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The Boss by Stan Pottinger

The Boss

by Stan Pottinger

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  • Nov 2006, 352 pages
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"Juicy sex, high-stakes vengeance and taut action will keep readers turning the pages." - PW.
"Cardboard characters, cliched writing and plots, counterplots and counter-counterplots." - Kirkus

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