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"Avery is desperate. His sister has been kidnapped and ransomed for $2,000,000, and his father doesn't have the cash. So Avery and his buddies concoct a bold semi-suicidal scheme: abduct retired mob boss Charlie Bartolucci, hide out in their uptight friend Ira's house while his folks are out of town, and force Bartolucci to use his contacts to find the girl. Amused by his fledgling captors, the seasoned mobster agrees to help them -- but not before...

Mickey Prohaska is a small-time insurance agent looking for one big score to get him out of frigid Wisconsin. But Mickey's clever con spirals out of control when an unstable locksmith turns the tables and raises the stakes higher than Mickey ever imagined.

After escaping day care and getting past mall security, the Babyz split into groups to round up $50 for a petnapped puppy's ransom.

Paul Newman returns as the quick-witted detective he first played nine years before in Harper, who's in deep this time. Hired by an old flame to unravel a seemingly routine blackmail case, he's so far down he may never come up for air.

As is tradition in the Hong Kong underworld, after the execution of a crime organization's leader, a new boss is called. But after the new man in charge begins extorting the former crime head's children for money to pay off debts, the family will stop at nothing to seek redemption and seize control of the triad.

Humanity as a commodity: that is the cynical, carnival, explosive background of Materialismo histérico. Fables without uplifting morals, their stories paint a society in which to sell, buy, bribe, and blackmail. Together, they form a giant picture of rapacious capitalism turned modern: a world where ambition, power, credit, and commissions are the only engines of existence.

"An unemployed father seeking a gift for his dying daughter, a disturbed woman with a dark past, and a math teacher turned criminal find their fates bound together in this bracing thriller from Carlos Vermut."--From container.

The ring: A local prizefighter loses everything after being defeated by a champion in the ring and embarks on a quest to set up a rematch-- and revenge. The manxman: After mistaken reports of a young sailor's death drive his fiancée into the arms of his best friend, the sailor returns home to face those who betrayed him. Murder!: An actress is sentenced to death after being convicted of murder, but an unconvinced juror sets out to find the real...

Daisy Maddox, actriz en paro, era capaz de cualquier cosa por su hermano, incluso de entrar a escondidas en un despacho a devolver el reloj que este le había robado al millonario Rolf Fleming. Al ser sorprendida por él, Daisy había quedado completamente a su merced. Lo que Rolf necesitaba era una esposa para poder cerrar un trato. Y aquello fue lo que le pidió, que se casase con él. Arrastrada al mundo de Rolf, Daisy se vio inmersa en un laberinto...

Jamás había esperado que su escapada de dos días terminara en chantaje, matrimonio forzado y la necesidad de proporcionar un sucesor. Gabriele Mantegna poseía documentos que amenazaban la reputación de su familia, por lo que Elena Ricci decidió que sería capaz de hacer cualquier cosa para evitar su divulgación, incluso casarse con el hombre que terminaría traicionándola. Sin embargo, cuando Elena comprobó cómo las caricias de Gabriele...