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Original Gangster

author: Lucas, Frank
The author, once the head of the most notorious international drug-smuggling gangs in America, recounts his life as a former heroine dealer, making millions of dollars per day selling "Blue Magic.
920
year: 2010
copies: 2
call number/section: 920
lexile:
subjects: lucas, frank, drug dealers, drug traffic, organized crime [X]

Judge & Jury

author: Patterson, James
Senior FBI agent Nick Pellisante and Andie DeGrasse, an aspiring actress and juror for the trial of a notorious crime boss are the only ones left to seek justice after Mafia Don Dominic Cavello and his henchmen systematically eliminate everyone who stand in their way.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: mafia trials, mafia, organized crime [X], women jurors

Get Shorty

author: Leonard, Elmore
Chili Palmer, a Miami loan shark, pursues a mark, who's behind in payments, to Las Vegas and then to Hollywood where Harry Zimm has gambled away the $200,000 earmarked for his next production.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
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The Midnight Club

author: Patterson, James
New York detective John Stefanovich, left in a wheelchair after a shootout with elite crime lord Alexander St.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: police, organized crime [X], new york (n.y.), journalists

Runner

author: Newton, Robert
In Richmond, Australia, in 1919, fifteen-year-old Charlie Feehan becomes an errand boy for a notorious mobster, hoping that his ability to run will help him, his widowed mother, and his baby brother to escape poverty.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750

Among Thieves

author: Hulick, Douglas
Ildrecca is a dangerous city if you don't know what you're doing.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: thieves, smugglers, organized crime [X]

Mafia Dynasty

author: Davis, John H
Story of the sixty year Gambino crime family rule of organized crime in New York City.
364.1
year: 1994
copies: 2
call number/section: 364.1
lexile:
subjects: gotti, john, mafia, organized crime [X]

The Life And Times Of Al Capone

author: Stockdale, Tom
A biography of the notorious Chicago gangster who ruled bootlegging, prostitution, and gambling industries in the 1920s.
921
year: 1998
copies: 5
call number/section: 921
lexile:
subjects: capone, al, criminals, organized crime [X]

Shark Tale

author: Herman, Gail
Lenny, the Great White Shark, doesn't eat fish, but he's afraid to tell anyone including his father, so it is up to his friend Oscar to help him out of a difficult situation.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: fishes, sharks, truthfulness and falsehood, organized crime [X]

Red Harvest

author: Hammett, Dashiell
The Continental Op takes on the town and punishes the guilty when the last honest citizen of Poisonville is murdered.
FIC
year: 1992
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
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Mob Daughter

author: Gravano, Karen
Presents the autobiography of the daughter of a Mafia hit man who turned state's evidence against the crime family and depicts how his decision tore her family apart when they were rejected by the communities they grew up in.
920
year: 2012
copies: 1
call number/section: 920
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Mob, Inc.

author: Cook, Fred J
Discusses the history of organized crime and the growth of gangs into business organizations of vast proportions.
364.1
year: 1977
copies: 1
call number/section: 364.1
lexile:
subjects: organized crime [X]

A Fine Night For Dying

author: Higgins, Jack
Special agent Paul Chavasse investigates the murder of a gangland boss and uncovers a conspiracy that involves powerful men from around the world.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: intelligence officers, organized crime [X], mystery fiction

Criminal Masterminds: Evil Geniuses Of The Underworld

author: Greig, Charlotte
364
year: 2005
copies: 1
call number/section: 364
lexile:
subjects: fraud, swindlers, organized crime [X], homicide, terrorists

Gangs Across America And Their Symbols

author: Savelli, Lou
364.1
year: 2004
copies: 1
call number/section: 364.1
lexile:
subjects: organized crime [X], gangs, juevenile delinquency

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