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Series
Jack Carter trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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"With an Introduction by Max Allan Collins The author of Get Carter returns to his greatest invention, a smooth-operating hardcase named Jack Carter, who is about to burn a city down in order to silence an informant It's the late 1960s in London and Jack Carter is the top man in a crime syndicate headed by two brothers--Gerald and Les Fletcher. He's also a worried man. The fact that he's sleeping with Gerald's wife, Audrey, and that they plan on...
2) GBH
Author
Language
English
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"British crime icon Ted Lewis's lost masterwork, an unnerving tale of paranoia and madness in the heart of the 1970s London criminal underworld, published in the US for the first time. Two intertwining narratives--past and present--chronicle the man's tragic fall from power. In London, George Fowler resides at the head of a lucrative criminal syndicate that specializes in the production and distribution of "blue films"--illegal pornography, and some...
3) Close
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
When Lily Diamond escapes her life of poverty and parental neglect by marrying London gangster Patrick Brodie, she become acquainted with his world of crime, violence, and betrayal as she tries to raise her children with love.
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Series
Publisher
Central Avenue Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"In the twilight of a November evening, Sir Henry, a man of wealth and charm, comes across a badly beaten Eliza, desperate to escape her cruel stepfather. Realizing she has nowhere to go, Sir Henry takes her to his home in Mayfair. There, as she recovers, Henry introduces the lovely Eliza to a world of art and literature she never knew existed. But Eliza's brutal world follows her to London, where the salons of the aristocratic elite co-exist with...
5) Rat runners
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Publisher
Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Four young thieves, one simple mission: Steal a black-leather box from the daughter of a murdered scientist without anyone noticing. But WatchWorld controls London now, and the organization knows everything. Every major street is monitored with heat-sensitive and X-ray cameras. Microphones record voices from hundreds of feet away, and drones watch from the sky. Patrolling the streets are Safe-Guards--part human and part robot, they can see through...
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Series
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
T"he constant threat of terrorism has left London under round-the-clock surveillance and in the tightenting grip of privatised security firms. Journalist Antonia Conti suspects one such organisation - GRM- not only of being behind several women's disappearances, but of financing the widespread violence it claims to fight. When a gang of hitmen use rampant state surveillance to track Antonia down, she narrowly escapes with her life. But then one of...
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Series
Gideon Sable novels volume 2
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Master thief, rogue and chancer Gideon Sable is back for another fast-paced supernatural heist - and this time he has the vault of a Las Vegas casino in his sights. Judi Rifkin is one of the world's most successful collectors of the weird and unnatural. In a London underworld filled with criminals with very special talents, Judi is a force to be reckoned with. And Gideon Sable - thief, rogue, and chancer - owes her a very large favour. Judi makes...
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