Don Winslow
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"Two criminal empires together control all of New England. Until a beautiful woman comes between the Irish and the Italians, launching a war that will see them kill each other, destroy an alliance, and set a city on fire. Danny Ryan yearns for a more 'legit' life and a place in the sun. But as the bloody conflict stacks body on body and brother turns against brother, Danny has to rise above himself. To save the friends he loves like family and the...
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Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond his wildest dreams rich. The former dock worker, Irish mob soldier and fugitive from the law is now a respected businessman - a Las Vegas casino mogul and billionaire silent partner in a group that owns two lavish hotels. Finally, Danny has it all: a beautiful house, a child he adores, a woman he might even fall in love with. Life is good. But then Danny...
3) The border
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"The explosive, highly anticipated conclusion to the epic Cartel trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Force. What do you do when there are no borders? When the lines you thought existed simply vanish? How do you plant your feet to make a stand when you no longer know what side you're on? The war has come home. For over forty years, Art Keller has been on the front lines of America's longest conflict: The War On Drugs. His obsession...
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On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime war, Danny Ryan is now on the run. The Mafia, the cops, the FBI all want him dead or in prison. With his little boy, his elderly father and the tattered remnants of his loyal crew of soldiers, he makes the classic American migration to California to start a new life. But the Feds track him down and want Danny to do them a favor that could make him a fortune or kill him. And when Hollywood starts shooting...
5) The cartel
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARA New York Times Critics' Pick * The Seattle Times * The Denver Post * The Washington Post * Publishers Weekly * Amazon * National Post (Toronto) * The Guardian * New Statesman * The Telegraph * The Sunday Times (London) * The Daily Mail * The Mail on Sunday It's 2004. Adan Barrera, kingpin of El Federacion, is languishing in a California...
6) The force
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Denny Malone is the "King of Manhattan North," a highly decorated NYPD detective sergeant and the real leader of "Da Force," an elite special unit. Only a few know that Malone is a dirty cop. Now he's in a trap and must walk the thin line.
7) Savages
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Running a lucrative marijuana operation in Laguna Beach, sometime environmentalist Ben and mercenary Chon confront a dangerous adversary in the Mexican Baja cartel, which kidnaps their playmate and confidante Ophelia, compelling the duo to plot ingenious negotiations.
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Don Winslow worked as a Los Angeles arson investigator for more than 15 years. He has also been a private investigator in Europe and America. Drawing on his extensive experience, Winslow has penned a searing novel fueled by international intrigue and murder. Once, Jack Wade was one of the best fire inspectors in the Orange County sheriff's department. Now he's an arson investigator for California Fire and Life. He lives by one rule: never let a case...
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From domestic war to barroom brawls, grad-student-turned-PI Neal Carey's got more than studying on his plate.
Neal Carey's three-year confinement in a Chinese monastery is finally over, but his troubles are just beginning. The elusive financial benefactors who have bought his freedom expect a return on their investment. They want him to find Cody McCall, a two-year-old boy recently abducted by his father in a bitter Hollywood custody battle, a task...
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Don Winslow combines breathless suspense, zany wit, and whiplash action in his latest novel featuring grad student/private eye Neal Carey. Now Neal is assigned to escort monkeyish octogenarian Natty Silver home from Las Vegas to Palm Springs. Natty, once a burlesque top banana, has a nonstop barrage of corny jokes, an eye for an aging cocktail waitress, and a chronic disappearing act.
When Neal catches up with him, he can see why Natty doesn't want...
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Robert Pendleton is a chemical genius with a fertilizer worth a fortune to whoever controls the formula. Not surprisingly, the Bank, his notoriously exclusive backer, wants to keep an eye on its investment. But, so does the CIA. And, the Chinese government. And, a few shadier organizations. So when, Pendleton disappears from a conference in San Francisco, along with all of his research, Neal Carey enters the picture.
Neal knows the Bank is calling...
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Neal Carey has to keep the mob, the FBI, and a major television personality from killing his newest client, but he's tempted to do the job himself.
Sometime student and ever-reluctant detective Neal Carey would rather be finishing a dull doctoral thesis than staring down the nose of a loaded gun, but his new assignment doesn't sound dangerous. All he has to do is pull off the ultimate makeover: turn Polly Paget, a gum-chewing, foul-mouthed, big-haired...
14) Crime 101
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A string of high-level jewel heists up and down the Pacific Coast Highway has gone unsolved for years, mostly because the perpetrator has lived by a strict code he calls “Crime 101.” Police attribute the thefts to the Colombian cartels. But Detective Lou Lubesnick’s gut says it’s the work of just one man. Now the lone-wolf jewel thief is looking for that fabled final last score and Lou breaks all the rules of Crime 101.
15) Cidade De Sonhos
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«Épico, ambicioso, majestoso, Cidade em chamas é O Padrinho da nossa geração.»
ADRIAN MCKINTY, AUTOR DE A CORRENTE
«Nesta história de máfias irlandesas e italianas rivais que lutam tendo como pano de fundo a cidade natal de Winslow, a Providence dos anos 80, o leitor prevenido descobrirá imensos paralelismos entre o livro de Winslow e os antigos relatos da guerra de Troia.»
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«Cidade em chamas é um livro com todos os ingredientes...
16) Ciudad en llamas
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La nueva trilogía del prestigioso escritor y superventas internacional Don Winslow, autor de la trilogía del Cártel: El poder del perro, El Cártel y La Frontera además de Corrupción policial y Rotos. Ciudad en llamas es la primera novela de una nueva y épica saga sobre los sindicatos del crimen italianos e irlandeses en los años 80 y 90.
1986, Providence, estado de Rhode Island. Danny Ryan es un estibador muy trabajador, un marido enamorado,...
17) Cidade Em Ruínas
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DEPOIS DE CIDADE EM CHAMAS E CIDADE DE SONHOS, CHEGA CIDADE EM RUÍNAS, O EXPLOSIVO E TREPIDANTE FINAL DA ÉPICA TRILOGIA POLICIAL DE DON WINSLOW, E O ÚLTIMO LIVRO DA SUA EXTRAORDINÁRIA CARREIRA.
Às vezes, tens de te converter no que odeias para proteger o que amas.
Danny Ryan é rico. Mais rico do que jamais sonhou. O que antes foi estivador portuário, soldado da máfia irlandesa e fugitivo da justiça, é agora um respeitado e multimilionário...
18) Cidade Em Chamas
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1986, Providence, estado de Rhode Island. Danny Ryan é um estivador muito trabalhador, um marido apaixonado, um amigo leal e, ocasionalmente, um cobrador do sindicato do crime irlandês que supervisiona grande parte da cidade. Deseja algo mais e, sobretudo, sonha começar do zero noutro lugar. Contudo, quando uma Helena de Troia moderna desencadeia uma guerra entre fações rivais da máfia, Danny vê-se envolvido num conflito do qual não consegue...
19) A Fronteira
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A guerra chegou a casa.
Há quarenta anos que Art Keller está na primeira linha de fogo do conflito mais longo da história dos EUA: a guerra contra a droga. A sua obsessão por derrotar o chefe mais poderoso, mais rico e mais letal do mundo, o líder do cartel de Sinaloa, Adán Barrera, causou-lhe cicatrizes físicas e mentais, teve de se despedir de pessoas que amava e até perdeu parte da sua alma.
Agora, Keller é o diretor da DEA e descobre...
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Denny Malone es un condecorado sargento de policía y el auténtico líder de la Unidad Especial de Manhattan Norte. Él y sus hombres son los más listos, los más duros, los más rápidos, los más valientes y los más canallas. Día y noche, durante los dieciocho años que ha pasado en el cuerpo de policía, Malone ha combatido en primera línea de fuego por las calles de Nueva York, una ciudad en la que nadie está limpio, ni siquiera el propio...