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1) Dead ringer
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Bennie Rosato is fighting the battle of her life -- against her own twin. The action starts innocently enough, with a stolen wallet, but in no time events escalate and the twin wreaks havoc that can be created only by a dead ringer. Her twin tries to destroy Bennie's law firm, Rosato & Associates, and then strikes at her very heart -- which just happens to be otherwise engaged by a handsome, hunky stranger with the perfect amount of chest hair. But...
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Attica Locke-a writer and producer of FOX's Empire-delivers an engrossing, complex, and cinematic thriller about crime and racial justice
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist (Mystery/Thriller)
Edgar Award Nominee (Best First Novel)
The Orange Prize for Fiction (Shortlist)
"A near-perfect balance of trenchant social commentary, rich characterizations, and action-oriented plot.... Attica Locke {is} a writer wise beyond her years."
- Los Angeles...
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"Arvin's writing is delightfully sardonic . . . you'll be hooked." - People
". . . breathlessly entertaining . . . as irresistible as a call from the grave for revenge." - Kirkus Reviews
"Arvin...combin[es] an array of supporting characters who colorfully illustrate the racial and economic divide of the new Atlanta..." - Entertainment Weekly
"As the suspense comes to a boil, so do the hero's feelings for his dead buddy's troubled girlfriend." -...
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Life can be full of surprises Helen Decatur spent a lifetime setting goals getting through college and law school, opening her own practice, becoming financially secure and establishing herself as one of the most highly respected matrimonial attorneys in the state of South Carolina. Achieving those goals was a breeze compared to the one she's faced with now. The most driven and cynical of the Sweet Magnolias, Helen is forty-two, single and suddenly...
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Jackie Swaitkowski investigates the death of a female pilot who had a family tree filled with ex-cons and a passenger list packed with Hamptons high society. Just before Eugenie Conklin's plane took a nosedive, she tossed out a camera case that held an unusual set of photos. While defending Eugenie's husband during the accident investigation, Jackie realizes that she recognizes more than a few of the faces in those pictures. They may be able to prove...
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Jane Smith volume 1
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2023.
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"Tough-as-nails criminal defense attorney Jane Smith is hip-deep in the murder trial of the century. Actually, her charmless client might've committed several murders. She's also fallen in love with a wonderful guy. And an equally wonderful dog, a mutt. But Jane doesn't have much time. She's just received a terminal diagnosis giving her twelve months. Unless she's murdered before her expiration date" --
14) Blood orange
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Grand Central Publishing
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2019.
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"A young lawyer's outwardly perfect life spirals out of control as she takes on her first murder case"--
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Discovering old photos in which she sees what her work is missing, Manhattan photographer Dani Campbell searches for their source, which leads her to eighty-year-old Lawrence Sinclair who agrees to mentor her until his estranged grandson arrives believing she's a fortune hunter.
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Dial Press
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2005
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Workaholic attorney Samantha Sweeting goes into utter meltdown and walks out of her London office, gets on a train, and ends up in the middle of nowhere. Asking for directions at a big, beautiful house, Samantha soon finds herself hired as a housekeeper.
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Grand Central Publishing
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2020.
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Sadie Roper returns to London to rebuild her shattered life, but as she navigates the politics at her daughter's exclusive school and resumes her criminal barrister career with a high-profile case, she attracts the attention of unknown enemies.
19) Deadly proof
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Atlanta justice volume 1
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In the biggest case of her career, attorney Kate Sullivan has been appointed lead counsel to take on Mason Pharmaceutical in a claim involving an allegedly dangerous new drug. She hires former Army Ranger turned private investigator Landon James to do some digging. When a whistleblower is found dead, it's clear the stakes are higher than ever. Will this case prove deadly for Kate?
20) Sisters
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Books on Tape
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p2007
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Four sisters temporarily move into a Manhattan brownstone together after a car accidents kills their mother and blinds one of the sisters.
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