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The cruel and bizarre slaying of a beautiful teen leads Detective Decker into the dark heart of an exotic subculture: the seamy, sometimes violent world of Southern California's rootless, affluent youth. But even the confession of a disturbed kid with cold "killer eyes" cannot soothe Decker's inner torment. For he knows in his gut this crime goes much deeper and higher than anyone expects and that true justice, brutal and complete, has yet to be done....

Justice is a 1910 play by the British writer John Galsworthy. It was part of a campaign to improve conditions in British prisons. Winston Churchill attended an early performance of the play at the Duke of York's Theatre in London. The play opens in the offices of James How & Sons, solicitors. A young woman appears at the door, with children in tow, asking to see the junior clerk, William Falder, on a personal matter. She is Ruth Honeywill, Falder's...

Jake thought he was meant to marry Brooklyn, but now she's pregnant, and he had nothing to do with it. As Brooklyn wrestles with questions about what her pregnancy means and how it will affect her relationship with Jake, she can't bring herself to tell him the truth. To make matters worse, if the man who owns the bookstore across from Jake's coffee shop, has anything to do with it, the baby will ruin them both. Can Jake and Brooklyn overcome the obstacles...

Taking a job with a prestigious D.C. law firm after witnessing the murder of the first lady, attorney Jessica Ford investigates a high-profile rape victim's suspicious recant on the stand, a situation that is complicated by the disappearance of Jessica's predecessor

18+ for language and sexual content. Macey Gilbert has lived through a horrific crime and lost the love of her life in the process. When a new danger arises and threatens the small thread of sanity she's clinging to, she's forced to trust in the one person she thought she'd lost forever. Dallas Stone watched as the woman he loves pushed him away years ago, but in a stolen moment, she shows him hope and he makes a snap decision that will change their...

Justice knows how it can go down for African American young men, and it isn't always fair. Still, he's pretty sure living on the straight and narrow will keep him safe. Pining over his crush Ebony, writing rap lyrics, and looking forward to chess games in the park, Justice never imagines he could be labeled a criminal. Then his teacher's phone and wallet are stolen, and Justice finds himself at the center of the investigation. Can Justice prove he's...

Ambitious young lawyer Brent Burns must defend a man wrongly accused of sexual misconduct-without letting his heart interfere

New York City. A wealthy businessman meets a violent fate in his elegant, carefully-secured home in Queens. Two drug dealers are murdered in a Brooklyn no-tell motel room. Several men are found riddled with bullets and nails on a little-traveled road beneath FDR Drive. And soon thereafter, a church, a synagogue, and a mosque find bags of cash waiting at their doorsteps-all from a vigilante who signs himself "Justice." NYPD Detective First Grade Brian...

What will happen when the secret Marcus has been holding on to begins to unravel, and someone uses it as leverage?

 One morning, Marcus O'Connell is confronted by his deputy, Harold Waters, about an accusation that he's hidden evidence of a crime. Harold knows something is going on in the O'Connell family. Even his partner, Suzanne, is acting strangely. Harold has made it clear that he doesn't do secrets, but Marcus isn't too inclined to share...

Dans le dernier volet de la trilogie S-F/Fantaisie au rythme effréné, Nell a d'autres questions auxquelles elle veut des réponses. Nell s'est toujours sentie en sécurité sur Terre, mais lorsque des extraterrestres attaquent, elle doit défendre sa famille et sa maison. Elle doit apprendre à utiliser tous ses talents wexkiens et gagner rapidement plus si elle veut remporter. Elle apprend bientt qu'une maladie infectieuse virulente s'était déclenchée....