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21) Paperback Jack
Author
Language
English
Description
Returning home from the War in Europe in 1946, hack writer Jacob Heppleman finds success as the author of scandalously best-selling crime novels, garnering the attention of Hollywood, Congress and the Mob, which could spell the end of his career -- permanently.
24) The inn
Author
Language
English
Description
Ex-Boston homicide detective Billy Robinson has retreated to a quiet life on the New England coast. Struggling to cope following the death of his beloved wife, he must now run the inn that Siobhan took care of so well. The inn's quirky residents help keep Billy on solid ground as he grieves, and the group soon become an unconventional family. But this small town is in the grips of a growing opioid epidemic, and when a young resident gets hooked into...
25) Dark song
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
After her father loses his job and she finds out that her parents have lied to her, fifteen-year-old Ames feels betrayed enough to become involved with a criminal who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
26) The Devil's code
Author
Series
Kidd novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
“Crime fiction doesn’t have nearly enough droll master thieves like Kidd and his stunning partner in righteous crime, LuEllen.”—Los Angeles Times
When Kidd—artist, computer whiz, and professional criminal—learns of a colleague’s murder, he doesn’t buy the official story: that a jittery security guard caught the hacker raiding the files of a high-tech Texas corporation. It’s...
When Kidd—artist, computer whiz, and professional criminal—learns of a colleague’s murder, he doesn’t buy the official story: that a jittery security guard caught the hacker raiding the files of a high-tech Texas corporation. It’s...
27) The rule of luck
Author
Series
Felicia Sevigny novels volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Rule of Luck is a whirlwind thriller romance in a futuristic setting that will tug at your heartstrings while sending you on high-speed chases alongside a genetically-enhanced (and incredibly handsome) criminal mastermind. The year is 2950. As a famed tarot card reader, all is well in luck and love for Felicia Sevigny, until Russian crime leader Alexei Petriv walks into her shop and demands a reading. Petriv's future looks dark and full of danger,...
28) First person
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tthe hypnotic tale of a ghost writer writing the memoir of a notorious con man, and the chilling events that unfold as their lives become increasingly intertwined. Kif Kehlmann, a young, penniless writer, is rung in the middle of the night by the notorious con man and corporate criminal, Siegfried Heidl. About to go to trial for defrauding the banks of $700 million, Heidl offers Kehlmann the job of ghost-writing his memoir. He has six weeks to write...
Author
Series
Caraval volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Having made a deal with a criminal to save her sister Scarlett from a disastrous arranged marriage, Tella must win Caraval and uncover Legend's identity, or risk losing everything, including her life.
30) The crime book
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
352 pages : illustratons (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the cases of over one hundred notorious crimes and criminals from world history, covering bandits, arsonists, hucksters, white collar criminals, organized crime, kidnappers, extortionists, and murderers.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike/Chivers
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
205 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Idaho Territory around the isolated mountain town of No Strike seemed to breed a special brand of varmint: part wolf in sheep's clothing, part polecat with a skunk's stripe down its back, and part jackass with a rattler's fangs. And a whole pack of them were riding around in the mountains bent on starving that town out and having themselves a vulture's holiday. Unlucky for them Dane Nason picked No Strike to settle down - because Dane was a former...
32) The shootist
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A terminally ill gunfighter seeks to retire quietly but is embroiled in one last battle.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On the backwater planet of Brynner, at Persephone Station, a community of android refugees, all female, are hiding since they were able to awaken their AI and escape servitude. But the Serrao-Orlov Corporation is nothing if not tenacious, especially about its proprietary AIs, and it wants their property back. However, Persephone is run by Rosie, and they are in charge of an organized group of beneficent criminals and assassins, along with a bunch...
36) Payback
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mel Gibson is Porter, a career criminal bent on revenge after his partners in a street heist betray him.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
While collecting overdue drug money in a rundown Portland, Oregon apartment complex, Hutch Holtz discovers a severed hand in the client's refrigerator and quickly realizes the body part induces uncontrollable madness and violence and sets catastrophic forces into motion.
Author
Series
Gangsterland trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sal Cupertine is a legendary hit man for the Chicago Mafia, known for his ability to get in and out of a crime without a trace. Until now, that is. His first-ever mistake forces Sal to botch an assassination, killing three undercover FBI agents in the process. This puts too much heat on Sal, and he knows this botched job will be his death sentence to the Mafia. So he agrees to their radical idea to save his own skin. A few surgeries and some intensive...
40) Insane city
Author
Language
English
Description
Astonished by his imminent marriage to a woman he believed out of his league, Seth flies to their destination wedding in Florida only to be swept up in a maelstrom of violence involving rioters, Russian gangsters, angry strippers, and a desperate python.
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