There is nothing more satisfying than reading a book while sipping a hot cup of tea.
"Now, will you please take me. Please, David." Her voice broke. "I can't delay a moment longer....it's a matter of life and death." David Marks is a haunted man. Six months ago, while walking home, his wife died in front of him: victim of a hit-and-run accident. Now Marks lives to take his revenge against … Continue reading Friday’s Forgotten Book: Eighty Dollars to Stamford by Lucille Fletcher (1975)
Dr. Vernon Grove had once dreamt of being a doctor who makes a difference in the lives of people, now divorced from his wife and estranged from his son, he is a ship-doctor who uses the time on sea to flirt with beautiful female passengers and have a fling with them. Usually this provides fun … Continue reading Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Girl in Cabin B54 by Lucille Fletcher (1968)
Elaine (Vaguely, dreamily, moving to the window): The question is... the question is....What really happened that awful morning.Helga: Why, you saw that shade go up! You saw that dead man, yah.Elaine (Brooding, staring at the window): I thought I did, But did I? Did I, Helga? Did that shade go up - or was it … Continue reading Friday’s Forgotten Book: Night Watch by Lucille Fletcher (1972)
John Waldo Leeds lives with his beautiful young wife Mary in a remote cottage near the mouth of the Chesapeake, trying to work on his musical compositions (he has earlier tried to be a racing-car driver and a painter) when their blissful existence comes crashing down with a scream. One night, even as John has … Continue reading Friday Forgotten Book of Summer: The Strange Blue Yawl by Lucille Fletcher (1964)
The shadows stretched their arms to her. They cried in broken voices, just beyond, always beyond. There was no end. The ultimate cruelty, the ultimate uncertainty remained. The Indo-Pak war of 1971 resulted in the creation of Bangladesh (till then the East wing of Pakistan) and was won by India. However, like any other victory … Continue reading Friday’s Forgotten Book: … And Presumed Dead by Lucille Fletcher (1963)
Yet the images kept coming, the all-pervading sadness that filled her days and nights. Ever since Marya's disappearance there had been no end to the underlying melancholy of every house they lived in, every city they went to, and even every picture that her mother had managed to make. Eight year old, Robin Chodoff is … Continue reading Friday’s Forgotten Book: Mirror Image by Lucille Fletcher (1988)
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