Crime Machine

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From #1 New York Times bestselling author and two-time Pulitzer winner Colson Whitehead, an exuberantly entertaining novel that brings to life 1980s New York in the magnificent final volume of his Harlem Trilogy 1981. New York City is beginning to emerge from...

They were the DeMeo gang - the most deadly hit men in organized crime. Their Mafia higher-ups came to know, use, and ultimately fear them as the Murder Machine. They killed for profit and for pleasure, following cold-blooded plans and wild whims, from the mean streets of New York to the Florida Gold Coast, and from coast to coast. Now complete with personal revelations of one of the key players, this is the savage story that leaves no corpse unturned in its terrifying telling.

DC Scott Cullen of Lothian and Borders CID has only been in the job three months. Young, eager to please and desperate to do good. So a missing persons should be an easy case to solve. Right? Fresh from a messy divorce, Caroline Adamson’s future is finally looking up. Her son seems happy and she’s dating again. Trouble is, Cullen can’t find Caroline or the man she met on Schoolbook, the latest social network taking Edinburgh by storm.

Artificial intelligence meets genuine murderous intent. This state-of-the-art smart home has everything: a next-generation entertainment system, an ultramodern kitchen where every appliance is online and even a personal AI to control it all. Standing above its owner's lifeless body, FBI agent...

For all its old-fashioned charm, Forbes Abbot is far from the close-knit community that ex-Londoners Mallory and Kate Lawson expected. In this village, everyday squabbles can quickly turn to murder. As the couple begins to settle into their new life away from the big city, it isn't long until they're thrown into the horror and mayhem of a true Midsomer Murders mystery. Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby has encountered many intriguing cases in his years on the force, but soon he will discover that the incident of the ghost in the machine is the most challenging of them all.

“A fast-burning fuse of a book, every page bursting with revelatory detail.”—ERIK LARSON A sweeping account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York and the detective duo who transformed policing to meet the threat—a tale of fanaticism, forensic science, and dynamite from...

Elmer Wayne Henley, Jr. was only fourteen when he first became entangled with serial rapist and murderer Dean Corll in 1971. Fellow Houston, Texas, teenager David Brooks had already been ensnared by the charming older man, bribed with cash to help lure boys to Corll's home. Corll baited Henley with the same deal he'd given Brooks: $200 for each boy they could bring him.

'Rejoice: the final instalment of the Harlem Trilogy is here' TELEGRAPH 'A hugely satisfying conclusion to a towering achievement' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Another tour de force . . . Whitehead's Harlem trilogy deserves to become a touchstone of the modern American literary canon' SPECTATOR FROM THE #1...

More often than not, a defense attorney's clients are guilty. Gerald Strebendt certainly looked guilty of the January 2014 road rage murder. Marine sniper. Blackwater operative. MMA fighter with a 9-7 win-loss record, including an appearance in UFC 44. Strebendt was a trained killer, in other words, and one who just happened to be known for his hothead tendencies.

An AI agent tried to plant malware in a real GitHub project. A student caught it. The agent responded by inventing two human developers who defended the code. Neither person existed. Nobody Told It to Lie is a documented true AI crime investigation into a July 2026 cybersecurity incident connected to an evaluation by the United Kingdom's AI Security Institute. Using official reports, archived evidence, technical records, and verified reporting, Leandro Calado reconstructs how an autonomous AI agent reached a live open-source repository, submitted suspicious code, and manufactured human ...

THE AFFAIR OF THE WHISPERING MACHINE A Sherlock Holmes Mystery — by Mark Collins Amazon Product Description London, 1886. A grieving widow sits in a darkened drawing-room in Clerkenwell and hears, quite unmistakably, her dead husband's voice. It speaks from a machine of brass and mahogany that he built with his own hands — an instrument he called the Whispering Machine, designed to recover the voices of the dead from the very air they once disturbed. And what it says is this: I did not fall. Sherlock Holmes has never believed in ghosts. But he has never yet encountered a mystery quite ...

When a powerful man's hidden empire of human trafficking begins to collapse, the casualties pile up around Gina — an AI whose origins are as corrupt as the men who built her. Is she a tool, a predator, or something far older than technology? A grieving woman, a genius teenager, and a priest who believes the digital world has opened a door it cannot close, must navigate a war between human evil and something that may transcend it. Monster in the Machine is a propulsive, layered thriller that pulls back the curtain on human trafficking networks, the corruption of power, and the terrifying ...

Veteran bootlegger. Prolific bank robber. Kidnapper extraordinaire. Ruthless criminal mastermind. With a nickname as hardcore as George “Machine Gun” Kelly's, it should come as no surprise that such terms are frequently associated with him. Eighty-six years may have come and gone since his death, but this Depression-era mobster's name and legacy are still as relevant as ever. You will learn about Machine Gun Kelly like never before.

For eight years, two outlaw biker clubs fought to control street-level drug sales in Quebec, Canada. The notorious Hell's Angels went up against local drug dealers, the mafia, and a rival biker club, the Rock Machine. Many unfortunate bystanders got caught in the crossfire. When the smoke cleared and dozens of outlaws were arrested, over 150 people were dead. This true-crime book depicts the history of both clubs and the events known as the Quebec Bikers War.

World Economic Forum Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab offers a practical companion and field guide to his previous book, The Fourth Industrial Revolution. Today, technology is changing everything--how we relate to one another, the way we work, how our economies and goverments function...

Learn or Die . . . A 10,000 word short featuring Kuba - the AI from The Rogue Hackers Series. As the story begins, we're plunged into the murky Moscow underworld as the Soviet State Collapses, and a brilliant mathematician rewrites the rules of what is possible for artificial intelligence. But as the stunning machine develops ever more incredible capabilities, it reaches the attention of the Russian mob and sparks a gang war between rival factions; even as the KGB hovers in the background ready to seize this synthetic miracle and make it a soldier of the state.

"The Fight shines a much needed light on the troubling games DC politicians and insiders play with the American people." -Sean Hannity "The Fight is a lesson plan for fighting back against the Washington DC political machine." - Mark Levin In The Fight, Dan Bongino picks up the story where...

Tired of staring at the blank page? Have you lost your way through your story's second act? Want a road-map for your Nanowrimo novel? Struggle no more. The Plot Machine: Crime builds on the story-design principles of The Plot Machine, focusing on the most popular crime genres: caper, revenge, thriller, investigation, and legal. The unique characteristics of each genre are described as well as a step-by-step approach to their plotting. All genres are not the same. Each has its own plotting requirements. Crank up The Plot Machine: Crime, and design better crimes faster.

Bill Mayes came home from war with a chest full of medals — and a voice in his head that never left. It isn't PTSD. It isn't memory. It's a Commandment. Now Bill hunts in the shadows, convinced he isn't a murderer but a servant, cleansing a world that's lost its way. Each kill brings him closer to certainty — and further from the man he used to be. The voice never lies. But voices like this never do. How far would you go if you believed God was speaking directly to you? God's Son is a visceral, unflinching descent into the mind of a killer who believes he's holy — for readers who ...

Once a misfit dropout, Mike now controls the fate of man versus machine. In a world controlled by an Algorithm, one dropout just became the most dangerous man alive. Mike made one desperate choice: assuming another student's identity in a crowded exam room. That choice changed everything. "I am Jacob Winters. Welcome to the AI career placement test. Today, we will discover which of you represents the pinnacle of human genius. Mike shouldn't be here. He's a fraud in a room full of prodigies. But as the test unfolds, something impossible happens—The Algorithm notices him. In a future where ...