Author: Gray Basnight
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780977378784
Category : Italian Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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She doesn't do jiggle. She isn't into shoes or jewelry. She doesn't wear makeup (or, as she calls it, "war paint"). NYPD Homicide Detective Donna Prima's sole concession to modern womanhood is the pink .38 she wears strapped to her ankle. Not that she has much opportunity to use it, having been demoted to desk duty for a serious infraction of NYPD rules.On a routine burglary follow-up in Greenwich Village, Donna meets soap-opera actor Conner Anderson (Crawford on the top-rated Vampire Love Nest), who alerts her to some strange goings-on in a liquor store across the street. Sick of being chained to her desk, Donna decides to investigate. Meanwhile, the Feds need her help on a cold murder case as they investigate a theft from a nuclear power plant.But would-be detective Conner Anderson wants to come along for the ride. And Donnaâan Italian-American from Bensonhurst, Brooklynâcan't deny the mutual chemistry she feels with this Southern WASP from Tupelo, Mississippi. Will taking on Conner as a "civilian partner" be the start of something beautiful or the biggest mistake of Donna's life?
Author: Gray Basnight
Publisher: Down & Out Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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From classics like “Werewolves of London,” “Excitable Boy,” and “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner” to lesser-known gems across a career spanning nearly four decades, the songs of Warren Zevon are rich with crime and intrigue and suspense—guns and gunners, assassins and drug dealers, a supernatural serial killer, and a heap of hapless losers along the way too. In Lawyers, Guns, and Money, fifteen fantastic writers—avid fans of Zevon’s genius—offer fresh spins on his discography with tales that span the mystery genre: caper, espionage, noir, paranormal, private eye, and more. With new stories by Gray Basnight, William Boyle, Dana Cameron, Libby Cudmore, Hilary Davidson, Steve Liskow, Nick Mamatas, Paul D. Marks, matthew quinn martin, Josh Pachter, Charles Salzberg, Laura Ellen Scott, Alex Segura, Kevin Burton Smith, and Brian Thornton, Zevon’s wry lyrics and unforgettable characters serve as the inspiration for dark crimes and dirty deeds – just the way he liked them.
Author: Gray Basnight
Publisher: Down & Out Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287
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An innocent math professor runs for his life as teams of hitmen try to prevent publication of their government’s dark history… College professor Sam Teagarden stumbles upon a decades-old government cover-up when an encoded document mysteriously lands in his in-box, followed by a cluster of mini-drones programmed to kill him. That begins a terrifying flight from upstate New York, to Washington, to Key West as Teagarden must outfox teams of hitmen equipped with highly sophisticated technology. While a fugitive, he races to decode the journal, only to realize the dreadful truth—it’s the reason he’s being hunted because it details criminal secrets committed by the U.S. in the 20th Century. If he survives and publishes the decoded diary, he’ll be a heroic whistle blower. But there is no guarantee. He may also end up dead. Praise for FLIGHT OF THE FOX: “Flight of the Fox is an explosively paranoid thriller that pays homage to classics of the genre. Basnight delivers nonstop action and an everyman hero to root for.” —Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author “Basnight’s novel does double duty. It’s both a fast-paced and furious thriller and a thought provoking commentary on a government gone wild. Read it.” —Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times bestselling author of What You Break “Gray Basnight has written a clever, inventive, gripping, suspenseful tale that’ll have you up nights until you reach the final page. Skillfully weaving fact with fiction, Flight of the Fox taps into our worst nightmares about the potential excesses of power.” —Charles Salzberg, author of the award-nominated Henry Swann mysteries and Second Story Man “Flight of the Fox is a quick-paced story that puts you in the passenger seat of a thrilling adventure featuring, cyber and techno villains, and a fight for justice. Great action thriller!” —Jerri Williams, retired FBI agent and author of Pay To Play
Author: Robert A Spelman
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595201962
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 174
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The author reports events he shared in or witnessed. These include pilot training, from Piper Cubs to B-25s and DC-6s. He describes ground and air actions, including 53 missions in the Mediterranean Theater during World War II. He describes the unusual details of flying in a USAAF Bomb Group, under overall British command. Friendly fire, day and night bombing missions,as well as airline events after the war - all are covered. The book describes friendly natives and "friendly fire", first missions escorted by Tuskegee Airmen and by Royal Italian allied fighters. This book traces the author's growth from boyhood fascination with flight, to a mature love of the cockpit, its challenges and rewards.
Author: E.R. Wytrykus
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0983933804
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 393
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The main characters from "A Stone To Roll", Di, Rock, and Cheyenne, return as they try to find their way along the twisting road that is Life. Cheyenne returns to the Army on one last mission to avenge his dead comrades. Di finds her life is in upheaval, having sold her café to Betty Ann & Jake, her mother and aunt deceased, her childhood home in flames, Rock too busy to stay in touch, and Cheyenne too far away-emotionally and physically. Rock is trying to balance his business life and his personal life, and totally screwing it up, and as the three unlikely friends struggle to keep their heads above water, their paths intertwine again. Events take Di and Rock from Dry Hole to Tucson, to San Diego and San Antonio and Washington, D.C., trying to balance business and relationships and desperate to find Cheyenne. Cheyenne is trapped somewhere in the middle of the chaos that is Afghanistan and Pakistan, where he finds his nemesis, and they meet for one last encounter, which only one of them can survive. E.R. "Gene" Wytrykus is the author of several novels and short stories, including "The Money Run" for which he also wrote a screenplay adaptation. He's also written "A Stone to Roll," (the first book in "The Connections Trilogy") and "On My Way Home" the third title in the series. He lives with his wife inLincoln, California
Author: Mickey J. Corrigan
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 162830720X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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Who determines your destiny? The gods or the gods of money? After she's invited to Dusky Beach, Florida, Marina Winston believes she'll finally meet her mysterious benefactor. But sometimes fate is a twisted bitch. One minute she's flirting with the security guard, the next he's been shot. RealLife Shares, a spy who loves her, a pink pistol, and Mr. X, the mysterious multimillionaire who lives on his own private island... All this has something to do with Marina, but she has no idea what. She only knows Officer Handsome, the detective interrogating her, has clear blue eyes like an Alaskan dog, and boy, does he turn her on. He really doesn't want to go there. Yet to her, the cool cop represents the chance to demonstrate her freedom of choice. And Marina is determined to choose her own destiny.
Author: Jill Lepore
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
ISBN: 1631496131
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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"Jill Lepore is unquestionably one of America’s best historians; it’s fair to say she’s one of its best writers too." —Jonathan Russell Clark, Los Angeles Times Best Books of 2023: New Yorker, TIME A book to be read and kept for posterity, The Deadline is the art of the essay at its best. Few, if any, historians have brought such insight, wisdom, and empathy to public discourse as Jill Lepore. Arriving at The New Yorker in 2005, Lepore, with her panoptical range and razor-sharp style, brought a transporting freshness and a literary vivacity to everything from profiles of long-dead writers to urgent constitutional analysis to an unsparing scrutiny of the woeful affairs of the nation itself. The astonishing essays collected in The Deadline offer a prismatic portrait of Americans’ techno-utopianism, frantic fractiousness, and unprecedented—but armed—aimlessness. From lockdowns and race commissions to Bratz dolls and bicycles, to the losses that haunt Lepore’s life, these essays again and again cross what she calls the deadline, the “river of time that divides the quick from the dead.” Echoing Gore Vidal’s United States in its massive intellectual erudition, The Deadline, with its remarkable juxtaposition of the political and the personal, challenges the very nature of the essay—and of history—itself.
Author: Marcus K. Harmes,
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476649731
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Globally, police officers are the object of unprecedented visual scrutiny. The use of mobile phones, CCTV and personal body cams means that police are not only being filmed on the job but are also filming themselves. In popular culture, police have featured heavily on the big screen since the era of silent shorts and on television since the 1930s. Their fictional portrayals today take on added significance in light of social unrest surrounding cases of police brutality and discrimination. These essays explore 21st century portrayals of police on film and television. Chapters often emphasize the Black Lives Matter movement and consider the tone, quality, appropriateness and intention of film and television featuring police activity. Extensively covered works include Mindhunter, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Cops, Criminal Minds and RoboCop, and among the major topics addressed are policing communities, hunting serial killers, police animals, and police in historic settings ranging from the 19th century through the present day and into science fiction futures.
Author: Larry Correia
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1684514150
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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What Part of the Second Amendment Don’t You Understand? That’s the question posed by award-winning, New York Times bestselling author, and professional firearms instructor, Larry Correia. Bringing with him the practical experience that comes from having owned a high-end gun store—catering largely to law enforcement—and as a competitive shooter and self-defense trainer, Correia blasts apart the emotion-laden, logic-free rhetoric of the gun control fanatics who turn every “mass shooting” into a crazed call for violating your rights, abusing the Constitution—and doing absolutely nothing to really fight crime. In his essential new book, In Defense of the Second Amendment, Correia reveals: Why “gun-free” zones are more dangerous for law-abiding citizens How the Second Amendment does indeed include your right to own an AR-15—and why that’s not an “outdated” concept Why “red flag” laws don’t work, can be easily abused, and ignore a much more commonsensical approach to keeping guns out of the wrong hands The insanity of “criminal justice reform” that frees dangerous criminals and “gun reform” that penalizes your right to self-defense How we can return to a society that has a safe and healthy relationship with guns—as we had for most of our history Correia’s promise: “Believe me, I’ve heard every argument relating to gun control possible. I can show you how to defend your rights.” Urgent, informed, with vitally important information for whoever who owns a gun—or is thinking about owning a gun—or who cares about the preservation of our constitutional rights, In Defense of the Second Amendment is a landmark book of enduring importance.
Author: Lowell Cauffiel
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 195676349X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
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For Fans of Hollywood Noir and novels by Elmore Leonard and Michael Connolly comes a new crime novel from a Hollywood insider and true crime writer. Former Detroit homicide detective Edwin Blake broke into show business as a script consultant on cop movies. Now living in Los Angeles five years later, Blake is suffering from clinical depression, is no longer in demand in film and TV – and money is short. But things look up when Blake gets a call from wealthy, oddball producer, Jason “JP” Perry, telling him he wants to hire him for a future cable TV series. But there’s a catch. First he wants Blake to locate the missing ex-wife of a “friend of a friend” from Chicago. Blake will be working for free on a promise – a typical Hollywood hustle. But Blake’s not the only one on the case. Hired gun Warren Poole has also been contracted to find the woman. When a corrupt Hollywood producer, an ex-cop with a conscience, and a career criminal without one all have the same quarry, trouble is bound to ensue. And it does, with remarkably satisfying results, thanks to Blake's girlfriend, Carla, a former roller derby queen who has turned more than her own life around. Filled with rich characters both easy to love and hate, BELOW THE LINE skewers Hollywood in a deliciously fresh way. With his expert eye for true crime detail and his prowess at executing elaborate plot, Cauffiel gives us a thrilling ride on the dark side of Hollywood that lingers long after the credits roll.
