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The power of the dog / by Winslow, Don,1953-(CARDINAL)341678;
From the highly praised author of "The Life and Times of Bobby Z" comes a huge, sprawling, breakneck-paced novel about America's drug world--its devastations and deliriums, its complexities of alliances and betrayals, its life-shaping effect on all the pawns, the kings, and the law enforcers who inhabit it both willingly and not
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Drug traffic;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 10
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A thug's life / by Long, Thomas.(CARDINAL)752450;
Dayvon and Ty ran the drug game in West Baltimore for years until Ty gets sent to prison and Dayvon decides he wants out of the game. Ty begins to plot a brutal revenge when he thinks that Dayvon had something to do with his incarceration. What proceeds is an action-packed adventure that will have you guessing who will survive this tale of urban warfare.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Drug traffic;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The power of the dog [sound recording] / by Winslow, Don,1953-; Porter, Ray,1965-nrt; Blackstone Audio, Inc.; Recorded Books, LLC.;
Narrated by Ray Porter.The seemingly disparate lives of a DEA agent, a drug lord, a call girl, a hit man, and a priest intertwine around a nexus of the drug trade involving the Latin American drug cartels, the American underworld, and the U.S. government.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Suspense fiction.; Drug traffic;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Buzz monkey [large print] / by Hill, Sam,1953-(CARDINAL)671905;
Top Kiernan is addicted to the adrenaline buzz of danger, though periodic perilous errands to Latin America for Shaw's Mercantile help him handle that. Only now Top's long-best friend, Dee Lane, has disappeared with a fortune that belongs to Atlanta drug lord Raoul Menes, and many camps are looking to get him because everyone thinks Dee left the money with him. He is working against time and it's going to take more than adrenaline to survive the maneuvers of all the players.
Subjects: Large print books.; Fiction.; Drug traffic;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The streets have no king [large print] / by JaQuavis,author.(CARDINAL)558691;
After seven years in prison, multimillionaire drug mogul Kane Garrett is back. But instead of diving back into the drug game he's teaching a college class, infusing business principles with the ruthless edge he developed on the streets. When a student - and heavy heroin dealer - named Basil catches his eye, Kane takes him on as a protégé. Together, they build the biggest, smartest drug trafficking business the state has ever seen. But when Basil meets Kane's only daughter, lines get crossed and their business union becomes a deadly rivalry.
Subjects: Urban fiction.; Large print books.; Drug traffic;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 7
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Murder under the mistletoe / by Reed, Terri,author.(CARDINAL)356444;
"DEA agent Tyler Griffin must stop a drug cartel that's using an Idaho Christmas tree farm to smuggle narcotics across the Canadian border. But to do his job, Tyler needs the cooperation of farm owner and widowed mother Heather Larson-Randall--whose informant brother died on Tyler's watch. Tyler knows a crucial piece of evidence is hidden somewhere on the property. But getting the protective mother to trust him is the hardest part of his mission. As threats against Heather mount, he vows to keep her and her child safe...and clear the farm of danger before Christmas." --
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Romance fiction.; Drug traffic;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The power of the dog [sound recording] / by Winslow, Don,1953-(CARDINAL)341678; Porter, Ray,1965-;
Read by Ray Porter.Art Montana is an obsessive DEA agent. The Barrera brothers are heirs to a drug empire. Nora Hayden is a jaded teenager who becomes a high-class hooker. Father Parada is a powerful and uncorruptable Catholic priest. Callan is an Irish kid from Hell's kitchen who grows up to be a merciless hitman. And they are all trapped in the world of the Mexican drug Federaci©đn. From the streets of New York City to Mexico City and Tiajuana to the jungles of Central America, this is the war on drugs like you've never seen it.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Suspense fiction.; Drug traffic;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The streets have no king / by JaQuavis,author.(CARDINAL)558691;
"A street thriller of kidnapping, murder, trickery, and love that will have you at the edge of your seat. After 7 years of prison, multi-millionaire drug mogul Kane Garrett is back on the streets. But instead of diving back into the drug game, he's teaching a college class, infusing business principles with his signature ruthless edge he developed in the streets. When a student--and heavy heroin dealer--named Basil catches Kane's eye, Kane takes him on as a protégé and together, they build the biggest, smartest drug trafficking business the state has ever seen. But when Basil meets Moriah, Kane's only daughter, lines get crossed and their dominant business union becomes a deadly rivalry. Welcome to a world where the kings meet their end and no one stays at the top for long. The crown always lies heavy on he who commands the streets--and Kane and Basil will fight to claim their rule, before power is toppled again, in The Streets Have No King by New York Times bestselling author JaQuavis Coleman"--
Subjects: Fiction.; Drug traffic;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 19
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The tan lady / by Brown, Bertrand,1888-1964.(CARDINAL)541994;
Yeah. I was born here but that don’t mean that I got to necessarily like it. Lot of people was born here in Harlem but that don’t mean that they has to like the rats and the roaches and other vermin that run around here scavenging and living offa the good folks that has to reside here. And I ain’t intending on just settling in and become a victim of these here streets. As long as I can breathe I’m gonna do whatever I can to pick myself up and make my plight better. I don’t care what it takes. But the one thing I do know is God blessed me by giving me this life and even though I may not be as blessed as a whole lot of other people I am still blessed with the gift of life. So it’s up to me and nobody else to get up and make something of my life. And I’m gonna do it. After all, the worse thing in life is wasted potential and I sho ain’t gonna waste mine. You just watch and see. Mattie Cruz, Age 14
Subjects: Fiction.; Drug traffic;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Memorias de una mula / by Paniagua Matos, Jesús R.,1990-author.;
Based on real events, deals with the life of a Venezuelan inmate in Najayo women prison, who during her freedom used her own body to transport drugs internationally.Memorias de una mula es un retrato realista de las mujeres que arriesgan su integridad y su libertad para transportar drogas en su cuerpo, las llamadas "mulas". A través de Ivamar Santos se humaniza el perfil de estas mujeres, que generalmente delinquen por supervivencia. A lo largo de la novela, se describen las circunstancias familiares que rodean a este personaje, sus motivos y los peldaños que va subiendo hasta acabar controlando una red de narcotráfico. Pero sobre todo es la historia de una obsesión amorosa, la del narrador, que conoce la mujer de su vida en el colegio (Ivamar) y la idealiza hasta el punto de no pensar en nada más que ella. Ambos relatos, la vida de Ivamar Santos y la del narrador, se intercalan en dos perspectivas que llegan a confluir al final del texto. A pesar del título, la novela no sólo gira en torno de la historia de una mula; es también el relato de un amor distorsionado que termina en venganza. Un retrato realista de las mujeres que arriesgan su integridad y su libertad para transportar drogas en su cuerpo.
Subjects: Novels.; Thrillers (Fiction); Drug traffic;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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