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1) GBH
Author
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"British crime icon Ted Lewis's lost masterwork, an unnerving tale of paranoia and madness in the heart of the 1970s London criminal underworld, published in the US for the first time. Two intertwining narratives--past and present--chronicle the man's tragic fall from power. In London, George Fowler resides at the head of a lucrative criminal syndicate that specializes in the production and distribution of "blue films"--illegal pornography, and some...
Author
Series
Gideon Sable volume 1
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
185 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Gideon Sable is a thief and a con man. He specializes in stealing the kind of things that can't normally be stolen. Like a ghost's clothes, or a photo from a country that never existed. He even stole his current identity. Who was he originally? Now, that would be telling. One thing's for sure though, he's not the bad guy. The people he steals from always have it coming. Gideon's planning a heist, to steal the only thing that matters from the worst...
Author
Series
Gideon Sable volume 2
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
201 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Master thief, rogue and chancer Gideon Sable is back for another fast-paced supernatural heist - and this time he has the vault of a Las Vegas casino in his sights. Judi Rifkin is one of the world's most successful collectors of the weird and unnatural. In a London underworld filled with criminals with very special talents, Judi is a force to be reckoned with. And Gideon Sable - thief, rogue, and chancer - owes her a very large favour. Judi makes...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Just before the Christmas holiday, distinguished London mathematician Henry Rathbone comes to the aid of an old friend whose son Lucien has gone missing. Enlisting the aid of Squeaky Robinson and Crow, Henry soon discovers that Lucien may be involved with a murdered prostitute and a major drugs dealer.
5) Close
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st Grand Central Pub.ed.
Physical Desc
500 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Lily Diamond escapes her life of poverty and parental neglect by marrying London gangster Patrick Brodie, she become acquainted with his world of crime, violence, and betrayal as she tries to raise her children with love.
6) Long shadow
Author
Series
An Antonia Conti thriller volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
401 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
The constant threat of terrorism has left London under round-the-clock surveillance and in the tightenting grip of privatised security firms. Journalist Antonia Conti suspects one such organisation - GRM- not only of being behind several women's disappearances, but of financing the widespread violence it claims to fight. When a gang of hitmen use rampant state surveillance to track Antonia down, she narrowly escapes with her life. But then one of...
7) Oliver Twist
Author
Language
English
Description
Charles Dickens' classic story of a young boy who seeks his fortune on the streets of London. After Oliver Twist asks nasty Mr Bumble for more food, he has to flee the workhouse for the streets of London. Here he meets the Artful Dodger, who leads him to Fagin and his gang of pickpockets. When a thieving mission goes wrong, Oliver narrowly avoids prison and finds himself in the care of kind Mr Brownlow. But Fagin and the brutal Bill Sikes go in search...
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