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- Sweet nothing : stories / by Lange, Richard,1961-(CARDINAL)481446; Lange, Richard,1961-100-to-1 club.; Lange, Richard,1961-After all.; Lange, Richard,1961-Apocrypha.; Lange, Richard,1961-Baby killer.; Lange, Richard,1961-Gather darkness.; Lange, Richard,1961-Instinctive drowning response.; Lange, Richard,1961-Must come down.; Lange, Richard,1961-Short stories.Selections.(CARDINAL)407904; Lange, Richard,1961-To ashes.; Lange, Richard,1961-Wolf of Bordeaux.;
Must come down -- Baby killer -- The wolf of Bordeaux -- The 100-to-1 club -- Gather darkness -- Instinctive drowning response -- Apocrypha -- After all -- Sweet nothing -- To ashes."In these gripping and intense stories, Richard Lange returns to the form that first landed him on the literary map. These are edge-of-your-seat tales: A prison guard must protect an inmate being tried for heinous crimes. A father and son set out to rescue a young couple trapped during a wildfire. An ex-con trying to make good as a security guard stumbles onto a burglary plot. A young father must submit to blackmail to protect the fragile life he's built. SWEET NOTHING is an unforgettable collection that shows once again why T.C. Boyle wrote, "Lange's stories combine the truth-telling and immediacy of Raymond Carver with the casual hip of Denis Johnson. There is a potent artistic sensibility at work here" (on Dead Boys)"--"Set on the dark side of Los Angeles, the masterful new collection from an award-winning and highly praised "natural-born storyteller" (Ron Rash). In these gripping and intense stories, Richard Lange returns to the form that first landed him on the literary map. These are edge-of-your-seat tales: A prison guard must protect an inmate being tried for heinous crimes. A father and son set out to rescue a young couple trapped during a wildfire. An ex-con trying to make good as a security guard stumbles onto a burglary plot. A young father must submit to blackmail to protect the fragile life he's built. SWEET NOTHING is an unforgettable collection that shows once again why T.C. Boyle wrote, "Lange's stories combine the truth-telling and immediacy of Raymond Carver with the casual hip of Denis Johnson. There is a potent artistic sensibility at work here" (on Dead Boys)"--- Subjects: Fiction.; Short stories.;
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- The best American mystery stories 2015 / by Patterson, James,1947-(CARDINAL)320355; Penzler, Otto.(CARDINAL)351801; Allyn, Douglas.Snow angel.; Bourelle, Andrew.Cowboy justice.; Breland, Tomiko M.(Tomiko Marie).Rosalee Carrasco.; Child, Lee.Wet with rain.; Connelly, Michael,1956-Red Eye.; D'Agnese, Joseph.Harm and hammer.; Deaver, Jeffery.Adventure of the laughing fisherman.; DuBois, Brendan.Crush depth.; Floyd, John M.Molly's plan.; Grand, Scott,1983-Bottle of scotch and a sharp buck knife.; Heighton, Steven,1961-2022.Shared room on Union.; Hospital, Janette Turner,1942-Afterlife of a stolen child.; Lange, Richard,1961-Apocrypha.; Lehane, Dennis.Red Eye.; Lehr, Theresa E.,1956-Staircase to the moon.; Martin, Lee.Man looking for trouble.; Mathews, James.Many dogs have died here.; McGuane, Thomas.Motherlode.; Minor, Kyle.Kidnapping in Kouleu-Ville.; Oates, Joyce Carol,1938-Home at Craigmillnar.; Rutter, Eric,1971-Shot.;
In his introduction, guest editor James Patterson observes, "I often hear people lamenting the state of Hollywood . . . If that's the case, I've got one thing to say: read these short stories. You can thank me later." Patterson has collected a batch of stories that have the sharp tension, drama, and visceral emotion of an Oscar-worthy Hollywood production. Spanning the extremes of human behavior, The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 features characters that must make desperate choices: an imaginative bank-robbing couple, a vengeful high school shooter, a lovesick heiress who will do anything for her man, and many others in "these imaginative, rich, complex tales" worthy of big-screen treatment.- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Short stories.; Detective and mystery stories, American.; Detective and mystery stories, Canadian.; Short stories, American.; Short stories, Canadian.;
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