The Dam
The Dam is the story of four guys going on a three night break to Amsterdam before one of them goes away to work for a year in Tokyo. The Dam is based on some true stories from the red light district and is an honest account of what it is really like. A funny yet emotional story of friendship, hookers, beer and Anne Frank.
What Vronsky Did Next
"Kevin was acting weird, he picked up one of the kitchen knives, sometimes he jabbed it, as if making a debating point, the conversation continued, about music now, I did not like the way Kevin sometimes pointed the knife at me, he seemed strangely angry and aggressive..." In old age L looked back fondly on the time he went down the rabbit-hole, where he met Irish Jack, Honey and Milena. And then there was Kevin - not forgetting Malcolm Lowry and his manuscripts and his first wife, Jan Gabrial. What Vronsky Did Next - a novel about books, lovers, drink and drugs. And Kevin.
Persona Non Grata
Farce and moral ambiguity in a pre-digital 1994 French diplomatic outpost in Balkan War-buffeted Eastern Europe. *** Young Michel-Ange never had to worry about much. Now the dignity of the French Republic is at stake in the ex-communist Balkan backwater of Gryaznia, where Paris suddenly expects him to hold the fort. Does the insouciant diplomatic dilettante have what it takes to stave off an international fiasco and personal humiliation? Merde, alors... *** "Now you listen to me, petit, and listen well, so that we have no misunderstanding: I am a Sergent-Chef of the L矇gion Etrang癡re, verstehen? And when not sleeping, drinking, fucking or shitting, I kill people. That is my boulot, that is what I do. "You, on the other hand, are sens矇 to be a diplomat, however half-arsed, and as such, and to the extent that you have any purpose in this life at all, it is to make precisely the kind of call I am hereby ordering you to make, right now. Compris?Have I made myself clear?" Michel-Ange's face was blank - whether from paralyzed shock or mere bemusement was unknowable and, in any case, moot. "Bon. Execution. Et qu'癟a saute. Hop it, my lad." (p. 193) *** "Few connoisseurs of failed diplomacy can hold a candle to P.N. Gwynne, whose latest hero, Michel-Ange de la Fassederad finds himself unworthily promoted to Charg矇 d'Affaires at the French Embassy in Gryaznia, which sounds like an over-the-counter remedy but is actually a disremembered capital somewhere in the Balkans. Almost immediately, Michel is fighting for self and country in a bureaucratic riot that unfolds in three languages. This is where Gwynne sprinkles his original English/French/Russian mix through the narrative as few writers can, a welcome and truly shameless salute to international affairs." -- A.J. PANOS, Charg矇 d'Affaires, U.S. Embassy, Bangui, Central African Republic *** "Gwynne is satiric and deliriously funny. He has a fine feeling for the absurdity of things. His sensibility, however disturbing, is always expressed with wit. Mr. Gwynne can write."-- THE NEW YORK TIMES *** "P.N. Gwynne has a sharp ear for accents and a quick eye for the ridiculous." -- THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE *** "Gwynne packs his novels with a very funny assortment of types who speak in accurate, ingeniously spelled dialogue." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *** The pseudonymous P.N. GWYNNE is a much-traveled American businessman who's lived and worked throughout sub-Saharan Africa, where he also served for several years as Honorary U.K. Consul. Earlier, as a U.S. Army 1LT he was awarded the Bronze Star in Vietnam, after which he became a CIA Clandestine Service officer, with a paramilitary tour in northern Laos. He currently divides his time between Europe and his native New York. His previous novels are Firmly By The Tail, Pushkin Shove, The Bronx Bombing, and "Imperialist Warmonger Pig" or An Occurrence At Landing Site-Echo. PERSONA NON GRATA P.N. GWYNNE A NOVEL BY AMAZON
Bellamonia
An ominous, uncanny, and darkly hilarious descent into a paranoid, disaffected, and entirely relatable consciousness. Both a great New York novel, and a great novel about the myriad modern tensions between self and society, reason and unreason, boredom and transcendence, and, ultimately, sanity and whatever sanity isn't.
Drifters Without Borders
Can I explain why I started drifting? From the moment Drew Lewis disembarks in a tiny Hungarian metropolis to her final disembarkation in Turkey, her existence is marked by uproar, hysterics and danger. What Drew hoped to be a professional venture, turns into utter bedlam. And her eccentric fellow drifters aren't making the trip any easier.
Silly Animal Rhymes and Stories
Here are just a few of the Animal Rhyme stories inside: ANOLE LIZARD becomes a Pig.BORZOI Puppy is a riot.CHINCHILLA has a Pet GORILLA. GNUS steal shoes!MOA didn't make it to Noah's Ark.TORTOISE dreams of being a Ninja athlete.WHALE 'drops out' and regrets it.ZINGEL FISH meets Santa in my dreams.About The Author: Anil is a retired biologist who has since been preoccupied with creating art and literature, mainly humorous, based on word play and constrained writing. The constraint here is the use of only one rhyme sound per poem.
Nobody's Laughing
The author takes us on a raucous journey into the life and mind of Richard Bonhom. He is a post modern portrait of success despite his failed marriage, delinquent drug addicted daughter and looming financial scandal at work. The story takes place in a one week period preceding Bonhom's fiftieth birthday. A growing discomfort at facing this turning point in his life, and the urgent need to make things right, are the driving forces motivating his desperate search for some form of salvation. These issues force him to dig deep, hold on, and take stock. This serious, but often hilarious, search for meaning and purpose to Richard's world takes the reader along an almost satirical path filled with interesting and often outrageous characters. The setting is Vancouver, Canada. The time is now. When we look out at the world around us, and within us, through the eyes of Richard Bonhom, we inevitably see ourselves, and more importantly, what truly matters in our lives.
Fly with the Falcon
The boundless sky's peace and dangers are normally reserved for nature's aviators or for members of the elite fraternity/sorority of fighter pilots - or for readers of this new, fast-paced novel by Ed Cobleigh.Be elevated by tightly written, flowing prose to the exhilarating world of flight. Experience new insights into the world of the lucky few who view clouds from above. Follow the perilous life of a peregrine falcon along California's wild Central Coast and two fighter pilots, one female, one male, as they patrol the lethal skies of the Middle East. In this gripping narrative, each solo aviator searches for escape and meaning while airborne. For the three flyers, flight allows introspection into themselves and their terrestrial problems; sexual harassment, illicit sex, loneliness, lost lovers, and grounding. The coastal wine country offers a refuge and a path to discover what really matters in this world and how many barriers one is willing to hurdle to reach long-sought goals.Come fly with the falcon to discover the domain of the air, passionate romance, unspoiled Big Sur, dynamic falcon lore, and aerial adventure.
Panoramica
Everyone's afraid of something, but some are afraid of everything. Panoramica opens with the death of our terrified protagonist, who soon realizes the end of his life is only the beginning of his death. Eternity's secrets are revealed one by one as he races through car chases, gunfire, aliens and lizards. In the spirit of Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams and Tom Robbins comes the debut novel from the darkly comic mind of Hank Pine that dares to answer the Big Questions: Where do we go when we die? What, if any, is the point of love? What if you were given the answers to every question but had no one to tell?
The Silence of the Shaggy Rug
In the long tradition of the anti-hero in English literature, award-winning author Daniel Jacob has created a whole bunch of them - each able to stand shoulder to shoulder with a Flashman or anyone from the pages of a Waugh novel. With the touch of a Tom Sharpe for grand farce, the grotesque Crooke-Wells siblings trace their mean, mendacious and downright nasty steps through a series of plots and pitfalls in their attempt to accumulate unearned and entirely unmerited wealth. Standing like a beacon in this sea of iniquity is the mother, whose string of illicit love affairs seems positively honest by comparison. This is the story of an upper-crust English family which is part of a sub-group known as The Hereditary Rich. Beautifully written and splendidly wicked, The Silence of the Shaggy Rug is not for the faint-hearted or politically correct.
The Inimitable Jeeves (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)
With their first appearance in 1915, Bertie Wooster and his highly competent valet Jeeves were destined to become Wodehouse's most famous duo. The hilarious stories that feature the charmingly foppish Bertie and his equally lightheaded friends being rescued from tedious social obligations, annoying relatives, scrapes with the law, and romantic problems by the quiet interventions of Jeeves are among Wodehouse's best-loved tales.This Warbler Classics edition includes an extensive biographical timeline.
The Tangerine Turtle
The Tangerine Turtle is a humorous collection of short stories inspired by real life moments, strange coincidences, and everyday situations that take unexpected turns. Written with a light tone and a sense of curiosity, each story explores how ordinary experiences can become memorable when viewed from a slightly different angle.Many of the stories center on Daniel and his wife Jomart as they navigate unusual encounters, awkward situations, and small mysteries drawn from real events. While the characters and details shift from story to story, readers will recognize familiar emotions, misunderstandings, and moments of quiet absurdity.This collection is ideal for readers who enjoy short fiction with humor, reflection, and just enough strangeness to keep things interesting. The stories are easy to read, loosely connected, and designed to be picked up one at a time or enjoyed straight through.
Oops
I've had a crush on Lawson O'Connor since forever but it can never be, he's my older brother's best friend.I always thought the feelings were one-sided but recently, I'm beginning to suspect otherwise. A subtle touch here. An inappropriate comment there.A smoldering look.A sexy wink.And then it happens, we hook up. It's everything I ever imagined and more but we can never be, can we?
Petty Doesn't Pay
We turn our disagreements into grudges against each other almost every day. We spend time, money, and energy seeking some type of revenge against those who have harmed us. We may enjoy brief moments when we get back at people, but in the end, we always find out "Petty Doesn't Pay."
The Black Llama Caper
Private eye Dick DeWitt - called Dick Dimwit by some - needs a case badly during the dark days of the Great Depression.He gets more than he bargains for when he encounters the notorious Black Llama and his gang, and faces corrupt cops. Murder and mayhem soon follow.With a little help from his oddball friends, DeWitt tries to win a victory for justice - and keep himself alive.If you prefer your detectives intelligent and classy, this book is not for you. But if you enjoy noir fiction featuring a bumbling, politically incorrect gumshoe, you'll like The Black Llama Caper.This is the large print edition of The Black Llama Caper, with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.
The Black Llama Caper
Private eye Dick DeWitt - called Dick Dimwit by some - needs a case badly during the dark days of the Great Depression.He gets more than he bargains for when he encounters the notorious Black Llama and his gang, and faces corrupt cops. Murder and mayhem soon follow.With a little help from his oddball friends, DeWitt tries to win a victory for justice - and keep himself alive.If you prefer your detectives intelligent and classy, this book is not for you. But if you enjoy noir fiction featuring a bumbling, politically incorrect gumshoe, you'll like The Black Llama Caper.
The Black Llama Caper
Private eye Dick DeWitt - called Dick Dimwit by some - needs a case badly during the dark days of the Great Depression.He gets more than he bargains for when he encounters the notorious Black Llama and his gang, and faces corrupt cops. Murder and mayhem soon follow.With a little help from his oddball friends, DeWitt tries to win a victory for justice - and keep himself alive.If you prefer your detectives intelligent and classy, this book is not for you. But if you enjoy noir fiction featuring a bumbling, politically incorrect gumshoe, you'll like The Black Llama Caper.
The Black Llama Caper
Private eye Dick DeWitt - called Dick Dimwit by some - needs a case badly during the dark days of the Great Depression.He gets more than he bargains for when he encounters the notorious Black Llama and his gang, and faces corrupt cops. Murder and mayhem soon follow.With a little help from his oddball friends, DeWitt tries to win a victory for justice - and keep himself alive.If you prefer your detectives intelligent and classy, this book is not for you. But if you enjoy noir fiction featuring a bumbling, politically incorrect gumshoe, you'll like The Black Llama Caper.
The Black Llama Caper
Private eye Dick DeWitt - called Dick Dimwit by some - needs a case badly during the dark days of the Great Depression.He gets more than he bargains for when he encounters the notorious Black Llama and his gang, and faces corrupt cops. Murder and mayhem soon follow.With a little help from his oddball friends, DeWitt tries to win a victory for justice - and keep himself alive.If you prefer your detectives intelligent and classy, this book is not for you. But if you enjoy noir fiction featuring a bumbling, politically incorrect gumshoe, you'll like The Black Llama Caper.This is the large print edition of The Black Llama Caper, with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.
Texting Olivia
Texting Olivia is a funny, fast-paced, modern take on the epistolary novel, using phone texts and calls instead of letters as the main form of communication.Fay is a paralegal in her forties with thwarted career ambitions, which she blames on her mother. Indeed, she has done almost everything opposite to her own upbringing in raising Olivia. But Fay's assumptions about what it means to be a good mother-and also a good daughter-are put to the test when she and her husband take a madcap trip from New Jersey to San Francisco to help Olivia move out of her dorm.
Well Done Partner!
Dominique Van Hudson is a 26 year old police officer in a fairly average city of Brookshire, near London. He is dedicated, diligent, smart and perfect at his work. Nothing can stop him from doing his duty, not even his somewhat tiny stature that is quite unusual for a cop. Who meets Chandler Williams, a 23 year old goofy and happy-go-lucky type of guy. The boy is freshly passed out of his training and this is his first case. Not only does he have no experience whatsoever, he is also a rookie, is clumsy and a total trouble. Together, willingly or forcefully, they embark on the mission to solve this case without Dominique killing the other. And as time passes, they make peace with each other and learn to adjust and endure things they never thought they will be doing.
Adventures of Bruce From Bondi
A fun book about hotel life in AustraliaBruce is a city boy who found a new home as a trainee property manager at Boolaroo sheep station in the far west of New South Wales, near a town called Enngonia. Returning to Bondi for a weeks holiday, Bruce decides to apply to be a lifesaver. His life is thrown into a spin when he meets Jane. Not only does she like him, her father owns the Auckland hotel in Bondi, close by the famous beach. Given half a chance to become a trainee hotel manager with a beautiful girlfriend, Bruce chucked away his plans to return to the bush and grabs both to the job and Jane in his hot hands.
Adventures of a Jackeroo
A fun book about bush life in AustraliaThis book, The Adventures of a Jackeroo, is set in the early 1950's when bush life in Australia was a bit rougher than it is today. It will carry you along with Bruce from Bondi, a city boy who decides to become a Jackeroo, a trainee property manager, specialising in sheep and a few million flies. Based in the far west of New South Wales near a town called Enngonia Bruce lives on Booleroo Sheep Station and gets into quite a few scraps and also learns a few things the hard way. You will read about...Bruce trying to catch a sheep called Rancid the Ram which is a bit too much for him to handle. He also clambers aboard a stock horse called Bob the Brumby and learns that it is easy to get him to go but very hard to steer him let alone get him to stop. Bruce also tries himself out as a tennis player at a Country Tennis match with disastrous results and as a cricketer (in a Country Cricket match) with a decided lack of success. Mind you not all of Bruce's escapades end in disaster and the stories are funny and the illustrations are a great addition to the tale of Adventures of a Jackeroo. An ideal book for a laugh and all readers who want to know about bush life as well as visitors to Australia.
Topper Takes a Trip
The beloved characters--mortal and immortal--of Topper return in this uproarious romp through the south of France. One of Thorne Smith's best-loved comedies, it proves once again that he is the undisputed master of urbane wit and sophisticated repartee. Cosmo Topper, the mild-mannered bank manager who was persuaded to take a walk on the wild side by the ghosts of George and Marion Kerby in Topper, finds himself reunited with his dyspeptic wife for an extended vacation on the Riviera. But he doesn't have long to enjoy the peace and quiet before the irrepressible Kerbys materialize once again and start causing fracases, confusing the citizenry, alarming the gendarmes, getting naked, and turning every occasion into revelry or melee. Soon Marion decides that Topper as a ghost would be even more laughs than Topper in the flesh. And all she needs to arrange is one simple little murder. Born in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1892, educated at Dartmouth, THORNE SMITH was an early cohort of Dorothy Parker's. He achieved literary success in 1926 with the publication of Topper and went on to publish nine novels in the next eight years. He earned a passionate following among both critics and readers before his death, at the age of forty-two, in 1934. CAROLYN SEE is the author of nine books. Her latest novel is The Handyman. She lives in Pacific Palisades, California.
Topper
"[Thorne Smith] created the modern American ghost. A ghost with style and wit. A ghost that haunts us still." --The New York Times Thorne Smith is a master of urbane wit and sophisticated repartee. Topper, his best-known work, is the hilarious, ribald comedy on which the hit television show and movie (starring Cary Grant) were based. It all begins when Cosmo Topper, a law-abiding, mild-mannered bank manager, decides to buy a secondhand car, only to find it haunted by the ghosts of its previous owners--the reckless, feckless, frivolous couple who met their untimely demise when the car careened into an oak tree. The ghosts, George and Marion Kerby, make it their mission to rescue Topper from the drab "summer of suburban Sundays" that is his life--and they commence a series of madcap adventures that leave Topper, and anyone else who crosses their path, in a whirlwind of discomfiture and delight. As enchanting today as it was when first published in 1926, Topper has set the standard in American pop culture for such mischievous apparitions as those seen in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Heaven Can Wait, Beetlejuice, and Bewitched.
Falling for Nashville
I had no idea my hot, new neighbour was his hometown's golden boy, a country music star-the man all women want and the man all men want to be. Charming, kind and sexy as hell-oh and did I mention, he can sing? Falling for Nashville's favourite son was not part of my 'getting-over-my-ex' plan, but somehow he trapped me in his web and I don't seem to mind one bit.Spend a few months incognito in Australia, while my messy divorce is finalised. Staying out of the public eye and away from the horror that is the paparazzi, my only wish-that is until I see her moving in next door and then my priorities suddenly change, and it's time to have a bit of fun. Although I never planned on her smart mouth and sassy style-her 'playing'. A girl full of spunk that I'm sure will help me move on.But will our pasts allow us both the one thing we truly deserve-the happily ever after? There may be a happy ending ... but who for?
Tales of a Hotelwallah
Raj, Rao, Dr. Prahlad, Manoj, Sam, Alex, Shetty and a host of professionals take you on a uproarious journey of elation, intrigue and excitement - all in their 'day in the life' of a hotelier.Ten short stories, woven out of 'real' incidents, give you an insight into the life and times of hospitality operators and keep you absorbed with exhilaration in the world of hotels and resorts.Fun rings in every single day when one clocks in to work and never seems to end.
Action-Packed Apartments!
ACTION-PACKED APARTMENTS!Two exciting novellas in one thrill-a-minute volume!THE CRAZY CAT LADY IN APARTMENT 2BA teenage dude gets hired to cat-sit for his neighbor across the hall, and finds himself experiencing the adventure of a lifetime, or at least the adventure of that particular afternoon. THE TRUE CRIME PODCASTER IN APARTMENT 3CIn his distant past, a man witnessed a murder that only he knows about. So to reveal the shocking details of this crime, he takes the unprecedented step of doing a podcast! FRANK CONNIFF is a writer and comedian perhaps (okay, not perhaps, definitely) best known as TV's Frank from Mystery Science Theater 3000. He performs with Trace Beaulieu in the monthly live streaming movie-riffing show, The Mads Are Back. He is the author of six previous books.
Froggy Goes To The Kooterville Fair
FROGGY AND HER PALS SET OUT TO HAVE AN AMAZING TIME WHEN THE kOOTERVILLE FAIR COMES TO THE SWAMP.
Don’t Upset the Cat
The multiverse is unstable.The gods are divided.And someone has kidnapped the wrong children.John Berwick was never supposed to exist. As the so-called Irrelevant One, he stands outside the predetermined path that governs every world. That alone makes him dangerous.But now it's worse.His infant twins-children of a Mesopotamian goddess and descendants of a runaway cosmic guardian-have been abducted. And the trail leads through burning Rome, ancient Kush, secret societies, witch covens, and a conspiracy determined to dismantle the divine order itself.Behind it all stands a rebellion centuries in the making.Hecate, Queen of the Witches, believes the gods have manipulated humanity long enough. With the help of warlocks, familiars, serpent gods, and the fanatical Lord Ainsley-Fitch, she intends to shatter predestination and expose the machinery of fate-even if it tears the multiverse apart.Meanwhile, the cat goddess Bastet has a simpler philosophy: Don't upset the cat.As family loyalties fracture, old betrayals resurface, and ancient councils reveal a terrifying contingency plan, John must decide whether saving his children means condemning one of them-or himself-to eternal imprisonment between worlds.Epic in scope, sharp in humor, and unafraid to question destiny itself, Don't Upset The Cat is a fast-moving blend of myth, multiverse intrigue, and dysfunctional divine family drama.Because when gods play politics, it's always the humans who pay.And this time, the humans are fighting back.
Attack of the iFones And Other Vertically Challenged Stories
A collection of both humorous and dramatic short stories including Attack of the iFones, The Drive from Copperhill, Get Rid of S, Online Gaming Addiction, Don't Turn Out the Light, Liquor Boy, Old Friends, and The Sequestered Nook. Some of these stories will stimulate thoughtful meditation in a reader, while others will trigger laughter and endorphins, the brain's natural opiate.
Snapdragon
It's been five years since Gully's inflatable dragon put the air traffic controllers across England into a tail spin. His little chain of noodle bars has taken off too and he's somehow become a celebrity chef into the bargain, but it seems that success brings its own challenges. But for Polly Gilmour, the opportunity to help to launch her quirky cousin brings consequences she couldn't have imagined when she's instructed to negotiate the company's first faltering steps abroad. But hadn't she always wanted to travel and be an international success? But the cousins aren't the only ones caught in the fast and furious world of high finance either ...Welcome to the world of the demon sarnie maker and his mates ...
You Can't Prevent Prophecy
Is the life of the Chosen One pre-determined, or can another take their place? Josephus believes he is the Chosen One, foretold in prophecy to quell the evil in the lands. Along with his sidekick, a kobold wizard named Grilk, they adventure into dark caves and dank dungeons, questing for the Eye of Aera. Meanwhile, a halfling thief, Penellina, also seeks the Eye, determined to prove she has what it takes to be a master burglar. Back in town, a Dwarven Cleric, banished from the mountain homes, senses a powerful force manipulating events. These characters' stories interleave in an inexplicable tangle of prophecy and self-determination. Join them on a light-hearted quest where they discover that prophecies are malleable things, and can be shaped and directed by those with the knowledge and desire. Will prophecy win out in the end? Or will the heroes ultimately decide the path of their lives for themselves, and send the Three Kingdoms into turmoil? "It reads like a fun game of Dungeons and Dragons adventure with plot twists and comedic drama." - 5 stars "There was lots of action and adventure and twists that you don't expect" - 5 stars "With a plot that runs along at a cracking pace and plenty of witty banter plus a cast of interesting characters, this was fun to read." - 4 stars "a lot of comedy, double-crossing and confused heroes" - 4 stars
Truth From the Bathroom
Strainings from a whipped man who is trying to find his pants in the circus we call marriage.Scott has had enough.After fifteen years of a marriage rut he's ready to stand up and say, no more.He's been bullied, ignored, and pushed around by a domineering wife. Things are going to change. Sitting on his throne he will write a new declaration of regularity and marital relief.First he has to think things through. He needs privacy. He needs to talk it all out somehow, but not with his wife. Not yet.If only he had some way to document all his problems. He could write down his complaints and try to sort it all out.Join Scott in his bathroom as he takes this journey of discovery in a notebook he found in the hallway closet.
Getting Even
Of many exes in her past... ...there are three that she can't get past. Maybe she should just get even? Kathy, turning forty, has had it. She's scunnered. Absolutely scunnered. The last dumping was the last straw. She's made a decision. She'll make them suffer. Is she the only rejected woman in Glasgow? No. Revenge as a group effort turns out to be much more fun. Sheena has a law degree, a shopping and fancy-dress habit, and three mates who dumped Kathy, who lives in the flat above her. Sheena, channelling Dr. Who, figures it out. She thinks Kathy's lost her marbles. How will she stop her? Who can she get to help? This Scottish revenge comedy is a laugh-out-loud romp of twists, turns, and double-crosses!
Portrait of a Man with Red Hair
Upon the mysterious recommendation of a friend, Charles Harkness embarks on a journey to Treliss, a Cornish seaside town possessed of breathtaking natural beauty and brimming with local intrigue. Feeling an unusual sense of bravado, the timid and sensitive Harkness inserts himself into a domestic conflict in Treliss, whose instigator is a sadistic man with shocking red hair.In the course of trying to extricate himself from a precarious situation, Harkness submits to a series of trials that will leave him forever changed.
Cross Dressing
Big-shot ad exec Dan Steele feels entitled to the best life has to offer - even if he has to live way beyond his means to acquire it. But there's hope on the horizon. Dan has just stolen what's sure to be an award-winning idea for a multimillion-dollar account. If he can keep the creditors at bay long enough, he'll get the keys to the executive restroom and all his problems will be solved.Unfortunately, that's when his brother, a Catholic priest, shows up at Dan's door in need of a loan to pay for some essential medical attention. Being both financially and morally challenged, Dan hands over his insurance card instead of his credit card. But it's too late. After running up a bill for $300,000, Father Michael goes the way of all flesh.Now Dan has a choice: go to prison for insurance fraud or take a vow of poverty and become a man of the cloth. Before he can say "God bless," Dan finds himself pursued by a relentless insurance investigator, the psychopathic copywriter whose idea he stole, and a deadly killer from his brother's mysterious past. And, as if that wasn't enough, Dan finds himself falling in love with a gun-toting nun. Let us pray.Praise for Bill Fitzhugh's Books'A strange and deadly amalgam of screenwriter and comic novelist... in league with Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard.' New York Times Book Review 'A rip-roaring farce of a thriller.' Mirror'Fitzhugh tightens his grip on a reputation for absurdist black comedy.' Bookpage
A World of Slippy Drippy Fish!
Take a dip in the deep blue sea to explore a humorous underwater world of quirky wonder!Perhaps you'll see a Bubble Fish or two, maybe a baby Chuckler, or even a Giant Gaping Jawfish!A Slippy Drippy adventure to delight young children and adults alike!
The Westminster Alice
The Westminster Alice is a collection of humorous vignettes by Saki, first published in the Westminster Gazette in 1902, which form a political pastiche of the Alice books by Lewis Carroll, featuring an unforgettable cast of notable politicians of the day, and brought to life with illustrations by F. Carruthers Gould - 'with apologies to Sir John Tenniel' for their striking likeness to the original Alice illustrations.Desperately trying to navigate her way through the world of Ineptitudes, Knights, Queens and Mad Hatters, Alice delivers a stinging satire of Westminster politics - which, imbued with Saki's charm and delicate wit, and set in a world evocative of Carroll's timeless Wonderland, is as charming today as when it was written, and belongs on every Alice fan's bookshelf.
The Psi.P.O.
Malcolm Joffrey always wanted to be the founder of a tech company. He had been with startups before, but nothing prepared him for when the cybersecurity startup he co-founded skyrocketed due to an unexpected side project by his team. Suddenly everyone around him seemed to be questioning their life choices, and believing in things that Malcolm knows don't exist. Can Malcolm keep his team together and fulfill his dream or does he have to leave his own goals behind to support his staff? A story that will keep you entertained and maybe even question some of your own ideas about what life is all about.
Fender Benders
Eddie Long plans to be a country music star but he's stuck touring the college frat circuit. After his wife dies at the hands of a serial killer, Eddie writes the best song of his life. It goes straight to number one. And that's when all the trouble starts.Jimmy Rogers is a freelance writer covering the Mississippi music scene. He sets out to write the life story of Nashville's latest sensation but unearths some facts that could ruin Eddie's burgeoning career while making Jimmy a huge bestseller.Throw in a beautiful and opportunistic country radio DJ, a pair of wily record producers, and a naive young singer-songwriter, and the stage is set. Everybody plans to make a killing -- one way or another. It's murder on Music Row, where things don't always turn out as planned.Praise for Bill Fitzhugh's Books'A strange and deadly amalgam of screenwriter and comic novelist... in league with Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard.' New York Times Book Review 'A rip-roaring farce of a thriller.' Mirror'Fitzhugh tightens his grip on a reputation for absurdist black comedy.' Bookpage
Two Weddings and a Naming
Two Weddings and a Naming picks up the story of The Uncovered Policeman soon after the end of Goodbye Blues. As the name implies it is the story of two weddings ..... Whos?and a Naming ..... Obvious if you read the other stories, it is the Uncovered Policeman's baby. I tried hard to write it to be read as a stand alone story but I know the protagonists pretty well by now so if there is anything you dont understand get in touch .... I'll put in the missing facts in the next edition and you will get the rewrite automatically (the joy of e-books).A tale of a fun filled winter for the denizens of the sunny Rags to Riches world!
French-Fried Americans
The four American travelers in Tzvia Goldberg's funny novel, French-Fried Americans hope that an escape to Europe will be the antidote to their current misfortunes. They are all suffering from the timeless syndrome, "What should I do with my life?" The four travelers include: Max, a dropout from Harvard Medical School whose new comedy career has essentially died on the operating table; Kirsten, a former L.A. supermodel whose failed modeling career is yesterday's tabloid news; Duncan, a timid financial controller of a Silicon Valley company whose overbearing wife pinches pennies instead of him; Robin, a lifelong misfit who has never left her small town in Nebraska until she inherits millions and decides to go traveling.It's not accidental how the four American travelers are seated together in a second-class couchette on the 21:15 overnight train from Paris to Nice. During the course of their overnight ride, the four form a strong bond and continue their travels together to the Italian Riviera.
Burying Reggie
How much would you risk when your family's safety is on the line?When an easy-going lorry driver uncovers a dead friend's secret, he has to decide whether to bury it before it buries him.Jack Ferris is happy. He has a business; he has friends; he has his pigeons, and he has a wife and daughter whom he adores.His life is turned upside down when his best friend dies, and the secrets Jack uncovers put his entire world at risk.Where does he turn? Who can he trust? Does he go public or go underground?Burying Reggie is the tale of an ordinary man, forced into extraordinary circumstances, contending with gangsters, guns, and fortnightly bin collections.
Liquid Diamonds
Jean Hornby lived in Brighton. This is where it all began. It is where The Diamonds, Jeana, Tammy and Bobette were formed. In the first book Dollars & Diamonds, you entered into their lives and were walked through many highs and lows of a life filled with nothing but Dollars & Diamonds. And now awaiting you is the sequel, Liquid Diamonds. Here, Jeana and Bobette will take you with them to escape into another world. - One of many laughs and one even more shocking than Dollars & Diamonds. - Enjoy the journey! Having fallen into each other's arms, Jeana and Bobette spontaneously leave sinful Brighton behind to escape to where ever the next train should take them, but their impulse adventure of a lust-filled love, turns into nothing but a liquid get-away. Will it be one that they will always want to remember, or one that these two liquid Diamonds will want to forget?
Liquid Diamonds
Jean Hornby lived in Brighton. This is where it all began. It is where The Diamonds, Jeana, Tammy and Bobette were formed. In the first book Dollars & Diamonds, you entered into their lives and were walked through many highs and lows of a life filled with nothing but Dollars & Diamonds. And now awaiting you is the sequel, Liquid Diamonds. Here, Jeana and Bobette will take you with them to escape into another world. - One of many laughs and one even more shocking than Dollars & Diamonds. - Enjoy the journey! Having fallen into each other's arms, Jeana and Bobette spontaneously leave sinful Brighton behind to escape to where ever the next train should take them, but their impulse adventure of a lust-filled love, turns into nothing but a liquid get-away. Will it be one that they will always want to remember, or one that these two liquid Diamonds will want to forget?
You Can't Blame the Flower
Award-winning novel that has earned acclaim as a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards and the National Indie Excellence Awards and a semi-finalist in the Chanticleer International Book Awards for Contemporary and Literary Fiction!Introverted young attorney Lilyanna Rivers knew one day she would return to Whimser-the mysterious mansion in the middle-of-nowhere, Texas, where flowers don't grow. She didn't know her return would be with a select group of her corporate colleagues to quarantine at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The comedy of errors of the employees coexisting intertwines with a darker backstory of how Lilyanna came to inherit Whimser from the late William Whimsergarden, her former college professor and boss.While the guests at Whimser navigate awkward encounters, romantic interests and workplace obstacles, Lilyanna grapples with her haunting memories of William, her insecurities with intimacy and her attraction to the captivating company vice president. Tensions escalate when the guests investigate a theft and learn that one or more among them are harboring secrets that put not only their careers at risk but also their lives.Whimser awaits . . .
