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Paperback. Condición: Good. On a plantation in the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, a man's body is found in a pond, riddled with bullets. The victim is Monsieur Calais, a wealthy land-owner; within 24 hours, a suspect is arrested. Anne Marie Laveaud, a French-born judge who has recently been transferred to Guadeloupe, is called in to make a ruling. With a keen sense of compassion for the accused, she must navigate the world of Caribbean justice - very different from what she was used to in France - to confirm her suspicion that all is not as it seems.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. A Grijpstra & De Gier Mystery Sergeant de Gier sees a vulture at the scene of a murder in Amsterdam's red light district. The victim was a despicable pimp but is now only a police matter to be disposed of with typical Dutch tidiness. However, once Grijpstra, de Gier and the canny commisaris get involved, their search leads to a denouement infinitely more shocking than the crime itself. .is his most satisfying book so far.' - Chicago Tribune'.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. 18-year-old Sean Madigan Hoen was struggling to keep his involvement in the city's hardcore punk scene a secret from his family. Then he learned that his father, too, had a second life: as a crack addict. His story begins in the '90s and spans a decade during which the family fights to hold itself together. Sean's father cycles from rehab to binge, his heartsick sister spirals into depression, and his mother works to spare what can be spared. Meanwhile, Sean seeks salvation in a community of eccentrics and outsiders, making music.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. Linda Wallheim is the mother of five grown boys and the wife of a Mormon bishop. As bishop, Kurt Wallheim is their home ward's designated spiritual father, and that makes Linda the ward's unofficial mother. One cold winter morning, a neighbour appears on the Wallheims' doorstep with his 5-year-old daughter, claiming that his wife has disappeared in the middle of the night. Kurt asks Linda not to get involved in the unfolding family saga, but she has become obsessed. Is she wrong to go against her husband, the bishop, when her inner convictions are so strong. …

Hardback. Condición: Good. At age 11, Helen disappeared in the wilderness of Mount Rainier National Park while camping with her father, Benjamin. She was gone for almost a week before being discovered and returned to her family. It is now 25 years later, and after more than two decades of estrangement, Helen and Benjamin reconnect to try to understand what happened during the days she was gone. Meanwhile, Benjamin meets a peculiar woman and boy who seem driven to help him learn more about Helen's disappearance. Passersthrough is a haunted, starkly lyrical exploration of the border between life and death.…

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Paperback. Condición: Good. Fierce, gripping and bold, Nine Months is a lacerating response to the all-too-familiar culture of 'Mummy Blogs', helicopter parents and 'parental correctness'. The plot centres around a young Brooklyn mother who finds herself unexpectedly pregnant - for the third time. Throwing caution and responsibility to the wind, she abandons her husband and kids and takes off on a wild cross-country road trip. A punchy and daring page-turner, Nine Months is sure to generate attention and possibly even controversy among young mothers and parenting bloggers. …

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Paperback. Condición: Good. Ren has nearly completed his graduate degree at Keio University when he receives news of his sister's violent death. He heads to Akakawa to conclude her affairs, failing to understand why she chose to turn her back on the family and Tokyo for this desolate place years ago. But then Ren is offered Keiko's newly vacant teaching position at a prestigious local cram school and her bizarre former arrangement of free lodging at a wealthy politician's mansion in exchange for reading to the man's ailing wife. As Ren comes to know his sister's world he realises that she kept many secrets, even from him.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Linda Wallheim, increasingly disillusioned with her religion, has begun marriage counselling with her husband, Kurt, a bishop in the Mormon Church. When she finds out about the disappearance of a local teenager, Sabrina Jensen, Linda can't help but dig deeper. Soon Linda finds herself down a rabbit hole of an investigation, uncovering truths that she can never erase from her memory. Linda's search for Sabrina will take her to the darker streets of Utah and cause her to question whether the Mormon community's most privileged and powerful will be called to task for past sins.…

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Paperback. Condición: Good. Michael and Wendy Mixner are a Brooklyn-based couple whose marriage is failing in the wake of a personal tragedy. Michael, a Wall Street trader, is meanwhile keeping a secret: he lost the couple's life savings when a tanking economy caused a major market crash. And Wendy, a digital marketing strategist, has been hired onto a data-mining project of epic scale, whose mysterious creator has ambitions to solve a national crisis of mass unemployment and reshape America's social and political landscapes. …

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Paperback. Condición: Good. Illinois, 1874: 13-year-old Madelyn Branch, ashamed of the birthmark covering half her body, arrives in the town of Reliance, Illinois. Feeling rejected by her mother, Madelyn abandons her and goes into the service of Rose Werner, a suffragette and purveyor of black market birth control who sees in Madelyn a project and potential acolyte. While precocious, foolishly romantic Madelyn cares little for women's rights, Miss Rose pulls her into a world of stagecraft, politics and family intrigue.…

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Paperback. Condición: Good. Whilst in the alcohol-soaked throes of a bitter divorce Jacob receives an unexpected call from his great-uncle Anton, who still lives on their rural family farm - a place Jacob hasn't visited since the summer of 1978. Anton asks Jacob to answer the question that has haunted them both for decades: What happened to Ellen? Jacob must revisit the farm and confront what took place that summer - one defined by his teenage obsession with a beautiful woman named Ellen and the unsolved disappearance of Jacob's classmate's sister.…

Paperback. Condición: Fair. Benjamin arrives with his parents for a tour of Roaring Orchards, a therapeutic boarding school tucked away in upstate New York. Suddenly, his parents are gone and Benjamin learns that he is there to stay. 16 years old, a two-time failed suicide attempter, Benjamin must navigate his way through a new world of morning meds, popped privileges, candour meetings' and cartoon brunches - all run by adults who themselves have yet to really come of age. More and more, Benjamin thinks about running away - but he needs to know just who he would be leaving behind.'.…

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Paperback. Condición: Good. Uly would rather watch old Westerns with his new girlfriend, Sallie, than get involved in his school's politics, but his older sister Regina feels differently. She is fed up with the way white school-body presidential candidate Leona Walls talks about Black students. Regina decides to run against Leona, and convinces Uly to be her campaign manager. Meanwhile, Sallie has no interest in managing her sister's campaign, but how could she say no? Even after Leona is accused of running a racist campaign, Sallie wants to give her sister the benefit of the doubt. But how long can she ignore the ugly truth behind Leona's actions. …

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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Fifteen-year-old RJ has never known a life outside his dead-end hometown of Arcangel, CA. The Blackjacks have ruled for generations, luring the poorest kids into their monopoly on petty crime. For years, they've left RJ alone. until now. When the Blackjacks come knocking, they want RJ to prey upon an old loner. But RJ is at his breaking point. It's not just about the gang who rules the town. It's about Charley, his disabled brother, and about Roxanne, the girl he can't reach. It's about the kids in his crew who have nothing to live for. If RJ is to resist, he must fight to free Arcangel of its past.…