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1) Armored
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"A novel inspired by #1 New York Times best-selling author Mark Greaney's Audible Original drama, Armored. Joshua Duffy is a Close Protection Agent-a professional bodyguard- and, as such, he's one of the world's elite operatives. That is he was until his last mission in Lebanon. Against all odds, Josh got his primary out alive, but the cost was high-the loss of Josh's lower left leg. There's not much call for a high-end guardian with such an injury....
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"A riveting true story of a mother who fought back against the drug cartels in Mexico, pursuing her own brand of justice to avenge the kidnapping and murder of her daughter—from a global investigative correspondent for The New York Times “Azam Ahmed has written a page-turning mystery but also a stunning, color-saturated portrait of the collapse of formal justice in one Mexican town.”٬٢٠١٤؛Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prize–winning author...
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"The man was smart and he didn't mind killing people. Welcome to the big leagues, Davenport. Lucas Davenport's first case as a U.S. Marshal sends him into uncharted territory, in the thrilling new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Thanks to some very influential people whose lives he saved, Lucas is no longer working for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, but for the U.S. Marshals Service, and with unusual scope. He gets...
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"When Jack Morgan stops by Private's Paris office, he envisions a quick hello during an otherwise relaxing trip filled with fine food and sightseeing. But Jack is quickly pressed into duty after a call from his client Sherman Wilkerson, asking Jack to track down his young granddaughter who is on the run from a brutal drug dealer. Before Jack can locate her, several members of France's cultural elite are found dead--murdered in stunning, symbolic fashion....
5) The shooters
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Presidential Agent novels volume 4
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English
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A key DEA agent has been kidnapped by drugrunners. As much as the news angers Presidential Agent Castillo, he thinks there’s no way he could get permission to rescue the man. But Castillo’s wrong—the President himself orders Castillo to do anything it takes to bring back the agent...anything except get caught.
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Doubleday, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"Irvine Welsh returns to Edinburgh, the home of Trainspotting and so many of his novels since, with a new novel featuring one of his most iconic and beloved characters 'Juice' Terry Lawson that's thick on the Scottish brogue, heavy on the filth and masterful in its comedic timing. A Decent Ride sees Irvine Welsh back in Edinburgh, this time with one of his most compelling and popular characters front and center: the rampaging force of nature that...
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Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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Jewel is young and beautiful, and with several hustles under her belt, she's all about making money. This doesn't leave much time for friends, but she'll always make time for Touch, the local hustler. He's been her friend since grammar school, when they made a lifelong pact to look out for each other. Lucky for them, their promise has never been put to the test…until now. When Michael Burroughs arrives on the scene from L.A., he floods the...
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Will Trent series volume 7
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English
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Unseen, pits detectives, lovers, and enemies against one another in an unforgettable standoff between righteous courage and deepest evil. Bill Black is a scary guy: a tall ex-con who rides to work on a Harley and trails an air of violence wherever he goes. In Macon, Georgia, Bill has caught the eye of a wiry little drug dealer and his cunning girlfriend. They think Bill might be a useful ally. They don't know that Bill is actually a Georgia Bureau...
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PublicAffairs
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[2016]
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English
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"How does a budding cartel boss succeed (and survive) in the $300 billion illegal drug business? By learning from the best, of course. From creating brand value to fine-tuning customer service, the folks running cartels have been attentive students of the strategy and tactics used by corporations such as Walmart, McDonald's, and Coca-Cola. And what can government learn to combat this scourge? By analyzing the cartels as companies, law enforcers might...
10) Trouble in Rio
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Urban Books
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[2019]
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English
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Rio Duncan is one of the youngest children of the Duncan clan. With no solid position in the family business like his other siblings, he has been feeling out of place and decides to disappear. Rio leaves his Duncan identity behind and goes on a search for friends and family who can relate to him. His destination is Baltimore, and he is sure to find what he is looking for in the city with a community like no other. There, he also finds unexpected trouble....
11) Wrong place
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Vertical
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Frank, a former police chief, is hunted down by a meth kingpin seeking to silence him before he can deliver eyewitness testimony against his family, but ultimately finds himself up against more than he thought when he threatens to harm Frank's daughter.
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Dopeman's trilogy volume 1
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Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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Nautica was raised by the streets and forced to grow up quick. The allure of the fast life pulled her into a world of scandal, schemes, and hustling. When Nautica comes upon a big scam and her biggest payday ever, she decides to move to the East Coast in search of a new beginning. What she thought was to be a new start turns out to be a nightmare.
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Dopeman's trilogy volume 3
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Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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A young hustler, working undercover for the FBI, becomes immersed in a high-stakes world of drugs, money, and sex, where, he falls in love with the daughter of a well-known hit man, forcing him to make a difficult decision that puts many people's lives at risk.
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Toronto novels (John McFetridge) volume 2
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Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2008
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English
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W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"A myth-busting, 100-year history of the Mexican drug trade that reveals how an industry founded by farmers and village healers became dominated by cartels and kingpins. The Mexican drug trade has inspired prejudiced narratives of a war between north and south, white and brown; between noble cops and vicious kingpins, corrupt politicians and powerful cartels. In this first comprehensive history of the trade, historian Benjamin T. Smith tells the real...
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Crooked Lane
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2018.
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English
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"Anna Carlisle’s third chilling Gin Sullivan mystery, is perfect for fans of small-town suspense and authors like Chevy Stevens, Lisa Jackson, and Julia Maynard. Former medical examiner Gin Sullivan thought she’d put her troubled past behind her—but a deadly web of drugs, depravity, and murder threaten to consume all she loves. Small-town secrets don’t stay buried for long, and no one know that better than former Chicago medical examiner...
17) Borne: a novel
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Borne novels volume 1
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MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"'Am I a person?' Borne asks Rachel, in extremis. 'Yes, you are a person, ' Rachel tells him. 'But like a person, you can be a weapon, too.' In a ruined, nameless city of the future, Rachel makes her living as a scavenger. She finds a creature she names Borne entangled in the fur of Mord, a gigantic despotic bear that once prowled the corridors of a biotech firm, the Company, until he was experimented on, grew large, learned to fly, and broke free....
18) Superfly
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Superfly is a remix of the iconic film that defined a genre through its characters, look, sound and feel. Told through the artistic lens of visionary, Director X, this newest take is set to a soundtrack curated by Future and modernized in the city of Atlanta. An action-packed film that follows Youngblood Priest, a cocaine kingpin who wants to get out of the drug game. Hoping for one last score, Priest and this partner travel to Mexico to arrange a...
19) Split
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Do-Not
Pub. Date
[2001]
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English
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British spy Simon Abelard is sent to "bring back" a colleague who has turned to crime.
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Jake Crosby novels volume 1
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AmazonEncore
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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"Jake Crosby's nine-year-old daughter Katy is pure tomboy, and her dad couldn't be happier. Since she was old enough to walk, Katy has shared Jake's love of the outdoors, taking to hunting and fishing as quickly as other kids take to baseball or bike-riding. As he packs the truck for a spring turkey hunt, he vows to savor the time with his little girl. But Jake's hope for an idyllic weekend are shattered when a band of drug dealers attempts to break...
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