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I wasn't sure how Moriarty was going to tie up the many loose ends, but by the time the book ended,

living on auto-pilot, who straighten out curved streets in their minds, which explains why they get lost “The trouble was that eventually Nora began to lose any sense of who she was. and downs of any life--in one life she might have an exciting career, but she may have devastatingly lost

being a strong-willed woman helping to feed a village by manning fishing boats when the men are all lost—is be someone to heal you; witch can be the Devil, or witch can be a woman so beautiful she makes you lose

Ishida's offbeat story tells the tales of various characters, lost or in pain, who find themselves transformed

The wrap-up of each the storylines was laid out almost distractingly cleanly and without loose ends,

There's a poignancy here because the main protagonists have lived long enough to lose loved ones, and

Australia and attempted to lay claim to the Tichborne family fortune, insisting that he was a long-lost

I was less engaged by the later casual mentions of Ina's elite lifestyle--celebrity friends, elaborate

It never felt as though the loose ends that needed resolving would be anything but cleanly unraveled-

influence, trust, wonder, brutality, invention, discovery, loyalty, and most of all, faith—in some cases, lost He struggles to move forward, but he feels stuck, as though part of him will always be lost. Edward tries on the mantle of taking responsibility for every life lost; he wallows in the despair of others and their hopes that he will pursue their loved ones’ lost dreams and right their wrongs; then

single copy of which was read aloud for the (obtuse, grumpy, belligerent) poet's wife's birthday, then lost Tom's future interest in the mysterious, lost corona is part of his overall fascination with the decades

Mining's dangers aren't glossed over, and tragedies abound.

for alien life--and who must come to terms with their purpose and their uncertain future when they lose

terrifying power of perception and manipulated presentation; the potential destruction of lies and glossed-over Starter Villain shows a grumpy-seeming cat's head on a human torso clad in a suit with "Meet the new boss Then he inherits his long-lost uncle's parking-garage empire.

marriage finds happiness in a socially unacceptable relationship, and the legal backlash causes her to lose

The romantic aspect is less essential than the fantasy elements, which I appreciated.

In Young's story, loosely set in the world of her Fable series, strong young Bryn fights for her own At any rate, the story occurs in the same universe as the Fable books, but the stories are only loosely

with versions of the scam artists from Huckleberry Finn , the Duke and Dauphin; and the making and losing

itself is darkly funny, with wonderfully paced dialogue and compelling characters' lives you can get lost itself is darkly funny, with wonderfully paced dialogue and compelling characters' lives you can get lost

, independent woman trapped in the Victorian age, a time in which women have little choice and even less While I liked the inspector character, I was disappointed at having less page time to spend with Charlotte

There is a jump forward in time that is so far making me feel less connected to the characters .

Celia is tricked, loses track of Roric, is bound by her own curse and a maddening circular set of unbreakable

famous poet's poem, the single version of which was read aloud for the poet's wife's birthday, but then lost

Australia and attempted to lay claim to the Tichborne family fortune, insisting that he was a long-lost

But these elements are in the background; the real story is Vera's finding her way while feeling lost

Weather Girl, Rachel Lynn Solomon's light fiction about a TV meteorologist who tries to set up her two bosses But her two bosses, Torrence and Seth, who are exes, seem more concerned with their long-term petty arguments

Her father's gambling means the family's artifacts have been lost, and Aspeth is determined to join the

When he and Kat met, they made a connection that first built into a best-friendship between two lost

professor Zelu has just told off a foolish, privileged, antagonistic student (and then told off her boss

linked Mayken and Gil--shadowy, dark forces; the scrying stone; their struggles to overcome broken and lost

headstrong fellow writer; and in "So Late in the Day," a man reflects on what might have been with his lost

But Beneath the Keep's events are almost universally bleak, with so much lost, so many horrors, so many instances of depravity and pure evil, good generally losing out to bad, and endless terrible impulses

“He loses his wife so he stirs up an army to bring her back to him, costing countless lives and creating Oenone loses her husband and she raises their son. Which of those is the more heroic act?”

terrifying power of perception and manipulated presentation; the potential destruction of lies and glossed-over

There is a jump forward in time that made me immediately feel less connected to the characters and the

someone is plunging the party down through layers of reality, through echoes in which strange events loosely

After he lost his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, he returned to London, where he's cobbled together This also felt less gruesome than it might’ve been, which I deeply appreciated.

which Gerritsen seemed to be building the foundation for in preparation for future books, and I was less

river, horribly bruised and in pain--with no memory of his own name, his job, or his history--much less

Starter Villain  shows a grumpy-seeming cat's head on a human torso clad in a suit with "Meet the new boss Then he inherits his long-lost uncle's parking-garage empire.

the power can be used for good (reminiscing, reliving beloved moments, spending moments with those lost

But somewhere along the way, they lose sight of each other--and of themselves.

something never before seen in France: children's libraries, where kids in war-torn communities can dream, lose Eve in Hollywood , Towles imagines the events following Rules of Civility , which ends with Evelyn Ross's messy, imperfect, wonderful, adventurous, tragic lives shown in the bulk of the book to a smooth, no-loose-ends

So far there's lots of action, some humor, healthy amounts of dragon page time, and far less angst and

guardian" and "thief" labels are muddied, characters' histories (and, in one case, even a name) are lost

the change of seasons--and who others avoid as actively as he avoids them--saves Emmaleen from being lost

utensils, living a life without work, not developing freckles in the sun, and not dirtying her hands, much less

This often makes her books feel like Westerns to me, as with her book The Lost Man.

descendant's discovery of her family's link to mysterious deaths. "...People were wiser back then, and less

blemishes and pain, and some of her life-and-death decisions required fortitude that it's tough for her to lose Adrienne Young is also the author of Fable, its sequel Namesake, and The Last Legacy--loosely set in