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Dylan Truman, better known under her alias Lady Justice, is the bane of every grifter, cheater, and bully in the Bay Area. Alongside her best friend and hacktivist, Daniel Haas, she works as a revenge-for-hire vigilante, seeking retribution on behalf of her (predominantly female) clientele. When a prospective client brings up a fraud complaint against pharmaceutical CEO Brent Wilder, Dylan's business becomes personal: Years earlier, Wilder assaulted...
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In the streets of 1970s Brooklyn, a daily ritual goes by the dance. Money is exchanged, belongings surrendered, power asserted. The promise of violence lies everywhere, a currency itself. For these children, Black, brown, and white, the street is a stage in shadow. And in the wings hide the other parents; cops; renovators; landlords; those who write the headlines, the histories, and laws; those who award this neighborhood its name. The rules appear...
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Surviving a violent assault she cannot remember, a successful artist relocates to the country with her husband to recuperate from her injuries before uncovering dark secrets and noting the return of an eerily familiar stranger from her clouded past.
"A successful artist with a doting husband, Isabel Dryland knows she should be grateful for her happy life. It's a complete reversal from the one she led before, when normalcy seemed out of reach, after...
44) Trust me
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After a rapist attacks her in her home, Skye Kellerman and Sacramento detective David Willis help put him in prison. But when her would-be rapist is back out on the street and begins threatening Skye, David must protect her at any cost.
45) Blind spot
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"An exciting, compelling thriller with a winding plot that keeps you captivated until the end" from the New York Times bestselling author of Unseen (Fresh Fiction).
What you don't see . . .
The crime scene at an Oregon rest stop is brutal beyond belief—a young man's lifeless body cut to ribbons, and his pregnant girlfriend left alive but comatose . . .
What you don't know . . .
Psychologist...
What you don't see . . .
The crime scene at an Oregon rest stop is brutal beyond belief—a young man's lifeless body cut to ribbons, and his pregnant girlfriend left alive but comatose . . .
What you don't know . . .
Psychologist...
46) Frenemy
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After a group of friends witness a horrifying crime, they wonder how they were lucky enough to escape unharmed while one friend did not. Through this self-discovery they start to understand the meaning of their own hilarious yet twisted fate. As their time starts to run out, the chance at redemption isn't too far behind.
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"When public relations executive Gem Golding becomes the victim of a carjacking at the hands of a dangerous criminal bent on her destruction, she must make a choice: Does she surrender to her attacker, or does she stand her ground and fight for her life? What follows are the two strands Gem's life can take, and the chain of causes and effects that leads to Gem's survival...or her eventual demise. Emphasizing the power our choices have to determine...
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Covering all the dangerous situations people typically face -- street crime, domestic abuse, violence in the workplace -- de Becker provides real-life examples and offers specific advice on restraining orders, self-defense, and more. But the key to self-protection, he demonstrates, is learning how to trust -- and act on -- our own intuitions.
De Becker feels that the fundamentals of human violence, and the associated fundamentals of safety, have...
49) Peril
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A mobster sends his bagman to track down his runaway daughter-in-law in this novel by "one of the most accomplished writers in the crime/thriller genre" (Financial Times).
Sara Labriola is certain that if she stays in her marriage, someone is going to wind up dead-and it'll probably be her. So she flees her coastal Long Island home for New York City, where she changes her identity and finds work singing at a bar.
Her husband is upset, of course....
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"Lila Elliot knows she's lucky. A shooting rampage at her office left several colleagues dead and others seriously wounded. Lila's injuries will heal in time, yet she can't quite move past her fear and anger. Lila retreats to her best friend's house to recuperate, and is drafted into caring for Grace -- a formerly abused golden retriever. Lila, who is terrified of dogs, begins to see beauty in Grace's haunted eyes. And both are gently nudged toward...
51) Vendetta
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"Five years ago, Myra Rutledge's pregnant daughter was killed by a hit-and-run driver--the playboy son of an ambassador with diplomatic immunity. In an outright travesty of justice, the remorseless murderer was free to return to his lavish lifestyle with no fear of ever having to pay for his crime. But not for much longer. Myra and six of her lifelong friends have convened to devise a plan for long-awaited, justly deserved, and very sweet revenge..."...
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"Three weeks before Christmas, on December 1, 1958, one of the most horrific fires in American history broke out at Our Lady of the Angels elementary school in Chicago, claiming the lives of ninety-two children and three nuns. Fire Angels is a fictional account of that fire. It's a story of arson; of bravery by parents, nuns, firefighters, and medical professionals; of a falsely accused janitor; of a cover-up within the Catholic Church; of a judge...
53) Twisted
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Detective Jessica Sheppard is on the prowl for a serial killer whose victims have one thing in common - her. Suffering from a series of bizarre blackouts, Sheppard must uncover the killer before her partner pins her as the prime suspect.
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"No one understands better than Kim Goldman the complex emotions of individuals suffering a personal tragedy under the relentless gaze of the media. During the famed O.J. Simpson trial, Kim, whose brother, Ron Goldman, was brutally murdered, became a very public poster child for victims suffering in the public eye. In Media Circus: A Look at Private Tragedy in the Public Eye, Goldman - now a dedicated victim advocate - and journalist Tatsha Robertson...
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"A TINY UPWARD SHOVE is a fictionalized account of real life Canadian serial killer Willie Pickton and his final victim. In the debut novel of award-winning essayist, Melissa Chadburn, we follow the life of Filipina foster youth Marina Salles and are submerged in the confluence of violence and empathy, fabulism and realism. A story of how both victim and monster emerge from the same world"--
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"Pleasant Shores cop Evan Stone has worked hard to become a man of his word, overcoming the alcoholism that sent him down the wrong path in his youth. So when his late best friend's sister asks for his help, he doesn't hesitate. He promised he'd watch out for Cassie, and the cottage next to his will be a perfect short-term refuge for her and her dog. The other half of that promise--to stay away from Cassie romantically--is harder to keep. Sheltered...
58) Blood echo
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When her latest mission goes wrong in horrifying ways, Charlotte Rowe isolates herself in a small California town, only to be targeted by domestic terrorists with ties to her corrupt employers.
59) Be frank with me
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Reclusive literary legend M.M. 'Mimi' Banning has been holed up in her Bel Air mansion for years. But after falling prey to a Bernie Madoff-style ponzi scheme, she's flat broke. Now Mimi must write a new book for the first time in decades, and to ensure the timely delivery of her manuscript, her New York publisher sends an assistant to monitor her progress. The prickly Mimi reluctantly complies, with a few stipulations: No Ivy-Leaguers or English...
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When a Detroit doctor's secret life gets out of hand, killers come for him In the exclusive suburb of Grosse Pointe, Alan Canty was a respected psychologist, with clients drawn from wealthy families across Detroit. But at night, he ventured into the city's seedy south side, where, under the name Dr. Al Miller, he met with prostitutes. One girl in particular caught Dr. Al's eye: a skinny teenage drug addict named Dawn, an ex-honor student who had fallen...
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