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  Putois - A funny historical tale...

  Anatole France

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  François-Anatole Thibault was born on the 16th April 1844 in Paris, France, the son of a bookseller and bibliophile. 
   
  He studied at the Collège Stanislas, a private Catholic school, and after graduating joined his father in the bookstore, which specialised in works on the French Revolution.  Several years later he secured a position as cataloguer at Bacheline-Deflorenne and at Lemerre before being appointed librarian for the French Senate in 1876. 
   
  His literary career had begun as a journalist and as a poet before publishing his novel ‘Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard’ in 1881.  Praised for its elegant prose, it won him a prestigious prize from the Académie Française, which later elected him to its storied ranks. 
   
  His works were profound and thoughtful and often couched in surreal and outlandish expressions; whether penguins baptized by a near-blind Abbott transformed themselves into humans or of a guardian angel who becomes an atheist, his stories turned established thought into startling literature. 
   
  His short stories run in the same vein.  The premise may seem plausible but his distinctive style turns them into an individual viewpoint which invokes both discussion and admiration. 
   
  In his private life his relationships with women were often turbulent.  A Socialist, he was a fervent supporter of the Russian Revolution and the early years of the French Communist party. 
   
  He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921 but the following year his entire canon of works was placed on the prohibited list of the Catholic Church, which he thought of as a credit to his name. 
   
  Anatole France died on the 12th October 1924 in Tours.  He was 80.

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  On the Ninth Green

  Thomas Kennedy

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  Joe, the golf club Honorary Treasurer, drops dead while playing a shot into the ninth green.When the autopsy reveals that Joe, a charismatic character, a gambler and womaniser, has died of cyanide poison, the question arises as to whether he has been murdered or committed suicide.Brian is co-opted as 'Hon Treas' and finds he has inherited a mess.A Property Developer wants to buy the club land and build on it. Joe was acting as go-between in organising bribes for the Development Committee. The money has gone missing. And everyone, including Joe's wife, his mistress, and his business partner have a motive to kill him.While his own marriage is going through a rocky patch, Brian must deal with the intentions of Joe's wife and also Joe's mistress.And he takes the opportunity to merge his business with that of the now dead Joe. And then the female Detective investigating the case makes an unusual proposition.A 'whodunnit,' thriller in a modern urban setting.

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  Marlee's Correction - A Sweet...

  J.C. Cummings

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  Everybody makes mistakes. Even people as sweet, innocent, and well-behaved as Marlee Sanders. When this cute freshman is hired by her sociology professor to detail his car—and his car happens to be a very expensive sparkle-red Dodge Viper—well, even Marlee can buckle under the strain of temptation!
   
  She just can't help it. She’s just so in love with this car. And she would give just about anything for just one chance to take that beauty out for a spin!
   
  So, after her professor and his two college-age sons, Connor and Evan, go off to play golf, leaving her alone with the car, Marlee gives in to her desire. For the next hour, she is thrilled out of her mind as she cruises along the nearby highways and byways.
   
  Until it starts to rain and snaps Marlee out of her reverie. She hurries back and starts to work on the car...
   
  And not a minute too soon, for, just then, her professor and his sons return home from their rained-out golf game!
   
  And they can plainly see that she’s done very little work on the car. Worse, while she’s in the bathroom, they check the odometer, and—uh, oh—they can also see that, in their absence, Marlee took their prized car for a joyride.
   
  Marlee is in big trouble.
   
  But she has no idea how big until her professor informs her that her punishment will consist of a bare-bottom spanking with all of them watching.
   
  Lying across his knee, Marlee endures the worst humiliation of her life.
   
  Then, even worse, her professor invites Connor and Evan to have a turn. 
   
  But her pain is short-lived, for when Evan has his turn, he can't bring himself to actually spank her—opting instead for gentle caresses and love-pats.
   
  Apparently, Evan is the only one of the three with any measure of compassion, gentleness, and kindness.
   
  And that is precisely why, when everything is all over, he finds himself being rewarded in the most erotically gratifying ways he ever could have imagined!

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  Users

  Colin Winnette

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  Miles, a lead creative at a midsize virtual reality company known for its "original experiences," has engineered a new product called The Ghost Lover. Wildly popular from the outset, the "game" is simple: a user's simulated life is almost identical to their reality, except they're haunted by the ghost of an ex-lover. However, when a shift in the company's strategic vision puts The Ghost Lover at the center of a platform-wide controversy, Miles becomes the target of user outrage, and starts receiving a series of anonymous death threats. Typed notes sealed in envelopes with no postage or return address, these persistent threats push Miles into a paranoid panic, blurring his own sense of reality, catalyzing the collapse of his career, his marriage, and his relationship with his children. 
   
   
   
  The once-promising road to success becomes a narrow set of choices for Miles, who, in a last ditch effort to save his job, pitches his masterpiece, a revolutionary device code-named the Egg, which will transform the company. 
   
   
   
  In a world rife with the unchecked power and ambition of tech, Users investigates—with both humor and creeping dread—how interpersonal experiences and private decisions influence the hasty developments that have the power to permanently alter the landscape of human experience.

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  Double Blast

  Gretchen Archer

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  SMALL TOWN. BIG BOOM. 
   
   
   
  Davis Way Cole returns to her hometown of Pine Apple, Alabama, to fill in for her police chief father during the bustling Memorial Day Celebration. It'll be fun. Relaxing. And a no-brainer. After years of leading an elite security team at a billion-dollar casino in Biloxi, Mississippi, Davis has no doubt whatsoever she can run little ole Pine Apple in her sleep. 
   
   
   
  She should think again. 
   
   
   
  A blast from her past shows up. (With baggage.) Just before her casino-spy partner from Biloxi blows into town. (As a fugitive.) Then something goes wrong with the weed-control crew. (Terribly wrong.) And that was just Davis's first day on the job. 
   
   
   
  Her missteps that follow threaten to blow her life to smithereens. They include pilfering a botanical garden from her Biloxi employer, hiding out in a closed diner with a surprise in the freezer, and choosing a questionable-at-best team to aid and assist when a fireworks problem pops up. But all that pales next to Davis reopening Pine Apple's oldest and deepest wound. Because, as she soon learns, some small-town secrets are best left buried. 
   
   
   
  What will she do? 
   
   
   
  Everything she possibly can.

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  Heartbreak Houseshare: The funny...

  Emily Merrill

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  When moving on means moving out… 
  Surely there should be a rule book to guide you through the tumultuous twenties, or a ‘to do list’ at the very least?  
  Fresh out of university in Manchester and struggling to climb the career ladder in London, Flick’s devastated when her boyfriend dumps her with no warning and leaves her looking for a new place to live. 
  Being forced into a houseshare with three complete strangers isn’t exactly how Flick saw things going. But the residents of Carlisle Avenue are quickly on hand to help her navigate the ups and downs of the life she’s currently winging. 
  With their help, along with her big sister, Flick manages to focus her energy on ticking off items that she’s added to her ‘twenties list’ – the perfect bucket list for any twenty-something reclaiming their life post-break up. 
  And all is going well, that is until her boss catches wind of it and asks her to create a new magazine column documenting her progress. Enter Teddy, a sweet guy who becomes Flick’s friend after a tennis meet-cute. As the column finds its feet Flick’s in way over her head, somehow managing to fake-date Teddy to please her boss and her readers. 
  But the further Flick gets into twenties life, the more she realizes: maybe she’s not the only one following the ‘fake it ‘til you make it’ mantra. 
  In this top-rated romantic comedy, Flick's journey through the ups and downs of city life is filled with humorous encounters and unexpected friendships. The contemporary setting and the blossoming romance with Teddy add a delightful twist to her story. 
  For fans of Annabel Monaghan (Same Time Next Summer), Jessa Hastings (The Conditions of Will), Sarah Adams (Beg, Borrow, or Steal), Cara Bastone (Promise Me Sunshine), and Katherine Center (The Love Haters). 
  HarperCollins 2022

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