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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"También de este lado hay sueños. Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then...
Author
Series
Cartel novels volume 6
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The Cartel series is back and more deadly than ever. Las Vegas. A city built on obscene wealth and corrupt deals, cunning entrepreneurs, and the ruthless mob. The Cartel's plan to open a casino will rake in cash, but comes with great sacrifice. The stakes have never been this high, and rules of the game have never been this hard to manipulate. And when one dead girl, one scorned wife, and one hole in the desert launch a chain of catastrophic events,...
Author
Series
Cartel novels volume 7
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The saga of love, loyalty, and crime continues in the next explosive book in the Cartel series from the minds of New York Times bestselling authors Ashley & JaQuavis. After the tragic and bloody end to The Cartel's reign, Carter is forced into isolation to evade the law. With his wife, Miamor, facing federal charges and his dear brother, six feet under, Carter has never been more alone. His empire is at his feet and he has no idea how to rebuild...
7) Powder burn
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
After witnessing the death of two of his friends, caught in the cross-fire of drug traffickers, Chris Meadows becomes a decoy for the police and a target of the drug lords.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Webb stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation's streets, and further alleges that the CIA was aware of major dealers who were smuggling cocaine into the U.S., and using the profits to arm rebels fighting in Nicaragua. Despite warnings from drug kingpins and CIA operatives to stop his investigation, Webb keeps digging to uncover a conspiracy with explosive implications.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
An analysis of the international cocaine trade and its less-understood role in the global economy explores its rules, armies and influence on everyday life, detailing the arrangements among leading cartels and the violent extent of their power.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Just as Anthony Bourdain did for the world of food, in Dopeworld, writer Niko Vorobyov travels the globe to find out more about the war on drugs and how it affects global politics and our day-to-day lives. Dopeworld is a bold and intoxicating journey into the world of drugs. From the cocaine farms in South America to the streets of Manila, this book traces the emergence of psychoactive substances and our intimate relationship with them. With unparalleled...
11) Bluehill Avenue
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Four childhood friends from the rough Roxbury neighborhood in Boston have all their dreams come true when they make quick money dealing drugs. But they soon find out that the repercussions of such a life can be deadly.
12) Dredd
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The future America is an irradiated wasteland. On its East Coast lies Mega City One, a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets. The only force of order lies with the urban cops called Judges who possess the combined powers of judge, jury and instant executioner.
13) Trap queen
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Fed up with feeling powerless, Lihanny takes the drug world by storm when she meets Malaki. But what happens when the love for the game trumps everything else? As a woman, Lihanny must work double time to prove herself to be respected as the Trap Queen. Headstrong just like her father, Lihanny will knock down anything that stands in her way"--
Author
Series
Syndicate novels (Brick & Storm) volume 2
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
15) Phoenix burning
Author
Series
Veranda Cruz novels volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The battle between Veranda Cruz and the Villalobos cartel turns Phoenix into a war zone. --Back cover.
16) Crossed the line
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A young woman refuses to bow down to the local criminal kingpin who wants to take control of her late mother's flower shop in order to run drugs. However, when he crosses the line, she and her siblings seek revenge.
Author
Series
Spenser novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Spenser earned his degree in the school of hard knocks, so he is ready when a Boston university hires him to recover a rare, stolen manuscript. He is hardly surpised that his only clue is a radical student with four bullets in his chest.
The cops are ready to throw the book at the pretty blond coed whose prints are all over the murder weapon but Spenser knows there are no easy answers. He tackles some very heavy homework and knows that if he doesn't...
The cops are ready to throw the book at the pretty blond coed whose prints are all over the murder weapon but Spenser knows there are no easy answers. He tackles some very heavy homework and knows that if he doesn't...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
While the Diamond family has weathered murder, deceit, and betrayal, all new secrets and lies are revealed that threaten everyone.
When a Boeing 747 drops out of the sky with the men of the Cartel aboard, the women of the family have to step into their own. With the federal government on their heels and the family on the brink of destruction, a female dynasty is born. As the ladies plan to take the family legit, they discover the Carter family name...
19) Macbeth
Author
Series
Publisher
Hogarth, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1970s in a run-down, industrial town, a police force struggles to shed an incessant drug problem. Duncan, the chief of police, is idealistic and visionary, a dream to the townspeople, but a nightmare for criminals. The drug trade is ruled by two drug lords, one of whom, a master of manipulation named Hecate, has connections with the highest in power, and plans to use them to get his way.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
In fascinating detail, Sam Quinones chronicles how, over the past 15 years, enterprising sugar cane farmers in a small county on the west coast of Mexico created a unique distribution system that brought black tar heroin--the cheapest, most addictive form of the opiate, 2 to 3 times purer than its white powder cousin--to the veins of people across the United States.
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