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1) R.I.C.O
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Vanessa "Sunny" McCord is shocked to learn that her father, Darnell McCord, wants to groom her to take over his drug empire; he's ready to ride off into the sunset. Sunny reluctantly accepts the offer, but instead of being horrified by the street life her thirst for the good life smothers her... and her feelings of compassion and human decency. Sunny is ready to take her rightful place as heir apparent, but soon learns that foes-- and sometimes even...
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What Tochtli wants more than anything right now is a new pet for his private zoo: a pygmy hippopotamus from Liberia. But Tochtli is growing up in his drug baron father's luxury hideout, shared with hit men and dealers. Down the Rabbit Hole, a masterful and darkly-comic first novel, is the chronicle of a delirious journey to grant a child's wish.
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Mark Fallon is an overworked detective investigating a spate of attacks at a string of high profile city centre nightclubs. Scott is a dejected 24-year-old struggling to make ends meet working for his brother and supplementing his income with a small-scale drug dealing operation. Angela is an attractive 23-year-old, raised by her father, a career criminal and small-time drug dealer who supplies Scott with cannabis. This is a chilling tale spanning...
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IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 28
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When she discovers that her boyfriend Guero, a Mexican drug smuggler, has been killed by rivals and that she is the next target, Teresa Mendoza must give up her old life and become a member of a dark and deadly world in order to survive.
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The only thing Porsha Jackson was sheltered from was fairytales. Calvin, her father, is one of the most feared and respected drug dealers in Detroit, and Trinity, her mother, has a reputation for a firm hand and on-point aim. From hustling and grinding to balancing a few hours of school a week to keep social services off the family's back, Porsha has been groomed from an early age to hold her own and help run the family's business. But Porsha is anxious...
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"Baby's heart is in the right place, but she's got problems--namely, a fierce taste for booze and an on-again, off-again boyfriend who can't commit. She's living and working at Oakwood Hills, a crumbling lakeside resort, with her friends, Crystal Nugget and DJ Overalls, reeling since her adoptive mother died of a stroke. And now, the return of the local drug kingpin, Bad Mike, is about to throw her already unstable summer into full-blown chaos"--
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Kuba is a cocaine dealer in the dark, electric streets of Warsaw, believing he is smart enough to stay in control, unlike the top lawyers, doctors, TV personalities who are his client base. However, after calling in the debt of a failing nightclub owner, breaking his own rules on other people's property, and being caught in the consequences of his clients' actions, all control starts to slip from his grasp. Now suffering under the glare of the spotlight...
10) Beating the odds
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Brad Carter is down on his luck. He loses his job, catches his woman in bed with another man, and he's days away from being booted out of his home. Wanting to get away from his problems, Brad and his boys go to a nightclub, where they meet a wealthy stranger who offers them each $50,000 to go to Rio de Janeiro and traffic cocaine back to the U.S. They jump at the opportunity and have the time of their lives in Rio, but when it's time to return to...
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"Fear, grief and pain... The perfect mixture for the deadly cocktail that drives KoKo head first into danger as she tries to hold onto her throne. Betrayal, distrust and a struggle for power almost destroys all that she has built. Kayson is back on the scene and refuses to bow to anyone. The power is up for grabs and there are many hands in the pot. There is a boss that will live to the end, but who will succumb to the pussy trap's death by temptation?"...
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"Irvine Welsh returns to Edinburgh, the home of Trainspotting and so many of his novels since, with a new novel featuring one of his most iconic and beloved characters 'Juice' Terry Lawson that's thick on the Scottish brogue, heavy on the filth and masterful in its comedic timing. A Decent Ride sees Irvine Welsh back in Edinburgh, this time with one of his most compelling and popular characters front and center: the rampaging force of nature that...
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"A hard-working daddy's girl, Precious Cummings is sure she's going to college. But when her father is murdered, she discovers he lied for years about money they never had--and hid a shocking family secret. Shattered and lost, she starts hanging with savvy hood chick Keisha - and falls hard for DaVon, LA's most powerful drug dealer. As his new lady, Precious soon gets the best of every luxurious thing--and fast learns the ropes of her lover's lethal...
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Black Harbor novels volume 1
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Every night, while the street lamps shed the only light on Wisconsin's most crime-ridden city, police transcriber Hazel Greenlee listens as detectives divulge Black Harbor's gruesome secrets. As an aspiring writer, Hazel believes that writing a novel could be her only ticket out of this frozen hellscape. And then her neighbor confesses to hiding the body of an overdose victim in a dumpster. The suspicious death is linked to Candy Man, a notorious...
17) Never die alone
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David clawed his way out of the streets; he did whatever it took to get to the top, but he didn't know it could cost him his life.
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After an unsuspected raid destroys the Bishop family empire, many hands fight to take over the territory now up for grabs.
While Nessa thinks she's won against her cheating, womanizing ex-man, Luke plays a few chess moves of his own. His plan to win at a game his father instilled in him, while testifying against those he once loved, backfires terribly. Chetti simply isn't having it, and she'll do whatever it takes to remain in control and
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" "Lyrical, propulsive, dark and compelling. Joy knows well the grit and gravel of his world, the soul and blemishes of the place."--Daniel Woodrell. In the country-noir tradition of Winter's Bone meets 'Breaking Bad,' a savage and beautiful story of a young man seeking redemption. The area surrounding Cashiers, North Carolina, is home to people of all kinds, but the world that Jacob McNeely lives in is crueler than most. His father runs a methodically...
20) Savages
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Running a lucrative marijuana operation in Laguna Beach, sometime environmentalist Ben and mercenary Chon confront a dangerous adversary in the Mexican Baja cartel, which kidnaps their playmate and confidante Ophelia, compelling the duo to plot ingenious negotiations.