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Series
Pub. Date
2013
Description
"Colorado Experience examines one of the lesser-Known chapter in American organized crime: the story of the Smaldones, an Italian -American crime family that operated out of Denver. Brothers Clyde and Eugene Smaldone took control of Denver's underworld in 1933, after then-crime boss Joe Roma's body was found riddled with bullets in his-home. They specialized in bootlegging during the years of prohibition and , later bookmaking and gambling. To some,...
542) Finestkind
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
Set in New Bedford, Mass., America's biggest commercial fishing port, FINESTKIND tells the story of two brothers from opposite sides of the tracks, who are reunited as adults over one fateful summer. When desperate circumstances force them to strike a deal with a dangerous Boston crime syndicate, a young woman finds herself caught in the middle. Along the way, sacrifices must be made, and bonds between brothers, friends, and a father and his son are...
543) Wisegal
Pub. Date
2008
Description
A widow and mother joins the ranks of a local crime family. After becoming romantically involved with the married mob captain, she finds herself caught between the Feds, the Family, and the man she loves. Inspired by a true story.
544) Galveston
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Roy is a heavy-drinking criminal enforcer and mob hit man whose boss set him up in a double-cross scheme. After killing his would-be assassins before they could kill him, Roy discovers Rocky, a young woman being held captive, and reluctantly takes her with him on his escape. Determined to find safety and sanctuary in Galveston, Roy must find a way to stop his boss from pursuing them while trying to out-run the demons from his and Rocky's pasts.
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Childhood friends Brian and Paulie do whatever it takes to survive in the dog-eat-dog neighborhood they live in. As they grow up they find themselves involved in organized crime and jail becomes part of doing business on the streets they call home. Brian uses his time in jail to get clean while Paulie makes plans for one last job that requires Brian's help. Brian must decide if he should stand by his friend or salvage his family.
546) 9 dragons
Author
Series
Harry Bosch mysteries volume 14
Description
Harry Bosch is in the middle of a major case in Los Angeles when his world is turned upside down with one phone call. His usual Sunday morning call to his daughter, who lives with her mother in Hong Kong, is answered by a stranger. Harry has stumbled into the middle of a kidnapping. His daughter is being held until her mother, Eleanor Wish, can win enough money in the poker rooms of nearby Macau to buy her back. Bosch drops everything to go to his...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"The story that began with WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS continues in the second chapter of an epic trilogy that will reshape the Star Wars galaxy during the Age of Rebellion! The criminal organization known as the Crimson Dawn has risen--but what is their goal, and how do they plan to achieve it? And how will the Rebel Alliance and the Empire both react to this new galactic power player? Featuring the return of beloved characters, shocking twists, epic...
549) Close: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
p2006
Description
When a ruthless gangster is killed, his widow must look after their family in a world where she can trust no one.
550) NYPD green: a memoir
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"In this gritty, sometimes hilarious, but always brutally honest memoir, Irish immigrant and retired NYPD homicide detective Luke Waters shares the darker and harder side of the police force that "will make you sit up, stay up, and keep reading" (Edward Conlon, author of Blue Blood). Growing up in the rough outskirts of northern Dublin at a time when joining the guards, the army, or the civil service was the height of most parents' ambitions for...
551) Pixie
Description
On a path to avenge her mother's death, Pixie Hardy attempts a heist that will give her the means to leave her small town life behind. When the plan goes horribly wrong she's forced to team up with a pair of misfits who are clearly in over their heads. On the run from an organized gang, criminal priests, and nuns, led by Father McGrath, the trio will scheme and swindle anyone they come across in this hilarious and thrilling adventure.
552) Storm's peril
Author
Series
Amelia Storm volume 02
Pub. Date
2021
Description
"Knowledge is power peril... In a city as large as Chicago, the wicked never sleep. When an undocumented migrant teenager goes missing, military veteran and Special Agent Amelia Storm teams up with her partner to take down what could be the most shocking forced labor and sex trafficking ring her hometown has ever seen. The case reeks of mafia involvement, but even with an investigative reporter as an informant, there's little in the way of leads....
553) Inside out
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
When his best friend Jack disappears after a contraband smuggling deal goes awry, ex-convict AJ is forced to protect Jack's family from the mobsters intent on recovering their goods.
Description
In raw, soul-stirringly picturesque Napoli, vigilance is a prized virtue, especially for local teen Giorno Giovanna. The Southern Italian crime syndicate is all-powerful, and Giomo is not about to let his city and its impressionable youth sink even further into the shadowy world of mafia drugs and crime. Luckily for Giomo, the like-mined Mafioso Bruno Bucciarati is willing to help him in his struggle to become Primo Mafioso and overtake the Passione...
555) American night
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
An art dealer and a ruthless New York mafia boss fight for money, power and love.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
An ex-hitman seeks revenge on the gangsters who destroyed his life; John Wick is forced out of retirement to repay a debt to a former associate and finds he now has a bounty on his life; John finds himself with a target on his back after he kills a member of the international assassin's guild.
557) The prince
Pub. Date
2014
Description
A retired Las Vegas crime boss and single father is forced to team up with his best friend to return to the crime world when his daughter is kidnapped by an old rival
558) Batman Begins
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
In the wake of his parents' murder, disillusioned heir Bruce Wayne travels the world after his parent's murder, seeking the means to fight injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. Wayne returns to Gotham City and with the help of his trusted butler Alfred, detective Jim Gordon and his ally Lucius Fox, unleashes his alter ego, Batman.
559) Capone
Pub. Date
2020
Description
The 47-year old Al Capone, after ten years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past.
560) Harlem nights
Pub. Date
2008
Description
A 1930's nightclub owner has a scheme to keep mobsters from muscling in on his Harlem hot spot.
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