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In the early 1960s, Ronnie and Reggie Kray are the new princes of the London underworld and business is good. Their clubs and protection rackets stretch from the East to the West End of the metropolis but they need to expand. Hemmed in on all sides by the other, ever encroaching London gangs they need to break new ground. They set their sight on Bham, easy pickings or so they think. The Fewtrells eight brothers have already marked their territory. Now they stand alone against the vicious onslaught about to be brought down on their heads from two of the most feared names in British criminal History. This is the little known but true story of the bloody battle for Birmingham._,

THE ANGEL OF TERROR  , It all begins with a murder. James Meredith is a very rich man, but he is found guilty of shooting his fiance&rsquo,s suitor in a crime of passion. Meredith&rsquo,s lawyer, Jack Glover, suspects that the fiancé, is the guilty one, and indeed, Jean Briggerland&mdash,Meredith&rsquo,s first cousin and bride-to-be&mdash,is a true heartless beauty. Jean is after Meredith&rsquo,s fortune, but Glover is one step ahead of her, and finds a new bride for Meredith. Then Meredith, too, is murdered. Now the fortune which Jean thought to inherit belongs to a young newspaper artist named Lydia Beale. Jean and her father are practiced in the art of murder, however, and they are soon making plans for the early death of Lydia. Only the old man named Jaggs, hired by Glover to protect her, stands between her and the beautiful angel of death.  ,  , KATE PLUS 10  , Kate Westhanger has been raised by her uncle, the Colonel, into a life of crime. For him, there is always the next job, the big payoff, and retirement. Crime is a way of life. For Kate, crimes are a puzzle that need to be solved, with each detail offering its own particular challenge. For Inspector Michael Pretherston, Kate herself is a bit of a puzzle. There is no question but that she&rsquo,s good at what she does. Her latest caper involves a variety of disguises that bring her in contact with two of London&rsquo,s top financiers. Pretherston has no idea what Kate&rsquo,s up to, but he seems to keep running into her, first as personal secretary to Lord Flanborough, and later as a Polish princess. Whatever Kate has planned, it will definitely be the scheme of the century. If only he can figure it out before it&rsquo,s too late.  , , ,_,

 , , , , This is a fast-moving military-legal-aviation thriller about a flawed aircraft weapons program that seems destined to continue unless someone brings out the truth about its fatal flaws. That someone winds up being a reluctant southern attorney, Jake Baird.  , , , , , Following his service in a secret U.S. Army helicopter unit, attorney Baird specializes in aviation personal-injury law in Raleigh, North Carolina. When young widow Lisa Thorpe seeks representation and help understanding the XV-11 crash that killed her husband, Jake ends up right where he doesn&rsquo,t want to be &ndash, taking on the U.S. military in a case that is almost impossible to win.  , , , , At a hastily arranged rendezvous just after meeting Lisa Thorpe, an anonymous, disheveled ex-military officer presses a folder of classified documents into Jake&rsquo,s hands with an ominous warning for Jake

Intrepid amateur sleuth, Emily Menotti, is having fun on her first Caribbean cruise along with new friends from the Wayward Sisters book club. But, as they head out of New York City for warmer climes, a recently married friend goes missing and another becomes ill.With the help of her clairsentient pal, Melinda, Emily starts investigating. Yet even a sé,ance, guided by Melinda, reveals more old secrets than new clues. Set amid the tropical backdrops of St. Thomas, St. Kitts, and Tortola, this mystery has motives aplenty, including an ex-husband who balks at paying alimony, a former high school boyfriend now married to another of the group, and the ongoing resentment of two unmarried friends. Join Emily as she solves the mystery of the missing newlywed on a chilling cruise with some uninvited passengers

ONE IS A LONELY NUMBER They cut out part of his tubercular lung in prison. But after the breakout, all Larry Camonille can do is run and keep on running. He',s ready to die rather than go back inside. Mexico looks good, where the weather is more accommodating to a man with bad lungs. He wants to stay in Chicago and take care of that lying tramp who promised to keep the getaway money for him. But Chicago is too hot. On the lam, Camonille bums it down to Ohio. That',s where he meets Vera, a used-up lush with a warm and inviting manner. And Jan, fresh and young and boy-crazy. They all want something from Camonille, but all he has to give is his life. BLACK WINGS HAS MY ANGEL  , When Ken first meets Virginia, he',s fresh off a jail break and a gig on an oil rig. She&rsquo,s his first woman after months on the water but how could he know she',d get under his skin so quickly? That instead of ditching her he',d come to need her, not only for himself but for the foolproof robbery scheme his cellmate had cooked up before he was shot to death going over the wire? Ken has a plan, and Virginia can handle a Packard like a pro--and she wants the bucks even more than he does. They stay together, they plan together, and before long they',re on the run together. But can either one of them really love the other? Or trust the other?  ,_,

NIGHT OF THE HORNS  , Lawyer Robert Race has always been a straight-arrow guy, taking on underdog cases against all odds. He believes in his client&rsquo,s innocence. But one night his confidence is shattered when racketeer Kresnik forces him to collect a suitcase at the docks, and Race stumbles into a world he didn&rsquo,t know existed. He runs into his old flame, Ginny, who for some reason now despises him. He is confronted by his neighbor Paul Taylor&rsquo,s wife, Laura, who confesses that her husband has been having an affair with Race&rsquo,s wife, Eve, right under his nose. His proté,gé,, Tony Fontaine, has been acting strange, and even his father-in-law, Sam Alford, taunts Race that he has been living with his head in the sand. Tonight Race learns a lot about his life. But his trip to the docks is only the beginning. Soon his life is completely turned upside down&mdash,because tonight he finds himself on the lam for murder!  , CRY WOLFRAM  , John Molson is an expatriate American living in France where he is currently bodyguard to an old millionaire named Craddock. Life is good. He&rsquo,s got a new girl named Julie. What does it matter that she keeps warning him about her brother, while spending the evening hovering over that suave bastard, Roger Lascelles? If it isn&rsquo,t love, it&rsquo,s the next best thing. But Molson&rsquo,s reverie is shattered when Craddock announces they are driving down to Spain where there&rsquo,s a deal to be finalized involving some lucrative mining rights. No sooner do they arrive but Craddock is murdered, Molson is framed, and every unsavory character in town is after him&mdash,Colonel Parker, dangerous double-crosser, Chivas, Craddock&rsquo,s rival, Vidal, sadistic chief of police, Luiz Hernandez, disgraced bullfighter&mdash,and most dangerous of all, sweet Louise, who holds the key to the whole deal!_,

The head of the biggest NYC crime family, Carmine Miceli, Jr., is taken in on racketeering charges. His life-long friend, Gino Ranno, is forced to become the head of the family he has so desperately tried to keep at arm',s length in this 3rd book of Louis Romano',s Gino Ranno, mob series (FISH FARM, BESA). The first order of business

What would happen if you lost your job?How would you pay the car loan, mortgage, medical bills, and put food on the table?What if you discovered a conspiracy to give someone else your job?Would you roll over, try to re-train and start over or would you fight to save your job and your family?How far would you go?Moreover, how well do you know the person who works beside you?Is she or he a person who co-worker&rsquo,s comments would say &lsquo,he was a great guy&rsquo,, &lsquo,a family man,&rsquo, &lsquo,never had any problems with her, always a team player and positive&rsquo,?What would it take to push you over the edge?Would you be in denial if your colleague turned out to be a killer?These situations and dilemmas drive the story of Jeff Parsons in Public Service

LUST QUEEN , Joey Baldwin&rsquo,s got it made. He&rsquo,s got a beautiful fiancé,, Lisa, and now he&rsquo,s got the perfect writer&rsquo,s commission as well. All he has to do is p

Moorish Spain, 1484, and no-one is innocent. Thomas Berrington, emigre Englishman who has made the doomed city of Garnatah his home, is once again attempting to solve a series of mysterious deaths. Accompanied by his companion, the palace eunuch Jorge, Thomas struggles to discover the truth while those in power seek to distract him. As his investigation continues, his personal life splinters into chaos and he finds the Spanish once more demanding his presence. As Thomas and Jorge draw closer to their quarry, the killer&rsquo,s attention turns on them and those they love. The pair must race to unmask the sin eater before the lives of those close to them become forfeit. The Sin Eater is the follow up to The Red Hill and Breaker of Bones, stunning historical mysteries set in a time and place coloured by intrigue and battle. ,_,

*** Library Journal SELF-e Selection ***Enter the world of Crescent City, an alternate 1930s ",Chinese Los Angeles", and home turf of PI Lola Starke...It',s a straightforward case

A scarlet key, a bittersweet secret, a corpse with cryptic tattoos.When an envelope containing a key and address lands on his newsroom desk, veteran reporter Seth VerBeek is thrust into a thrilling crime adventure. His challenge is to investigate the death of ,a tattooed woman. Why and how did she die? Above all, he must live up to his reputation

When the lecherous Kent Lovely, Mahina State',s one-man hostile work environment, collapses face-first into his haupia cheesecake, the faculty retreat goes from dull to disastrous. Now Professor Molly Barda has to fight to keep an innocent out of prison--and herself off the unemployment line. If you like Dorothy Parker, Sarah Caudwell, P.G. Wodehouse, or E.F. Benson',s Mapp and Lucia stories, you',ll enjoy this tale of passion, pilferage, and petty politics._,

This culinary cozy mystery opens on a perfect, sparkling, turquoise morning on St. Croix, that jewel of an island in the Caribbean, where a vacation resort is about to be completely disrupted by the arrival of a quirky collection of cooks, all intent on winning an international chef competition. An ideal beach read, the mysterious disappearance at hotel manager Nola Stewart&rsquo,s resort ,will have you guessing along with her as she tries to figure out who would resort to murder and why._,

Approaching his office one Sunday morning, environmental lawyer and investigator Rick Ryder is greeted by the strobing lights of emergency and police vehicles &ndash, and the body of a naked stripper. The police quickly tag him for the young woman',s murder. Ryder, trying to find out for himself what&rsquo,s happening to his life, soon discovers suspicious links between illegal tree-cutting on National Forest land and a tawdry nightclub. Battling his own alcoholism and powerful political forces, his investigations have to go into overtime, both to root out the true source of corruption &hellip, and clear his own name._,

TO FIND CORA  ,  , Cora has run off with another man, and Joe Byars is sick with the loss. It makes him so crazy, he starts searching everywhere for Cora. The memory of her long, flowing black hair and alabaster skin haunts him. Eventually Joe gets a lead in Frigate, Oklahoma. A couple, the woman matching Cora',s description, has been seen occasionally coming into town. Joe drives out to a barren, desolate farmhouse, and is convinced at first that the woman coming to the door is his Cora. But Joe has found Viola instead, and a wreck of a man named Hall. They inhabit their own particular hell, and have no intention of letting Joe leave them. But Joe doesn',t care&mdash,all he wants is his Cora.  , ,  ,  , LIKE MINK, LIKE MURDER  ,  , Sam Baynard has been out of prison for over a year, clean of his former crime partners. He',s a milkman now, working for the Gorten Milk Company, in love with a sweet girl named Lois, but still dogged by the cynical Lt. Lantis. Then Elva shows up. Sam had been obsessed with Elva, but she',d been Collie',s girl, and Collie was the boss. Oh sure, she',d tempted him, but she',d never delivered. And now she is back, back with new promises. But so is Collie, back with a new plan. Sam thought he could go straight, but between Elva',s charms, Collie',s threats and the heat from Lantis, Lois and her safe world just haven',t got a chance.  ,  , BODY AND PASSION  , Jeff Taylor is being framed for murder by ambitious Assistant D.A. Ben Young, when all he really wants to do is get out of the rackets. One night he takes Young up to his cabin for a showdown. But in the ensuing fight, fire breaks out. Only one man gets out alive, and he is so badly burned as to be unrecognizable. Worse, when he finally regains consciousness, he no longer has any memory of who he is. Ben Young',s

Native American detective Archie Stevens has just returned from stress leave brought on by the horrific ending of his last case. He is given a mysterious note addressed to him and, because of it, discovers the remains of a murder victim interred with rich art treasures in a sacred burial cave. A seemingly simple investigation quickly becomes complicated. When he is attacked, he feels he must remove the remains of the victim, a violation of proper procedure and a serious breech of cultural etiquette. As he investigates, new problems arise. Potential victims are murdered, shamanism and sinister ritual are used against him, testing his strength of character and almost killing him in the process. His investigation also leads him into a world where university politics and crime are mixed, and old friends in academia are not what they seem. His journey also takes him into his own past and what he discovers there shatters long held illusions about his father._,

Four years ago, what Matt Friedrich learned at work put him in prison. Yesterday, it earned him a job. Tomorrow, it may kill him. Matt learned all the angles at his old Los Angeles gallery

In Why? A Collection of Mysterious Tales, , we hope to answer two questions

Thomas Clarady, son of a wealthy privateer, is a law student at Gray',s Inn, seeking to climb the Elizabethan social ladder by any means necessary. When his tutor is murdered during the Queen',s Day pageant, he hires the young Francis Bacon to replace him. Francis is requested by his uncle, the Lord Treasurer, to investigate the murder. Eager to curry favor with his powerful relation, he agrees, even though he rarely leaves his chambers and mislikes anything that takes time from reading philosophy. Far better to send Tom out to find clues and talk to witnesses. At first, Francis suspects that Catholic conspirators murdered the lawyer to keep him from exposing their plans, but other motives quickly emerge. Renowned beauty Lady Rich fears the scandal of being dragged into court. High-tempered Sir Avery Fogg will stop at nothing to achieve a judgeship. , Other barristers contend hotly to succeed the murdered man to his legal honors, fine chambers, and wealthy clients. Francis and Tom embark on an investigation that reaches from Whitehall to the London streets. Francis does the thinking, Tom does the fencing. Barristers fall down stairs &mdash, or are they pushed? Tom falls in love with a crucial witness and then can',t find her again. Everyone has something up his pinked and padded sleeve. Even the brilliant Francis Bacon is at a loss &mdash, and in danger &mdash, until he sees through the disguises of the season of Misrule._,