The impressionistic memoir of an artist who was blinded in a sudden act of violence.
New York
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Author:Montalembert, Hugues de.Summary: -
Author:Patterson, James, Ledwidge, MichaelSummary:Detective Michael Bennett arrests an infamous Mexican crime lord in a deadly chase that leaves Bennett's lifelong friend Hughie McDonough dead. From jail, the prisoner vows to rain epic violence down upon New York City and get revenge...
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Author:Alers, RochelleSummary:Super Bowl MVP Brandt Wainwright's good fortune runs out when he crashes his SUV into a tree. During the long recuperation, the fun-loving quarterback becomes cranky and sullen--until private nurse Ciara Dennison shows up for duty.
- Author:Rhodes-Pitts, SharifaSummary:
As gentrification encroaches on historic Harlem, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts untangles the myth and meaning of its storied legacy. Drawing on Harlem's history and her own observations, Rhodes-Pitts introduces a variety of observers who shared...
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Author:Huston, CharlieSummary:Manhattan's vampire ecosystem is fragile, with too many bloodsuckers feeding on the same supply. So undead strong-arm Joe Pitt heads to the outer boroughs to keep an Orthodox danger at bay.
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Author:Von Ziegesar, CecilySummary:Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my friends and I live, go to school, play, and sleep-sometimes with each other. S is back from boarding school, and if we aren't careful, she's going to win over our teachers, wear that...
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Author:Chauncey, GeorgeSummary: -
Author:Castle, RichardSummary:YPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat arrives at her latest crime scene to find an unidentified woman stabbed to death and stuffed inside a suitcase left on a Manhattan street. Nikki is in for a big shock when this new homicide connects to...
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Author:Ndibe, OkeySummary:Ike, a New York-based Nigerian cab driver, is desperate. Despite having a degree in economics, his strong accent has barred him from the corporate world. With gambling debt mounting, he travels back to Nigeria to steal the statue of an...
- Author:Cole, TejuSummary:
Every Day is for the Thief is an account of a Nigerian in the diaspora who returns home after many years abroad. The book gains its strength as much from its subject matter (contemporary Lagosian life as experienced by a visiting former...
- Author:Banks, MayaSummary:
"Have we met?" Answer: a right hook! Because Bryony Morgan pulls no punches. Even when she's very pregnant and facing down the father of her unborn child. She fell for wealthy hotelier Rafael de Luca when he courted her for her...
- Author:LYNCH, Sarah-KateSummary:
Connie Farrell, a New York restaurant critic, is sitting in a first class seat on her way to Venice for the second honeymoon of a lifetime. There's only one problem, Tom, her high school sweetheart and husband of ten years, is not...
- Author:Woods, StuartSummary:
Amanda Dart is the queen of the glitzy, trashy gossip world until rivals publish an underground scandal sheet called Dirt. When Dart's and her associates' peccadilloes are faxed to news desks across the nation, the motive becomes clear...
- Author:Goldsborough, RobertSummary:
Nero Wolfe's favorite newspaper faces a hostile take-over, and the paper's staunchest supporter is suddenly found dead. Master sleuth Nero Wolfe steps into the crossfire of a tabloid war.
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Author:Kaminsky, Stuart M.Summary:The body of a middle-aged man is found in the elevator of a ritzy doorman building on the Upper East Side. Mac Taylor and Aiden Burn's initial investigation yields no bullets, no DNA evidence, and no motive. Could this be the perfect...
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Author:Layne, LaurenSummary:Vincent Moretti is one of the NYPD's top homicide detectives who has spent years working alongside his longtime partner, Jill--who drives him crazy with desire. When Vin sees Jill with someone else he feels jealous and desperate to find...
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Author:Patterson, James, Paetro, MaxineSummary:Tandy Angel isn't a normal girl, and she knows it. For one thing, her family is magnificently wealthy and lives in a massive apartment in the famous Dakota building in New York City. Her parents are the head of a prominent hedge fund...
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Author:Steel, DanielleSummary:When Olympia Rubinstein's twin daughters are invited to a debutante ball, chaos erupts. One twin and Olympia's ex-husband are anxious to go, while the other twin and Olympia's current husband refuse to go.
- Author:Woods, StuartSummary:
Following a productive trip to Bel Air, Stone Barrington is back in Manhattan. But just after he settles in, he's paid a visit by his friend and sometimes-lover, CIA assistant director Holly Barker. Together they investigate a...
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Author:AviSummary:In 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole from the brand new Waldorf Hotel, where she works. Includes historical notes.
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