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Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. What does a romance-thriller look like in the Pandemic era? Welcome to a very possible near future with an unrelenting storm of murder and redemption.With the unexpected twists and turns of a thriller, Even a Pandemic Can't Stop Love and Murder takes a new approach to the genre.It is 2025. Nearly four years into the Pandemic Era, construction subcontractor Alby wakes up in an Iraqi hospital to find two shadowy men telling him he must get back to the U.S. and disappear-now. Because if he is ever found, terrorists will get their revenge for what he did. In a haze of pain and morphine, he chooses South Jersey, where the irritating presence of his sister Dorothy along with his favorite nephew Stephen are the only things about his new life that resemble any part of his past.Believing he is safely hidden in his cave-like garage apartment, he supports himself on under-the-table fix-it work while wrestling with nightmares of what happened in Iraq. But his minimal existence is about to be upended, to disastrous effect.Within the first twenty-four hours of this one-week, fast-paced thriller, Alby is involved in a major robbery, meets a dancer with a secret past and crosses paths with a psychotically polite hitman named Jagger. Something very valuable has been taken from a mob-run bank, and now, everyone is after Alby. Meanwhile, the still-present Pandemic only amplifies the constant presence of danger. Even a Pandemic Can't Stop Love and Murder, Vol. 1: Break the Bank can't stop the mayhem and romance that grows all around a man who just wants to do his job and be left alone.Break the Bank-volume 1 of 3-is based on a true story. Told to the author by his father, it is the true story of a mob bank getting ripped off and the ensuing violent consequences.…

paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When Evan O'Brien reluctantly returns home for his grandfather's funeral, his life littered with failed jobs and relationships, he agrees to work on his beloved uncle's failing mayoral campaign - but has no idea of the dirty politics and family secrets he is about to encounter. Caught between a buried past and a dangerous present, Philadelphia provides the colorful landscape of violence, racism, and the challenges Evan must face to reclaim his life - before someone takes it. Kirkus Reviews: In O'Neill's novel, a public-relations executive becomes entangled in his uncle's political campaign and confronts a fraught family history. Evan O'Brien, a jaded PR professional based in New York City, returns home to Philadelphia for his grandfather's funeral only to be pulled into his Uncle Michael's unexpected run for mayor. What begins as a reluctant favor becomes a consuming test of loyalty, ambition, and self-preservation. Michael, who's compassionate to a fault, believes that he can restore dignity to a city plagued by violence, while Evan, who's both protective and opportunistic, sees politics as nothing more than theater, in which one survives through manipulation. The secondary cast is also sharply drawn, including Betty, Evan's embittered mother who blames her son for past tragedies; Jane, Evan's aunt, who resents his closeness with her husband; Father Murphy, a wily family confidant; and Ellen Van De Meer, the head of the local Republican Party and the ruthless keeper of the city's political machine. They illustrate how family and politics thrive on secrecy and control, and the campaign itself becomes a crucible. Unresolved betrayals from Evan's past resurface, involving a violent childhood incident with his stepfather and his grandfather's favoritism: 'My grandfather had picked his real favorite,' notes Evan at one point. 'And it wasn't me.'Tension builds throughout the story by pairing psychological unease with the grind of local politics, and it shows how grief, racism, and ambition collide in a troubled city. Although O'Neill sometimes lingers a bit longer than necessary on backstory, the narrative's psychological edge is engagingly sharp, as is Evan's corrosive narration. A dark, jagged, and compulsively readable story that digs deep into grief, politics, and betrayal.…