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The Debt
by Roberta KrayThere's a score to settle... THE DEBT____________Johnny Frank spent eighteen years inside for murder, and now he's coming out with only one thing on his mind: to kill the man who put him there. But revenge is sweet, and Johnny doesn't want to rush - he's going to make Jim Buckley suffer.When Simone Buckley's father-in-law moves Johnny into the family home, her first reaction is one of horror. She's finding living with a husband she wants to divorce, his volatile parents, and his psychotic brother hard enough, without adding a convicted killer into the mix. Johnny soon sets about destroying the family, but the provocative Simone has got under his skin. And with her husband's life in the balance it seems she may be willing to do just about anything to persuade Johnny to help her . . . NO ONE KNOWS CRIME LIKE KRAY____________PRAISE FOR ROBERTA KRAY'S GRITTY CRIME THRILLERS'Great writing, gripping story, loved it!' Mandasue Heller 'Well into Martina Cole territory' Independent'Action, intrigue. . . sure to please any crime fiction fans' Woman'A compelling mystery'Heather Burnside
The Debt
by Roberta KrayThere's a score to settle... THE DEBT____________Johnny Frank spent eighteen years inside for murder, and now he's coming out with only one thing on his mind: to kill the man who put him there. But revenge is sweet, and Johnny doesn't want to rush - he's going to make Jim Buckley suffer.When Simone Buckley's father-in-law moves Johnny into the family home, her first reaction is one of horror. She's finding living with a husband she wants to divorce, his volatile parents, and his psychotic brother hard enough, without adding a convicted killer into the mix. Johnny soon sets about destroying the family, but the provocative Simone has got under his skin. And with her husband's life in the balance it seems she may be willing to do just about anything to persuade Johnny to help her . . . NO ONE KNOWS CRIME LIKE KRAY____________PRAISE FOR ROBERTA KRAY'S GRITTY CRIME THRILLERS'Great writing, gripping story, loved it!' Mandasue Heller 'Well into Martina Cole territory' Independent'Action, intrigue. . . sure to please any crime fiction fans' Woman'A compelling mystery'Heather Burnside
Debt Bomb
by Michael GinsbergFor years, China's spy agency has been watching the United States rack up trillions of dollars in debt, waiting for the right moment to weaponize that debt to collapse the American government and install a Communist puppet regime.At the same time, suburban accountant Andrea Gartner has been an outspoken critic of the debt as a leader in the South Carolina state Republican Party.When the United States elects President Earl Murray, he brings Andrea into his government as budget director to solve America's debt problem. But before the nameplate is even installed on her office door, China strikes, engineering an American debt crisis that brings the country to the brink of collapse. Government operations come to a screeching halt. With the American hegemon on its knees, China violently seizes the opportunity to fulfill its territorial ambitions in Taiwan and the South China Sea.Thrust into the rapacious, cutthroat world of American politics and surrounded by crises on all sides, Andrea begins a desperate effort to save the United States. Arrayed against her are cynical politicians and belligerent military brass, some of whom just might be secret Chinese agents.Will Andrea be able to keep the United States alive to fight another day? Or will America drown in a sea of red ink at the hands of the Chinese and see its democratic government replaced by a Chinese Communist puppet regime?American life as we know it is about to be obliterated by a debt bomb. And the only person who can save the country is a suburban accountant.
Debt Bomb
by Michael Ginsberg"A deftly crafted thriller that kept me turning pages---through politics, money, and murder---to the ending I didn't see coming." - Chris DeRose, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Fighting Bunch.A political thriller, tied in to real events, about an apocalyptic threat to America that is ticking remorselessly in the background while Americans continue their daily routines, oblivious to the danger.For years, China's spy agency has been watching the United States rack up trillions of dollars in debt, waiting for the right moment to weaponize that debt to collapse the American government and install a Communist puppet regime.At the same time, suburban accountant Andrea Gartner has been an outspoken critic of the debt as a leader in the South Carolina state Republican Party.When the United States elects President Earl Murray, he brings Andrea into his government as budget director to solve America's debt problem. But before the nameplate is even installed on her office door, China strikes, engineering an American debt crisis that brings the country to the brink of collapse. Government operations come to a screeching halt. With the American hegemon on its knees, China violently seizes the opportunity to fulfill its territorial ambitions in Taiwan and the South China Sea.Thrust into the rapacious, cutthroat world of American politics and surrounded by crises on all sides, Andrea begins a desperate effort to save the United States. Arrayed against her are cynical politicians and belligerent military brass, some of whom just might be secret Chinese agents.Will Andrea be able to keep the United States alive to fight another day? Or will America drown in a sea of red ink at the hands of the Chinese and see its democratic government replaced by a Chinese Communist puppet regime?American life as we know it is about to be obliterated by a debt bomb. And the only person who can save the country is a suburban accountant.
The Debt Collector (The Sonora Blair Mysteries #4)
by Lynn HightowerCincinnati homicide detective and single mother Sonora Blair puts everything on the line as she battles to find justice after a multiple-murder home invasion At a house at the end of a cul-de-sac in the Cincinnati suburbs, widowed Police Specialist Sonora Blair and her partner, Sam Delarosa, discover the bodies of Carl Stinnet and two children. Hiding under the bed in the master bedroom is Carl's wife, Joy. The dying mother holds her unharmed infant daughter and keeps repeating the Hail Mary, claiming "the Angel" saved them. Joy's deathbed assertion that she saw two men and the Angel--along with differences in the victims' manners of death--make Sonora believe there were multiple killers. Two suspects are found and arrested, but Sonora doesn't get closure. She's sure there was a third person in that horrific crime scene, and she can't stop working the case, even after she's warned to walk away. Amid concerns about her own son and daughter, and her certainty that she'll never sleep soundly again, Sonora prepares to confront a murderer who's about to collect on one last IOU. The Debt Collector is the 4th book in the Sonora Blair Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
The Debt Collector
by Stanley MorganRuss Tobin lives in a boarding house with odd flatmates, works as a debt collector for a credit company, and longs for a better life somewhere else. This is the story of how his new life came about.
Debt, Law, Realism: Nigerian Writers Imagine the State at Independence
by Neil ten KortenaarIn the decade before and after independence, Nigerians not only adopted the novel but reinvented the genre. Nigerian novels imagined the new state, with its ideals of the rule of law, state sovereignty, and a centralized administration.Debt, Law, Realism argues that Nigerian novels were not written for a Western audience, as often stated, but to teach fellow citizens how to envision the state. The first Nigerian novels were overwhelmingly realist because realism was a way to convey the understanding shared by all subject to the rule of law. Debt was an important theme used to illustrate the social trust needed to live with strangers. But the novelists felt an ambivalence towards the state, which had been imposed by colonial military might. Even as they embraced the ideal of the rule of law, they kept alive a memory of other ways of governing themselves. Many of the first novelists – including Chinua Achebe – were Igbos, a people who had been historically stateless, and for whom justice had been a matter of interpersonal relations, consensus, and reciprocity, rather than a citizen’s subordination to a higher authority.Debt, Law, Realism reads African novels as political philosophy, offering important lessons about the foundations of social trust, the principle of succession, and the nature of sovereignty, authority, and law.
Debt of Bones (Sword of Truth Prequel)
by Terry GoodkindStory of how and why Zedd set up the boundary between east and west
Debt of Dishonour
by Robert GoddardThe estate at Clouds Frome was Geoffrey Staddon's greatest achievement-his first important commission and the best building he had ever designed as an architect. It was also the site of his greatest dishonour-for it was there that he met Consuela Caswell, the beautiful and fiery Brazilian wife of Clouds Frome's proprietor. He loved Consuela immediately fiercely, recklessly. In return, she risked everything for him-until he betrayed her for an opportunity to build a grand hotel. When Staddon learns, twelve years later, that Consuela has been charged with the poisoning of her niece and the attempted murder of her husband, he feels his debt has come due. And when she sends her daughter to him, pleading for his help, he knows he must go to her aid. He returns to Clouds Frome searching for a way to vindicate Consuela, only to discover a web of betrayals and secrets darker and more complex than he had ever imagined. And in his struggle to pay his debt of dishonour and rescue his lost love, he must jeopardize everything he is and has achieved. Debt of Dishonour is riveting reading; its heart- stopping twists and turns lead the reader ever more deeply into a labyrinthine mystery that is truly impossible to put down.
A Debt of Honor: The Story Of Gerald Lane's Success In The Far West (Classics To Go)
by Jr. AlgerGerald Lane heads west to seek his fortune and claim the money owed his father by an unscrupulous former business partner.
Debt of Honor (A Jack Ryan Novel #6)
by Tom ClancyRazio Yamata is one of Japan's most influential industrialists, and part of a relatively small group of authority who wield tremendous authority in the Pacific Rim's economic powerhouse.He has devised a plan to cripple the American greatness, humble the US military, and elevate Japan to a position of dominance on the world stage.Yamata's motivation lies in his desire to pay off a Debt of Honor to his parents and to the country he feels is responsible for their deaths-America. All he needs is a catalyst to set his plan in motion. When the faulty gas tank on one Tennessee family's car leads to their fiery death, an opportunistic U. S. congressman uses the occasion to rush a new trade law through the system. The law is designed to squeeze Japan economically. Instead, it provides Yamata with the leverage he needs to put his plan into action.As Yamata's plan begins to unfold, it becomes clear to the world that someone is launching a fully-integrated operation against the United States. There's only one man to find out who the culprit is-Jack Ryan, the new President's National Security Advisor.
Debt of Honor (Jack Ryan #6)
by Tom Clancy'A crackling good read' -- Washington PostRazio Yamata is one of Japan's most influential industrialists. He has devised a plan to cripple American superiority and elevate Japan to a position of dominance on the world stage. His motivation is to pay off a debt of honour to his parents and bring low the country he feels was responsible for their deaths - America. All he needs is a catalyst to set his plan in motion. When the faulty gas tank on one Tennessee family's car leads to their fiery death, an opportunistic US congressman uses the occasion to rush a new trade law through the system. The law is designed to squeeze Japan economically. Instead, it provides Yamata with the leverage he needs. As Yamata's plan begins to unfold, it becomes clear to the world that someone is launching a fully integrated operation against the United States. There's only one man to find out who the culprit is - Jack Ryan, the new President's National Security Advisor.
Debt of Honor: A Murder Mystery Thriller (Carlos McCrary PI #9)
by Dallas GorhamWhen a buddy saves your life, you owe him a debt—especially if he’s dead.When a headless corpse bearing a familiar tattoo washes onto a sunny South Florida beach, paradise turns to hell for Private Investigator Carlos McCrary. The mutilated body belongs to a man who saved McCrary’s life a decade prior and half-a-world away—a debt of honor he intends to repay.While the police search for the killer, McCrary sets out to do what only he can do…enact frontier justice against the murderer who tortured and killed his friend.Facing Chinese PLA soldiers and the Russian American Mafia, McCrary races to expose an international conspiracy and avenge his friend’s death before his own body washes ashore.Publisher’s Note: Dallas Gorham combines murder, mystery, and mayhem with a touch of humor—all with a PG-13 rating. The Carlos McCrary, Private Investigator, Mystery Thriller Series can be read and enjoyed in any order. Readers of hard-boiled detective and crime novels will not want to miss this hard-hitting, pulse-pounding series.The Carlos McCrary Murder Mystery SeriesSix Murders Too ManyDouble FakeQuarterback TrapDangerous FriendsDay of the TigerMcCrary’s JusticeYesterday’s TroubleFour Years GoneDebt of HonorSometimes You Lose
The Debt of Tamar: A Novel
by Nicole DweckA USA TODAY Best seller!Bestselling author Nicole Dweck brings to life one of history's greatest yet overlooked stories of love and resilience.In 2002, thirty-two-year-old Selim Osman, the last descendant of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, flees Istanbul for New York. In a twist of fate he meets Hannah, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor and an artist striving to understand a father she barely knows. Unaware that the connection they share goes back centuries, the two feel an immediate pull to one another. But as their story intertwines with that of their ancestors, the heroic but ultimately tragic decision that bound two families centuries ago ripples into the future, threatening to tear Hannah and Selim apart.From a 16th-century harem to a seaside village in the Holy Land, from Nazi-occupied Paris to modern-day Manhattan, Nicole Dweck's The Debt of Tamar weaves a spellbinding tapestry of love, history, and fate that will enchant readers from the very first page.
A Debt Paid in Marriage (The\business Of Marriage Ser. #1)
by Georgie LeeA destitute woman agrees to a marriage of convenience to save her family in a Regency era romance that takes readers on “[a] sexy romp” (RT Book Reviews).“What am I to him? A contract? A convenient solution?”Laura Townsend’s plan to reclaim her family’s merchandise backfires when she creeps into moneylender Philip Rathbone’s house and threatens him with a pistol, only to find him reclining naked in his bath!The last thing she expects is to see this guarded widower on her doorstep a couple of days later armed with a very surprising proposal. A marriage of convenience may be Laura’s chance to reclaim her future, but she won’t settle for anything less than true passion. Can she hope to find it in Philip’s arms?
A Debt Paid in Passion: A Debt Paid In Passion / An Exception To His Rule / Waves Of Temptation (Mills And Boon By Request Ser.)
by Dani CollinsA beautiful thief...? Raoul Zesiger has everything a man could want-including Sirena Abbott, the perfect PA who keeps his life in order. Or so it seems, until their professional relationship gives way to one hot, impassioned night...and then he has her arrested for embezzlement! She may have escaped a prison sentence, but Sirena knows she'll be shackled to Zesiger by more than just the past. With Raoul determined to recover the debt she owes him, Sirena is torn between guilt and an impossible attraction. But what will happen when Raoul uncovers the truth behind her theft?
Debt Ritual
by Katie NaughtonWinner of the 2023 BUNNY chapbook contest, Katie Naughton’s Debt Ritual sees debt as intensely private yet nevertheless significantly interconnected with global financial systems and other systems of power. Naughton’s text is interested in the way that what appears as money is often funded by debt, while also taking into account the role of art, something that offers social capital without the accompanying wealth. Debt Ritual sets up an equivalence between money and participation in the world and then works to destabilize it. Sized as a dollar bill, Naughton’s book considers the ritualistic use inherent in money and debt and wonders how and if the ritual of art-making replicates -- or interrupts -- the rituals of finance.
The Debt to Pleasure
by John LanchesterWinner of the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel and a New York Times Notable Book, The Debt to Pleasure is a wickedly funny ode to food. Traveling from Portsmouth to the south of France, Tarquin Winot, the book's snobbish narrator, instructs us in his philosophy on everything from the erotics of dislike to the psychology of the menu. Under the guise of completing a cookbook, Winot is in fact on a much more sinister mission that only gradually comes to light.
The Debt to Pleasure: John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester: In the Eyes of His Contemporaries and in His Own Poetry and Prose
by John WilmotRochester, incontestably the greatest of the Restoration poets and reprobates, is presented in The Debt to Pleasure both in his own words and in the words of those who loved and loathed him. The book is a mosaic in which the poet's voice and the voice of his age sound with startling, ribald and riotous clarity.
Debths
by Susan HoweThe newest collection by one of America’s most exciting poets A collection in five parts, Susan Howe’s electrifying new book opens with a preface by the poet that lays out some of Debths’ inspirations: the art of Paul Thek, the Isabella Stewart Gardner collection, and early American writings; and in it she also addresses memory’s threads and galaxies, “the rule of remoteness,” and “the luminous story surrounding all things noumenal.” Following the preface are four sections of poetry: “Titian Air Vent,” “Tom Tit Tot” (her newest collage poems), “Periscope,” and “Debths.” As always with Howe, Debths brings “a not-being-in-the-no.”
Debts: A Novella
by Tammar SteinIn this 50-page novella by Tammar Stein, the author of KINDRED and SPOILS, Miriam and Natasha think they've escaped their respective brushes with otherworldly beings. Miriam has settled into a normal-seeming life, where her biggest worry is her boyfriend's, Emmett's, faithfulness--a far cry from the troubles of her past. Natasha is far more concerned with Emmett's heart, so much so that she deludes herself into thinking she can escape the deal she made with the devil that won her family 22 million cursed dollars in the lottery. As their lives briefly intersect where Kindred's story ends and Spoils' begins, they learn that debts with the supernatural are not so easily escaped.
Debts of Dishonour: A Riveting Mystery set in Cambridge (Imogen Quy Mysteries)
by Jill Paton Walsh'An entertaining read' - Sunday TimesWhy did Sir Julius Farran die?Hoping to attract a generous endowment, St Agatha's College, Cambridge, invites the fabulously wealthy Sir Julius Farran to dine. The evening is a disaster for everyone except the college nurse, Imogen Quy, who Farran invites her to come and work for him. Imogen declines, but when Farran dies, suddenly and shockingly, she has to investigate. His death has left a large hole in his company accounts that could mean financial ruin for St Agatha's. To save her beloved college, Imogen starts to cast her cool eye over the financier's heirs, employees and enemies. What is right about the death of Sir Julius? What is wrong about it? And above all, why did it happen?
Debts of Dishonour: A Riveting Mystery set in Cambridge
by Jill Paton Walsh'An entertaining read' - Sunday TimesWhy did Sir Julius Farran die?Hoping to attract a generous endowment, St Agatha's College, Cambridge, invites the fabulously wealthy Sir Julius Farran to dine. The evening is a disaster for everyone except the college nurse, Imogen Quy, who Farran invites her to come and work for him. Imogen declines, but when Farran dies, suddenly and shockingly, she has to investigate. His death has left a large hole in his company accounts that could mean financial ruin for St Agatha's. To save her beloved college, Imogen starts to cast her cool eye over the financier's heirs, employees and enemies. What is right about the death of Sir Julius? What is wrong about it? And above all, why did it happen?
Debts of Dishonour: A Riveting Mystery set in Cambridge (Imogen Quy Mysteries)
by Jill Paton Walsh'An entertaining read' - Sunday TimesWhy did Sir Julius Farran die?Hoping to attract a generous endowment, St Agatha's College, Cambridge, invites the fabulously wealthy Sir Julius Farran to dine. The evening is a disaster for everyone except the college nurse, Imogen Quy, who Farran invites her to come and work for him.Imogen declines, but when Farran dies, suddenly and shockingly, she has to investigate. His death has left a large hole in his company accounts that could mean financial ruin for St Agatha's. To save her beloved college, Imogen starts to cast her cool eye over the financier's heirs, employees and enemies.What is right about the death of Sir Julius? What is wrong about it? And above all, why did it happen?
Deburau: Pierrot, Mime, and Culture (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies)
by Edward NyeThis volume analyses the nature of the mime art of Deburau and of the pantomime performances of the Théâtre des Funambules in Paris in the context of Romantic art, literature and socio-political thought. Deburau and the Théâtre des Funambules are characteristic of Romantic art in that they are closely associated with certain aspirations for social reform, even revolution. Deburau was an iconic figure for intellectuals such as George Sand who effectively considered him to be part of the ‘poète-maçon’ movement. Edward Nye examines this fascination as well as the myth which developed from it. With its unique framing in art, literature and politics, this book is a must read for undergraduates and postgraduates in theatre, literary studies, and the Romantic period.