Prohibition in the United States created new opportunities for organized crime to make profits even they couldn't imagine. It did not take long for the mobsters to push out the independent bootleggers and take control of the whole...
Organized crime
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Author:Fitzgerald, JackSummary: -
Author:Holmes, Andrew, Patterson, JamesSummary:Former SAS soldier David Shelley was a special forces operative and has settled down to civilian life in London. But the mysterious death of a young girl sends her parents seeking his help.
- Author:Leonard, ElmoreSummary:
The feds want Miami bookmaker Harry Arno to squeal on his wiseguy boss. So they're putting word out on the street that Arno's skimming profits from "Jimmy Cap" Capotorto--which he is, but everybody does it. He was...
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Author:Atkinson, Deborah TurrellSummary:Some nasty predators dwell in paradise, and they aren‘t all hiding in the azure waters. The day attorney Storm Kayama arrives in Kahului to help Lara Farrell set up her new dive shop, someone bombs a restaurant. When one of Lara's...
- Author:BrickSummary:
"My husband was down on his knees, bloodied, battered, and beaten to the point he could barely hold himself up. He'd always been a warrior, my warrior. They would kill him, I knew that. I felt it with everything within me. My...
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Author:Kamal, SheenaSummary:Two years ago, Bonnie was kidnapped by the wealthy Zhang family. Though Nora rescued her, she made a powerful enemy in Dao, a mysterious triad enforcer and former head of the Zhangs' private security. Now Dao is out for revenge, and she...
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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...
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Author:Sgambati, VinceSummary:Fans of Anne Tyler's quirky characters and her attention to family life, or Pete Hamill's depiction of diverse, ethnic, urban neighborhoods will connect to Most Precious Blood, set in the eleventh-hour of a declining Italian-...
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Author:Bullough, OliverSummary:"If you want to know why international crooks and their eminently respectable financial advisors walk tall and only the little people pay taxes, this is the ideal book for you. Every politician and moneyman on the planet should read it...
- Author:Steinke, GordSummary:
The prohibition laws of the U.S. in the 1920s led to lucrative dealings between business-savvy Canadians and their mobster connections below the 49th parallel. The stories in this collection are the stuff of legends, with brutal...
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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...
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Author:Glenny, MishaSummary:Now a major television series starring James Norton (War & Peace, Happy Valley) and created by Oscar-nominated screenwriter and film director Hossein Amini (Drive) and James Watkins (The Woman in Black), co-produced by BBC, AMC, and...
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Author:Born, James O., Patterson, JamesSummary:Detective Tom Moon knows Miami like the back of his hand. As the leader of an FBI task force called "Operation Guardian," he must take on international criminals and nefarious syndicates.
- Author:Enright, RobertSummary:
After his one man war on crime takes him to the depths of the Ukrainian underworld, Sam Pope is accosted by an elite United States military outfit known as Blackridge. Under the threat of incarceration for his crimes, Sam agrees to join...
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Author:JaQuavis, AshleySummary:Miami was forever changed when Carter and Miamor came to town. Carter II and his cousin Mo attempt to carry on the legacy of their fathers.
- Author:Lehane, DennisSummary:
In 1926, during the Prohibition, Joe Coughlin defies his strict law-and-order upbringing by climbing a ladder of organized crime that takes him from Boston to Cuba where he encounters a dangerous cast of characters who are all fighting...
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Author:Gala, LynSummary:Three years ago, Carl Ragar turned on the mob. His conscience couldn’t handle the murder of an innocent bystander, and he had to turn his back on his mentor, Petroc “Pete” Barbu, a man he’d admired and lusted after. Pete made no...
- Author:Quick, AmandaSummary:
While investigating a suspicious death, private inquiry agent Ambrose Wells finds himself on the grounds of Aldwick Castle-and in the midst of utter chaos. The ramshackle castle is in flames-and a beautiful woman and four young girls...
- Author:Locke, JohnSummary:
Former CIA assassin Donovan Creed is pursuing his latest love interest when he discovers a severely burned girl. Soon, Creed's suspicions about what hurt the girl lead to a deadly confrontation.
- Author:Feehan, ChristineSummary:
Though born into a leopard's lair in the bayou, Joshua Tregre's fighting skills were honed in the rainforests of Borneo. Sleek and deadly, he's the perfect man to take over a crime syndicate back home in Louisiana's lush swamplands. His...
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