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The Hartes and the Golds, long-time neighbors and friends, are not surprised when their children Chris and Emily fall in love, but the bond between the families is placed under an enormous strain when Emily is killed, leaving behind the question of whether her death was a suicide, or murder.
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In 1970, one of Mississippi's more colorful weekly newspapers went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23 year-old college dropout, named Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family. Willie Traynor reported all the gruesome details and the paper began to prosper. The murderer, Danny Padgitt was tried before...
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Victor Carl novels volume 1
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When a young lawyer whose practice is on the verge of collapse grasps the opportunity to work with a major legal firm, he finds himself asked to send a potentially innocent man to his death.
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Luisa "Lu" Brant is the newly elected-- and first female-- state's attorney of Howard County, Maryland, a job in which her widower father famously served. Fiercely intelligent and ambitious, she sees an opportunity to make her name by trying a mentally disturbed drifter accused of beating a woman to death in her home. It's not the kind of case that makes headlines, but peaceful Howard County doesn't see many homicides. As Lu prepares for the trial,...
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Puddnhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins, by Mark Twain, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the...
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Paul Madriani novels volume 1
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Paul Madriani defends his expartner's wife in the murder of her husband.
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Former Santa Barbara D.A. Luke Garrison, having retreated to the wilds of northern California after sending an innocent man to the death chamber, returns to the legal arena to defend a man he believes has been wrongfully accused of abducting and killing a fourteen-year-old girl.
10) Native son
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"The restored text established by the library of America, 1908/2008 Centennial edition." Includes notes, chronology, and bibliographical references (p. 578). Contents include "How "Bigger" Was Born".
12) Alias Grace
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c1996
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1st ed.
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Fact-based story of Grace Marks, a sixteen-year-old girl who received a life sentence in 1843 for allegedly taking part in the murder of her employer and his lover, but whose case continued to stir debate throughout her prison stay, resulting in her release in 1872.
13) A time to kill
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In Clanton, Mississippi, the life of a ten-year-old is shattered by two drunken and remorseless men. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror at the inhumane crime, until her African-American father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own hands.
14) Monster
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While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.
15) Naked justice
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Ben Kincaid novels volume 6
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Wallace Barrett, the first African-American mayor of Tulsa, turns to attorney Ben Kincaid for help when he is accused of the murders of his pregnant wife and two young daughters.
16) Guardian of lies
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Paul Madriani novels volume 10
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Paul Madriani investigates the case of a woman accused of murder and a million-dollar heist, a trial that will unravel a conspiracy involving rare coins, an ex-CIA agent, a former Soviet scientist, and a missing nuclear device being prepared for a trip to the U.S.
17) Mortal allies
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Sean Drummond novels volume 2
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Lawyer Sean Drummond finds himself defending an officer in South Korea charged with murder (and worse) and paired with his old law school rival Katherine Carlson.
18) Arrows of rain
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"This debut novel from the author of the powerful, universally acclaimed Foreign Gods, Inc. looks at a woman's drowning and the ensuing investigation in an emerging African nation. A young prostitute runs into the sea and drowns. The last man who spoke to her, the "madman" Bukuru, is asked to account for her death. His shocking revelations land him in court. Alone and undefended, Bukuru must calculate the cost of silence in the face of rampant corruption...
19) Kissing the rain
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Fifteen-year-old Moo Nelson, shy, overweight, and bullied by his classmates, finds his life spinning out of control after he witnesses a car chase and a fight that results in a murder.
20) Dark fire
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Matthew Shardlake novels volume 2
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Sixteenth-century lawyer Matthew Shardlake's latest case is to help a young girl accused of murder clear her name, but the girl's refusal to talk about the events, even under torture, complicate Matthew's effort to prove her innocence and make him question if she really is responsible for the killing.
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