Dirtier Than Ever

Dirtier Than Ever
Author: Vickie M. Stringer
Publisher: Atria Books
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2011-02-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781439166123

Following the phenomenal success of Essence bestsellers Dirty Red and Still Dirty, Vickie M. Stringer takes readers on another bumpy ride in Dirtier Than Ever with Red, Bacon, and Q—the crazy love-hate triangle who makes the series a favorite among urban fiction fans. Q wished that Bacon had killed Red when he had the chance. Red knew that Q’s career as a hustler was over and he was counting on starting a new legit business with the money he had made. He had once believed her when she promised that the money didn’t mean a thing and she would give it all up to be with him. Bacon returns from prison and suddenly Q is left for dead. With Q out of the picture, Bacon now has Red to himself. His sights are set on being the top hustler with Red by his side. He believes Red has fi nally changed when she reveals the truth about her past. But all comes to a head when the snooping detective, Thomas, suspects Red’s involvement in Q’s getting shot and the murder of Zeke, Q’s best friend. With two murders, a tumultuous love affair, and money on her mind, Red must make a decision . . . does she turn over a new leaf or revisit her dirty ways of old? Gritty, steamy, and intense, Stringer delivers another page-turning caper about a hustler in high heels who is Dirtier Than Ever.

The Dirty Red Series

The Dirty Red Series
Author: Vickie M. Stringer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 816
Release: 2012-08-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1451698917

From the "queen of urban fiction" (Publishers Weekly), Vickie Stringer, come three scorching tales of love, lies, and loss. Dirty Red Mischievous and manipulative, eighteen-year-old Red is an expert at deception with a provocative femininity. She employs her dirty ways—even faking a pregnancy with her boyfriend—to win a closet full of Gucci bags, a deluxe condominium full of baby accessories, a new car, and a book deal. But when one of Red's scams backfires and she winds up truly pregnant by her inmate ex-boyfriend, Bacon, she finds herself in more trouble than she's ever known. The drama truly unravels when Red's picture-perfect cons fall apart due to the power of—surprisingly—love. Still Dirty In Still Dirty, Red is again caught in a web of murder, theft, and deceit. We find her and her boyfriend Q running for a plane to Mexico after a violent fight with her ex-boyfriend Bacon, a released convict. Bacon is on their heels and determined not to let Red get away alive. Will Q come to her rescue once again? Or will he tire of cleaning up after Red's dirty deeds? Dirtier Than Ever Bacon returns from prison and suddenly Q is left for dead. With Q out of the picture, Bacon now has Red to himself. His sights are set on being the top hustler with Red by his side. He believes Red has finally changed when she reveals the truth about her past. But all comes to a head when the snooping detective, Thomas, suspects Red’s involvement in Q’s getting shot and the murder of Zeke, Q’s best friend. With two murders, a tumultuous love affair, and money on her mind, Red must make a decision . . . does she turn over a new leaf or revisit her dirty ways of old?

Dirty Red

Dirty Red
Author: Vickie M. Stringer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2009-12-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1439175691

This scorching novel from the celebrated urban fiction author of "Let That Be the Reason" and "Imagine This" tells a provocative tale of love, lies, loss, and the indomitable spirit of a woman called Red.

Dirty Snow

Dirty Snow
Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2011-11-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1590175581

Nineteen-year-old Frank Friedmaier lives in a country under occupation. Most people struggle to get by; Frank takes it easy in his mother’s whorehouse, which caters to members of the occupying forces. But Frank is restless. He is a pimp, a thug, a petty thief, and, as Dirty Snow opens, he has just killed his first man. Through the unrelenting darkness and cold of an endless winter, Frank will pursue abjection until at last there is nowhere to go. Hans Koning has described Dirty Snow as “one of the very few novels to come out of German-occupied France that gets it exactly right.” In a study of the criminal mind that is comparable to Jim Thompson’s The Killer Inside Me, Simenon maps a no man’s land of the spirit in which human nature is driven to destruction—and redemption, perhaps, as well—by forces beyond its control.

Dirty Bertie

Dirty Bertie
Author: Alan MacDonald
Publisher: Koala Books
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2015-05-01
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9781742761756

Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping of comic chaos! More disgusting than ever with crazier plans and increasingly madcap schemes, Bertie continues to delight his legions of fans who revel in his revolting ways. Join Bertie in Rats! as he crosses paths with a cheeky rodent, takes part in a chaotic cross-country run and tries to get his dog Whiffer to eat healthily - with disastrous results!

The Dirty Dust

The Dirty Dust
Author: Máirtín Ó Cadhain
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2015-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 030021359X

Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s irresistible and infamous novel The Dirty Dust is consistently ranked as the most important prose work in modern Irish, yet no translation for English-language readers has ever before been published. Alan Titley’s vigorous new translation, full of the brio and guts of Ó Cadhain’s original, at last brings the pleasures of this great satiric novel to the far wider audience it deserves. In The Dirty Dust all characters lie dead in their graves. This, however, does not impair their banter or their appetite for news of aboveground happenings from the recently arrived. Told entirely in dialogue, Ó Cadhain’s daring novel listens in on the gossip, rumors, backbiting, complaining, and obsessing of the local community. In the afterlife, it seems, the same old life goes on beneath the sod. Only nothing can be done about it—apart from talk. In this merciless yet comical portrayal of a closely bound community, Ó Cadhain remains keenly attuned to the absurdity of human behavior, the lilt of Irish gab, and the nasty, deceptive magic of human connection.

Low Down and Dirty

Low Down and Dirty
Author: Vickie M. Stringer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2013-02-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1451660871

Having wounded all of her enemies, even her beloved Q, Red leaves Detroit for a life of luxury in Arizona. She's become a successful home broker with a bestselling book and it seems all of her dirty tricks have paid off. Unfortunately she's made more enemies than she can count, and she soon finds herself running across country in fear. Everyone seems to have a reason to seek revenge, and even those who hate one another will join forces if it means finally bringing an end to all of Red's dirty schemes.

The Dirty Book Club

The Dirty Book Club
Author: Lisi Harrison
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2017-10-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1451695977

Four women bond over naughty bestsellers and the shocking letters they inherited from the original members of the Dirty Book Club. As they open up, they learn that friendship might just be the key to rewriting their own stories: all they needed was to find each other first.--

Dirty Girls on Top

Dirty Girls on Top
Author: Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2008-07-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780312349677

Rich with sex, fun, and friendship, "Dirty Girls on Top" returns to the winning territory of Valdes-Rodriguez's first and most popular novel, "The Dirty Girls Social Club."

Dirty Love

Dirty Love
Author: Andre Dubus
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2013-10-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0393064654

A collection of short stories examining the lives of suburbanites seeking solace and gratification in food, sex, work, and love.