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Underworld U.S.A. trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A novel of the Kennedy era, portraying the president in a far from flattering light. There are three protagonists: a CIA agent who pimps for JFK, another agent who trains anti-Castro rebels, and a lawyer who is a Mafia hunter. Through their eyes are seen the conflicting interests of the Kennedys, the director of the FBI, organized crime, organized labor, Castro and Cuban exiles. By the author of White Jazz.
Pub. Date
[2014], c2014
Language
English
Description
They say that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. In China, where local Communist officials are omnipotent and everything from moving to a new house to having a second child requires a permit, corruption has reached unprecedented levels. Billions of dollars have been embezzled and getting anything done usually involves paying a bribe. Realizing that public anger at corruption was threatening Communist Party legitimacy, President...
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Series
Paul Madriani novels volume 13
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Defending an innocent young man, defense attorney Paul Madriani uncovers a morass of corruption and greed that leads to the highest levels of political power. One of the most successful lawyers in the country, Olinda Serna is a master at managing money as well as her influential clients. After years of fierce combat in the political trenches, Serna knows all the dirty secrets, where the bodies are buried, and how deeply they are stacked. When she's...
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Series
Michael Kelly mysteries volume 5
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
It's been two years since disgraced Illinois governor Ray Perry disappeared from a federal courthouse in Chicago moments after being sentenced to thirty-eight years in prison on corruption charges. P.I. Michael Kelly is offered nearly a quarter million dollars if he will find Perry, no questions asked. Kelly's investigation begins with the woman Ray Perry left behind: his wife, Marie, who has been ostracized by her former friends and hounded by the...
12) Blackfish City
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
After the climate wars, a floating city is constructed in the Arctic Circle, a remarkable feat of mechanical and social engineering, complete with geothermal heating and sustainable energy. The city's denizens have become accustomed to a roughshod new way of living, however, the city is starting to fray along the edges-crime and corruption have set in, the contradictions of incredible wealth alongside direst poverty are spawning unrest, and a new...
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Series
Paul Janson novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
To prevent a war in Asia--one that could quickly spread to the rest of the world--Paul Janson and Jessica Kincaid must learn the truth behind a young woman's murder.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
This true legal thriller debunks everything the media and the government told us about the Department of Justice's destruction and prosecution of the venerable accounting firm Arthur Andersen, Merrill Lynch executives who did one business transaction with Enron, Alaska Senator Ted Steven's, and more. The common thread through it all is a cabal of narcissistic federal prosecutors who broke all the rules and rose to great power. Still in the news...
16) Breach of trust
Author
Series
Jason Kolarich novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Blaming himself for the deaths of his wife, his infant daughter, and an informant a year earlier, vigilante Jason Kolarich is forced by the FBI to bring down the organization of a corrupt governor of Illinois, a case that reveals devastating truths about his family's deaths.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Wall Street JournalandUSA TodayBestseller! As seen onThe Ben Shapiro Show! Follow the Money exposes the labyrinth of connections between D.C.'s slimiest swamp creatures-Democrat operatives, lying informants, desperate and destructive FBI agents, Obama power brokers, CIA renegade John Brennan, George Soros, and more-who conspired to attack Trump by manufacturing one bogus scandal after another. Bestselling author, podcast favorite, and Fox News contributor...
18) México roto
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"The pandemic is not over yet and the president's stubbornness continues to cause thousands of deaths; broken promises have deeply permeated Mexican society. The question is: will that society be able to pull a dictator from power, or, on the contrary, will this "messiah" continue to buy his way, lie, hide his shady dealings, and betray the population with the same cynicism as always? And Martinillo, how will he manage to save himself from the same...
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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
Herederos intocables de Fidel Velázquez y de la dinastía totalitaria del PRI se amparan en maniobras siniestras, corrupción y abuso del poder. Algunos han caído en desgracia, otros han escapado de México con su deshonra y algunos más se mantienen al acecho y en activo para asestar el enésimo golpe.
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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this “thoroughly gripping read” (New York Times With the help of Mikael Blomkvist, she'll need to identify those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. And, on her own, she'll seek revenge--against the man who tried to killer her and against the corrupt government institutions that nearly destroyed her life.
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