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From the author of the acclaimed novel Living Dead Girl, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, come twelve haunting stories about people caught somewhere between love and madness. Simplify mines the often surreal terrain of people on the margins of life: from the man with a photo of Elvis bleeding on his wall in "Comeback Special, " to the profoundly troubled boy genius of the title story "Simplify, " to the family that must travers...

The “gloriously original” and critically acclaimed crime series starring a Chicago hitman hiding out as a rabbi in the desert suburbs of Las Vegas comes to a thrilling conclusion (The New York Times)Mafia hit-man-turned-rabbi Sal Cupertine is ready to get out of the life. But it’s not going to be easy. His once-brilliant plan to pass himself off as Rabbi David Cohen is unraveling. Enemies on both sides of the law are hot on his trail. His wife...

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Raymond Carver meets Elmore Leonard in this extraordinary collection of contemporary crime writing set in the critically acclaimed Gangsterland universe, a series called "gloriously original" by The New York Times Book Review.With gimlet-eyed cool and razor-sharp wit, these spare, stylish stories from a master of modern crime fiction assemble a world of gangsters and con men, of do-gooders breaking bad and those caught in the crossfire. The un...

Raymond Carver meets Elmore Leonard in this extraordinary collection of contemporary crime writing set in the critically acclaimed Gangsterland universe, a series called "gloriously original" by The New York Times Book Review.With gimlet-eyed cool and razor-sharp wit, these spare, stylish stories from a master of modern crime fiction assemble a world of gangsters and con men, of do-gooders breaking bad and those caught in the crossfire. The un...

Fans of Elmore Leonard will enjoy this sequel to Hammett prize-finalist "Gangsterland", in which the run-up to and aftermath of 9/11 provide the backdrop for former FBI agent Matthew Drew's search for Rabbi David Cohen - Chicago hitman Sal Cupertine looking for a new life.

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Er zijn drie jaar verstreken sinds in Gangsterland huurmoordenaar Sal Cupertine onderdook in Las Vegas om voortaan als rabbijn David Cohen door het leven te gaan. Zijn maffiazaakjes lopen uitstekend en het geld stroomt binnen. Geld dat Sal alias David nodig heeft om zijn gezin op te kunnen halen uit Chicago en naar het buitenland te vluchten. Intussen is voormalig FBI-agent Matthew Drew nog altijd van plan om Sal Cupertine te vinden en zo de ...

Sal Cupertine is back—and better than ever. I love this guy." —Lee Child"Gangster Nation is a razor. It will slice you open and reveal your insides. And like the best of Tod Goldberg's work, it'll show you everything you are at your core." —Brad Meltzer, New York Times bestselling author of The President's ShadowIt's been two years since the events of Gangsterland, when legendary Chicago hitman Sal Cupertine disappeared into the guise of Vegas...

A dark and comic mafia thriller which will appeal to readers of Elmore Leonard and Lee Child. Sal is a legendary hit man for the Chicago mafia, but when he botches an assassination he knows he must escape both the law and the criminals, so he hides out as a Rabbi in Las Vegas.

Brent Grayson is a 19-year-old college kid who claims to own a company that doesn't really exist. And Michael Westen has to save Brent's father from loan sharks and fend off sinister Russian businessman who see every takeover as an opportunity to be hostile. Original.

After his estranged wife disappears, a husband returns to the remote lake house where their young daughter died, and he soon loses his grip on reality. Paul Luden has been haunted by a memory he can't recall. Whatever happened to his marriage, to his two-year-old daughter, is too traumatic to remember, so his unconscious has chosen to block out key details. But when he receives a phone call from the small lake town where they'd lived, telling ...

Sal Cupertine is een beruchte maffiamoordenaar in Chicago. De politie weet nooit ook maar bij hem in de buurt te komen. Totdat hij zichzelf een keer verliest en drie undercover FBI-agenten vermoordt. Sal stemt in met een wild plan om zijn huid te redden. Wat plastische chirurgie en een flinke studie later bestaat Sal Cupertine bestaat niet meer. Hij is rabbijn David Cohen geworden, voorganger van een grote synagoge in Las Vegas. Hij geniet van...

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[An] exciting and darkly funny crime novel." -C. Moon Read, Las Vegas Weekly, 1 of Our 20 Favorite Books of the Past Twenty Years Sal Cupertine is a legendary hit man for the Chicago Mafia, known for his ability to get in and out of a crime without a trace. Until now, that is. His first-ever mistake forces Sal to botch an assassination, killing three undercover FBI agents in the process. This puts too much heat on Sal, and he knows this botch...

Once a hard-case gangbanger, famous philanthropist Father Santiago is being pressured to aid his former gang or have his crimes exposed. He can't go to the cops, but he can go to his old friend-burned covert operative Michael Westen.