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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
As 1968 dawns, a year of change promises to disrupt the private and professional lives of Endeavour Morse and his colleagues. Endeavour's recent promotion leads him to reluctantly mentor new recruit Fancy, while Thursday is beginning to think about life after the police. But in Oxford, crime never sleeps, and the team continues to be challenged by mysterious and intriguing cases of murder, greed, and deception. Meanwhile, the rise of organized crime...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Based on P.D. James's global bestsellers, this riveting mystery series stars Bertie Carvel as enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. A recent widower and acclaimed poet, Dalgliesh is a cerebral, reserved man but possessed of exceptional empathy and insight. As he investigates complex crimes in 1970s England, he plumbs the darker depths of the human psyche in his pursuit of justice.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Español
Description
Es la historia de 10 amigos, miembros de un peligroso cartel de la droga, cuya ambición de poder y dinero los lleva a matarse entre ellos mismos. Lo que se inició como una aventura en la que siendo jóvenes entraron pensando hacerse millonarios, terminó mal para todos. El pacto que sellaron al comenzar, se rompió en mil pedazos presionados por la perspectiva de la muerte o de la cárcel. Porque en este negocio, al final siempre se pierde.
Ten...
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
Description
Sometimes life can change in just a few hours and take you to experiment extreme situations ... especially when the sun goes down. Al caer la noche (When darkness falls) features stories where the characters cross the boundary of their daily lives trying to survive in an unknown world full of dangers. Stories of ordinary people who were in the wrong place at the wrong time, the time when through their ability to survive or not the characters overcome...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When a body is discovered in a derelict building, DCI Cassie Stuart must untangle lies that have been covered up for nearly forty years. With her partner, DI Sunil Sunny Khan they narrow the list to four suspects, each with something to hide. As their deceptions are discovered, the people they love most begin to wonder what else they might be capable of.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The television series is a spinoff from the popular Breaking Bad television show. The series takes place six years before the events of Breaking Bad and features small-time lawyer Jimmy McGill. The series follows the exploits of Jimmy and the circumstances that lead to his metamorphosis into criminal-minded lawyer Saul Goodman.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Business is booming for Birmingham's Peaky Blinders gang, but that's not enough for its dangerous leader, Tommy Shelby. As Shelby battles to keep a strong hold on his evil underworld, he risks his life encroaching on the turf of volatile gang leader Alfie Solomons. Prepare for action as ambition, corruption, violence, and desire collide.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
James 'Ghost' St. Patrick has it all: a beautiful wife, a gorgeous Manhattan penthouse, and the hottest, up-and-coming new nightclub in New York. His club, Truth, caters to the elite: the famous and infamous boldface names that run the city that never sleeps. However, Truth hides an ugly reality. It's a front for Ghost's criminal underworld; a lucrative drug network, serving only the wealthy and powerful.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The series follows New York mafia capo Dwight "The General" Manfredi (Academy Award nominee Sylvester Stallone), just after he is released from prison after 25 years and unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a "crew" from a group of unlikely characters, to help him establish a new criminal empire in a place that to him might...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story. When the rumored whereabouts of Osama bin Laden are revealed, the CIA readies a team of seasoned U.S. Navy SEALs for the mission of a lifetime. Despite inconclusive evidence that bin Laden is inside the compound, and ignoring the possible ramifications of an unannounced attack on Pakistani soil, the Pentagon orders the attack. The SEAL team bands together to complete their mission of justice in a riveting showdown.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alfred Pennyworth, a former British SAS soldier in his 20s, forms a security company in 1960s London and goes to work with young billionaire Thomas Wayne, years before he becomes Bruce Wayne's father. With England balancing on the brink of a civil war, the first skirmishes of an undeclared secret war have begun. In this world of secrets and betrayals, find Alfred Pennyworth. Nine years of training with the SAS have taught him to be a cynical optimist....
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Spring 1972 brings with it a new start for Morse, having taken time out to deal with the drink. His return to CID coincides with a gruesome discovery in a college garden. The investigation leads him and Thursday to a celebrated orchestra and when a second tragedy hits, they uncover a web of secrets at the company's core.
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
An explosive story of history's original crime family. Conspiring with his ruthless sons Cesare and Juan, and poisonously seductive daughter Lucrezia, the charismatic Rodrigo Borgia's reign as Pope Alexander VI embroils the Catholic Church - and all of Europe - in scandal.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Following the murder of a couple by their eleven-year old son, Detective Harry Ambrose returns to his hometown in rural New York to assess the unsettling and heart wrenching crime. He finds himself pitted against those who'll stop at nothing to protect its secrets.
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