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"In 1942, six people destroyed Anna Matheson’s family. Twelve years later, she’s ready for retribution. Under false pretenses, Anna has lured those responsible for her family’s downfall onto a luxury train from Philadelphia to Chicago, an overnight journey of thirteen hours. Her goal? Confront the people who’ve wronged her, get them to confess their crimes, and deliver them into the hands of authorities waiting at the end of the line. Justice...
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Fantasy Retribution Becomes Harsh Reality in With a Vengeance, a Medical Thriller from Eileen DreyerTrauma nurse and SWAT medic Maggie O'Brien has spent years trying to get out from under the shadow of her father, the most infamous cop in St. Louis. Her SWAT team is now her family, and the Blymire Memorial ER staff her friends.But when people in her care start turning up dead, Maggie fears one of her ER friends is enacting a fantasy retribution by...
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Knight and Culverhouse volume 7
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2019
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English
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Eleven years ago. A bungled armed robbery led by career criminal Freddie Galloway leaves a police officer shot in the face, fighting for his life.Present day. The shooter is released from prison, hell bent on revenge. That night, Freddie Galloway leaps to his death to escape a blazing inferno in his country mansion.With arson confirmed as the cause of the fire, Mildenheath CID are left battling a web of lies as they delve deep into the dark underbelly...
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Zoe Chambers Mysteries volume 4
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Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date:
2017
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English
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Paramedic Zoe Chambers and the rest of rural Monongahela County's EMS and fire personnel are used to wading into the middle of trouble to rescue the sick and the injured. But when someone with an ax to grind seeks retribution by staging accident scenes and gunning down the first responders, Zoe finds herself forced to not only treat her own brethren of the front lines, but also, in her role as deputy coroner, seek out whoever is killing her friends....
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New York cop John McClane is the personal target of the mysterious Simon, a terrorist determined to blow up the entire city if he doesn't get what he wants. Accompanied by an unwilling civilian partner, McClane careens wildly from one end of New York to the other as he struggles to keep up with Simon's deadly game. It's a battle of wits between a psychopathic genius and a heroic cop who once again finds himself having a really bad day.
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The classic first cookbook from the coauthor of "Veganomicon" is back with even more tasty recipes, chatty anecdotes, and money-saving tips for easy plant-based cooking, featuring tempting full-color photos throughout. Ten years ago, a young Brooklyn chef was making a name for herself by dishing up amazing vegan meals-no fuss, no just easy, cheap, delicious food. The book that started it all is back, with new recipes, ways to make those awesome favorites...
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Pendergast novel volume 22
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©2024
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English
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4.8 stars
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"A desperate bargain is broken... Constance Greene confronts Manhattan's most dangerous serial killer, Enoch Leng, bartering for her sister's life - but she is betrayed and turned away empty-handed, incandescent with rage. A clever trap is set... Unknown to Leng, Pendergast's brother, Diogenes, appears unexpectedly, offering to help - for mysterious reasons of his own. Disguised as a cleric, Diogenes establishes himself in New York's notorious Five...
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2019
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HL: High-Low 680L
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English
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4.5 stars
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After Zélie and Amari bring magic back to the land of Orïsha, the monarchy and military unite to keep control of Orïsha, forcing Zélie to fight to secure Amari's right to the throne and protect the new maji from the monarchy's wrath.
11. Sweet vengeance
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"Tessa Jamison couldn't have imagined anything worse than losing her beloved twin girls and husband--until she was convicted of their murder. For ten years, she has counted off the days in Florida's Correctional Center for Women, fully expecting to die behind bars. Fighting to prove her innocence holds little appeal now that her family's gone. But on one extraordinary day, her lawyers announce that Tessa's conviction has been overturned due to a technicality,...
12. Cold vengeance
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Pendergast novel volume 11
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English
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"A bonding trip for Pendergast and his brother-in-law, Judson Esterhazy, turns violent. Before abandoning a mortally-wounded Pendergast, Esterhazy announces his sister, Pendergast's long-dead wife Helen, is alive"--Provided by publisher.
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Inspector Lynley volume 4
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English
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Two murders, one on the heels of the other, point in the direction of Thomas Lynley's younger brother Peter-a cocaine addict who ruins Thomas' engagement party, then disappears on the evening of the second murder.
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" International superstar Jussi Adler-Olsen, with more than fourteen million copies of his books sold worldwide, delivers his latest in the bestselling Department Q series ? a perplexing cold case with sinister modern-day consequences. In 1987, Nete Hermansen plans revenge on those who abused her in her youth, including Curt Wad, a charismatic surgeon who was part of a movement to sterilize wayward girls in 1950s Denmark. More than twenty years later,...
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Three years ago Lew Fonseca quit his job as a process server with the State Attourney's Office in Cook County, Illinois, and drove his rattling Toyota south to escape the memories of his beloved late wife. Headed for Key West, the Toyota broke down in a Dairy Queen parking lot in Sarasota, Florida. Buoyed by the friendship of a few trustworthy souls, Lew settled there, making ends meet by doing some investigative work for local attourneys. Now, Lew...
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2024
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Journalist and former Allure editor Sable Yong debuts with a sharp-toothed and hilarious essay collection about beauty and vanity, examining their stigmatization in the cultural zeitgeist, and how to shift the focus to use both for powerful tools for self-exploration, interpersonal connection, and cultural change. The beauty industry has a single mandate: be hot. In the same week that you might be encouraged to try curtain bangs, contouring, bleached...
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After recovering from a traumatic head injury, John Chenneville discovers his beloved sister and her family were murdered during the end of the Civil War and embarks on an odyssey across the Reconstruction-era South seeking revenge.
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W. Clark Distribution
Pub. Date:
2009
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English
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After her mother is brutally murdered by an abusive boyfriend, Karma Alonso-Walker decides to take matters into her own hands and avenge her mother s death. While on her journey to vengeance, Karma falls in love with Money Parks, a Newark, New Jersey police officer. As the relationship between the two grows, people and accounts from the lovers' pasts come to light, forcing them to face unspoken truths. This timeless chronicle about a young woman's...
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Bearwood Publishing
Pub. Date:
2025
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English
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Daniela's cover has been blown. Three years of intricately planned covert operations are at risk. Langley decides the mission must proceed. The prize is immense and Daniela has worked her way close to al-Rashid. Despite the personal danger, she's ordered back into the field. The mission is a "go." Girl With a Vengeance is the final book in the Daniela's Story trilogy. The young Catalan girl journeys to war-torn north-eastern Syria. It's a harsh and...
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Grub Street Publishing
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2010
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English
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Eat green with more than 100 recipes for meat-free dishes-from small bits to sweet things-whether you are a full-blooded or part-time vegetarian. Today, as people become increasingly aware of environmental, health and animal welfare issues, many are cutting down on meat; possibly going meat-free one or two days a week. Others go all the way and become full-time vegetarians. Whatever you prefer personally there is a heap of inspiration in this funky-looking,...