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In his inimitable New York voice, Pulitzer Prize winner Jimmy Breslin gives us a look through the keyhole at the people and places that define the Mafia-characters like John Gotti, Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso (named for his weapon of choice), and Jimmy "the Clam" Eppolito-interwoven with the remarkable true-crime saga of the good rat himself, Burt Kaplan of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, the star witness in the recent trial of two NYPD...
2) Live flesh
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After fourteen years in prison, rapist Victor Jenner attempts to pick up the pieces of his life but finds himself involved in an awkward triangle whose conflicts resurrect the buried demons of his violent past.
3) The teacher
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2024
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Lesson #1: Trust no one.
Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except...
Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher affair, with one student, Addie, at its center. But Eve knows there is far more to these ugly rumors than meets the eye.
Addie can't be trusted. She lies. She...
Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except...
Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher affair, with one student, Addie, at its center. But Eve knows there is far more to these ugly rumors than meets the eye.
Addie can't be trusted. She lies. She...
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Serial killers are thought to be so universally, overwhelmingly male that in 1998, FBI profiler Roy Hazelwood infamously declared in a homicide conference, "There are no female serial killers." Telfer delves into the reality of female aggression and predation with this compendium of female serial killers and their crimes through the ages.
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"Why do we love stories about scammers so much? Journalist Tori Telfer dives into the stories of historical female con women and explains why we are so enamored by their scams"--
The art of the con has a long and venerable tradition, and its female practitioners are some of the best-- or worst. Telfer introduces us to a host of lady swindlers whose scams ranged from the outrageous to the deadly. Among them: In 1700s Paris, Jeanne de Saint-Rémy scammed...
7) Abbott: 1979
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In the pulse-pounding conclusion to the Abbott saga, Elena must save Detroit from the Umbra… one last time.
To defeat a seemingly unstoppable darkness, Elena will need to push herself to harness her Light power more than she ever has before, and make a sacrifice that just might break her.
The Abbott trilogy has all been leading to this as the iconic series from Hugo Award-nominated novelist Saladin Ahmed (Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Black Bolt)...
8) Silent Night
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2023
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Widescreen ed.
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2 videodiscs (ca. 104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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From legendary director John Woo and the producer of John Wick comes this gritty revenge tale of a tormented father who witnesses his young son die when caught in a gang's crossfire on Christmas Eve. While recovering from a wound that costs him his voice, he makes vengeance his life's mission and embarks on a punishing training regimen in order to avenge his son's death. Full of Woo's signature style, this film redefines the action genre with visceral,...
9) Slow Burn
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Roxane and Patti are faced with one final, all-or-nothing showdown with Kary and his men.
With all of the chips on the table, will the two of them be able to make it out alive? Or will the fires claim two more victims…
Iconic crime writer Ollie Masters (Snow Blind, The Kitchen) and artist Pierluigi Minotti (Lost Falls) bring the simmering crime drama to a burning conclusion in an ending that readers are not going to want to miss.
10) House of Lords
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Jeffrey Blaine is a good man, a wealthy and powerful Wall Street broker with impeccable social standing. But his wife-who supports charitable foundations from their Park Avenue townhouse-seems to have lost interest in their marriage, and his daughter, a beautiful debutante ready for Yale University in the fall, has turned sullen and rebellious. Having achieved everything he'd ever dreamed of, Blaine now feels unsettled, stagnant, hungry for a new...
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Fresh out of jail, an ex-ballplayer stumbles into the world of bounty hunting and murder in urban Detroit Even prison couldn't stop former big-league pitcher Doc Miller from playing baseball. Jailed after a teenage girl overdosed on cocaine at one of his house parties, the former Detroit Tigers ace became a star at the Michigan State Prison, bringing home the institution's first Midwestern Penal System championship. Now out on parole, his days of...
12) Dragon on trial
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The menagerie (Tui Sutherland) volume 2
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IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
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770L
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Someone or something has murdered the goose who laid the golden eggs, and the evidence points to a dragon named Scratch. But this mystery won't be that easy to solve, Zoe and Logan are back on the case in another exciting fantasy adventure.
13) Dirty (Book 2)
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This is book 1 of the Rainieri Family Mafia series! Books 2 and 3 are available everywhere now!
I took her dirty just because I could.
My father is dead. I'm the boss now.
That means Adriana belongs to me.
She can love me, hate me, or fear me — I don't care.
Just as long as she knows she's mine.
RYDER My father once protected her.
But he's no longer with the living.
That means Adriana is exactly how I want her: Scared. Alone. Vulnerable.
She...
14) Luka (Book 1)
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This is book 1 of the Steel Gods MC series! Books 2 and 3 are available everywhere now!He hunted me down and made me his toy.NICOLETTEIt took me seven years to escape my abusive relationship.My ex was a ruthless biker with a nasty mean streak.And his final cruelty was putting a baby in my belly.I took his unborn child and ran from him.But I know he won't let me get away that easy.And out here on my own, there's no one I can trust to protect me.Then...
15) Piped (Book 2)
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This is book 1 of the Mohave Eagles MC series! Books 2 and 3 are available everywhere now!I wasn't ready to get piped by a biker.But Pierce Murdock didn't care if I was ready or not.He claimed me with his eyes the moment he saw me.And there's not a man alive who would dare challenge his claim.I never thought I'd be some biker's plaything.But Pierce makes me do a lot of things I'd never expected.Like sneaking off in the middle of a wedding to get hot...
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This is book 3 and the finale of the Vicious Thrills MC series!
A ride on the outlaw got her pregnant.
He's a bearded, tatted, whiskey-drinking rogue.
And he's the only thing keeping me alive.
If I want to keep my baby safe, I have to do one thing and one thing only:
Whatever the hell he wants.
BLADE
I won't apologize for what I do.
I'm an outlaw biker, not a goody-two-shoes.
I own a strip club – and it's not the kind where you're gonna...
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This is book 1 of the Black Aces MC series! Books 2 and 3 are available everywhere now!She's about to die in my arms – night after night after night.No one lies to a biker and lives to tell about it.Not unless they're eager to die.Janessa got caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.And I'm the man who's about to extract a very steep price for her mistakes.JANESSAI'm quiet by nature. A good girl at heart.But the harsh world I grew up in forced...
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This is book 1 of the Filthy Hitman Romance Series! Books 2 and 3 are available everywhere now!It's not my job to take her raw, but I did it anyways.She's a bratty little woman and I'm determined to put her in her place.But she's the mob boss's daughter.And therefore, STRICTLY off limits.But this is a dirty business.And I've never been one to play by the rules.So, while I'm assigned to keep her safe, I also plan to keep her tamed.Tied down to my bed...
19) Bent (Book 1)
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This is book 3 and the finale of the Bent Bad Boy Hitman Romance!
Caught between a hitman and a hard place…
Nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide.
Which one do I choose:
The kingpin me who wants me dead?
Or the hired killer wants me bent in his bed?
TESS
I take my job as an escort seriously.
It may not be as glamorous as the movies make it look, but it keeps me off the streets and out of trouble.
Besides, I'm good at it.
After all, I learned...
20) Bound (Book 2)
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This is book 1 of the Sokolov Family Mafia series! Books 2 and 3 are available everywhere now!Our wedding was fake, but my moans were real.SAMANTHAI should have known better than to go out that night.My worst fears come to life when an enforcer for the Sokolov Mafia corners me to collect on my dad's gambling debt.He shoves his hand between my legs and tells me what I can do to work off what my father owes.It's sick.It's wrong.But I don't have a choice.One...
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