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"Robert B. Parker's beloved PI Sunny Randall returns on a case that blurs the line between friend and foe...and if Sunny can't tell the difference, the consequences may be deadly. When Sunny's long-time gangster associate Tony Marcus comes to her for help, Sunny is surprised - after all, she double crossed him on a recent deal, and their relationship is on shakier ground than ever. But the way Tony figures it, Sunny owes him, and Sunny's willing to...
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Shantaram volume 2
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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The sequel to Shantaram continues Australian fugitive Lin's search for love and faith in a Bombay that has come under the rule of a new generation of mafia dons and where Lin becomes trapped by his married soulmate and an increasingly violent mission.
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"Robert B. Parker's iconic and irresistible PI Sunny Randall is back, and the stakes are higher than ever as she races to protect her ex-husband--and his Mafia family--from the vengeful plan of a mysterious rival. Sunny Randall is "on" again with Richie, the ex-husband she never stopped loving and never seemed to be able to let go, despite her discomfort with his Mafia connections. When Richie is shot and nearly killed, Sunny is dragged into the thick...
24) Sinner man
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Hard Case Crime book volume HCC-126
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Hard Case Crime/Titan Books
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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To escape punishment for a murder he didn't mean to commit, insurance man Don Barshter has to take on a new identity: Nathaniel Crowley, ferocious up-and-comer in the New York mob. But can he find safety in the skin of another man...a worse man...a sinner man...?
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Mariner Books
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
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Giovanna Costa, reeling from personal tragedies, tries to make a new life for herself at the turn of the twentieth century in New York City's Little Italy. Her modest success is rewarded with the attention of the notorious Black Hand, a gang of brutal extortionists led by Lupo the Wolf.
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Three Rooms Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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When a notorious mobster confesses to hundreds of crimes, then recants, the lead prosecutor calls on T.R. Softly to find out why. Answering that question may lead to a massive conspiracy involving secretive government agencies, the Mob, and a volatile ex-president intent on destroying his former office.
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Penguin
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2011.
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English
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"Introducing a seductive new mystery series set in Provence-featuring chief magistrate Antoine Verlaque. Set in charming and historic Aix-en-Provence, France, Death at the Château Bremont introduces readers to Antoine Verlaque, the handsome and seductive chief magistrate of Aix, and his on-again, off- again love interest, law professor Marine Bonnet. When local nobleman Etienne de Bremont falls to his death from the family château, the town is...
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The Permanent Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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At fifty-nine, facing a dull and lonely future, Phillip Vail yearns for a way to put vigor and purpose into his remaining years. Then he finds the Mafia. While riding a commuter train, enjoying a chat with a younger woman sitting next to him, he encounters three violent drunks. Phil is powerless and terrified but the woman is neither; her father is the caporegime of New York's Sforza crime family and a quick call brings her three mobster brothers...
29) House reckoning
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Joe DeMarco thrillers volume 9
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Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
©2014.
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English
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"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 hitman 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.
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John Daniel & Company
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©2015.
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English
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"Affable young parking valet Tyler Benson, a master of bad timing, is accidentally involved in cases of auto theft and murder on the lot at Alba, an upscale Seattle restaurant. There's a body in a parked car, and someone shooting at tech zillionaire Scott Duckworth. Mysterious Italian beauty Flavia Torcelli and even Tyler's spectacularly unsuccessful dad seem somehow connected to the crime wave. The more Tyler tries to sort things out, the more the...
31) Bloody heart
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Brutal birthright romances volume 4
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Bloom Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"When you get a second chance, you don't wait for a third...Simone Solomon lives in a gilded cage. She's been raised to wealth, privilege, and above all, obedience. Hiding in the back of a limousine, dreading another tedious gala, Simone is abducted by a mafioso who intended to steal a car, not a girl...and everything changes. Dante Gallo looks like a beast and behaves like one, too -- until he lays eyes on Simone. Their attraction is irresistible,...
32) The defense
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Eddie Flynn novels volume 1
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Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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""If you're a fan of John Grisham, Scott Turow, and Brad Meltzer, then you will be a fan of Steve Cavanagh's The Defense."--Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Radiant Angel Eddie Flynn used to be a con artist. Then he became a lawyer. Turns out the two aren't that different. Former con artist turned lawyer Eddie Flynn gave up the law a year ago after a disastrous case, and he vowed never to step foot in a courtroom again. But...
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2004]
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English
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A sequel to Mario Puzo's novel, "The Godfather," continues the saga of the Corleone family, beginning in 1955 and recounting the events that occurred between the end of the original novel and the episodes chronicled in Coppola's movie sequels.
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William Morrow
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Madame Mystique is a performer extraordinaire, come to work her scandalous magic at the glittering 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Of African American and Sicilian heritage, Mystique - aka Rosa Mancuso - and her fellow performers move on the margins. Her ambiguous status serves a hidden vendetta: she awaits the arrival of Paolo Amanta, the dashing pilot sent by Mussolini to dazzle spectators with a phenomenal air show. Back in Sicily, Paolo's band of...
35) Heavy crown
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Brutal birthright romances volume 6
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"She was a temptation he couldn't resist...Sebastian Gallo couldn't believe it when her saw her being stuffed into a trunk: Yelena Yenina, the only daughter of the most vicious Bratva boss in Chicago. The Bratva hate Sebastian's family - in fact, they burned his uncle alive. He should have just left Yelena to her fate. But she fought like a Valkyrie - gorgeous, ferocious, and unbreakable. Sebastian had to save her, and after feeling the electricity...
36) Lone wolf
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Severn House Publishers, LTD
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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When a badly burned and mutilated body is discovered near Stansted airport, a single piece of evidence leads the police to Perugia, Italy. As he knows the region better than anyone, park ranger Sebastiano Cangio is assigned to assist British detective Desmond Harris in his efforts to uncover the dead man's identity, and to find out what he was doing in Perugia. Meanwhile, it would appear that something monstrous is on the loose in the forests of...
37) The greenfather
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Three Rooms Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Simon, New York's top organic grocery store owner has a secret: his dad is the head of one of New York's biggest mob families. When his dad dies, Simon agrees to head the Family, provided that instead of murder, numbers and other rackets, the mob uses its muscle to enforce green regulations and promote healthy eating habits. At first the mob's hit men and extortionists resent being pressed into green service, but they soon become Simon's biggest...
38) Stolen heir
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Brutal birthright romances volume 2
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Love is the one thing you can't steal. Nessa Griffin leads a lonely life. Too compassionate and gentle for the underworld business she grew up in, she fills no role in her family's mafia empire, struggling to prove herself both at home and in her highly competitive ballet corps. Mikolaj Wilk is the most vicious gangster in Chicago, and he's hellbent on revenge. His adoptive father saved him from the streets of Warsaw only to die at the hands of the...
39) Savage lover
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Brutal birthright romances volume 3
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Camille Rivera is drowning. Her father's sick, her brother's in deep with a dirty cop, and her mechanic shop is failing. She's growing desperate, trying to keep her world afloat in whatever way she can. Nero Gallo is the neighborhood hazard. A mess-maker. A walking disaster. Camille has watched him burn through every girl in a ten-mile radius, as vicious as he is gorgeous, breaking hearts and never, ever getting attached. Which is why she can't believe...
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Dave Robicheaux novels volume 23
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English
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"The Shondell and Balangie families are enemies in New Iberia's criminal underworld, but teen musicians Johnny Shondell and Isolde Balangie have fallen in love and run away. As Dave Robicheaux investigates the couple's whereabouts, he runs afoul of Isolde's mafioso father, who puts a hit on Robicheaux and his partner, Clete Purcel. The assassin is unlike any they have ever faced: he can induce hallucinations and travels on a ghost ship that materializes...
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