White Crime

The threads of fate bound them together. Marina Winston, a seamstress in Hollywood's Golden Age gets mixed up with the mobster-world when a priceless necklace is stolen. Determined to find it Angelo DeCici, known in the underworld as The Angel of Death, comes looking for it. Only one man can protect her, Agent Myles Flynn. Years earlier his family was ruthlessly murdered, and bringing down the nefarious gangster is personal. Finding love with the seamstress wasn't part of the plan, but Myles finds himself willing to take a bullet to save her.

Investigating other police officers is a job no cop wants to do. Against the backdrop of the 1995 merger of the NYC Transit and Housing Police Departments into the New York City Police Department, this is the true story of a transit police lieutenant who abruptly finds himself walking a tightrope. The author, then a 14-year veteran lieutenant in the Transit Police Department at the time of the merger, is thrust into command of a squad of seasoned NYPD investigators with the Internal Affairs Bureau.

Rick Vaghn was not a happy man. Depressed and broke, still coming to grips with a war that ended for him a long time ago, he finds himself struggling to make ends meet as an independent mechanic in the big bad town known as LA. When a call from a local mortician interrupts his dull routine, he finds himself with an inheritance he never expected. Robert Hardy - Rick's old sergeant and mentor - is dead and Rick is the only person in his will. Bob leaves Rick with only two things: his 1965 Harley Davidson pan-head motorcycle and himself in the form of a box full of newly cremated ashes.

Three years of lonesome widowhood leads Corinne Cooper to a simple need. She wants a man. She cons her friend Edgy Brewster into helping her find just the right guy. They visit a honky-tonk, the biggest church in town, and a bingo parlor looking for an eligible bachelor. Nothing goes as planned. Now Corinne is the prime suspect in a murder and must prove her innocence. Any of the four men she has met could have committed the heinous act. But which one?

Ian Wolfe is not your typical CIA officer. A former Olympic decathlete whose face once graced the covers of teen magazines and cereal boxes, he was disgraced by a doping scandal, and now he is seeking to reinvent himself within America's intelligence community. But Wolfe's first assignment could be his last, because it brings him face-to-face with April Gentry, world-renowned biologist. Seeking to fulfill her late father's legacy, she will stop at nothing to bring a life-altering medication she discovered in the Amazon to market.

I Was Scammed Books: Don’t Be Scammed by Home Sale and Rental Scams features an overview of different types of scams, followed by a brief introduction to how the scam investigation began after a scam targeting book authors in The Big Con, the audiobook discusses the different types of real estate frauds, including rental scams, moving scams, home improvement and repair scams, and real estate investment scams. Besides describing the scams, the audiobook provides tips on how to avoid becoming a victim, and what to do if you are.

Die aufstrebende New Yorker Schauspielerin Sophie Doyle muss aus Schutz vor einem Stalker auf die abgeschiedene irische Insel St. John's Island ziehen. Doch entgegen ihrer Vermutung, geht es in dem malerischen Fischerdorf alles andere als langweilig zu. Schon bald steckt sie in einem Netz aus Intrigen und wird für den Mord am Inselarzt verdächtigt. Um ihre Unschuld zu beweisen, beginnt sie mit Hilfe ihrer neu gewonnenen Freundin Emily ihre Nase in die Dorfgeheimnisse zu stecken und kommt dabei nicht nur dem Mörder auf die Schliche, sondern auch dem tiefgründigen Fischer Patrick immer näher.

After leaving her marriage to jealous, possessive oncologist Maxwell, Lily and her six-year-old son have a second chance at happiness with headteacher Sebastian. Kind but vulnerable, Sebastian is the polar opposite of Maxwell, and the perfect match for Lily. After a whirlwind romance, they marry, and that's when things start to go wrong . . . Maxwell returns to the scene, determined to win back his family, and events soon spiral out of control. Lily and Sebastian find themselves not only fighting for their relationship, but also their lives.

When Inspector Belin set out to catch the elusive Henri Landru for embezzlement and fraud, he wasn't prepared for the complex web of secrets that would unravel.

Nora freut sich schon auf eine romantische Woche Urlaub mit dem mysteriösen Davide in dem verschlafenen sardischen Küstenort Mandriola – nur dass sie ihn nach ihrer Ankunft auf Sardinien tot im Whirlpool auffindet, passt nicht in ihren Plan. Die Polizeichefin glaubt schnell an Selbstmord, doch das kann sich Nora so gar nicht vorstellen. So beginnt sie auf eigene Faust Nachforschungen anzustellen und kommt einem größeren Komplott auf die Schliche, das bis hin zu einem Unternehmer reicht, den Nora besser kennt, als ihr lieb ist.

America's first African American heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson, has a chance encounter with a mysterious Irishman, named Altamont, when they meet at the boxer's restaurant, Café de Champion, in August 1912. Johnson's new relationship with the unusual man, with beady eyes and hawk-like nose, places him in an unusual circumstance to help Altamont get out of a tough situation.

Serial killer doctor Henry Howard "H.H." Holmes was the most viable suspect for the 1888 Whitechapel London murders attributed to the enigma we have come to know as "Jack the Ripper". The research in this nonfiction true crime investigative journal of documents and case file historic accounts reveals startling information that leads the listener to perhaps the most hidden secrets behind the crimes.

In 1894, Leonarda Cianciulla was born into an abusive household. As a young girl, she attempted suicide twice. After decades of abuse, Leonarda sought stability and married Raffaele Pansardi. Her mother did not approve and conveyed her anger in the strongest possible sense. She cursed the marriage. Leonarda believed that her mother’s words had power and they haunted her. In 1939, Leonarda’s eldest son, Giuseppe, informed her that he was going to join the Army. She decided that the only way to protect him was through the most extreme means - human sacrifice.

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson are returning to London from Bucharest after the great detective has interceded in a delicate matter relating to the Rumanian Royal House. As they depart from Bucharest they receive their mail forwarded from London. Doctor Watson opens a distressing letter from his niece, Mina, now living in Budapest with her young husband, Janos, a newly qualified lawyer. It seems that the young man has not returned from a business assignment in Transylvania.

"Its very real seductiveness lies in its ironic description of issues that are secondary to the investigation." - Le Monde. On vacation with her husband in an idyllic Italian valley, Police Inspector Simona Tavianello stops at the local beekeeper's shop to buy some honey, where she finds a body lying in the entrance. Simona tries to avoid involvement - she is, after all, off-duty. But when she realizes that the murder weapon is her own gun, what can she do but take charge?

Penny always envied her friend Amber, but lost touch with her over the years. Amber comes to visit and confesses to Penny that she had killed her own children by letting them drown. Amber let her children drown, and then blamed it on her husband, who was drunk and didn't remember what he did or where he was, and so was convicted of the heinous crime.

Holmes and Watson are plunged into the secret underworld of 1925 London, where a serial killer of musical (gay) men is afoot. The killer has a little list, and Sherlock is on it. Why? And what have the Bloomsbury Group and the Diogenes Club got to do with anything? Thanks to Royal Jelly, Holmes is a fit 71-year-old who has lost his interest in bees and returned to detecting. He's not quite as sharp as he used to be, but he's still pretty sharp, and a bit of a vigilante in his old age.

He had no degree, no license, no product. Yet Jeffrey Epstein ended up with a $77 million mansion, a private island, and a guest list that reads like the boardroom of the world. The Financier isn’t a biography — it’s an autopsy. This is the story of a man who didn’t just game the system… He revealed it. From classrooms he shouldn’t have taught in to courtrooms that let him walk, this book follows the network that built him, protected him, and quietly erased the evidence when things got too loud. This isn’t about one predator.

For the 10 people trapped in a living nightmare, things are about to get worse. Unable to escape from a life-threatening situation, one of them is discovered dead. The tension escalates when the survivors realise there is a murderer among them, who is preparing to strike again and again.... With mounting desperation, people begin to turn on each other. And while they struggle to identify who is responsible, each must contend with their own past, the claustrophobia and the secrets they are hiding.

The Townhouse Massacre is a chilling and gripping account of one of the most brutal and gruesome true crime stories in American history. Ryan Green’s riveting narrative draws the listener into the real-life horror experienced by the victims and has all the elements of a classic thriller.