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Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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A fascinating pop-history dive into the stories behind the incredibly impactful crimes--both infamous and little-known--that have shaped the legal system as we know it. When asked why true crime is so in vogue, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Amber Hunt always has the same answer: it's no hotter than it's always been. Crimes and trials have captured American consciousness since the Salem Witch Trials in the...
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English
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“Strange Trade” tells the compelling stories of Mary, a Liberian drug courier with a college education, and Pauline, a Ugandan wife, mother, and drug cartel boss.
A leading expert on women and organized crime, Asale Angel-Ajani spent years interviewing these women in Italy's notorious Rebibbia Prison-and gained unprecedented access into the narcotics trade. Herself the daughter of a drug trafficker, Angel-Ajani brings a wrenching, deeply personal...
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English
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The Last Godfathers charts the spectacular rise and the fall of one of the richest and most powerful criminal organizations in history, the Sicilian mafia's Corleone clan. From humble origins in the town of Corleone, they manipulated the Cosa Nostra's code of honor-deceiving and bludgeoning to the summit of the secret brotherhood, purging rivals and launching terrorist campaigns which decimated anti-mafia judges, police and politicians.
Journalist...
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This is book 1 of the Silent Havoc MC series! Books 2 and 3 are available everywhere now!It was a fake wedding so wrong that it nearly destroyed us both.JACEI tried to be a hero once. But when the girl I vowed to protect died, I swore that I would never be that kind of man again.That's until Katie shows up at my door, begging for my help.She's gorgeous. Red hair, long legs, and a mouth like sin.So I make her a deal: to keep her from her abusive ex,...
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This is book 1 of the Caliperi Family Mafia series! Books 2 and 3 are available everywhere now!My hands are bound, but my mouth is wide open.And that's just the way he likes it.But behind the mafioso's façade of cruelty is a glimmer of a heart.If I can break down his walls, maybe we'll find a way out of this hellhole.Because if his employer finds out that Lucas put a baby in my womb…They'll never let us out of here alive.TRINAThere's no such thing...
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English
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This is book 3 and the finale of the Broken Bad Boy Hitman Romance series!
Ruthless hitman. Violent mobster. Utterly irresistible.
He took me home and showed me what it meant to be his woman.
Then he disappeared.
Now, he's back, with a bloody mission in his hands.
And a plan to break me again.
MADELINE
I woke up sick to my stomach.
My worst fears had come true.
A one night stand with a handsome stranger…
Left me with his baby in my belly.
I...
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This is book 3 and the finale of the Blood Eagles MC series!
I broke every rule to make her mine.
She was sent to keep me under wraps.
But no one tells me what to do.
I don't give a damn if her brother says she's off-limits:
This one's belongs to me.
CAIN
My body is still aching from that beatdown.
But I'm fired up, looking for someone to take my anger out on.
I want revenge – not just for me, but for my MC.
The Blood Eagles are a family,...
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Charged and Disbarred volume 8
Language
English
Description
Charged and Disbarred explores real life crimes perpetrated by those trusted with the law, finding restitution for the innocent victims whose voices will finally be heard.
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Charged and Disbarred volume 10
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English
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Charged and Disbarred explores real life crimes perpetrated by those trusted with the law, finding restitution for the innocent victims whose voices will finally be heard.
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Charged and Disbarred volume 13
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English
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Charged and Disbarred explores real life crimes perpetrated by those trusted with the law, finding restitution for the innocent victims whose voices will finally be heard.
11) Maigret: Picpus
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Français
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PICPUS (1943): Whilst moving into her new Paris apartment, Madame Dumont discovers a dead body in her wardrobe. Soon more corpses pile up near the metro station Picpus and the eponymous street: a clairvoyant, a blind man, a doctor, a real estate agent. These people have certainly got something in common, but what can it be? Maigret is summoned to investigate in this thrilling whodunit from director Richard Pottier (Fanfare d'Amour).
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Charged and Disbarred volume 9
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English
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Charged and Disbarred explores real life crimes perpetrated by those trusted with the law, finding restitution for the innocent victims whose voices will finally be heard.
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Charged and Disbarred volume 12
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English
Description
Charged and Disbarred explores real life crimes perpetrated by those trusted with the law, finding restitution for the innocent victims whose voices will finally be heard.
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Charged and Disbarred volume 3
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English
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Charged and Disbarred explores real life crimes perpetrated by those trusted with the law, finding restitution for the innocent victims whose voices will finally be heard.
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Charged and Disbarred volume 4
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English
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Charged and Disbarred explores real life crimes perpetrated by those trusted with the law, finding restitution for the innocent victims whose voices will finally be heard.
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Charged and Disbarred volume 7
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English
Description
Charged and Disbarred explores real life crimes perpetrated by those trusted with the law, finding restitution for the innocent victims whose voices will finally be heard.
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Français
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In CÉCILE IS DEAD! (1944) Santa Relli (Jour de Fête) plays a young woman named Cécile, who keeps coming to Quai des Orfèvres to see Inspector Maigret about disturbing events in her household. The esteemed detective and his colleagues are annoyed...until Cécile winds up dead. Maigret must crack the mystery in this stylish film noir from director Maurice Tourneur (Lorna Doone).
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Charged and Disbarred volume 5
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English
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Charged and Disbarred explores real life crimes perpetrated by those trusted with the law, finding restitution for the innocent victims whose voices will finally be heard.
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Français
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At the end of the Great War, Lupin resumes his mischievous lifestyle with zeal. The theft of three paintings committed by an adversary leads him to the mysterious treasure of the Golden Fleece. Starring Robert Lamoureux, Alida Valli and Jacques Dufilho; directed by Yves Robert (War of the Buttons, The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe).
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Charged and Disbarred volume 6
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English
Description
Charged and Disbarred explores real life crimes perpetrated by those trusted with the law, finding restitution for the innocent victims whose voices will finally be heard.
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