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Benjamin Weaver, the quick-witted pugilist turned private investigator, returns in David Liss’s sequel to the Edgar Award–winning novel, A Conspiracy of Paper.
“[A] wonderful book . . . every bit as good as [Liss’s] remarkable debut . . . easily one of the year’s best.”—The Boston Globe
Moments after his conviction for a murder he did not commit, at a trial presided over by...
“[A] wonderful book . . . every bit as good as [Liss’s] remarkable debut . . . easily one of the year’s best.”—The Boston Globe
Moments after his conviction for a murder he did not commit, at a trial presided over by...
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Determined to prove his worth, a half-Paiute, half-Irish ranch hand who was abandoned by his parents leaves his aging guardians to become a champion boxer before matches organized in Mexico and Las Vegas lead to his realization that he cannot change his identity or outrun his destiny.
5) Let it shine
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Sofronia Wallis knows that proper Black women don't court trouble by upending the status quo but its 1961 and the Civil Rights movement is in full swing. Sofie has spent half her life being prim, proper, and reserved but the nonviolent protests happening across the south bring out her inner agitator. Ivan Friedman has devoted his life to boxing, loving the finesse of a well-delivered punch and the penance of receiving one. His family escaped from...
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Pro football publicist Martha Blue has something to prove. To protect the image of the image of the Las Vegas Slayers--and stay employed--she has to shed her party-girl reputation. So no more mistakes. No further scandals. And absolutely no falling for the one man who can give her everything she wants and nothing of what she needs. Danger and desire never mixed will for undefeated prizefighter Joaquin Ryder. A friend of the Blue family, he is a man...
9) That night
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A year ago a mass shooting shook their Queens neighborhood, and both Jess and Lucas were affected in eerily similar and deeply personal ways. Jess struggles to take care of her depressed mother, and Lucas takes up boxing under the ever-watchful eye of his overprotective parents. When their paths converge, they slowly become friends and then something more. They help each other move forward together. But what does it mean to love after an unspeakable...