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Author
Series
Sun coast chronicles volume 2
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A violent criminal with a knack for evading justice. A beautiful victim with a secret to hide. Between them stands one good cop, torn between justice and the law. This rape case is an exception: The victim is more than willing to testify. And there's abundant evidence to put the suspect behind bars. Just one thing bothers Detective Larry Millsap's. Young and beautiful Melissa Nelson seems to know almost too much about the evidence needed to convict...
22) Good husbands
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Jessica, Stephanie and Priyanka are complete strangers, but they have one thing in common: they've each received a letter accusing their husbands of committing a sexual assault more than two decades prior. Is the accusation true or is there more to the story? It was a secret that remained buried for years. With their worlds suddenly turned upside down, they don't know who to trust ... The three women come together to embark on a hunt for the truth,...
23) Dangerous play
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 570L
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Zoe Alamandar has one goal: win the State Field Hockey Championships and earn a scholarship that will get her the hell out of Central New York. She and her co-captain Ava Cervantes have assembled a fierce team of dedicated girls who will work hard and play by the rules. But after Zoe is sexually assaulted at a party, she finds a new goal: make sure no girl feels unsafe again. Zoe and her teammates decide to stop playing by the rules and take justice...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 780L
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Graciela's whole world changes after she and a boy she barely knows are sexually assaulted at the same party. She loses her gift for making enchanted pan dulce. Neighborhood trees vanish overnight, while mirrored glass appears, bringing reckless magic with it. Ciela is haunted by what happened to her, but when the boy, Lock, shows up at Ciela's school, he has no memory of that night, and no clue that a single piece of mirrored glass is taking his...
25) Dark chapter
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Vivian is a cosmopolitan Taiwanese-American tourist who often escapes her busy life in London through adventure and travel. Johnny is a 15-year-old Irish teenager, living a neglected life on the margins of society. He has grown up in a family where crime is customary, violence is a necessity, and everything--and anyone--can be yours for the taking. As Vivian looks to find her calling professionally, she delights in exploring foreign countries, rolling...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 370 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The only mortal in a family of gods, Medusa is the youngest of the Gorgon sisters. Unlike her siblings, Medusa grows older, experiences change, feels weakness. Her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. When the sea god Poseidon assaults Medusa in Athene's temple, the goddess is enraged. Furious by the violation of her sacred space, Athene takes revenge--on the young woman. Punished for Poseidon's actions, Medusa is...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When she was thirteen years old, Anderson was a shy, bookish girl who was raped by a boy she trusted. She has since become known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed in the years since, she has written a poetry memoir that shares reflections, rants, and calls to action woven between deeply personal stories from her life that...
28) The exile
Author
Series
Publisher
Bookshots, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First North American edition.
Physical Desc
132 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Ex-cop Finn O'Grady hasn't been home in years. In Kilmeaden, Ireland, his ex-lover-- the woman he swore to protect-- is convinced an ancient curse has put her and her son in deadly danger. O'Grady has seen too much evil on earth to believe in the supernatural. And then the killing starts...." -- Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
453 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Six women--mothers, daughters, sisters--gone missing. When the first is found floating dead in the river, it reveals the disturbing truth of a small Ohio town. Inspired by the unsolved murders of the Chillicothe Six, this harrowing and haunting novel tells the story of two sisters, both of whom could be the next victims, from the internationally-bestselling author of Betty"--
Arcade and Daffodil are twins born one minute apart. With their fiery...
30) The runaway
Author
Publisher
Zebra Books/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Rosemary Tulle has come to Halcyon Hall desperate to find her younger sister. Seventeen-year-old Genevieve left a brief, troubling message on Rosemary's phone, begging to be picked up. But Rosemary is not on the visitor list, and no one will let her in... Halcyon Hall was once Bainesworth Manor, an asylum for the insane. Such places often draw whispers about gruesome treatments and tortured inmates. In the case of Bainesworth, the reality may have...
31) Unbreak me
Author
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Andra Lawler has hardly left her family's ranch in years, imprisoned by the trauma of her sexual assault. LJ Delisle hasn't made it out of New Orleans until now, stuck in a cycle of poverty and grief following Hurricane Katrina. When the black Creole cowboy leaves his home to train horses on the whitewashed ranches of Montana, the last thing he expects is to form a personal connection with Andra. Through LJ's gentle attention to her during their...
32) Any man: a novel
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
272 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this electric and provocative debut novel, Tamblyn blends genres of poetry, prose, and elements of suspense to give shape to the shocking narratives of victims of sexual violence, mapping the destructive ways in which our society perpetuates rape culture. A violent serial rapist is on the loose, who goes by the name Maude. She hunts for men at bars, online, at home--the place doesn't matter, neither does the man. Her victims then must live the...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A gifted and reclusive ghostwriter, Alice Lovett makes a living helping other people tell their stories. But she is haunted by the one story she cannot tell: the story of, as she puts it, 'the things that happened while I was asleep.' Back in 1999, Nick Brothers and his high school lacrosse team return for their senior year in a well-to-do Baltimore suburb as the reigning state champs. The afterglow of their big win is bound to last until graduation;...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of Harpercollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
442 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In a world that intentionally silences the voices of its most marginalized communities, what does it take to be heard? Kiran leaves her home in Punjab for a new start in Canada after a sexual assault leaves her pregnant. But overstaying her visa and living undocumented brings its own perils for both her and her daughter, Sahaara. Sahaara would do anything to protect her mother. When she learns the truth about Kiran's past, she feels compelled to...
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Recovering at home after a dorm-room rape she can barely remember, Catherine is devastated when a neighbor girl is murdered, and turns to childhood friend, Henry, for help.
"When Catherine Ellers returns home after her first semester at college, she is seeking refuge from a night she can barely piece together, dreads remembering, and refuses to talk about. She tries to get back to normal, but just days later the murder of someone close to her tears...
36) The fifth angel
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jake Ruskin, a respected partner in a prestigious law firm, is also a serial killer who targets sexual predators like the one who raped his fifteen-year-old daughter. Amanda Lee is an FBI agent assigned to track down the killer. As Jake exacts his own brand of justice, Amanda closes the gap between them, not realizing that she will soon have to choose between ultimate right and wrong.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Tessa Ensler loves her job. She's worked her way up to being a top criminal defense barrister against all the odds, and fights to defend those pleading not guilty. Tessa believes in the law, believes in the system. Her quick-witted cross-examinations and intelligence in the courtroom see her clocking up win after win - including securing freedom for men accused of rape and sexual assault. Innocence until proven guilty is, after all, the bedrock of...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
473 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In one of the most elite private high schools in the nation, Quinn, Charlotte and Max question everything they thought they knew about themselves and the school when Quinn's sexual assault becomes public, implicating one of the top-tier athletes on campus.
39) Phaedra: a novel
Author
Publisher
Alcove Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Phaedra has been cast to the side all her life: daughter of an adulteress, sister of a monster, and now unwilling bride to the much-older, power-hungry Theseus. Young, n̐ave, and idealistic, she has accepted her lot in life, resigned to existing under the sinister weight of Theseus's control and the constant watchful eye of her handsome stepson Hippolytus. When supposedly pious Hippolytus assaults her, Phaedra's world is darkened in the face of...
40) Precious
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school where her new teacher, Ms. Rain,...