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Author
Series
Hood misfits volume 7
Publisher
Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Meet Marcel and Sabrina, a hitman and a bookkeeper for the Mob. They should have never met, let alone fallen in love. When they decide to go against the grain, all hell breaks loose. Somebody wants them dead; they just don't know who. It could be Leo, Marcel's jealous older brother; Othello, Sabrina's crooked father; or it could be The Family, a roundtable of the top contenders in the underworld. There is no honour amongst thieves. Marcel and Sabrina...
43) A time to die
Author
Series
Victor the assassin volume 6
Publisher
A Signet Select book
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Professional assassin Victor is tasked by British intelligence with eliminating Milan Rados, a former Serbian paramilitary commander wanted for war crimes who is now the leader of an organized criminal network in Belgrade.
Author
Series
Game volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Leveraging savvy and basic instincts, Tuesday Knight rose up from running an elite gentleman's club to becoming the mega-wealthy Beverly Hills wife and business partner of reformed drug kingpin Marcus King. Along with their respectable, law-abiding new life came new names, and a new family. But now the country's most feared drug lord wants to use Marcus's legit empire to push her product-- and the fallout threatens to be treacherous. Soon Tuesday...
45) Scorned justice
Author
Series
Men of the Texas Rangers volume 3
Publisher
Abingdon Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"When Texas Ranger Brody Calhoun is called to investigate an attack that has injured the brother of Brody's high school sweetheart, Rebecca Morgan, he thinks it's an open-and-shut case. But as Brody digs deeper, he realized the attack may be related to an organized crime trial Rebecca will be overseeing." -- p. [4] of cover.
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Joe lives his life deep in the shadows as a consigliere to the Bartolo Crime Family in Tampa. There he tries to raise his son, Tomas, in peace, traveling between Tampa and his son's native Cuba during the height of World War II. Ever the operator, Joe moves easily between the black, white, and Cuban underworlds, crossing paths with Tampa's social elite, US Naval intelligence, the Lansky-Luciano mob, and the mob-financed government of Fulgencio Batista"...
47) In plain sight
Author
Series
Ivy Malone mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Fleming H. Revell
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
48) Inside man
Author
Series
Sam Capra novels volume 4
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"When Sam Capra's best customer--and friend--is murdered outside his Miami bar, Sam decides to seek justice. Determined to find out the connection between his friend's death and a beautiful stranger, Sam infiltrates the Ligeras, one of Miami's most prominent--and dangerous-families. He faces a powerful but unstable mastermind intent on dividing his business empire between his three very different children, who may hold murderous secrets of their own....
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is investigating the death of a senior lawyer during a robbery. The case becomes more complex when a note is discovered, indicating that this may have been no random attack. When local gangster Big Ger Cafferty receives an identical message, Clarke decides that the recently retired John Rebus may be able to help. Together the two old adversaries might just stand a chance of saving Cafferty's skin. But a notorious...
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Language
English
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Description
"Douglas Rigby, attorney-at-law, is bankrupt. He's just sunk his last $200,000--a clandestine "loan" from his last remaining client, former bigshot TV exec Glenn Haskill--into a cocaine deal gone wrong. The lesson? Never trust anyone else with the dirty work. Desperate to get back on top, Rigby formulates an art forgery scheme involving one of Glenn's priceless paintings, a victimless crime. But for Rigby to pull this one off, he'll need to negotiate...
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Description
"Cada cárcel en México es un infierno particular. Algunas prisiones tienen salas de tortura, otras poseen cuartos de ahogamiento, algunas más son emporios criminales bien aceitados y otras han sido sitios de exterminio; ciertos reclusorios han devenido cuarteles para reclutar masivamente carne de cañón, y otros, en cambio, son fortalezas perfectas para que los capos pacten el rumbo del crimen y de grandes regiones del país. En algunas penitenciarías...
Author
Series
Emma Griffin FBI mystery volume 16
Publisher
[A.J. Rivers]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After witnessing many tragedies throughout her life and solving cases that appeared unsolvable, FBI Agent Emma Griffin learned the importance of following her instincts and questioning everything she sees. When Bellamy brings a case that involves a sorority sister from Bellamy's past, Emma finds herself thrown into a case involving a possible mysterious illness, an illness that took the life of a young woman. To others, the mystery seems to have solved...
Author
Series
Kinsey Millhone mysteries volume 22
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
California PI Kinsey Millhone investigates the death of Audrey Vance, a woman she helped arrest for shoplifting, and antagonizes just about everyone, including Audrey's fiancé, several loan sharks, a stone-cold killer, and a hapless burglar who knows more than is healthy for him.
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Two criminal empires together control all of New England. Until a beautiful modern-day Helen of Troy comes between the Irish and the Italians, launching a war that will see them kill each other, destroy an alliance, and set a city on fire. Danny Ryan yearns for a more "legit" life and a place in the sun. But as the bloody conflict stacks body on body and brother turns against brother, Danny has to rise above himself. To save the friends he loves...
56) Gangsta twist 3
Author
Series
Gangsta twist volume 3
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
TAZ IS BACK! What happens to an organized criminal enterprise when the weakest link finally breaks? Changes must be made for future growth, but nobody can see the forest for the trees. The Network, known for their calculated power moves, attempts to align themselves with new international business colleagues. With a leader like Taz, the possibilities seem endless, but not everyone adjusts well to change. Over the years, respect has been lost and decisions...
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-three-year-old Elaine Kelly doesn't earn much as a bank teller, and most of her salary goes toward caring for her terminally ill mother. When a lonely old man who deposits money at her bank every week gets hit and killed by a delivery truck, Elaine--a good Irish girl from Queens--thinks she's found the answer to her problems. She'll just transfer $1 million from the dead man's account into hers. Except that the lonely old man may not have...
58) The white city
Author
Publisher
Black Cat
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Karin knew what she was getting herself into when she fell for John, the high-flying criminal and love of her life. But she never imagined things would turn out like this: John is now gone and the coke-filled parties, seemingly endless flow of money, and high social status she previously enjoyed have been replaced by cut telephone lines, cut heat, and cut cash. All that remains of Karin's former life is the big house he bought for her--and his daughter,...
59) Null set
Author
Series
Cas Russell novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cas Russell has decided to Fight Crime". She definitely doesn't have a cape, and she's working on the whole morals issue, but she does have a real-life superpower: with her extraordinary mathematical ability, she can disarm bombs or outshoot an army. But Cas's own power also has a history, one she can't remember - or control. One that's creeping into her mind and fracturing her sanity... just when she's gotten herself on the hit list of every crime...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The aunties are back, fiercer than ever and ready to handle any catastrophe--even the mafia--in this delightful and hilarious sequel by Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of Dial A for Aunties. Meddy Chan has been to countless weddings, but she never imagined how her own would turn out. Now the day has arrived, and she can't wait to marry her college sweetheart, Nathan. Instead of having Ma and the aunts cater to her wedding, Meddy wants them to enjoy the...
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