. She knows theyre off track. Their confusion is calming, and yet her guilt is too much. She soon finds herself on a plane to England, where she may have to confront ghosts long hidden in her childhood memoriesmemories that made her leave her home country and flee to Canada years before. Upon her arrival in Britain, her small hometown is in chaos over the discovery of the remains. She is shocked to realize her childhood sweetheartand current police inspectorErnest, is in charge of the investigation. Will the skeletons in Ritas mental closet come out to haunt her? Will she rekindle long-ago feelings for dear Ernest? Or will her secrets prove her guilt in this thrilling tale of murder, regret, and love?

Stone Quarry
Stone Quarry

Author: S. J. Rozan

Publisher: Minotaur Books

Published: 2001-01-15

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1466825200

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Bill Smith's country cabin in upstate New York is far from the city's savage streets--a retreat where a weary P.I. can play Mozart on his upright piano and let nature heal him. But when Eve Colgate, a local farmer and painter, asks him to find stolen items--six paintings which could reveal Eve's highly guarded thirty-year-old secret--he caves. When Smith's partner, Lydia Chin, comes in on the action, she brings along her cool courage and sharp mind. It's a simple case--until the runaway daughter of a hotshot politician and the murder of a local hood change the playing field. Now the stench of corruption fills this rural paradise, as Bill and Lydia scour through dangerous secrets and greedy corridors for the stone-cold truth...

The First Quarry
The First Quarry

Author: Max Allan Collins

Publisher: Titan Books

Published: 2011-10-06

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 0857686429

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BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Crime fiction readers know Quarry, the ruthless killer-for-hire, from Max Allan Collins' acclaimed novels - including THE LAST QUARRY, which told the story of the assassin's final assignment (and was the basis for the feature film The Last Lullaby). But where did Quarry's story start? For first time ever, the best-selling author of ROAD TO PERDITION takes us back to the beginning, revealing the never-before-told story of Quarry's first job: infiltrating a college campus and eliminating a professor whose affair with one of his beautiful, young students is the least of his sins...

Quarry's Blood
Quarry's Blood

Author: Max Allan Collins

Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)

Published: 2022-02-22

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1789096693

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The hitman hero of the acclaimed series Quarry on Cinemax returns for his final act. By Quarry’s creator, the award-winning author of Road to Perdition! QUARRY'S VIOLENT PAST COMES LOOKING FOR HIM The professional hitman known as Quarry -- star of the Cinemax TV miniseries of the same name -- has put killing behind him. But after a beautiful writer of true-crime bestsellers drops by to announce he's the subject of her next book, killers descend to give him some of his own deadly medicine, forcing Quarry to journey into his bloody past to find the answers -- and settle old scores. QUARRY’S BLOOD brings the hitman’s decades-long saga right up to the present day as MWA Grand Master Max Allan Collins explores the startling final act of Quarry’s professional career.

The Last Quarry
The Last Quarry

Author: Max Allan Collins

Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)

Published: 2011-04-20

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 0857686410

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QUARRY'S BACK – FOR HIS TOUGHEST JOB EVER. The ruthless professional killer known as Quarry long ago disappeared into a well-earned retirement. But now a media magnate has lured the restless hitman into tackling one last lucrative assignment. The target is an unlikely one: Why, Quarry wonders, would anyone want a beautiful young librarian dead? And why in hell does he care? On the 30th anniversary of the enigmatic assassin's first appearance, bestselling author Max Allan Collins brings him back for a dark and deadly mission where the last quarry may turn out to be Quarry himself.

Quarry
Quarry

Author: Max Allan Collins

Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)

Published: 2015-10-13

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1783298847

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The assignment was simple: stake out the man's home and kill him. Easy work for a professional like Quarry. But when things go horribly wrong, Quarry finds himself with a new mission: learn who hired him, and make the bastard pay. NOW A CINEMAX TELEVISION SERIES! The longest-running series from Max Allan Collins, author of Road to Perdition, and the first ever to feature a hitman as the main character, the Quarry novels tell the story of a paid assassin with a rebellious streak and an unlikely taste for justice. Once a Marine sniper, Quarry found a new home stateside with a group of contract killers. But some men aren't made for taking orders - and when Quarry strikes off on his own, god help the man on the other side of his nine-millimeter...

The Awful Truth About The Herbert Quarry Affair
The Awful Truth About The Herbert Quarry Affair

Author: Marco Ocram

Publisher: Tiny Fox Press

Published:

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13:

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With a jangle of keys, a door opened. Herbert clanked in, his arms locked to his sides, his ankles shackled, his face a Hannibal Lecter mask. He was overjoyed to see me. “Marco, I’m jailed day and night with murderous thugs who can’t tell Schiller from Shakespeare. I’m desperate for intellectual stimulus—but you’ll do for now.” TV personality Marco Ocram is the world’s only self-penned character, writing his life in real time as you read it. Marco’s celebrity mentor, Herbert Quarry, grooms him to be the Jackson Pollock of literature, teaching him to splatter words on a page without thought or revision. Quarry’s plan backfires when imbecilic Marco begins to type his first thought-free book: it’s a murder mystery—and Herbert’s caught red-handed by the butchered body of his lover. Now Marco must write himself into a crusade to clear his friend’s name. Typing the first words that come into his head, Marco unleashes a phantasmagorical catalogue of twists in his pursuit of justice, writing the world’s fastest-selling book to reveal the awful truth about the Herbert Quarry affair.

The Wrong Quarry
The Wrong Quarry

Author: Max Allan Collins

Publisher: Titan Books

Published: 2014-01-10

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1781162670

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A HIT. AND A MISS. Quarry doesn't kill just anybody these days. He restricts himself to targeting other hitmen, availing his marked-for-death clients of two services: eliminating the killers sent after them, and finding out who hired them...and then removing that problem as well. So far he's rid of the world of nobody who would be missed. But this time he finds himself zeroing in on the grieving family of a missing cheerleader. Does the hitman's hitman have the wrong quarry in his sights? The Critics Love QUARRY "Violent and volatile and packed with sexuality...classic pulp fiction." -- USA Today "Collins' witty, hard-boiled prose would make Raymond Chandler proud." -- Entertainment Weekly

Tajore Arkle
Tajore Arkle

Author: Jackie French

Publisher:

Published: 1998-12-10

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 9780207197208

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In Greycliffs, where Anya lives, the people work hard in the slab- rock quarry for most of their life. A rockfall that Anya foresaw in her dreams is blamed on her and she is sent away to the Mountain; a place for those who are different - the Pastseers. For the first time in her life, Anya is accepted, able to be herself.