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- International Adoptions. by Tournadre, Christine,film director.; Gonzalez, Sonia,film director.; Java Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Originally produced by Java Films in 2024.Over the past sixty years, over a million ‘orphans’ were adopted by Western families from around the world. Now many are discovering their past was a lie. From the children who were stolen from their mothers during the Pinochet dictatorship, to Africa’s fake orphans, international adoption is at the heart of an unprecedented scandal. We join investigative journalists, activists and researchers in South Korea, Sweden, France, Chile, Germany, Holland and Switzerland. How did this colossal, lucrative market manage to prosper? And why does it live on today?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Human rights.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; Organized crime.; Adoption.; Human trafficking.;
- A death in Berlin / by Scarrow, Simon,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references.Berlin. May 1940. As Hitler prepares to invade western Europe, there is bloodshed closer to home. CI Horst Schenke is an investigator with the Kripo unit. Powerless against the consequences of the war, he fights to keep criminals off his patch. But with doubts growing about his loyalty to the Nazi regime, he is walking a tightrope. If his relationship with a Jewish woman is exposed, a dreadful fate awaits. Berlin's gangsters run their crime rings with impunity. Decadent senior Nazis protect them. Schenke is different. He won't turn a blind eye when innocents are caught in the crossfire between warring gangs. But dangerous enemies know everything about him. They will do whatever it takes to bend him to their will ...
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Novels.; Germany. Kriminalpolizei; Corruption; Gangsters; Nazis; Organized crime; World War, 1939-1945;
- Trunk Music [electronic resource] : by Connelly, Michael.aut; cloudLibrary;
- Back on the job after an involuntary leave of absence, LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch is ready for a challenge. But his first case is a little more than he bargained for. It starts with the body of a Hollywood producer in the trunk of a Rolls-Royce, shot twice in the head at close range - what looks like "trunk music," a Mafia hit. But the LAPD's organized crime unit is curiously uninterested, and when Harry follows a trail of gambling debts to Las Vegas, the case suddenly becomes more complex - and much more personal. A rekindled romance with an old girlfriend opens new perspectives on the murder, and he begins to glimpse a shocking triangle of corruption and collusion. Yanked off the case, Harry himself is soon the one being investigated. But only a bullet can stop Harry when he's searching for the truth . . .General adult.
- Subjects: Electronic books.; Crime; Police Procedural; Suspense;
- © 2002., Little, Brown and Company,
- DCI Banks. [videorecording] / by Tompkinson, Stephen,1965-actor.; Catz, Caroline,actor.; Lowe, Andrea,1975-actor.; Quinn, Robert,television director.; Pickles, Craig,television director.; Brozel, Mark,television director.; British Broadcasting Corporation,broadcaster.; Left Bank Pictures,production company.; BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.,publisher.;
- Stephen Tompkinson, Andrea Lowe, Caroline Catz.Some stories include: When a young man is found brutally murdered, Banks' instinct drags his team into a world of organized crime. The apparent suicide of a young girl drags Banks deeper into the dark world of 'untouchable' criminal Steve Richards. When a devoted husband and father goes missing, a ransom demand takes Banks and his team on a journey into the Chinese community.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 2.0.
- Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Banks, Alan (Fictitious character); Police; Serial murderers; Serial murder investigation; Homicide investigation;
- For private home use only.
- Loyalty / by Scottoline, Lisa,author.;
- "Loyalty can save a soul--or destroy one. Franco Fiorvanti is a handsome laborer toiling on the estate of a baron. He dreams of owning a lemon grove, but the rigid class system of Sicily thwarts his ambition. When the baron asks him to kidnap a little boy, Franco makes a decision that will change his life--and the history of Sicily. Gaetano Catalano is an idealistic young lawyer whose devotion to justice is tantamount to a calling. He's a member of the Beati Paoli, a real-life secret society of aristocrats who investigate crime in Palermo, a city riddled with graft. Gaetano sets out to find the kidnapped boy, but his mission leads him to a darker place than he had ever imagined. Meanwhile, Mafalda Pancari is a new mother rejoicing at the birth of her daughter, Lucia, when disaster strikes. And Alfredo D'Antonio is a reclusive goatherd under constant threat of being discovered as a Jew. How the lives of these unforgettable characters collide makes Loyalty an epic tale of good versus evil. Readers will be transported to the dramatic and ruggedly beautiful island of Sicily, where lush lemon groves and mouth-watering cuisine contrast with a turbulent history of colonization and corruption - and they will not be able to put down this riveting masterpiece"--
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Kidnapping; Mafia; Missing persons; Nobility; Orchards; Organized crime;
- Vera. [videorecording] / by Ben-Adir, Kingsley,actor.; Blethyn, Brenda,1946-actor.; Doughty, Kenny,1975-actor.; Jack, Ibinabo,actor.; Jones, Riley,actor.; Morrison, Jon,actor.; BBC Studios,distributor.; ITV Studios,production company.;
- Brenda Blethyn, Jon Morrison, Riley Jones, Kenny Doughty, David Leon, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Paul Ritter, Tom Hutch, Sonya Cassidy, Lisa Hammond, Ibinabo Jack, Cush Jumbo.The indomitable Vera and her trusted team unravel more complex cases, exploring stories of corporate corruption, organized crime and deeply buried personal guilt.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Detective and mystery television programs.; Television programs.; Cleeves, Ann.; Criminal investigation; Murder; Murder; Policewomen; Women detectives;
- For private home use only.
- Savage son [sound recording] : a thriller / by Carr, Jack(Joint pseudonym),author.; Porter, Ray,1965-narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
- Read by Ray Porter."Deep in the wilds of Siberia, a woman is on the run, pursued by a man harboring secrets--a man intent on killing her. A traitorous CIA officer has found refuge with the Russian mafia with designs on ensuring a certain former Navy SEAL sniper is put in the ground. Half a world away, James Reece is recovering from brain surgery in the Montana wilderness, slowly putting his life back together with the help of investigative journalist Katie Buranek and his longtime friend and SEAL teammate Raife Hastings. Unbeknownst to them, the Russian mafia has set their sights on Reece in a deadly game of cat and mouse. In his most visceral and heart-pounding thriller yet, Jack Carr explores the darkest instincts of humanity through the eyes of a man who has seen both the best and the worst of it."--
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Political fiction.; United States. Navy. SEALs; Assassins; Organized crime; Veterans;
- Testimony / by Turow, Scott,author.;
- "In the bestselling tradition of Presumed innocent--the 1987 debut novel that made him 'one of the major writers in America' (NPR)--comes what may be Scott Turow's best thriller yet ... Bill ten Boom has walked out on everything he thought was important to him: his career, his wife, Kindle County, even his country. Still, when he is tapped to examine the disappearance of an entire Gypsy refugee camp--unsolved for ten years--he feels drawn to what will become the most elusive case of his career. In order to uncover what happened during the apocalyptic chaos after the Bosnian War, Boom must navigate a host of suspects ranging from Serb paramilitaries to organized crime gangs to the U.S. government, while also maneuvering among the alliances and treacheries of those connected to the case: Morgan Merriwell, a disgraced U.S. Major General; Ferko Rincic, the massacre's sole survivor; and Esma Czarni, an alluring barrister with secrets to protect. A master of the legal thriller, Scott Turow has returned with his most irresistibly confounding and satisfying novel yet"--
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Legal fiction (Literature); War crimes; Genocide; Missing persons;
- Killing Jimmy Hoffa [videorecording] / by Profit, Al.; MVD Visual (Firm);
- Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance is one of the great crimes of the century. Despite a massive Federal investigation spanning 4 decades and hundreds of suspects, only the general contours of the crime are known. In the American mythology Hoffa is both hero and villain; a self-made man who ran the nation's largest union and was so beloved by the rank and file Teamsters he represented that they supported him as union president even as he served time in prison. Hoffa's name is synonymous with corruption thanks to Bobby Kennedy's campaign against him, but the truth is much more complex. Hoffa's glory years coincided with the golden age of the Union movement and the American economy; he also was enmeshed in the Machiavellian world of organized crime. Killing Jimmy Hoffa tells the whole story for the first time, using exclusive interviews, never before seen news footage and photographs, and revealing the real story of the day he died.E.DVD, NTSC, all regions, Dolby 5.1 DTS Surround Sound.
- Subjects: Hoffa, James R. (James Riddle), 1913-; International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America; Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Historical films.; Labor leaders; Labor unions; Labor unions; Mafia; Missing persons;
- For private home use only.
- The Carpool Detectives A True Story of Four Moms, Two Bodies, and One Mysterious Cold Case [electronic resource] : by Hogan, Chuck.aut; CloudLibrary;
- The incredible true story of a group of moms who, united by a search for new purpose, attempt to solve a fifteen-year-old double murder. “An instant true crime classic.”—Douglas Century, author of The Last Boss of Brighton A lot of us like to think we could solve a mystery. Can these four moms actually do it? In 2020, Marissa, Jeannie, Samira, and Nicole find themselves at a familiar crossroads: when motherhood takes charge of their lives, they begin grappling with their own identities. Their thriving careers seem like a lifetime ago, and as their children become more independent, they struggle to find purpose. But when they meet at a bowling night fundraiser for their kids’ school, they discover a shared interest in true crime that crystalizes around a mysterious double homicide that took place in their hometown a decade earlier: A couple in their 60s vanished overnight from their home and mysteriously shuttered their family business, leaving millions of dollars unaccounted for. Initially believed to have absconded with the money, they went from suspects to victims when their bodies were discovered in their car at the bottom of a steep ravine. And then the case turned cold. But what if the moms could solve it? What if they could bring a killer to justice and give closure to a grieving family? The four women have no connection to the case and no law-enforcement background, but the determined group find themselves in incredible and often dangerous situations–digging for evidence in prohibited ravines, scouring potential crime scenes for blood splatter, and sifting through pages and pages of dense police files. As they get more and more entangled in this complex investigation, they also find themselves in real danger—and with information that could blow the case wide open. An emotional and often terrifying odyssey through a DIY criminal investigation, The Carpool Detectives is the ultimate wish fulfillment for any true crime fanatic, an absolutely thrilling read for armchair sleuths and mystery fans alike.
- Subjects: Electronic books.; Women; Murder; Organized Crime;
- © 2025., Random House Publishing Group,
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