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A City Under Attack: Killers, Cannibals, & Stolen Dreams

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Deep, dark secrets, buried a lifetime ago. Blatant deceptions and little white lies. Intense jealousy and bitter hatred. Paranoia and hysteria, obsessions and compulsions. Crazy, pent-up desire and ecstasy. Loneliness and the depths of despair. The mind is a complex and messed-up place, and author Carolyn Crane makes sure we know it. Double Cross , the second book in her "Disillusionists Trilogy" (following 2009's Mind Games ), runs the gamut of every one of those deliciously-deviant, scary, and trippy emotions and feelings--as well as the resulting actions--in what continues to be an utterly original and entirely entralling spin on the urban fantasy tale. [Note: If you haven't read Mind Games yet, please read my review of it here , first. Better yet, after reading the review, click the link and get your very own copy of the book. It's good stuff . :)] Now, to briefly recap where Mind Games left off... Regular-gal Justine and her other "disillusioni