The flesh-and-blood story of the outlaw lovers who robbed banks and shot their way across Depression-era America, based on extensive archival research, declassified FBI documents, and interviews The daring movie revolutionized Hollywood-now the true story of Bonnie and Clyde is told in the lovers' own voices, with verisimilitude and drama to match Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. Strictly nonfiction-no dialogue or other material has been made up-and...

Meticulously plotted and packed with Child's trademark action and suspense, a collection of 20 short stories shows the author's mastery of the short form, and they've never been gathered before now.

"Gorya Amurov might be known as his family's peacekeeper, but the leopard inside him wants nothing more than to claw to the surface and unleash hell. A harsh life has shaped him into a vicious fighter with a calm exterior, but Gorya knows it's only a matter of time until he loses all control...Maya Averina has spent years hunting the criminals who destroyed her life...She keeps to herself, stays under the radar...But with her body burning up...an...

"Spokane's early years were marked by violent offenses and an unchecked underworld of greed and sinister dealings. Houses of ill-repute and homebrewed whiskey abounded, and hidden tunnels beneath the streets helped stoke the lawlessness. Famous cowgirl Calamity Jane loved to deal faro when visiting the city, and it's rumored that outlaw Butch Cassidy, after a bit of plastic surgery, chose the city to live out the rest of his life in relative peace....

"Ed Belmont works in a struggling Midwest mall. It isn't the ideal place for a job, but he's doing the best he can. Every day is an uphill battle since Ed dislikes children, holiday decorations, and Christmas music. But what's a guy to do when he's Santa Claus? There's a criminal lurking around town, and he's dressed as jolly old Saint Nick. Unfortunately, the cops don't have any leads until they stumble upon Ed. Now, the law is poking into his background,...

When a wanted war criminal from the Balkans, masquerading as a faith healer, settles in a small west coast Irish village, the community are in thrall. One woman, Fidelma McBride, falls under his spell, defies the shackles of wedlock, and turns to him to cure her of her deepest pains. When Vladimir Dragan is arrested and revealed to be a mass murderer Fidelma is made to pay for her deviance and desire.

After battling on the streets in cities from coast-to-coast, vigiliante Paul Kersey has moved back to New York. When his beautiful fiancee Olivia is killed and her daughter is kidnapped by a king pin of the underworld, Kersey finds himself back in the war. Kersey's plan to live anonymously is shattered when he learns that his fiancee was the victim of a protection racket run by her ex-husband, Tommy O'Sheay. One by one Kersey hunts down the criminals,...

"Perplexed as to why people who seemingly had it all would risk it all just to acquire more, Eugene Soltes began an investigation into the mind of the corporate criminal. His journey into this netherworld included intense and lengthy personal interactions with the famous (such as Bernie Madoff, executives from Enron, Worldcom, Tyco, and McKinsey) as well as those who are lesser known--all of whom traded places of privilege for prison and disgrace....

High-octane adventures continue in the eighth book of the H.I.V.E. series, and the team of supremely talented criminals is forced to question everything they know about life as villains. Otto and Raven are desperate to rescue their friends from the clutches of Anastasia Furan, head of the evil Disciples organisation. First they must track down the location of the Glasshouse, the prison where Furan trains children to become ruthless assassins. But...

In Baxter's Beach, Barbados, Lala's grandmother Wilma tells her a cautionary tale of the one-armed sister, and what happens to girls who disobey their mothers and go into the Baxter's Tunnels. Now Lala lives on the beach with her husband, Adan, a petty criminal with endless charisma whose thwarted burglary of one of the beach mansions sets off a chain of events with terrible consequences. -- adapted from jacket