Stirred Not Shaken

By Julie Thomas
$1.99 Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: Sep. 15, 2011
Words: 17,886 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781466167155

Short description

A book of five short stories. Some are witty and frivolous, some are poignant and one is based on my Dad's diary as he sailed to the UK to be a Spitfire pilot in 1940.

Extended description

This is a book of quirky short stories.

Stirred Not Shaken - Cam McIntosh is a fictional deep cover spy for the CIA, then something goes terribly wrong and he finds himself in the strangest place on earth, talking to Poirot and mixing a martini for Bond, James Bond.

My Two Germans - Two people meet in front of an Albrecht Durer portrait in the Louve and start up a conversation. The results are astonishing and rock the art world to its core. A satisfying story of good triumphing over the greatest evil mankind has ever known.

No Such Luck - Sit on a beach and mind your own business and before you know it a Master of Fate arrives and you're considering what you'd do with just one wish.

Death's Pantry Door - What goes through the head of a food critic as she lies dying? Delicious memories.

For King and Country - based on a letter sent home by a young New Zealand Spitfire pilot on his way to fight in World War II. It begins almost like a holiday cruise and ends watching Liverpool bur.. (Read more) This is a book of quirky short stories.

Stirred Not Shaken - Cam McIntosh is a fictional deep cover spy for the CIA, then something goes terribly wrong and he finds himself in the strangest place on earth, talking to Poirot and mixing a martini for Bond, James Bond.

My Two Germans - Two people meet in front of an Albrecht Durer portrait in the Louve and start up a conversation. The results are astonishing and rock the art world to its core. A satisfying story of good triumphing over the greatest evil mankind has ever known.

No Such Luck - Sit on a beach and mind your own business and before you know it a Master of Fate arrives and you're considering what you'd do with just one wish.

Death's Pantry Door - What goes through the head of a food critic as she lies dying? Delicious memories.

For King and Country - based on a letter sent home by a young New Zealand Spitfire pilot on his way to fight in World War II. It begins almost like a holiday cruise and ends watching Liverpool burn as U boats try to sink the boat and he can hear men screaming in the water.
(Less)

Tags

cia, death, spies, holocaust, wwii, food, james bond, cocktails, sea travel, planes, looted art, spitfires

Available ebook reading formats

Single purchase gains access to all formats. How to download ebooks to e-reading devices and apps.

Format	Full Book	Sample First 20%
Online Reading (HTML, good for sampling in web browser)	Buy	View sample
Kindle (.mobi for Kindle devices and Kindle apps)	Buy	Download sample
Epub (Apple iPad/iBooks, Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo, and most e-reading apps including Stanza, Aldiko, Adobe Digital Editions, others)	Buy	Download sample
PDF (good for reading on PC, or for home printing)	Buy	No sample available
RTF (readable on most word processors)	Buy	No sample available
LRF (Use only for older model Sony Readers that don't support .epub)	Buy	Download sample
Palm Doc (PDB) (for Palm reading devices)	Buy	Download sample
Plain Text (download) (flexible, but lacks much formatting)	Buy	No sample available
Plain Text (view) (viewable as web page)	Buy	No sample available

Reviews

Log-in to write a Review   Log-in to add a Video Review

This book has not yet been reviewed.

Reason for report:
— Select a reason — Book is or contains spam Book infringes copyright Same content is published elsewhere with different author (for ex., by private-label rights) Duplicate Incomplete work (such as sample or serial) Should be marked adults-only Category is inappropriate Poorly formatted Nudity or other inappropriate content on cover Nudity or other inappropriate visual content in book Inappropriate erotica content Cover image is improper Content is inappropriate Other violation of Terms of Service Other reason not shown above.

Additional details: