A Killer Z Ambition 2

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In this explosive finale, Carmelo Glover is already caught red-handed committing a brutal murder... With his life on the line and facing life in prison, Carmelo devotes all of his resources to keeping his freedom, and what he endures along the way is devastating news that can tear his family and his life apart forever... Carmelo's wife's and son's lives are on the line. It nearly pushes him over the edge---until he pushes back, blitzing through the violent streets of D.C. to track down a vengeful killer who doesn't play by the rules... As Carmelo closes in on the maniacal murderer who won't stop until he completely obliterates Carmelo's world, Carmelo must choose between revenge and the rules of the game, even as the killer threatens to slaughter his family.

After two years of laying low and living a normal life as a nightclub manager, an out of the blue telephone call from a comrade in prison leads Carmelo Glover to return to the streets to commit murder. The mission pulls Carmelo right back into the killing game that ultimately puts him in the crosshairs of a cunning killer who wants revenge for something Carmelo did during his dark and violent past, and the killer will stop at nothing to destroy Carmelo's world. But Carmelo isn't about to back down, even though it may cost him everything he loves.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction that unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century—the story of the legendary British explorer who ventured into the Amazon jungle in search of a fabled civilization and never returned. “Suspenseful…rollicking.” —The New York Times In 1925, Percy Fawcett went into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to find evidence of his party and the place he called “The Lost City of Z.” In this masterpiece, journalist David Grann interweaves the spellbinding stories of Fawcett’s quest for “Z” and his own journey into the deadly jungle. Look for David Grann’s new book, The Wager, coming in April 2023!

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From the author of Lost Souls, Drawing Blood, and Wormwood comes a thrilling and chilling novel that bestselling author Peter Straub says serves as a “guidebook to hell.” To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. After feigning his own death to escape from prison, Compton makes his way to the United States with the sole ambition of bringing his “art” to new heights. Tortured by his own perverse desires, and drawn to possess and destroy young boys, Compton inadvertently joins forces with Jay Byrne, a dissolute playboy who has pushed his “art” to limits even Compton hadn’t previously imagined. Together, Compton and Byrne set their sights on an exquisite young Vietnamese-American runaway, Tran, whom they deem to be the perfect victim. Swiftly moving from the grimy streets of London’s Piccadilly Circus to the decadence of the New Orleans French Quarter, Poppy Z. Brite dissects the landscape of torture and invites us into the mind of a killer. Exquisite Corpse confirms Brite as a writer who defies categorization. It is a novel for those who dare trespass where the sacred and profane become one.