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Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
A poor art student living in New York stumbles on a bag of diamonds . . . but they come at a price in this unforgettable novel from "America's #1 storyteller" (Forbes).
Matthew Bannon, a poor art student living in New York City, finds a duffel bag filled with diamonds during a chaotic attack at Grand Central Station. Plans for a worry-free life with his stunning girlfriend Katherine fill his thoughts - until he realizes that he is...
Matthew Bannon, a poor art student living in New York City, finds a duffel bag filled with diamonds during a chaotic attack at Grand Central Station. Plans for a worry-free life with his stunning girlfriend Katherine fill his thoughts - until he realizes that he is...
Publisher:
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date:
[2025]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
It's 5 November, and a woman awakens to a nightmare. Bound and gagged, she lies trapped in the heart of a towering bonfire. As the smoke thickens, panic sets in -- she's moments away from being engulfed in flames. How did it come to this? Rewind eleven months: Margot, a faded TV star, and her long-suffering friend Anna watch as glamorous Liv and her flawless family move into their street. The three women soon fabricate the perfect pretence of friendship,...
5. You kill me
Publisher:
Genius Products
Pub. Date:
[2007]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
1 stars
Description:
Frank Falenczyk loves his job. He is a hit-man for his Polish mob family in Buffalo, New York. But Frank has a drinking problem and when he messes up a critical assignment that puts the family business in peril, his uncle sends him to San Francisco to clean up his act. Frank is not the touchy-feely kind of guy, but he starts going to AA meetings, gets a sponsor and a job at a mortuary where he falls for the tart-tongued Laurel, a woman who is dangerously...
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Series:
Amos Walker novels volume 24
Publisher:
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date:
2014
Language:
English
Description:
Private detective Amos Walker investigation into Donald Gates' death is complicated by a reward being offered by an anonymous donor from the dead man's church and a Ukranian mobster in the Witness Protection Program.
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Publisher:
Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date:
2008
Language:
English
Description:
Patricia Amble might be down, but she's not dead--yet. As if she didn't already have enough questions about her mother's suicide, Tish is forced to confront one more. She is renovating a northern Michigan log cabin, one in which she spent her childhood summers. But what she finds doesn't speak of carefree vacations in the woods: a torn photo of her mother with the words "don't ask why" written across her face. Combined with mysterious relatives and...
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Publisher:
Urban Books
Pub. Date:
[2016]
Language:
English
Description:
"Samir is the drop dead gorgeous man who rescued Shaniyah from her horrible living situation years ago. Their relationship was the epitome of Black Love, but it couldn't shield this loving father from the harmful call of the streets. After struggling to raise her young son without his Dad, Shaniyah is somewhat relieved when Samir resurfaces and becomes an integral part of his son's life, but she is soon reminded of the what can happen when you love...
10. The best of me
Author:
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
Description:
"For more than twenty-five years, David Sedaris has been carving out a unique literary space, virtually creating his own genre. A Sedaris story may seem confessional, but is also highly attuned to the world outside. It opens our eyes to what is at absurd and moving about our daily existence. And it is almost impossible to read without laughing. Now, for the first time collected in one volume, the author brings us his funniest and most memorable work....
Author:
Publisher:
BookBaby
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Description:
Are you one who likes to keep the peace even when it comes at a high emotional price for yourself? Do your attempts to resolve differences with a controller leave you feeling wrung out and discouraged? Do you sense that your best traits (goodness, kindness, cooperation) somehow become a disadvantage with an overbearing counterpart? These questions and many more are addressed in the book, When Pleasing You Is Killing Me. With decades of experience...
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Publisher:
Wildside Press LLC
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Description:
Three ambitious men had three things in common. Each was called Curly. Each aimed to marry the town's tempting heiress. Each had made love to Avis Pisano - the wanton whose mangled body was fished out of the swamp. Each one was capable of cold, ruthless action if his plans for the future were only one was capable of murder!
Publisher:
Quiver Distribution
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
After being waitlisted at Pembroke, Eden attends a coveted 'Heaven and Hell' party in the hopes of receiving a letter of recommendation from the wealthy parents of her well-connected classmate, but things aren't what they seem and the party quickly turns
Author:
Publisher:
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
Description:
A deeply personal collection of poetry and art by the award-winning actor, comedian, and composer. With a poetic voice that is by turns lyrical and plainspoken, Charlyne Yi writes about the uncertainty of relationships, the absurdity of societal expectations, family trauma, and identity. In this intimate collection, you'll find poems and accompanying line illustrations that are playful and profound, sometimes darkly funny, and often acutely moving....
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Publisher:
Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
Nicola has a great life with one small problem: her new home is very old and very haunted. At first, she can ignore the strange happenings, but after some very unsettling occurrences Nicola realizes she isn't alone. After telling her friends what she's experiencing, they decide to have a séance to see if they can contact the restless spirit. Unfortunately, the séance works all too well, and Nicola is pulled back in time by the ghost of a young girl...
Publisher:
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
You Should Have Killed Me is an action/drama about a man whose life revolves around the underground crime world. He has a reputation for violence, and is respected on the streets, but one event flips his world upside down. It's a story of revenge, sacrifice, and ultimately or so we hope.
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Publisher:
Titan Books
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Average Rating:
1 stars
Description:
Mike Hammer is on the case, this time hunting the murderer of his old friend and bootlegger-turned-legit-businessman Edward G. Robinson. Already torn up buy the disappearance of Velda, his beloved secretary, Mike Hammer carves a brutal path for vengeance. Drinking heavily, his relationships fraying, his behaviour self-desctructive, Hammer has to track down Robinson's black book, with the names of every corrupt official in town. With deception everywhere,...