Download or read book Minky Woodcock The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini 2 written by Cynthia von Buhler and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2018-01-03 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fabulous, rabbit-loving Minky Woodcock straps on her gumshoes in order to uncover a magical mystery involving the world-famous escape artist Harry Houdini.
Download or read book Kingpin written by Richard Stratton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fast-paced sequel to Smuggler's Blues is a harrowing and at times comical journey through the criminal justice system at the height of America's War on Plants. Captured in the lobby of the Sheraton Senator Hotel at LAX following a fifteen-year run smuggling marijuana and hashish as part of the hippie mafia, Richard Stratton began a new journey. Kingpin tells the story of the eight years that followed, through two federal trials and the underworld of the federal prison system, at a time when it was undergoing unprecedented expansion due to the War on Drugs. Stratton was shipped by bus from LA's notorious Glass House to jails and prisons across the country, a softening process known as diesel therapy. Resisting pressure to falsely implicate his friend and mentor, Norman Mailer, he was convicted in his second trial under the kingpin statute and sentenced to twenty-five years without the possibility of parole. While doing time in prisons from Manhattan's Criminal Hilton to rural Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, and New York, he witnessed brutality as well as camaraderie, rampant trafficking of contraband, and crimes by both guards and convicts. He first learned the lessons of survival. Then he learned to prevail, becoming a jailhouse lawyer and winning the reversal of his kingpin sentence and eventual release. Kingpin includes cameos by Norman Mailer, Muhammad Ali, and John Gotti, and an account of the author's friendship with mafia don Joe Stassi, a legendary hitman from the early days of the mob who knew gangsters Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, and Abe Zwillman and has insights into the killing of Dutch Schultz and the Kennedy assassination. Kingpin is the second volume in Richard Stratton's trilogy, Remembrance of the War on Plants.
Download or read book Mafietta 2 written by E.W. Brooks and published by E.W. Brooks. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I want to go back to the days when I was blind to the things you do. I want my innocence back.” — Clarke “These are not the type of people you just walk away from. Do you know how much money you made for them while I was gone?” — Errol "Money doesn't make a man a monster. The person within does. Money merely magnifies the mirror; if you are a good man, you become a better one." -Admiral
Download or read book Never Fold 2 written by Kingpin and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-05-25 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aarco is back in popular demand now that hes a free man on the streets and his reach now expands beyond Dayton, Ohio, to take on the world as he establishes a formidable empire that reigns supreme overall. Being a ruler of all that he surveys comes natural for Aarco, who has now been dubbed Aarco Snow White by the music and entertainment industries that embrace his superstar quality that had always been inherent within. Given that most fortunes begin with a crime being committed, Aarcos criminal background paves the way for his authenticity to speak as a born leader that knows the way from poverty to prosperity, and his meteoric rise to money, power and respect demonstrates that his Heavy Hitta Entertainment brand is one that you can trust. Aaron, Aarcos brother, gave his very own life so that Aarco could be free and live out their dreams of being made men, and although Aaron didnt live to see it all happen theres a scary familiarity that Aarco finds in the presence and demeanor of his young homie, Hasan. In fact, Aarco identifies so much with Hasans self-made mentality and sick flow that he signs him to a record deal on Heavy Hitta Entertainment, and just as Hasans moniker, Scar, is hailed as the new face of hip-hop, his past life reaches out to pull him back and account for a murder charge that hes accused of. In haste, Hasan turns to Aarco, his boss and mentor, for guidance that can only come from Mr. Untouchable himself, and with everything on the lineHasans freedom and his career, Aarcos empire, and the world at largethe two of them join forces cohesively to Never Fold. Finding it necessary to separate himself from the losers, Aarco goes all out to win and make his entire team victorious in the face of adversity. Never Fold isnt just Aarcos way of thinkingits Aarcos way of life! So be ready for a story that only a kingpin can tell: Never Fold 2: Born and Bred.
Download or read book Fearless 2 written by Tranay Adams and published by Tranay Adams. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After having been banned from the crack game and stripped of his fortune, FEAR turns to the murder game to support his lavish lifestyle. He must go off the grid for a year away from the rest of society to train under one of the most reputable and feared killers the streets have ever known. During his hiatus, DETECTIVE BROLI presents BIG SEXY with two options: run Fear’s organization in his absence or have his secret exposed. Feeling as if he doesn’t have any choice, Big Sexy agrees to helm Fear’s operation. With the product being distributed and the money rolling in, everything is running beautifully. That’s until DAVINO is released from federal prison. As soon as the ex-con touches the very streets he was taken away from ten years prior, he rights some wrongs and looks to expand his drug territory. The problem is, the corners he wants to move his product on belong to Big Sexy and he’s not giving them up without a fight. An all-out drug war breaks out in the streets and no one is safe. Will Fear make it back home in time to aid his homeboy in battle, or is he doomed to become another statistic?
Download or read book The Cartel Deluxe Edition Part 2 written by Ashley and published by Urban Books. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The port of Miami brings in millions of dollars’ worth of cocaine every year, and the Cartel controls eighty percent of it. The Diamond family is a force to be reckoned with, but all hell breaks loose when they lose their leader. The most ruthless gangster Miami has ever seen, Carter Diamond, leaves behind a wife, twin sons, a daughter, and a secret. The secret is his illegitimate son, Carter Jones. When young Carter learns of his father’s death, he comes to town and is introduced to the legacy of the Cartel Miamor is a woman who uses her beauty to enhance her skill as a contract killer. She is the leader of The Murder Mamas. When her crew is hired to take down the Cartel, they get caught slipping, and Miamor loses her sister in the process. She is determined to get revenge. Unknowingly, she meets the son of Carter Diamond, and he immediately catches her heart. She is sleeping with the enemy, and when she finds out, she is torn between love and revenge. Thus begins the saga of the Cartel, the New York Times bestselling series by street lit superstars Ashley & Jaquavis. Every book in the series is full of their trademark fast-paced drama, deceit, and plot twists that will leave you shocked. Now fans can relive the story of the Diamond family in this deluxe edition, with books one through three all under one cover."--
Download or read book Harlequin Intrigue April 2024 Box Set 1 of 2 written by B.J. Daniels and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2024-03-26 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coming soon! Harlequin Intrigue April 2024 - Box Set 1 of 2 by B.J. Daniels\Nichole Severn\Katie Mettner will be available Mar 26, 2024.
Download or read book The Synonym Finder written by Jerome Irving Rodale and published by Rodale. This book was released on 1978 with total page 1376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains more than one million alphabetically-arranged synonyms grouped in related clusters.
Download or read book Harlequin Intrigue August 2017 Box Set 1 of 2 written by B.J. Daniels and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin® Intrigue brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful reads packed with edge-of-your-seat intrigue and fearless romance. #1725 DARK HORSE Whitehorse, Montana: The McGraw Kidnapping by B.J. Daniels The case of the infant McGraw twins' kidnapping has been a mystery for twenty-five years, and true-crime writer Nikki St. James means to crack it wide open—but the protective Cull McGraw is wary of her intentions toward his family…and toward him. #1727 PROTECTION DETAIL The Precinct: Bachelors in Blue by Julie Miller Jane Boyle's life depends on her ability to keep secrets, and detective Thomas Watson doesn't realize the nurse caring for his ailing father is in witness protection…or that the sparks flying between them put them both at risk. #1729 SECRET AGENT SURRENDER The Lawmen: Bullets and Brawn by Elizabeth Heiter DEA agent Marcos Costa is undercover and ready to bring down a drug kingpin inside his own mansion—until he runs into Brenna Hartwell, his very first love. He doesn't know she's a rookie detective on a case, and their sweet reunion will be short-lived if their cover is blown. Look for Harlequin Intrigue's August 2017 Box Set 2 of 2, filled with even more edge-of-your seat romantic suspense! Look for 6 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Intrigue!
Download or read book Heartwood written by James Lee Burke and published by Island Books. This book was released on 2011-09-21 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliantly layered novel of crime, character, and place from the two-time Edgar Award winner, Gold Dagger Award winner, and New York Times bestselling author of Sunset Limited. Few writers in America today combine James Lee Burke's lush prose, crackling story lines, and tremendous sense of history and landscape. In Cimmaron Rose, longtime fans of the Dave Robicheaux series found that the struggles of Texas defense attorney Billy Bob Holland show Burke at his best in exploring classic American themes--the sometimes subtle, often violent strains between the haves and the have-nots; the collision of past and present; the inequities in the criminal justice system. Heartwood is a kind of tree that grows in layers. And as Billy Bob's grandfather once told him, you do well in life by keeping the roots in a clear stream and not letting anyone taint the water for you. But in Holland's dusty little hometown of Deaf Smith, in the hill country north of Austin, local kingpin Earl Deitrich has made a fortune running roughshod and tainting anyone who stands in his way. Billy Bob has problems with Deitrich and his shamelessly callous demeanor, but can't shake the legacy of his passion for Deitrich's "heartbreak-beautiful" wife, Peggy Jean. When Holland takes on the defense of Wilbur Pickett--a man accused of stealing an heirloom and three hundred thousand dollars in bonds from Deitrich's office--he finds himself up against not only Earl's power and influence, but also a past Billy Bob can't will away. A wonderfully realized novel, rich in Texas atmosphere and lore, and a dazzling portrait of the deadly consequences of self-delusion, Heartwood could only have been written by James Lee Burke, a writer in expert command of his craft.
Download or read book Roughnecks Drillers and Tool Pushers written by Gerald Lynch and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-07-22 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A working-class history of the Texas oil fields, as told by one of its workers. Oil, the black gold of Texas, has given rise to many a myth. Oil could turn a man overnight into a millionaire—and did—for some. But these myths have obscured what life was really like in the oil patch, a place that was neither the El Dorado of legend nor quite the unredeemed den of sin and iniquity that some feared. In Roughnecks, Drillers, and Tool Pushers, Gerald Lynch provides a much-needed insider’s view of the oil industry, describing life in various oil fields in and around Texas. He also chronicles changes in drilling methods and oil-field technology and how these changes affected him and his fellow oil-field workers. No one else has written a working-class history of the oil fields as colorful and articulate as this one.
Download or read book Backpacker written by and published by . This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.
Download or read book The Road to Hell written by Julian Sher and published by Seal Books. This book was released on 2010-06-11 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this definitive, up-to-the-minute account of the Hells Angels in Canada, two veteran journalists investigate why the recent imprisonment of feared biker leader, Maurice “Mom” Boucher, is too little, too late. By the spring of 2002, Boucher was safely in prison but the Hells Angels had grown to 37 chapters with close to 600 members across the country. They had taken over the drug trade and continued their rapid expansion into Ontario with a recent, high-profile enlistment -- or patchover -- of 168 members from other gangs. In Winnipeg, gang warfare turned ugly as the Hells muscled out the competition and firebombed a policeman’s home. In Vancouver, they secured a stranglehold on smuggling in the all-important West Coast port. The Road to Hell is the story of how the Hells have taken over the Canadian crime scene: how politicians dithered while overburdened prosecutors burned out and lost major cases; how police brass squabbled while a handful of dedicated cops worked years to amass their evidence; how a few citizens stood up the bikers and paid for that bravery with their lives. Murder plots, drug deals, money laundering and assassinations are brought to life through never-before-revealed police files, wiretaps and surveillance tapes. In gripping prose, the authors tell all about Boucher’s war on the justice system; how he finally lost in Quebec, thanks in part to Danny Kane, a reluctant biker turned informer; but how across Canada the Hells have succeeded in building a national crime empire. The RCMP and then the police in Montreal would run Danny Kane as one of the most successful -- and most secretive -- agents ever to infiltrate organized crime. Kane would climb all the way to the top: from a lowly hangaround to a trusted confidante of the Quebec Nomads, the elite chapter led by the top Hells Angels lieutenants of Maurice “Mom” Boucher. And through his entire six-year-career as a spy, few people -- even inside the police -- would ever know about his dangerous double life. -- from The Road to Hell
Download or read book Spider Man written by Stan Lee and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wondrous wall-crawlers long-running newspaper strip by Stan Lee, John Romita, and others is given the deluxe Library of American Comics treatment, with all Sundays in color and integrated with the dailies just as they originally appeared in newspapers worldwide. The first book in our classic Spider-Man newspaper strip series collects every daily and Sunday from the beginning in January 1977 through the end of 1978. Every Sunday includes the rarely-seen top-tier logos, exactly as they appeared in newspapers.
Download or read book Backpacker written by and published by . This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.
Download or read book Kingpin written by Kevin Poulsen and published by Crown. This book was released on 2012-02-07 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former hacker Kevin Poulsen has, over the past decade, built a reputation as one of the top investigative reporters on the cybercrime beat. In Kingpin, he pours his unmatched access and expertise into book form for the first time, delivering a gripping cat-and-mouse narrative—and an unprecedented view into the twenty-first century’s signature form of organized crime. The word spread through the hacking underground like some unstoppable new virus: Someone—some brilliant, audacious crook—had just staged a hostile takeover of an online criminal network that siphoned billions of dollars from the US economy. The FBI rushed to launch an ambitious undercover operation aimed at tracking down this new kingpin; other agencies around the world deployed dozens of moles and double agents. Together, the cybercops lured numerous unsuspecting hackers into their clutches. . . . Yet at every turn, their main quarry displayed an uncanny ability to sniff out their snitches and see through their plots. The culprit they sought was the most unlikely of criminals: a brilliant programmer with a hippie ethic and a supervillain’s double identity. As prominent “white-hat” hacker Max “Vision” Butler, he was a celebrity throughout the programming world, even serving as a consultant to the FBI. But as the black-hat “Iceman,” he found in the world of data theft an irresistible opportunity to test his outsized abilities. He infiltrated thousands of computers around the country, sucking down millions of credit card numbers at will. He effortlessly hacked his fellow hackers, stealing their ill-gotten gains from under their noses. Together with a smooth-talking con artist, he ran a massive real-world crime ring. And for years, he did it all with seeming impunity, even as countless rivals ran afoul of police. Yet as he watched the fraudsters around him squabble, their ranks riddled with infiltrators, their methods inefficient, he began to see in their dysfunction the ultimate challenge: He would stage his coup and fix what was broken, run things as they should be run—even if it meant painting a bull’s-eye on his forehead. Through the story of this criminal’s remarkable rise, and of law enforcement’s quest to track him down, Kingpin lays bare the workings of a silent crime wave still affecting millions of Americans. In these pages, we are ushered into vast online-fraud supermarkets stocked with credit card numbers, counterfeit checks, hacked bank accounts, dead drops, and fake passports. We learn the workings of the numerous hacks—browser exploits, phishing attacks, Trojan horses, and much more—these fraudsters use to ply their trade, and trace the complex routes by which they turn stolen data into millions of dollars. And thanks to Poulsen’s remarkable access to both cops and criminals, we step inside the quiet, desperate arms race that law enforcement continues to fight with these scammers today. Ultimately, Kingpin is a journey into an underworld of startling scope and power, one in which ordinary American teenagers work hand in hand with murderous Russian mobsters and where a simple Wi-Fi connection can unleash a torrent of gold worth millions.
Download or read book Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense November 2020 Box Set 1 of 2 written by Shirlee McCoy and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-11-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith. This box set includes: DELAYED JUSTICE (A True Blue K-9 Unit: Brooklyn novel) By New York Times Bestselling Author Shirlee McCoy When a man who looks just like her mother’s murderer shoots at Sasha Eastman in a diner, detective Bradley McGregor and his K-9 partner, King, rescue her. But can they figure out how someone who’s supposed to be dead is stalking Sasha? HUNTED FOR CHRISTMAS By Jill Elizabeth Nelson A mole has framed undercover DEA agent Rogan McNally, and now his own agency and the drug cartel he infiltrated are after him. When he’s wounded just as a snowstorm hits, a rural barn’s the only nearby shelter. But can he keep the ranch owner, Trina Lopez—and himself—alive through the holidays? GRAVE CHRISTMAS SECRETS By Sharee Stover At a prehistoric site, forensic anthropologist Taya McGill uncovers a recently buried body—and immediately becomes a target. Now undercover ATF agent Keegan Stryker must guard her as they figure out who is willing to kill to make sure this murder stays unsolved. For more stories filled with danger and romance, look for Love Inspired Suspense November 2020 Box Set—2 of 2
