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41) Sirens: a novel
Author
Series
Aiden Waits volume 1
Publisher
Crown
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
"The breathtakingly propulsive and stunningly assured debut thriller, perfect for readers of Tana French, Don Winslow and Dennis Lehane A detective goes undercover in Manchester...The mission is suicide. Infiltrating the inner circle of enigmatic criminal Zain Carver is dangerous enough. Pulling it off while also rescuing Isabelle Rossiter, a runaway politician's daughter, from Zain's influence? Impossible. That's why Aidan Waits is the perfect...
42) Tear it down
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2019
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Iraq war veteran Peter Ash is restless in the home he shares with June Cassidy in Washington State. June knows Peter needs to be on the move, so she sends him to Memphis to help her friend Wanda Wyatt, a photographer and war correspondent who's been receiving peculiar threats. When Peter arrives in Memphis, however, he finds the situation has gone downhill fast. Someone has just driven a dump truck into Wanda's living room. But neither Wanda nor Peter...
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
337 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Overhearing how the brothers in a powerful crime family intend to tie up loose ends before retiring, a New York actor flies to London to warn an intended victim and endures a madcap game of cat-and-mouse.
44) Shutter man
Author
Publisher
Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First North American edition.
Physical Desc
416 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A member of Philadelphias dangerous Farren crime family--Billy, a killer plagued with a rare disease that prevents him from recognizing faces--targets Detective Kevin Byrne whose investigation into home-invasion cases and a past crime brings him too close to his employer.
Author
Series
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
321 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When she agrees to help a woman escape a crazed ex-boyfriend who is friends with members of a Russian organized crime brotherhood, rescue artist Jane Whitefield leads a deadly crime syndicate on a wild chase through the Northeast from which only one party--Jane or her pursuers--will emerge alive.
After Sara Daughton cheated on her boyfriend, he dragged her to the home of the offending man and made her watch as he killed him. She testified against...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
420 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After witnessing a troupe of pickpockets pull off an incredible robbery in a busy Marseille square, Charlie Fisher agrees to protect one of the thieves if they teach him their ways, leading him into a world of adventure with global stakes.
47) Ink and ashes
Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
386 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Japanese American Claire Takata finds out that her deceased father was once a member of the yakuza, a Japanese crime syndicate, danger enters her life that could end up killing someone.
48) The godfather
Author
Series
The Godfather volume 1
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
1969
Language
English
Description
The Godfather is an extraordinary novel which has become a modern day classic. Puzo pulls us inside the violent society of the Mafia and its gang wars. The leader, Vito Corleone, is the Godfather. He is a benevolent despot who stops at nothing to gain and hold power. His command post is a fortress on Long Island from which he presides over a vast underground empire that includes the rackets, gambling, bookmaking, and unions. His influence runs through...
49) Death run
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
xviii, 253 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A mafia banker with access to a large number of criminal accounts is willing to give evidence in exchange for help retiring from the mob, but when spy John Chase assists him, he puts his fifteen-year-old twins, Rich and Jade, in the line of fire.
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
c2018
Physical Desc
236 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ever since he was a child, the only thing Cyril Anderson wanted was to be down with his brother Cane's crew. Cane Anderson, leader of the notorious Bankroll Crips, was invincible - or so Cyril thought. On the night of Cyril's initiation, things take a terrible turn and leave Cane lying dead in a pool of his own blood. Now the leader of a blood-thirsty gang, there is only one thing that Cyril wants to do: seek revenge.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books For Children
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
viii, 277 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Artemis learns that his father has been kidnapped by the Russian mpb, he races to the Arctic Circle to make a daring rescue where he finds an old acquaintance, Captain Holly Short, who is investigating a plot of the goblin mob.
52) House reckoning
Author
Series
A Joe DeMarco thriller volume Book 9
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"DeMarco always knew that his father Gino had a shady job for a local mafioso, but he didn't understand that Gino had been a hit man until he was murdered. Now, nearly twenty years later, one of Gino's former mob associates is dying of lung cancer, and he wants to get something off his chest before retiring to his grave: the truth about Gino's killer"--Amazon.com.
53) World gone by
Author
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Dennis Lehane, the New York Times bestselling author of The Given Day and Live by Night, returns with a psychologically and morally complex novel of blood, crime, passion, and vengeance, set in Cuba and Ybor City, Florida, during World War II, in which Joe Coughlin must confront the cost of his criminal past and present. Ten years have passed since Joe Coughlin's enemies killed his wife and destroyed his empire, and much has changed. Prohibition...
Author
Series
Artemis Fowl volume 2
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Artemis learns that his father has been kidnapped by the Russian mob, he races to the Arctic Circle to make a daring rescue where he finds an old acquaintance, Captain Holly Short, who is investigating a plot of the goblin mob.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
As a thief, I'm good at three things: hiding in the shadows, getting in and out unseen, and uncovering secrets. I put these skills to work for the Sinclair Family, one of the magical mobs that run the tourist town of Cloudburst Falls. Everyone knows Victor Draconi wants to take over all the other Families--and kill every last Sinclair. What they don't know is that I'm on to him, and no way will I let the man who murdered my mom get away with hurting...
56) Cold service
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his friend, Hawk, is brutally injured after helping protect another man, Boston private detective Spenser throws himself into Hawk's rehabilitation and investigates the Ukrainian mob he believes is responsible for the attack.
57) Shadow flight
Author
Series
Shadow riders volume 5
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
421 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chicago's Ferraro crime family will do anything to protect one of their own in this thrilling entry in the Shadow Riders series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan. . . Nicoletta Gomez was a terrified teenager when Taviano Ferraro and his brother saved her life. Ever since, she&'s been trying to rise above what was done to her, molding herself into a survivor under the protective eyes of the Ferraro family. All the while, she&'s...
Author
Series
A Junior Bender mystery volume Book 6
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's the week before Christmas in Tinsel Town, and the Edgerton Mall isn't exactly full of holiday cheer, despite its two Santas. The mall is a fossil of an industry in decline; many of its stores are closed, and to make matters worse, there is a rampant shoplifting problem. Enter burglar Junior Bender, the unwilling fixer for LA's various underworld bosses. The murderous Russian gangster who owns the mall hires Junior to look into the shoplifting...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The brilliant new novel in Robert B. Parker's New York Times-bestselling series featuring police chief Jesse Stone. All is quiet in Paradise, except for a spate of innocuous vandalism. Good thing, too, because Jesse Stone is preoccupied with the women in his life, both past and present. As his ex-wife, Jenn, is about to marry a Dallas real-estate tycoon, Jesse isn't too sure his relationship with former FBI agent Diana Evans is built to last. But...
60) Leopard's blood
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
Taking over a crime syndicate in Louisiana, leopard shifter Joshua Tregre, whose fighting skills are unrivaled, doesn't stand a chance when he meets his new neighbor, whose fierce determination and beauty lead him down the path of temptation. --Publisher