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When they meet at a local tavern in the small town of Belleville, Delaware, Polly is set on heading west. Adam says he's also passing through. Yet they stay-- and over a punishing summer, Polly and Adam abandon themselves to a steamy, inexorable affair. Still, each holds something back from the other-- dangerous, even lethal, secrets. Then someone dies. Accident, or part of a plan? By now, Adam and Polly are so ensnared in each other's lives and lies...
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W. Morrow
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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Eliza Benedict unexpectedly hears from the man who kidnapped her when she was twelve and who is now on death row for the rape and murder of his final victim; but as she finds herself being drawn into his situation, it becomes apparent that he has a hidden agenda.
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Amber Glass has spent her entire adult life putting as much distance as possible between her and her hometown of Baltimore, where she fears she will forever be known as "Prom Mom"-the girl who allegedly killed her baby on the night of the prom after her date, Joe Simpson, abandoned her to pursue the girl he really liked. But when circumstances bring Amber back to the city, she realizes she can have a second chance-as long as she stays away from Joe,...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Everyone in small-town Bellville is talking about a series of mysterious fires disrupting the typically tranquil summer. The authorities attribute them to heat lightning, but some Belleville residents are not so sure…
High-school student Beth, like everyone else in Belleville, has been following the fires – she has plenty of time between her monotonous day job at the deli and solitary nights at home while her mom works late. The fires aren't...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Laura Lippman has long been fascinated by the dangerous vulnerability of teenage girls. In "The Babysitter's Code" -- the inspiration for her critically acclaimed novel , To the Power of Three -- an adolescent girl decides to take a gun to school. In "Hardly Knew Her," Lippman's homage to Carson McCullers' The Member of the Wedding , a tomboy learns that growing up means learning how to lie and deceive. And in "Ice*" -- a prequel to The Most Dangerous...
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