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Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The Calabrian Mafia is one of the richest and most ruthless crime syndicates in the world, with branches stretching from America to Australia. It controls most of the cocaine and heroin supply in Europe, brokers illegal arms deals, and plunders the treasuries of both Italy and the European Union. Their power derives from a macho mix of violence and silence and t endures because of family ties-- and fosters a violent misogyny among its men. In 2009,...
4) The witness
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Daughter of a controlling mother, Elizabeth finally let loose one night, drinking at a nightclub and allowing a strange man’s seductive Russian accent lure her to a house on Lake Shore Drive. The events that followed changed her life forever. Twelve years later, the woman known as Abigail Lowery lives on the outskirts of a small town in the Ozarks. A freelance programmer, she designs sophisticated security systems—and supplements her own security...
5) City heat
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
In the 1930s, a private investigator teams up with his old partner to fight the mob, but they can't stand each other.
6) Joey
Author
Series
Chicago ruthless volume 2
Publisher
Red House Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Notorious Mafia enforcer and right hand of the Cosa Nostra, Maximo DiMarco has always looked out for me. He's my protector. My brothers' best friend. My crush-with the body of a god and the mind of a devil. And I am just a spoiled Mafia princess. At least that's who most people think I am. They don't look at me long enough to see the real me. But he sees… He is dark and dangerous and lethal, but he's the only man who makes me feel like I'm alive....
7) Dante
Author
Series
Chicago ruthless volume 1
Publisher
Red House Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
I hate Dante Moretti. He is cold, calculating and vicious. It's no secret that he wiped out his former fiancée and her entire family on the eve of their wedding. He's the kind of evil that makes even devils cry. But that's not why I hate him. I hate him because he has taken the only thing I have left in this miserable world - my freedom. He has chained me to him because of a debt that I don't owe. I just have the misfortune to share the bloodline...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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...
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
A group of friends reunites at a classmate's funeral, and stumbles upon a financial opportunity that's too good to pass up. But when the investment goes south, they learn that part of their funding came from a notoriously ruthless crime boss, and now it's payback time. They have one perilous chance to the erase the debt, and if they can complete the task they just might escape with their lives.
10) Analyze this
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
A spoof on the gangster roles that have been associated with De Niro's film career, this is the story of an anxiety-ridden Mafia boss who monopolizes the services of a family psychiatrist.
11) Luciano's luck
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In the historic summer offensive of 1943, the Allies stand ready to invade Sicily. The cost will be high in lives and time, unless the Sicilians themselves can be persuaded to rise against their Nazi oppressors. Only the Mafia can command an uprising - and the Godfather refuses to fight...Desperate action is needed to dent Hitler's evil pride. Someone who understands Mafia ways, and knows how to earn the loyalty the Allies crave. Someone who isn't...
12) Gangster nation
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
" Gangster Nation is a razor. It will slice you open and reveal your insides. And like the best of Tod Goldberg's work, it'll show you everything you are at your core." --Brad Meltzer, New York Times bestselling author of The President's Shadow It's been two years since the events of Gangsterland , when legendary Chicago hitman Sal Cupertine disappeared into the guise of Vegas Rabbi David Cohen. It's September of 2001 and for David, everything is...
13) The informant
Author
Series
Butcher's Boy volume 3
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Years after the Butcher's Boy wipes out several mobsters and disappears, Justice Department official Elizabeth Waring is approached by the mythical hit man, who asks her for crucial information in exchange for helping her to crack an unsolved murder case.
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
Facing a federal indictment on extortion and murder, mafia chieftain, Joseph Scassi (Danny Aiello) uses his vast resources to get the best defense money can buy. He seduces the brilliant U.S. Attorney, Paul Dell (Elias Koteas) through a web of money, sex and intimidation.
16) Wild card
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A bodyguard goes after the sadistic thug who beat his friend, only to find that the object of his wrath is the son of a powerful mob boss.
17) The family
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"A mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the witness protection program after snitching on the mob. Despite Agent Stansfield's ... best efforts to keep them in line, Fred Blake..., his wife Maggie..., and their children ..., can't help resorting to old habits by handling their problems the 'family' way. Chaos ensues as their former Mafia cronies try to track them down, and scores are settled in the unlikeliest of...
18) L.A. times
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Vinnie Callabrese, a runner for the mob, uses his ill-gotten gains to produce a full-length feature for the silver screen. His first effort a success, he goes to Hollywood. His mob connections make him one of the most powerful men in the film industry. But friends like his exact a high price for their friendship--a price that Vinnie may not be willing to pay.
20) Prizzi's honor
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
A hitman falls in love with a hit woman, only to find that they are assigned to kill each other.
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