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21) Between the lies
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In the vein of Allison Brennan, Between the Lies is an addictive psychological thriller with twists that keep the reader guessing until the last page, in which a woman who's lost her memory is back home with a family she doesn't know--who are keeping secrets of their own. The truth is hiding between the lies. What would you do if you woke up and didn't know who you were? Chloe Daniels regains consciousness in a hospital with no memory of how she got...
Author
Series
I Fiction volume 69
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Traditional Chinese edition of The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro. Axl and Beatrice, an elderly British couple, decide to find the son they have not seen for years and scarcely remember. Along the way they meet a Saxon warrior and his orphan companion and a knight. Yet this fantasy setting is just a cover for deep philosophical discussions about life. Acclaimed and Booker Prize winning writer Ishiguro's first novel in ten years.
繼《長日將盡》、《別讓我走》,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Simplified Chinese edition of The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro. Axl and Beatrice, an elderly British couple, decide to find the son they have not seen for years and scarcely remember. Along the way they meet a Saxon warrior and his orphan companion and a knight. Yet this fantasy setting is just a cover for deep philosophical discussions about life. Acclaimed and Booker Prize winning writer Ishiguro's first novel in ten years.
公元六世纪的英格兰,本土不列颠人与撒克逊入侵者之间的战争似乎已走到了终点——和平降临了这片土地,两个族群比邻而居,相安无事地共同生活了数十年。但与此同时,一片奇怪的“遗忘之雾”充盈着英格兰的山谷,吞噬着村民们的记忆,使他们的生活好似一场毫无意义的白日梦。一对年迈的不列颠夫妇想要赶在记忆完全丧失前找到此刻依稀停留在脑海中的儿子,于是匆匆踏上了一段艰辛的旅程。他们渴望让迷雾散去,渴望重拾两人相伴一生的恩爱回忆——但这片静谧的雾霭掩盖的却是一个黑暗血腥的过去,那是一个在数十年前被不列颠人的亚瑟王用违背理想的手段掩埋的巨人。一个神秘的撒克逊武士肩负使命来到这片看似平和的山谷,他那谦逊的外表背后究竟隐藏着怎样秘而不宣的动机?他的使命带给这个国度将是宽恕的橄榄枝还是复仇的剑与火?而亚瑟王最后的骑士高文则决心用生命守护国王的遗产,因为守护它就就意味着守护最后的和平。记忆与宽恕,复仇与和平,四人的命运不可避免地交织在了一处,而结局只有一个。...
24) Barely a lady
Author
Series
Drake's rakes volume 1
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Olivia Grace has secrets that could destroy her. One of the greatest of these is the Earl of Gracechurch, who married and divorced her five years earlier. Abandoned and disgraced, Grace has survived those years at the edge of respectability. Then she stumbles over Jack on the battlefield of Waterloo, and he becomes an even more dangerous secret. For not only is he unconscious, he is clad in an enemy uniform. But worse, when Jack finally wakes in...
Author
Series
Asunder trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The story begins in frigid February, long after the battle. Cyntha Favor, an abolitionist and ardent believer in Spiritualism, searches the battlefield in hopes of finding her husband's grave. Having received erroneous reports of his death, she hopes to free his tormented soul. Sara Reeder, initially naive and an ardent supporter of the Southern cause, is thrust into the battle maelstrom. An excellent horse-woman, she rides to warn the army of a surprise...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a man is found on a British beach, drifting in and out of consciousness, with no identification and unable to speak, interest in him is sparked immediately. From the hospital staff who find themselves inexplicably drawn to him, to international medical experts who are baffled by him, to the national press who call him Mr. Nobody, everyone wants answers. Who is this man? And what happened to him? Some memories are best forgotten. Neuropsychiatrist...
Author
Series
Material world (Alexis J. Hall) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"FAKE AMNESIA. REAL FEELINGS? REAL PROBLEMS. Sam Becker loves-or, okay, likes-his job. Sure, managing a bed and bath retailer isn't exactly glamorous, but it's good work and he gets on well with the band of misfits who keep the store running. He could see himself being content here for the long haul. Too bad, then, that the owner is an infuriating git. Jonathan Forest should never have hired Sam. It was a sentimental decision, and Jonathan didn't...
28) The night market
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"From an author who consistently gives us "suspense that never stops" (James Patterson), a near-future thriller that makes your most paranoid fantasies seem like child's play...It's late Thursday night, and Inspector Ross Carver is at a crime scene in one of the city's last luxury homes. The dead man on the floor is covered by an unknown substance that's eating through his skin. Before Carver can identify it, six FBI agents burst in and remove him...
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Return to a twisted version of Jazz Age New York in this follow up to the critically acclaimed fantasy Westside, as relentless sleuth Gilda Carr's pursuit of tiny mysteries drags her into a case that will rewrite everything she knows about her past. Six months ago, the ruined Westside of Manhattan erupted into civil war, and private detective Gilda Carr nearly died to save her city. In 1922, winter has hit hard, and the desolate Lower West is frozen...
30) Find me: a novel
Author
Series
Ellie Hatcher novels volume 6
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"She calls herself Hope Miller, but she has no idea who she actually is. Fourteen years ago, she was found in a small New Jersey town thrown from an overturned vehicle, with no clue to her identity. Doctors assumed her amnesia was a temporary side effect of her injuries, but she never regained her memory. Hope eventually started a new life with a new name in a new town that welcomed her, yet always wondered what she may have left behind, or been running...
Author
Series
Secret projects volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A man awakes in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no memory of who he is, where he came from, or why he is there. Chased by a group from his own time, his sole hope for survival lies in regaining his missing memories, making allies among the locals, and perhaps even trusting in their superstitious boasts. His only help from the "real world" should have been a guidebook entitled The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval...
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Description
A successful artist with a doting husband, Isabel Dryland knows she should be grateful for her happy life. It's a complete reversal from the one she led before, when normalcy seemed out of reach, after a violent assault she cannot remember left her shattered and scarred. Even though the memory was lost, the nagging feeling that she was damaged goods and the lingering effects of her injuries kept her questioning her sanity at times. Tom, her husband,...
Author
Series
Beyond the Clouds volume 5
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Young Theo works as a mechanic, putting his knack for machines to use in the industrialized city where he lives. But when he finds an injured, amnesiac girl with wings, his life changes forever. Her name is Mia, and although Theo's talents make quick work of repairing her injured wing, their quest to find her home will take them beyond the clouds and further than they would ever have imagined." -- amazon.com
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