Boleslaw Prus is often compared to Chekhov, and Prus's masterpiece might be described as an intimate epic, a beautifully detailed, utterly absorbing exploration of life in late-nineteenth-century Warsaw, which is also a prophetic reckoning with some of the social forces--imperialism, nationalism, an
The Doll
β Scribed by Stevens, Taylor
- Book ID
- 108587866
- Publisher
- Crown Publishing Group
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Series
- Vanessa Michael Munroe 3
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780307888808
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β¦ Synopsis
"A heroine every bit as provocative as Stieg Larsson's Lisbeth Salander." --The Dallas Morning News
They took her. Then they took her family. Now she's coming for retribution.
Information specialist Vanessa Michael Munroe has a reputation for getting things done, often dangerous and not-quite-legal things. Scarred from a life of violence, pursued by her own demons, and as proficient with languages as she is with knives, when a human trafficking ring kidnaps her to transport a high-profile starlet, she's prepared to destroy those responsible--until she discovers that to save one life, she will condemn the person she loves most.
Plunged into an underground world where women and girls are merchandise and a shadowy figure known as The Doll Maker controls her every move, Munroe must choose who lives, who dies, or find a way to outthink and outsmart a man who holds all the cards. In this high-octane thriller for fans of Lee Child, Barry...
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