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Quinn Colson novels volume 8
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English
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The Pritchards had never been worth a damn -- an evil, greedy family who made their living dealing drugs and committing mayhem. Years ago, Colson's late uncle had put the clan's patriarch in prison, but now he's getting out, with revenge, power, and family business on his mind. To make matters worse, a shady trucking firm with possible ties to the Gulf Coast syndicate has moved into Tibbehah, and they have their own methods of intimidation. With his...
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I learned early that if you don’t want to go to school for a career . . . then this was the life. And there were rules. You better not drink, you better not be a big shot and you better always stay low and keep your mouth shut. If you’re going to play the game, you’ve got to play smart. Thus began Mario Facione’s slow descent into the Mafia world. With a desire to please his father, Facione kept the rules taught him -- don’t get caught,...
43) Caught stealing
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English
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Itś three thousand miles from the green fields of glory, where Henry "call me Hank" Thompson once played California baseball, to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where the tenements are old, the rents are high, and the drunks are dirty. But now Hank is here, working as a bartender and taking care of a cat named Bud who is surely going to get him killed. It begins when Hankś neighbor, Russ, has to leave town in a rush and hands over Bud in a carrier....
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Michael Bennett mysteries volume 5
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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A South American crime lord has brought New York the worst lawlessness and violence the city has ever seen. Police shot in the street. Judges murdered in the courtroom. Mayhem is unleashed -- and the mayor demands that Detective Michael Bennett find a way to stop it. Bennett takes his ten kids and their beautiful nanny, Mary Catherine, out of the chaos on a much-needed vacation to upstate New York. But instead of escaping the violence, it follows...
45) Eastern promises
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Anna, a midwife at a North London hospital, finds the diary of a Russian teenager who dies giving birth to a baby, and resolves to find the young girls' relatives in the hopes of providing the orphaned child with a loving family. As Anna follows the clues the diary provides, she finds evidence of a local Russian mob's criminal activities, and meets Nikolai, a formidable mob enforcer. Anna and Nikolai find themselves growing close as the Russian mobsters...
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Dave Robicheaux novels volume 6
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c1993
Physical Desc
344 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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When Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni arrives back in town, this time as co-producer on a Hollywood movie set, Lt. Dave Robicheaux is convinced the mobster is linked to a series of brutal murders of young prostitutes and embarks on an investigation peppered with mob money, violence, and ghostly encounters in the Louisiana swamps.
49) Cut throat city
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Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
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1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, four childhood friends attempt to pull off a dangerous heist in the heart of New Orleans.
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Andy Carpenter novels volume 10
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English
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Over the course of his legal career Andy Carpenter has lost a few cases. But that doesn't mean he forgets his clients. Andy has always known that Joey Desimone, a man convicted of murder nine years ago, was innocent and believes that Joey's family's connections to organized crime played a pivotal role in his conviction. While there isn't much Andy can do for him while he serves out his prison sentence, Joey suggests that Andy visit Joey's uncle in...
51) Day of reckoning
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Sean Dillon thrillers volume 8
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c2000
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295 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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It's all action and suspense as Sean Dillon and his secret intelligence colleagues seek to help American White House security insider Blake Johnson avenge the death of his ex-wife, a reporter murdered for getting too close to a Mafia story. In London, Beirut and Ireland, the daredevil friends are prepared to risk everything as they combine to thwart the ever more desperate ambition of Mafia frontman Jack Fox.
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Makana mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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A lost child. A missing hero. A bitter rivalry. In Cairo the ghosts of the past are stirring... Makana is a former police inspector who fled for his life to Cairo from his native Sudan seven years ago. Down on his luck and haunted by the past, he lives on a rickety Nile houseboat. When the notorious and powerful Saad Hanafi hires him to track down a missing person Makana is in no position to refuse him. Hanafi, whose past is as shady as his fortune...
53) Judge & jury
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Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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FBI agent Nick Pellisante finally captures mob boss Dominic Cavello. Two of Cavello's former employees are ready to testify against him when he hires a killer to make sure the trial never concludes.
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Sunny Randall mysteries volume 5
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English
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When Sunny Randall is hired to protect Erin Flint, a rising movie star, she soon finds herself investigating the murder of Erin's sister.
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English
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"Joachim von Hartmann was born and raised in Buenos Aires by his loving German mother, inseparable from his identical twin. When Joachim moves to Paris with his mother in his late teens, his twin stays behind and enters a dark world. Meanwhile, Joachim begins training to be a butler, fascinated by the precision and intense demands, and goes on to work in some of the grandest homes in England. His brother never reappears. Olivia White has given ten...
56) Hostage
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English
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An ex-con with delusions of grandeur and his tagalong brother unwittingly team up with a psychopath one wrong word away from meltdown. When their late afternoon joyride turns into a random act of violence, they take a family hostage in the affluent bedroom community of Bristo Camino. Enter Chief of Police Jeff Talley, a stressed-out former LAPD SWAT negotiator who is hiding from his past. Plunged back into the high-pressure world that he desperately...
57) Absolution
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
401 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Father Jake Austin's father returns to town, decades after deserting him as a young boy. His dad is fleeing a drug lord. Although Jake detests his old man, he enlists the help of Sheriff Tremont Macon, who decides to place Jake's father into protective custody in jail. There, he learns that Jake's dad has stolen cocaine from the drug dealers. In an attempt to shut the drug ring down, the FBI asks Jake to be the bait in a sting operation. Will Jake...
58) Framed: a novel
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Covenant Communications
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
226 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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When Adriana Chambers observes a stranded motorist struggling to change his tire, she sees in his distress an opportunity to be a Good Samaritan. Pulling over, she offers her help -- but she gets much more than the satisfaction of serving. As the beautiful young college student finds herself the only witness to the man's whereabouts that morning, she is unwittingly drawn into a criminal investigation that tests her powers of deduction. The stranded...
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Michael Bennett mysteries volume 7
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
At last, Detective Michael Bennett and his family are coming home to New York City. Thanks to Bennett, the ruthless crime lord whose vengeful mission forced the Bennett family into hiding has been brought down for good. Back in the city that never sleeps, Bennett takes over a chaotic Outreach Squad in Harlem, where he receives an unusual call: a man claims to have seen a group of well-dressed men holding a bizarre party in a condemned building. With...
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Saint Squad novels volume 7
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
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English
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After years of hiding from her criminal family, Carina Channing is ready to start a new life in Virginia Beach. But cutting ties with the past proves impossible thanks to a mysterious key she received from her imprisoned father. After a warning visit from her uncle, Carina and her boyfriend, Navy SEAL Jay Wellman, begin an urgent search to discover the key's purpose before their enemies intercede. With their lives and shared future on the line, Carina...
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