Parting Shots

Parting Shots

Author: Matthew Parris

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2011-08-23

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 0670919292

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Up till 2006, a British Ambassador quitting his post abroad would write a valedictory despatch circulated widely across government, from other far-flung members of the service to the Prime Minister himself. This was the parting shot, the opportunity to offer a personal view of the country he was leaving- the alcoholic intake of its population, the corruption of its ministers, the state of the capital's drains, or the impossibility of getting embassy staff to clean British guests' shoes - whatever he or she wanted to get off their chest. Often funny, frequently astute and almost always gloriously non-politically correct, these parting shots shed light on Britian's place in the world, and reveal the curious cocktail of priviledge and privation which make up the life of an ambassador abroad. 'There is, I fear, no question but that the average Nicaraguan is one of the most dishonest, unreliable, violent and alcholic of the Latin Americans' Roger Pinsent, Managua, 1967 'The detention of the Pinochet made life in Chile unusually interesting... I have never received quite so many death threats' Dame Glynne Evans, Lisbon, 2004


Parting Shot

Parting Shot

Author: Jonathan Stone

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2007-04-01

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1429909277

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Local television reporter Sam Stevens is consumed by his failing marriage and, more than that, by the psychological harm his wife is doing to their ten-year-old son. As Sam covers a once-in-a-lifetime story---one that has turned Webster County into bedlam but is at last providing Sam with an opportunity for media stardom---he suddenly sees an even better chance: to solve his personal problems forever. But there’s another player thrust into the national spotlight along with Sam: It’s Sheriff Billy Wyatt, who’s in way over his head. The FBI is breathing down his neck, and the national press highlights his every bungle. He’s confronting a madman---and his own limits. Can he outsmart either? Out of elements that thriller readers have come to expect, Jonathan Stone has woven a story they assuredly will not expect. In whirlwind action and hurricane prose that echo the best of James Patterson and Harlan Coben, Stone is in top form here, delivering a tale about the unchecked power of the media and the unreasonable passions of fatherhood---with a payoff that will stun and startle, yet make perfect sense. Parting Shot is a shot of adrenaline. It’s a bullet that rotates wildly till it finds its target---deep in the reader’s imagination. It’s the latest work from a writer whose fiction Ian Rankin has hailed as “prime entertainment” and T. Jefferson Parker has called “clever, bold, and a little nasty.”


Parting Shot

Parting Shot

Author: Thomas Harper Jr

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2012-01-06

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1469137801

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Its time that people on the street have more access to truth about things that directly affect them. Some of you may think that this is a novel, to be burnt after reading. I strongly differ with you on that point; Marvin Gaye had it right years ago, when he asked the question Whats Going On? For those of us on the streets we need to know, if we are going to survive in this world. No, dont burn the novel, go find out whats going on in your community, city, county, state, and country. Know who you are sleeping with, whats happening to your children, and will you have any grand children, and what kind of life will they have? Truth is, often stranger than fiction!


Parting Shot

Parting Shot

Author: Linwood Barclay

Publisher: Seal Books

Published: 2018-10-30

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 1400026733

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From "New York Times"- and #1 international bestselling author Barclay comes a new, standalone blockbuster thriller that spins off from the events of the explosive Promise Falls trilogy. Tall Premium Edition.


Parting Shot

Parting Shot

Author: Mary Calmes

Publisher: Dreamspinner Press

Published: 2013-07-19

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1623808758

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Everyone thinks Aaron has it all—looks, money, fame, and success beyond measure. But all he really wants is Duncan, adventure, and love.


Who Broke the Teapot?!

Who Broke the Teapot?!

Author: Bill Slavin

Publisher: Tundra Books

Published: 2016-04-26

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1770498346

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Mom is very angry. Her very favorite teapot is broken, and no one is 'fessing up. Was it Dad, sitting in his underwear reading the paper? Was it Cat, who was all tangled up in a ball of yarn? Was it Baby perched in his highchair? Or is there a surprising twist to this mystery that teaches Mom a little lesson in anger management? Bill Slavin takes a sly poke at parents in their less-than-finer moments in this funny and energetic story.


Broken Promise

Broken Promise

Author: Linwood Barclay

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015-07-28

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 0698182251

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From New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay comes an explosive novel set in the peaceful small town of Promise Falls, where secrets can always be buried—but never forgotten… After his wife’s death and the collapse of his newspaper, David Harwood has no choice but to uproot his nine-year-old son and move back into his childhood home in Promise Falls, New York. David believes his life is in free fall, and he can’t find a way to stop his descent. Then he comes across a family secret of epic proportions. A year after a devastating miscarriage, David’s cousin Marla has continued to struggle. But when David’s mother asks him to check on her, he’s horrified to discover that she’s been secretly raising a child who is not her own—a baby she claims was a gift from an “angel” left on her porch. When the baby’s real mother is found murdered, David can’t help wanting to piece together what happened—even if it means proving his own cousin’s guilt. But as he uncovers each piece of evidence, David realizes that Marla’s mysterious child is just the tip of the iceberg. Other strange things are happening. Animals are found ritually slaughtered. An ominous abandoned Ferris wheel seems to stand as a warning that something dark has infected Promise Falls. And someone has decided that the entire town must pay for the sins of its past…in blood.


The Twenty-Three

The Twenty-Three

Author: Linwood Barclay

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2016-09-22

Total Pages: 487

ISBN-13: 1409146537

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BOOK 3 OF 3 The final book in the Promise Falls trilogy, The Twenty-Three is a pulse-pounding, race-against-time thriller. The day begins like any other Saturday - a shower, coffee, breakfast. But suddenly, all hell breaks loose in the town of Promise Falls. People are dying in the street - the hospital and emergency services are overwhelmed by sheer numbers. Is it mass food poisoning, a virus, or something more sinister? Has someone, rather than something, caused this? Detective Barry Duckworth is already investigating two murders and an explosion at the town's drive-in. He starts to wonder if these crimes and the new attacks are connected to the mysterious incidents in Promise Falls involving the number twenty-three. But who is sending these deadly messages, and how can they be stopped? *** Praise for Linwood Barclay 'Nothing is more satisfying than tucking into a new Linwood Barclay novel' Shari Lapena, author of The Couple Next Door 'A suspense master' Stephen King 'One of the best thriller writers in the world' Mark Billingham 'Seamless, breathless and relentlessly paced' Mirror


Parting Shots from My Brittle Bow

Parting Shots from My Brittle Bow

Author: Eugene J. McCarthy

Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9781555915285

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A collection of writings from one of the most significant political figures of our time.


Cyborg Detective

Cyborg Detective

Author: Jillian Weise

Publisher: American Poets Continuum

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9781942683858

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With acerbic aplomb, Jillian Weise's latest collection of poems investigates disability and ableism in the literary canon.