Download or read book The Biker Who Shot Me written by Michel Auger and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2012-02-08 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On September 13, 2000, Michel Auger was walking away from his car in a parking lot across the street from the offices of Le Journal de Montréal when he was shot in the back six times. Miraculously, although at least one bullet lodged in his spine, no vital organs were damaged. Auger was on his feet again within weeks, and able to resume his normal life. The practice of journalism is dangerous in many parts of the world. But in Canada? The idea that an assassin would attempt to take the life of a journalist because of something he wrote is almost unthinkable. Either a deadly new threat has appeared on the scene or Michel Auger has learned something that is truly dangerous to know. Or perhaps both propositions are true. Michel Auger has been a crime reporter for some 30 years. He has covered mafia trials and corruption scandals, notorious murders and government inquiries. What he has seen and recorded has ranged from the sordid to the bizarre. He has interviewed notorious criminals, like Alvin "Creepy" Karpis, a member of the Ma Barker gang whose capture helped make J. Edgar Hoover’s name, and infamous Canadians, like the Montreal drug dealer Lucien Rivard, who escaped from Bordeaux jail while awaiting extradition to the United States. He has travelled to the Far East to see for himself where the drug trade begins, and to Sicily where he traced the origins of organized crime. Michel Auger’s knowledge of Canada’s underworld is as comprehensive as that of any reporter alive. In recent years he has developed a particular interest in the criminal activities of biker gangs, especially the Hell’s Angels and their rivals, the Rock Machine. Without a doubt, it was his series of articles in the spring of 2000 about the growing links between the Angels and other criminal organizations that led to the attempt on his life. Both the threat to civil society posed by the Angels and Michel Auger’s knowledge of their affairs had become so great that violence was the natural outcome. But, amazingly, Michel Auger survived the attempt on his life. In this frank, fascinating, and sometimes funny memoir, he tells about the bad guys he has known, the strange scenes he has witnessed, and above all, the true story of his deadly encounter with the bikers.
Download or read book Shoot Me written by Roy Frumkes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the script says "shoot me" and Hollywood says no, your only alternative is to raise the money and do it yourself. Here's how screenwriters Roy Frumkes and Rocco Simonelli used digital video to do just that. Witty, original, and ruthlessly on the mark, this unvarnished look at independent film-making chronicles both the creative intricacies of collaboration and the tricks of staying in budget and out of court. The authors compare notes as they describe the entire film-making process, with coverage including: * Targeting the audience for the script and tailoring the script for the audience * Raising money: your friends, your family, and the millionaire next door * Casting: names, no-names, and personality nightmares * Locations: finding them, securing them, and sometimes even stealing them * Producing: creating a budget, scheduling the shoot, and dealing with unions * Directing: working with actors and protecting your vision * Editing: or dropping that scene you thought was a gem * Celebrating, publicizing, and distributing the finished product
Download or read book The Wolfpack written by Peter Edwards and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joined by award-winning Mexican journalist Luis Nájera, leading organized-crime author Peter Edwards introduces a motley assortment of millennial bikers, gangsters and Mafia whose bloody trail of murders and schemes gone wrong led to the arrival in Canada of the world's most dangerous criminal organizations: the drug cartels of Mexico. A man watching the Euro Cup on a restaurant patio is shot dead on a busy Sunday afternoon in Toronto. Another dies in a sidewalk ambush just outside a bus-tling college campus. Two men in a Vancouver hotel lobby are gunned down in an attack that sends an American soccer star scrambling for cover. In Mexico, a Canadian is killed at a Nuevo Vallarta coffee shop, his death barely registering amidst the terrifying death tolls of President Calderón’s war on drugs and the cartels’ response; while a Montreal cop is beaten within an inch of his life in a Playa del Carmen nightclub. An infamous heckler from an NBA Toronto Raptors game turns up dead in a bullet-riddled car in a midtown lane-way. Throughout the 2010s, these and other disparate acts of violence entered the public awareness like iso-lated tragedies—but there was nothing isolated about them. In this masterly investigation, veteran journalists Peter Edwards and Luis Nájera introduce readers to the common cause of a near-decade of chaos. Meet the Wolfpack, millennial-aged gangsters from across the spectrum of Canada’s underworld. Vying to fast-track their way into the criminal void left by the death of Montreal godfather Vito Rizzuto, the Wolfpack sought advantage in a steady supply of cocaine from El Chapo Guzmán’s Sinaloa cartel, among the deadliest and most far-reaching of criminal organizations. The juniors had just stepped into the big leagues. This is the roiling landscape of The Wolfpack, a brilliant examination of a time of criminal disruption and rapid adaptation, when one gang’s unchecked ambition unwittingly gave away the most hotly contested corner of the Canadian underworld without a fight. Brazen criminal disruptors or entitled upstarts looking to get rich without paying their dues--whatever you think of them, you will never forget the Wolfpack.
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Canadian Organized Crime written by Peter Edwards and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unbeknownst to most, there has always been an active circle of crime in Canada. From Al Capone, who dodged the "heat" during Prohobition in a network of tunnels under Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, to Montreal's Rizutto family, this updated edition of The Encyclopedia of Canadian Organized Crime profiles the most notorious criminals this country has ever seen. Reporters Peter Edwards and Michel Auger pool their research and expertise to provide a compendium of the personalities and crimes that have kept Canadian law enforcement busy for centuries.
Download or read book Savage MC Biker Romance written by LEE MAE and published by LEE MAE. This book was released on with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When sexier-than-hell biker, Jace Savage, shows up at Piper Reece's hospital for a gunshot wound, she knows he's trouble. Especially when the Feds show up to question him. But, there's an undeniable attraction between the two and soon she finds herself helping the bad boy biker, who knows just how to repay her. Contains language and sexual situations. Recommended for ages 18 and over. **Player is a full-length novella romance with NO cheating, NO cliffhanger & a guaranteed happy ending. Search Terms: MC biker romance, biker, mc romance, steamy romance, sexy, dark erotica, dark romance, billionaire obsession, Billionaire, Billionaire bad boys club, billionaire romance, Motorcycle Action Adventure, contemporary romance, romance, Motorcycle Club Romance, Motorcycle Club, best seller series, lexy timms, Cassie Alexander
Download or read book Palermo in the Pacific written by Andreas Schloenhardt and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009-12-07 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study identifies and analyses organised crime legislation in the Asia Pacific region. It examines offences criminalising the participation in criminal organisations and equivalent provisions penalising the existence and operation of organised crime under domestic laws. The study also explores the adoption of relevant international treaties, in particular the Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, and examines efforts by the international community to promote wider implementation of this Convention in the region. The aim of this study is to assess the adequacy and efficiency of the existing provisions under domestic and international laws, and to develop recommendations for law reform to prevent and suppress organised crime more effectively in the region.
Download or read book The Biker s Vow written by Glenna Maynard and published by Glenna Maynard. This book was released on 2024-08-29 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wall Street Journal & USAT Bestselling Author Glenna Maynard delivers another dark and dirty adventure in her bestselling Royal Bastards MC: Charleston, WV World. Smoke I’m not a good man. I’ve done bad things. Lied, cheated, and even killed. I’d do it all again if every time it brings me home to her. Ember. My good girl who has been sheltered from the world. Raised in a cult, there’s so much she doesn’t understand about life. So much life she hasn’t experienced. I want to give it all to her. Put the world in the palm of her hand and treat her like a queen. I’ve made a vow not only to her but to myself to be a man worthy of all the love she has to give. I’m Ember’s first and I intend to be her last. I’ll do whatever it takes to bind her to me in every way possible. The Biker’s Vow is book 16 in the bestselling Royal bastards MC: Charleston, WV chapter. Taming The Biker should be read first for best enjoyment. Search Terms: MC romance, biker romance, age gap romance, morally gray hero, love & relationships, marriage, contemporary, dark romance, antihero, cheating, oops baby
Download or read book Smells Like Death Sighing written by Stevenson Mukoro and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-10-21 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of Diplomatic hoaxes is about to bring the world to its knees and close to nuclear war. Riots across the world of every sort seem to be materialising out of nowhere. Daayan, a subversive faction of occultists and zealots based in a remote region of India, thought to be inexistent, might be the responsible. Susan Dax is asked by a friend to make some inconspicuous enquiries, to find out if this sect does exist and if it might be the culprit. In New Delhi Susan Dax not only finds the city hot and suffocating, she found the city hazardous for her health and dangerously uncooperative. She has to deal with a group of fanatic killers, a heroine deal, a snake pit, a crazed billionaire, a traitor and a new awesomely devastating weapon. She navigates her way through ambitious killers and a self-obsessed combat fighter, but if she wants to survive, she must follow her instincts and play her own game and watch out for the mark of the Cobra.
Download or read book The Address Book written by Jane Clifton and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2011-05-25 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where do you call home? Performer Jane Clifton had a classic army brat upbringing, constantly on the move as the family followed the postings of her English officer father from Gibraltar to England, Germany to Malaysia and eventually to Australia. Always the new kid in town, Jane became adept at fitting in anywhere. As an adult, living in the fast-moving worlds of anti-war demos, women's lib, experimental theatre, rock 'n' roll, and TV, she kept up the family tradition of changing addresses without so much as a backward glance. But her stiff-upper-lipped father and glamorous, restless mother both died tragically young, and Jane was left with many unanswered questions. Where exactly is home? Is it your family? Your memories? Or simply bricks and mortar? One day, Jane decided to go back and visit every house she'd lived in – all 32 of them – to see if she could piece together the jigsaw of her life. A funny, moving and unexpected story about one woman's search for home, and the universal desire to find the place you truly belong.
Download or read book Cracked Earth written by J.L. Villarreal and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-14 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An earthquake and nuclear meltdown in Japan has forced the worlds governments to inoculate earths population against a new form of radiation being used at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. Those inoculated, the majority of the worlds population, had a reaction which turned them into violent primitive humans. With all of the governments gone, a group of survivors must scavenge the abandoned world for supplies and fight off the primitive monsters to keep our civilization and our race from disappearing. With the worlds population dwindling, they find out that these primitive beings are not their worst enemies, but rather man himself.
Download or read book Hell s Bones written by Roy S Smith Jr. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-09-27 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ah, she was so pretty; sitting there with her long blonde hair and wonderful smile, all through his school year Bill had idealized the beautiful little blonde girl, GOD, how he wished she would notice him. The pretty blonde girl seemed to know what Bill was thinking, because right at that moment she got up and walked over to him. Their eyes held for a brief moment then her sweet lips parted and she started screaming. Bill woke up with a started and the screaming didn?t stop.
Download or read book Justice Girl written by Brent Nichols and published by Brent Nichols. This book was released on with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Big Sister written by Gunnar Staalesen and published by Orenda Books. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Varg Veum is persuaded to take on the case of a missing teenager, by a half-sister he didn't know he had, in a case that quickly becomes personal ... A dark, chilling and startling relevant new instalment in the award-winning Varg Veum series, by one of the fathers of Nordic Noir. ***Shortlisted for the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year*** 'Staalesen continually reminds us why he is one of the finest of Nordic novelists' Barry Forshaw, Financial Times 'Chilling and perilous' Sunday Times 'Employs Chandleresque similes with a Nordic Noir twist' Wall Street Journal _________________ Varg Veum receives a surprise visit in his office. A woman introduces herself as his half-sister, and she has a job for him. Her god-daughter, a 19-year-old trainee nurse from Haugesund, moved from her bedsit in Bergen two weeks ago. Since then no one has heard anything from her. She didn't leave an address. She doesn't answer her phone. And the police refuse to take her case seriously. Veum's investigation uncovers a series of carefully covered-up crimes and pent-up hatreds, and the trail leads to a gang of extreme bikers on the hunt for a group of people whose dark deeds are hidden by the anonymity of the Internet. And then things get personal... Chilling, shocking and exceptionally gripping, Big Sister reaffirms Gunnar Staalesen as one of the world's foremost thriller writers. _________________ Praise for Gunnar Staalesen 'Gunnar Staalesen is one of my very favourite Scandinavian authors. Operating out of Bergen in Norway, his private eye, Varg Veum, is a complex but engaging anti-hero. Varg means "wolf " in Norwegian, and this is a series with very sharp teeth' Ian Rankin 'Almost forty years into the Varg Veum odyssey, Staalesen is at the height of his storytelling powers' Crime Fiction Lover 'Staalesen continually reminds us he is one of the finest of Nordic novelists' Financial Times 'Chilling and perilous results — all told in a pleasingly dry style' Sunday Times 'Staalesen does a masterful job of exposing the worst of Norwegian society in this highly disturbing entry' Publishers Weekly 'The Varg Veum series is more concerned with character and motivation than spectacle, and it's in the quieter scenes that the real drama lies' Herald Scotland 'Every inch the equal of his Nordic confreres Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo' Independent 'Not many books hook you in the first chapter – this one did, and never let go!' Mari Hannah 'With an expositional style that is all but invisible, Staalesen masterfully compels us from the first pages ... If you're a fan of Varg Veum, this is not to be missed, and if you're new to the series, this is one of the best ones. You're encouraged to jump right in, even if the Norwegian names can be a bit confusing to follow' Crime Fiction Lover 'With short, smart, darkly punchy chapters Wolves at the Door is a provocative and gripping read' LoveReading 'Haunting, dark and totally noir, a great read' New Books Magazine
Download or read book Biker s Virgin written by Claire Adams and published by Ownit Publishing LLC. This book was released on with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helping his friend means letting a beautiful stranger into his life who exposes what he's missing... Zack has never liked the traditional, the predictable or the mundane. For him, it’s always been about freedom, autonomy, and excitement and that’s exactly what the MC lifestyle has given him. Sure, he’s had his fair share of losses along the way, but that’s part of the package. He’s content with his life, and he wants to make sure that nothing changes. But when one of his men comes to him with a problem, Zack must step in and try to help. But helping his friend means letting a beautiful stranger into his life who threatens to break apart his perfect life and expose him to all that he’s missing . Zack finds himself at a crossroads. He finds himself questioning his lifestyle and all that comes with it. And suddenly… nothing is very simple anymore.
Download or read book Omens written by Kelley Armstrong and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Otherworld series and Hemlock Island, the first chilling novel in the Cainsville series. Olivia Taylor-Jones is shattered to learn that she’s adopted. Her biological parents? Notorious serial killers. On a quest to learn more about her past, Olivia lands in the small town of Cainsville, Illinois. As she draws on long-hidden abilities, Olivia begins to realize that there are dark secrets in Cainsville—and powers lurking in the shadows.
Download or read book Varg Veum collection written by Gunnar Staalesen and published by Orenda Books. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 1302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOUR instalments of the Varg Veum series from the international, bestselling father of Nordic Noir: Gunnar Staalesen, Translated by Don Bartlett PI Varg Veum returns to solve a series of dark, dangerous cases in his hometown of Bergen, Norway, in a series of chilling, perfectly plotted and thought-provoking thrillers... BOOK ONE – We Shall Inherit the Wind 1998. Varg Veum sits by the hospital bedside of his long-term girlfriend Karin, whose life-threatening injuries provide a deeply painful reminder of the mistakes he's made.. Investigating the seemingly innocent disappearance of a wind-farm inspector, Varg Veum is thrust into one of the most challenging cases of his career, riddled with conflicts, environmental terrorism, religious fanaticism, unsolved mysteries and dubious business ethics. Then, in one of the most heart-stopping scenes in crime fiction, the first body appears... BOOK TWO – Where Roses Never Die WINNER OF THE PETRONA AWARD September 1977.Mette Misvær, a three-year-old girl disappears without trace from the sandpit outside her home. Her tiny, close middle-class community in the tranquil suburb of Nordas is devastated, but their enquiries and the police produce nothing. Curtains twitch, suspicions are raised, but Mette is never found. Almost 25 years later, as the expiry date for the statute of limitations draws near, Mette's mother approaches PI Varg Veum, in a last, desperate attempt to find out what happened to her daughter. As Veum starts to dig, he uncovers an intricate web of secrets, lies and shocking events that have been methodically concealed. When another brutal incident takes place, a pattern begins to emerge... BOOK THREE – Wolves in the Dark Reeling from the death of his great love, Karin, Varg Veum's life has descended into a self-destructive spiral of alcohol, lust, grief and blackouts. When traces of child pornography are found on his computer, he's accused of being part of a paedophile ring and thrown into a prison cell. There, he struggles to sift through his past to work out who is responsible for planting the material ... and who is seeking the ultimate revenge. When a chance to escape presents itself, Varg finds himself on the run in his hometown of Bergen. With the clock ticking and the police on his tail, Varg takes on his hardest – and most personal – case yet. BOOK FOUR – Big Sister SHORTLISTED FOR THE PETRONA AWARD Varg Veum receives a surprise visit in his office. A woman introduces herself as his half-sister, and she has a job for him. Her god-daughter, a 19-year-old trainee nurse from Haugesund, moved from her bedsit in Bergen two weeks ago. Since then no one has heard anything from her. She didn't leave an address. She doesn't answer her phone. And the police refuse to take her case seriously. Veum's investigation uncovers a series of carefully covered-up crimes and pent-up hatreds, and the trail leads to a gang of extreme bikers on the hunt for a group of people whose dark deeds are hidden by the anonymity of the Internet. And then things get personal... ‘A Norwegian Chandler' Jo Nesbø ‘Staalesen is one of my very favourite Scandinavian authors and this is a series with very sharp teeth' Ian Rankin ‘Chilling and perilous results — all told in a pleasingly dry style' The Sunday Times ‘Masterful' Publishers Weekly
Download or read book Deadly Decisions written by Kathy Reichs and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-08-08 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When innocent blood is spilled, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan deciphers the shattering truth it holds in this exciting thriller from New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs. Nine-year-old Emily Anne Toussaint is fatally shot on a Montreal street. A North Carolina teenager disappears from her home, and parts of her skeleton are found hundreds of miles away. These shocking deaths propel Tempe Brennan from north to south, and deep into a shattering investigation inside the bizarre culture of outlaw motorcycle gangs—where one misstep could bring disaster for herself or someone she loves. From blood-splatter patterns and ground-penetrating radar to bone-sample analysis, Deadly Decisions triumphantly combines the authenticity of a world-class forensic professional with the narrative power of a brilliant crime-writing star.
