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The Crow: Special Edition

By: James O'Barr

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The definitive edition of the classic graphic novel—including never-before-seen material and a new introduction by the author. When James O’Barr poured the pain and anguish of a personal tragedy into the drawings that comprise The Crow, his intensely cathartic story of Eric—who returns from the dead to avenge his and his fiancée’s murder at the hands of a street gang—resonated with readers around the world. Now, the illustrated tale that became the “thrilling” (Los Angeles Daily News) and “spectacular” (Chicago Tribune) screen triumph is re-released in an expanded version the author originally intended, complete at last with: —Thirty pages of never-before-seen artwork, including a new closing segment, “Sparklehorse,” and the touching new scene, “An August Noel” —A new Introduction by James O’Barr —Lost sequences restored using the artist’s original technique This is The Crow like you’ve never seen it before—the powerful journey of an avenging angel and a celebration of true love...as fierce, intelligent, and unforgettable as when it was first conceived. Suggested for mature readers.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451654553

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Heartwood

By: James Lee Burke

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Heartwood

By: James Lee Burke

A brilliantly layered novel of crime, character, and place from the two-time Edgar Award winner, Gold Dagger Award winner, and New York Times bestselling author of Sunset Limited. Few writers in America today combine James Lee Burke's lush prose, crackling story lines, and tremendous sense of history and landscape. In Cimmaron Rose, longtime fans of the Dave Robicheaux series found that the struggles of Texas defense attorney Billy Bob Holland show Burke at his best in exploring classic American themes--the sometimes subtle, often violent strains between the haves and the have-nots; the collision of past and present; the inequities in the criminal justice system. Heartwood is a kind of tree that grows in layers. And as Billy Bob's grandfather once told him, you do well in life by keeping the roots in a clear stream and not letting anyone taint the water for you. But in Holland's dusty little hometown of Deaf Smith, in the hill country north of Austin, local kingpin Earl Deitrich has made a fortune running roughshod and tainting anyone who stands in his way. Billy Bob has problems with Deitrich and his shamelessly callous demeanor, but can't shake the legacy of his passion for Deitrich's "heartbreak-beautiful" wife, Peggy Jean. When Holland takes on the defense of Wilbur Pickett--a man accused of stealing an heirloom and three hundred thousand dollars in bonds from Deitrich's office--he finds himself up against not only Earl's power and influence, but also a past Billy Bob can't will away. A wonderfully realized novel, rich in Texas atmosphere and lore, and a dazzling portrait of the deadly consequences of self-delusion, Heartwood could only have been written by James Lee Burke, a writer in expert command of his craft.

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Island Books

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0307807479

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The Fabulous Vaughan Brothers

Jimmie and Stevie Ray

By: James Dickerson

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The Fabulous Vaughan Brothers

Jimmie and Stevie Ray

By: James Dickerson

A look at the personal and professional lives of Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan.

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Taylor Trade Publications

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1589791169

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The Northwest Nature Guide

Where to Go and What to See Month by Month in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia

By: James Luther Davis

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The Northwest Nature Guide

Where to Go and What to See Month by Month in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia

By: James Luther Davis

From winter whale watching to autumn seabirding, The Northwest Nature Guide offers more than 170 best bets for wildlife adventures throughout Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia—as well as your own backyard. With contagious enthusiasm and irrepressible humor, James Luther Davis shares his insider tips, helpful maps, and experience to guarantee readers know where they need to go to see nature at its peak every month of the year. Whatever the season and no matter the weather, Davis entices nature lovers of all ages to discover what they might otherwise miss. The intrepid may find the three-toed woodpecker or even Sasquatch. The inquisitive will learn why auks fly but penguins don't. Everyone will discover outdoor adventures that revitalize, inspire, and renew their appreciation for nature. Whether it's tidepooling by the shore, newt pursuit in the woods, or trailing bighorn sheep in the mountains, this practical guide helps make the most of every fresh-air opportunity.

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Timber Press

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1604691514

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9781604691511

False Witness

By: James Courneya

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False Witness

By: James Courneya

Sam Simone is a family man that loves his wife and children. Sam manages the Good Samaritan Stores for the Good Samaritan Society. The work that the Society does helps the less fortunate. Sam's daughter, Marie becomes part of a nasty game played by a couple of school officials that aims to remove students from the school. The removal game kicks students out for not being up to the standards of the teacher and vice-principal. Sam must save his daughter and another student from being hurt in a violent clash between the husband of the teacher and the vice-principal.

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eBookIt.com

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1456629700

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The Teddy Bear Habit

A Novel

By: James Lincoln Collier

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The Teddy Bear Habit

A Novel

By: James Lincoln Collier

Twelve-year-old George Stable wants to be a rock star someday, but he gets horrible stage fright—unless he has his old teddy bear with him. Hiding the teddy in his guitar seems like a brilliant idea. Then George discovers that someone has hidden stolen jewels in the stuffing of his beloved bear. George's embarrassing "teddy bear habit" becomes the center of a life-and-death chase through Manhattan. Can George survive long enough to make his first television appearance?

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Blackstone Publishing

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1620646420

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9781620646427

Lies You Wanted to Hear

By: James Whitfield Thomson

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Lies You Wanted to Hear

By: James Whitfield Thomson

An intense debut novel that explores what happens when the lies you tell cause more damage than the truth you are hiding Alone in an empty house, Lucy tries to imagine the lives of her two young children. They have been gone for seven years, and she is tormented by the role she played in that heartbreaking loss. You can hardly see a glimpse of the sexy, edgy woman she used to be. Back then, she was a magnet for men like Matt, who loved her beyond reason, and Griffin, who wouldn't let go but always left her wanting more.With shattering, unthinkable turns that will wrench every mother's heart, this suspenseful story probes the issue of how well you know the person you married. How much can you trust them with your heart—and with your future?

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1402284284

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9781402284281

Take over on the West Side

By: James Frazier

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Take over on the West Side

By: James Frazier

This book will probably have its greatest significance among persons who live in one of our large major cities. Yet it can be read and enjoyed by everyone who loves good stories. This is the second publication by the author James Al Frazier after his five star rated DEER ON THE PARKWAY. This narrative actually is based on non-fiction events in the life of the author. But the climax of the story has undergone enhancements, embellishments, and plot alterations however to the extent of becoming fiction. As the protagonist becomes more involved with his new career after college, he finds that the pressures of working with others in his field are bringing him to a point of compromise that he had not foreseen. Additionally, he is met with the problem of settling into a decent neighborhood. To his amazement he finds that drugs and street gangs play such a major role in his environment, he must scamper his way in and around their population in order to function each day. Readers will be astonished by the takeover of a city run projects building by gangsters. This book makes for very exciting reading. It entails characterizations, settings, and plots which the average man on the streets would never imagine.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1796059323

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9781796059328

Dancing Bear

By: James Crumley

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Dancing Bear

By: James Crumley

Detective Milo Dragovitch spends too much time boozing until he gets caught up in a case involving two-bit criminals and an old lady on the run. His friends call him Milo. No one has ever called him Bud except his father, long dead, and now Sarah Weddington, stirring painful memoires and offering him his first case since he abandoned his private practice and took a job marking time on the night shift for Haliburton Security. The case seems almost too easy, hardly worth the large fee, just to satisfy this old woman's curiosity. But things are soon exploding all over the place and Milo is turning up grenades, machine guns, a kilo of marijuana and a bag of coke . . . and suddenly Milo is on the run.

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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1101973560

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The Middle of Somewhere

Stories of Life on the High Plains

By: James Wright

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The Middle of Somewhere

Stories of Life on the High Plains

By: James Wright

From the war-torn foothills of the Little Bighorns to the tragedy that is modern ranch life, this spellbinding collection of short fiction celebrates ordinary people struggling to do what's right. A cavalry trooper dismisses his premonitions of disaster for the fort, but as winter deepens, he can hardly deny the grisly precision of his dreams. Two brothers separated by circumstance must reconcile the ways they have grown apart. A young bull rider-turned-burglar searches for the courage to face his weaknesses, and earn the respect of a good man "James D. Wright is extremely adept at creating characters and worlds for them to live in." -Tara Wray, Land-Grant College Review "James Wright's stories are compelling-his vision and imagination fresh." -Gordon Kessler, author of Jezebel and Dead Reckoning. "Great stuff!" -W. Steven Hathaway, Past National Endowment for the Arts Fellow "James D. Wright provides wonderful images in his narrative and paints the scene superbly. His characters are real and the reader is right there with them. I anticipate great things from this author." -Steven Law, ReadWest Online Magazine (www.readwest.com)

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iUniverse

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0595333648

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Echoes Of A Distant Past

A Melodie Chang Novel

By: James Rozhon

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Echoes Of A Distant Past

A Melodie Chang Novel

By: James Rozhon

My mother has cancer." So starts Echoes Of A Distant Past. Melodie Chang's life is perfect and then her mother tells her she has cancer plus a son from long ago. She wants her to find him before she dies. The search for Michael Campbell will uncover some old truths that Melodie's mother thought she left in the past. Will those truths be enough to scatter their family and break up Melodie's perfect life? Echoes Of A Distant Past will answer every question Melodie has ever had about her family and her own position within it. Of course, she has to live through the search first. It seems that an old lover, Peter Campbell, remembers Nikki Swanson, the girl who is now Melodie's mother, and remembers her quite differently than Melodie does. One will win and one will lose and Michael will be between them when that day comes. Who will win and who will die? Someone will. Is it Melodie?

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0595339980

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9780595339983

My Amazing Hands

By: James E. McCarthy

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My Amazing Hands

By: James E. McCarthy

MY AMAZING HANDS HAVE DONE EXTRAORDINARY THINGS! I will tell you about . . . — some extraordinary people My Amazing Hands have met . . . Wayne Gretzky, Vince Gill, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sam Elliott, and 30 more! — extraordinary places they have been: I sat where Elvis sat in Fun In Acapulco; Naussau; New Orleans, & Mount St. Helens soon after eruption! — and some extraordinary occurrences . . . I got shot at while up the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France — while in the R.C.A.F., for example! My Amazing Hands . . . — have performed on television and on the radio and have been in two movies. One of them was a speaking part. The other starred Geena Davis! — have performed various acting roles in many live theatre performances — and have done both lighting and sound. — have been on the Front Page and elsewhere in newspapers. Have been on TV and performed on the radio. — have performed on the Casino Rama Entertainment Centre stage, and elsewhere to audiences of over 3,500 fans. — made three music CDs and recorded at RCA Studios. — played with a Mariachi Band in Mexico. My Amazing Hands also . . . — as Music Director at church, choses the hymns and leads the congregration. — have preached sermons when the pastor was unavailable. — are licensed to fly Cessna, Cherokee, Piper Cub, and Beechcraft aircraft. — have even piloted a huge glider. — are licensed to drive motorcycles of all sizes from 90cc up to and including Honda 1200cc Gold Wing! — were licensed to sell automobiles, trucks, boats, exotic vehicles etc. — were licensed as a coupier and Supervisor at Casino Rama for 10 years! — My Amazing Hands, played . . . SANTA CLAUS . . . in a mall! THESE 79 CHAPTERS CONTAIN A TOTAL OF OVER 180 ADVENTURES. And are organized by years of my life from 1942 (you GOTTA read it) to 2020.(and, yes, I’m now 81 and STILL going strong – singing and acting). I sincerely hope that you will enjoy the adventures of MY AMAZING HANDS!!! JAMES E. McCARTHY

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FriesenPress

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1039169945

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9781039169944

My Covenant

New Covenant and Old Covenant

By: James Robert Sabolick

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My Covenant

New Covenant and Old Covenant

By: James Robert Sabolick

Most Christians have it all mixed up about Jesus Christ and the church out of Peter¿s rock. For James Robert Sabolick, the truth and the way started quite inconspicuously. It all started at Fort Pitt Bridge in 1976. Since then, his life had been nothing but an unending shredding of sinful ways, revelations through dreams and messages out of distinct events in his life and family members. There were those countless times he had drowned in alcohol and attempted to end his life while in the US Navy. A marriage brought forth the death of a son a few days after birth. Yet, not even the end of the marriage and life on the streets of Florida could sway his growing faith, which started in 1976 all the way to Mount Olives to bury his covenant, a Hebrew bullet, on the way to Mount Tsijon (Zion).

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Dorrance Publishing

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1434918076

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Deadpool By Joe Kelly

The Complete Collection Vol. 2

By: James Felder,Joe Kelly

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Deadpool By Joe Kelly

The Complete Collection Vol. 2

By: James Felder,Joe Kelly

Collects Deadpool (1997) #0, 12-20; Deadpool and Death Annual ’98; Baby’s First Deadpool Book (1998) #1; Encyclopeadia Deadpoolica (1998) #1. Joe Kelly’s riotous run continues! Deadpool goes from would-be hero to zero (issue) in an encounter with the lamest dead people in the Marvel Universe! But Wade is a drowning man as T-Ray and Typhoid continue to torment him. Can X-Force’s Siryn save Deadpool from his own self-destructive tendencies? As Wade inches closer to the edge, he finds himself targeted for death! The man called Ajax is cleaning house, and he wants Deadpool’s stain scrubbed from the planet. But what’s his connection to Wade’s untold origin? Meanwhile, the world is on the brink of cosmic oblivion — and as far as Landau, Luckman & Lake are concerned, only one man can avert disaster: Deadpool is destined to be the savior of Earth! Really?!

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Marvel Entertainment

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1302936077

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9781302936075

Vanishing Contrails

The Complete Memoirs of Lt. Col. James Franklin Grey, USAF Ret.

By: James Franklin Grey

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Vanishing Contrails

The Complete Memoirs of Lt. Col. James Franklin Grey, USAF Ret.

By: James Franklin Grey

Get to know an American aviator who fought in the great air wars over Europe during World War II and steered a B-29 right through the center of a mushroom cloud from an atom bomb blast, among other aerial feats and accomplishments. From his youth during the Great Depression to his 22-year career in the U.S. Air Force to his life as a civilian and private pilot, Mr. Grey skillfully weaves together the events happening in the world with those occurring in his life. His voice is unique, his stories human and compelling. Readers will appreciate both his eloquence and candor. Vanishing Contrails is much more than just the recollections of a retired pilot. It speaks to the vanishing of an entire way of life and the code by which so many members of Mr. Grey's generation (the "greatest") lived their lives.

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Booktango

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146896612X

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The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers

An Historical Compendium of Pitching, Pitchers, and Pitches

By: Bill James,Rob Neyer

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The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers

An Historical Compendium of Pitching, Pitchers, and Pitches

By: Bill James,Rob Neyer

Preeminent baseball analyst Bill James and ESPN.com baseball columnist Rob Neyer compile information on pitches and their origins, nearly two thousand pitchers, and more in this comprehensive guide. Pitchers, the pitches they throw, and how they throw them—they’re the stuff of constant scrutiny, but there's never been anything like a comprehensive source for such information…until now. Bill James and Rob Neyer spent over a decade compiling the centerpiece of this book, the Pitcher Census, which lists specific information for nearly two thousand pitchers, ranging throughout the history of professional baseball. Their guide also includes a dictionary describing virtually every known pitch, biographies of great pitchers who have been overlooked, and top ten lists for fastballs, spitballs, and everything in between. James and Neyer also weigh in on the debate over pitcher abuse and durability, offer a formula for predicting the Cy Young Award winner, and reveal James’s Pitcher Codes. Learn about the origins and development of baseball’s most important pitches and more knuckleballers and submariners than you ever thought existed! Baseball’s action always starts with the pitchers. Begin to understand them and join in on entertaining debates while having a great deal of fun with the history of the game that captivates so many with this one-of-a-kind guide.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439103771

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The Package

By: James Rozhon

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The Package

By: James Rozhon

Morgahna Hamilton was arrogant, presumptuous and had a career built upon those things as a reporter for The Savannah Morning News. She was talented, ambitious and the world seemed to be at her feet. Then her husband, Evan Hamilton, committed suicide in her office and her world disintegrated. Her job began to suffer and her friends began to worry when her phone rang not two months later. A woman uses his name and then hangs up. So starts the journey that will change the direction of her life when she is kidnapped. Join Morgahna as she discovers why Evan committed suicide. Join her as her best friend, Debbie Jenson, is taken just like she was. Only this time, the killer will not fail. Join Morgahna as she races against time to save the life of her only friend and to put back together the pieces of her own.

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iUniverse

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0595349633

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The Distance to the Moon

A Road Trip Into the American Dream

By: James Morgan

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The Distance to the Moon

A Road Trip Into the American Dream

By: James Morgan

The Distance to the Moon is about America's love affair with the car and the open road--what James Morgan calls "the epic entanglement that's defined this century and reshaped the face of America." Morgan takes us on an unforgettable road trip from Florida to Oregon, interviewing everyone from automobile collectors and designers, historians, psychologists, road builders, city planners, and barflies in an attempt to reveal why we're so obsessed with our automobiles. These car stories, he found, serve as our common mythology, and tell of our collective coming of age, our youthful aspirations, our loves and losses. Morgan also discovered that the simplicity of life on the road can give us the clearest picture of who we are as Americans."I was immediately caught up in The Distance to the Moon. It's a fine reflection on America's complex relationship with cars and the road." --Larry McMurtry"An entertaining traveling companion...The book's title...comes courtesy of John Updike Awho? calculated that the average American male drives the equivalent of the distance to the moon every 17 years. Morgan's book takes us a long way toward understanding why." --Bruce McCall, The New York Times Book Review

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Riverhead Books

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1573228168

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9781573228169

The Cutting

By: James Hayman

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The Cutting

By: James Hayman

From a formidable new voice in suspense fiction comes an edge-of-the-seat story of a homicide detective on the trail of a killer, who slays with exacting precision, and who harbors a terrifying motive Detective Sergeant Michael McCabe moved from New York City to Portland, Maine, to escape a dark past: both the ex-wife who’d left him for an investment banker, and the tragic death of his brother, a hero cop gone bad. He sought to raise his young daughter away from the violence of the big city . . . so he’s unprepared for the horrific killer he discovers, whose bloody trail may lead to Portland’s social elite. Early on a September evening, the mutilated body of a pretty teenaged girl, a high school soccer star, is found dumped in a scrap-metal yard. She had been viciously assaulted, but her heart had been cut out of her chest with surgical precision. The very same day a young businesswoman, also a blonde and an athlete, was abducted as she jogged through the streets of the city’s west end. McCabe suspects both crimes are the work of the same man---a killer who’s targeting the young---who is clearly well-versed in complex surgical procedures, and who may have struck before. Just as the investigation is beginning, McCabe’s ex-wife reemerges, suddenly determined to reclaim the daughter she heedlessly abandoned years earlier. With the help of his straight-talking (and, at times, alluring) partner, Maggie Savage, McCabe begins a race against time to rescue the missing woman and unmask a sadistic killer---before more lives are lost.

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Macmillan

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1429989203

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9781429989206

The Cold Six Thousand

Underworld USA 2

By: James Ellroy

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The Cold Six Thousand

Underworld USA 2

By: James Ellroy

The internationally acclaimed author of the L.A. Quartet and The Underworld USA Trilogy, James Ellroy, presents another literary noir masterpiece of historical paranoia. In this savagely audacious novel, James Ellroy plants a pipe bomb under the America in the 1960s, lights the fuse, and watches the shrapnel fly. On November 22, 1963 three men converge in Dallas. Their job: to clean up the JFK hit’s loose ends and inconvenient witnesses. They are Wayne Tedrow, Jr., a Las Vegas cop with family ties to the lunatic right; Ward J. Littell, a defrocked FBI man turned underworld mouthpiece; and Pete Bondurant, a dope-runner and hit-man who serves as the mob’s emissary to the anti-Castro underground. It goes bad from there. For the next five years these night-riders run a whirlwind of plots and counter-plots: Howard Hughes’s takeover of Vegas, J. Edgar Hoover’s war against the civil rights movement, the heroin trade in Vietnam, and the murders of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy. Wilder than L. A. Confidential, more devastating than American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand establishes Ellroy as one of our most fearless novelists.

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0307798453

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