Showing results for "Two Hours" in Literary Fiction

Complacency can make a person careless, and Sharon McCone, who makes crime her business, should know that better than most. One minute she's riding high with her detective agency expanding, her bank account growing, and her only "problem" a marriage proposal from her lover, Hy Ripinsky, that's kicking up her longtime fears of commitment. The next minute, in the time it takes for a single phone call to bring bad news, she stands to lose everything.

Set against the turbulent years during the Bonapartist movement in France, the story of Edmond Dantes revolves around two goals - to reward those who were kind to him and his aging father, and to punish those responsible for his imprisonment. Alexander Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo is a literary genius that brings us to a journey of survival from years of captivity, brought upon betrayal, and driven by the desire to take revenge.