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Born in Cuba, Jose Vigoa used his quick wits and quicker fists to trade a life of poverty and desperation for one of danger and adventure as a Soviet-trained special forces officer. Battle-hardened in Afghanistan and Angola, Vigoa won a reputation for toughness, bravery, and coolness under fire. Then, in 1980, Castro opened Cuba's floodgates in the Mariel boatlift, and Vigoa, like so many others, braved chaos and hardship to start a new life in America's...

New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly writes novels of brilliantly original suspense. In this electrifying tour de force, he takes us into a world of extremes: too much criminality, too much money, and too many ways to die.
In L.A. Cassie Black is another beautiful woman in a Porsche: except Cassie just did six years in prison and still has "outlaw juice" flowing in her veins. Now Cassie is returning to her old profession, taking...

Debt collectors French and Sue get to work doing what they do best, cracking skulls and breaking bones, as they chase down the various lowlifes who owe money to their boss, Tommy. They're summoned to Las Vegas to collect from a dirty casino owner. Meanwhile, a notorious drug kingpin is on the warpath to kill French and Sue to avenge his brother's death. Facing danger from all angles, the pair will have no other choice but to fight their way out of...

Temple Barr, publicist extraordinaire, is itching to bring off her most dangerous and exciting assignment, helping the Family Fontana to launch an endeavor that many a Vegas showman has dreamed of: a Las Vegas mob museum/casino with underground speakeasy. But Temple's grand scheme - a live "opening Bugsy Siegel's vault" media event built around a huge buried safe they found - produces a two-day-old body dressed in white tie and tails.

"Las Vegas is a city of contradictions: seedy and glamorous, secretive and wild, Vegas attracts people of all kinds--especially those with a secret to hide, or a life to leave behind. It's the perfect location for Lester Olsen's lucrative business. He gets to treat gorgeous, young women to five-star restaurants, splashy shows, and limo rides--and then he teaches them how to kill. Private Jack Morgan spends most of his time in Los Angeles, where his...

"Crissy Dowling has created a world that suits her perfectly. She passes her days by the pool in a private cabana, she splurges on ice cream but never gains an ounce, and each evening she transforms into a Princess, performing her musical cabaret inspired by the life of the late Diana Spencer. Some might find her strange or even delusional, an American speaking with a British accent, hair feathered into a style twenty years old, living and working...

'Round Midnight is a novel about the interconnected lives of four women in Las Vegas, each of whom experiences a life-changing moment at a classic casino nightclub called the Midnight Room. June hires a charismatic black man to sing at her club, but her fast-paced lifestyle runs aground as racial tensions mount. Honorata leaves the Philippines as a mail-order bride, then strikes it rich in the Midnight Room. Meanwhile Engracia finds bad luck in the...

"LVPD's brilliant forensics team encounters their greatest challenges yet in the stunning ninth season of CSI: crime scene investigation. Watch and learn as the team wrestles with death, destiny and inner demons."--Container.

"LVPD's brilliant forensics team encounters their greatest challenges yet in the stunning ninth season of CSI: crime scene investigation. Watch and learn as the team wrestles with death, destiny and inner demons."--Container.