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Power isn't given. It's taken. The Madame Noir series is a dark, cinematic saga of ambition, loyalty, betrayal, and the making of an empire. At its center is Amara Black — a woman who learns that survival is only the beginning, and that true power requires strategy, sacrifice, and absolute control.

Master Forger David Henty has a problem: a forgery he painted is rejected and suddenly he owes a murderous, blind, female Japanese gangster £5 million.

Traumatized by his reeducation at the hands of his former best friend, and struggling to assimilate into French culture, the Sympathizer finds Paris both seductive and disturbing. As he falls in with a group of left-wing intellectuals he meets at dinner parties given by his French Vietnamese “aunt”, he finds stimulation for his mind but also customers for his narcotic merchandise. But the new life he is making has perils, whether the self-torture of addiction, the authoritarianism of a state locked in a colonial mindset, or the paradox of how to reunite his two closest friends.

'Such wicked fun. A darkly delicious mystery and sharply observed satire in one wildly entertaining package. Bella Mackie has outdone herself' LUCY FOLEY 'Bella Mackie's books are salacious, gripping and very funny' JOE LYCETT Meet Diana Leyland. Widowed three times, but let's not blame the...

Ambientada en Boston a finales de la Primera Guerra Mundial, Cualquier otro día -primera entrega de la serie Coughlin- es una impresionante epopeya que cuenta la historia de dos familias arrastradas por la vorágine política y social de un mundo que se recupera con enormes dificultades de los estragos de la Gran Guerra.

Longlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger for Best Thriller 2015. There's nothing so terrifying as money . . . Two friends, Alex Glass and Oliver Peterkinney, look for work and for escape from their lives spent growing up on Glasgow's most desperate fringes. Soon they will become involved in one of...

From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Cartel series comes a new chapter in a world that only Ashley and JaQuavis know how to bring to life. The LaCroixs are four beautiful Haitian American women bound by money and blood. On the surface, the LaCroix Group is a venture capitalist...

Explore the raw and unpredictable world of Las Vegas nightlife in 'Shadow Beneath the Lights: A Vegas Cabbie Noir.' As a veteran cabbie recounts his night behind the wheel, listeners are immersed in the highs and lows of this city that never sleeps. With each turn, experience the genuine frustrations, fleeting joys, and relentless challenges of a life spent in the shadows of the dazzling lights. This unfiltered journey captures the essence of a night on the Vegas strip, where the harsh realities beneath the glittering surface come to life, and every passenger is a chapter in the untold story.

The White Field is a fast-paced journey of a man Tom, fresh out of prison and trying desperately to rebuild his life. But he is caught by mysterious, unseen forces beyond his knowledge or control. After his release from prison, he is dropped back into the world in the wastelands of the city. In the menial work afforded the underclass, he begins his new life among characters at the edges of society

Ayana crosses her sisters, leaving them for dead and stealing the only way to bring back their best friend Osis. Thinking of only herself, she discovered a way to make things go back to normal before they were separated. Yana and Macy search for Ayana in hopes to stop her from making a terrible mistake, but time is running out.

It's a hard knock life for Saucy Sarita Robinson, and the rules of the game are clear: Get yours or get had. When her father gets popped in an armed robbery and her mother turns to drugs, Saucy is left to scratch out a life for herself on the streets of Harlem, and this city-slick vixen refuses to become a victim. Young, hot, and hungry for the spotlight, Saucy uses her assets to get whatever she wants: 128th Street has its own rules, and she knows them well.

Lamont "Hood" Mason is a fearless 19-year-old gangsta who was born and raised in the projects of Brooklyn, New York. He was an abandoned child who roamed the city streets and fought hard for survival. The only thing constant in his young life was the safety of a Brownsville barbershop owned by a father figure called Fat Daddy. The barbershop is where Hood comes of age, but cutting hair isn't the only thing Fat Daddy has going on.

What can go wrong when con-mami Mink LaRue joins forces with her slick-tongued look-alike Dy-Nasty Jenkins to run a three hundred grand hustle on the super-rich Dominion oil family? With the conniving Philadelphia stripper Dy-Nasty seeking to dip her fingers into the same pot of gold, Mink knows she has to play her hand right and hustle at the very top of her grind. But when Mink is suddenly called back home to be at the bedside of her sick mother, she is forced to leave Dy-Nasty alone at the mansion...

Now that Mink has pushed her way to the front of the line to capture the Dominion family's oil billions, her life has become a luxurious whirl of easy money, fine whips, and sparkling jewels. But she'll need to come out of a whole new trick bag in order to throw shade on her sizzling swerve with Suge, her uncle-by-marriage only. Meanwhile, Suge is going toe-to-toe with the Dominion's oldest adversary, whose shameless mudslinging could cast dirt on their family name and ruin their good fortune forever.