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1) Fractured
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Will Trent series volume 2
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Detective Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation takes on the case of a girl who has been savagely murdered in one of Atlanta's most desirable neighborhoods.
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The scene in the West Village studio appears to be classic crime-of-passion - two wineglasses by the bed, music playing and a young sculptor named Ariel Byrd with the back of her head bashed in. But when Dallas tracks down the wealthy Upper East Side woman who called 911, the details don't add up. Gwen Huffman is wealthy, elegant, comforted by her handsome fiancé as she sheds tears over the trauma of finding the body - but why did it take an hour...
3) Jazz
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"The deep bluesy sadness of this novel wails out of the pages?as expressively as a saxophone, " writes Digby Diehl of Toni Morrison's 1993 novel. Set in 1926, at the height of the Harlem renaissance, it follows the lives of the Joe and Violet Vace, who have moved from the South to escape the hardships of segregation. They find a city throbbing with the music that represents both artistic freedom and moral decline. Jazz is story of passion, jealousy,...
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Reluctantly, Luke joins Lola Faye for a drink. As one drink turns into several, these two battered souls relive, from their different perspectives, the most searing experience of their lives. Slowly but surely, the hotel bar dissolves around them and they are transported back to the tiny southern town where this defining moment- a violent crime of passion- is turned in the light once more to reveal flaws in the old answers. As it turns out, there...
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Beautifully written, compassionate and wise, Rosellen Brown's novel is the extraordinary story of a family's struggle to survive the throes of a tragedy. Before and After centers on Carolyn and Ben Reiser and their two children, Judith and Jacob, who live comfortably in a small New England town. When the chief of police comes looking for seventeen-year-old Jacob to question him about the bludgeoning to death of his girlfriend, the Reisers' lives are...
6) Shadow play
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This sophisticated, psychologically gripping tale about crimes of the most twisted passion is perfect for fans of Linda Fairstein and Patricia Highsmith. The odd, vaguely menacing little man called Mr. Logo is a familiar figure in the old court building in London. Although frequently brought before the judge for indecent assault, he is invariably acquitted due to lack of evidence. He is especially familiar to Helen West, the take-no-prisoners lawyer...
7) Jazz
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Una potente novela sobre un crimen pasional y sus consecuencias ambientada en el Harlem de la década de 1920, con la firma inconfundible de Toni Morrison. Cuando Violet y Joe Trace, un matrimonio entrado en años, llegan a Nueva York huyendo de la intolerancia de su Virginia natal, creen que podran vivir en libertad sin importar el color de su piel. Pero el Harlem de los años '20, foco de un vibrante renacimiento cultural, les depara apuros inesperados....
8) Pęknięcie
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Accustomed to betrayal and violence after years of a brutal marriage, Gailyn Campano reaches her breaking point when an intruder holds her daughter hostage and Gailyn eliminates the threat, permanently, leaving agent Will Trent to unravel the case.
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"A deadly puncture from the sharp heel of a stiletto gives "love triangle" murderous new meaning in this gripping gothic mystery Henry Moreland is stabbed in the back and found lying on the road outside his young lover's house. There is no blood, however, and the only clues are an anonymous letter and a triangular hole in his coat. The murder weapon? A sharp stiletto. Richard Redfield, a lawyer who seems to be infatuated with the dead man's girlfriend,...
13) Toda la vida
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"¿Recibir y callar la confesión de un crimen pasional nos vuelve su complice? Podemos escapar al peso del pasado? Somos los protagonistas de nuestro destino o simples comparsas? Esta y otras preguntas nos plantea esta emblemática novela de elecciones extremas. Serrano, Felo, Pato y Liliana entrañan una red de silencios, traiciones y obsesiones cruzadas por los años que la muerte de un conocido desatará de nueva cuenta. Fábula sin moraleja sobre...
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