Crackhead II: A Novel

Authors: Lisa Lennox

BOOK: Crackhead II: A Novel

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In
Crackhead,
the infamous South Bronx Bitches (SBB) grew envious of the well-to-do Laci Johnson. Dink, the drug dealer boyfriend of one of the SBB, fell in love with Laci, which surely did not help her cause. So the SBB had to teach her a lesson—ultimately, the beautiful and promising Laci became addicted to crack.

Laci is now recovering from her addiction. She and Dink are adjusting to life as college students at Boston University. But with Laci fighting the demons of her past and Dink struggling to adapt to the legit life away from his former drug empire, will they be able to move forward?

All the while Smurf has taken over Dink’s drug empire in the South Bronx. When he teams up with the mysterious Dirty, who comes to town with a new product and plans to take over the state, can they avoid the reach of a detective hell-bent on solving the mysterious deaths of Dame, Marco, and Crystal? Or will Smurf’s own strained relationship with his mother play a part in the demise of his newly acquired empire?

Lisa Lennox delivers in this fast-paced, emotional sequel to her bestselling first novel,
Crackhead.
With an ending so unexpected, and revenge so cold, fans will be talking about this book for years to come.

Lisa Lennox is the pseudonym for a bestselling author.

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ALSO BY LISA LENNOX

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Originally published in 2008 by Triple Crown Publications.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lennox, Lisa.
    Crackhead II : a novel / Lisa Lennox. — 1st Atria Books trade paperback ed.
         p. cm.
1. African American women—Fiction. 2. Drug addicts—Fiction. 3. Young
women—Fiction. 4. Bronx (New York, NY)—Fiction. 5. Urban fiction.
I. Title. II. Title: Crackhead two. III. Title: Crackhead 2.
PS3612.E5496C73 2012
813’.6—dc23                                                                2011035096

ISBN: 978-1-4516-6175-0
ISBN: 978-1-4516-6176-7 (ebook)

This book is dedicated to all of the people who battled their cocaine addiction and won.

You are not responsible for other people’s actions. You can only change yourself but in order to do so, the change must start with you.

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