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Queen Pin

Author : Jemeker Thompson-Hairston
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0446569143
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (465 download)

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Download or read book Queen Pin written by Jemeker Thompson-Hairston and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-22 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written with the New York Times bestselling author, David Ritz, Jemeker Thompson tells the gripping tale of succeeding financially in the drug game, but then, after a lengthy prison term, turned her life around to inspire others just like her. Jemeker Thompson-Hairston paid a heavy price for her involvement in the drug game. Learning from her sources of a federal investigation, Jemeker went on the run. It was love for her young son that brought her back to Los Angeles, even though she knew she would be arrested. A subsequent 15-year sentence would cost her not only her legitimate business and the fortune she'd amassed through the drug trade, but the most precious thing of all: time with her child. But not all was lost. Fortunately, while Thompson-Hairston was serving out the fifteen-year sentence, one pivotal moment helped her turn her life around, setting her on a path to help and inspire others like her. Now, in Queen Pin, written with New York Times bestselling author David Ritz, she reveals in gripping detail her journey of redemption that readers won't soon forget.

Queenpin

Author : Megan Abbott
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 184983444X
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (498 download)

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Download or read book Queenpin written by Megan Abbott and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-12-06 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'If Abbott writes half a dozen more books as good as her first three ... she will claim the throne as the finest prose stylist in crime fiction since Raymond Chandler' San Francisco Chronicle A young woman hired to keep the books at a down-at-heel nightclub is taken under the wing of the infamous Gloria Denton, a mob luminary who reigned during the Golden Era of Bugsy Siegel and Lucky Luciano. The moll to end all molls, Gloria is notoriously cunning and ruthless. She shows her eager young protégéethe ropes, ushering her into a glittering whirl of late-night casinos, racetracks, betting parlours, inside heists and big, big money. Suddenly, the world is at her feet -- as long as she doesn't take any chances, like falling for the wrong guy. It all falls to pieces with a few turns of the roulette wheel, as both mentor and protégée scramble to stay one step ahead of their bosses and each other ...

Queenpin

Author : Megan Abbott
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416545999
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Queenpin written by Megan Abbott and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-06-05 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Re-released to coincide with Abbott’s newest novel, Dare Me, this eBook edition of Queenpin also includes the original short story, "Policy," that the novel was based on. A young woman hired to keep the books at a down-at-the-heels nightclub is taken under the wing of the infamous Gloria Denton, a mob luminary who reigned during the Golden Era of Bugsy Siegel and Lucky Luciano. Notoriously cunning and ruthless, Gloria shows her eager young protégée the ropes, ushering her into a glittering demimonde of late-night casinos, racetracks, betting parlors, inside heists, and big, big money. Suddenly, the world is at her feet--as long as she doesn't take any chances, like falling for the wrong guy. As the roulette wheel turns, both mentor and protégée scramble to stay one step ahead of their bosses and each other.

Queenpins

Author : Ron Chepesiuk
Publisher : Strategic Media Books
ISBN 13 : 9780984233359
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (333 download)

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Download or read book Queenpins written by Ron Chepesiuk and published by Strategic Media Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dig deep into the annals of crime and one can find smart, ambitious, and ruthless women who have cracked the glass ceiling of the underworld and become notorious in their own right. Noted crime writer Chepesiuk profiles the major queenpins of modern times and how they not only survived but thrived in gangland.

Pink Boots and a Machete

Author : Mireya Mayor
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426207212
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Pink Boots and a Machete written by Mireya Mayor and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned primatologist Mayor recounts her journey from NFL cheerleader to Fulbright Scholar to field scientist and, ultimately, to National Geographic explorer.

Action Comics (2016-) #1006

Author : Brian Michael Bendis
Publisher : DC Comics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Action Comics (2016-) #1006 written by Brian Michael Bendis and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2019-01-02 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Red Cloud sets her sights on someone close to Superman, but how can the Man of Steel stop a villain he canÕt touch? As the invisible mafia controlling MetropolisÕ underworld steps more into the light, its leader finally stands revealed with a secret that will have massive implications for Superman and Clark Kent!

The End of Everything

Author : Megan Abbott
Publisher : Reagan Arthur Books
ISBN 13 : 0316175099
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book The End of Everything written by Megan Abbott and published by Reagan Arthur Books. This book was released on 2011-07-07 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning author of The Turnout and Dare Me: a "mesmerizing psychological thriller" about a teenage girl who disappears during a 1980s suburban summer (Los Angeles Times). Thirteen-year old Lizzie Hood and her next door neighbor Evie Verver are inseparable. They are best friends who swap bathing suits and field-hockey sticks, and share everything that's happened to them. Together they live in the shadow of Evie's glamorous older sister Dusty, who provides a window on the exotic, intoxicating possibilities of their own teenage horizons. To Lizzie, the Verver household, presided over by Evie's big-hearted father, is the world's most perfect place. And then, one afternoon, Evie disappears. The only clue: a maroon sedan Lizzie spotted driving past the two girls earlier in the day. As a rabid, giddy panic spreads through the Midwestern suburban community, everyone looks to Lizzie for answers. Was Evie unhappy, troubled, upset? Had she mentioned being followed? Would she have gotten into the car of a stranger? Lizzie takes up her own furtive pursuit of the truth, prowling nights through backyards, peering through windows, pushing herself to the dark center of Evie's world. Haunted by dreams of her lost friend and titillated by her own new power at the center of the disappearance, Lizzie uncovers secrets and lies that make her wonder if she knew her best friend at all.

The Turnout

Author : Megan Abbott
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593084926
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Turnout written by Megan Abbott and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best Book of the Year NPR • Wall Street Journal • Boston Globe • Library Journal • CrimeReads • LitReactor • Air Mail Longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize A TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick An Instant New York Times Bestseller New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Megan Abbott's exquisite new novel, “dark and juicy and tinged with horror” (The New York Times Books Review), set against the hothouse of a family-run ballet studio. With their long necks, sheer tights, and taut buns, Dara and Marie Durant have only known the course of a well-bred dancer. Not much changes when their parents face death in a tragic accident. As Dara and Marie take over their mother's duty of running the Durant School of Dance, along with Charlie, Dara's husband and once their mother's prized student, the sisters perfect a fine dance, circling around one another, six days a week, keeping the studio thriving. But when another eerily suspicious accident occurs, just at the onset of the school's annual performance of The Nutcracker—a season of tense competition, provoked anxiety, and wild exhilaration—an interloper arrives and threatens the sisters' delicate balance. With its uncanny insight and writing that haunts, The Turnout is Megan Abbott at the height of her game—a sharp and strange dissection of family ties and sexuality, femininity, and power, and a sinister tale that is both alarming and irresistible.

Baltimore Noir

Author : Robert Ward
Publisher : Akashic Books
ISBN 13 : 1936070197
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Baltimore Noir written by Robert Ward and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This original anthology of noir fiction set in Maryland’s Charm City includes new stories by David Simon, Laura Lippman, Jim Fusilli, and more. As fans of the HBO series The Wire have known for years, Baltimore is home to a rich and diverse underworld that is matched by an equally rich and diverse literary tradition. This is the city where Dashiell Hammett worked as a Pinkerton agent. It’s also where Zelda Fitzgerald came for psychiatric treatment. In this sterling collection of noir fiction, some of Baltimore’s best authors “confront the full irony that is Charm City, a place where you can go from the leafy beauty of the North Side neighborhoods to the gutted ghettos of the West Side in less than twenty minutes, then find your way to the revamped Inner Harbor in another ten” (Laura Lippman, from the introduction). Baltimore Noir includes brand-new stories by David Simon, Laura Lippman, Tim Cockey, Rob Hiaasen, Robert Ward, Sujata Massey, Jack Bludis, Rafael Alvarez, Marcia Talley, Joseph Wallace, Lisa Respers France, Charlie Stella, Sarah Weinman, Dan Fesperman, Jim Fusilli, and Ben Neihart.

Die A Little

Author : Megan Abbott
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1847395872
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Die A Little written by Megan Abbott and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die A Little tells the story of Lora King, a schoolteacher, and her brother Bill, a junior investigator with the district attorney's office. Lora's comfortable, suburban life is jarringly disrupted when Bill falls in love and marries a glamorous yet mysterious young woman named Alice Steele, a Hollywood wardrobe assistant. Lora soon begins to suspect that things aren't all they seem with Alice. Spurred on by inconsistencies in Alice's personal history, Lora finds herself lured into the dark alleys and mean streets of seamy Los Angeles. She uncovers a shadowy world of drugs, prostitution, and ultimately, murder. But the deeper Lora digs to uncover Alice's secrets, the more her own life begins to resemble Alice's sinister past - and present.

The Song Is You

Author : Megan Abbott
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743291727
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book The Song Is You written by Megan Abbott and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-02-19 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fictionalized account based on the mysterious 1949 disappearance of actress Jean Spangler, whose demise was linked to the Black Dahlia killings, is a darkly sensual tale that imagines what may have been her fate.

Daughter of a Queen Pin

Author : Treasure Hernandez
Publisher : Urban Books
ISBN 13 : 1645564282
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Daughter of a Queen Pin written by Treasure Hernandez and published by Urban Books. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When tragedy strikes, Krystal is faced with decisions that could alter her fate. Right or wrong, good or bad, the choice is ultimately hers to make. She has brains, beauty, and she’s eager to please. Krystal Davenport can be anything in life she desires. Well, at least that’s what her teachers tell her. However, the brutal truth is that Krystal has one destiny, and that path defines who she is and who she was born to be. This conniving female is indeed her mother’s child. Being Ms. Thang’s offspring means Krystal is hood royalty. Her family is infamous in the game. They live and die by the code of the streets.

Darkside 3: Nighttrap

Author : Tom Becker
Publisher : Scholastic UK
ISBN 13 : 1407132245
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Darkside 3: Nighttrap written by Tom Becker and published by Scholastic UK. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A third spine-tingling visit to the secret borough of Darkside... Mrs Elwood has been kidnapped. And Jonathan will do anything to get her back, even if this means breaking in to the home of one of Darkside's most sinister citizens. With the help of a criminal circus troupe, the plan's in place for a dangerous heist - but is this mission impossible from the start?

Blossom

Author : Queen Pen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 074328450X
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Blossom written by Queen Pen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hip-hop artist Queen Pen's powerful debut novel is a love story of ultimate passion and desperate measures set on the tough streets of Brooklyn.

The Street Was Mine

Author : M. Abbott
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403970017
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The Street Was Mine written by M. Abbott and published by Springer. This book was released on 2002-12-19 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers a recurrent figure in American literature: the solitary white man moving through urban space. The descendent of Nineteenth-century frontier and western heroes, the figure re-emerges in 1930-50s America as the 'tough guy'. The Street Was Mine looks to the tough guy in the works of hardboiled novelists Raymond Chandler ( The Big Sleep ) and James M. Cain ( Double Indemnity ) and their popular film noir adaptations. Focusing on the way he negotiates racial and gender 'otherness', this study argues that the tough guy embodies the promise of an impervious white masculinity amidst the turmoil of the Depression through the beginnings of the Cold War, closing with an analysis of Chester Himes, whose Harlem crime novels ( For Love of Imabelle ) unleash a ferocious revisionary critique of the tough guy tradition.

The Man Who Died Twice

Author : Richard Osman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1984881000
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book The Man Who Died Twice written by Richard Osman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An instant New York Times bestseller! The second gripping novel in the New York Times bestselling Thursday Murder Club series, soon to be a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg at Amblin Entertainment “It’s taken a mere two books for Richard Osman to vault into the upper leagues of crime writers. . . The Man Who Died Twice. . . dives right into joyous fun." —The New York Times Book Review Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim—the Thursday Murder Club—are still riding high off their recent real-life murder case and are looking forward to a bit of peace and quiet at Cooper’s Chase, their posh retirement village. But they are out of luck. An unexpected visitor—an old pal of Elizabeth’s (or perhaps more than just a pal?)—arrives, desperate for her help. He has been accused of stealing diamonds worth millions from the wrong men and he’s seriously on the lam. Then, as night follows day, the first body is found. But not the last. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim are up against a ruthless murderer who wouldn’t bat an eyelid at knocking off four septuagenarians. Can our four friends catch the killer before the killer catches them? And if they find the diamonds, too? Well, wouldn’t that be a bonus? You should never put anything beyond the Thursday Murder Club. Richard Osman is back with everyone’s favorite mystery-solving quartet, and the second installment of the Thursday Murder Club series is just as clever and warm as the first—an unputdownable, laugh-out-loud pleasure of a read.

The Damage Done

Author : Hilary Davidson
Publisher : Forge Books
ISBN 13 : 1429948787
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Damage Done written by Hilary Davidson and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Damage Done by Hilary Davidson won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel. Lily Moore, a successful travel writer, fled to Spain to get away from her troubled, drug-addicted younger sister, Claudia. But when Claudia is found dead in a bathtub on the anniversary of their mother's suicide, Lily must return to New York to deal with the aftermath. The situation shifts from tragic to baffling when the body at the morgue turns out to be a stranger's. The dead woman had been using Claudia's identity for months. The real Claudia had vanished, reappearing briefly on the day her impostor died. As Claudia transforms from victim to suspect in the eyes of the police, Lily becomes determined to find her before they do. Is Claudia actually missing, or is she playing an elaborate con game? And who's responsible for the body that was found in the bathtub? An obsessive ex-lover? An emotionally disturbed young man with a rich and powerful father? Or Lily's own former fiancé, who turns out to be more deeply involved with Claudia than he admits? As Lily searches for answers, a shadowy figure stalks her and the danger to her grows. Determined to learn the truth at any cost, she is unprepared for the terrible toll it will take on her and those she loves. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.