Novels with surprise endings
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FROM: "cherie lauth" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/10/00, 12:24 PM
FROM: <[removed]@aol.com>
REC'D: 2/10/00, 12:40 PM
Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance novelist/former librarian, who's also had 49 short stories published
- 2 of which have surprise endings!
FROM: "L.Newman" <[removed]@boondocks.ca>
REC'D: 2/10/00, 1:02 PM
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This list from a request that was put out recently:
SPECIFIC BOOKS
1. Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
2. The Sabbath Day River by Jean Hanff Korelitz
3. River of Darkness by Renee Airth
4. A Place of Execurion by Val McDermid
5. Club Dumas- Arturo Perez-Reverte
6. Rebecca-Daphne DuMaurier
7. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
8. Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
9. Exclusive by Sandra Brown
10. The Woman and the Ape by Peter Hoeg
11. Hannibal by Thomas Harris
11. The Snake by John Godey
12. Presumed Innocent by Scott
13. Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less by Jeffrey Archer
14. O. Henry
15. Other Side of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon
16. The Other by Thomas Tryon
17. Primal Fear by William Diehl
18. Judas Child by Carol O'Connell
19. Judas Goat by by Carol O'Connell
20. If Ever I return Pretty Peggy-Go by Sharyn McCrumb
21. The Hangmans Beautiful Daughter by Sharyn McCrumb
22. The Coffin Dancer by Jeffrey Deaver
23. The Last Day by Glen Kleier
24. High Crimes by Joseph Finder
25. Kolymsky Heights by Lionel Davidson
26. The List of 7 by Mark Frost
27. The Giants House by Elizabeth McCracken
28. The Day after Tomorrow by Alan Folsom
29. Almost Paradise by Susan Isaacs
30. The Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron
31. A Breach of Promise by Anne Perry
GENERAL AUTHORS
1. Robert Goddard
2. Agatha Christie
3. Ruth Rendell
4. Thomas H. Cook
FROM: <[removed]@tln.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 2/10/00, 1:07 PM
Kate Gillette
Novi Public Library
Novi, MI
From: "cherie lauth" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
Subject: Novels with surprise endings
Date sent: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 18:29:00 GMT
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I'm a newcomer here, just found out about fiction_L and am very
excited.
I'm starting to put together a book list of novels with surprising or
provocative endings--something you just don't see coming. A
couple of
examples are the suspense novel "Ritual" by William Heffernan and
"K-PAX"
by Gene Brewer (the latter has quite a provocative ending. I sure
need
help, though. It's harder than I thought it would be to come up with
a
whole book list full. Thanks in advance for any help!
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FROM: <[removed]@mpl.on.ca>
REC'D: 2/11/00, 8:39 AM
My all time fav for an unexpected or provocative ending is an older title
"Before the glory ended" by Ursula Zilinsky. The story follows the lives
of two upper class cousins, one french, one Hungarian, through the period
just before the first world war to just after the second. The story is
good, but the ending is inspired.
Mary
P.S. I would also like to thank the person whose name I have long since
lost, who suggested the book "Pest control" on this list. It was
hilarious. I bought one then another and eventually three copies for our
fairly small library and now recommend it to anyone foolish enough to slow
down as they pass the desk. Most people love it as I did, although there
are a few who get "creeped out" by all the insect references, the down
side of course is that the people who did like it want another book just
like it! Whoever you were many many thanks. Mary
>I'm a newcomer here, just found out about fiction_L and am very excited.
>I'm starting to put together a book list of novels with surprising or
>provocative endings--something you just don't see coming. A couple of
>examples are the suspense novel "Ritual" by William Heffernan and "K-PAX" by
>Gene Brewer (the latter has quite a provocative ending. I sure need help,
>though. It's harder than I thought it would be to come up with a whole book
>list full. Thanks in advance for any help!
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>Get Your Private, Free Email at <A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com">http://www.hotmail.com</A>
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Mary Zadow
Milton Public Library
45 Bruce St
Milton, Ontario
L9T 2L5
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