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Eleven-year-old Renee Jenkins is a vivacious, bright girl who is unfortunately a member of the notorious, dysfunctional Jenkins clan living in a Miami neighborhood where it is not unusual to hold a nine-millimeter Glock pistol while answering the door and where little girls like Renee shop for heroin for their mothers. As she maneuvers her way through the asphalt jungle of Miami's dangerous Overtown section, Renee bravely attempts to find happiness amid a world consumed with death, despair, drugs, and pain.

Fatherless and as good as motherless, Messiah "Mash" Bankfield must shake his nagging religion from his conscious if he wants to level up in a city centered around the '90s drug boom, twisted sexual exploitation, hardcore hip hop, and deep ghetto philosophy. Even if it requires hustling the same stuff that turned his mother into a dope fiend or taking out the big homies who showed him love, some things just must be. Shaped by the unsavory lifestyle of his sugar-daddy seeking sister and haunted by the spirit of his deceased grandmother, Mash sinks deeper into the darkness.

A childhood spent moving around the world left Revelle Lee with an unusual gift—the ability to fluently speak 11 languages. Now, Revelle spends her days translating for witnesses, victims, and the accused across London crime scenes and courtrooms. It's a stressful job, though not as stressful as the process she is currently going through to adopt little boy, Elliot. She is determined to be the mother to him that she never had, and to make up for her own past mistakes.

Sheltered and naïve Carmen Darby has lived under the thumb of her father Rex, a brutal criminal businessman, her whole life. But when Rex announces his retirement and plans to leave his vast wealth to his three daughters, Carmen doesn't thank her father as effusively as he'd like, enraging him. Cast out from her home, Carmen assumes a new identity and starts her life over, but she knows she can't outrun the sins of her family for ever.

This book is former Police Chief Mark Beckner’s second release of a series of crime thrillers. His first book, Behind The Lies, contained three separate crime dramas. In this book, two short novels take the reader through two more fictional crime stories of mystery, drama, suspense, and action. The first story follows Miami detectives Rick Baez and Leah Mitchell as they try to unravel the mysterious deaths of two wealthy married men. The first one appears to be a suicide, while the second appears to be a health issue. However, there are some unanswered questions, and they discover a ...

Edith may have been tricked into a nursing home, but at eighty years young, she’s planning her escape. Patience works there, cleaning up mess and bonding with Edith, a kindred spirit. But Patience is lying to Edith about almost everything. Edith’s own daughter, Clio, won’t speak to her. And someone new is about to knock on Clio’s door...and their intentions aren’t good. With every reason to distrust each other, the women must solve a mystery with three suspects, two murders, and one victim. If they do, they might just find out what happened to the baby who disappeared.

Ten years ago, Sebastian Croll was found not guilty of murdering his playmate. Criminal solicitor Daniel Hunter defended the 11-year-old in a trial that gripped the nation, but the past is unearthed when Daniel gets a call from his old client. Sebastian's university professor has been brutally murdered, and everyone who knew her is in the frame. As Daniel steps in to represent Sebastian for the second time, rumour of his client's identity spreads like wildfire.

What Is the End Game?: By Foley Western has achieved a remarkable feat by being as Top #10 best seller in three of Amazon's categories. #4 Best Seller ★ in Workplace Behavior (Kindle Store) (March 04, 2024) #32 Best Seller ★ in Workplace Culture (books) (Kindle Store) (Marach 04, 2024) Lean, louche and loaded, Dan is boss of his own multi- million pound computer tech company at the tender age of thirty-six. A charmed life, you might say... except that someone wants him dead. He's been shrugging off the hate mail that keeps appearing in his inbox. After all, you don't get to the top ...

This twisted, thrilling read will plunge you into the unraveling mind of a psychotic female serial killer. Joanne Hawkins, sexually abused as a young girl by Joe, her drug-addicted stepfather, develops multiple personalities to deal with this horrific tragedy. Years later, as an adult, she uses her beauty and her sex to attract men like Joe. Once she seduces them, she binds their hands together while she makes love to them, and when they are defenseless, she strangles them with barbed wire. After several known pedophiles, are found murdered in the Austin, Texas area, there is an ...

When successful journalist Marshall McEwan discovers that his father is terminally ill, he returns to his childhood home in Bienville, Mississippi - a place he vowed to leave behind forever. His family’s newspaper is failing; and Jet Turner, the love of his youth, has married into the family of Max Matheson, one of the powerful patriarchs who rule the town through the exclusive Poker Club. Bienville is on the brink of economic salvation, in the form of a billion-dollar Chinese paper mill.

What secrets does the new sexy stranger hold, and will he be Anna’s knight in shining armor? Anna Shelby grew up in a small, rural town in the Midwest where everyone knew everyone. She was happy teaching her sixth grade class in her little town, but she’d always thought something was missing. She was glad she’d made one change—breaking up with Alan, who was nothing but controlling and mean-spirited. Meanwhile, there have been rumors about a handsome man renovating a small farmhouse on some acreage a few miles out of town. Who is this secretive man, and what is he doing in their ...

In the serene yet shadowy tourist haven of Sandvik, a summer escape transforms into a gripping battle for justice. Emma Lindström, still reeling from the loss of her mother under suspicious circumstances, stumbles upon a devastating conspiracy that could topple a corrupt empire. When a mysterious box containing incriminating evidence falls into her hands, Emma becomes the target of one of the most dangerous men in Sweden: Henrik Larsson. As Larsson’s reach extends from the political elite to underground crime syndicates, Emma must rely on a handful of unlikely allies, including Lars, a ...

Lyle's new neighbor is extremely interested in his gardening habits. George can't help himself, but be curious. George is a writer, who makes sure he does the research and experiences that his stories tell. He also thinks that Lyle is interesting. As a person. What is it about these men that find themselves connected to each other? Explore The Backyard and find out.

A businessman drowning in debt makes a dangerous deal with a gang to kidnap his own son and demand ransom from his wife. But when things spiral out of control, the police step in! Will he escape, or will justice catch up with him?

The Gianis's and the Kronons. Two families entangled in a long and complex history of love and deceit... Twenty five years ago, after a society picnic held by businessman and politician Zeus Kronon, Zeus' headstrong daughter Dita was found murdered. Her boyfriend, Cass Gianis, confessed to the crime. Now Cass has been released from prison into the care of his twin, Mayoral candidate Paul Gianis, who is in the middle of a high profile political campaign.

Truth Be Told - formerly titled Are You Sleeping - is an addictive psychological thriller about a hit podcast that reopens a murder case and threatens to unravel the carefully constructed life of the victim’s daughter. The only thing more dangerous than a lie . . . is the truth. Josie Buhrman has spent the last ten years trying to escape her family. Following her father’s murder thirteen years before, her mother ran away to join a cult and her twin sister betrayed her in an unimaginable way, leaving Josie alone.

Plainclothes - a Michael Casoni police thriller. Casoni sends an undercover cop into the heart of New York's garment industry to investigate a brutal murder. This is the premise of another book in my cop series, and follows on from the tale in Manhunt. The story shows a colder side to Jennifer Santino and also features a formidable female assassin renowned for her deadly skills. Wu, the young patrolman plucked from the Academy for this dangerous assignment will have his work cut out to stay alive in this gripping police drama. It's the job of Casoni to keep his undercover alive long enough ...

Book one in a trilogy following one family over 40 years on an East London estate, Blood Sister is nonstop drama, perfect for fans of Kimberley Chambers and Mandasue Heller. There are two ways out of Essex Lane Estate, better known as The Devil's Estate. You make good, or you turn bad. Jen Miller is determined not to make the same mistakes her mother did. She's waiting to find herself a good job and a decent man. Her younger sister, Tiff, is running errands for a gangster and looking for any opportunity for fun and profit.

Hitler annexes several countries; Europe is in turmoil. Britain is going to war, the call to arms is passed by parliament. The “Call Up” however, is not for everyone, certain occupations are exempt as they are considered vital to the country and the coming war effort. Despondent and angry, Detective Inspector Brakes battles with his inner conflicts as he comes to terms with not been able to join his comrades in arms. However, for DI Brakes, his case load is about to become more diverse than he could ever imagine. For him, his war is also just beginning, but on the Homefront. War-related...

Alexis Fields is now a doctor living happily in Chicago with a new life, a new career, and a newfound freedom to replace the harrowing past she left behind. But when several women are found brutally murdered near downtown, Chicago police fear the worst: A deranged serial killer could be responsible for the killings. Alexis suddenly finds herself in the throes of a sadistic psychopath, who raises the stakes in a game of cat and mouse each time he strikes. Chicago Police and FBI Special Agent Preston Ponder of the VCAU (Violent Crime Apprehension Unit) are under intense pressure to solve the ...