Under the Midnight Sun

Under the Midnight Sun
Author: Keigo Higashino
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2016-11-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250105803

From the acclaimed international bestseller Keigo Higashino (The Devotion of Suspect X) comes a sweeping novel in the tradition of Les Miserables and Crime and Punishment. This is the compelling story of a brutal crime and the two teenagers—Ryo, the son of the murdered man, and Yukiho, the daughter of the main suspect—whose lives remain inextricably linked over the twenty-year search for the truth behind the crime. In Osaka in 1973, the body of a murdered man is found in an abandoned building. Investigating the crime, Detective SasagakI is unable to find the killer. Over the next twenty years, through the lens of a succession of characters, Higashino tells the story of two teens, Ryo and Yukiho, whose lives are most affected by the crime, and the obsessed detective, Sasagaki, who continues to investigate the murder, looking for the elusive truth. Under the Midnight Sun is a complex, psychological novel about crime and its after-effects by one the most read and most accomplished contemporary mystery author. A twisting, compelling work that will astonish and delight Higashino’s old fans and new readers alike.

Midnight Sun

Midnight Sun
Author: Elwood Reid
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2007-12-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307426890

Jack, the gritty narrator of this dark, gripping novel by Elwood Reid, is a journeyman carpenter in his late twenties whose travels have led him to Alaska. When his pink slip arrives at the end of summer, he allows himself to be talked into an unusual job. Along with his best friend, Burke, Jack accepts ten thousand dollars from a dying Fairbanks man to travel into the northern wilderness and rescue his daughter from a cult. It doesn’t take long before their trip begins to go awry, and things only get worse once they reach the cult’s camp, where they are received with a hostility that quickly turns violent. Jack soon realizes that Burke knows more than he lets on about their mission and he finds himself on his own, desperately seeking a way out of the camp. Taut, riveting, and complex, Midnight Sun is an arctic Deliverance, a literary thriller set deep in beautiful but dark and indifferent Alaskan woods.

Monologue for a Shipwreck

Monologue for a Shipwreck
Author: George Schaub
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2009-01-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0578007584

A survivor himself, the narrator in this tale takes it upon himself to explain the way things are in the land on whose shore the shipwreck has been tossed. The motivation seems to be one of lending a helping hand, but other forces might be at play. "Monologue for a Shipwreck" mixes fact and fable with experimental and confrontational prose. Taken from a collection of notebooks kept by the author through the last forty years, it describes historical events, characters and processes that have shaped our world today.

Naked Beneath the Midnight Sun

Naked Beneath the Midnight Sun
Author: Kamalini Natesan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2019-09-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781788303729

Bored college student Suchu, longing to get away from her squabbling parents, leaves India for Norway and the Vestby Folk High School, taking a leap into the unknown. Shy but inquisitive, Suchu often finds herself the centre of attention, exotic among the students, from all over the world. She takes advantage of this, learning to enjoy others' interest in her, finding new friends and an oddly ambivalent relationship with her roommate, Catherine, whose boyfriend Suchu covets. Through correspondence more frank than conversation ever was, Suchu learns about herself and her parents and they grow closer, now they are apart. The young girl falls in love with Norway, but she also discovers the darker side of freedom. Where do her terrible dreams come from? Why has her roommate left? Norway's magic casts its spell on Suchu and she doesn't want to leave, but can her Indian roots compete with those she wishes to put down in Norway?

Naked Under My Coat

Naked Under My Coat
Author: Jocelyn Burgener
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2014-05-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1460229428

“Parkinson’s is all about the disconnect within the central nervous system. But when I hit that nerve with a word or a phrase that connection is restored. I consider my Parkinson’s a gift.” - Naked Under My Coat – Writing Under the Influence of Parkinson’s is a collection of poems and short stories written during the onset and formal diagnosis of Jocelyn Burgener’s Parkinson’s disease. Using pieces of her life, both real and imagined, Jocelyn tells the story of finding her voice, even as the disease restricts her ability to journal, speak, and pray. From physics to infidelity, the edges of fear, and faith and love, Naked Under My Coat exposes her vulnerability and insight in the face of her challenging new reality.

The Ribbons Are for Fearlessness

The Ribbons Are for Fearlessness
Author: Catrina Davies
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2016-02-09
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1510700781

“Read this book if you have ever loved and lost. . . . It will inspire you.” —Monique Roffey, author of With the Kisses of His Mouth Fuzzy-haired, neurotic, cello-playing Catrina is devastated when her lover, Jack, leaves her to go surfing on the other side of the world. Trapped in a dead-end job and torn by his departure, Catrina dreams of running away. But how do you run away when you’re flat broke? Luckily, her friend Andrew comes up with a plan: they’ll get an old van, turn it into a camper, and busk their way from Norway to Portugal, via the midnight sun. Andrew is one of her oldest friends and they share many of the same passions and interests, including music. When Andrew is killed in a tragic accident, Catrina decides to go it alone, encountering one disaster after another. She sleeps in her van, gets lost, and struggles to find the confidence to play her cello in front of her growing audience, but meets complete strangers who offer her advice, encouragement, and support along the way. Her experiences on the road gradually teach her the real meaning of love, courage, and above all else, the importance of following her dreams. This is an unforgettable story of a journey like no other—a deeply emotional and inspirational debut by a unique storyteller.

Curious Fragments

Curious Fragments
Author: Jack London
Publisher: Port Washington, N.Y. : Kennikat Press
Total Pages: 246
Release: 1975
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Midnight Sun

Midnight Sun
Author: Mickee Madden
Publisher: PageFree Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2002-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781930252370

After two years of running from a murderous ex-lover, Danelle Lansing finds refuge in a cottage on the Washington coast. Within two weeks of her arrival, five extraordinary strangers lure her into a web of deception, abduction, and murder.

Fantastic Tales

Fantastic Tales
Author: Jack London
Publisher: Bison Books
Total Pages: 254
Release: 1998
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

A collection of fifteen fantastic tales, ranging far in time and space, from the psychological tension of an extraterrestrial encounter to a frontier tall tale of a trapper hunting a mammoth.