Everyone dreams of revenge… Sin lives for it. Sin was only nine when her family was slaughtered by crime lord Kolya Kurev. She’s had nothing but time to plan how Koyla and his kin will pay for what they did. But hers wasn’t the only family the Kurev crime lords took down. And now Lee is hot on her heels, as angry as she is and trying to steal her revenge. His methods are haphazard, and he’s got a death wish of his own. He’s going to get them both killed unless Sin can stop him, too. All along, she’s just barely managed to evade capture. In fact, the FBI hasn’t yet figured out their most wanted criminal is just a girl. But, between Lee and the FBI, Sin isn’t likely to make it out of this alive… Readers say A.J. Scudiere’s start to this award-winning trilogy is “seriously one of the best action/suspense books I've ever read.” Vengeance is the first book in the Vendetta Trifecta by USA Today bestselling author A.J. Scudiere. While it can be read as a standalone, be prepared to reach for book two as you finish this one.

She has one chance to escape her killers…. Enjoy this suspenseful international mystery thriller by award-winning author, Tikiri Herath. Asha Kade is thrilled to get a cake order for a swanky party in upscale Manhattan. A young girl is celebrating her sweet sixteenth in a lavish affair. But five days before the party, the birthday girl vanishes without a trace. The family is cagey. No one is talking. When an unknown source sends a sinister SOS to the bakery, Asha realizes the girl is in grave danger. Is this a ruse? Is anyone in this family telling the truth? Asha’s determined to unscramble the devious lies and deceptions. Following one thin clue, she searches for the girl in a dark, abandoned warehouse in the outskirts of the city. That’s when she learns the chilling truth. The target is on her back now. The hunter has become the hunted…. ______________ There is no graphic violence, heavy cursing, or explicit sex in this book. No dog is ever harmed but the villains always are. ______________ What readers are saying about this book: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “This story will hold your attention from the very first page ..if you like action packed books with heart and soul you don’t want to miss this series ..I cant wait to read the next book!” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “An excellent story, with kick-ass characters with heart. This book was difficult to put down. Now I want to read more about The Red Healed Rebels.” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Fast paced! Kept me reading when I should have been sleeping ha ha. Love this series - I will be so sad when the series ends.” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Riveting! The plot is dark and engrossing. The danger and intrigue kept me on the edge of my seat; a definite page-turner.” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “wonderfully unique. Superbly written, fast moving, original. Thrillingly constructed.” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I absolutely love this series, if you are looking for a series that will tug at your heart, enrage you, question humanity and keep you on edge this is the series for you.” ______________ The RED HEELED REBELS international crime thrillers from the award-winning author of twisty thrillers and mesmerizing mysteries. · Prequel Story: The Girl Who Crossed the Line · Book One: The Girl Who Ran Away · Book Two: The Girl Who Made Them Pay · Book Three: The Girl Who Fought to Kill · Book Four: The Girl Who Broke Free · Book Five: The Girl Who Knew Their Names · Book Six: The Girl Who Never Forgot The Red Heeled Rebels international crime thriller series is now complete. You may enjoy the series most if you read the books in order, starting from book one. The prequel story is available directly from the author as a gift to anyone who picks up the novels.

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Mystery fiction as a genre renders moral judgments not only about detectives and criminals but also concerning the cultural structures within which these mysteries unfold. In contrast to other volumes which examine morality in crime fiction through the lenses of personal guilt and personal justice, Certainty and Ambiguity in Global Mystery Fiction analyzes the effect of moral imagination on the moral structures implicit in the genre. In recent years, public awareness has attended to the relationship between social structures and justice, and this collection centers on how personal ethics and social ethics are bound together amidst the shifting moral landscapes of mystery fiction. Contributors discuss the interplay between personal guilt and social guilt – considering morality and justice on an individual level and at a societal level – using frameworks of certainty and ambiguity. They show how individual characters in works by Agatha Christie, Gabriel García Márquez, Natsuo Kirino, F.H. Batacan, and Stephen King, among others, may view their moral standing with certainty but clash with the established mores of their culture. Featuring essays on Japanese, Filipino, Indian, and Colombian mystery fiction, as well as American and British fiction, this volume analyzes social guilt and justice across cultures, showing how individuals grapple with the certainty, and, at times, the moral ambiguity, of their respective cultures.

From automatons to zombies, many elements of fantasy and science fiction have been cross-pollinated with the Western movie genre. In its second edition, this encyclopedia of the Weird Western includes many new entries covering film, television, animation, novels, pulp fiction, short stories, comic books, graphic novels and video and role-playing games. Categories include Weird, Weird Menace, Science Fiction, Space, Steampunk and Romance Westerns.

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For many people, the cinematic vigilante has been shaped by Charles Bronson's character in Death Wish and its sequels. But screen vigilantes have taken many guises, from Old West lynch mobs and rogue police officers to rape-avengers and military-trained equalizers. This book recounts the varied representations of such characters in films like The Birth of a Nation, which celebrated the violence of the Ku Klux Klan, and Taxi Driver, Falling Down and You Were Never Really Here, in which the vigilante impulse was symptomatic of mental instability. Also considered is the extent to which fictional vigilantism functions as social commentary and to what degree it is simply stoking popular fears.

The Routledge Handbook of Black Canadian Literature offers a comprehensive overview of the growing and increasingly significant field of Black Canadian literary studies. Including historical and contemporary analysis, this volume is an essential text that maps the field over the almost 200 years of its existence across a range of genres from slave narratives to prose fiction, poetry, theatre, and dub and spoken word. It presents Black Canadian literature as encompassing a diverse set of viewpoints, approaches, and practices, touching every aspect of Canadian territory and life, and as deeply influencing debates and understandings of Black peoples far beyond its borders. This Handbook employs an interdisciplinary framework that incorporates literary, historical, geographical, and cultural analysis. This book comprising 32 chapters is organized into five sections that chart the literature’s development into a recognizable canon, trace Black literary geographies across Canada from east to west, delineate the literature’s various genres and expressive forms, and honor the writers and thinkers who have influenced the growth of the field. This volume’s range of subject and plurality of perspectives provide an excellent resource for teachers, researchers, and students from multiple disciplines, including Canadian studies and literature, Caribbean studies, global Black studies, hemispheric studies, diaspora studies, history, and cultural studies.