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1) Vanity Fire
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"Fast pacing, a strong sense of place, and plenty of publishing-business details combine with a likable although flawed main character to produce an engrossing read."-Booklist
The phone rings in the middle of the night. Publisher Guy Mallon's book warehouse has burned to the ground. In the ashes there is a burned body. Carol Murphy, Guy's lover and business manager, fed up with the failing operation, has already split. But why is her car spotted...
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"Ever Had an Old Fashioned?" by Timothy Keith is a touching love story that explores the incredible journey of two individuals from starkly contrasting backgrounds who are brought together by the hand of fate. Set against the backdrop of life's complexities, this book narrates how the divine orchestrates their meeting, culminating in a once-in-a-lifetime love story.
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Philippe Renault feels an intimate connection to the prostitute Lilah the first moment that he sees her standing at the top of Madame Cheney's plush bordello staircase. It's more than just the fire in his loins that the dark-haired beauty arouses. The vulnerable look that he sees in Lilah's eyes captivates his heart. Renault gets the sense that Lilah knows as much as there is to know about suffering as he does, maybe even more. At last, he has found...
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Misaki Tamaura es una chica muy enamoradiza que decidió a declararse a cuatro chicos populares de alta clase en su preparatoria. Sin embargo fue rechazada y humillada por cada uno de ellos. Así, años después ahora en la universidad, ella se ha convertido en toda una belleza con un solo objetivo... ¡Enamorarlos y romperles el corazón!, ¡esa es su venganza!, ¡su venganza amorosa!
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Between 1972 and 1975, ex-military man Donald Neilson commits a series of violent crimes that terrify locals and baffle law enforcement. Despite his meticulous prior planning, Neilson's reckless armed robbery spree doesn't ever reap him a satisfactory sum. Neilson attempts to hit the jackpot by kidnapping the teenage daughter of a very wealthy family in order to fetch a robust ransom.
7) Cellphone
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Wynne, who is grieving the death of her fiancé, starts seeing disturbing images on her cell phone about her future. If she doesn't figure them out in time, she will die.
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Seria correto desobedecê-la? Sua vida poderia depender da resposta.
[Aqueles que acreditam]
Esses sinais seguirão aqueles que acreditam...
Fugindo dos Serviços Sociais e de outras pessoas que não entendem suas crenças, Nathan e sua mãe, a pastora Billie Ashbury, mudam-se para outra cidade.
Nathan enfrenta, novamente, os desafios de fazer novos amigos e de guardar os segredos de sua família. Mas, o que ele realmente enfrenta, é...
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Some days, you could just kill your boss. Guess what? The feeling is mutual in the next thriller by the acclaimed author of The Wheelman and The Blonde.
Jamie DeBroux's boss has called a special meeting for all "key personnel" at 9:00 a.m. on a hot Saturday in August.
When Jamie arrives, the conference room is stocked with cookies and champagne. His boss smiles and tells his employees, "We're a cover for a branch of the intelligence community....
10) Man and Wife
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Cal Bradleys marriage to Marie is the stuff of romance. Then one night, a 19-year-old boy named Peter Blue goes on a rampage. Friendless and suicidal, Blue is sent to Bradley for treatment. For the patient, it's a last chance at redemption. For the doctor, it's the beginning of a journey into a world of fear, deception, and murder. Because somehow, Blue's extraordinary inner life is linked to Cal's reality. And in the mystery of the teenager's mind...
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"La trahison qui a tout changé" est un conte poignant qui se déroule dans le village pittoresque de Hartfield, o la tranquillité de la vie rurale est perturbée par la complexité des relations humaines. L'histoire suit Emma Woodhouse, une jeune femme dont le monde est bouleversé par une trahison qui remet en question ses croyances sur l'amour, la loyauté et la nature des relations humaines. Alors qu'Emma traverse les conséquences de la trahison,...
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It's two Shane Scully novels in one from bestselling author Stephen J. Cannell: The Tin Collectors and Viking Funeral
If Detective Shane Scully's best friend, Jody Dean, committed suicide three years ago, then who did Shane just see for one fleeting moment on the Ventura Freeway?
He's convinced it was his former colleague. Or was his mind playing tricks? Shane's lover, Alexa Hamilton, herself a lauded LAPD officer, happens to think so. But Shane...
13) The Chase
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Claire Hayden has no idea that her world is about to be shattered. At the conclusion of her husband'' 40th birthday party, he is found murdered, his throat cut with a weapon that hasn't been used since World War II. He has no enemies. He has committed no crimes. He has no shady past.
Claire's search for information leads her to the mysterious Ian Marshall, an acquaintance of her husband who seems to know something. Someone has been killing this...
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In the desolate outskirts of a forgotten town lies the decaying remnants of an asylum long lost to time. The air is thick with an oppressive silence, broken only by the occasional creaking of rusted gates and the distant echoes of tormented souls. "The Shadowed Asylum," once a place of supposed healing, has become a breeding ground for nightmares. A disparate group of individuals, haunted by shared visions of a malevolent presence, is drawn together...
15) Survive the Day
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A BUTNARI AND HILL CRIME THRILLERTwo forces collide, an FBI top-secret task force and an international criminal organization, but only one will Survive the Day.FBI Special Agents Butnari and Hill join a task force charged with stemming human trafficking. They engage in a desperate battle with the criminals dominating the illegal trade, stalled by deceptions created by the mysterious genius who directs the well-organized syndicate, and hampered by...
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When the glowing form of a beloved deceased Chihuahua appears, is it a ghost, or is someone teaching a dead dog new tricks – like murder?
Tripping Magazine is a quirky low-budget magazine that reports on travel destinations for believers in the paranormal. A few fake ghosts away from throwing in the towel, the Tripping staff get the tip of a lifetime when they get a call from Charlotte Baskerville, the rich founder of a clothing company for small...
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"Entre nosotros, un verano" sigue las vidas entrelazadas de Lucy y Oliver mientras se embarcan en un apasionado romance de verano lleno de amor, desafíos y eventual separación. Frente a la belleza efímera de la temporada, la historia profundiza en temas de fugacidad, nostalgia y el poder perdurable del amor. Mientras Lucy y Oliver sortean obstáculos y enfrentan sus luchas internas, aprenden valiosas lecciones sobre cómo valorar el presente, abrazar...
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Nonstop action, twists and turns, and as hardboiled as they come, don't miss Duane Swierczynski 's thrilling The Wheelman.
Meet Lennon, a mute Irish getaway driver who has fallen in with the wrong heist team on the wrong day at the wrong bank. Betrayed, his money stolen and his battered carcass left for dead, Lennon is on a one-way mission to find out who is responsible-and to get back his loot. But the robbery has sent a violent ripple effect...
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It's the perfect place to hide the truth...
Vivacia Williams is strong, independent and lives in a beautiful community. She's trying to make the best of a bad situation since her husband walked out on her.
Then, she finds two lost children. They have no home, no parents, and suddenly Vivacia has the one thing she's been missing.
Vivacia will go to any length to keep the children but there are no secrets in the gated community of Wolf's Pit,...
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