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An Australian True Crime investigation of wrongful imprisonment by the bestselling author of The Kingpin and the Crooked Cop. Nine wrongful imprisonments. Nine innocent men and women freed. Australia has a robust legal system. According to conventional wisdom, only the guilty end up behind bars...

Fifteen years to life is a long time to be sentenced to prison, even if I do deserve it. As the Enforcer of my MC, I had to do some things that would give most people nightmares. I'm prepared to do my time, waiting for my lawyer to appeal my sentence. But when an opportunity presents itself to escape, I take it. I'm on my way back to my clubhouse in Tennessee when I get stuck in a small Missouri town. I have to kidnap the small-town mechanic to aid in my escape, ignoring the unfamiliar cravings I feel towards him.

La pasión de la detective Jessica Sanchez por su trabajo en la policía le ha traído un regalo envenenado: un multimillonario, agradecido por resolver un caso, le ha dejado en herencia una mansión en Los Ángeles que despierta animadversión en el cuerpo.

Its recreational killing spree brings the Convict to a pair of cabins near the lake. One is packed full of young adults trying to get away from everyday life. The other is occupied by disgraced police officer Diego Tritton. Fired for use of excessive force, he has a severe distaste for criminals—no matter which galaxy they’re from.

As young Lord Hadley and his companion Edward Dudley travel along a dark, coastal road, they encounter a young girl pinioned by a fallen wall. They rescue her and alert her father, stationed on the cliff-top, apparently watching for something or someone, before continuing their journey to the home of Sir Arthur Adelon. What was the girl doing out alone at night? What was her father's business on the cliff? Who is the sinister-looking stranger that young Edgar Adelon spots at the home of his beloved? And does Dudley have a chance with the beautiful heiress Eda, or have her affections been won by his wealthy patron? 

Former Marine and new Sheriff’s Deputy Cade Evigan is hanging onto his damaged soul - and his personal code - by a thread. His current mission? Weed out a violent motorcycle crew from a small mountain town. The problem? Katrina Killian, a woman standing firmly on the other side of the law, smack in the middle of the gang he’s there to destroy. She may get under his skin, but the sultry biker has criminal written all over her. So why can’t he see her like any other convict? 

Forgive me, Father, for I love to sin… I make naughty movies for three masked men. I did bad, bad things with my stepbrother. I robbed my stepbrother's best friend of his V card. But, worst of all… I crave another sweet taste of my step-daddy. Do not forgive me, Father, for my sins belong to...

Er war ihr Held. Sie war für ihn unerreichbar. Bis jetzt. Zehn Jahre. So lange ist es her, dass Archer von meiner Geburtstagsparty in Handschellen abgeführt wurde. Keine Erklärung. Kein Abschied. Nur ein gebrochenes Herz. Jetzt ist der Grund meiner dunkelsten Fantasien wieder da. Bereit, mir jede einzelne davon zu erfüllen… Zehn Jahre blieben mir nur die Bücher, die sie mir schickte, die Briefe, die sie mir schrieb und meine Erinnerungen. Jetzt bin ich draußen und schlafe Tür an Tür mit der Frau, für die ich einst alles aufgab.

From the bestselling author of Wimmera comes an unputdownable literary thriller that shows we all have secrets, but some are deadlier than others. Big City. Deadly Secrets. Cities are tough when you've grown up as a country kid. They're even tougher after nine years inside. Tom Blackburn is...

In modern London, Detective Grayson Steel works on Scotland Yard's most uncomfortable cases. While investigating the mysterious death of a young woman, he discovers secrets that normal people are oblivious to, and is dragged into a hidden society that exists alongside the human world. The Nebula...

They say everything happens for a reason. Joss Hess has spent his entire life looking for that reason. After nearly killing a man and barely avoiding prison, Joss finds himself sentenced to 18 months on Briscoe Ranch where certain things are expected. Hard work. Manners. Responsibility. Respect. Worst of all—anger management and restraint. If he fails, Joss will be sent back to the state penitentiary to serve the remainder of his sentence.... One roadblock stands between Joss and his freedom: Ren Briscoe.

When Clara Alexander returned from finishing school to Virginia City she had two goals: to become a reporter and make peace with the father who betrayed her mother. But even in the West, there is no room for her in the newsroom or in the family her father made when he married his mistress. Clara is forced to take desperate measures to prove her worth to an editor—including a reckless venture into a dangerous mine shaft.

From the bestselling author of 1788. The remarkable story of the fledgling settlement that survived against the odds. Bestselling historian David Hill tells the story of the first three decades of Britain's earliest colony in Australia in a fresh and compelling way. The British plan to settle...

Life had always been about right and wrong. No gray area. No exceptions. But my time with the bastard sons of the Institution were slowly changing my mind–forcing me to see that sometimes the only options available to someone were bad and worse. Their justice was different than mine and I struggled with it. Except now, they were gone. Every day I’d fought to leave them, to go home. But… I wanted them back. What did that say about me?

Kim is busy enjoying life, sure that her detective days are behind her, when she receives an unexpected letter that convinces her that an innocent man has been convicted and imprisoned in Bergamo. And that consequently a guilty man is roaming free. Inevitably she resumes her former duty and seeks out the cruel truth.

When Molly Holden’s husband, Thomas, is convicted of being a Luddite on the word of a secret informer, he is sentenced to be transported to Australia. Left with their baby daughter, Molly must find work to survive. But the man who informed on Thomas is a former suitor of Molly’s, and Isaac believes that with Thomas out of the way she will return to him....

She was a shy little virgin, looking to rebel. I was a bad accident waiting to happen. I’m the bad boy your parents warn you about. I’ve been to prison, killed for someone I love, and now I’m suffering through college. Then I see her…sweet, so naïve it hurts, and of course beautiful. She’s scared of me the moment we lock eyes, but beneath that fear is curiosity. From that moment on I’m consumed with a need to make her mine, to claim her...but when my past collides with my future, will I risk the chance of going back to prison to protect yet another person I love?

When Claire Nichols met Anthony Rawlings, she didn’t know they had a past, or that he had plans for her future. Over time, the role of teacher changed - games became reality - and domination turned to desire. Despite an insurmountable history, Claire and Tony found their way back to each other. Just when they seemed to have it all - love, respect, and the promise of a family - the game master exposed the truth. Claire’s world once again spun out of control. Unwilling to allow her child to suffer the consequences of an old vendetta, Claire fled....

Being born in poverty with all odds against him—poor, Black, and male—made Che' fair game to the savagery of what was deemed the worst ghetto in America: 1970s The Bronx, NY, home to the infamously corrupt Fort Apache police department. But if surviving that concrete jungle as a child is not inspiring enough, consider his fight against being branded as an "offender", stripped of all credibility, flogged, fired, and humiliated by being listed on the most villainous of public registries, congruent with being dragged through the one of the most scandalous criminal justice systems in America!

Follow infamous Italian mafiosos, cocaine cowboys, hitmen, jewel thieves, outlaw bikers, and others as they leave a trail of carnage on their climb to the top of the criminal underworld. It’s a vicious and dangerous game as determined authorities and bloodthirsty rivals try to take them down by any means necessary. With vivid scenes of murder, mayhem, and millions of dollars, Criminal Escapades chronicles the rise and fall of 20 of the most notorious gangsters to ever walk the cities, slums, and prisons in the modern era.