A Nasty Piece Of Work

A Nasty Piece Of WorkFormer CIA agent Lemuel Gunn left the battlefield of Afghanistan for early retirement in the desert of New Mexico, where he works as a private investigator from the creature comforts, such as they are, of a mobile home. Into his life comes Ornella Neppi, a thirty something woman making a hash out of her uncle's bail bonds business. The source of her troubles, Emilio Gava, was arrested for buying cocaine. Ornella has reason to believe he is planning to

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the Impressionists

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t take long for the two to find themselves embroiled in the school-wide scandal

The fierce idealism and intelligence that delivered her from a more conventional life in her upstate New York hometown now threaten to undo her

besotted with love for her but determined to permanently secure her love (and a dowry from her father) by finding "something to get to grips with" when he joins the resistance

In The Great War

When Arjuna of the Blue Aria Family encounters three signs of cataclysm

Jago must confront the truth of this town - the perilous and violent truth of the ancient Vampyres

`Slowly but inexorably draws you in until you can hardly wait to discover the fate of the characters

the two young soldiers do everything to protect each other from the forces that press in on every side: the insurgents