Richard Condon
1) Mile High
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A Mafia don builds a savage empire of murder and vice Millions of acres of forest separate Edward Courance West from the outside world. In his remote Adirondack retreat, he is tended by servants dressed in black and green, the color of West's empire-and of money. The son of an Irish powerbroker of the rough-and-tumble Lower East Side, West has been forging his kingdom since the day his father died, leaving him with a small fortune, a few bordellos,...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In love with a Prussian officer, a Jewish woman moves to Hitler's Berlin Every afternoon, Paule tends to her father's newspaper clippings and listens to his stories. An actor, Paul-Alain Bernheim has a sexual appetite and a lust for life that have made him a legend of the Paris stage. He is also a fiercely proud Jew, and he has imbued his daughter with an unshakeable pride in the history of her people. So why, she wonders, has she fallen in love with...
Author
Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When the Prizzi family decides to enter politics, Charley Partanna tries to turn legit If Charley Partanna is lucky, he can go a few months without falling in love. During these stretches, he's able to focus on his job as chief executioner for the Prizzi family. But once romance strikes, Partanna-a criminal manager who still commits the odd murder for old time's sake-is lost to the world. So he knows there will be trouble when he meets his latest...
Author
Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When a beautiful blonde turns his head, a mob enforcer risks losing his neck Charley Partanna sits in his office, quietly rigging an election. As the chief executioner for the Prizzi family, he has taken time out of his busy schedule of cold-blooded murder to ensure that New York reelects its mayor, and that dirty money continues to flow his way. When he isn't killing snitches or stealing votes, Partanna goes to night school, but tonight, his homework...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
For the sake of vengeance, a woman plots to destroy the US government It's June 1976, and a bullet has shattered Agatha Teel's shoulder. The gunman has fled, gushing blood from a bullet wound of his own, and Teel has just a few minutes to save her own life. She marches herself to the bathroom-the most lavish room she has ever owned-strips, and does what she can to dress the wound. A needle of morphine dulls the pain enough for her to walk, and she...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An international criminal mounts an impossibly daring art heist There are only two people on earth who know that James Bourne is a criminal: his wife and his partner. Although he may be the most distinguished crook in Europe, Bourne has never been arrested. The thieves of London don't know his name, nor do the dons of Sicily or the police of Paris. A master thief, he's patient, careful, and utterly discreet-but he's about to meet his match. A handful...