the assistant murderer (en)
dashiell hammettGold on the door, edged with black, said ALEXANDER RUSH, PRIVATE DETECTIVE. Inside, an ugly man sat tilted back in a chair, his feet on a yellow desk. The o
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james penney’s new identity (en)
lee childTHE PROCESS THAT turned James Penney into a completely different person began ten years ago, at one in the afternoon on a Monday in the middle of June, in L
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fire in the hole (en)
elmore leonardI. They had dug coal together as young men and then lost touch over the years. Now it looked like they’d be meeting again, this time as lawman and felon, Ra
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the road home (en)
dashiell hammett"You're a fool to pass it up! You'll get just as much credit and reward for taking back proof of my death as you will for taking me back. And I got papers a
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arson plus (en)
dashiell hammettJIM TARR PICKED up the cigar I rolled across his desk, looked at the band, bit off an end, and reached for a match. “Three for a buck,” he said. “You must w
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the creeping siamese (en)
dashiell hammett1 “Do you—?” Tommy began, and jumped back. STANDING BESIDE THE CASHIER’S DESK in the The man had let go the doorknob. He front office of the Continental Det
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aye, and gomorrah (en)
samuel ray delanyAnd came down in Paris: Where we raced along the Rue de Medicis with Bo and . Lou and Muse inside the fence, Kelly and me outside, making faces through the
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the dark tower (en)
clive staples lewis1 ‘Of course,’ said Orfieu, ‘the sort of time-travelling you read about in books - time-travelling in the body- is absolutely impossible.’ There were four o
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forms of things unknown (en)
clive staples lewis‘… that what was myth in one world might always be fact in some other.’ PERELANDRA ‘Before the class breaks up, gentlemen,’ said the instructor, ‘I should l
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one hour (en)
dashiell hammettOne This is Mr. Chrostwaite,” Vance Richmond said. Chrostwaite, wedged between the arms of one of the attorney's large chairs, grunted what was perhaps mean
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who killed bob teal? (en)
dashiell hammettTeal was killed last night.” The Old Man—the Continental Detective Agency's San Francisco manager — spoke without looking at me. His voice was as mild as hi
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after ten years (en)
clive staples lewis1 For several minutes now Yellowhead had thought seriously of moving his right leg. Though the discomfort of his present position was almost unbearable, the
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the shoddy lands (en)
clive staples lewisBeing, as I believe, of sound mind and in normal health, I am sitting down at 11 p.m. to record, while the memory of it is still fresh, the curious experien
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guy walks into a bar… (en)
lee childA Jack Reacher Short Story SHE was about 19. No older. Maybe younger. An insurance company would have given her 60 more years to live. I figured a more accu
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ruffian's wife (en)
dashiell hammettMargaret Tharp habitually passed from slumber to clear-eyed liveliness without intermediate languor. This morning nothing was unusual in her awakening save
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ministering angels (en)
clive staples lewisThe Monk, as they called him, settled himself on the camp-chair beside his bunk and stared through the window at the harsh sand and black-blue sky of Mars.
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the second-story angel (en)
dashiell hammettCarter Brigham — Carter Webright Brigham in the tables of contents of various popular magazines — woke with a start, passing from unconsciousness into full
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the man born blind (en)
clive staples lewis‘Bless us!’ said Mary. ‘There’s eleven o’clock. And you’re nearly asleep, Robin.’ She rose with a bustle of familiar noises, bundling her spools and her lit
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night shots (en)
dashiell hammettThe house was of red brick, large and square, with a green slate roof whose wide overhang gave the building an appearance of being too squat for its two sto
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green but for a season (en)
c. s. pacatIt meant something to Jord when he became Captain, a small piece of polish that Jord kept to himself. Jord was a good fighter, he was loyal to his Prince, b
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zigzags of treachery (en)
dashiell hammettOne All know about Dr. Estep's death,” I said, “is the stuff in the papers.” Vance Richmond's lean gray face took on an expression of distaste. “The newspap
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