I Drove a Red Car to a Better Me

I Drove a Red Car to a Better Me
Author: Dean Skewes
Publisher: Balboa Press
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2021-03-17
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1504324897

Dean Skewes draws on his life experiences as a sheep shearer and farmer in sharing this life-changing journey that he and his family went on after a car accident.

Murder at the Red Dog

Murder at the Red Dog
Author: John Herrmann
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2003-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595291899

"Herrmann is a first-rate writer...His characters [are] three-dimensional [and] Murder at the Red Dog is a well-written story with a great plot." --Midwest Book Review "In a marketplace that prefers formula over innovation, Herrmann's tale of the contemporary West breaks away from the pack...Readers seeking...depth in their entertainment must be sure to acquire this one." --G. Miki Hayden, author of Writing the Mystery "Murder at the Red Dog [is] not only an interesting read, [it is] an old-fashioned romp of a mystery." --The Missoulian "[Herrmann's novel] is complex, with enough development to keep even the seasoned reader guessing." --Luke Croll, Books 'n Bytes The scene is a northwest Montana mountain community, the crime, the double murder of the owners of a roadside tavern located ten miles from the nearest village. A county prosecutor with eyes on the governor's mansion railroads a young Indian man employed by the victims. But a local newspaperman, Brew Moore, sees it as a set-up and in his digging and travels, turns up a federal cover-up. Why would the FBI and CIA care about the affairs of Kootenai Falls, Montana, and what has the federal government got to hide?

The Good Husband of Zebra Drive

The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2010-06-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307370437

The eighth installment in the universally beloved, internationally bestselling series. In the life of Mma Ramotswe – a woman duly proud of her fine traditional build – there is rarely a dull moment, and in her newest round of adventures, challenges and intrigues, the same certainly holds true. But one thing above all else is keeping her occupied – her estimable husband, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni. He has been hinting for some time now that he intends to do something special for their adopted daughter, Motholeli, and it seems that the time for this good deed has come. Of course, good deed or not, his plan is bound to hit some snags. And that’s when he will undoubtedly consider himself doubly – perhaps even triply – lucky to be married to the ever-resourceful, ever-understanding Precious Ramotswe.

The Gorger

The Gorger
Author: Paul J. Kubis
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2015-04-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1681390841

My life story, tells of a very innocent young boy raised up in very innocent times, by his grandparents, in the suburbs of Chicago and how he becomes man of the house at eleven when his grandfather suddenly dies. In high school he does something that alienates him from his classmates simply because he said he would do it. He is criticized and bullied for the next two and a half years and then the two most popular boys in school befriend him. After graduating he goes to live with his mother in Miami, Florida and is exposed to the outside world. A short, boring stint in college and he finds puppy love. He marries, has a little girl and is doing very well as a realtor on the north shore of Chicago. Two men burst into his office one afternoon and take him down into a basement where he is handcuffed to a chair, bolted to the floor, and threaten. They play one way russian roulette with him from 8:00p.m. to 12:00a.m. and then throw him in jail with a guy who just killed a man. He proves his innocence and moves on with his life, divorces, starting a new job, remarries and divorces, becomes a landlord and refurbisher, remarries and divorces, remarries his first wife, eludes hit man hired by his partner and moves to Miami Florida, divorces first wife again and he moves on.

The Emerald Necklace and Other Stories

The Emerald Necklace and Other Stories
Author: E. B. Alston
Publisher: Righter Bookstore
Total Pages: 87
Release: 2004-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0974773557

An eclectic and witty collection of short stories including a story about how an ordinary bridge game in a small south Texas town turns dramatic over the value of an emerald necklace.

The Red Car: A Novel

The Red Car: A Novel
Author: Marcy Dermansky
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2016-10-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1631492349

Named one of the Best Books of the Year by Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and Library Journal “Sharp and fiery.... There is, now, a literary term for a book you can’t stop reading.... It is The Red Car.” —New York Times Book Review In her “dry, delightful fairy tale for grown-ups” (People), celebrated novelist Marcy Dermansky offers a biting exploration of a woman’s search for self-realization and models of a life well lived. When Leah’s former boss and mentor, Judy, dies in an accident and leaves Leah her most prized possession—a flashy red sports car—the shock forces Leah to reevaluate her whole life. Leah is living in Queens with a husband she doesn’t love and a list of unfulfilled ambitions. Returning to San Francisco to claim the mysteriously powerful car, she revisits past lives and loves in several sprawling days colored by sex and sorrow. Dermansky evokes an edgy, capricious, and beautifully haunting heroine—one whose search for realization is as wonderfully unpredictable and hypnotic as the twists and turns of the Pacific Coast Highway. Tautly wound, transgressive, and mordantly funny, The Red Car is an incisive exploration of one woman’s unusual route to self-discovery.

The Little Red Schoolhouse

The Little Red Schoolhouse
Author: Milton Johnson
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 742
Release: 2010-05-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1450087078

Diane Enfield joined the FBI to save underprivileged children of the street, but her 13th brought to light some strange aspects of her job. After pick-up and delivery of number 13, she became the hunted by both the good and bad guys. Her “Control,” Hal Chandler claimed to know nothing about the source of her orders. When she was almost run down by, what appeared to be a government agent, Hal was convinced there was indeed something strange going on. The kidnapping of Diane’s family, without a ransom, was to gain Diane’s continued cooperation and stop her investigations. Hal was an ex-field agent and with his cohorts, Diane was able to locate and rescue her family, thwarting the high level people running the shady operation, eventually returning the 5-year-old to his family’s waiting arms.

Hell's Harlem Boxed Set

Hell's Harlem Boxed Set
Author: J.M. Walker
Publisher: J.M. Walker
Total Pages: 606
Release: 2019-07-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

-GREYSON- Confusion. Lust. Fear. Passion. It started the moment she passed out in my arms. Desire. Vile. Seduction. Depraved. She couldn’t remember her past but looked to me like I was her future. My walls were built. My heart was cold. My emotions vacant. After being alone for five years with only my motorcycle club at my side, she was who I had been searching for. The one I had needed all along to light up the darkness surrounding my life. Just when I thought I had her, just when I thought I could finally allow myself that happiness I didn’t think I deserved. She was ripped from my hands... -TRAY- Despair. Hunger. Pain. Need. It started the moment she bumped into me. Ecstasy. Danger. Seduction. Terror. She was off-limits, but it didn’t stop me from wanting her. My life was empty. My thoughts were dark. My heart was stone. Feeling unwanted for most of my life, I didn’t know where I belonged or what my purpose was. He was all I had until she came along and brought out emotions I never knew were possible. She was innocent. Pure. Untouched. She was the daughter of a rival club member, but that didn’t stop us. It only heightened the desire, the passion we felt. We were happy…until someone she trusted made a move that no one saw coming… -CATCH- Loss. Passion. Rage. Love. It started the moment she left me. Submission. Wrath. Savage. Resentment. She rejected me when I needed her most. My walls were up. My life was lonely. My world was dark. I opened up to her and gave her every piece of me only to have her rejection slap me in the face. I needed her. I wanted her. But hated her just the same. After years of giving myself to others, she falls back into my life when I least expected it. With so many years between us, we fell back into an easy routine. She was no longer the girl I had fallen in love with, but a woman who was running from her demons only to land in the arms of a monster…

The Gold of St. Croix

The Gold of St. Croix
Author: Tom Sedar
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2020-06-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1663202702

On the island of St. Croix, retired homicide detective Mad Dog Cotton has a reputation for being able to find missing things. It seems Betsy Rourk’s husband, Bob, has vanished, having disappeared following a dive with a friend. But when she asks Mad Dog to find her husband, he turns her down. When the price Betsy offers is a single golden piece of pirate treasure, however, common sense is abandoned, and he says yes. As he begins the search for the missing man, Mad Dog has no idea that he’s about to walk into a four-hundred-year-old mystery. What he unearths brings the ancient ghosts of greed, lust, and insanity down on his head, disrupting his tranquil existence and threatening to destroy everything he loves. Only time will tell whether he’ll find the answers he’s seeking in time to keep himself safe. In this mystery novel, set in the Caribbean, a retired detective takes on the search for the missing man and stumbles into a centuries-old story involving treasure and murder.

The Unconsoled

The Unconsoled
Author: Kazuo Ishiguro
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2012-09-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 030776415X

From the universally acclaimed author of The Remains of the Day comes a mesmerizing novel of completely unexpected mood and matter--a seamless, fictional universe, both wholly unrecognizable and familiar. When the public, day-to-day reality of a renowned pianist takes on a life of its own, he finds himself traversing landscapes that are by turns eerie, comical, and strangely malleable.