Lorenzo Carcaterra
Author
Series
Nonna Maria series volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When a crime on a beautiful Italian island stumps the police, locals locals turn to the nosy, elderly widow Nonna Maria in this transporting mystery from author Lorenzo Carcaterra. Nonna Maria has lived in Ischia, a little island in the Gulf of Naples, her entire life. Recognizable by the widow's black she's worn every day for decades, Maria always has pasta on the stove and espresso in the pot for the neighbors who stop by to ask her advice on life...
Author
Series
Nonna Maria series volume 2
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Nonna Maria sets out to clear her goddaughter's name and uncover the checkered past of an unidentifiable victim in this transporting mystery"--
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Language
English
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Description
"When the world's most powerful mob boss loses his wife and daughters in a terrorist attack funded by one of his rivals, he resolves to turn the tables. Rallying the heads of the globe's top criminal organizations, Vincent Marelli launches a war that may be his last. With the weight of the criminal world on his shoulders, he has only one desire in his heart: to know who ordered the hit that took out his girls"--
Author
Series
Nonna Maria series volume 3
Publisher
Bantam Dell
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"As Nonna Maria's longtime friend and sometimes colleague, Captain Murino of the Ischian caribineri, never wanted to see harm brought to the doorstep of everyone's favorite espresso-brewing, counseling-giving amateur sleuth. But when you live a long life, you're bound to make a few enemies. And when those enemies come calling, you have to rely on friends. Faced with an assassin seeking revenge for a decades-old grudge, Captain Murino has no choice...
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English
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This is the return of the Apaches-a cadre of controversial, adrenaline-junkie former NYPD cops, first introduced in Lorenzo Carcaterra's previous novel Apaches. In this sequel, set three years after the events in the first novel, the surviving members of the team reunite to continue their battle against crime. Their new adventure starts with the machine-gun murder of innocent bystanders in a Manhattan restaurant. This incident ultimately propels our...
Author
Language
Français
Description
Dans Anges de minuit, l'auteur acclamé Lorenzo Carcaterra nous revient avec un nouveau roman à suspense palpitant, dévoilant un univers fascinant o l'art et le crime se donnent rendez-vous dans l'ombre, o les rumeurs tournant autour de chefs-d'oeuvre découverts après avoir été perdus à la postérité et cachés à travers l'Europe et o certains feront n'importe quoi pour posséder ces trésors inestimables. Kate Westcott est venue dans la...
7) Le Loup
Author
Language
Français
Description
Dans ce roman de Lorenzo Carcaterra, le crime organisé part en guerre contre le terrorisme international, un affrontement au milieu duquel un homme cherchera vengeance. Mon nom est Vincent Marelli, mais la plupart des gens m'appellent le loup. Nous ne nous sommes jamais rencontrés et, si vous avez de la chance, nos chemins ne se croiseront jamais. De toute manière, votre vie m'appartient. Je dirige la plus grande organisation criminelle au monde....
8) Lost Angel
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Language
English
Description
In a city where a girl can go missing for years, a retired New York cop investigates a gruesome crime.
Tank is a retired New York City cop coping with two teenaged problems: one is his recently-orphaned nephew, and the other is a girl whose decomposed body was found in a cooler off the Henry Hudson Parkway. Determined to bring the girl's killer to justice, Tank hits the streets of upper Manhattan, chasing leads and searching for clues about her tragically...
Author
Series
Tank Rizzo novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
"As one of the NYPD's most trusted 'tin badges'--retired detectives brought in to solve cases that are beyond the reach of the everyday force--Tank Rizzo has faced off against some of the city's toughest criminals without breaking a sweat. To tackle a case involving a dangerous kingpin known as Gonzo, Tank turns to his best friend and ex-partner, Pearl; a former mobster living out a seemingly quiet retirement as the owner of Tank's favorite Italian...
11) Sleepers
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Language
English
Description
The author recounts his youth in a New York City boys' home, where the severe mistreatment and brutalization of the young men at the home led to a terrible revenge.
12) Payback: a novel
Author
Series
Tank Rizzo novels volume 2
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"If there's one kind of person Tank Rizzo hates most in this world, it's a dirty cop. Criminals are at least honest about being dishonest; dirty cops are a disgrace to the badge they carry. Detective Eddie Kenwood is one such disgrace. He's got the highest signed-confession rate in the NYPD and a distinguished career built on putting men behind bars - whether they're guilty or not doesn't matter much to him. When Tank's partner, Pearl, tells him about...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"At sixty-six, Lorenzo Carcaterra finds it easier to reflect on the past than ruminate on the future. "By the time you reach my age," he writes, "you have witnessed too much loss to not be aware of what lies ahead." This turn to the past inspired a poignant memoir about the women who made him the man he is today. His Italian grandmother, Nonna Maria, gave him his first taste of a loving home during the summers he spent with her as a teenager on Ischia,...
18) Sleepers
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Sentenced to the Wilkinson School for boys, four pals are mistreated at will by a cadre of sadistic guards. 15 years later, they have an unexpected opportunity for revenge.
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Language
English
Description
Award-winning editor Otto Penzler presents a collection of short and sizzling masterpieces of kisses and kiss-offs, gams and gats, published for the first time anywhere. In "Third Party," Jay McInerney takes you on a wild ride through the Paris night with a party girl built for speed and sin…"Rendezvous," Nelson DeMille's first short story in twenty-five years, plunges you into a Vietnam jungle where the bloodiest scourge of this man's army is no...
20) Sleepers
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Four young friends from Hell's Kitchen get into trouble and are sent to reform school, where they are sexually abused by guards. Years later, two of the boys are seeking revenge and rely on the other two boys to protect them.