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1) The outfit
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English
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The Outfit was organized crime with a capital O. They were big; they were bad; they were brutal. No crook ever crossed them and lived to enjoy it-except Parker. So they wanted Parker dead, and a hit man proved they meant business. Too bad for the Outfit he missed. Ripping off the Outfit was the easy part of Parker's game. Going one-on-one with Bronson, the Outfit's big boss, was the hard part.
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English
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The flesh-and-blood story of the outlaw lovers who robbed banks and shot their way across Depression-era America, based on extensive archival research, declassified FBI documents, and interviews
The daring movie revolutionized Hollywood-now the true story of Bonnie and Clyde is told in the lovers' own voices, with verisimilitude and drama to match Truman Capote's In Cold Blood.
Strictly nonfiction-no dialogue or other material has been made up-and...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Collection of interviews in which stickup artists, robbers, thieves, hustlers, drug smugglers, and other criminals tell stories of how they started on a life of crime, and provide details of their lives both on the street and in prison.
6) The standoff
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Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
Story of a stand off between federal law enforcement officers and a fugitive from justice in Montana.
7) The drop
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English
Description
The Drop follows a former criminal whose efforts to build a new life with his girlfriend and pit bull rescue puppy fall apart when he becomes mixed up in a robbery gone wrong.
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English
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The coldblooded criminal known as Parker tries, and fails, to stay under the radar in rural New England: "Nobody does the noir thriller better than Stark." -San Diego Union-Tribune
In Ask the Parrot, the followup to Nobody Runs Forever, ruthless thief Parker is back on the run, dodging dogs, cops, and even a helicopter. His escape brings him to rural Massachusetts, where he is forced to work with a small-town recluse nursing a grudge against the...
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Publisher
Little Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Vlad, a stranger from Eastern Europe masquerading as a healer, settles in a small Irish village where the locals fall under his spell. One woman, Fidelma McBride, becomes so enamored that she begs him for a child. All that world is shattered when Vlad is arrested, and his identity as a war criminal is revealed. Fidelma, disgraced, flees to England and seeks work among the other migrants displaced by wars and persecution. But it is not until she confronts...
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Series
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English
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Parker, the ruthless antihero of Richard Stark's eponymous mystery novels, is one of the most unforgettable characters in hard-boiled noir. Lauded by critics for his taut realism, unapologetic amorality, and razor-sharp prose, Stark is a master of crime writing. His books are as influential as any in the genre. Parker goes under the knife in The Man with the Getaway Face, changing his face to escape the mob and a contract on his life. Along the way...
12) The big O
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Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Karen finds her life as a receptionist and armed robber turned upside down when her ex, Rossi, is paroled and her current boyfriend, Ray, asks for Karen's help in his latest job, which requires them to kidnap Karen's best friend.
Author
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
Dortmunder loses his lucky ring to Max Fairbanks after he is caught trying to rob the billionaire who tells the police the cheap jewelry is his. In retaliation, Dortmunder assembles an entire team of crooks and goes on a burglary spree of Fairbanks's many residences and gathers up a lot of loot in his quest to recover the ring.
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English
Description
Many people are familiar with the story of Al Capone, the "untouchable" Chicago gangster best known for orchestrating the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. But few are aware that Capone's remarkable story began in the Navy Yard section of Brooklyn, New York. Tutored by the likes of infamous mobsters Johnny Torrio and Frankie Yale, young Capone's disquieting demeanor, combined with the "technical advice" he learned from these insidious pedagogues, contributed...
15) Oliver Twist
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Language
English
Description
In nineteenth-century England, a young orphan boy lives in the squalid surroundings of a workhouse until he runs away and is captured by a gang of thieves, and is finally reunited with his long lost family.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A dangerous outlaw arrives in the small town of Holliswood, where everything seems perfect, with the intention of documenting the chaos and destruction he hopes to cause, and Daniel X attempts to stop the powerful villain with a hand-picked team.
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English
Description
In an unnamed city slick with rain, Charles Unwin toils as a clerk at an imperious detective agency. His job: writing reports on cases solved by the palindromic Detective Travis Sivart. When Sivart goes missing and his supervisor is murdered, Unwin is promoted to detective, a rank for which he is woefully unprepared. His only guidance comes from his sleepy new assistant and the pithy yet profound Manual of Detection. Unwin mounts his search for Sivart...
20) Utopia: a novel
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
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