Reader's Digest Select Editions, Volume 266, 2003 #2: Hornet Flight / Leaving Eden / Q is for Quarry / Nights in Rodanthe

by Reader's Digest Association, Ken Follett, Anne D. LeClaire

Hornet Flight is a fictionalized retelling of actual events. Follett's website states that his inspiration for the story came from Leo Marks, a former Special Operations Executive employee, who wrote a brief account in his book, Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's Story 1941-1945 about two young Danes who found a derelict de Havilland Hornet Moth biplane, repaired it, and flew it to Britain.

Leaving Eden is set in the small town of Eden, Virginia, where sixteen-year-old Tallie sweeps up cut hair at the Klip 'N Kurl while plotting ways to get the attention of the local heart throb, taking care of her daddy, and considering how things might have been different if her mama, Dinah Mae, hadn't left four years before.

Q is for Quarry is the seventeenth novel in Sue Grafton's "Alphabet" series of mystery novels and features Kinsey Millhone, a private eye based in Santa Teresa, California.

Night in Rodanthe is the story of two shattered people, both badly scarred by past experiences, who find each other late in life and realize they are soul mates. Adrienne Willis is a 45-year-old mother of three whose husband recently abandoned her for a younger woman. When she visits the small coastal town of Rodanthe, North Carolina, seeking a bit of respite from her problems, she meets Paul Flanner, a 54-year-old doctor who has sold his thriving medical practice and come to Rodanthe to escape his own tortured past. Despite their short courtship, the two find themselves falling madly and passionately in love and vow to spend their lives together. Unfortunately, Paul needs to make amends with the son he has long neglected and so embarks on an ill-fated trip, which leads to heartbreak.

Genres: Suspense, Fiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

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Reviews

[Huguette Larochelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

i like all 4 stories , 1 place for Q is for quarry , true stories.

[Lydia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting stories.