A young lawyer's outwardly perfect life spirals out of control as she takes on her first murder case in this "dark, original and utterly compelling" domestic noir for readers of Paula Hawkins, A.J. Finn, or Shari Lapena. (Lisa Jewell, New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone) Alison has it all. A doting husband, adorable daughter, and a career on the rise--she's just been given her first murder case to defend. But all is never as it seems... Just one more night. Then I'll end it. Alison drinks too much. She's neglecting her family. And she's having an affair with a colleague whose taste for pushing boundaries may be more than she can handle. I did it. I killed him. I should be locked up. Alison's client doesn't deny that she stabbed her husband - she wants to plead guilty. And yet something about her story is deeply amiss. Saving this woman may be the first step to Alison saving herself. I'm watching you. I know what you're doing. But someone knows Alison's secrets. Someone who wants to make her pay for what she's done, and who won't stop until she's lost everything....
In a lush California orange grove, a killer has etched the names of his victims into tree trunks.
Colonialism and Agriculture in the South Texas Borderlands Timothy P. Bowman. between the regions. Along with other books in the series, Blood Oranges deals with transnational history, immigration, the importance of borders (as ...
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As Melissa Bond raises her infant daughter and a special-needs one-year-old son, she suffers from unbearable insomnia, sleeping an hour or less each night.
"Rich, evocative, highly original piece of fiction. It gilds contemporary American literature with real, not synthetic, gold."—Anthony Burgess
DIVDIVTroy Blacklaws’s follow-up to his internationally acclaimed Karoo Boy is the bittersweet tale of a South African boy coming of age during apartheid/divDIV Gecko’s childhood is one of sheltered, almost magical innocence on a farm ...
Blood Orange
THE STORY: BLOOD ORANGE exposes the relationships simmering among the residents of a suburban cul-de-sac during the Orange County real-estate boom.
In Blood Orange, Karen Keskinen explores the shadowy side of sparkling Santa Barbara, a California beach town packed with secrets ripe for the picking. "Energetically lurid.
Dana Cabot's life begins to unravel when she discovers the truth surrounding the disappearance of her seven-year-old daughter Bailey, forcing her to realize her own part in the tragedy and make a decision that could further destroy her ...