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This novel of psychological suspense is by a British author acclaimed by critics and her peers on both sides of the pond. Inez Ferry is a widow who owns a building in a working-class London neighborhood, running an antique shop on the ground floor and renting out the apartments above it. Tension is running high because there's a serial killer in the area, strangling young women and stealing a small object from each to serve as a memento. When these objects start appearing in Inez's shop and one of the victims is found nearby, it seems possible that someone associated with Inez's building may be either the killer or the killer's next target.
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In Willa Cather, Revised Edition, Philip Gerber refines and updates his seminal 1975 study, bringing fresh insights to Cather biography and criticism while providing a first-rate survey of the Cather canon. Arranging his material by genre and chronologically, Gerber gives readers an informed overview of the writer's life; examines the early, middle, and final novels; discusses Cather's considerable contributions to short fiction; and synthesizes the wealth of past and present Cather biography and criticism. Afforded special attention are the question of Cather's sexual orientation and the directions in which future Cather scholarship might proceed. A cogent introduction to the life and works of a major figure in American letters, Willa Cather, Revised Edition, will appeal to students at the secondary, college, and graduate levels and to general readers seeking greater understanding of Cather and her writings. Included in the volume are a preface, acknowledgments, chronology, notes and references, selected bibliography, and index.
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Ben Fielding goes to China on behalf of his company, planning to use cheap Chinese labor to manufacture its electronic products. There he visits his old college roommate, Li Quan, who is trying to live a good Christian life in the midst of persecution. When Li Quan is imprisoned, Ben is impressed with the depth and conviction of his friend's faith, and this rekindles his own.
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