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El Feo


Carlos Cuauhtémoc Sánchez - 2011
    As they see you, they treat you, and we all want to be treated better, but the external image that we reflect comes from within.

The Kate Morton Collection: The House at Riverton and The Forgotten Garden


Kate Morton - 2010
    Morton's first two unforgettable novels in one volume: The House at Riverton plus The Forgotten Garden.

Johnny Kellock Died Today


Hadley Dyer - 2007
    Her no-nonsense, authoritarian mother has broken her ankle—and it’s all R osalie’s fault. But news that Johnny, her teenaged cousin, has vanished pushes the accident from everyone’s minds. As R osalie and David—her strange new neighbour— search the city for Johnny, R osalie discovers something about the love and the secrets that bind her family.A refreshing and talented new voice in young adult fiction, Hadley Dyer has received rave reviews, two awards and several nominations, as well as great sales for Johnny Kellock Died Today, her debut novel.

The Assiduous Quest of Tobias Hopkins: The Complete Novel


James Faro - 2015
    It is October in the year 1675. New England trader, Tobias Hopkins, arrives in Jamaica to discover the truth about his missing father. It transpires that, not only has the man been dead for six years, but he has left Toby with a half-brother and the clue to an inheritance which promises to change the course of their lives. However, Toby's inquiries have attracted the attention of others who will stop at nothing to achieve their aims. Will the cryptic message written by his father lead him to a promised fortune, or will it lead him into the hands of those who aim to destroy him? Haunted by nightmares from his past, Toby continues with his quest. But who can he trust? His faithful associate, John? the astute businesswoman Elizabeth? or Magdalena, mother of his half-brother Eduardo? Some of those around him are not what they seem to be, and it soon becomes clear that Toby and those closest to him are in imminent danger. His quest leads him to the Island of Nevis where he reaps the fruits of his search. All appears well until he travels to Virginia. It is only at this point that Tobias Hopkins is forced to face the consequence of his actions.

The Garden of Forking Paths


Jorge Luis Borges - 1941
    It was the first of Borges's works to be translated into English by Anthony Boucher when it appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in August 1948.