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61) The witness
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Language
English
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"Daughter of a cold, controlling mother and an anonymous donor, studious, obedient Elizabeth Fitch finally let loose one night, drinking too much at a nightclub and allowing a strange man's seductive Russian accent to lure her to a house on Lake Shore Drive. The events that followed changed her life forever. Twelve years later, the woman now known as Abigail Lowery lives alone on the outskirts of a small town in the Ozarks. A freelance programmer,...
62) Death rattle
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"They call themselves the Golden Council. A band of outlaws operating around Leadville, Colorado, they offer to "protect" businesses for a price. And if their offer isn't accepted they don yellow hoods and pay violent visits to those who dare defy them. Cattle rancher Brad Storm survived a rattlesnake bit and exacted vengeance on the rustlers who attacked his home. Now he's known as Sidewinder. In the employ of a detective agency, Brad represents...
63) Santa Fe edge
Author
Series
Ed Eagle novels volume 4
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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Description
Ed Eagle, the six-feet-six, take-no-prisoners Santa Fe attorney, has recovered from his encounters with Mexican organized crime and--more treacherously--his ex-wife, Barbara. Now a mysterious new client has come his way, one who may shed light into some dark corners of Ed's past ... and put him in danger once more.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Meet Peter Brown, a young Manhattan emergency room doctor with an unusual past that is just about to catch up with him. His morning begins with the quick disarming of a would-be mugger, followed by a steamy elevator encounter with a sexy young pharmaceutical rep, topped off by a visit with a new patient - and from there Peter's day is going to get a whole lot worse and a whole lot weirder. Because that patient knows Peter from his other life, when...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
James Rudolph Youngblood, a.k.a. Jimmy the Kid, is an enforcer, a "Ghost Rider" for the Maceo brothers. Rosario and Sam Marco are rulers of "the Free State of Galveston," the most wide-open town in America, prospering through illicit pleasures in the midst of the Great Depression.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Raised an aristocrat in Colombia and educated in European schools, Pilar transfixes everyone with her charm and her guile. She also falls for dangerous men and finds herself drawn into the highest levels of the cocaine trade.After two failed marriages and a harrowing escape from the drug life, she settles down to a quiet existence in Florida with her children--until her second husband tries to cut short his prison term by giving her name over to...
67) The revelators
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Series
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English
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Shot up and left for dead, Sheriff Quinn Colson has revenge on his mind. With the help of his new wife Maggie, rehabilitation, and sheer force of will, he's walking again, eager to resume his work as a southern lawman and track down those responsible for his attempted murder. But someone is standing in his way: an interim sheriff, appointed by the newly elected Governor Vardaman, the man who Quinn knows ordered his murder. Vardaman sits at the top...
68) Animals
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Punlishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When rhino poachers kill two of his fellow rangers in Kruger Park, South African Defense Force veteran Cobus Venter reaches his breaking point. Quitting his job, he embarks on a vigilante mission to take down the animal-trafficking syndicate from the inside. Meanwhile, in Florida, insurance investigator Randall Knight is called to a private roadside zoo, where a new tiger cub of suspect lineage brought a virus that wiped out all the zoo's tigers....
69) Burning angel
Author
Series
Dave Robicheaux novels volume 8
Language
English
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Description
A family in Louisiana, descendants of black sharecroppers, is being forced off its land by a shady group of developers. The land is said to contain gold. Dave Robicheaux, the local policeman, rises to the defense of the weak, risking his life in the process.
70) The predators
Author
Series
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A poor boy climbs to riches in New York, thanks to his criminal experience in World War II. He is Jerry Cooper, a street kid who spends the war as a GI in France dealing on the blackmarket. On his return he uses his contacts to make a fortune.
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English
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"When Sunny's long-time gangster associate Tony Marcus comes to her for help, Sunny is surprised--after all, she double crossed him on a recent deal, and their relationship is on shakier ground than ever. But the way Tony figures it, Sunny owes him, and Sunny's willing to consider his case if it will clear the slate. Tony's trusted girlfriend and business partner has vanished, appears to have left in a hurry, and he has no idea why. He just wants...
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"In The Merger, Jeffrey Robinson gives a true account of a global network of unimaginable proportions and lays bare the criminal fraternity's new world order. Until now, the details of these activities were only known to international law enforcement insiders.
Robinson makes these connections public, tracing an intricate network of connections between such infamous organized crime rings as the Sicilian Mafiosi, the Camorra from Naples, the Ndrangheta...
73) Revenge
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Series
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English
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MURDER Former SAS soldier David Shelley was part of the most covert operations team in the special forces. Now settling down to civilian life in London, he has plans for a safer and more stable existence. But the shocking death of a young woman Shelley once helped protect puts those plans on hold. BETRAYAL The police rule the death a suicide but the grieving parents can't accept their beloved Emma would take her own life. They need to find out...
74) Son of the mob
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Vince's life is constantly complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent.
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Explore the organized crime history of Steubenville, Ohio, which was also known as "Little Chicago.""--
"1920-30s era crimes committed by Chicago area gangsters hiding out in the small town of Steubenville, OH, which was even nicknamed "Little Chicago.""--
76) Captive
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Series
Language
English
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"Eve Duncan's daughter Jane MacGuire seems to have found a perfect life with Seth Caleb - until a ruthless madman threatens to destroy it all. Jane is an internationally renowned artist, while Seth channels his unique abilities as an agent for the MI6 intelligence service. But when Seth crosses crime lord Hugh Bohdan, he incurs the wrath of one of the world's most powerful criminal empires...one whose tentacles reach across the globe and even to the...
Author
Series
Black blade (Jennifer Estep) volume 3
Publisher
Kensington
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
As a thief, I'm good at three things: hiding in the shadows, getting in and out unseen, and uncovering secrets. I put these skills to work for the Sinclair Family, one of the magical mobs that run the tourist town of Cloudburst Falls. Everyone knows Victor Draconi wants to take over all the other Families--and kill every last Sinclair. What they don't know is that I'm on to him, and no way will I let the man who murdered my mom get away with hurting...
Author
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A seductive, premium-octane blend of true crime and Holly wood lore that spins around a wildly eccentric mob boss. When Bugsy Siegel was executed, ruthless Mickey Cohen, a former pro boxer and cunning provocateur, took over criminal activity in L.A., a move sanctioned by Meyer Lansky and Frank Costello. Attaining immense power and dominance, from the late 1940s until 1976 the semi-literate Angeleno became an above-the-fold newspaper name, accumulating...
Author
Publisher
Dey Street, an imprint of William Morrow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In Gotti���s Rules, George Anastasia, a prize-winning reporter who spent over thirty years covering crime, offers a shocking and very rare glimpse into the Gotti family, witnessed up-close from former family insider John Alite, John Gotti Jr.���s longtime friend and protector. Until now, no one has given up the kind of personal details about the Gottis���including the legendary ���Gotti Rules��� of leadership���that...
Author
Series
Cornwall Murder Mystery volume Book 1
Publisher
[Storm Publishing]
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The pale outline of bones in the dew-laden grass catches and holds Lauren's gaze. In the distance, she can hear the faint sound of crashing waves and the eerie screech of seagulls. Whose life was so brutally cut short in this beautiful, lonely place?
Detective Lauren Pengelly has only been part of the Penzance police force for less than two years, but that’s enough time to know that the sleepy Cornish town doesn’t see many murders. So, when the...