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1) The fury
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"This is a tale of murder. Or maybe that's not quite true. At its heart, it's a love story, isn't it? Lana Farrar is a reclusive ex-movie star and one of the most famous women in the world. Every year, she invites her closest friends to escape the English weather and spend Easter on her idyllic private Greek island. I tell you this because you may think you know this story. You probably read about it at the time -- it caused a real stir in the tabloids,...
Author
Pub. Date
2003, c2002
Language
English
Description
The hugely anticipated new novel by the author of "The Secret History" is "an elegant, edifying work of art" ("Entertainment Weekly"). Even more transfixingly suspenseful than its predecessor, this is a dark work of lost childhood, rich in moral paradox, as a 12-year-old Mississippi girl sets out to find her brother's murderer.
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
It spins three gripping, diabolical nightmares of madness, mayhem and murder most foul. Price stars in all three stories, including: Dr. Heidegger's Experiment - About a scientist who finds the fountain of youth, and lives to regret it; Rappaccini's daughter - The twisted tale of a demented father who's love his daughter turns poisonous; and The House of the seven gables - The ghostly legend of an ancient cursed family who lived for power, and died...
6) Projections
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
After murdering the young woman he couldn't have, a sorcerer sends projections of himself out into the world to seek out and seduce women who will return the love she denied--or suffer a fate worse than death.
7) John Wick
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When sadistic young thugs senselessly attack a brilliantly lethal ex-assassin, they have no idea that they2ve just awakened the boogeyman. With New York City as his bullet-riddled playground, Wick embarks on a merciless rampage, hunting down his adversaries with the skill and ruthlessness that made him an underworld legend.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When kittypet Tiny crosses paths with some wild forest cats defending their territory, he's left with scars--and a deep-seated grudge. As his reputation grows among the strays and loners who live in the dirty brick alleyways of Twolegplace, he changes his name to Scourge and puts everything about his old life behind him -- except his bloodthirsty craving for vengeance." --
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Their friendship started with a schoolyard tussle. Now, the need for revenge is what binds Luke Croft and Red Connover together. When Luke taught himself how to fire a Colt, he never imagined he'd turn into a gunman. But when his stepfather's dodgy business dealings turn his life upside down, Luke asks Red to help him destroy the man who murdered his kin. The road to vengeance is long and hard, and the two friends who are barely out of boyhood will...
10) Gun the man down
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Wounded and left behind by his scheming partners during a bank robbery, Rem Anderson is captured and sent to prison. Following his year-long sentence, Rem is on the hunt for the men who made off with his share of the loot as well as his girlfriend Janice.
11) God is a bullet
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When a detective finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a satanic cult, he quits the police and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the charismatic cult leader with the help of the cult's only female escapee.
12) The hunter
Author
Series
Cal Hooper volume Bk. 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"It's a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die. Cal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Ireland looking for peace. He's found it, more or less: he's built a relationship with a local woman, Lena, and he's gradually turning Trey Reddy from a half-feral teenager into a good kid going good places....
Series
Pub. Date
©1998
Language
English
Description
Three mid-life Manhattanites have more than a longtime friendship in common. After years of helping their hubbies climb the corporate ladder of success, each has been dumped for a newer, curvier model. The trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts--in the wallet!
15) Silent night
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
From legendary director John Woo and the producer of John Wick comes this gritty revenge tale of a tormented father who witnesses his young son die when caught in a gang's crossfire on Christmas Eve. While recovering from a wound that costs him his voice, he makes vengeance his life's mission and embarks on a punishing training regimen in order to avenge his son's death. Full of Woo's signature style, this film redefines the action genre with visceral,...
16) Teenage dirtbags
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When Cameron Ellis dumps Phil Reyno and torpedoes his already-iffy reputation in the process, Phil hatches a plot to expose Cameron as the two-faced liar he truly is, recruiting his old pal Jackson Pasternak to help"--OCLC.
17) Silent night
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
From legendary director John Woo and the producer of John Wick comes this gritty revenge tale of a tormented father who witnesses his young son die when caught in a gang's crossfire on Christmas Eve. While recovering from a wound that costs him his voice, he makes vengeance his life's mission and embarks on a punishing training regimen in order to avenge his son's death. Full of Woo's signature style, this film redefines the action genre with visceral,...
18) Becky Sharp
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In the years just preceding Waterloo, best friends Becky and Amelia graduate from Miss Pinkerton's Academy for Girls. The wealthy Amelia invites the penniless Becky into the bosom of her family home while the manipulative Becky plots her climb up the social ladder. Entirely lacking in scruples and unhampered by conscience or morality, Becky ascends to the very pinnacle of society, crushing anyone who stands in her path.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In this empowering Black queer romance reimagining of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel, Jane Eyre, the new governess at Thornfield Hall discovers her cruel employer has locked away his wife as revenge for withholding her inheritance and, as his dark plan unfolds, must find a way to save this woman she's come to love"--
20) Icarus
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A thief who steals priceless art and replaces it with his father's impeccable forgeries while targeting Mr. Black, the man responsible for his mother's death, Icarus Gallagher is torn between family loyalty, revenge, escape and Mr. Black's son--the boy he's come to love.
"Icarus Gallagher is a thief. He steals priceless art and replaces it with his father's impeccable forgeries. For years, one man--the wealthy Mr. Black--has been their target in...
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