Who's ripping off the Federal prison system — and how? A funny crime caper with a diabolically clever scam. Thirty-something Kimberly was living the good life with a great executive job, a wardrobe to die for and a hot, young boyfriend...
Criminals
- Author:St. James, Morgan, Rowe, CarolineSummary:
- Author:Houdini, HarrySummary:
Harry Houdini, master illusionist and contortionist, unmasks the various ways that criminals take advantage of their victims.
- Author:Kalteis, DietrichSummary:
A fast, powerful read full of action, twists, and dark humour Bounty Hunter Karl Morgen goes after Miro Knotts on a skipped bond, finding the dope dealer wrapped around an underaged girl at a rave in Seattle. Dragging Miro in the hard...
- Author:Grant, VickiSummary:
MacIntyre, son of firebrand lawyer Andy MacIntyre, smells something fishy about one of his mother's cases. And it's not just that there are sea lice in the coffee. When Cyril starts investigating the death of a millionaire inventor, he...
- Author:Blum, BenSummary:
Intricate, heartrending, and morally urgent, Ranger Games is a crime story like no other. Alex Blum was a good kid, a popular high school hockey star from a tight-knit Colorado family. He had one goal in life: endure a brutally...
- Author:Madden, StaceySummary:
A dark debut from a rising literary talent
Brandon Galloway is a 29–year–old nobody, fumbling between dead–end jobs in a town full of drunks and prostitutes. When he lands a position with a pest control company...
- Author:Battershill, AndrewSummary:
Most of the things Pillow really liked to do were obviously morally wrong. He wasn't an idiot; clearly it was wrong to punch people in the face for money. But there had been an art to it, and it had been thrilling and thoughtful for him...
- Author:Kizzia, Tom.Summary:
Documents the story of Robert "Papa Pilgrim" Hale and the antiestablishment family settlement in remote Alaska that was exposed as a cult-like prison where Hale brutalized and isolated his wife and fifteen children.
- Author:Leicht, StinaSummary:
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...
- Author:Pinter, JasonSummary:
Welcome to Earth+. The year is 2037, and nearly all human interactions have migrated to the virtual world. Now, true-crime fans don't just listen to podcasts or watch documentaries - they participate in hyper-realistic simulations...
- Author:Macpherson, M.A.Summary:
The Canadian West has a history littered with tales of robbers and murderers. These frontier days were long before faxes, DNA analysis and e-mail, and the bad guys could hide in plenty of empty country before they met up with the mighty...
- Author:Stark, RichardSummary:
Parker joins a crew planning to rob an armoured truck that is transferring money from a merged bank. The rest of the gang--including the wife of one of the bankers--turn out to be misfits that lead them into all kinds of trouble. Some...
- Author:Knowles, MikeSummary:
Heists, double crosses, and brutality drive this fast-paced fourth installment of the Wilson Mystery series
An armoured car carrying a huge payday will be rolling through the city every Friday for four weeks. Out of...
- Author:Glenny, MishaSummary:
An explosive vision of contemporary Brazil’s underbelly by one of our greatest investigative reporters.This is a book about a man known as Nem; about Rocinha, the slum or “favela” he grew up in and came to run as a private fiefdom;...
- Author:John WightSummary:
- Author:Defoe, DanielSummary:
Moll is born in Newgate prison to a petty thief and is soon left at the mercy of whoever will take her in. From this unfavorable beginning, the lusty, resourceful Moll loves and bargains her way from rags to riches, from prostitution in...
- Author:Tereba, TereSummary:
Go deep into the L.A. underworld with the true story of one obsessive gangster’s unparalleled quest for privilege, power, and paydays
This biography of celebrity gangster Mickey Cohen digs past the sensational headlines...
- Author:Guinn, JeffSummary:
Based on new interviews, this revealing account of one of the most notorious criminals in American history puts Manson in the context of his times, the turbulent end of the 60s, revealing a rock star wannabe whose killings were directly...
- Author:Jobb, DeanSummary:
This book introduces larger-the-life characters from Nova Scotia's past who broke the law and defied authority. These true tales of crimes are drawn from almost two centuries of Nova Scotia's history, from the province's...
- Author:K'wanSummary:
After news of the attempted murder of his fiancee, Gucci, Animal makes it to Miami, but getting to New York is trickier. A New Orleans refugee named Diamonds offers help and something more valuable: the name of the man who shot Gucci--...