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641) The pearl dagger
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First Kensington trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 334 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"As the Great Depression loosens its grip on New York City, Mayor La Guardia and his team meet their greatest foe in the fight against organized crime. Lane Sanders and her fiery boss, Mayor Fiorello 'Fio' La Guardia have managed to contain the explosive underground conspiracies of New York' s most sinister schemers. But after a seemingly harmless pinball racket claims the life of a trusted ally, a new ringleader signals the rebirth of an all-too-familiar...
642) The wrong man
Author
Series
Jason Kolarich novels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Jason Kolarich accepts the case of a homeless Iraq War veteran accused of murdering a young paralegal, his course seems clear: to mount an insanity defense for a man suffering so badly from post-traumatic stress disorder that he has no real memory of the crime. But as Kolarich digs deeper, he realizes that, unlikely as it seems, his client is probably innocent. Only days before her death, the murdered paralegal had stumbled onto something she...
Author
Series
Birthright (Gabrielle Zevin) volume 3
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Anya's new prominence brings out friends, foes, and ghosts from the past. Certain scores must be settled; certain debts must be paid. Surviving a crime-ridden New York City in the 2080s is looking harder and harder for Anya"--
Author
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Since 1993, over 400 women have been murdered in Ciudad Juarez. When a new disappearance is reported, Kelly Courter, a washed-up Texan boxer, and Rafael Sevilla, a Mexican detective, are sucked into an underworld of organized crime, believing they can outwit the corruption all around.
646) London Payback
Author
Language
English
Description
48 hours in the life of a burnt-out City lawyer who loses his job, falls for a call girl and steals £400,000 from a gangland boss - who wants every penny of it back.
647) Luke Cage noir
Author
Publisher
Marvel
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
648) Snakes can't run
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 289 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Traces the story of The Peppermint Lounge, the influential 1960s Manhattan nightspot and mobster hangout, detailing how the club's introduction of rock-and-roll music attracted rebel youths and celebrity patrons.
Author
Series
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
230 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
""Dirty Harry of Literary Criticism" Frank Lentricchia launches book two of his new mystery series, featuring Eliot Conte, a PI who's "part Mike Hammer and part William S. Burroughs... an instant original, " according to the Washington Post. Eliot Conte's story is pure noir, as he hunts for a local dog killer in ways that don't always adhere to the law. This novel features the hard diction and the fast pace of the best Italian-American crime fiction....
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
313 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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...
Author
Publisher
Fig Tree Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Set in post-Giuliani New York City, The Sea Beach Line melds mid-20th-century pulp fiction and traditional Jewish folklore as it updates the classic story of a young man trying to find his place in the world. After being expelled from Oberlin for hallucinogenic drug use, Izzy Edel seeks out his estranged father--a Polish Jew turned Israeli soldier turned New York street vendor named Alojzy who is reported to be missing, possibly dead. To learn about...
654) Classe tous risques
Series
Criterion collection volume 434
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
Français
Description
Exiled from France for his exploits, underworld kingpin Abel Davos has been living for nearly a decade in Milan, even acquiring a family. In spite of the death sentence hanging over his head, Davos wants to return with them to France. His old mob cronies have gone bourgeois and affluent, reluctant to help, sending just one young thief, Eric Stark, to his aid. An exploration of the importance of loyalty and honor among thieves, this film shows exactly...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Genovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo and Lucchese. For decades these Five Families ruled New York and built the American Mafia (or Cosa Nostra) into an underworld empire. Today, the Mafia is an endangered species, battered and beleaguered by aggressive investigators, incompetent leadership, betrayals and generational changes that produced violent and unreliable leaders and recruits. A twenty year assault against the five families in particular blossomed
...Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Set against the gritty urban scenescape of Berlin and a pounding techno soundtrack, Run Lola run is a frenetic, inventive existential thriller that explores the life-altering impact of seemingly inconsequential actions. Beautiful, hip, and young, poor Lola has but 20 minutes to locate a missing bag containing 100,000 Deutsche marks or come up with the money some other way--if she can't, gangsters are going to kill her boyfriend. A pulse-raising race...
658) Lineup
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"After a brutal rape disturbs a quiet Tel Aviv neighborhood, baffled detectives find no clues, no eyewitnesses, and no suspects. The father of the shattered victim refuses to rest until justice is done, so he begins his own investigation. Keeping watch over his daughter's apartment from the street, he notices Ziv Nevo lurking in the shadows. All circumstances-- and the victim-- point to Nevo's guilt, and it appears the case is closed. But appearances...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 431 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a fictionalized account of how ambitious young prosecutor Thomas Dewey used a heroin-addicted prostitute and grifter to bring down powerful gangster Charles "Lucky" Luciano and some of his known associates in a New York courtroom in 1936.
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