William was born into slavery in the early 1800s on a plantation in Jamaica. William's mother, Stella, was a house slave to the Mowatt family. Stella was often abused by her master Cargill Mowatt or whom they called Massa. William has a younger brother Sammy who claimed as Massa's biological…
One-Sentence Summary: A wealthy family living in a rule-bound community is curious and obsessed with a struggling family who lives a freestyle life. Shaker Heights appears to be a happy place to live. It seems filled with lovely community and various facilities, including golf, riding, tennis and boating. That summer,…
A man walks to an unknown destination and meets his Russian friends in a dilapidated building. Then, they exchanged a parcel with an American after he paid his money to them. The vagueness of the story continues with another character named M. le Marquis, who wears a mask visiting a…
One-Sentence Summary: Amy is missing on her wedding anniversary with a series of clues for her husband, who initially thought it was part of their anniversary's tradition of solving clues but ends up with a sinister revelation about the real Amy. Nick Dunne was a magazine writer in New York…
A man shot himself in front of the narrator Joan when she was having dinner with another married man. The narrator introduces the man as Vic, who used to be her boss. The story continues with Vic's family background and how their affair started. The affair then leads to his…
The narrator has spent a year and a half on a ranch in Argentine. He had landed in France two days before and was en route to London. The narrator reveals that he will meet his friend Poirot and through his reminiscence about his old friend, we get to know…
It begins with the details of the crime scene, which occurred on Valentine's Day, 2013. Then it follows with the narration based on the court testimony of witnesses and is in line with each individual's interpretation and perception of events. The book later shifted to Reeva's life in her modelling…
One-Sentence Summary: An old car is possessed by its formal owner, transforming its new owner into him. Part 1 - Dennis - Teenage Car-SongsDennis tells the story of his close friend Arnie who falls in love with Christine at first sight. Christine is a 1958 Plymouth Fury which is in…
There are four novellas in this book that relate to each of the four seasons - Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (Hope Springs Eternal), Apt Pupil (Summer of Corruption), The Body (Fall From Innocence) and The Breathing Method (A Winter'sWinter's Tale). Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (Hope Springs Eternal)The…
Writer: Mildred Wirt (1940) Revised By: Harriet Stratemeyer Adams (1976) Nancy and her friends return to New York City from Rotterdam by ship. On the ship, Nancy is distracted by a man's sign language for the deaf, warning another man to beware of Nancy and NE. When Nancy returns to…