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61) Fifty-to-one
Author
Series
Hard case crime book volume HCC-050
Publisher
Hard case Crime
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
It's 1958, and a sleazy New York pulp-fiction publisher finds himself in trouble after publishing a supposedly non-fiction account of a heist at a Mafia-run nightclub which was actually written by an 18 year-old showgirl with ambitions of writing for the New Yorker. With both the cops and the crooks after them, our heroes are about to learn that reading and writing pulp novels is a lot more fun than living them.
63) Cajun justice
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Bayou is a unique place to live and it provides a grit and passion to any who hail from it, including Cain Lemaire, an ex-Secret Service agent from New Orleans. Cain had the dream job he had always wanted, protecting the President, until a single night resulted in a scandal that lost him his post. Needing a new direction for his life and with help from his sister who works in Japan, Cain takes a job in Tokyo as head of security detail for a very...
64) Billy Bathgate
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Language
English
Description
Two-time Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman stars in the action-packed gangster epic detailing the rise and fall of notorious mobster Dutch Schultz as seen through the eyes of his young protege, Billy Bathgate. Billy, an ambitious streetwise kid seduced by the power, money and glamour of crime, soon begins to seriously question if his passport to the good life is going to come from the fiery Dutch and his gang!
66) Grudge match
Author
Series
Sunny Randall novels volume 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
While on vacation, a married couple unwittingly befriends a flamboyant and charismatic Russian named Dima, who, unbeknownst to them, is a kingpin money launderer for the mafia. When Dima confides to his new friends that he plans to escape from the mob, they're quickly swept into the dangerous world of international espionage. The unlikely companions must undertake a perilous journey through Paris, Bern, and London in order to save Dima and his family....
68) Cry wolf
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Sebastiano Cangio is loving his dream job as a ranger in the stunning Sybillines national park in mystical Umbria. Then the first body is found. Recognizing the hallmarks of a mafia killing and determined to stop Umbria being destroyed by organized crime, Cangio is pitted against a trail of bodies, greed and corruption that leads right to the top.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The untold stories of the women who have risen to prominence and notoriety in the male-led culture of the Italian Mafia. For as long as it has gripped our imaginations, the Mafia has been tied to an ingrained image of masculinity. We read about "made men," "wiseguys," and "goodfellas" leading criminal organizations whose culture prizes machismo, with women as ancillary and often-powerless characters: trivialized mistresses and long-suffering mob...
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A former FBI undercover task force officer, who infiltrated a New Jersey criminal organization known as “the real Sopranos,” shares his adventures in the murky and dangerous Mafia world and the psychological struggles that such a life inevitably entails.
74) Wiseguy
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2010, c1985
Language
English
Description
Profiles the life of a longtime member of organized crime, including his criminal career, involvement in the six-million-dollar Lufthansa robbery, and decision to become a federal witness.
75) The traitor
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Italiano
Description
Dramatized portrayal of the life of Tommaso Buscetta, a member of the Sicilian Mafia who became an informer in the 1980s.
Author
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In the 1980s, a teenage girl terrorizes the Sicilian town of Gela. Tina's father was in Cosa Nostra and was brutally shot dead in front of her when she was just eight; after that, she made it her mission in life to join the mafia, although women are traditionally not allowed in. Nicknamed 'a masculidda, or "the tomboy," Tina is notorious through Gela for her recklessness, cruelty, and complete disregard for societal expectations. When a news article...
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
On the tenth anniversary of his father's mysterious death, Gio brings a birthday cake prepared by his mother to a memorial celebration hosted by his uncle Angelo, a Brooklyn mafia boss. Gio's life begins to change as he pieces together what happened to his father all those years ago, coming face to face with a kind of violence he has been trying to avoid his whole life.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Crissy Dowling has created a world that suits her perfectly. She passes her days by the pool in a private cabana, she splurges on ice cream but never gains an ounce, and each evening she transforms into a Princess, performing her musical cabaret inspired by the life of the late Diana Spencer. Some might find her strange or even delusional, an American speaking with a British accent, hair feathered into a style thirty years old, living and working...
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