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Books > Fiction > True stories > Crime
In the predawn hours of a gloomy February day in 1994, two thieves
entered the National Gallery in Oslo and made off with one of the
world's most famous paintings, Edvard Munch's Scream. It was a
brazen crime committed while the whole world was watching the
opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Baffled
and humiliated, the Norwegian police turned to the one man they
believed could help: a half English, half American undercover cop
named Charley Hill, the world's greatest art detective.The Rescue
Artist is a rollicking narrative that carries readers deep inside
the art underworld -- and introduces them to a large and colorful
cast of titled aristocrats, intrepid investigators, and
thick-necked thugs. But most compelling of all is Charley Hill
himself, a complicated mix of brilliance, foolhardiness, and charm
whose hunt for a purloined treasure would either cap an illustrious
career or be the fiasco that would haunt him forever.
After high school graduation, Seely is forced to move out on her
own. She reluctantly decides to move to Hawaii and stay with her
sister until she can find a place of her own. She is offered a job
with a well-known nightclub in Waikiki serving cocktails. There,
she is introduced to the dark side of life.
One evening on her shift, she hears ominous words directed at
Mark, the assistant manager. When she turns to see who said these
words-no one is there. Then the next morning tragedy strikes. Mark
is found in a cane field shot to death. Seely suspects the Hawaiian
Mafia is involved, but has no solid proof.
When the Mafia starts coming after her, believing Seely knows of
the murder, she finds herself plunged into a nightmare. Why are
they targeting her? Could she have seen or heard something that she
was unaware of? Seely knows her life is in grave danger and decides
to leave Hawaii, hoping to escape their clutches-except they are
informed of her moves. After many years of trying to figure out her
connection with Mark's murder, Seely faces the truth.
From the glistening sands of Hawaii to the white mountains of
Alaska, The Kennedy Half-Dollar delivers an eclectic and
unconventional true crime memoir of nonstop action and
suspense-with background music to set the mood.
MADE is Book 1 of an Epic, Crime Thriller;Trilogy. It's about Andy
Cooper; a military vet, turned hustler, turned Gangster, turned
Crime Boss. His marriage is on the rocks; fresh out of the
military, AC finds himself broke and lost with a Wife and three
kids to feed. Trapped in Sin City and working any job he can get
from day to day, to make ends meet. Hating the state of mind he's
in right now, a really fucked up way to be Gone are the days when
Uncle Sam paid for housing, day care and groceries. Now, all own
his own again, with no idea of where life is going to take him. One
thing for sure, Andy "AC" Cooper no longer wanted to wear that Army
uniform another day. Coop loved every minute of it and would not
trade it for the world but the next chapter of his life was about
to start. It just so happen that he landed in Las Vegas, one of the
hardest cities to make it in, it is truly the land of the Hustler.
What the outsiders don't know is that beneath the bright neon
lights, the delicious buffets and luxurious casino's, lays a whole
different world that would eventually suck him in. Inspired by True
Events...
During the 1990's Boston was a world leader in arts, culture,
higher education, and medicine. It was also a world leader in
organized crime. In this exciting account, former FBI supervisory
special agent David Nadolski tells the story of an unlikely
alliance between two diametrically opposed people-the con and the
FBI agent. While investigating a break-in at the Stone Library in
Quincy, MA that houses the personal book collection of John Quincy
Adams, the FBI gets a call from prison inmate, Anthony (Tony)
Romano, requesting to meet with the case agent on the burglary.
Romano provides a helpful tip that leads to the apprehension of the
thief and the recovery of four priceless, historically significant
books. Recognizing Tony's potential as an informant, Nadolski
begins to cultivate a relationship in hopes of recruiting Romano as
a criminal informant. Nadolski recruits Romano to play a very
dangerous game-infiltrate the Merlino gang, controlled by Carmello
Merlino, a career criminal who specialized in bank robberies,
armored car robberies, and home invasions. The Merlino gang also
became suspects in the largest art theft in history which took
place at the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum in Boston and remains
unsolved to this day. Romano, a former armed robber, agrees. With
sights set on the Loomis Fargo Armored Car Company money vault,
located south of Boston, the Merlino gang gets to work. Little did
they know, Romano, at great personal risk, was a wearing a wire and
recording their planning sessions. After two years of being joined
at the hip and learning to trust each other unconditionally,
special agent Nadolski and Romano run a successful criminal
investigation and undercover sting operation to catch four
dangerous criminals poised to launch one of the biggest armed
robberies of the twentieth century.
Henriques of "The New York Times" has written the definitive book
on Madoff and his scheme, drawing on unprecedented access and more
than 100 interviews, including Madoff's first interviews for
publication since his arrest.
Here is the shocking true saga of the Irish American mob. In
Paddy Whacked, bestselling author and organized crime expert T. J.
English brings to life nearly two centuries of Irish American
gangsterism, which spawned such unforgettable characters as Mike
"King Mike" McDonald, Chicago's subterranean godfather; Big Bill
Dwyer, New York's most notorious rumrunner during Prohibition;
Mickey Featherstone, troubled Vietnam vet turned Westies gang
leader; and James "Whitey" Bulger, the ruthless and untouchable
Southie legend. Stretching from the earliest New York and New
Orleans street wars through decades of bootlegging scams, union
strikes, gang wars, and FBI investigations, Paddy Whacked is a
riveting tour de force that restores the Irish American gangster to
his rightful preeminent place in our criminal history -- and
penetrates to the heart of the American experience.
If The West Falls
"If the West Falls" is the result of four years of research that
began when the author learned that she was a target of US
Government sponsored Organized Vigilante Stalking. Her
investigation into the crime that had been committed against her
led her to an understanding of the crime that is being committed by
the United States government against the people of this nation and
the rest of the world. The author's investigation reveals
The presence of a fascist underground controlling the life of
this nation and the lives of American people
The plans of secret societies such as the Bilderbergers, the
Trilateral Commission and the Council of Foreign relations to
dissolve the national sovereignty of the United States of
America
The influence of the occult in public institutions and the
American Christian Church
Crimes being committed by US governing officials being covered
up by the National Security Act including the exploitation of
children
Exploitation of American citizens and people around the world
under the Patriot Act and the Military Commissions Act
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