In this queer YA retelling of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, stakes at Augustus Magnet School are cutthroat, scheming is creative, and loyalty is ever-changing. Overnight, Bronwyn St. James goes from junior class queen to daughter of an imprisoned felon, and she lands in the care of her aunt and younger cousin Cass, a competitive cheerleader who Bronwyn barely knows. Life gets worse when her ex-best friend, the always-cool Jude Cuthbert, ostracizes Bronwyn from the queer social elite for dating a boy, Porter Kendrick. Bronwyn and Jude are both running for student body president, and that means war. But after Bronwyn, Porter, and Cass share a video of Jude in a compromising position, Jude suddenly goes missing. No one has seen her for weeks and it might be all Bronwyn’s fault. Will Jude ever be found? Or will Bronwyn finally have to reckon with what she’s won—and what she’s lost? Content Advisory: Depictions of sexual assault.
“Urgent, haunting, and fearless.” —Megan Abbott, author of Beware the Woman A Barnes & Noble Mystery & Thriller Pick | An Elle Best Book of the Summer | An Apple Best Book of May | A Most Anticipated Book from BookPage, SPY, Lit Hub, and Paste Magazine Cormac McCarthy meets Killing Eve in this gritty, razor-sharp thriller following two indelible women on a path to certain destruction Florence “Florida” Baum is not the hapless innocent she claims to be when she arrives at the Arizona women’s prison—or so her ex-cellmate Diosmary Sandoval keeps insinuating. Dios knows the truth about Florida’s crimes, understands what Florence hides even from herself: that she was never a victim of circumstance, an unlucky bystander misled by a bad man. Dios knows that darkness lives in women too, despite the world’s refusal to see it. And she is determined to open Florida’s eyes and unleash her true self. When an unexpected reprieve gives both women their freedom, Dios’s fixation on Florida turns into a dangerous obsession, and a deadly cat-and-mouse chase ensues from Arizona to the desolate streets of Los Angeles. With blistering, incisive prose, the award-winning author Ivy Pochoda delivers a fast-paced L.A. crime novel for the ages. Gripping and immersive, Sing Her Down is a spellbinding thriller that, at its core, shows just what an angry woman is capable of.
A crime story set in Glasgow. The hunt is on to find a serial killer who has already claimed the lives of several women. He works at night, carefully selecting his victims from the dark and noisy confines of Glasgow’s nightclubs. “He liked to target the shyer ones sometimes; they were so susceptible to flattery. He leaned forward to get a better look. Out of the shadows, his face glowed.” Cathy Stewart, a divorced, 40-something mother-of-two, is also a private investigator. She’s been hired to find the killer but the bodies keep piling up. With her make-shift team of helpers, she’s determined to get to the truth before DCI Goodfellow, a former colleague whom Cathy both mistrusts and dislikes. What does he have to do with present-day events? And what is he hiding about the past?
You can run from the past, but you can’t hide forever. Reeling from her sister’s murder, the bloodthirsty cat she inherited, and her new status as a med school dropout, Merit Reid’s world is already on fire when she discovers her best friend, Heidi, brutally murdered in a remote cabin in the forest. A loving mother, dedicated park ranger and generous baker, Heidi has a lot of friends, but someone hated her enough to string her up by her ankles and slit her throat. When the detective investigating Heidi’s death proves just as sloppy and self-interested as he was with Merit’s sister’s case, she drags herself out of her grief to get justice for Heidi on her own – and lands in the crosshairs of a killer. Join Merit Reid in her very first investigation in this riveting crime thriller set in the heart of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
Fourteen years ago, undercover FBI agent Dan Gallagher watched his lover, Maggie Varcek, flee into the Miami night as gunfire exploded around them. Now a Bullet Catcher, Dan has learned that drug lord Ramon Jimenez is out of prison after the FBI bust Maggie unwittingly aided, and is looking for revenge. Determined to protect the woman who still haunts his memory, Dan tracks Maggie down, undercover once again -- until his identity is stunningly blown. Furious at his past betrayal, Maggie refuses Dan's help, yet the passion between them still burns irresistibly hot. Then Ramon strikes terrifyingly close. The Jimenez family will do anything to gain the key they believe Maggie holds to their hidden fortune, and the rejoined lovers are forced into a race against time, trying to unlock the secret before everything they hold most dear is destroyed...forever.
Through letters and journal entries rich in detail, this text follows the trials of the 19th-century Palmer family who dominated the southern banks of South Carolina's Santee River. The volume offers insights into plantation life; education; religion; and slave/master relations.
Eastern Europe on the brink of annihilation. World leaders assassinated. The common link? A missing military weapon that is still out there. This is a case of deceit, lying, misdirection, and a cheating wife. When Rick Haade realizes a person from his CIA past is responsible, he has no choice but to try to stop him. But as he closes in his target bolts. Several months pass when Rick finds his suspect deeply involved in the theft of a next-generation Air Force weapon. The coincidence creates an ah-ha moment no investigator wants to be part of. But will Rick be too late?
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