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Christina Hoag was a former journalist for the Miami Herald and the Associated Press who's had her laptop searched by Colombian guerrillas and phone tapped in Venezuela, suspected of drug trafficking in Guyana, hid under a car to evade Guatemalan soldiers, an d posed as a nun to get inside a Caracas jail. She's interviewed gang members, bank robbers, gunmen, thieves and thugs in prisons, shantytowns and slums, not to forget billionaires and presidents, some of whom fall into the previous categories. Now she writes about such characters in her fiction.
Her debut novel "Skin of Tattoos," a noir crime novel, was a finalist for the 2017 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award for Suspense. Her YA thriller "Girl on the Brink" was named Suspense Ma ...more

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	Girl on the Brink 4.34 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Skin of Tattoos 4.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angel's Lust it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Proms and Balls: A Kick Ass Girls of Fire & Ice Collection by Christina Hoag (Goodreads Author), Caroline Andrus (Goodreads Author), Nancy Pennick (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Down in the Dirt: Revealing All Your Dirty Little Secrets V084 July 2010 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kick Ass Girls of Fire & Ice YA Books: Short stories starring kick ass girls by Alice J. Black (Goodreads Author), Emily S. Deibel (Goodreads Author), D.G. Driver (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Hundred Voices: Volume I by Destiny Rose (Editor), Edward Ahern (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), M.E. Syler (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Duenos De America Latina: Como Amasaron Sus Fortunas Los Personajes Mas Ricos E Influyentes De La Region by Gerardo Reyes, Christina Hoag (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And Now the Nightmare Begins: The Horror Zine by Brian J. Smith (Editor), Connor de Bruler (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), E.J. Tett (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peace In the Hood: Working with Gang Members to End the Violence by Aquil Basheer, Christina Hoag (Goodreads Author), Pete Carroll (Foreword) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Using the Havana suburb of Guanabacoa as the central glue of the narrative, journalist Anthony DePalma takes the reader behind the scenes into a cross-section of lives: a famed artist, a Communist party stalwart and vice minister, young people desper ...more
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A terrific read. Toby Muse takes us farther into the narco trade than anything I've read. He does a stellar job of humanizing the toll the cocaine industry wreaks on lives, governments, and the environment. He also manages to pull off the double chal ...more
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Rise of the Warlock King is the second installment in Janelle Garrett’s epic fantasy series, the Steward Saga. The story picks up from Rift in the Deep where the rift has opened, allowing demons to pour forth onto the Four Lands. The mission becomes ...more
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