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02522aam a22003258i 4500 001 8BF70162BB4F11EE9799A7D243ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240125010040 008 230810s2024 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2023036049 020 $a 1250834953 020 $a 9781250834959 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23/eng/20230814 100 1 $a Brown, Tracy, $d 1974- $e author. 245 10 $a Brooklyn / $c Tracy Brown. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2402 264 1 $a New York : $b St. Martin's Griffin, $c 2024. 300 $a pages cm 520 $a "Tracy Brown crafts a tale about a master manipulator and serial survivor, who will scorch earth to get what she wants. The question isn't who murdered her; the question is who wouldn't? Brooklyn Melody James has finally gotten the punishment she deservesafter leaving a web of lies, heartache, and betrayal behind her. As her life slips away, Brooklyn remembers the events that shaped her into the cold, calculating creature she became. Brooklyn learned the art of hustling from her parents who used the church to get money. Idolizing her father and despising her mother, Brooklyn's determined to be the type of woman who makes her own rules. When her back's up against the wall, she sacrifices her family, takes the burnt offering that remains, and runs away. InNYC, young Brooklyn charms her way into the inner circle of hustlers and stick-up kids, learning tricks along the way. She catches the eye of a major player in the drug game, Hassan, and they have a breathless love affair. Brooklyn becomes integrated into his operation, earning the trust of Hassan and his associates. But when she gets the keys to the kingdom, driven by unfettered ambition and a ruthless desire to survive, Brooklyn snatches the pot of gold, leaving bitter retribution promises behind her.From DC to Maryland, Brooklyn burns bridges and breaks hearts. What she doesn't realize is that someone is prepared to end her reign of terror. As she faces her killer and her fate, Brooklyn's stunned that justice comes from the least likely place"-- $c Provided by publisher. 655 7 $a Urban fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 941 $a 5 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240524011107.0 952 $l CQPE926 $d 20240503010916.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20240502011003.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20240403015637.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240127012731.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8BF70162BB4F11EE9799A7D243ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search