A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARA New York Times Critics' Pick * The Seattle Times * The Denver Post * The Washington Post * Publishers Weekly * Amazon * National Post (Toronto) * The Guardian * New Statesman * The Telegraph * The Sunday Times (London) * The Daily Mail * The Mail on Sunday It's 2004. Adan Barrera, kingpin of El Federacion, is languishing in a California...

When the body of bored housewife and high-priced call girl Ginger Pass is found outside the most exclusive men's club in California, the other members of her self-help group-Polly, Kat, Charlotte, Dinah, and Justine-are convinced it was foul play. Determined to find a way to prove it, they track down the trio of rich, powerful men they know are responsible for their friend's death. Hidden behind walls of money, connections, and respectability, these...

"Grace Blades is a master psychologist, respected by her peers and adored by her patients. She is hardworking and highly competent, a model of self-control. But in private, Grace indulges a secret thrill-seeking darkness, pursuing danger as an escape from the regimented life she's established. Closing her eyes as she flies down the Los Angeles freeway or targeting a stranger in a hotel bar for an anonymous moment of passion, Grace craves the rush....

Follows the adventures of Paul Atreides, the son of a betrayed duke given up for dead on a treacherous desert planet and adopted by its fierce, nomadic people, who help him unravel his most unexpected destiny.

Contains two classic, fan-favorite novels of revenge, obsession, and deception in one volume--"Yesterday's Lies" and "Zachary's Law"--In which Lauren Regis, when her ex-husband kidnaps her children, hires unconventional lawyer Zachary Winters, despite the dark rumors surrounding him, to get them back

"Robin and Ellie have been best friends since childhood.... But when Ellie asks Robin to be her maid of honor, she is reluctant. A queer academic, Robin is dubious of the elaborate wedding rituals now sweeping the nation.... But loyalty wins out, and Robin accepts. Yet, as the wedding weekend approaches, a series of ominous occurrences lead Robin to second-guess her decision. It seems that everyone in the bridal party is out to get her. Perhaps even...

After spending a year wrongly imprisoned for fraud, Alexis calls on the Sisterhood to seek revenge on the real criminals, Arden Gillespie and Roland Sullivan.

Devastated by the discovery that his wife, Helen, was murdered, Special Agent Pendergast must have retribution. But revenge is not simple. As he stalks his wife's betrayers-a chase that takes him from the wild moors of Scotland to the bustling streets of New York City and the darkest bayous of Louisiana-he is also forced to dig further into Helen's past. And he is stunned to learn that Helen may have been a collaborator in her own murder.Peeling back...

"Three teenaged girls living on Jar Island band together to enact revenge on the people that have hurt them"--

"In 2014, Lacy Johnson was giving a reading from The Other Side, her "instant classic" (Kirkus Reviews) memoir of kidnapping and rape, when a woman asked her what she would like to happen to her rapist. This collection, a meditative extension of that answer, draws from philosophy, art, literature, mythology, anthropology, film, and other fields, as well as Johnson's personal experience, to consider how our ideas about justice might be expanded beyond...