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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
When a sudden crime wave hits several small midwestern towns, the U.S. Attorney for the region calls on Harry Duncan to investigate. An ex-cop known for his unorthodox methods, Duncan is reluctant to go up against a widespread criminal organization-but the attorney in question is Ellen Leicester, the wife who left him fifteen years earlier, and to her, he can't say no. Initially brought in as a consultant to determine if the racketeering is severe...
2) The outfit
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
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A tailor must fight off a gang of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.
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Series
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
When a joke about making illicit money escalates to a kidnapping scheme, four friends enjoy the proceeds of a low-risk operation until they abduct the wrong target and capture the attentions of the law and a vengeful organized-crime ring.
4) The gambler
Publisher
Paramount
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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...
5) Nobody
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Hutch Mansell is an underestimated and overlooked dad and husband, taking life's indignities on the chin and never pushing back. A nobody. When two thieves break into his suburban home one night, Hutch declines to defend himself or his family, hoping to prevent serious violence. His teenage son, Blake, is disappointed in him and his wife, Becca, seems to pull only further away. The aftermath of the incident strikes a match to Hutch's long-simmering...
Author
Series
Nick Mason novels volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Nick Mason is out of prison. After five years inside, he has just been given the one thing a man facing 25-to-life never gets, a second chance. But it comes at a terrible price. Nick Mason is out of prison, but he's not free. Whenever his cell phone rings, day or night, he must answer it and follow whatever order he is given. It's the deal he made with Darius Cole, a criminal kingpin serving a double-life term who still runs an empire from his prison...
8) Sailor
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Turning in her mafia-affiliated husband and fleeing with her son and a cache of stolen diamonds, Gina is vengefully targeted by her father-in-law and meets sailor Gray, whose trustworthiness Gina doubts.
Author
Series
Detective Daley novels volume 2
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"James Machie was a man with a genius for violence, his criminal empire spreading beyond Glasgow into England and mainland Europe. Fortunately, James Machie is dead, assassinated in the back of a prison ambulance following his trial and subsequent conviction. But now, five years later, he is apparently back from the grave, set on avenging himself on those who brought him down. At the top of his list is his previous associate, Frank MacDougall, who,...
11) Insane city
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Astonished by his imminent marriage to a woman he believed out of his league, Seth flies to their destination wedding in Florida only to be swept up in a maelstrom of violence involving rioters, Russian gangsters, angry strippers, and a desperate python.
12) Revenge
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Murder. Former SAS soldier David Shelley was part of the most covert operations team in the special forces, along with the woman he went on to marry. Now settling down to civilian life in London, they have plans to set up a private security company and enjoy a safer and more stable existence. But the shocking death of a young woman Shelley once helped protect puts those plans on hold. Betrayal. The police rule the death a suicide but the grieving...
13) Triple 9
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plot to murder a police officer in order to pull off a heist.
14) Ace of shades
Author
Series
Shadow game trilogy volume 1
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Description
When Enne leaves finishing school early to pursue her missing mother she finds Levi Glaisyer who is not a proper gentleman but a street lord who catches them both in a dangerous gamble that could mean their lives.
15) Rob the mob
Publisher
Millennium Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After getting out of prison, a couple that is in need of money commits a series of robberies of mob social clubs in order to make money.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xv, 446 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Burgis, an investigative journalist, draws on insider interviews to expose the role of international corruption and organized crime on the political arenas of today's world. He exposes how this global kleptocracy is corrupting the world around us. In weaving together four stories that reveal a terrifying global web of corruption, Burgis follows the dirty money that is flooding the global economy, emboldening dictators, and poisoning democracies. The...
17) Lawless
Publisher
The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray disc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
The Permanent Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
319 pages ; 23 cm
Description
At fifty-nine, facing a dull and lonely future, Phillip Vail yearns for a way to put vigor and purpose into his remaining years. Then he finds the Mafia. While riding a commuter train, enjoying a chat with a younger woman sitting next to him, he encounters three violent drunks. Phil is powerless and terrified but the woman is neither; her father is the caporegime of New York's Sforza crime family and a quick call brings her three mobster brothers...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Legendary hit man John Wick is forced back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins' guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome where he squares off against some of the world's deadliest killers.
20) Triple threat
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
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A breakneck thriller that teams over half a dozen of the world's biggest action stars for the martial arts film event of the year. When a hit contract is taken out on a billionaire's daughter intent on bringing down a major crime syndicate, a team of wanted mercenaries must take on a group of professional assassins to stop them from hitting their target.
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