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¿Qué pueden tener en común un modesto inspector de policía, una exuberante pastelera, un cónsul de Estados Unidos, un carterista de medio pelo, Charlie Lucky Luciano, un médico metido a caficultor, una poderosa tríada de Shangái y la madame de un burdel de lujo? Sencillo: el insólito suceso que va a enlazar inesperadamente sus vidas y que pondrá al descubierto una intrincada conspiración cuyas
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"When the world's most powerful mob boss loses his wife and daughters in a terrorist attack funded by one of his rivals, he resolves to turn the tables. Rallying the heads of the globe's top criminal organizations, Vincent Marelli launches a war that may be his last. With the weight of the criminal world on his shoulders, he has only one desire in his heart: to know who ordered the hit that took out his girls"-- Provided by publisher.
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Series
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
When a joke about making illicit money escalates to a kidnapping scheme, four friends enjoy the proceeds of a low-risk operation until they abduct the wrong target and capture the attentions of the law and a vengeful organized-crime ring.
Author
Series
Gray Man thrillers volume 12
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"In the latest thrilling novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Gray Man series, Court Gentry is sent on a mission by a person he doesn't trust to snatch a target he can't stand from the clutches of Russian assassins he can't defeat...and those are the upsides of the job. Alex Velesky is in a world of trouble. He has the key that can unlock the truth behind a web of illicit payments the Russians have spread around the globe. The money is used...
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Series
Bill Robinson volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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The owner of the Inn at Gloucester, a place open to anyone running from trouble or hiding from life, former Boston police detective Bill Robinson must defend his town, his chosen family and his home when a newcomer in town launches a series of attacks.
Author
Series
Aunties (Jesse Q Sutanto) volume 2
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Instead of having Ma and the aunts cater to her wedding, Meddy wants them to enjoy the day as guests. As a compromise, they find the perfect wedding vendors: a Chinese-Indonesian family-run company just like theirs. Meddy is hesitant at first, but she hits it off right away with the wedding photographer, Staphanie...It turns out Staphanie and her family are The Family-actual mafia...Her aunties and mother won't let Meddy's wedding ceremony become...
7) The Russian
Author
Series
Rob Tacoma novels volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
8) The sinners
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In the new novel from New York Times-bestselling crime master Ace Atkins, violence comes in many forms...and this time it may be more than Quinn Colson can handle. 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...
10) The palace
Author
Series
Simon Riske novels volume 3
Publisher
Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When a man to whom he owes his life reaches out from prison, international spy Simon Riske recruits a daring investigative reporter and a rogue Mossad agent to thwart an international conspiracy targeting major European cities.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Arriving in Paris to receive the Légion d’honneur for their part in the liberation of France, the 90-something Williamson sisters, Britain’s most treasured World War II veterans, use this opportunity to settle scores, avenge lost friends and pull off one last, daring heist before their illustrious careers are over.
12) Sirens: a novel
Author
Series
Aidan Waits thrillers volume 1
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2018]
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...
Author
Series
Jack Swyteck novels volume Prequel
Publisher
Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"A band of amateur thieves pulls off one of the biggest airport heists in history with deadly consequences" --
14) Ballistic
Author
Series
Gray Man thrillers volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
The carefully orchestrated life of Manhattan emergency room doctor and witness-protection program participant Peter Brown unravels in the course of a day that begins with a mugging and a new patient who knows him from his previous existence.
17) Murder book
Author
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When his ex-wife asks him to investigate a sudden crime wave in the Mid-West, Harry Duncan quickly finds himself in conflict with a violent syndicate that targets both him and his ex.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 14
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.
Author
Publisher
Angry Robot
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A mixed-species fugitive, Jes tries to blend in on a pleasure moon, but instead catches the attention of a crime boss who owns the resort-casino where he lands a circus job and is forced to bend to the mobster's will until he decides to take the big boss down.
20) Inside man
Author
Series
Sam Capra novels volume 4
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"When Sam Capra's best customer--and friend--is murdered outside his Miami bar, Sam decides to seek justice. Determined to find out the connection between his friend's death and a beautiful stranger, Sam infiltrates the Ligeras, one of Miami's most prominent--and dangerous-families. He faces a powerful but unstable mastermind intent on dividing his business empire between his three very different children, who may hold murderous secrets of their own....
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