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Publication Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"También de este lado hay sueños. Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then...
Author
Publication Date
2026.
Language
English
Description
"Five years after her husband, Owen, disappeared, Hannah Hall and her stepdaughter, Bailey, have settled into a new life in Southern California. Together, they've forged a relationship with Bailey's grandfather, Nicholas, and are putting the past behind them. But when Owen shows up at Hannah's new exhibition, she knows that she and Bailey are in danger again. As a thrilling drama unfolds, Hannah and Bailey are forced to go on the run in a relentless...
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Publication Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
In American Mafia, former police commander Reppetto narrated the ferocious ascendancy of organized crime in America. In this sequel, he follows the mob from its peak into a shadowy period of decline as the government, no longer able to deny its existence, made subduing the Mafia a matter of national priority. Reppetto draws on a lifetime of experience to tell the stories of the Mafia's leadership, showing how men such as Sam Giancana and John Gotti...
Author
Publication Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
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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
Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster
Publication Date
2026.
Language
English
Description
"In Mafia: A Global History, Ryan Gingeras takes readers on a fascinating journey into the shadowy world of organized crime and its far-reaching impact on contemporary society. From backroom deals to global power plays, this compelling narrative spans two centuries, unraveling the complex ties between crime syndicates and law enforcement—and how these relationships have reshaped both sides in unexpected ways. Drawing on over a decade of in-depth...
10) Mojave diamonds
Publisher
Lionsgate
Publication Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A former MMA fighter and his brothers must rescue their kidnapped family from a dangerous crime syndicate after $50M of illegal diamonds gets stolen.
12) Savage son
Author
Publication Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"Deep in the wilds of Siberia, a woman is on the run, pursued by a man harboring secrets--a man intent on killing her. A traitorous CIA officer has found refuge with the Russian mafia with designs on ensuring a certain former Navy SEAL sniper is put in the ground. Half a world away, James Reece is recovering from brain surgery in the Montana wilderness, slowly putting his life back together with the help of investigative journalist Katie Buranek and...
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Publication Date
2025.
Language
English
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"Beatrice is about to lose everything when a kind stranger offers her a cup of coffee and a job. It seems like a promise of a better life... until she wakes up under lock and key in an isolated mansion in the woods. On orders from a shadowy criminal organization, armed jailers make the rules for their captives, enforcing them with unflinching violence. Beatrice has always been a 'nice girl,' but that won't save her now. Nobody helped her when she...
14) The informant
Author
Publication Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Years after the Butcher's Boy wipes out several mobsters and disappears, Justice Department official Elizabeth Waring is approached by the mythical hit man, who asks her for crucial information in exchange for helping her to crack an unsolved murder case.
15) Omerta
Author
Publisher
Random House
Publication Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
When Don Raymonde Aprile, an old-school Mafia leader who has retired, is killed, it is not his children, who were kept strictly away from their father's business, who seek to avenge him, but his Sicilian-born ward, Astorre, the son of an even greater Mafia chieftain.
Author
Publication Date
2009
Language
English
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Description
"The media has speculated and sports fans have debated, but until now no one has known the real story. 'Personal Foul' takes an in-depth look at former NBA referee Tim Donaghy and the betting scandal that rocked professional basketball"--From publisher.
Author
Publication Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this true crime novel, a respected NBA referee reveals his clandestine past infiltrating organized crime for the New Jersey State Troopers.
Soon after joining the New Jersey State Troopers in 1973, Delaney was offered a tantalizing undercover assignment: to infiltrate the Mob. And so, he became Bobby Covert, the president of Alamo Trucking, a fully-operational business used by law enforcement as flypaper for snagging wise guys. While wearing a...
18) Burning angel
Author
Publication Date
1995
Language
English
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Description
A brutal legacy of cruelty and hate is awakened in the bayou. When Sonny Boy Marsallus returns to New Iberia after fleeing for Central America to avoid the wrath of the powerful Giacana family, his old troubles soon follow. Meanwhile Dave Robicheaux becomes entangled in the affairs of the Fontenot family, descendants of sharecroppers whose matriarch helped raise Dave as a child. They are in danger of losing the land they've lived on for more than...
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Publication Date
2021.
Language
English
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The Thursday Murder Club is looking forward to a little bit of peace and quiet at their retirement village, Coopers Chase, but they are out of luck. An unexpected visitor arrives, desperate for their help. He's been accused of stealing diamonds worth millions and it on the lam. Then a body is discovered and Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim soon find themselves up against a ruthless murderer.
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