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Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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Since 1973, one magazine has covered crime in Texas like no one else, delving deep into stories that may turn your stomach—but won't let you turn away. Texas Monthly On... Texas True Crime is a high-speed read around Texas, chasing criminals from the Panhandle to the Piney Woods, through gated mansions and trailer parks, from 1938 to the twenty-first century. The stories, which originally appeared as articles in the
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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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The brutal murders of young Devon and Damon Routier in the early morning hours of June 6, 1996, put their mother—Darlie Routier—at the heart of one of the most notorious murder cases in modern Texas history—despite her own throat having been slashed to within two millimeters of her carotid artery. The actions of a small-town police department and those within Dallas County's ruthless justice system created a perfect storm that swept up the young...
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"Danger escalates as Michael Knight and Lex Devlin enter into the defense of a Puerto Rican jockey charged with felony murder as a result of a fixed race at Boston's Suffolk Downs. As their investigation exposes the jockey's role, they become embroiled in a conflict between two Puerto Rican crime gangs. One of these gangs is aligned for the first time with Boston's Italian Mafia. They are tapping into almost limitless profits from the illicit trace...
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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USA Today best-selling author
Awarded a Silver Medal by the Independent Book Publishers Association
A legal thriller so authentic, it reads like tomorrow's headlines.
When Tom Perini, a legendary Heisman Trophy winner turned criminal lawyer, is found brutally murdered in Central Park, his widow Julie Perini suspects a wider conspiracy. Not only was her husband part of the defense team for a Congressman on trial for bribery, her intuition also tells...
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Gina Gallo mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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When jewelry-store owner Gina Gallo and her boyfriend Pete take a week's vacation, she leaves the store in the hands of her cousin from New York. After all, cousin Carmine is a certified gemologist—but Carmine is also in the Mob.
When Gina gets back, she discovers that her cousin has spent his time switching real gems for fakes in the jewelry of some of her best customers. With her reputation on the line, what's a Mob goddaughter to do? Mastermind...
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Pub. Date
2011.
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English
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Cree Thunderboy wants nothing less than to be the next great blues man. But, playing to tiny audiences in shabby rooms like Shelly's Crab Shack, his career is stalled. Then at the race track he meets Win Hardy, a seemingly charming rogue who spots Cree's knack for picking winning horses. He offers to record his first C.D. and send him on tour, as long as Cree can keep coming up with the hot tips at the track.
Things are looking good for Cree until...
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Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Rosario Gomez gave up gang life after his brother was killed in a street fight. Now all he wants to do is finish night school, be a good father and work hard enough at his job at the supermarket to get promoted.
But when an old friend shows up to ask him why he left the gang, Rosario realizes he was fooling himself if he thought his violent past would just go away. When his pregnant girlfriend is hit in a drive-by shooting, Rosario has to make some...
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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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When a colleague’s patient suffers a bizarre reaction in the operating room, Luke Daulton, a newly minted anesthesiologist, volunteers to help. Despite the surgical team’s best efforts, the patient succumbs to a rare anesthetic complication. Luke becomes perplexed, even suspicious, over their inability to save the woman. Is it possible that the diagnosis was wrong? Or, worse yet, was the diagnosis faked? Luke even wonders if his boss Dr. Katz...
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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
Description
What is the true name of evil? The Zodiac Killer, the Hillside Strangler, the Night Stalker, and the Green River Killer all left their mark on California . . . and now the city of angels is under siege. When fiery, redheaded biker MJ Bennett witnessed her beloved grandfather gunned down on her sixteenth birthday, she made herself two promises. She would continue his quest to save teenagers lost to the dark side of Hollywood-the side tourists never...
10) The Infidel
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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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‘When your blood decides the fate of kings, better to die a lion than a lamb.’ The Infidel, the first book in The King Maker Saga, is based on the real history of a family of famed assassins in the 13th century. This intriguing work of historical fiction is set against the backdrop of the religious wars known as the Crusades and reveals an untold story behind the conflict. It is a story of espionage, family tragedy, and an arcane labyrinth of...
11) Deal Master
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2016.
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English
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Power Broker Jonah Gray is home. But does that mean Amsterdam, or New York City? Will he be Ivan Janse or Jonah Gray?
One thing is certain—Jonah, as always, is steeled to get where he needs to go.
This time around, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Someone from Jonah’s past is back in a big way. Jonah has been strong-armed into using his knowledge of the business of skyscrapers to assist in a nefarious, global scheme—and failure, as has been...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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During halftime of the October 30, 1926, football game between Baylor University and the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, a massive riot erupted between the two student bodies that resulted in the death of Texas A&M senior cadet Charles Sessums. Though various newspaper articles have chronicled this infamous “cold case” over the last ninety years, none has placed the riot in its proper context, nor has any official determination ever...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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A calaboose is, quite simply, a tiny jail. Designed to house prisoners only for a short time, a calaboose could be anything from an iron cage to a poured concrete blockhouse. Easily constructed and more affordable for small communities than a full-sized building, calabooses once dotted the rural landscape. Though a relic of a bygone era in law enforcement and no longer in use, many calabooses remain in communities throughout Texas, often hidden in...
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2017.
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English
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In the tradition of Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain, and David Goodis, Héctor Aguilar Camín brings us a hard-boiled account of sex, corruption, and murder, where the line between memory and madness is blurred. The setting is Mexico. While attending the funeral of an old acquaintance, dissolute writer Serrano runs into a former rival. As Serrano digs into a past filled with excess and deceit, he finds himself questioning his own sanity.
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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A schoolboy accused of a brutal murder. A retired lawyer with secrets to hide…"A taut thriller" - The Times; "First-rate" - Daily Mail; "The unexpected twist is a jaw-dropper" - Saga MagazineA 15-year-old schoolboy is accused of the murder of one of his teachers. His lawyers, the guarded veteran, Judith, and the energetic young solicitor, Constance, begin a desperate pursuit of the truth, revealing uncomfortable secrets about the teacher and the...
16) Tokyo Girl
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Series
Frank Ryan novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Piano tuner and jazz musician Frank Ryan is in Japan teaching bored housewives how to play piano. Then he gets a gig in a trendy underground bar and ends up ensnared with a young woman with a grudge and the crime boss who owns the bar. Drawn into Tokyo Girl’s vendetta, Frank stumbles into an underworld where transgressions are paid for by the flash of a razor-sharp cleaver. And for a pianist, that’s not a good thing.
Tokyo Girl is the follow-up...
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Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Español
Description
Esta vez, se hará justicia real.
Jojo ha vuelto de la cárcel, y la gente está tensa y temerosa de nuevo. Se preguntan si sus amigos comenzarán a mostrarse otra vez. Se preguntan si un día estarán caminando por la calle y se encontrarán con Jojo, y Jojo les dará una mala actitud o los empujará, sólo por diversión. Los amigos de Jojo tienen una manera de hacer que sea difícil —muy difícil— a las personas que deciden presentar cargos...
18) Home Invasion
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Pub. Date
2005.
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English
Description
When his mother leaves town, Josh is left to spend a week alone with his new stepfather. Resenting his new living arrangements, Josh finds himself drawn to the idea of a “regular” family and, on a whim, sneaks into a neighbors’ house to see how others live. When another opportunity arises to be a fly on the wall, Josh takes it and finds himself becoming bolder. Considering it a harmless pastime, Josh continues entering people’s houses, until...
19) Riot Act
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2012.
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English
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Seventeen-year-old Daniel gets caught up in a postgame riot. And then he and his best friend escape police by breaking into a store. They only intend to cut through to the alley, but rioters follow and trash the place. Daniel prevents an arsonist from torching the store. The next day, he’s a hero while his friend is outed as a rioter. Can Daniel save face, and will it cost him his friend?
20) Zee's Way
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Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Zee and his friends are angry that their old haunt has been replaced by stores that are off-limits to them and storekeepers who treat them with distrust. To let the merchants know what he and his friends think, Zee paints graffiti on the wall of the hardware store. After the wall is repainted, Zee decides to repeat the vandalism, but this time with more artistic flair. A store owner catches him in the act and threatens to call the police—unless...
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