Karen Di Cilia married a man in the Mafia. When he died he left her $4,000,000 - and instructions that she never touch another man again. He had the connections to ensure that his will was carried out. His friends hired a hustler to guard her. However the hustler had other ideas.
Chris Mankowski a 38-year-old Detroit police sergeant newly transferred from the Bomb Squad to the Sex Crimes division. Woody Ricks, alcoholic auto scion who is accused by Greta Wyatt, stage named Ginger Jones, of rape. Donnell Lewis, ex-Black Panther who is acting as Woody's driver, nursemaid and would-be swindler. Robin Abbott and Skip Gibbs, former lovers from the 60s who burned bras and draft cards, dropped acid, and finally dynamited a federal building.
In book 8 of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series, Nyroc has left evil behind, but in order to be accepted at the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, he must prove his worth by completing a dangerous quest.
Elmore Leonard - Cuba Libre In an effort to turn straight, former convict Ben Tyler makes a shady deal to travel to Cuba in the middle of the Spanish-American War
The Pure Ones, a tribe of barn owls who believe that they alone are fit to rule, lost their king, the evil Kludd, during a great battle in The Burning. In this seventh book in the series, Kludd's sinister widow Nyra continues to plot to conquer all of the owl kingdoms, especially the heroic, egalitarian owls who dwell in the great tree of Ga'Hoole. She raises her hatchling son Nyroc to one day take his father's place and teaches him to believe in the power of hate.
