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“Strange Trade” tells the compelling stories of Mary, a Liberian drug courier with a college education, and Pauline, a Ugandan wife, mother, and drug cartel boss.
A leading expert on women and organized crime, Asale Angel-Ajani spent years interviewing these women in Italy's notorious Rebibbia Prison-and gained unprecedented access into the narcotics trade. Herself the daughter of a drug trafficker, Angel-Ajani brings a wrenching, deeply personal...
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This is a memoir of a "Made Guy". By an American gangster who committed crimes on a huge scale.CJ Rossi (not his real name) was born and raised in Brooklyn New York. After dropping out of school he embarked upon a life of crime which eventually saw him become affiliated to the Genovese crime family.This book charts his meteoric rise and offers an unprecedented insight into the workings of the American Mafia. It also exposes the collusion between the...
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In the waning days of marijuana prohibition in the pacific northwest, a generation of young outlaws is scrambling to turn the green leaf into cold cash.
Johnny is one of these men.
Raised in middle-class Portland, from an early age the impressionable Johnny was enamored by the street life. After getting his start selling dime bags from his college dorm room, a chance connection with an East Coast criminal syndicate presents him with the opportunity...
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Organized crime is perhaps the most fascinating phenomenon of our time. From Al Capone, who boldly claimed his bootlegging activities were a public service, to the flamboyant Teflon Don, the criminals of the underworld have garnered headlines and captured our imagination with their violent and extravagant lifestyles.
Arthur Martin provides a gripping introduction to the history of the mob, from the early vendettas of the 19th century in southern...
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In the Furtherance of Justice is the 3rd edition of Path of the Devi: Camino del Diablo is a story of true events that occurred 1991-1996. DEA Agent Larry Hardin and two private investigators, Jeff Pearce and Randy Torgerson, were determined to bring down the Meraz organization along the southwestern border. For five years the three men spearheaded two separate, and simultaneous investigations in different locations that eventually merged. Jeff and...
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The subject of murder has always held a particular fascination for us. But, since at least the nineteenth century, we have seen the murderer as different from the ordinary citizen-a special individual, like an artist or a genius, who exists apart from the moral majority, a sovereign self who obeys only the destructive urge, sometimes even commanding cult followings. In contemporary culture, we continue to believe that there is something different...
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Unsolved Crimes, Cold Cases, and Mysterious Stories
"Haunting and heartbreaking, The Best New True Crime Stories: Unsolved Crimes & Mysteries lives up to its title, and is a must-read for true crime aficionados..."-Alex Finlay, author of Every Last Fear and The Night Shift
#1 New Release in Medical Forensic Psychology
This collection of cold cases examines crimes that are dark, scary, mysterious, and still waiting to be solved.
Unsolved crimes,...
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"Jimmy Hoffa Is Missing"This was the main headline that appeared on the front page of The Detroit Free Press-Metro Edition on August 1, 1975. It was the first news story announcing the disappearance of James Riddle Hoffa from 2 days earlier on July 30, 1975. The news account said Jimmy Hoffa was simply a missing person and that he vanished from The Machus Red Fox Restaurant parking lot located on Telegraph Road just South of the 15 Mile Rad, also...
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Female Serial Killers Through Time
From historical accounts to modern cases, explore the captivating psychology behind these killer women, unraveling their motives and unveiling the dark complexities of human behavior.
The fair sex. We've often heard this clichéd expression being used to refer to women. Although it has become increasingly outdated, the mindset still exists that women are the gentle and nurturing sex. When it comes to murder, that...
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Detective Sean Riley (Johnny Strong of THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS FRANCHISE) is trying to cope with the death of his young son and the failure of his marriage when his mentor, Captain Pete Trahan (Tom Berenger of INCEPTION), reassigns him. Teamed with Detective Will Ganz (Kevin Phillips of RED TAILS, NOTORIOUS), the pair must solve a series of brutal homicide cases that have sparked a major gang war in the storm ravaged streets of New Orleans. It soon...
11) Bad Turn Worse
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A weekend of partying with stolen money leaves three Texas teens indebted to a dangerous criminal. Things go from bad to worse when he forces them to rob his boss to pay off the debt.
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Dual Mission is a memoir of Special Agent Nino Perrotta of the United States Secret Service. Perrotta's relentless law enforcement efforts helped take down John Gotti Junior, the leader of the Gambino crime family, and Cy Young Award winning MLB pitcher Denny McLain, who among a vast criminal network scammed hard-working immigrants and tele-communications companies out of nearly a hundred million dollars.
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"Remarks on Prisons and Prison Discipline in the United States" by Dorothea Lynde Dix is a groundbreaking and influential work that highlights the dire conditions and urgent need for reform in American prisons during the 19th century.
In this meticulously researched and compellingly written treatise, Dix draws on her extensive investigations and firsthand observations of prisons across the United States. She exposes the inhumane conditions, overcrowding,...
14) Horror Stories
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⚠ Nightmare Chronicles: Immerse Yourself in Gripping True Crime Horror Stories, Unraveling Enigmatic Vanishings and Murders! ⚠ Satisfy Your Curiosity with the Darkest Realities of Humanity! Dive into Gripping True Crime Horror Stories, Unraveling Unexplainable Secrets and Enigmatic Enigmas!Unleash Your Inner Detective: Immerse Yourself in Mysterious True Crime Horror Stories and Master Your Investigating Skills! Unveil the Secrets of these unsolvable,...
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Inspired by true events, this tense and haunting thriller follows Detective Souder (Sam Worthington of AVATAR FRANCHISE, CLASH OF THE TITANS), a homicide detective in a small Texan town, and transplanted New York City Detective Heigh (Jeffrey Dean Morgan of WATCHMEN, TV'S MAGIC CITY) as they track a sadistic serial killer who dumps his victims' mutilated bodies in a nearby marsh locals call "The Killing Fields." Before long, the killer changes the...
16) Hidden Agenda
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A very deceptive love story with a hidden agenda. Now i do undertand why people say falling in love instead of rising in love, they are trying to warn us that love will lead you into a pit. I sacrificed my love to a stranger whose intentions was to destroy.
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El anciano expolicía y exdetective Salvador Perales disipa el tedio de sus días narrándonos con ácida ironía uno de los casos en que se vio implicado: la desaparición, en los días inmediatamente posteriores al intento de golpe de Estado de 1981, de Rafael Benjumea, un modesto empresario sevillano con pretensiones de grandeza y miembro muy activo del partido ultraderechista Fuerza Nueva. Durante la investigación, Perales conocerá los entresijos...
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A legend in the biker community, Peter "Big Pete" James was the most revered gangster in the Outlaw Nation. He first perfected his skills with the Hells Angels, the Outlaws' chief rival, before persuading thousands of disgruntled members from splintered Outlaws chapters to unite. Together, they formed a powerful criminal syndicate involved in extortion, contract murders, drugs and arms trafficking, money laundering and assassinations. Then a shocking...
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In 1994, DEA Special Agent Michael Pevarnik opened an investigation with his informant, a Vietnamese refugee who infiltrated a string of drug-dealing auto repair shops in Worcester, Massachusetts. His yearlong case, Operation Tune-Up, solved murders in New York; chased a wily fugitive through Puerto Rico; went undercover with cocaine smugglers in Panama; and, most impactfully, exposed the biggest heroin traffickers the old mill town had ever seen....
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In a twenty-year career marked by obsessive secrecy, brutality, and meticulous planning, Martin Cahill, a k a, The General, netted over 40 million pounds. His criminal record included assassination, kidnapping, bombings, and one of the world's largest art and gold heists! He was untouchable and fiercely loyal to his gang. Loved by the common man, his personal battle with the police made him a living legend. But Martin Cahill not only refused to respect...
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