Amos Decker takes an interest in the case of a convicted murderer after discovering striking similarities to his own life. Both men were talented football players with promising careers cut short by tragedy. Both men's families were...
Prisoners
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Author:Baldacci, DavidSummary: - Author:LONDON, JackSummary:
This book by Jack London was published under the name of "The Jacket" in the UK and "The Star Rover" in the US. A framing story is told in the first person by Darrell Standing, a university professor serving life...
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Author:Kowalski, WilliamSummary:The year is 2147. Chago, twenty-four, is a prisoner in a world made up only of prisoners and those who guard them. The only bright spot in Chago’s life is his son, Jim-Jim, whose mother is a guard. In an effort to resolve overcrowding...
- Author:McFadden, FreidaSummary:
There are three rules Brooke Sullivan must follow as a new nurse practitioner at a men's maximum-security prison: 1) Treat all prisoners with respect. 2) Never reveal any personal information. 3) Never EVER become too friendly with the...
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Author:Atwood, MargaretSummary:Margaret Atwood puts the human heart to the ultimate test in an utterly brilliant new novel that is as visionary as The Handmaid's Tale and as richly imagined as The Blind Assassin. Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to...
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Author:Cayley, KateSummary:Françoise Laurent has never had an easy life. The only surviving child of a destitute washerwoman and wayward soldier, she must rely only on herself to get by. When her parents die suddenly from the smallpox ravishing New France (modern...
- Author:Hollon, Frank TurnerSummary:
Gabriel has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for a murder he did not commit. While jailed, he reads about a man who has been cured of cancer, supposedly proving God's existence. Gabriel is unimpressed. If God exists, why...
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Author:Bowen, Leah SimoneSummary:"I bore him fourteen children and he had me down here faster than lightning." In 1887, women were property and could be imprisoned for any reason. Jail was considered a place for the criminal, the disabled, the mentally ill,...
- Author:AviSummary:
In this sequel The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts by Newbery Medalist Avi, Oliver's adventures take him to the 18th century American colonies, where he is forced to fend for himself in the harsh wilderness, live as an...
- Author:Perry, KyleSummary:
If you encounter the Black Wind while out there at sea, all you can do is race back to shore. There's no predicting it, no sailing it, no living with it. And if you're a Dempsey, it can play tricks on your mind... On the Tasman...
- Author:Swan, SusanSummary:
Dale Paul is a witty, self-absorbed rogue and the hedge fund whale. He enjoys a life of self-delusion that allows him to gamble other people’s money for his personal enrichment. When his biggest gamble — involving the pensions of the...
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Author:Lawrence, IainSummary:His efforts to avenge his father's unjust imprisonment force thirteen-year-old Tom Tin into the streets of nineteenth-century London, but after he is convicted of murder, Tom is eventually sent to Australia where he has a surprise...
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Author:Lawrence, IainSummary:Tom Tin and his friend Midgely--with assorted juvenile criminals--escape the ship taking them to serve their terms in Australia and head for a Pacific island, forgetting Tom's father's warnings about headhunters and cannibals.
- Author:Weeks, BrentSummary:
As the old gods awaken, the Chromeria is in a race to find its lost Prism, the only man who may be able to stop catastrophe, Gavin Guile. But Gavin's enslaved on a galley, and when he finally escapes, he finds himself in less than...
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Author:Grisham, JohnSummary:Three former judges are in prison. They call themselves the Brethren and organize a pen-pal scam. The money is pouring in But then the Brethren contact the wrong pen-pal - a powerful... man with dangerous friends.
- Author:May, James L.Summary:
A political prisoner incarcerated on the island of Solovetsky, the most notorious Russian prison camp of the 1920s, is mysteriously conscripted to solve the murder of a fellow inmate.
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Author:SMITH, AaronSummary:In 1822, Aaron Smith, a young English seaman, was taken captive by Cuban pirates when his ship was boarded en route from Jamaica to England. Forced to work as a navigator and as a member of pirate boarding parties, he witnessed...
- Author:Lu, MarieSummary:
Explosive action and swoon-worthy suspense collide in this riveting conclusion to the Skyhunter duet from #1 New York Times -bestselling author Marie Lu As a Striker, Talin was taught loyalty is life. Loyalty to the Shield who watches...
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Nearly forty years in solitary confinement in a 6-foot by 9-foot cell for 23 hours a day for a crime he did not commit, Albert Woodfox survived and emerged with his humanity and sense of hope for the future intact.
- Author:Wight, WillSummary:
With his duel fast approaching, Lindon is locked away in prison. As a Blackflame, he is too dangerous to remain free. The Skysworn, protectors of the Empire, have imprisoned him to keep him under control until the day of his promised...
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