Bestsellers
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Among the Bros
- A Fraternity Crime Story
- By: Max Marshall
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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A brilliant young investigative journalist traces a murder and a multi-million-dollar drug ring, leading to an unprecedented look at elite American fraternity life....
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Great Book-Not so great reading
- By Hannah Earp on 11-30-23
By: Max Marshall
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Stakeknife's Dirty War
- How Scappaticci, British Intelligence and Special Branch Ran the IRA
- By: Richard O'Rawe
- Narrated by: Alan Turkington
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Freddie Scappaticci was born in 1946 and raised in a deeply nationalist area of Belfast. When the Troubles broke out in 1969, he joined the Provisional IRA, where he quickly rose through the ranks, becoming commander of Belfast in 1984....
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Spooks and Squirrels
- By Amazon Customer on 11-19-23
By: Richard O'Rawe
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Scarface and the Untouchable
- Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago
- By: Max Allan Collins, A. Brad Schwartz
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Max Allan Collins, A. Brad Schwartz
- Length: 18 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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A Mystery Writers of America “Grand Master” teams with an acclaimed rising young historian in this riveting, myth-shattering dual portrait of Al Capone, America’s most notorious gangster, and Eliot Ness, the legendary Prohibition agent....
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HERE ISTHE REAL STORY OF NESS AND CAPONE!!
- By Sandra J Sanders on 08-18-21
By: Max Allan Collins, and others
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Tokyo Vice
- An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
- By: Jake Adelstein
- Narrated by: Jake Adelstein
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up....
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Memoir, crime story and travelogue in one package
- By Steven on 02-07-10
By: Jake Adelstein
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American Kingpin
- The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
- By: Nick Bilton
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2011, a 26-year-old libertarian programmer named Ross Ulbricht launched the ultimate free market: the Silk Road, a clandestine website hosted on the Dark Web where anyone could trade anything....
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An honest portrait of DPR
- By Victor on 05-18-17
By: Nick Bilton
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Wiseguy
- By: Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese - introduction
- Narrated by: Ari Fliakos, Corey Brill, Hillary Huber, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Nicholas Pileggi's vivid, unvarnished, journalistic chronicle of the life of Henry Hill - the working-class Brooklyn kid who knew from age twelve that "to be a wiseguy was to own the world," who grew up to live the highs and lows of the mafia gangster's life....
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Finally unabridged
- By Rodney on 12-16-19
By: Nicholas Pileggi, and others
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Among the Bros
- A Fraternity Crime Story
- By: Max Marshall
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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A brilliant young investigative journalist traces a murder and a multi-million-dollar drug ring, leading to an unprecedented look at elite American fraternity life....
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Great Book-Not so great reading
- By Hannah Earp on 11-30-23
By: Max Marshall
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Stakeknife's Dirty War
- How Scappaticci, British Intelligence and Special Branch Ran the IRA
- By: Richard O'Rawe
- Narrated by: Alan Turkington
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Freddie Scappaticci was born in 1946 and raised in a deeply nationalist area of Belfast. When the Troubles broke out in 1969, he joined the Provisional IRA, where he quickly rose through the ranks, becoming commander of Belfast in 1984....
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Spooks and Squirrels
- By Amazon Customer on 11-19-23
By: Richard O'Rawe
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Scarface and the Untouchable
- Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago
- By: Max Allan Collins, A. Brad Schwartz
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Max Allan Collins, A. Brad Schwartz
- Length: 18 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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A Mystery Writers of America “Grand Master” teams with an acclaimed rising young historian in this riveting, myth-shattering dual portrait of Al Capone, America’s most notorious gangster, and Eliot Ness, the legendary Prohibition agent....
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HERE ISTHE REAL STORY OF NESS AND CAPONE!!
- By Sandra J Sanders on 08-18-21
By: Max Allan Collins, and others
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Tokyo Vice
- An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
- By: Jake Adelstein
- Narrated by: Jake Adelstein
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up....
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Memoir, crime story and travelogue in one package
- By Steven on 02-07-10
By: Jake Adelstein
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American Kingpin
- The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
- By: Nick Bilton
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2011, a 26-year-old libertarian programmer named Ross Ulbricht launched the ultimate free market: the Silk Road, a clandestine website hosted on the Dark Web where anyone could trade anything....
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An honest portrait of DPR
- By Victor on 05-18-17
By: Nick Bilton
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Wiseguy
- By: Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese - introduction
- Narrated by: Ari Fliakos, Corey Brill, Hillary Huber, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Nicholas Pileggi's vivid, unvarnished, journalistic chronicle of the life of Henry Hill - the working-class Brooklyn kid who knew from age twelve that "to be a wiseguy was to own the world," who grew up to live the highs and lows of the mafia gangster's life....
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Finally unabridged
- By Rodney on 12-16-19
By: Nicholas Pileggi, and others
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Killing the Mob
- The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
- By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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In the 10th audiobook in the multi-million-selling Killing series, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard take on their most controversial subject yet: The Mob....
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Misleading Title.
- By James Beach on 05-06-21
By: Bill O'Reilly, and others
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Dangerous Rhythms
- Jazz and the Underworld
- By: T. J. English
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Dangerous Rhythms tells the symbiotic story of jazz and the underworld: a relationship fostered in some of 20th century America’s most notorious vice districts. For the first half of the century mobsters and musicians enjoyed a mutually beneficial partnership....
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Keep your YouTube handy
- By Vikon on 09-12-22
By: T. J. English
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Riding with Evil
- Taking Down the Notorious Pagan Motorcycle Gang
- By: Ken Croke, Dave Wedge
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Sons of Anarchy meets The Departed in this fast-paced, high-wire act memoir from former ATF agent Ken Croke, the first federal agent in history to go undercover and successfully infiltrate the infamous—and infamously violent—Pagan Motorcycle Club, a white supremacist biker gang....
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Hooked from the First Line
- By J.A.Vess on 03-23-22
By: Ken Croke, and others
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El traidor [The Traitor]
- El diario secreto del hijo del Mayo [The Secret Diary of the Son of May]
- By: Anabel Hernández
- Narrated by: Karina Castillo, Rafa Serrano
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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El traidor es uno de los trabajos periodísticos más ambiciosos en la trayectoria de Anabel Hernández....
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SIN OBJETIVIDAD.
- By David Garcia on 08-03-20
By: Anabel Hernández
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The Last Yakuza
- Life and Death in the Japanese Underworld
- By: Jake Adelstein
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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The Last Yakuza tells the history of the yakuza like it’s never been told before. Investigative journalist Jake Adelstein presents a sprawling biography of a yakuza, through post-war desperation, to bubble-era optimism, to the present....
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absolutely astounding work. you will not put this down.
- By I_am_Guts on 01-31-24
By: Jake Adelstein
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One Nation Under Blackmail, Vol. 2
- The Sordid Union between Intelligence and Organized Crime That Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein
- By: Whitney Alyse Webb
- Narrated by: Grace Noble
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Volume two of One Nation Under Blackmail examines the rise of Jeffrey Epstein and his closest associates, such as Leslie Wexner and Ghislaine Maxwell, and contextualizes them within the organized crime-intelligence networks detailed in-depth in volume one....
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Financial and Geopolitical Masterpiece
- By Vegasjoe57 on 06-19-23
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The Unknown Mongol
- By: Scott Junior Ereckson
- Narrated by: Jeff Hays
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the true story of ex-Mongols M.C. National President Scott Junior Ereckson....
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Superb book ruined by muppet voices
- By Skinny Pete on 05-29-15
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The Life We Chose
- William “Big Billy” D’Elia and the Last Secrets of America’s Most Powerful Mafia Family
- By: Matt Birkbeck
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The “adopted” son of legendary organized crime boss Russell Bufalino, for decades D’Elia had unequaled access to the man the FBI and US Justice Department considered one of the leading organized crime figures in the United States....
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a long ng mob history rich
- By brian on 04-05-24
By: Matt Birkbeck
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Las señoras del narco [The Women of Narcoland]
- Amar en el infierno [Love in Hell]
- By: Anabel Hernández
- Narrated by: Karina Castillo
- Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Tras publicar Emma y las otras señoras del narco y convocar a romper el pacto de impunidad dentro de los cárteles de la droga, Anabel Hernández recibió un inquietante mensaje....
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Oh decepción
- By Anonymous User on 12-07-23
By: Anabel Hernández
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The Mastermind
- Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal.
- By: Evan Ratliff
- Narrated by: Evan Ratliff
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The incredible true story of the decade-long quest to bring down Paul Le Roux - the creator of a frighteningly powerful internet-enabled cartel who merged the ruthlessness of a drug lord with the technological savvy of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur....
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Being too reliant on consensus backfires occasiona
- By El Alamein on 07-17-19
By: Evan Ratliff
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The Family
- By: Ed Sanders
- Narrated by: Rhett Samuel Price
- Length: 24 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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In August of 1969, during two bloody evenings of paranoid, psychedelic savagery, Charles Manson and his dystopic communal family helped to wreck the dreams of the Love Generation....
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well done!! some unreported info!
- By Jasper on 03-10-22
By: Ed Sanders
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The Gotti Wars
- Taking Down America's Most Notorious Mobster
- By: John Gleeson
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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A “meticulous chronicle of good triumphing over evil” (The Washington Post) from the determined young prosecutor who, in two of America’s most celebrated trials, managed to convict famed mob boss John Gotti—and ultimately took down the Mafia altogether....
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Corrupt prosecutors and Defendant
- By Mark on 12-13-23
By: John Gleeson
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BMF
- The Rise and Fall of Big Meech and the Black Mafia Family
- By: Mara Shalhoup
- Narrated by: L. Steven Taylor
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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In the early 1990s, Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory and his brother, Terry "Southwest T", rose up from the slums of Detroit to build one of the largest cocaine empires in American history: the Black Mafia Family....
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Good listen
- By Lamont on 04-20-20
By: Mara Shalhoup
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Life Sentence
- The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimore’s Deadliest Gang Leader
- By: Mark Bowden
- Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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In this unprecedented deep dive into inner-city gang life, Mark Bowden takes listeners inside a Baltimore gang, offers an in-depth portrait of its notorious leader, and chronicles the 2016 FBI investigation that landed eight gang members in prison....
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Good book, but needs to be re-cast.
- By Carey Chiaia on 06-08-23
By: Mark Bowden
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The Irishman (Movie Tie-In)
- Originally published as: I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran and Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa
- By: Charles Brandt
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 15 hrs and 13 mins
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The Irishman is an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked for legendary crime boss Russell Bufalino alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th Century....
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Don't give up!
- By Grace Azul on 05-30-10
By: Charles Brandt
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Murder Machine
- A True Story of Murder, Madness, and the Mafia
- By: Gene Mustain, Jerry Capeci
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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stop browsing and just get it.
- By Patrick on 04-20-21
By: Gene Mustain, and others
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Mafia Prince
- Inside America's Most Violent Crime Family and the Bloody Fall of La Cosa Nostra
- By: Phillip Leonetti, Scott Burnstein, Christopher Graziano
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Mafia Prince is the first-person account of one of the most violent eras in Mafia history - "Little" Nicky Scarfo’s reign as boss of the Philly family in the 1980s - written by Scarfo’s underboss and nephew, "Crazy" Phil Leonetti....
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Guilty pleasure.
- By A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. on 03-28-14
By: Phillip Leonetti, and others
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At the Devil's Table
- The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel
- By: William Rempel
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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In this riveting and relentless nonfiction thriller, award-winning investigative reporter William C. Rempel tells the harrowing story of former Cali cartel insider Jorge Salcedo....
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Thrilling
- By Lee Chemel on 07-05-11
By: William Rempel
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Smuggler
- By: Roger Reaves
- Narrated by: Roger Reaves
- Length: 24 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Roger Reaves grew up a poor farm boy in Georgia and went from making 'moonshine' to becoming one of the most prolific smugglers of the 20th century....
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5 stars
- By Kacy Smith on 01-09-22
By: Roger Reaves
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Emma y las otras señoras del narco [Emma and the Other Narco Ladies]
- By: Anabel Hernandez
- Narrated by: Karina Castillo
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Este libro forma parte del largo recorrido periodístico de Anabel Hernández dentro del complejo mundo del crimen organizado en México, así como de su incesante búsqueda por entender los diversos componentes de los cárteles de la droga....
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true hurts
- By Claudia Preciado on 01-18-22
By: Anabel Hernandez
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Borgata: Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia
- Borgata Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Louis Ferrante
- Narrated by: Louis Ferrante
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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In this first volume, Ferrante traces the mafia's phenomenal "rise of empire" through larger-than-life characters and legendary mobsters as they provide alcohol to the American public during Prohibition.
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I’ve Read and Listened to them All and This is The Best
- By Ross on 04-20-24
By: Louis Ferrante
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The Snakehead
- An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
- By: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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A mesmerizing narrative about the rise and fall of an unlikely international crime boss....
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But Is It a Crime?
- By Roy on 08-23-09
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Dreamland
- The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
- By: Sam Quinones
- Narrated by: Tom Jordan
- Length: 14 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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From a small town in Mexico to the boardrooms of Big Pharma to main streets nationwide, an explosive and shocking account of addiction in the heartland of America....
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Excellent
- By Joe on 08-01-22
By: Sam Quinones
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Slave Girl
- Abducted by Traffickers. Sold as a Sex Slave. This Is My True Story.
- By: Sarah Forsyth, Tim Tate
- Narrated by: Charlie Sanderson
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Sarah Forsyth has spent most of her life in fear. After overcoming the hurt and heartbreak of a horrific childhood, Sarah managed to build a new life for herself as a nursery nurse. Then, one day, she spotted a newspaper advert for a job in a crèche in Amsterdam...
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Excellent book!
- By Albert V. Armstrong on 12-13-23
By: Sarah Forsyth, and others
New releases
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The Men Behind Mob Wives: Sammy “The Bull” Gravano
- Father of Karen Gravano
- By: Renee Patterson, Kiesha Joseph
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Step into the hidden world of organized crime with The Men Behind Mob Wives: Salvatore “Sammy The Bull” Gravano. This gripping eBook takes you behind the headlines and into the heart of the Mafia, offering a compelling look at the life of one of its most notorious figures. Known as King Rat, Sammy became world famous thanks to his daughter’s role on the VH1 reality TV show, Mob Wives, where Karen Gravano bared it all for viewers about being the daughter of an infamous mob boss turned rat and helped take down the infamous John Gotti. Join us as we unravel the untold stories of ...
By: Renee Patterson, and others
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L.A. Secret Police. Inside the LAPD Elite Spy Network
- By: Mike Rothmiller, Ivan G. Goldman
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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L.A. Secret Police. Inside the LAPD Elite Spy Network is a New York Times and Los Angeles Times Bestseller. This incredible non-fiction book rips the lid off the LAPD and exposes the reader to its dark underbelly of corruption during the reign of Chief Daryl Gates. L.A. cops ruined lives and reputations, inflicted mindless brutality, committed murder and engaged in massive cover-ups. In Los Angeles, police corruption was much more than unmarked envelopes stuffed with cash. It was a total corruption of power. For decades LAPD engaged in massive illegal spying and lied about it. Its spying ...
By: Mike Rothmiller, and others
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The Symbionese Liberation Army Shootout
- LAPD's Most Intense Gun Battle
- By: International Bestselling Author Mike Rothmiller
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The Great Symbionese Liberation Army shootout Los Angeles. I was a young patrol cop and was present at one of the most infamous shootouts in LAPD history. Members of the ragtag self-proclaimed "Symbionese Liberation Army" were surrounded by hundreds of LA cops, LA Sheriffs, and the California Highway Patrol. Months earlier, this group of criminals kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst. They held her for ransom, then surprisingly, she announced she had become a member of the gang. On the 17th of May 1974, members of the group were located in a small house at 1466 East 54th Street in Los Angeles. I ...
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Borgata: Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia
- Borgata Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Louis Ferrante
- Narrated by: Louis Ferrante
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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In this first volume, Ferrante traces the mafia's phenomenal "rise of empire" through larger-than-life characters and legendary mobsters as they provide alcohol to the American public during Prohibition, penetrate industrial labor unions, practically take over the island of Cuba and, with extraordinary vision, create the gambling mecca of Las Vegas.
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I’ve Read and Listened to them All and This is The Best
- By Ross on 04-20-24
By: Louis Ferrante
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The Devil to Pay
- A Mobster’s Road to Perdition
- By: Sean Scott Hicks
- Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Growing up in South Boston, Sean Scott Hicks was running jobs for the Irish mob before his voice changed. Mistreated by his drug-addled mother, Hicks found sanctuary with his adoptive family of felonious uncles—known to law enforcement officials as the Winter Hill Gang. These crooks knew where all the bodies were buried—because they’d done the burying—but they also looked out for young Sean. Even the notorious gangster known worldwide as Whitey Bulger was simply “Uncle Jim” to him.
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Amazing
- By Kyle on 04-20-24
By: Sean Scott Hicks
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Reckless
- Sex, Lies and JFK
- By: Mike Rothmiller, Douglas Thompson
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawing on essential new material derived from decades-long investigations, Detective Mike Rothmiller and Douglas Thompson shatter the secrets and lies with a revelatory and dramatic true-life thriller focusing on JFK and Robert F. Kennedy, both before and after they bought the White House.
By: Mike Rothmiller, and others
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The Men Behind Mob Wives: Sammy “The Bull” Gravano
- Father of Karen Gravano
- By: Renee Patterson, Kiesha Joseph
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Step into the hidden world of organized crime with The Men Behind Mob Wives: Salvatore “Sammy The Bull” Gravano. This gripping eBook takes you behind the headlines and into the heart of the Mafia, offering a compelling look at the life of one of its most notorious figures. Known as King Rat, Sammy became world famous thanks to his daughter’s role on the VH1 reality TV show, Mob Wives, where Karen Gravano bared it all for viewers about being the daughter of an infamous mob boss turned rat and helped take down the infamous John Gotti. Join us as we unravel the untold stories of ...
By: Renee Patterson, and others
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L.A. Secret Police. Inside the LAPD Elite Spy Network
- By: Mike Rothmiller, Ivan G. Goldman
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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L.A. Secret Police. Inside the LAPD Elite Spy Network is a New York Times and Los Angeles Times Bestseller. This incredible non-fiction book rips the lid off the LAPD and exposes the reader to its dark underbelly of corruption during the reign of Chief Daryl Gates. L.A. cops ruined lives and reputations, inflicted mindless brutality, committed murder and engaged in massive cover-ups. In Los Angeles, police corruption was much more than unmarked envelopes stuffed with cash. It was a total corruption of power. For decades LAPD engaged in massive illegal spying and lied about it. Its spying ...
By: Mike Rothmiller, and others
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The Symbionese Liberation Army Shootout
- LAPD's Most Intense Gun Battle
- By: International Bestselling Author Mike Rothmiller
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The Great Symbionese Liberation Army shootout Los Angeles. I was a young patrol cop and was present at one of the most infamous shootouts in LAPD history. Members of the ragtag self-proclaimed "Symbionese Liberation Army" were surrounded by hundreds of LA cops, LA Sheriffs, and the California Highway Patrol. Months earlier, this group of criminals kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst. They held her for ransom, then surprisingly, she announced she had become a member of the gang. On the 17th of May 1974, members of the group were located in a small house at 1466 East 54th Street in Los Angeles. I ...
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Borgata: Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia
- Borgata Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Louis Ferrante
- Narrated by: Louis Ferrante
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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In this first volume, Ferrante traces the mafia's phenomenal "rise of empire" through larger-than-life characters and legendary mobsters as they provide alcohol to the American public during Prohibition, penetrate industrial labor unions, practically take over the island of Cuba and, with extraordinary vision, create the gambling mecca of Las Vegas.
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I’ve Read and Listened to them All and This is The Best
- By Ross on 04-20-24
By: Louis Ferrante
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The Devil to Pay
- A Mobster’s Road to Perdition
- By: Sean Scott Hicks
- Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Growing up in South Boston, Sean Scott Hicks was running jobs for the Irish mob before his voice changed. Mistreated by his drug-addled mother, Hicks found sanctuary with his adoptive family of felonious uncles—known to law enforcement officials as the Winter Hill Gang. These crooks knew where all the bodies were buried—because they’d done the burying—but they also looked out for young Sean. Even the notorious gangster known worldwide as Whitey Bulger was simply “Uncle Jim” to him.
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Amazing
- By Kyle on 04-20-24
By: Sean Scott Hicks
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Reckless
- Sex, Lies and JFK
- By: Mike Rothmiller, Douglas Thompson
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawing on essential new material derived from decades-long investigations, Detective Mike Rothmiller and Douglas Thompson shatter the secrets and lies with a revelatory and dramatic true-life thriller focusing on JFK and Robert F. Kennedy, both before and after they bought the White House.
By: Mike Rothmiller, and others
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Mafia Murders
- 100 Kills That Changed the Mob
- By: M. A. Frasca
- Narrated by: Eric Meyers
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Revenge killings, gangland shootouts, brutal executions and drownings - there was no escape from the Mob's hitmen. Mafia Murders details the bloody ends of these infamous gangsters. Since the late 19th century, the Mafia has used intimidation and worse to exert its control over organized crime. Mafia Murders recalls the 100 most important executions by the Mob. In a world where family, turf wars and crime were big business, the relentless murders of rival bosses, stool pigeons, snitches, good cops, and dirty cops became part of everyday life.
By: M. A. Frasca
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The Gabardine Gang
- Power and Betrayal in Hartford's Mob Scene
- By: Kevin B. DiBacco
- Narrated by: Tom Lennon
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Geno DiBacco led the notorious Gabardine Gang, a small-time mob that ruled the city. Geno's son, Kevin, takes you on a visceral journey through his childhood and adolescence, revealing the gang's illegal activities, his father's dramatic descent, and the harsh realities of organized crime, offering a unique perspective on a world often glamorized in Hollywood.
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awesome Kevin
- By Rose on 04-13-24
By: Kevin B. DiBacco
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The Black Widow
- The Life and Crimes of Griselda Blanco, America’s First Billionaire Drug Smuggler
- By: Hugo Clark
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
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The Black Widow is a non-fiction true crime novel about the notorious drug smuggler Griselda Blanco. Discover Griselda's story from her childhood on the streets, to becoming an international criminal mastermind. Learn how she partnered with infamous criminals like Pablo Escobar to become one of the most powerful businesswomen in organized crime history - earning billions of dollars in profits along the way. This riveting tale of true crime takes you through all the twists and turns as you uncover secrets that span countries and continents while witnessing first-hand what it takes to become ...
By: Hugo Clark
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American Queen Pin
- By: Dr. Jemeker Hairston, Champ Hairston
- Narrated by: Engle Coulter
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Born with Olympic dreams in her heart, Jemeker Hairston's path took a brutal detour. A series of devastating events ignited a fierce determination to escape poverty, leading her into the perilous world of American drug cartels. "American Queen Pin" is the unfiltered and powerful story of her rise and fall, a gritty chronicle of power, peril, and the raw power of redemption.
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Everything stood out! It was great!
- By Felicia Sterling on 04-10-24
By: Dr. Jemeker Hairston, and others
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How to Get Away With Murder in America
- Drug Lords, Dirty Pols, Obsessed Cops, and the Quiet Man Who Became the CIA’s Master Killer
- By: Evan Wright
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
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Ric Prado has a secret. He's one of the CIA's most decorated officers, but the FBI wanted him for murder and racketeering... How to Get Away with Murder in America is the extraordinary, true account of an FBI murder investigation of a top-ranking CIA officer and the pushback -- from the highest reaches of government -- to stop an investigation that threatened to rock the foundations of America’s national security establishment. Prado is one of the most storied men to have served in the agency. To friends, he's "Ric," a Cuban immigrant who became an American success story. Prado entered ...
By: Evan Wright
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How To Cover The Ghislaine Maxwell Trial
- By: Addy Adds
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
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The Ghislaine Maxwell trial lasted exactly one month, from November 29 to December 29, 2021. The day before the trial started, a young Midwesterner arrived in New York to cover his first criminal trial. One month later, he garnered over 3 million impressions, over half a million video views, and 20,000+ new followers to his work. Despite difficulties like getting barred from entry into the courthouse multiple times for not being a "real" member of the media, a true crime reporter who attended the trial contended at the end of the trial that Addy Adds had invented a new way to cover a ...
By: Addy Adds
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A Bar in Toledo
- The Untold Story of a Mafia Front Man and a Grammy-Winning Song
- By: Dominic Vaiana, Stephanie Abbajay
- Narrated by: Stephanie Abbajay
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
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When Duane Abbajay took over his brother’s bankrupt nightclub in Toledo, Ohio in 1962, he promised his wife it would be a quick turnaround to bail his brother out and clear the family name. Instead, he became the face of a bar that transformed the city’s entertainment scene and inspired a Grammy-winning country song—all under the thumb of a trigger-happy mafia boss.
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Amazing and riveting!
- By Stephanie in St. Louis on 04-23-24
By: Dominic Vaiana, and others
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The Deadly Path
- How Operation Fast & Furious and Bad Lawyers Armed Mexican Cartels
- By: Peter J. Forcelli, Keelin MacGregor
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
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Pete Forcelli was a highly respected federal agent in New York City, where he made an impact on violent crime by successfully targeting some of the city's most violent street gangs by using federal racketeering and continuing criminal enterprise statutes in conjunction with federal prosecutors. In early 2007, he was promoted to a supervisory position in Phoenix and quickly discovered that federal prosecutors were not charging criminals for violating federal firearms laws, even in instances where they knew guns were being trafficked to ultra-violent drug cartels.
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Corruption in the ATF
- By Brian on 04-20-24
By: Peter J. Forcelli, and others
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Life's a Journey Between Heaven & Hell
- By: Larry Ray Hardin
- Narrated by: Larry Ray Hardin
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
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Larry is a modern-day crusader, The Larry Ray Hardin that you will see in much of this book is a younger, angrier version than the one I came to know in San Diego. What makes Larry’s journey great is not just that he refused to be lured in by corruption as he walked the path through hell. What makes it great is that he learned from his failures along the way, replaced anger with wisdom, and continued to walk the road to heaven.
By: Larry Ray Hardin
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Mafia Confession
- "King of Bootleggers" Murder
- By: Nicholas Anthony Parisi
- Narrated by: Michael Giorgio
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
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A must-listen for anyone fascinated with Mafia history - and a rare inside account of the rise of the "Springfield Crew" in Massachusetts, its ties with the Genovese Crime Family of New York, and its evolution into the present-day Mob.This crime story is 100% true. From the personal diary of a man sitting in his jail cell awaiting trial. The story follows Giuseppe “Joseph” Parisi, who guns down the “King of Bootleggers,” Carlo Siniscalchi, a ruthless crime boss, as his limousine idled against the curb.
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Great story !!!!
- By Tony Cheeks on 03-25-24
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My Right Hand to Goodness
- The Life and Times of Crazy Dale Varnam
- By: Lynn Cook Betz
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
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Most wonder how Dale Varnam stayed alive. Dale wonders why. Back in the eighties, the quaint fishing village of Varnamtown, North Carolina—full of zany Southern characters—got rich, and so did town clown Dale Varnam, who perfected his own brand of crazy. Dale rose to the top of the heap in the drug smuggling biz, helping the town’s livelihood of shrimping go to pot. Although it’s not big enough to be on most maps, Varnamtown became the second busiest port of entry for illegal drugs on the Eastern Seaboard.
By: Lynn Cook Betz
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The Bonanno Mafia Crime Family
- The Complete History of a New York Criminal Organization (The Five Families)
- By: Mafia Library
- Narrated by: Colin Brown
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
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Dive into the clandestine world of one of New York's most enigmatic and feared crime syndicates with this comprehensive exploration of the Bonanno Mafia Crime Family. This meticulously researched book unveils the dark and complex web of activities, power struggles, and influential figures that shaped the Bonanno family's legacy. From its roots in the 1890s under the guidance of founder Salvatore Maranzano, this narrative traces the Bonanno family's rise to power in the American underworld.
By: Mafia Library