Author: Ethan Brown
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1586486330
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Our criminal justice system favors defendants who know how to play the "5K game": criminals who are so savvy about the cooperation process that they repeatedly commit serious crimes knowing they can be sent back to the streets if they simply cooperate with prosecutors. In Snitch, investigative reporter Ethan Brown shows through a compelling series of case profiles how the sentencing guidelines for drug-related offenses, along with the 5K1.1 section, have unintentionally created a "cottage industry of cooperators," and led to fabricated evidence. The result is wrongful convictions and appallingly gruesome crimes, including the grisly murder of the Harvey family in Richmond, Virginia and the well-publicized murder of Imette St. Guillen in New York City. This cooperator-coddling criminal justice system has ignited the infamous "Stop Snitching" movement in urban neighborhoods, deplored by everyone from the NAACP to the mayor of Boston for encouraging witness intimidation. But as Snitch shows, the movement is actually a cry against the harsh sentencing guidelines for drug-related crimes, and a call for hustlers to return to "old school" street values, like: do the crime, do the time. Combining deep knowledge of the criminal justice system with frontline true crime reporting, Snitch is a shocking and brutally troubling report about the state of American justice when it's no longer clear who are the good guys and who are the bad.
Author: Mr. G. C.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462022308
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277
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Follow the exploits of a young Haitian American from Lake Worth, Florida, with dreams of breaking free of the game and moving to Haiti for a normal life. Top 6 is a group of young Haitian Americans with dreams of becoming rappers. Their dreams are deferred when city officials, law enforcement, and the court system decide to finger them for crimes they didnt commit. Unjustly charged with the RICO act, these young men are fighting for their lives to beat a biased judicial system designed to incarcerate the poor from third-world countries. It will take a lot to overcome their profiles as violent drug lords. Jamal Pierre is from the southside of Lake Worth, and he is fresh out of jail. He looks for his chance to break out of the game and reclaim his life. He wants to move his family back to Haiti, where they can live peacefully, out of harms way. But as he continues to be challenged by the constant drama with his rivals from the other side of townas well as the interest of a racist cophe realizes his chance to break free may be even more out of reach than he originally thought. Will he be able to make good on his promise to Brooklyn, his friend in jail, to get his family out while he can?
Author: Tod Goldberg
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 161902408X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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"[An] exciting and darkly funny crime novel." —C. Moon Read, Las Vegas Weekly, 1 of Our 20 Favorite Books of the Past Twenty Years Sal Cupertine is a legendary hit man for the Chicago Mafia, known for his ability to get in and out of a crime without a trace. Until now, that is. His first–ever mistake forces Sal to botch an assassination, killing three undercover FBI agents in the process. This puts too much heat on Sal, and he knows this botched job will be his death sentence to the Mafia. So he agrees to their radical idea to save his own skin. A few surgeries and some intensive training later, and Sal Cupertine is gone, disappeared into the identity of Rabbi David Cohen. Leading his growing congregation in Las Vegas, overseeing the population and the temple and the new cemetery, Rabbi Cohen feels his wicked past slipping away from him, surprising even himself as he spouts quotes from the Torah or the Old Testament. Yet, as it turns out, the Mafia isn't quite done with him yet. Soon the new cemetery is being used as both a money and body–laundering scheme for the Chicago family. And that rogue FBI agent on his trail, seeking vengeance for the murder of his three fellow agents, isn't going to let Sal fade so easily into the desert. Gangsterland is the wickedly dark and funny new novel by a writer at the height of his power—a morality tale set in a desert landscape as ruthless and barren as those who inhabit it.
Author: Lawrence J. Corneck
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1434343502
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Beware the Eyes of Stink! Author Takes on Oddly Enchanting World of Horror in Newest Screenplay NEW YORK – Stink Eyes. It is a look of incredible hatred, a look that – if intense enough, if long enough, if delivered by a person who truly hates – can result in a curse. And it is the look given to Rolando Karputchnick by his soon-to-be ex-wife, Neptune, as she lays dying in the street after a hit-and-run. Lawrence J. Corneck has done it again, shocking and satisfying readers with his eccentric, outlandish characters and trademark brand of sinister humor in his dark new screenplay, Bald Lubavitcher (published by AuthorHouse). A companion to Corneck’s previous books, Bald Lubavitcher follows the outlandish and arrogant Rolando from Geezer Pleaser (published by AuthorHouse), who, in typical Rolando fashion, doesn’t seem too upset about his wife’s sudden expiration. His only cause for concern? Neptune’s departing serving of Stink Eyes. As Neptune fades out of his life, a Movie Buff walks in. “Not an ordinary Movie Buff,” writes Corneck. “But a Movie Buff from Hell, a Movie Buff who assumes the persona of Major Characters in Movies and then proceeds, if one is a believer in the Occult (and dare one not be), to enforce Neptune’s Curse.” Rolando sues the Movie Buff, an ex-con who owes him money, and the two hot-headed men get caught up in an obsessive and unusual rivalry that involves company takeovers, a mind-altering painting, mystery and, of course, murder. The Movie Buff’s last big role? A big surprise. Born and raised in New York, Corneck continues to love living in the Big Apple. He is also the author of Existential Hell: A Screenplay Trilogy, Big Cigar, small d**k, FAT FAT Snitch and Geezer Pleaser (all published by AuthorHouse), companions to Bald Lubavitcher. More screenplays based upon earlier characters, including Mime’s the Word, Bubble Catcher, Asphalt Bungle and Bitch Fight at the KO Corral, will soon be available through AuthorHouse. According to Corneck, each of his screenplays will be written in a different genre: cat and mouse, domestic drama, high adventure, coming of age, comedy, romance, horror, tear-jerker, show biz, caper and western. For more information on Corneck and his books, please visit www.LawrenceJCorneck.com.
Author: Lawrence J. Corneck
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1452033862
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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A Senseless and Dark Space New Tear-Jerker describes a stagnant space between voices and sounds of life and dismal silence NEW YORK – “If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck,” proclaims Mime in Lawrence J. Corneck’s new screenplay, Mime's the Word . Mime becomes mixed up with a sympathetic priest and a confused, embittered young couple when he finds a baby left to die in a trash can. Mime's the Word follows unsavory, eccentric, ruthless, puzzling and disturbing characters in Corneck’s riveting Game of Life saga. Mime's the Word features the ultimate anti-hero as Mime regresses into the solitude of silence to escape the adversities of a life. Father Warhola becomes drawn into the sudden darkness of Mime’s world. A brutal crime brings Mime and Warhola closer together and strengthen their resolve that there in no escape from life. Zoe Rex is a spoiled rich girl who doesn’t care about the consequences of throwing life away. Her boy toy, Yoshi, is naïve and easily sucked into Zoe’s manipulations. An intense investigation is put underway by Serena Knight, a weary, cynical, relentless detective. What evolves from the investigation can only be seen as senseless and dark, a stagnant space between the voices and sounds of life and dismal silence. Corneck is the author of Existential Hell: A Screenplay Trilogy; Big Cigar, small d**k; FAT FAT Snitch; Geezer Pleaser and Bald Lubavitcher, all part of the same Saga. More screenplays based upon earlier characters, including Bubble Catcher, Asphalt Bungle, B**** Fight at the KO Corral, Spy with the Beautiful Frown and Killing Time as Time Kills will follow. Each screenplay will be written in a different genre: cat and mouse, domestic drama, high adventure, coming of age, comedy, romance, horror, tear-jerker, show biz, caper, western, spy and science fiction.
Author: Lawrence J. Corneck
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452032734
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Bubble Catcher Silhouettes of Smoke Show-Biz Screenplay Follows Two Small-town Girls Chasing Big-city Dreams NEW YORK – Two young sisters from Iowa embark on their lifelong dream to become actresses in New York City in Lawrence J. Corneck’s enthralling new screenplay, Bubble Catcher. But their aspirations change dramatically when they meet and team up with an Eastern-European mobster, Armond, in a story that challenges the lengths we’re willing to go – and those we’re willing to betray – for fame, money and power. Ardelle and her sister Tiffany have always been flung into competition with one another, ever since their mother played a disturbing game to determine which daughter she would raise and which one she would send off to an orphanage. Though Ardelle was given away, Tiffany still remained close to her and over time they cemented their bond, relying on one another for strength and support and finally chasing their shared dream of becoming real actresses all the way to the mean streets of New York. But New York has other plans for the two sisters as small-time mobster, Armond, latches onto Ardelle who quickly takes on the persona of Neptune, a rising starlet of the stage. Tiffany is otherwise shunned by her sister and Armond, Ardelle’s self-proclaimed agent who utilizes his fists to make things happen for Ardelle. But Tiffany finds an ally in Tan, Armond's hulking enemy. The four then vie for a role in producer Garrity Desmond’s new production. Cutthroat competition and a desperate need for fame and fortune tear at these characters, driving them to extremes of success and failure. Will their greed and betrayal take its final toll? Find out in the well-paced, riveting pages of Bubble Catcher.
Author: Lawrence J. Corneck
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1468505769
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 137
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Bumbling Bumble Bees Asphalt Bungle shows how two small-time crooks screw-up their hoped-for last score. In the comedic-suspense original screenplay Asphalt Bungle (published by AuthorHouse), by author Lawrence J. Corneck, readers meet two strange dudes, their myriad criminal cohorts and a caper that goes completely kablooey. When Edwin is released from prison, he is met by his supposed best pal Bongo. Ready for his first post-prison meal at Brooklyn Dreams Diner, Edwin expects an easy evening. But things havent been easy for Edwin in quite some time. So, when a he gets caught up in a bust at the diner, it seems like the Golden Goose has arrived; that is until Edwin and Bongo launch a plan to steal a priceless painting from a safe in the home of a sex-crazed octogenarian gangster carrying on an affair with a bipolar scamming Russian waitress working for an entrepreneurial thug. Played against the backdrop of New York City, Asphalt Bungle, with its dizzying cast of eccentric characters and humorous plot twists, is a thinking mans suspense story. With equal parts hilarity and pop insight, the story takes the classic heist story and turns it into a Shakespearean feast. Bad judgment calls, double-crossing alliances, court-jesters, an off-beat love story brewing in impossible circumstances - Asphalt Bungle includes it all.
Author: Lawrence J. Corneck
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 143433063X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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To Pawn a Heart of Gold Newest Romantic Screenplay Entertains with Perverse World of Gold-Digger NEW YORK – How often one speaks of a heart of gold. How rarely one considers its monetary value. In his new book, Geezer Pleaser (published by AuthorHouse), Lawrence J. Corneck stuns readers yet again with his dark humor, unsavory characters, daring dialogue and unusual predicaments, but this time with the story of Asha, a woman hungry for love and money, who often times confuses the two. A sexy call girl who pursues men depending on the size of their wallets, Asha begins to date two men at once — one being a reliable and responsible man named Wendell who is often neglected by Asha, the other being an outlandish and arrogant businessman named Rolando who pursues her despite his marriage to Neptune, a minor movie star. Asha knows that the love triangle is doomed from the beginning, toying with an affair with a married man and stringing along a gullible wanna-be knight, but she continues on her rollercoaster of emotions, pinning the men against each other for money, affection and a few laughs. But Asha also has a soft side that readers glimpse now and again. Brief moments during which her genuine love for both men, mostly notably the scene when Wendell bails her out of jail, occur throughout the book. She has a teenage daughter about whom she constantly worries. She cares for her elderly mother and often visits her in the retirement home where she stays. What little money she manages to scrounge from men all goes toward the welfare of those she loves, leaving next to nothing to satisfy her greed. Despite her desire for financial security, love is at the heart of her. Asha lives by the motto, “I don’t care whose heart is broken as long as it ain’t mine.” As insightful as it is unpredictable, Geezer Pleaser provides a window into an unfamiliar screwball world that still possesses the hard decisions of real life, namely the love we cannot forget and the difference just a few bucks can make. Born and raised in New York, Corneck continues to love living in the Big Apple. His first book, Existential Hell: A Screenplay Trilogy (also available through AuthorHouse), a companion to his second book Big Cigar, Small d**k, was published in 2005. More screenplays based upon earlier characters, including Bald Lubavitcher, Mime’s the Word and Bubble Catcher, will soon be available through AuthorHouse. For more information on Corneck and his books, please visit www.LawrenceJCorneck.com. AuthorHouse is the premier book publisher for emerging, self-published authors. For more information, please visit www.authorhouse.com.
Author: Jim Nisbet
Publisher: PM Press
ISBN: 1604868740
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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“The Miata jumped the curb and sheared off a light pole. The impact deployed the airbags, but Chainbang was ready. He knifed Klinger’s before it was fully inflated and his own before it could crush the glass pipe in his breast pocket. The six-inch blade went through the nylon like a pit bull through a kindergarten.” Snitch World takes place in a San Francisco of menacing technology, where the old cons come up short and the crimes of the gritty night have morphed into slick capers pulled off by the glow of a smartphone. Klinger hangs out at the Hawse Hole, a sordid dive even by Tenderloin standards. All he really wants is enough cash to buy a cup of coffee, some cigarettes, a bug-free hotel room. The simple act of picking a carefully targeted mark’s pocket initiates a series of events that get stranger and more dangerous by the moment. Jim Nisbet, with his characteristic humor and brilliant prose, creates a world where trust, and even cash, are the avatars of a loser’s game. This is Snitch World, where a nine-dollar app can be as deadly as a dirty needle. Also included is a recent interview with Jim Nisbet, in conversation with Patrick Marks, owner and publisher of San Francisco’s The Green Arcade, talking about writing, books, and technology.
Author: Josip Caran
Publisher: Bublish, Inc.
ISBN: 953501871X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175
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Dominik is 25 years old and is a neighborhood informant for a police officer. He is the son of a famous soccer legend from the 80s and lives with his mother. He was caught by the police with an illegal pistol in 2011, and since that day that inspector has been blackmailing him. He informs about petty theft, fan riots, drug dealing, puts xyz people behind bars, etc. all for a small sum. He's looking for a way out of all that, but he can't find it... but luck still smiles at him... on an unusual guest in his neighborhood... There are 3 levels of passion; inaccessibility, mysteriousness and dancing on the edge of the law. You want to have it but you can't, it's intriguing because it's unknown to you and in the end, it's forbidden and sinful. Dominiks life offers an insight into the world that offers all that and more because it is seasoned with real events.
