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From critically acclaimed author Rio Youers, an action-packed crime novel featuring three kick-ass heroines--bandmates who moonlight as vigilantes.Blood. Bullets. Rock and roll.Meet the Bang-Bang Sisters: Brea, Jessie, and Flo. Together, they're a kick-ass rock band with an unbreakable bond.But that's only half the story. Offstage, they're highly skilled vigilantes, traveling the country in their beaten-up tour van to exact justice on criminals who have slipped through the system. Part rock stars, part assassins, they're a force to be reckoned with.Drawn by a tantalizing lead, the sisters head to Reedsville, Alabama--a city crawling with destitution and corruption--where they close in on a notorious serial killer known as "the wren." But they soon discover that they have walked straight into a trap set by Chance Kotter, a ruthless mobster with a personal vendetta.Bruised and beaten, the sisters find themselves at the mercy of Chance and a sadistic game of survival that will pit them against each other: Forty-eight hours. One city. Three sisters. Only one of them can survive.Full of gripping action and shocking twists that come at a breakneck pace, The Bang-Bang Sisters is a relentless, edge-of-your-seat thrill ride that will leave you breathless.

From Rio Youers, the acclaimed author of Lola on Fire, comes a blistering high-octane thriller about desperate love, vengeance, and the precarious pursuit of fame.A rip-roaring Hollywood noir that smashes the pedal to the metal and keeps it there. The best villain since Ian Fleming's James Bond novels . . . This one is hot. -Stephen KingLuke Kingsley's glory days are behind him. A star on the rise, his life and career imploded after his soul singer wife, Lisa Hayes, disappeared without a trace, silencing a very public and tumultuous marriage. Most people, especially an avenging PI, think Luke got away with murder. The last thing he expects is to be pulled back from the brink by a starstruck stranger.Wannabe actress Kitty Rae has chased her dreams all the way from Kentucky to Hollywood. Saving a washed-up actor's life wasn't one of them, but she believes in Luke--as much as she believes her own career is just one lucky break away. For now, she works for Johan Fly, a charismatic, wealthy, and seriously unbalanced drug dealer to the rich and famous. When Johan discovers that Kitty has been skimming the product, he vows to make her pay.As Luke steps up to help Kitty, he uncovers a web of violence and corruption, as well as a single, enticing clue about his wife's disappearance. Barreling across the Mojave Desert, Luke and Kitty set off to find the long-lost Lisa. But Johan, hungry for vengeance, is hot on their trail. There's no limit to what he will do to find them. And in a world where fortune favors the ruthless, there's also no limit to what Luke and Kitty will have to do to survive.

It's dangerous out there...on the road.The highways, byways and backroads of America are teeming day and night with regular folks. Moms and dads making long commutes. Teenagers headed to the beach. Bands on their way to the next gig. Truckers pulling long hauls. Families driving cross country to visit their kin.But there are others, too. The desperate and the lost. The cruel and the criminal.Theirs is a world of roadside honky-tonks, truck stops, motels, and the empty miles between destinations. The unseen spaces.And there are even stranger things. Places that aren't on any map. Wayfaring terrors and haunted legends about which seasoned and road-weary travelers only whisper.But those are just stories. Aren't they?Find out for yourself as you get behind the wheel with some of today's finest authors of the dark and horrific as they bring you these harrowing tales from the road.Tales that could only be spawned by the endless miles of America's lost highways.So go ahead and hop in. Let's take a ride.Line-up:Introduction by Brian Keenedoungjai gam & Ed Kurtz - "Crossroads of Opportunity"Joe R. Lansdale - "Not from Detroit"Kristi DeMeester - "A Life That is Not Mine"Robert Ford - "Mr. Hugsy"Lisa Kröger - "Swamp Dog"Orrin Grey - "No Exit"Michael Bailey - "The Long White Line"Kelli Owen - "Jim's Meats"Bracken MacLeod - "Back Seat"Jess Landry - "The Heart Stops at the End of Laurel Lane"Jonathan Janz - "Titan, Tyger"Nick Kolakowski - "Your Pound of Flesh"Richard Thomas - "Requital"Damien Angelica Walters - "That Pilgrims' Hands Do Touch"Cullen Bunn - "Outrunning the End"Christopher Buehlman - "Motel Nine"Rachel Autumn Deering - "Dew Upon the Wing"Josh Malerman - "Room 4 at the Haymaker"Rio Youers - "The Widow"Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing-Tales from the Darkest Depths.

Harvey Anderson enjoys his peaceful life, but everything's turned upside down when he's abducted by a group of thugs who have spent years searching for Harvey's girlfriend, Sally. But Sally is gone and Harvey has no memory of her. His girlfriend has the ability to erase a person's memories, and finding the forgotten girl comes at quite a cost...