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281) Brawler
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
870L
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
High school champion wrestler Eddie MacIntyre does not mind his well-earned reputation as a loose cannon, but when he punches a referee he not only loses his chance at the state championships, he gets expelled from school--facing the strong possibility of joining his father in prison, he runs away and joins an illegal underground fighting ring, where he and a girl fighter named Khajee find themselves trapped in a violent world, run by bad men and...
282) Running scared
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Struggling Mob hand Joey Gazelle (Paul Walker) finds his life turned inside out when a "hot" weapon he's in charge of concealing goes missing. With two Mafia families and a team of crooked cops watching his every move, Joey sets out on a chilling, bloody pursuit, maneuvering his way through a horrific web of creeps and criminals, praying he can retrieve the gun and make it home to his family-alive." -- from container.
284) Jack of hearts
Author
Series
Publisher
AugustBooks
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"FBI Special Agent Kim Otto won't believe Reacher's dead until she sees his body for herself. Which she hasn't. Yet. But if Reacher's not dead, where is he? Seven years ago, in Lee Child's Worth Dying For, Reacher rescued Eleanor Duncan and saved sixteen Thai women from fates much worse than death. Eleanor's tormentors were controlled by a powerful mob boss with a long memory. He wants his property back and will stop at nothing to get it. Now Reacher...
286) The Chicago outfit
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
345 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A crooked father and an honest son are the protagonists of this novel on money laundering. The father is Tiger Single, owner of a British investment house, laundering money for criminals. His dream is to see his son follow in his footsteps, but the son is honest and will not have anything to do with him--until the father's life is threatened.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Unbeknownst to most people even now, the election of 1968 placed the patron saint of the Mafia in the White House. In other words, Richard Nixon would go on to not only lead a criminal presidency; he would be totally indebted to our nations top mobsters. By 1969, thanks in large part to his long-time campaign manager and political advisor Murray Chotiner, a lawyer who specialized in representing mobsters, Nixon had participated in secret criminal...
Author
Series
Alex Rider adventure volume 6
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Alex Rider is in hospital and determined to put his spying days behind him. But he is forced back into action when the vicious terrorist group Force Three takes him prisoner. Alex makes his escape - yet his most perilous adventure is only just beginning. Alex must stop Force Three in their attempt to destroy Russian billionaire Nikolei Drevin and his revolutionary space hotel Ark Angel; but this time, the teenage superspy will have to push himself...
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
23 videodiscs (approximately 3563 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the projects. On the docks. In City Hall. In the schools. In the media. The places and faces have changed, but the game stays the same. Follows lives of police and dealers and the corruption and drugs in Baltimore.
Author
Publisher
In Depth Editions
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
382 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
“Bloody Chicago” was the name given to Americas most corrupt city after the grotesque scene that left seven humans embedded into masonry walls and oil-slickened concrete. Two Thompson submachine guns did the majority of the damage but the masterminds behind the St. Valentines Day Massacre escaped. Ten months later on December 14, 1929, St. Joseph, Michigan Police Officer Charles Skelly working a routine traffic crash came face to face with a...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (784 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Godfather: It is the late 1940s in New York and "Don" Vito Corleone is the head of a powerful Mafia "family." His youngest son Michael had defied Vito by enlisting in the Marines to fight in World War II. Michael has returned with no intention of continuing the family business, but after several assassination attempts on his father's life, Michael wants revenge on the men responsible. He is groomed as the new don, leading the family to a new era...
297) Girl beneath the sea
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
321 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Coming from scandalous Florida treasure hunters and drug smugglers, Sloan McPherson is forging her own path, for herself and for her daughter, out from under her family's shadow. An auxiliary officer for Lauderdale Shores PD, she's the go-to diver for evidence recovery. Then Sloan finds a fresh kill floating in a canal--a woman whose murky history collides with Sloan's. Their troubling ties are making Sloan less a potential witness than a suspect....
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Penelope Landlow has grown up with the knowledge that almost anything can be bought or sold--including body parts. She's the daughter of one of the three crime families that control the black market for organ transplants. Penelope's surrounded by all the suffocating privilege and protection her family can provide, but they can't protect her from the autoimmune disorder that causes her to bruise so easily. Penny is considered too "delicate" to handle...
299) Trap
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 audio disc (8 hr., 1 min.) : digital, MP3 ; 12 cm.
Language
English
Description
Happily settled in Florida, Sonja believes she's finally escaped the trap set by unscrupulous drug lords. But when her son, Tomas, is taken, she's back to square one and Iceland. Her lover, Agla, is awaiting sentencing for financial misconduct after the banking crash, and Sonja refuses to see her. And that's not all. Agla owes money to some extremely powerful men, and they'll stop at nothing to get it back. With her former nemesis, customs officer...
300) Trap
Author
Description
Happily settled in Florida, Sonja believes she's finally escaped the trap set by unscrupulous drug lords. But when her son, Tomas, is taken, she's back to square one and Iceland. Her lover, Agla, is awaiting sentencing for financial misconduct after the banking crash, and Sonja refuses to see her. And that's not all. Agla owes money to some extremely powerful men, and they'll stop at nothing to get it back. With her former nemesis, customs officer...