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Syn: Sex Is Syn, Love Is Pain by J. Peach
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAngel Williams had a hard life growing up. With a junky for a mother who would sell her just for a quick fix and an absentee father, life was unbearable. At a young age, Angel learned to fend for herself to survive this cold, cruel world... -
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The Last Chance Lawyer by William Bernhardt
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsGetting his client off death row could save his career… or make him the next victim. Daniel Pike would rather fight for justice than follow the rules. His unique ability to "connect the dots," to observe what others do not, has made him the most notorious criminal lawyer in St. Petersburg. But when his courtroom career goes up in smoke, he fears his lifelong purpose is a lost cause... -
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ADDICTED TO HIM II by Linette King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey’re back like they never left! Talk about love and a baby! Rashard is slacking heavily in every department you can name while trying to balance his empire, his family and his women. With graduation so close you can see the stage, one is unsure if Rashard will be in attendance. Armani has it bad as she’s tortured daily by a person that hides their identity under a mask and baggy clothing... -
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Nasty Business by Gillian Godden
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTony Lambrianu is bold, daring and ruthless, qualities that have propelled him and Jake Sinclair up the ladder in London’s sleazy but lucrative underworld. And, now that he’s running a fancy West End nightclub, Tony has new-found celebrity status – with a never-ending string of gorgeous women on his arm, he’s become the darling of the tabloids... -
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A Murder Under The Bridge: A New "Broken Lawyer" Legal Thriller by Donald L'Abbate
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA NEW "BROKEN LAWYER" NOVELWhen a mentally disturbed homeless man, charged with murdering a teenage boy under a Manhattan bridge, refuses to speak, can a veteran attorney who has battled his own demons save him? Facing seemingly overwhelming odds, the lawyer slowly begins to uncover the homeless man's secrets... -
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Betrayal High by Mark M. Bello
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat does a kid do when it just won’t stop?Kevin Burns has had enough. Today, the bullying stops. Today, he has easy access to his father’s gun cabinet. Today, Kevin exacts his revenge.“You think I’m small? Maybe I am, but my gun is huge . . . Size does matter—the larger the gun, the larger the . . .” Jake Tracey’s phone buzzes. It’s a text from his brother, Kenny.Where are you?English class... -
![Murder on the Orient Express / Cards on the Table / The A.B.C. Murders / Death Comes As the End by Agatha Christie]()
Murder on the Orient Express / Cards on the Table / The A.B.C. Murders / Death Comes As the End by Agatha Christie
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De Engelenmoord by Bjorn Van den Eynde
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEen wervelende zoektocht door België met een Vlaams-Waals duo.De achttienjarige Julie Dumoulin wordt de keel afgesneden met een stuk vinylplaat van Angèle. Niet veel later wordt ook haar vriend dood teruggevonden, zijn handen afgezaagd en zijn mond volgepropt met rubber... -
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The Broken Lawyer by Donald L'Abbate
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNEW RE-EDITED EDITION Can an alcoholic lawyer working out of the back room of a Chinese restaurant in New York City’s Chinatown and barely surviving on court assigned cases save a young Hispanic man from a wrongful conviction and a family from the grips of a notorious Triad while battling his addiction? Once a star prosecutor in the NYC District Attorney’s office the lawyer is forced to deal... -
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Dies irae by César Pérez Gellida
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsDespués de Memento mori... ha llegado el día de la ira.La acción de este thriller implacable arranca en la peculiar ciudad italiana de Trieste, frontera entre dos mundos. Augusto Ledesma elige el que fuera hogar de James Joyce como primer escenario para continuar su siniestra obra, que alimenta del aliento de sus víctimas y de la humillación de sus perseguidores... -
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Hər təmas iz buraxır by Emrah Serbes
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsƏmrah Sərbəstin yazdığı bu detektiv romanın əsas obrazı baş komissar Behzat Ç.-dir. Musiqi dinləməyən, amma polis ratsiyası ilə danışan, kitab oxumayan, lakin qəzeti oxumağa futbol səhifəsindən başlayan bu insan “yeni nizam”a heç cür uyğunlaşa bilmir... -
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Offer by Toni Coppers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVier meisjes verdwijnen in het woud. Het dorp zwijgt. Dan worden ze gevondenÉ Alex Berger, ex-flik en een wat bijzondere privŽdetective, is op retraite in de Italiaanse Alpen. Ver weg van zijn job waar hij zwaar over twijfelt, op zoek naar zichzelf en Ð om de lokale natuurvereniging blij te maken Ð ook op zoek naar een wolf... -
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2020: A Collection by C.J. Box, David Dean
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA collection of the year’s best mystery short fiction selected by New York Times best-selling and Edgar Award–winning author C. J. Box.C. J. Box , #1 New York Times best-selling author of the hugely popular Joe Pickett series, selects the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year in this annual “treat for crime-fiction fans” (Library Journal)... -
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Black Sands by Carl Goodman
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn Zero Day there can only be one winner. "I want my money" he screamed. He pointed the gun at Jackie Aziz. "You. I recognise you. Why did you say that? Why did you say that about the bank?" She knelt. Frozen, too scared to move or speak. He snapped open the barrel. "You really are going to tell me," he whispered, and slipped another blood-red round into the gun... -
![Pas op voor de buren by Hilde Vandermeeren]()
Pas op voor de buren by Hilde Vandermeeren
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEen straat met vier huizen.En vijf geheimen.Ruth is een thrillerauteur die onder pseudoniem schrijft. Dat is echter niet haar enige geheim. Ze verzwijgt een gruwelijke gebeurtenis uit haar verleden zowel voor haar vriend Matthew als voor haar omgeving. Haar moeder heeft haar geleerd dat je de buren nooit mag vertrouwen... -
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Zabójca mimo woli by Alexandra Marinina, Alexandra Marinina
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPrzełożeni major Kamieńskiej doceniają jej profesjonalizm i tzw. szósty zmysł. Nic zatem dziwnego, że postawili przed nią wyjątkowo trudne zadanie ma zapobiec planowanemu morderstwu. I co ciekawe, nie chodzi tu wcale o uratowanie życia przyszłej ofierze! W śledztwie pomaga Anastazji zaprzyjaźniony mafioso. Korzystając ze wsparcia, nie przypuszcza, że pozostanie jego dłużniczką do końca życia... -
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Cruel by W.L. Knightly
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKay Havelin just landed her first job as an attorney with a prominent New Orleans law firm, but standing in the way of her dream life and career is her abusive, addict boyfriend, Casey Young.After offering to help him through rehab, things gets tense and she ends the relationship... -
![From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 by Lee Kuan Yew, Henry Kissinger]()
From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 by Lee Kuan Yew, Henry Kissinger
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFew gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965... -
![Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital by Chris Myers Asch, George Derek Musgrove]()
Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital by Chris Myers Asch, George Derek Musgrove
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMonumental in scope and vividly detailed, Chocolate City tells the tumultuous, four-century story of race and democracy in our nation's capital... -
![Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford by Clint Hill, Lisa McCubbin Hill]()
Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford by Clint Hill, Lisa McCubbin Hill
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA rare and fascinating portrait of the American presidency from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Kennedy and Me and Five Days in November .Secret Service agent Clint Hill brings history intimately and vividly to life as he reflects on his seventeen years protecting the most powerful office in the nation. Hill walked alongside Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F... -
![Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality by Richard Kluger]()
Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality by Richard Kluger
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSimple Justice is generally regarded as the classic account of the U.S. Supreme Court’s epochal decision outlawing racial segregation and the centerpiece of African-Americans’ ongoing crusade for equal justice under law.The 1954 Supreme Court ruling in the case of Brown v. Board of Education brought centuries of legal segregation in this country to an end... -
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Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives by Jarrett Walker
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPublic transit is a powerful tool for addressing a huge range of urban problems, including traffic congestion and economic development as well as climate change. But while many people support transit in the abstract, it's often hard to channel that support into good transit investments. Part of the problem is that transit debates attract many kinds of experts, who often talk past each other... -
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![12 Seconds in the Dark: A Police Officer's Firsthand Account of the Breonna Taylor Raid by John Mattingly]()
12 Seconds in the Dark: A Police Officer's Firsthand Account of the Breonna Taylor Raid by John Mattingly
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou might think you know what happened in the tragic shooting of Breonna Taylor, but no one knows that better than the lead officer on the scene, Sergeant John Mattingly... -
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One Vote Away: How a Single Supreme Court Seat Can Change History by Ted Cruz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings** WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER ** USA TODAY BESTSELLER ** PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY BESTSELLER ** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **With a simple majority on the Supreme Court, the left would have the power to curtail or even abolish the freedoms that have made America a beacon to the world. We are one vote away from losing our most precious constitutional rights... -
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Truth Be Told by Beverley McLachlin
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFormer Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Beverley McLachlin offers an intimate and revealing look at her life, from her childhood in the Alberta foothills to her career on the Supreme Court, where she helped to shape the social and moral fabric of the country... -
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Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution by Janette Sadik-Khan, Seth Solomonow
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn empowering road map for rethinking, reinvigorating, and redesigning our cities, from a pioneer in the movement for safer, more livable streetsAs New York City’s transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan managed the seemingly impossible and transformed the streets of one of the world’s greatest, toughest cities into dynamic spaces safe for pedestrians and bikers... -
![Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy by Adam Jentleson]()
Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy by Adam Jentleson
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEvery major decision governing our diverse, majority-female, and increasingly liberal country bears the stamp of the United States Senate, an institution controlled by people who are almost exclusively white, overwhelmingly male, and disproportionately conservative... -
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Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity by Charles L. Marohn Jr.
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizesStrong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward-thinking ideas that breaks with modern wisdom to present a new vision of urban development in the United States...
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