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“[A] fantastically hopped-up thriller . . . a wrong-man plot worthy of Hitchcock.”—Entertainment Weekly (Editor’s Choice)
In development as a major motion picture!
It’s three thousand miles from the green fields of glory, where Henry “call me Hank” Thompson once played California baseball, to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where the tenements are old, the rents are high, and...
In development as a major motion picture!
It’s three thousand miles from the green fields of glory, where Henry “call me Hank” Thompson once played California baseball, to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where the tenements are old, the rents are high, and...
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Billy Bathgate, is a brazen boy who is accepted into the inner circle of the notorious Dutch Schultz gang. Like an urban Tom Sawyer, Billy takes us along on his fateful adventures as he becomes good-luck charm, apprentice, and finally protégé to one of the great murdering gangsters of the Depression-era underworld in New York City.
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Harlem trilogy (Colson Whitehead) volume 2
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"It's 1971. Trash piles up on the streets, crime is at an all-time high, the city is careening towards bankruptcy, and a shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army. Amidst this collective nervous breakdown, furniture store owner and ex-fence Ray Carney tries to keep his head down and his business thriving. His days moving stolen goods around the city are over. It's strictly the straight-and-narrow for him until he needs...
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Lock Down Publications
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2019.
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After fighting against all odds to break free from the merciless jungles of the Bronx, JAHMANI, must overcome more attacks from his many enemies who salivate at the opportunity to annihilate him. Can the remorseless street warrior withstand another assault on his existence? With LONNIE's life on the line and precious seconds ticking away, Jahmani is forced to place his trust in ARI, a former lover whose heart he shattered. Will this unlikely alliance...
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Lock Down Publications
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2019.
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"Like a modern day Bonnie and Clyde, JADE and BENTLEY are on the run. The odds are stacked against them, and the law is closing in on them fast. But the fiery, resourceful couple won't go down without a fight. When Jade finds herself under the gun and seconds away from being apprehended, Bentley must do the unthinkable. The act sets the city ablaze, and the two must become entwined as one in order to overcome the many obstacles of the unforgiving...