Crime City

Gord Stewart, 40 years old, single, moved back into his sub­urban childhood home to care for his widowed father. But his father no longer needs care, and Gord is stuck in limbo. He’s been working in the movie business as a location scout for years, and when there isn’t much filming, as a private eye for a security company run by ex-cops, OBC. When a fellow crew member asks him to find her missing uncle, Gord reluctantly takes the job. The police say the uncle walked into some dense woods in Northern Ontario and shot himself, but the man’s wife thinks he’s still alive.

From the warped mind who brought you Zombies Don’t Surf and the rest of the Guardians of the Apocalypse saga comes a twisted tale of blood and death and magic in a mythical place called The City. Think The Dresden Files meets Sin City, while hanging out with The Warriors in 1947, then crank it up to 11 and hang on for the ride.

Eleven-year-old Rocco is an Italian immigrant who finds himself alone in New York City after he's sold to a padrone by his poverty-stricken parents. While working as a street musician, he meets the boys of the infamous Bandits' Roost, who teach him the art of pickpocketing. Rocco embraces his new life of crime - he's good at it, and it's more lucrative than banging a triangle on the street corner. But when he meets Meddlin' Mary, a stronghearted Irish girl who's determined to help the horses of New York City, things begin to change.

In Girona's myth-steeped streets, a killer is making a statement – one body at a time. A loan shark, a corrupt priest, a gang of violent thugs – all hate figures and all found dead, posed in eerie, inexplicable ways. The only clue? Cryptic effigies left on a statue, hinting at the next victim. Elisenda Domènech, head of Girona's Serious Crime Unit, is convinced the murderer is drawing on the city's historical legends to choose their victims. But with resistance from her own team and growing public sympathy for the vigilante, she's racing against time to decipher the killer's message.

It’s all come down to this. Every touch, every kiss, every heated look and rogue bullet. Eleni, lost in the clutches of an unknown enemy, is losing a battle against time. Dante, desperate to find her before all hope is lost, makes a decision that rattles the Staten Island Saints to the core. Dante realizes a choice has to be made. Can he remain the cold-hearted boss of the Saints and still be with Eleni? Can he keep her, and the secret she’s guarding with her life, safe?

n this engrossing collection, David Grann sets out to unravel the truth of twelve great, real-life mysteries. Each of these mesmerising stories is true; the protagonists are mortal and pieces of the puzzle often elude them. Some of the characters are driven by deception and murder. Others go mad.

Prominent Manhattan lawyer Storm McCoy investigates the brutal, ritualistic murder of a man with ties to his own past—a tragedy Storm would rather forget. In another legal case, Storm’s investigation of a civil lawsuit against a client with a shipping business propels him into danger when he seeks information in low places... Indeed, a badly behaved socialite knows something, but she would rather kiss than tell. As Storm gets closer to the truth in both cases, the bodies are mounting, and Storm finds himself in the crosshairs of some extremely dangerous people. And when someone close to...

Times are tough for the River City Police Department. The city budget is collapsing, forcing an already understaffed department to contemplate laying off cops. The community is upset over the handling of recent events, and their anger is impacting the agency from the ground up. Negotiations with the police union are somehow both heated and stagnant at the same time.

Tom Wade, Detective bei der Major Crimes Unit, dem Dezernat für Schwerkriminalität, hat verdeckt mit dem FBI zusammengearbeitet und sieben seiner Kollegen der Korruption überführt - eine Entscheidung, die zu seiner Verbannung führt. Als gewöhnlicher Streifenpolizisten muss er nun im gefährlichsten Viertel von King City eine Stadtteilwache übernehmen: ohne jegliche Unterstützung und mit nur geringer Lebenserwartung. Doch Wade nimmt den Kampf auf. Er will wieder Ordnung in das heruntergekommene Viertel bringen...

FBI Agent Romeo Moore is determined to bring Marcel “Moses” Brown to justice for conspiracy and murder charges. But to do so, he needs an informant. Enter small-time con artist Rory “Rufus” Colton. When Moore threatens to deport Rufus back to Jamaica, the conman agrees to help the FBI—but only if the agency agrees to protect his brother, who is the gang’s bookkeeper. As expected, Rufus’s bosses aren’t happy with his betrayal and want him silenced. Now, both Rufus and Agent Moore are on the run, trying to stay alive long enough to testify. After all, Rufus knows too much, ...

Escaping danger with my daughter, Boston should have been our safest option. Instead, it opened a can of worms that very well could end us all. Finding my best friend's apartment ransacked was terrifying. Running into Liam McConnor, my ex and head of the Irish mafia, was worse. Unfortunately for me, the man who shattered my heart five years ago is now my only hope for survival. Desperation drives us into his safe house. Old flames ignite, new fears arise, but trust on both sides is tenuous. Especially when he discovers Caitlin, my four year old daughter, is his. Liam, my brother’s best ...

The story is about Jarrett who loves cruising around in his car to meet, greet, and often pick up men who he finds to be attractive, interesting, and adventurous. When Raul, who is a handsome street thug, hears that Jarrett pays men for their company, he approaches him on the street. They quickly get to know one another, and Jarrett's life becomes more quite adventurous. Disturbingly, however, Jarrett eventually learns things about Raul that he shouldn’t know. More than that, he discovers information about Raul that he doesn’t want to know. Jarrett becomes extremely confused and ...

Welcome, dear listener, as we embark on a thrilling tale that will take you on a journey through the treacherous world of the mafia in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In this riveting novel, you will witness the dangers of associating with a notorious mafia family, Cosa Nostra, set against the backdrop of the vibrant and bustling Furniture City. Brace yourself for a tale of dedication, murder, mystery, sizzling romance, and unwavering perseverance.

Every city has organized crime. But only River City has a Russian gangster like Valeriy. He’s meticulous, cunning, and willing to sacrifice anything - and anyone - to see his conquest through. In Val’s way are the men and women of the River City Police Department, including rookie B. J. Carson. She’s trying to fill the shoes of a legend while the pressures of patrol and her own past catch up to her. She and her colleagues must unite and work together with a former River City cop turned FBI agent to face down the single biggest organized crime threat River City has ever seen.

Immune to the consequences of immorality, five privileged young men in Bogotá bond over a shared code: worship drugs and drink, exploit women, and scorn the underclass. As males, they declare the right to freedom of pleasure. As friends, only disloyalty to each other is forbidden. When a little girl from the slums disappears, the limits of a perverse and sacred bond will be tested in ways none of them could have imagined.

Washington, D.C. homicide detective Marko Zorn takes on a far-reaching, complicated investigation when a narcotic more deadly than fentanyl spreads across the city, causing countless fatalities. His search for the people behind the off-label drug leads him to a Big Pharma company run by mysterious, psychopathic twin brothers. Anyone who crosses them is dead. Marko discovers that the company will soon release another dangerous prescription opioid analgesic, but when the company learns that this information has been leaked, more bodies pile up.

The secret town of Rockton has seen some tough times lately; understandable considering its mix of criminals and victims fleeing society for refuge within its Yukon borders. Casey Duncan, the town's only detective on a police force of three, has already faced murder, arson, and falling in love in the several months she's lived there. When a US marshal shows up demanding the release of one of the residents - but won't say who - Casey and her boyfriend, Sheriff Eric Dalton, are skeptical. Then, hours later, the marshal is shot dead.

Two tales of a city: the historical race to reach one of the world's most mythologized places and the story of how a contemporary band of archivists and librarians, fighting to save its ancient manuscripts from destruction at the hands of al-Qaeda, added another layer to the legend.

The long-awaited new novel from one of America's most highly regarded contemporary writers, The Committed follows the Sympathizer as he arrives in Paris as a refugee. There he and his blood brother, Bon, try to escape their pasts and prepare for their futures by turning their hands to capitalism in one of its purest forms: drug dealing. No longer in physical danger, but still inwardly tortured by his re-education at the hands of his former best friend, and struggling to assimilate into a dominant culture, the Sympathizer is both charmed and disturbed by Paris.

The Pelletiers are a prominent French family living in Beirut. The patriarch, Louis, has built a successful business that he hopes to pass on to his eldest son. With no head for management, Jean nearly runs the company into the ground, then marries a materialistic young woman who insists they emigrate to Paris and join high society. But there's another reason Jean must leave—he has committed a terrible crime.