Monday, September 8, 2014

Misery-Stephen_King




Novelist Paul Sheldon has plans to make the difficult transition from writing historical romances featuring heroine Misery Chastain to publishing literary fiction. Annie Wilkes, Sheldon’s number one fan, rescues the author from the scene of a car accident. The former nurse takes care of him in her remote house, but becomes irate when she discovers that the author has killed Misery off in his latest book. Annie keeps Sheldon prisoner while forcing him to write a book that brings Misery back to life.

Officially_Dead-Richard_Prescott




Linda leant back in her chair and said calmly, ‘Colin, do you want to earn $10,000 for one evening’s easy work?’ This simple question took Colin completely by surprise. He’d been expecting a proposal, but a very different one. He laughed. ‘I don’t buy lottery tickets,’ he said. ‘I’m serious, Colin,’ Linda said. ‘And I’m not talking about buying lottery tickets.’ She got up and came to sit on the floor next to his chair. She smiled at him and touched his hand. ‘I’m talking about $10,000 in cash. It’s yours, if you want it.’ Colin sat up straight and removed Linda’s hand from his own hand. ‘What’s going on?’ he said nervously. ‘What do you want from me?’ ‘My husband is going to need an alibi,’ she said. ‘You can provide one for him. It’s as simple as that.’

The_Enemy-Desmond_Bagley



Malcolm Jaggard is a spycatcher, and a servant of the politicians. He’s hard, tough, and intelligent – and he wants to marry Penny Ashton, a scientist, and the daughter of the scientist George Ashton. Then the Ashtons’ comfortable world is suddenly shattered, and Malcolm is ordered by his politician bosses to protect Ashton. But who is George Ashton? And how do you protect a man who has just disappeared? Malcolm needs more knowledge, and he can’t get it. So he fights for it. But knowledge is power, and servants must not have power. As his search for Ashton turns into a desperate and violent manhunt, Malcolm finds knowledge. But he also finds himself in the long-running war between scientists and politicians – a war that it is safer to keep out of, a war where ‘We have met the enemy, and he is us.’

Goldfinger-Ian_Fleming


James Bond, Agent 007 sits in a Miami airport waiting to fly home from his most recent assignment. When his plane is delayed for 48 hours, Bond accepts an offer from a wealthy acquaintance to investigate whether or not the man is being cheated at cards. The pay for this small service is to be 10,000 pounds. The man is playing cards with Auric Goldfinger, the wealthy owner of a metallurgical empire. Keeping careful watch on Goldfinger’s hotel room, Bond soon discovers the cheater’s method and forces him to give all of the money back. Returning to London, Bond is soon assigned to investigate Goldfinger, who, in addition to being a cheat, is also the biggest gold-smuggler in England.