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In the hard-edged tradition of Hubert Selby Jr., Daniel Woodrell, and Donald Ray Pollock, and with the fresh, complex humanity of Breaking Bad and Reservoir Dogs, a blistering debut collection that unsparingly confronts the extreme, brutal parts of the human heart.A man runs away from his grave and into a maelstrom of bullets and fire. A Hollywood fixer finds love over the corpse of a dead celebrity. A morbidly obese woman imagines a new life with the jewel thief who is scheming to rob the store where she works. A man earns the name "Mad Dog" and lives to regret it.Denizens of the shadows who live outside the law--from the desolate meth labs of the Ozark Mountains to the dog-fighting rings of Detroit to the lavish Los Angeles mansions of the rich and famous--the characters in Love and Other Wounds all thirst for something seemingly just beyond their reach. Some are on the run, pursued by the law or propelled relentlessly forward by a dangerous past that is disturbingly close. Others are searching for a semblance of peace and stability, and even love, in a fractured world defined by seething violence and ruthless desperation. All are bruised, pushed to their breaking point and beyond, driven to extremes they never imagined.Crackling with cinematic energy, raw and disquieting yet filled with pathos and a darkly vital humor, Love and Other Wounds is an unforgettable debut from an electrifying new voice.

In this "dazzling" (New York Times Book Review) mystery from an Edgar Award winning author, a fearless black-bag publicist exposes the belly of the L.A. beast.A New York Times Best Crime Book of the Year - A NYTBR Editors' Choice Selection - An Anthony Award Nominee - A Barry Award Nominee - An ABA January 2023 Indie Next List Pick - Recommended by New York Times Book Review - NPR/Fresh Air - Wall Street Journal - Washington Post - LA Times - CrimeReads - The Boston Globe - South Florida Sun Sentinel - Alta Online - Lit Hub- Kirkus Reviews- Publishers Weekly- NBC/TODAY and many more Welcome to Mae Pruett's Los Angeles, where "Nobody talks. But everybody whispers." As a "black-bag" publicist tasked not with letting the good news out but keeping the bad news in, Mae works for one of LA's most powerful and sought-after crisis PR firms, at the center of a sprawling web of lawyers, PR flaks, and private security firms she calls "The Beast." They protect the rich and powerful and depraved by any means necessary. After her boss is gunned down in front of the Beverly Hills Hotel in a random attack, Mae takes it upon herself to investigate and runs headfirst into The Beast's lawless machinations and the twisted systems it exists to perpetuate. It takes her on a roving neon joyride through a Los Angeles full of influencers pumped full of pills and fillers; sprawling mansions footsteps away from sprawling homeless encampments; crooked cops and mysterious wrecking crews in the middle of the night. Edgar Award-winner Jordan Harper's Everybody Knows is addicting and alarming, a "juggernaut of a novel" and "an absolute tour de force." It is what the crime novel can achieve in the modern age: portray the human lives at the center of vast American landscapes, and make us thrill at their attempts to face impossible odds. "The book everybody's been waiting for" --Michael Connelly "An absolute tour de force"--S. A. Cosby "The best mystery novel I've read in years" --James Patterson

In this "dazzling" (New York Times Book Review) mystery from an Edgar Award winning author, a fearless black-bag publicist exposes the belly of the L.A. beast.A New York Times Best Crime Book of the Year - A NYTBR Editors' Choice Selection - An Anthony Award Nominee - A Barry Award Nominee - An ABA January 2023 Indie Next List Pick - Recommended by New York Times Book Review - NPR/Fresh Air - Wall Street Journal - Washington Post - LA Times - CrimeReads - The Boston Globe - South Florida Sun Sentinel - Alta Online - Lit Hub- Kirkus Reviews- Publishers Weekly- NBC/TODAY and many more Welcome to Mae Pruett's Los Angeles, where "Nobody talks. But everybody whispers." As a "black-bag" publicist tasked not with letting the good news out but keeping the bad news in, Mae works for one of LA's most powerful and sought-after crisis PR firms, at the center of a sprawling web of lawyers, PR flaks, and private security firms she calls "The Beast." They protect the rich and powerful and depraved by any means necessary. After her boss is gunned down in front of the Beverly Hills Hotel in a random attack, Mae takes it upon herself to investigate and runs headfirst into The Beast's lawless machinations and the twisted systems it exists to perpetuate. It takes her on a roving neon joyride through a Los Angeles full of influencers pumped full of pills and fillers; sprawling mansions footsteps away from sprawling homeless encampments; crooked cops and mysterious wrecking crews in the middle of the night. Edgar Award-winner Jordan Harper's Everybody Knows is addicting and alarming, a "juggernaut of a novel" and "an absolute tour de force." It is what the crime novel can achieve in the modern age: portray the human lives at the center of vast American landscapes, and make us thrill at their attempts to face impossible odds. "The book everybody's been waiting for" --Michael Connelly "An absolute tour de force"--S. A. Cosby "The best mystery novel I've read in years" --James Patterson

The next epic crime novel from Jordan Harper, a story of Los Angeles power brokers and those at the edge, and a single shattering incident that threatens to bring it all crashing down. Los Angeles, right now. America with its back up against the wall. This Frankenstein's monster of crimes and lurid dreams sewn together into something like a city. A city ready to explode: A Hollywood pedophile is arrested, and is ready to tear down the city to get his freedom. A young woman goes missing -- and men in black rubber gloves who look like cops clean out her apartment in the middle of the night. And the serial killer known as the LA Ripper is on the loose, leaving tragic/graphic/brutal crime scenes in his wake. Three people trying to keep their heads above the dirty water will find themselves coming together to unite these strands into one enormous, unspeakable crime ... JAKE DEAL is a gonzo live-streaming nightcrawler, beaming the city's chaos straight to his audience of blood-hungry subscribers, giving them the view from the top of the mushroom cloud -- until a job he can't refuse drags him back into his old life of Hollywood glamour, drugs, sex and sleaze. Armed with cameras and hidden mics, he'll infiltrate private clubs, gather high-class dirt -- and stumble onto a conspiracy woven into the center of LA's most powerful men, who call themselves "The Kids in the Candy Store." DOUG GIBSON is a street lawyer, who fights for his clients against the army of cops, prosecutors and judges - he is the knife they bring to the gunfight. But when he's hired by a Hollywood pedophile ready to sell out his friends for a chance for freedom, he'll take on a fight bigger than he could have imagined. And when his client "commits suicide" in prison, Gibson will have to stop being a weapon - and become a warrior. KARA DELGADO works for an underground private concierge company - a make-a-wish foundation for the terminally rich. She scores drugs, makes connections, and plans multi-million dollar sex parties.She has learned the secret truth of this world: there are no rules, only prices. Her best friend Phoebe has gone missing, and Kara's the only person who knows that Phoebe's place was wiped clean of evidence by men in black rubber gloves. But when she begins to unravel the mystery of what happened to Phoebe, and its connection to the killer known as the LA Ripper, it will drag her into the dark heart of the city. As Jake, Doug and Kara all investigate these crimes, they'll encounter ketamine-addled sitcom stars, bloody riots, homeless gangsters, a killer cop on death row, secret vaults in Beverly Hills, tech-bro orgies, medical cannibals, true crime junkies, private security wet-work teams, reality shows, street takeovers, car chases, coyotes, a sadistic Tarzan, and a three day, fifty million dollar wedding, before everything is revealed and they must each make their choice about how to fight back in this violent world before the bloody, blazing conclusion.

**WINNER OF THE CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER**A Times, Guardian and Crimereads Book of the Year'Cinematic and insightful. Everybody Knows is a tour de force.' GUARDIAN'A heart-racing journey of danger and redemption.' DAILY MAIL'I doubt there will be a better American crime novel this year.' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Dark and thrilling.' GRAZIAIn Hollywood, nobody talks. But everybody whispers.Welcome to Mae Pruett's LA. A 'black-bag' publicist at one of Hollywood's most powerful crisis PR firms, Mae's job isn't to get good news out, it's to keep the bad news in and contain the scandals. But just as she starts to question her job and life choices, her boss is gunned down in front of the Beverly Hills Hotel, and everything changes.Investigating with the help of an ex-boyfriend, Mae dives headlong into a neon joyride through the jungle of contemporary Hollywood. Pitted against the twisted system she's worked so hard to perpetuate, she's desperately fighting for redemption, and her life.Readers are gripped by Everybody Knows:***** 'The year's best detective novel. . . a fresh take with a compelling heroine worth rooting for.'***** 'Powerful and brutal. I couldn't put it down.'***** 'A wonderful yet wretched exploration of human nature, you will struggle to put this book down or ever forget it'***** 'Addictive. . .an atmospheric neo-noir with crackling dialogue and finely drawn characters.'***** 'A superb story with a genuine sense of moral outrage.'

Thelma and Louise meets Breaking Bad: a gritty, violent pursuit thriller with a heart.

A searing thriller about family, redemption and revenge, from the award-winning author of A Lesson in Violence. Perfect for fans of Cormac McCarthy.

Samtidigt som hemlösas läger i Los Angeles brandbombas av en okänd galning sliter Mae Pruett som VIP-folkets egen krishanterare. Hon hjälper de rika och skrupelfria att hålla sina övertramp utom skvallerhåll för pressen. Det är ett jobb som kräver vassa armbågar, jurister, köpta journalister och ibland inhyrt våldskapital. Men när Maes chef Dan Hennigan mördas på öppen gata, tvingas Mae göra ett val. Tillsammans med sitt ex Chris, en före detta polis som jobbar för ett privat säkerhetsföretag, ger hon sig ut på ett korståg mot en världsberömd teveproducent och hans miljardärskompisar för att rädda en försvarslös, gravid tonårsskådespelerska. Men vägen mot en aldrig så liten seger över de mäktiga i en stad där ingen säger något, men alla viskar, visar sig vara kantad av lik ... Edgar Awards-vinnaren Jordan Harper kombinerar Raymond Chandlers hårdkokta elegans med James Ellroys brutalitet och hantverksskicklighet och Paris Hiltons känsla för skvaller. Alla vet är den första delen i författarens nya serie om de mörka sidorna av Los Angeles."Det är boken alla har väntat på." Michael Connelly

Samtidigt som hemlösas läger i Los Angeles brandbombas av en okänd galning sliter Mae Pruett som VIP-folkets egen krishanterare. Hon hjälper de rika och skrupelfria att hålla sina övertramp utom skvallerhåll för pressen. Det är ett jobb som kräver vassa armbågar, jurister, köpta journalister och ibland inhyrt våldskapital. Men när Maes chef Dan Hennigan mördas på öppen gata, tvingas Mae göra ett val. Tillsammans med sitt ex Chris, en före detta polis som jobbar för ett privat säkerhetsföretag, ger hon sig ut på ett korståg mot en världsberömd teveproducent och hans miljardärskompisar för att rädda en försvarslös, gravid tonårsskådespelerska. Men vägen mot en aldrig så liten seger över de mäktiga i en stad där ingen säger något, men alla viskar, visar sig vara kantad av lik ... Edgar Awards-vinnaren Jordan Harper kombinerar Raymond Chandlers hårdkokta elegans med James Ellroys brutalitet och hantverksskicklighet och Paris Hiltons känsla för skvaller. Alla vet är den första delen i författarens nya serie om de mörka sidorna av Los Angeles. "Det är boken alla har väntat på." Michael Connelly

El L.A. Confidential del siglo XXI. Un thriller apasionante sobre la corrupta f brica de sue os de Hollywood. «El libro que todos esper bamos. -Michael Connelly Ganadora del Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award Mujer eficaz y solvente, Mae Pruett trabaja en Los ngeles como solucionadora de problemas para lo que ella llama «la Bestia , una discreta pero solvente red de abogados, agencias de relaciones p blicas y compa as de seguridad privada que se encarga de proteger a personas ricas y poderosas, incluidas las grandes celebridades de Hollywood. Sin embargo, cuando su jefe y mentor Dan Hennigan es abatido a tiros en un ataque aparentemente aleatorio en pleno Sunset Boulevard, su vida da un vuelco. Obligada a enfrentarse al retorcido sistema de «la Bestia y a la corrupci n que lo sustenta, Mae se embarca en una aventura alucinante por una ciudad poblada de magnates, adictos, vagabundos, polic as corruptos, almas perdidas, depredadores en busca de carne joven y misteriosos equipos de demolici n que act an en medio de la noche mientras lucha sin cuartel por su vida y su redenci n. Ganadora del prestigioso premio Ian Fleming Steel Dagger y seleccionada como mejor novela negra del a o por The New York Times, The Guardian y The Times, Silencios que matan es una novela adictiva, oportuna y desgarradora que combina la brutalidad de James Ellroy con la sensibilidad po tica de Raymond Chandler en un viaje a coraz n abierto por una metr poli, Los ngeles, cuyos contrastes la convierten en poco menos que una jungla iluminada con luces de ne n. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION In this "dazzling" (New York Times Book Review) mystery from an Edgar Award winning author, a fearless black-bag publicist exposes the belly of the L.A. beast. A New York Times Best Crime Book of the Year - A NYTBR Editors' Choice Selection - An Anthony Award Nominee - A Barry Award Nominee - An ABA January 2023 Indie Next List Pick - Recommended by New York Times Book Review - NPR/Fresh Air - Wall Street Journal - Washington Post - LA Times - CrimeReads - The Boston Globe - South Florida Sun Sentinel - Alta Online - Lit Hub- Kirkus Reviews- Publishers Weekly- NBC/TODAY and many more Welcome to Mae Pruett's Los Angeles, where "Nobody talks. But everybody whispers." As a "black-bag" publicist tasked not with letting the good news out but keeping the bad news in, Mae works for one of LA's most powerful and sought-after crisis PR firms, at the center of a sprawling web of lawyers, PR flaks, and private security firms she calls "The Beast." They protect the rich and powerful and depraved by any means necessary. After her boss is gunned down in front of the Beverly Hills Hotel in a random attack, Mae takes it upon herself to investigate and runs headfirst into The Beast's lawless machinations and the twisted systems it exists to perpetuate. It takes her on a roving neon joyride through a Los Angeles full of influencers pumped full of pills and fillers; sprawling mansions footsteps away from sprawling homeless encampments; crooked cops and mysterious wrecking crews in the middle of the night. Edgar Award-winner Jordan Harper's Everybody Knows is addicting and alarming, a "juggernaut of a novel" and "an absolute tour de force." It is what the crime novel can achieve in the modern age: portray the human lives at the center of vast American landscapes and make us thrill at their attempts to face impossible odds. "The book everybody's been waiting for" --Michael Connelly "The best mystery novel I've read in years" --James Patterson

This place is a crime that can't be solved. And that's why we love it. LA is a brutal, burning city. It is America with nowhere to run. Each night Jake Deal captures it on a livestream to his blood-hungry subscribers. Above board, Doug Gibson is a street lawyer trying to fix the system one case at a time. Underground, Kara Delgado is working for a private concierge company - a make-a-wish foundation for the terminally rich. When Kara's best friend Phoebe goes missing, she soon finds herself in the worlds of both Jake and Doug. Will the remaining humanity of this fragile team kill them all or expose one enormous, unspeakable crime?

Sharing the new and evolving approaches to higher education leadership that foster liberatory systemic change.Higher Education Leadership offers a groundbreaking exploration of leadership in higher education. Rozana Carducci, Jordan Harper, and Adrianna Kezar challenge traditional paradigms and ideologies that hinder progress—advocating instead for liberatory systemic change. The authors highlight new and evolving interdisciplinary leadership approaches for resisting and dismantling oppressive systems, including neoliberalism and white supremacy, within and beyond higher education organizations. This comprehensive textbook synthesizes decades of leadership scholarship and dissects the limitations of hierarchical and individual-centered models prevalent in higher education. Through critical analysis, the authors unveil process-centered, shared-power, and equity-oriented approaches that prioritize liberation. By translating classic and revolutionary theories, they empower current and aspiring higher education leaders to reimagine their roles to create more meaningful impact. The authors bring theory to life by exploring the specific context of higher education and providing practical applications. Their survey also identifies gaps in knowledge and methodologies and provides ideas for future leadership research. They invite readers to view leadership as both a problem to be interrogated and dismantled as well as a pathway to a more liberatory future. By recognizing these dual possibilities of leadership, the authors open the door to powerful insights while also offering a cautionary tale. With enriching case studies, vignettes, and discussion questions, Higher Education Leadership serves as an essential resource for graduate classrooms and professionals seeking to critique existing leadership practices and forge new pathways that foster equity and systemic transformation. This thought-provoking textbook offers a new vision for higher education scholars and leaders committed to fostering inclusive, anti-racist, and equitable universities.