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Family Game, The

Each Unhappy Family is Unhappy in its Own Way Author: Catherine Steadman Harry wakes up, battered and bleeding, before a beautiful fireplace in a mansion. She almost lost the game. Everything has gone too far, but she is not the kind of person to cringe at violence. What she did once, she can do again. It begins with a blissful New York romance. Harry is an up-and-coming novelist and her now fiancé, who proposed in the most perfect way on a snowy day at a skating rink, just so happens to be disgustingly wealthy. As in millions and millions of dollars [...]

2023-11-06T15:22:24-07:00March 14th, 2023|Tags: , , , |

Runaway Jury, The

Big Tobacco Vs. the Everyman Author: John Grisham In the case of Big Tobacco vs. the everyman (set in the 90s), it’s a given that the cigarette companies, with unlimited money and loose ethics, are going to win. But this landmark trial, set in a sleepy Mississippi town, just might challenge that assumption. Despite the tobacco companies’ careful research on all prospective jurors, one unknown has made it onto the case: Nicholas Easter. He’s a young man, and it’s hard to tell if he leans toward either side. There isn’t much on Easter, so it’s a surprise when he moves up [...]

2023-03-06T18:02:52-07:00March 6th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |

Night She Disappeared, The

Dead and Gone or Alive and Hidden? Author: Lisa Jewell It’s 2017. A troubled girl leaves her infant daughter with her mother, going for a celebratory dinner with her boyfriend. The couple met at a fancy restaurant. Everything was going well. Then they left to attend a sumptuous party hosted by local cool-girl, Scarlett Jacques, at her family’s secluded mansion. They were never seen again. Two years later, the mother, Kim, is raising her grandchild, still searching for her daughter, still wondering how two people can disappear without a trace. Wondering if they got into a fight. Wondering if they are [...]

2023-02-26T15:30:04-07:00February 26th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |
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