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"The saying goes you shouldn't bite the hand that feeds you, but maybe you should if that same hand prevents you from feeding yourself. Every territory has a king, and Metro Atlanta is no exception. Gang lords Blanket and Guerilla have been growing their numbers, never beefing until Guerilla decides to expand, thanks to the help of his enemys own rook. Caught in the middle of this battle from different sides of the track are London and Saint."--
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"Antonio, born of an affair between a beautiful actress and a notorious crime boss, lost his mother to drugs and was forced to navigate foster care and survive on the streets of the Bronx. He is ignored by his father, the infamous head of a powerful crime syndicate, and his half-brothers are living the life Antonio used to dream about. Antonio has turned his struggles into a career in the NBA, but when a devastating injury sidelines his basketball...
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Urban Books
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2015
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English
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New York Times bestselling author Carl Weber has brought together eight of the best Urban Street writers to participate in the most highly anticipated series of 2015, the Kingpin series. Every city has an underworld leader. In the Kingpin series, we will visit eight cities and ride along with that city's kingpin as he rules the streets. The story starts out in Miami with Nikki Turner, and will end with a compilation of all kingpins, written...
4) St. Louis
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Urban Books
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[2016]
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English
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After the untimely death of their St. Louis kingpin father, David and Davita, half-siblings with very different childhoods, must take up the mantle and try to keep the crime family together despite their mothers' meddling.
5) Houston
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Urban Books
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[2018]
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English
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"Donna and Kim Boon moved to Houston, Texas with their aunt Lisa when they were orphaned at ten years old. Lisa raised the girls as her own, showering them with everything a young woman could want. The girls have grown up into beautiful and privileged Houstonites and are two of the most eligible bachelorettes in the city, with more suitors than they know how to handle. Life seems perfect, but when Aunt Lisa is gunned down in cold blood, the girls...
6) Harlem
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Urban Books
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[2020]
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English
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Building on the success of the Kingpins series, Carl Weber's Five Families series features some of Urban Books' most popular authors writing about crime in the boroughs of New York City, this time in Harlem.
Through the darkest tunnel comes the light, but for Caesar King, there is nothing, but more, darkness on the other side.
After the failed attempt on his life, he is afraid that the Pact of the Five Families is no more. He can trust nobody. Whoever...
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Urban Books
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"After relying on high-priced prostitution as her only source of income, Anissa Burke has finally earned enough money to leave the escort life behind and open her own boutique with her cousin and business partner, Brynn Hollingsworth. But when Brynn is gunned down and left in a coma, Anissa has no choice but to seek the protection of a pimp named Leon... At first, Leon treats Anissa like royalty, but she soon sees what he does to the other escorts...
9) Philadelphia
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Urban Books
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[2016]
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English
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"Carl Weber brings the best of Urban street lit authors together, each telling their own dramatic tale of life in the streets in cities across the USA. The third installment continues with veteran Urban Books author Brittani Williams. Dontay had it rough growing up in the projects with a mother who forced him to become a man at the young age of fifteen. His father was a rolling stone, having multiple children with many women. He always fought for...
10) West Coast
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Urban Books
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[2021]
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English
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Perhaps Temper's longing to escape [from the West Coast] is a result of being raised on a road less traveled in an area of South Central Los Angeles, where tourism is obsolete and gang banging and dope slanging reign supreme. Or maybe it's because of the widespread enigma of 'the only way out the hood is over a thirty-foot wall.' If this hood proverb is true, then being born half-black and half-Asian should've given her a ten-foot ladder as a head...
11) Cleveland
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Urban Books
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[2016]
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English
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"Ke'yoko and Ka'yah are identical twins with two totally different personalities. As young girls they formed a bond that could not be broken. It isn't until they become grown women that their loyalty is tested by secrets, deception, and lies"--Page 4 of cover.
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Urban Books
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[2018]
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English
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"Tiara Rogers is the daughter of a kingpin, which makes her a target. She falls hard for a boy, but isn't aware of his true plans for her. She becomes lost in the underworld, and her father's empire is being fought over by people she once trusted." --
13) Raleigh-Durham
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Urban Books
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[2021]
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English
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"Destined to be an NFL star, Amir instead wants to be a hustler like his father and, adhering to the code of the streets, must make some difficult decision when a devastating betrayal brings about dire consequences."--
14) New Orleans
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Urban Books
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[2023]
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English
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"Cal "Freeway" Moore, a well-known hitta and kingpin, knows all too well that running his New Orleans-based empire comes at a price. "Shoot first and ask questions later" is his motto as he fights to hold down his kingdom and maintain a healthy relationship with the love of his life, Belladonna. They say you keep your friends close but your enemies closer, but what if both are the same--and coming for his spot?"--
15) Detroit
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Urban
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2019.
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English
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"Kalif is treacherous, conniving, and coldhearted -- everything his adoptive family did not want to be. The hot-tempered young man is indeed his father's son. While off his meds, Kalif discovers the circumstances surrounding the brutal murder of his birth parents. Ignoring the possible consequences, his rage and thirst for power increases. Deep off into the zone, Kalif rises through the ranks of the Motor City crime underworld, proving to everyone,...
16) Snitch
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[2022]
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"Flash, the son of Philadelphia drug queen pin Vickie Lopez, decides he isn't going to prison, not even for his own mother. When he's arrested for a small amount of cocaine, he spills his guts to Philadelphia homicide detectives, resulting in the arrest and federal conviction...of his own mother...Flash is shipped to Graterford...His baby brother, who is North Philly's most notorious contract killer, awaits him for a family reunion"--
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Urban Books
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[2020]
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English
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"With both parents in love with their addiction to freebasing cocaine, Ethan found it easier to pack up and leave his home city years ago. Crossing many miles, he landed in Tennessee, where his survival instincts and drive to succeed led him to become the deadliest kingpin in Memphis. He goes by the name of Minister, and he prefers to fly under the radar, making moves that can only be traced back to a ghost whose origin and location are a mystery."...
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Urban Books
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[2022]
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"Being? ?the? ?daughter? ?of? ?a pastor,?? ??Erica? ?Collins? ?never? ?got? ?a? ?chance? ?to? ?live? a? ?normal? ?life.? ?Now 21 years old, Erica's? ?only? ?escape? ?from? ?her? ?father? ?and? ?his? ?Bible? ?is ?when? ?she? ?hooks? ?up? ?with? ?her? ?best? ?friend,? ?Nicole.? ?She? ?finds? ?a? ?little? freedom? ?throu?gh ?Nicole's? ?wild? ?stories, with? ?most? ?of? ?them? ?being? ?about? ?her? ?boyfriend?, ?Mekco. ?Erica? ?is? ?all? ?in?,?? ?craving?...
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Urban Books
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[2023]
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English
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"From a murderous Bonnie and Clyde stirring up a hornet's nest to a drug war and the rise of heroin overdoses, Detectives Michael Acosta and Chris Emerson are tasked with investigating the rash of robberies and brutal murders happening in the borough. Queens is bubbling with heated violence, as rival kingpins vie for power"--
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Urban Books
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[2018]
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English
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"Ever since he was a child, the only thing Cyril Anderson wanted was to be down with his brother Cane's crew. Cane Anderson, leader of the notorious Bankroll Crips, was invincible - or so Cyril thought. On the night of Cyril's initiation, things take a terrible turn and leave Cane lying dead in a pool of his own blood. Now the leader of a blood-thirsty gang, there is only one thing that Cyril wants to do: seek revenge." --
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