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1. 1. Winter's Bone

   

   Set in the harsh poverty of the Ozarks, the story follows a determined, hard-bitten teenage girl who, in the face of her drug-dealing father's disappearance, takes on the responsibility of caring for her two younger siblings and mentally ill mother. When she learns their house will be taken away unless her father shows up for his court date, she embarks on a dangerous journey through the criminal underworld to find him, encountering violence and betrayal along the way.

   The 3609th Greatest Book of All Time

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2. 2. Under The Bright Lights

   

   Under the Bright Lights follows the life of a small-town teenage boy who becomes involved with a travelling carnival and a corrupt local world of gambling and violence; as he navigates love, loyalty, and survival in a depressed Ozark community, he must confront the consequences of choices that pull him deeper into danger and moral compromise.

   The 17151st Greatest Book of All Time

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3. 3. Muscle For The Wing

   

   Detective Rene Shade must protect himself and the small Cajun town of St. Bruno when a group of ex-convicts moves in to seize control of the town’s illicit trade; the novel blends noir crime with dark humor.

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4. 4. The Ones You Do

   

   In St. Bruno, Cajun police detective Rene Shade must protect his estranged, drunken father — a former pool hustler whose money was taken by his young wife — from a violent killer hunting the missing cash.

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