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1) Hero
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"Justine Poole provides security for wealthy and high-profile Hollywood stars, but that all changes when a job puts her in the limelight. When she prevents a brazen robbery at the Beverly Hills home of two of her clients -- killing two of the five armed robbers in the process -- she is initially lauded in the media as a local hero. But the spotlight soon puts her in the crosshairs of the crime kingpin behind the burglaries. Unable to stand the embarrassment...
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Get the Summary of Mike Rothmiller's Bombshell in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Mike Rothmiller's "Bombshell" delves into the secretive world of the Los Angeles Police Department's Organized Crime Intelligence Division (OCID), where he worked as an officer. The book uncovers a wealth of confidential files and dossiers on public figures, criminal activities, and political scandals, including the mysterious death...
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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...
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Get the Summary of Max Marshall's Among the Bros in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Among the Bros" by Max Marshall delves into the life of Mikey Schmidt, who, after a growth spurt, enters the College of Charleston aiming to join a fraternity. Known for his rebellious behavior, Mikey engages in underage drinking and drug dealing. Marshall investigates following a drug bust involving Mikey and other affluent young...
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"The way to reach God's will is to go through life's trials & struggles. It means that to achieve any sort of heavenly state we must be tested. We are guaranteed to fail some of those tests. That's ok as long as we learn from them and find the strength to continue traveling the road. We become stronger by overcoming our failures and ultimately find the strength to reach our destination.""Larry is a modern-day crusader, The Larry Ray Hardin that you...
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Genore Guillory was one of the nicest people anyone in the small town of Clinton, Louisiana, had ever known. Then she was found dead-shot, stabbed, and beaten. Investigators had few clues. A policeman was the primary suspect. But there were rumors...whispers of a burgeoning group of white supremacists who sold meth, fought pit bulls, and robbed graves. What unfolded over the course of the four-year investigation was a twisted and sordid tale of small-town...
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1 corinthians 10:13, niv
"No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it."
Amber Frey's life was full of blessings: an exciting new business, a beautiful home, and most of all, her infant daughter, Ayiana. But Amber had been through some unhappy relationships, and she...
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Claiming he'd been sent by God to confess, truck driver Wayne Adam Ford walked into the Humbolt County Sheriff's Office and admitted to them that he was a serial killer. After police found a gruesome piece of evidence in Ford's pocket, he told them that he had to be stopped before he killed again, before he murdered his ex-wife, and made his beloved three-year-old son an orphan. Authorities arrested the long-haul trucker and listened in horror to...
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More than 100 people died of a companionable drink in several towns and cities in New England on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 1919, nearly half of them in the city of Chicopee, Massachusetts. How this came to happen, and even how it came to be forgotten are both intriguing aspects to the tragedy.The story of the grisly incident of unknowingly ingesting poisonous wood alcohol and how it played out in one New England city might stand as a microcosm...
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A melodrama where Crawford plays a hardened mobster who's about to go blind. On top of this she is being watched by the police and is burdened by an overly jealous boyfriend. She goes to Indianapolis to consult an expert eye surgeon to repair her eyes and ends up falling hopelessly in love with him. Will she be able to forget her seedy past and make a fresh start?
11) The big bundle
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"Nathan Heller, star of MWA Grandmaster Max Allan Collins' most acclaimed series of novels (more than 1 million copies sold to date!), comes to Hard Case Crime for the first time in an all-new thriller drawn from the pages of history. A millionaire's son is kidnapped and private eye Heller is called in to help. But when half of the record $600,000 ransom goes missing, Heller must wade through a morass of deception and depravity to blow the lid off...
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The best robberies in the world have transcended the borders of the entire planet thanks to the characteristics of the events, which, as perfect and organized as they were, seemed to come from the script of a science fiction movie more than from real life.
Some thefts are nothing more than simple and petty thefts that have no relevance or media interest, but there are also other types of thefts, which are spectacular and have been carried out with...
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Street gangs have taken over our communities to the point that many people believe that they must join the gang to be safe due to lack of knowledge. This book is to highlight some of the most dangerous street gangs and to give the reader information on the gangs code of conduct, history etc so that a sense of understanding can be made and that fear eradicated so that our communities may be safer.
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"Crissy Dowling has created a world that suits her perfectly. She passes her days by the pool in a private cabana, she splurges on ice cream but never gains an ounce, and each evening she transforms into a Princess, performing her musical cabaret inspired by the life of the late Diana Spencer. Some might find her strange or even delusional, an American speaking with a British accent, hair feathered into a style thirty years old, living and working...
16) Bandit or Priest
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THE MEAN STREETS OF ST KILDA, VICTORIA. THE 1980S. VICE RULES.
Moving to Melbourne after a youth of small-time crime, James quickly finds himself heading up his own criminal operation: the Locust Gang. Scourge of the city, the gang executes a series of robberies that bring them notoriety - and unwelcome attention from the bent cops, callous drug dealers and violent pimps who control the city's vice.
But James soon finds a higher calling:...
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"Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond his wildest dreams rich. The former dock worker, Irish mob soldier and fugitive from the law is now a respected businessman - a Las Vegas casino mogul and billionaire silent partner in a group that owns two lavish hotels. Finally, Danny has it all: a beautiful house, a child he adores, a woman he might even fall in love with. Life is good. But then Danny...
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In 'Journey from Darkness to Light,' the author takes you on an incredible and harrowing journey through the darkest moments of their life. From the tragic loss of a beloved sister to academic exclusion, a tumultuous relationship, and a perilous job abroad turned human trafficking nightmare, this is a story of resilience, survival, and ultimate redemption. Forced to cross borders and become a cyber slave, the author's courage and determination shine...
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This revealing first-person narrative, by one of the founders of the Witness Protection Program and a personal protector to more than five hundred informants, offers an eye-opening, dead-on authentic perspective on the safeguard institution. How did law enforcement's frustration with the criminal underworld and a serpentine series of hit-or-miss rules and mistakes give rise to one of the most significant and endlessly fascinating government-run programs...
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Février 2000. Mme Suzanne Viguier disparaît de sa résidence familiale à Toulouse. Malheureusement, les autorités n'ont pas immédiatement résolu cette énigme. Toutefois, un témoin anonyme décide de se lancer dans la recherche de la victime. Rapidement, il devient convaincu d'avoir découvert des éléments essentiels pour faire avancer l'enquête. Malgré les obstacles qui se dresseront sur son chemin, il persévérera avec détermination...
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