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Include books by the same authorThe Godfather
Mario Puzo · 447 pages
The Godfather is a crime novel by American author Mario Puzo. Originally published in 1969 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, the novel details the story of a fictional Mafia family in New York City (and Long Beach, New York), headed by Vito Corleone. Puzo's dedication for The Godfather is "For Anthony Cleri". The novel's epigraph is by the French author Honoré de Balzac: "Behind every great fortune there is
Miami Massacre
Don Pendleton
Mack Bolan is informed that Mafia overlords are meeting in Florida toomake arrangements to wipe him out - permanently! He penetrates their inner council, only to encounter the guns of the dreaded Talifero brothers. They are skilled "enforcers" whose cold-blooded modus operandi makes them powerful foes to be feared and respected - even by THE EXECUTIONER! Overcoming near insurmountable odds, Bolan
The Family Corleone
Edward Falco, Mario Puzo · 436 pages
New York, 1933. The crime families have prospered in the Depression, but with the coming end of Prohibition a battle is looming... one which will determine which organizations will rise, and which will face a violent end. Vito Corleone pushes his oldest child, teenaged Sonny, to be a businessman. But Sonny-- impatient and reckless-- wants to become a part of the real family business.
The Lonely Silver Rain
John D. MacDonald · 255 pages
Someone is trying to kill Travis McGee, someone linked to southern Florida's drug traffickers--either Miami's old-time underworld or the new generation of Latino drug barons--and in order to save his own life, McGee must detonate a drug war.
King of Ashes
S.A. Cosby · 352 pages
When eldest son Roman Carruthers is summoned home after his father’s car accident, he finds his younger brother, Dante, in debt to dangerous criminals and his sister, Neveah, exhausted from holding the family—and the family business—together. Neveah and their father, who run the Carruthers Crematorium in the run-down central Virginia town of Jefferson Run, see death up close every day. But mortali
The Godfather Returns
Mark Winegardner · 538 pages
THE MISSING YEARS FROM THE GREATEST CRIME SAGA OF ALL TIMEThirty-five years ago, Mario Puzo's great American tale, The Godfather, was published, and popular culture was indelibly changed. Now, in The Godfather Returns, acclaimed novelist Mark Winegardner continues the story--the years not covered in Puzo's bestselling book or in Francis Ford Coppola's classic films. It is 1955. Michael Corleone ha
The Second Life of Nick Mason
Steve Hamilton · 288 pages
"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 do
Criminal, Vol. 2: Lawless
Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips · 128 pages
"Twenty years ago, Tracy Lawless escaped the crime-ridden streets of the city for a life in the military, and never looked back. But now his past is dragging him home from the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan, to find out who left his brother lying dead in an alley. As he digs through the wreckage of his family history, infiltrating the underworld life his brother Rick lived, the one thing Tracy ha
The Outfit
Richard Stark · 157 pages
You probably haven't ever noticed them. But they've noticed you. They notice everything. That's their job. Sitting quietly in a nondescript car outside a bank making note of the tellers' work habits, the positions of the security guards. Lagging a few car lengths behind the Brinks truck on its daily rounds. Surreptitiously jiggling the handle of an unmarked service door at the racetrack. They'r
The Cartel 4
Ashley Antoinette, JaQuavis Coleman · 236 pages
"The Diamond family has survived murder, deceit, and betrayal. Through it all, they're still standing tall, and a new era has begun. After surviving an attempt on her life, Breeze has moved into the queen's position by Zyir's side. Zyir has taken over the empire and locked down Miami's streets; the world is in his hands. But there is always new blood ready to overthrow the throne. Young Carter has
Double Dexter
Jeff Lindsay · 337 pages
Forensic analyst and nighttime vigilante Dexter Morgan discovers that he is being followed by a killer who is copying his methods, an adversary whom Dexter seeks to outmaneuver using his trademark knack for extricating himself from trouble.
Gangster
Lorenzo Carcaterra · 391 pages
Love. Violence. Destiny. These powerful themes ricochet through Lorenzo Carcaterra's new novel like bullets from a machine gun. In Gangster, he surpasses even his bestselling Sleepers to create a brutal and brilliant American saga of murder, forgiveness, and redemption.Born in the midst of tragedy and violence and raised in the shadow of a shocking secret, young Angelo Vestieri chooses to flee bot
Hardcase
Dan Simmons · 272 pages
Ex-con Joe Kurtz is hired by a Buffalo mob boss to find a missing accountant.
How a Gunman Says Goodbye
Malcolm Mackay · 353 pages
How does a gunman retire? Frank MacLeod was the best at what he does. Thoughtful. Efficient. Ruthless. But is he still the best? A new job. A target. But something is about to go horribly wrong. Someone is going to end up dead. Most gunmen say goodbye to the world with a bang. Frank's still here. He's lasted longer than he should have ... The breathtaking, devastating sequel to lauded debut The Ne
Hammerhead Ranch Motel
Tim Dorsey · 304 pages
There's a different schemer or slimeball behind every door: cocaine duckpins who have survived only by the dumbest fortune, hard-luck gigolos desperate to score, undercover cops busting undercover cops who are running sting operations on undercover cops. And just down the row, local historian and spree killer Serge A. Storms -- who has stopped keeping up with his meds -- is still looking for a bri
Criminal, Vol. 5: The Sinners
Ed Brubaker · 144 pages
"Tracy Lawless returns in the Sinners. It's been a year since Tracy was forced into working for the bad guys, and now made men are turning up dead all over the city, in what appears to be mob-style hits. But since criminals don't go to the cops for justice, only Tracy can solve this crime."--Page [4] of cover.
Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit
Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark · 152 pages
Using a Nebraska plastic surgeon to create a new face, Parker, a master thief, plots revenge on the Outfit, an organization that is trying to kill him, as he sets up robberies in Outfit territory and waits for a confrontation with the head boss.
Animal
K'wan · 416 pages
Tayshawn is one of the children the world throws away. The neighborhood kids give him the nickname "Animal." When his older brother, the only person in his life who shows him kindness, is taken away, Tayshawn will have to adapt to survive in the jungle.
Die Trying
Lee Child · 433 pages
When a woman is kidnapped, Jack Reacher's in the wrong place at the wrong time. He's kidnapped with her. Now he has to save them both.