Catalog Search Results
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
"It's the Roaring Twenties and Prohibition hasn't stopped the flow of booze in an underground network of gangster-run speakeasies. The opportunity to gain power and money is there for any man with enough nerve, and Joe Coughlin, the son of the Boston Police superintendent, long ago turned his back on his strict upbringing for the spoils of being an outlaw. But even among criminals there are rules, and Joe breaks a big one: crossing a powerful mob...
2) Leaving Vegas: The True Story of How the F.B.I. Wiretaps Ended Mob Domination of Las Vegas Casinos
Author
Language
English
Description
Leaving Vegas a fascinating glimpse into the world of Kansas City mobsters in the 1970sYou don't have to be a local history buff to be interested in the chronicles of Kansas City's infamous mob family. Those of us who were around here in the mid-1970s recall the headlines. Gary Jenkins, a former police detective (now attorney and author) takes us back to the players and key events of those days in Leaving Vegas: The True Story of How the FBI Wiretaps...
Author
Language
English
Description
Get the Summary of Gary Weiss's Retail Gangster in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Retail Gangster" by Gary Weiss delves into the tumultuous saga of the Crazy Eddie electronics store chain and its founder, Eddie Antar. The book chronicles the rise and fall of the retail giant, known for its aggressive sales tactics and iconic commercials proclaiming "Crazy Eddie, his prices are insane!" The narrative unfolds against...
Author
Language
English
Description
The author has written a how to book on the art of conduct a surveillance on criminals. Gary Jenkins is a retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit detective and Gary uses real life situations to entertain and educate the reader in the art of surveillance. He tells about sitting in roach infested apartments for days and days, following a serial killer on foot though the back alleys of Kansas City and following professional criminals as they move...
Author
Language
English
Description
“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...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Last Godfathers charts the spectacular rise and the fall of one of the richest and most powerful criminal organizations in history, the Sicilian mafia's Corleone clan. From humble origins in the town of Corleone, they manipulated the Cosa Nostra's code of honor-deceiving and bludgeoning to the summit of the secret brotherhood, purging rivals and launching terrorist campaigns which decimated anti-mafia judges, police and politicians.
Journalist...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
This is book 1 of the Caliperi Family Mafia series! Books 2 and 3 are available everywhere now!My hands are bound, but my mouth is wide open.And that's just the way he likes it.But behind the mafioso's façade of cruelty is a glimmer of a heart.If I can break down his walls, maybe we'll find a way out of this hellhole.Because if his employer finds out that Lucas put a baby in my womb…They'll never let us out of here alive.TRINAThere's no such thing...
Author
Language
English
Description
This is book 3 and the finale of the Broken Bad Boy Hitman Romance series!
Ruthless hitman. Violent mobster. Utterly irresistible.
He took me home and showed me what it meant to be his woman.
Then he disappeared.
Now, he's back, with a bloody mission in his hands.
And a plan to break me again.
MADELINE
I woke up sick to my stomach.
My worst fears had come true.
A one night stand with a handsome stranger…
Left me with his baby in my belly.
I...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
This is book 3 and the finale of the Blood Eagles MC series!
I broke every rule to make her mine.
She was sent to keep me under wraps.
But no one tells me what to do.
I don't give a damn if her brother says she's off-limits:
This one's belongs to me.
CAIN
My body is still aching from that beatdown.
But I'm fired up, looking for someone to take my anger out on.
I want revenge – not just for me, but for my MC.
The Blood Eagles are a family,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
This is book 1 of the Silent Havoc MC series! Books 2 and 3 are available everywhere now!It was a fake wedding so wrong that it nearly destroyed us both.JACEI tried to be a hero once. But when the girl I vowed to protect died, I swore that I would never be that kind of man again.That's until Katie shows up at my door, begging for my help.She's gorgeous. Red hair, long legs, and a mouth like sin.So I make her a deal: to keep her from her abusive ex,...
Author
Series
Black Widows volume 1
Language
Finnish
Description
Now it's the widows turn to almost get blown up. Who tried to kill them? Was it Irina, the evil CEO of Pharmateca, or Buntta, the corrupted chief of police protecting the company? Or Veera's husband Jukka who's learned his wife and her friends tried to kill him? Or Kirsi, who has disappeared after telling Jukka the truth?
Author
Series
Black Widows volume 4
Language
Finnish
Description
Veera falls in love with Anttu and battles guilt. Kirsi decides to marry a millionaire. Buntta decides to get rid of Petri for good.
Author
Series
Black Widows volume 3
Language
Finnish
Description
The widows play their parts at Jukka's funeral service, but Kirsi's got a job and a ghost at home, Johanna's got Lasse's son to deal with and Veera's got a boyfriend. Jukka confronts Rami over money, blackmail and attempted murder.
Author
Series
Black Widows volume 8
Language
Finnish
Description
Kirsi and Johanna are beginning to notice Veera's strange behavior. Palojoki's assistant makes a discovery in Rami's JST office, Inkinen questions Johanna and Kirsi prepares for a blogger event.
15) Leave
Author
Language
English
Description
As an infant, Hunter White was discovered abandoned in a New England cemetery. She was wrapped in a piece of cloth covered in satanic symbols, and around her neck hung a Wolf's Cross pendant. 20 years later, she is obsessed with finding out why she was abandoned and who her biological parents are.
Author
Series
Black Widows volume 10
Language
Finnish
Description
Veera's beginning to wonder if she wants her husband dead after all. Johanna wants the plan to go ahead, but gets no help from Kirsi, who's beginning to come unhinged.
Author
Series
Black Widows volume 11
Language
Finnish
Description
Now that she's staying with Veera, Kirsi forms a new fantasy life, with Jukka in its central role. But Veera's true feelings are starting to awaken. Johanna meets with Palojoki to make her own demands, unaware of just how dangerous a game she's playing.
Author
Series
Black Widows volume 11
Language
Finnish
Description
Petri finds a witness against Buntta. Buntta manages to put the blame on Irina who gets arrested. Kirsi escapes from her husband.
Author
Series
Black Widows volume 7
Language
Finnish
Description
Jukka's back, and he's got some explaining to do. Veera agrees to keep his return a secret, even from her partners in crime. Inkinen scratches the surface of the Pharmateca conspiracy.
Author
Series
Black Widows volume 6
Language
Finnish
Description
While Veera rekindles her relationship with Erno, Kirsi starts a secret affair with Joonas. Johanna reaches an agreement with Pharmateca, but JST's true owner is about to step back into the picture.
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Penticton Public Library can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup. Items must be over 1 year old.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service for new books published this year. Submit Request