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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"También de este lado hay sueños. On this side, too, there are dreams. Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time...
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English
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For most of the last hundred years, Biloxi was known for its beaches, resorts, and seafood industry. But it had a darker side. It was also notorious for corruption and vice, everything from gambling, prostitution, bootleg liquor, and drugs to contract killings. The vice was controlled by a small cabal of mobsters, many of them rumored to be members of the Dixie Mafia. Keith Rudy and Hugh Malco grew up in Biloxi in the sixties and were childhood friends,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Vince's life is constantly complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent.
5) Lawless
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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The true story of the infamous Bondurant brothers: bootlegging siblings who made a run for the American Dream in Prohibition-era Virginia. In this epic outlaw tale, inspired by true-life tales of author Matt Bondurant's family in his novel The Wettest County in the World, the loyalty of three brothers is put to the test against the backdrop of the nation's most notorious crime wave.
6) XXX
Language
English
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Xander is a notorious underground thrill-seeker who, until now, has been deemed untouchable by the law. But when he goes over the line with his latest stunt, he's faced with two options - either infiltrate a ruthless Russian crime ring for the government, or go to jail. Xander turns spy and now this new breed of secret agent is out to take down the enemies of justice with his own style of no-holds-barred action.
8) The outfit
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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An expert tailor must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.
9) Savage son
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Deep in the wilds of Siberia, a woman is on the run, pursued by a man harboring secrets--a man intent on killing her. A traitorous CIA officer has found refuge with the Russian mafia with designs on ensuring a certain former Navy SEAL sniper is put in the ground. Half a world away, James Reece is recovering from brain surgery in the Montana wilderness, slowly putting his life back together with the help of investigative journalist Katie Buranek and...
10) Ballistic
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English
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"After being betrayed by his compatriots and forced to take on a near-suicidal covert mission by the CIA, Court Gentry thought he could find refuge living in the Amazon rain forest. But his bloody past catches up to him when a vengeful Russian crime lord forces him to go on the run once again. Court makes his way to one of the only men in the world he can trust ... Years before, Eddie Gamboa saved Court's life. Now Eddie has been murdered by the notorious...
11) Pronto
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Harry Arno, a profit-skimming Miami bookie who wants to retire to the Italian Riviera, becomes the fall guy in an FBI sting and is suddenly on an intercontinental run from lawmen and gangsters alike.
12) The Gambler
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
Description
Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Jim Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead, Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a gambling ring and leaves his dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy mother in his wake. He plays both sides, immersing himself in an illicit, underground world while garnering the attention of Frank, a loan shark with an interest...
14) The racket
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A straight-arrow cop and an old-school gangster find a common foe: big shots who run crime like a corporation.
16) Widows
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The story is about four women who do not share anything in common apart from the debts their dead husbands left behind. They all take fate into their own hands concerning all the criminal activities their husbands were involved in. The four women become close friends and find a way that will give them a secure and a conducive environment. They end up working together and conspires to collaborate a future on their rapports to avoid being involved in...
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English
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"You ever hear the one about the cop, the songbird, the psycho and the mafia princess? This twisted tale is told be Harley Quinn herself, as only Harley can tell it. When Gotham's most nefariously narcissistic villain, Roman Sionis (Black Mask), and his zealous right hand, Zsasz, put a target on a young girl named Cass, the city is turned upside down looking for her. While on the trail, Harley clashes with the Birds of Prey, but the unlikely foursome...
19) Absolution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
When ex-special ops agent John Alexander is recruited by his old boss to assassinate an Afghan drug dealer, he begins to suspect a link between a drug smuggling operation, a sex trafficking ring and the U.S. Government. After he inadvertently rescues one of the victims of the trafficking ring, he is dragged into an all-out war that leads right to his front door. Given one last chance to reconcile the sins of his past, John will fight to save an innocent...
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A cop has been put in charge of protecting a gangster's girlfriend as she is being transported from Chicago to L.A. by train to testify before a grand jury. He has his work cut out, though, as there are hitmen on the train that are after her.