Bath Stone Quarries

Business & Money

Hawkins, Derek

Industries

Folly Books Ltd

When Malice in Pinderland is made into a major movie its stars will most likely be Hugh Grant and Halle Berry. So as you read this light hearted romantic novel, keep these two stars in your thoughts. David (the Hugh Grant role) is a likeable scoundrel from London who is persuaded to leave town and 'get lost' for a while. He picks Spanish Wells, an island in the Bahamas, as his get away location. On the flight to the Bahamas he is seated next to Melanie (the Halle Berry role) who is returning home after graduating from University as a lawyer. David settles into Spanish Wells where one day he observes one of the fishing boats unloading its cargo of lobster tails, when the job is concluded the crew is paid off in cash. Lots of cash! David cannot resist the temptation and plots a bank heist. He's successful but winds up with millions of Bahamian dollars. He hatches a scheme to exchange these dollars that takes them on a trip to Las Vegas, Bermuda, London and back to the Bahamas. Of course they fall in love along the way but their romance is far from the conventional.

Malice in Pinderland

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

AuthorHouse

During the Nazi occupation of France in WW2, General Hans Reichman was given the task of confiscating musical instrument from French musicians and sending them to Germany for their use by the Hitler youth. He did a fine job but he secretly kept some of the more valuable instruments, and it is these instruments that later became known as the 'Reichman Collection', and is the subject of this book.Someone is going to extreme measures to steal these instruments. But why? The current owners have no idea, the police have no idea, and a story unfolds around the celebrated violin virtuoso Anna Maria Gilberto whose Stradivarius violin becomes the object of an attempted violent theft. The story follows Anna and her lover from North America to Europe where several other robberies have taken place. Of a pair of Stradivarius violins owned by a London teacher only the less valuable one was stolen, from a senile old diplomat in Windsor the thieves stole only a virtually worthless broken Viola. There must be a reason, but whatever it is it completely mystifies the authorities. Five deaths occur as a result of these robberies, and still no one has the answer.The story has many twists and turns, a large helping of romance and a spoonful of intrigue, that all finally culminates in a remarkable suspenseful conclusion. It's what Hitchcock movies are made of!

The Reichman Collection

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Independently published

The twelve stories that comprise the Kantaberry Tales are about the people and events that have helped to identify this part of the Bahamas known as North Eleuthera as the most unique and diverse place within the country. From tales of shipwrecks and pirates, of child prodigies and teenage pregnancies, of Haitian voodoo and mail order brides, there's a story here that will make you think, laugh or cry, but a story that you will remember and want to share with a friend. Whether you were born here or just visiting, you will recognize the characters that come to life within these pages, you'll nod your head in agreement and say to yourself ' I know who that is' or 'that could be me'. Did Calico Jack actually marry Annie Bonnie and did they spend their honeymoon on Royal Island?Were Hector Fernandez's grandparents shipwrecked on the Devil's Backbone?Was Emily Pinder's father the pharmacist who sold the condoms to her boyfriend Jack?Do David and Melanie still collect the interest on the 9 million dollars?And how could Desmond Newbold's sister be so deceitful?Just between you and I, there's hardly a word of truth in any of the stories but I know that many of you will believe every word that's written.One of the stories in this book titled 'Shipwreck' recently won the prestigious Best Bahamian Short Story Award.

The Kantaberry Tales: A collection of Bahamian short stories

Travel

Caribbean

The Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Anthology.: Intriguing stories of people and places.

Humor & Satire

It's amazing how fast things can change. A person can appear the picture of health only to suddenly meet their fate with a fatal heart attack. Through no fault of our own, each one of us could be killed or maimed in an instant by a careless motorist. How about an airplane malfunction at 20,000 feet? Take your pick. The fragility of life, while not very often considered, is very real and can be downright scary. Unfortunately for me, this was to become evident on the afternoon of June 28, 1984. Much unlike its precedent, the second longest bicycle ride I would ever take did not conclude on a similarly positive note. In fact, it came perilously close to resulting in my complete demise. - Excerpt from Chapter 2. I am now thirty-five years old and happily married. I have been practicing as a licensed social worker since 1999. Favorite pastimes include reading, traveling to Disney, and rooting for my favorite hockey team, the New York Rangers. My wife and I are attempting to adopt our first child. We are currently the proud parents of four cats.

Keep on Pushing: My Life with a Spinal Cord Injury

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

Dog Ear Publishing, LLC

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