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By Iles, Greg2009., Scribner Call No: MYS Fic Ile Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryPublisher description Contributor biographical information More... Summary Note: Lawyer Penn Cage goes up against a mix of murder, racial tension, double-crosses, illicit sex...and all of the ensuing violent consequences in the kudzu-strangled, snake- rat- and armadillo-infested hole of the Devil's Punchbowl.
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c2011., Adult, House of Anansi Press Series Title: Ava Lee Volume: 2Summary Note: "Uncle and Ava are hired by Tommy Ordonez, the richest man in the Philippines, to recover $50 million in a land swindle that took place in Canada. Ava tracks the missing funds from Canada to San Francisco to accounts in Costa Rica owned by the Moneida, a First Nations band that owns and operates The River, an online poker web site. Ava uncovers an illegal online gambling ring, and follows the trail to Las Vegas. There, she confronts one of the greatest poker players in the world, David "The Disciple" Douglas. From the author of The Water Rat of Wanchal. "--Publisher.
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2012., Headline Publishing Group Call No: Fic Far Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: From privileged beginnings in 1930s Pakistan to poverty and loss in modern-day Europe, this exciting new novel from Roopa Farooki takes us on a breathtaking exploration of one man's struggle to find himself. With each new country, this ultimate immigrant reinvents himself, leaving abandoned careers, wives and children in his wake. But, in his ceaseless search for a true sense of belonging will he lose more than he could ever find?.
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2016., Adult, Véhicule Press Call No: MYS Fic Mon Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Austrian aristocrat Franz Loebek lands in Canada penniless, having lost everything in the violent upheavals brought by the Second World War. In Montreal he finds the Old World sophistication of London and Paris mixed with the youthful vibrancy of New York. But Loebek’s adopted city is an open city, and he unwillingly becomes drawn into the violent underworld of illegal gambling, all the while maintaining a front as he moves amongst Montreal’s most privileged. Gambling with Fire is the story of one man’s struggle to navigate illicit and dangerous waters to finally find stability and peace. Originally published in 1969, it followed The Crime on Cote des Neiges, Murder Over Dorval, and The Body on Mount Royal as David Montrose’s fourth and final novel. The author died while it was in production. This Ricochet Books edition, the first in forty-seven years, marks its paperback debut. .
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-- Private :c2010., Little, Brown and Co. Call No: LP Fic Pat Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Former CIA agent Jack Morgan runs Private, a renowned investigation company with branches around the globe. He already deep into the investigation of a multi-million dollar NFL gambling scandal and the unsolved slayings of 18 schoolgirls when he learns of a horrific murder close to home: his best friend's wife, Jack's former lover, has been killed.
