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1) The partner
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Patrick Lanigan was once a well-liked, well-paid young partner in a thriving Mississippi law firm. Then he stole ninety million dollars from his own firm and ran for his life. For four years, he's evaded powerful men. Then, inevitably, they tracked him down at the edge of a Brazilian jungle. Patrick is coming home to the Mississippi city where it all began. As the trial begins, Patrick's former partners wait for their revenge. But another story is...
2) Honest thief
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After falling in love and wanting to lead an honest life, a notorious bank robber turns himself in, only to be double-crossed by two ruthless FBI agents.
4) Just thieves
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A down and dirty gem of a tale--a twisty and twisted crime novel that evokes the worlds of George V. Higgins, Patricia Highsmith, and David Mamet, destined to be a Neo-noir classic. Rick and Frank are recovering addicts and accomplished house thieves. They do not steal randomly - - they steal according to order, hired by a mysterious handler. The jobs run routinely until they're tasked with taking a seemingly worthless trophy: an object that generates...
5) Poker face
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A yearly high-stakes poker game between childhood friends turns into chaos when the tech billionaire host unveils an elaborate scheme to seek revenge for the ways they've betrayed him over the years. But as his plans unfold, a group of thieves hatches plans of their breaking into the mansion thinking it is empty. The old friends quickly band together and the years of playing the game help them win their way through a night of terror.
6) Holler
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A determined young woman from southern Ohio is handed her ticket out of a dying industrial town when she's accepted to college. To pay her way, she joins her brother on a dangerous scrap metal crew which steals from the once-thriving factories at night, then mans the scrapyard during the day. With her goal in sight, Ruth discovers that the ultimate cost for an education for a girl like her may be more than she bargained for, finding herself torn between...
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Willa of the Wood volume 1
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In the late 1800s, a twelve-year-old nightspirit living in the Great Smoky Mountains despairs as homesteaders destroy her forest habitat, until a chance encounter with a "day-folk" man changes everything she thought she knew about her people--and their greatest enemy.
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Riftwar. Riftwar legacy volume 4
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Best selling author Raymond E. Feist returns to the city of Krondor and one of his most loved characters, Jimmy the Hand. The Crawler: a name whispered in fear ... In the crime-ridden back alleys of Krondor a rival gang has sprung up to threaten the Upright Man's Mockers. Does the Crawler control the rival gang? Where does his power come from? And does it threaten the peace of the Kingdom? James, personal squire to Prince Arutha of Krondor, but in...
11) Yellow sky
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A band of robbers are running from the law, and find themselves in an almost abandoned town in the Badlands. Only an old prosecutor and his granddaughter have been living there. Realizing that they have gold, the robbers have a plan of taking it, but one robber turns against them.
12) The hot rock
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"A hilarious comedy about jewel thieves out to score the biggest heist of their lives. When John Dortmunder learns that a huge, rare diamond is just waiting to be lifted in Manhattan, he assembles a team of pros to try to steal the stone. But all that glitters is not easily gotten, and, despite their careful planning and execution, actually stealing the gem proves a challenge far greater than any of the men bargained for"--Container.
13) The outfit
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"'You know how it is. You hit us. We hit you.' Career thief Earl Macklin pays no mind to the mobster's threat. He intends to put a big hurt on an L.A crime outfit. He, his girlfriend, and his partner will avenge the murder of Macklin's brother by cutting down gangland operations bit by violent bit"--Container.
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Big Bad Mama: Sexy, Depression-era Mama (Angie Dickinson) and her daughters get forced by circumstances into bootlegging and bank robbing, and travel across the country trailed by the law.
Big Bad Mama II: Mama and her daughters return for a crime spree through the South as they seek to avenge the death of her husband.
15) Number seventeen
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[Number seventeen] A comedy-thriller about an unsuspecting, innocent hobo who accidentally stumbles across the hideout of a gang of jewel thieves.
[The Ring] A silent film with musical soundtrack. A carnival fighter trys to make it as a professional to please his girlfriend.
17) Desire
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In the most elaborate jewel heist in European history, the beautiful and conniving "Countess" Madeline embezzles a small fortune of pearls. As she makes her getaway to Spain to deliver the hot goods, her escape is thwarted by car trouble, until a handsome and likable young tourist helps her out. She shows her gratitude by leaving the unsuspecting good Samaritan in the dust, literally! When he accidentally ends up with the pearls, she must feign...
18) Pulp fiction
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The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.