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After an altercation with a former childhood bully leaves him bruised, bloody and almost drowning in the Thames, 20-something Alex Dean wakes up each day in a different year and must piece together what happens in his life after that fateful night to save himself and the people he loves most.
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"A brilliant new work of suspense from "the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years." (Washington Post) From the writer who "inspires cultic devotion in readers" (The New Yorker) and has been called "incandescent" by Stephen King, "absolutely mesmerizing" by Gillian Flynn, and "unputdownable" (People), comes a gripping new novel that turns a crime story inside out. Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who's dodged a scrape at work...
4) Layla
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Montlake
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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When the personality of the woman he loves is changed by the trauma of a severe accident, Leeds takes her to the bed-and-breakfast where they first met, before her escalating behavior complicates his ability to help another guest.
5) Onion Street
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Tyrus Books
Pub. Date
c2013
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English
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"It's 1967 and Moe Prager is wandering aimlessly through his college career and his life. All that changes when his girlfriend Mindy is viciously beaten into a coma and left to die on the snow-covered streets of Brooklyn. Suddenly, Moe has purpose. He is determined to find out who's done this to Mindy and why. But Mindy is not the only person in Moe's life who's in danger. Someone is also trying to kill his best and oldest friend, Bobby Friedman....
6) Pure evil
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Zaffre
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"It was supposed to be a simple case: a young man arrested for armed assault. But it was just the beginning. As Rodney Middleton awaits trial, Detective Jack Warr is warned by his mentor DCI Ridley that they have only scratched the surface of the man's crimes. Then DCI Ridley is suddenly removed from his post. No one is to contact him--and no one will say why. As Warr digs into Rodney's past, Ridley calls pleading for help, now accused of a murder...
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Sarah Quinn mysteries volume 3
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English
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A series of horrifying, vicious street attacks have left the police baffled, with no leads to follow.
8) Akira
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Ultra Media Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016
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Hindi
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Akira Sharma is a little girl in a small town who lives happily with her father and mother. One day, she witnesses a crime involving a group of unruly men ruthlessly throwing acid on a young woman's face. Akira helps police to catch the criminal, but the accomplices of the criminal swear vengeance. One day, Akira notices gang members who scared her tease another girl. She beats them up, but one of them takes out a bottle of acid to throw acid on Akira....
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A NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller
Stonewall Book Award Winner
A TIME Magazine Best YA Book of All Time
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor Book Winner
A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist
The riveting New York Times bestseller and Stonewall Book Award winner that will
10) Flames of wrath
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English
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Nearly beaten to death by a group of people she thought were her friends, Alexia Leighton survives, recovers and watches her attackers become victims themselves of mysterious acts of violence, leaving the authorities stumped.
11) Camille
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Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2016.
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Español
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"Anne Forestier queda atrapada en medio de un atraco a una joyería en los Campos Elíseos. Tras recibir una paliza que la deja al borde de la muerte, tiene la suerte de sobrevivir... y la condena de haber visto la cara del asaltante. Su vida corre un grave peligro, pero Anne cuenta con la ayuda del hombre al que ama: el comandante Camille Verhoeven. Este estará dispuesto a actuar al margen de la ley con tal de protegerla. Pero ¿quién es ese enemigo,...
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"Michigan Manning lives for hockey, and this is her year to shine. That is, until she gets some crushing news: budget cuts will keep the girls' hockey team off the ice this year. If she wants colleges to notice her, Michigan has to find a way to play. Luckily, there's still one team left in town... The boys' team isn't exactly welcoming, but Michigan's prepared to prove herself. She plays some of the best hockey of her life, in fact, all while putting...
15) The bitterroots
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English
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"Former police officer Cassie Dewell is trying to start over with her own private investigation firm. Guilty about not seeing her son and exhausted by the nights on stakeout, Cassie is nonetheless managing...until an old friend calls in a favor: she wants Cassie to help exonerate a man accused of assaulting a young girl from an influential family. Against her own better judgment, Cassie agrees. But out in the Big Sky Country of Montana, twisted family...
16) Not your idol: 1
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VIZ Media LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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After that day, she stopped being a girl. In the wake of an assault, Nina Kamiyama, a former idol in the group Pure Club, shuns her femininity and starts dressing as a boy. At high school, she keeps to herself, but fellow student Hikaru Horiuchi realizes who she is. What secrets is she keeping? The shocking drama starts.
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VIZ Media LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"Heartbroken Nina Kamiyama is a former idol. She's decided to keep her past identity a secret for her personal safety, but the dangerous situation intensifies when another discovers who she really is. Who can she trust?"--Page [4] of cover.
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Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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A sordid tale of bigamy, bribery, sex, and violence, set in the Gilded Age, explores the ill-fated saga of Ray, an Alexander Hamilton heir, and his wife, a con artist who tricked him into marriage using an abandoned infant, and who went to prison for stabbing their baby nurse.
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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In 2007 a group of Aboriginal women from the Fitzroy Valley in Australia's remote northwest decided enough was enough. Their community had experienced 13 suicides in 13 months. Reports of family violence and child abuse were commonplace and alcohol consumption was rising at an alarming rate. Something had to be done. Something had to change. A group of courageous Aboriginal women from across the Valley came together to fight for a future. For everyone...
20) Leĭla
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RM
Pub. Date
2023.
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Ukrainian
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Zustrivshy Leĭlu, Lids odrazu rozumii͡e, shcho khoche buty z nei͡u do kint͡si͡a svoïkh dniv -- az͡h doky Leĭla ne opyni͡ai͡et′si͡a na mez͡hi z͡hytti͡a i smerti cherez raptovyĭ zamakh na neï. Pisli͡a dovhykh tyz͡hniv likuvanni͡a Leĭla vidnovli͡ui͡et′si͡a fizychno, odnak ïï mental′ni shramy ne hoi͡at′si͡a. Teper t͡se ne ta divchyna, v i͡aku zakokhavsi͡a Lids. Shchob vidnovyty kolyshni pochutti͡a, Lids pryvozyt′...
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