Her logical mind, her secretive nature, and her unromantic viewpoints leave him fascinated but frustrated. But Abigail’s reserve only intrigues police chief Brooks Gleason. She keeps to herself, saying little, revealing nothing. A freelance programmer, she designs sophisticated security systems - and supplements her own security with a fierce dog and an assortment of firearms. Twelve years later, the woman known as Abigail Lowery lives on the outskirts of a small town in the Ozarks. The events that followed changed her life forever. And that terrifies me.”ĭaughter of a controlling mother, Elizabeth finally let loose one night, drinking at a nightclub and allowing a strange man’s seductive Russian accent lure her to a house on Lake Shore Drive. You’d put my life before yours to protect me. But I know what it means now, I understand that impossible depth of emotion now. They may believe it, or mean it, or it may simply be an expression of devotion. They don’t expect to, of course, have no plans to. “People say to someone they love: I’d die for you. Title: The Witness Author: Nora Roberts Series: N/A Genre: Romantic Suspense Published: April 17th 2012 by G.P.
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The train does actually run down the main street and the whole town stops if the train driver decides he wants to have lunch. ‘With Everyman’s I was doing some work in the Mallee and there was just something about Wycheproof. ‘I just get these kind of passions for particular country towns,’ Tiffany tells me. She has set both her novels in Victorian country towns, in areas she visited through her work as an agricultural journalist. There is a particular sense of place in the writing of Yorkshire-born, Melbourne-based Carrie Tiffany. Now, her second novel Mateship with Birds-a compelling and elegant meditation on family, desire and country life-confirms the author’s attraction to the past and the land. 399Ĭarrie Tiffany’s debut novel Everyman’s Rules for Scientific Living was published in 2005 to high praise. A version of this article was published in The Big Issue No. (The captain has two, on separate planets. Not a woman in sight, save for the occasional reference to wives at home. Unfortunately, neither the adventure nor the allegory ever reach fruition.įor the crew’s first few forays into Rama, the book reads like an average 1970’s sci-fi bro-fest. Should be exciting, right? Parallels drawn between the Rama expedition and those of 18th century British explorer James Cook even hint at historical allusions. He presents an intriguing premise: a giant cylindrical spacecraft dubbed Rama, seemingly abandoned, enters the inner solar system. Clarke slips soft humor into his writing that surprised and charmed me. The first few chapters subverted my expectations in a good way. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama and the book’s overwhelmingly positive reviews persuaded me to give it a try. But the recent Amazon bargain on Arthur C. I’m always wary of mid-20th-century sci-fi because so many of the stories I’ve encountered contain levels of sexism I just can’t countenance. When I launcher a personal initiative about two years ago to read and study more classic science fiction, I braced myself for such moments. This irritating discovery wasn’t completely unexpected. “We finally get a female character and the first thing they talk about is her breasts?” My own e-reader cast its moonbeam light on my pillow, emanating a serenity I didn’t share. “Seriously?” I deadpanned, startling my Laddie from his bedtime Kindle doze. |