Angels of Death

Angels of Death
Author: William Marsden
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2010-07-30
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 0307370321

The award-winning authors of The Road to Hell: How the Biker Gangs Are Conquering Canada bring us a definitive, up-to-the-minute account of the Hells Angels and the international biker network. Marsden and Sher explain how the expansion of America’ s foremost motorcycle gang has allowed this once ragtag group of rebels, outcasts and felons to become one of the world’s most sophisticated criminal organizations. While the media has continued to toast the Hells Angels California leader, Sonny Barger, as an American legend, the facts tell another story—they are America’s major crime export. With an estimated 2,500 full-patch members in 25 countries, the Hells Angels have inspired a global subculture of biker gangs that are among the most feared and violent underworld players. Angels of Death takes readers to Arizona, inside the biggest American police undercover operation to infiltrate the bikers; to British Columbia where wealthy bikers dominate the organized crime pyramid; to Australia where the “bikies” shoot it out with police; to Curaçao where terrorist organizations funnel drugs to Dutch bikers; and to the streets of Oslo, Copenhagen and Helsinki where a murderous biker war saw rocket attacks and bombs turn Scandinavia into a war zone. For the first time, police officers who have infiltrated biker gangs tell their secrets—revealing the challenges, fears and horrors they’ve discovered going undercover. Sher and Marsden take the reader behind the latest headlines to tell the story of how the Hells Angels became so powerful, and how the police—with only a few successes—have tried to stop them. Excerpt from Angels of Death: Three murderous evenings, three different continents, three faces of the Angels of death: the killing of innocents, the killing of fellow bikers, and the killing of cops. Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of lives ruined, brains fried, bodies withered by the methamphetamines, cocaine and other drugs pushed by the bikers. And yet while the body count kept mounting, Sonny Barger, the Californian patriarch and international leader of the Hells Angels, was being feted by the international media as he promoted his latest bestselling book. Even the usually thoughtful British press fell for the rebel Yankee. The Times called him, “affable, big-hearted, warm.” The Independent labelled him an “American legend.” And in many ways he is.

Fresh Brewed Murder

Fresh Brewed Murder
Author: Emmeline Duncan
Publisher: Kensington Cozies
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2021-03-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1496733401

“Coffee-lovers, this book is for you…I foresee many enjoyable Ground Rules mysteries to come.” —Criminal Element Master barista Sage Caplin is opening a new coffee cart in Portland, Oregon, but a killer is brewing up a world of trouble. . . . Portland is famous for its rain, hipsters, craft beers . . . and coffee. Sage Caplin has high hopes for her coffee cart, Ground Rules, which she runs with her business partner, Harley—a genius at roasting beans and devising new blends. That’s essential in a city where locals have intensely strong opinions about cappuccino versus macchiato—especially in the case of one of Sage’s very first customers. . . . Sage finds the man’s body in front of her cart, a fatal slash across his neck. There’s been plenty of anger in the air, from longtime vendors annoyed at Ground Rules taking a coveted spot in the food truck lot, to protesters demonstrating against a new high-rise. But who was mad enough to commit murder? Sage is already fending off trouble in the form of her estranged, con-artist mother, who’s trying to trickle back into her life. But when Sage’s very own box cutter is discovered to be the murder weapon, she needs to focus on finding the killer fast—before her business, and her life, come to a bitter end. . . . “Lively characters help propel the intricate plot. Cozy fans will hope to see a lot more of Sage and friends.” —Publishers Weekly

The Angel of Death Part II

The Angel of Death Part II
Author: J. C. Jones
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2017-10-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 138731520X

The police think there is a vigilante killer loose in the city doing the killing. He does not discriminate in picking his criminal victims, picking from a range of petty thieves, murders, Child molesters, rapists, mob bosses, politicians, and dirty cops. The dragnet is on for a deadly serial killer. Wherever he goes, and whoever he kills, he leaves his calling card. A death card found on the body only he can leave, sending out the word it was him, and only him, bringing death to all criminals who cross his path. A team of hard-nosed veteran detectives, try to find and stop this vigilante only to find out he is a real angel. What are you going to do to a real angel sent from heaven?

The Angel's Key

The Angel's Key
Author: Patricia Little
Publisher:
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2005
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780595331185

It should have been a fatal accident Amanda Poole believes her life is almost perfect. She loves her job as curator of Pittock Mansion, and Leland Worth has just asked her to marry him. Then she inexplicably vanishes out of her car an instant before it crashes. She is shaken, but untouched, except for certain strange and unwanted abilities that she now possesses. And the fear that someone, or something, wants her dead. He should have died in 1934 Michael Northwood plunges into the Willamette River, his last memories of horrifying screams aboard the luxury liner Morro Castle as it floundered, ablaze in a raging sea off the New York coastline-over seventy years ago. His one thought is to find his wife, who sailed with him on the doomed ship. An ancient stone may hold the key The threads that bind these two impossible events will stretch back to Amanda's troubled childhood, to Michael's idyllic marriage, and to lost legends of angels and demons. As their nightmares become real, as every belief is tested, they find that all paths lead to the Angel's Key. Will they learn its secret in time?

Mengele: Unmasking the "Angel of Death"

Mengele: Unmasking the
Author: David G. Marwell
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2020-01-28
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0393609545

A "gripping…sober and meticulous" (David Margolick, Wall Street Journal) biography of the infamous Nazi doctor, from a former Justice Department official tasked with uncovering his fate. Perhaps the most notorious war criminal of all time, Josef Mengele was the embodiment of bloodless efficiency and passionate devotion to a grotesque worldview. Aided by the role he has assumed in works of popular culture, Mengele has come to symbolize the Holocaust itself as well as the failure of justice that allowed countless Nazi murderers and their accomplices to escape justice. Whether as the demonic doctor who directed mass killings or the elusive fugitive who escaped capture, Mengele has loomed so large that even with conclusive proof, many refused to believe that he had died. As chief of investigative research at the Justice Department’s Office of Special Investigations in the 1980s, David G. Marwell worked on the Mengele case, interviewing his victims, visiting the scenes of his crimes, and ultimately holding his bones in his hands. Drawing on his own experience as well as new scholarship and sources, Marwell examines in scrupulous detail Mengele’s life and career. He chronicles Mengele’s university studies, which led to two PhDs and a promising career as a scientist; his wartime service both in frontline combat and at Auschwitz, where his “selections” sent innumerable innocents to their deaths and his “scientific” pursuits—including his studies of twins and eye color—traumatized or killed countless more; and his postwar flight from Europe and refuge in South America. Mengele describes the international search for the Nazi doctor in 1985 that ended in a cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the dogged forensic investigation that produced overwhelming evidence that Mengele had died—but failed to convince those who, arguably, most wanted him dead. This is the riveting story of science without limits, escape without freedom, and resolution without justice.

Coffeehouse Angel

Coffeehouse Angel
Author: Suzanne Selfors
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2010-11-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0802721761

Sixteen-year-old Katrina's kindness to a man she finds sleeping behind her grandmother's coffeehouse leads to a strange reward as Malcolm, who is actually a teenage guardian angel, insists on rewarding her by granting her deepest wish.

The Killer Angels

The Killer Angels
Author: Michael Shaara
Publisher: Modern Library
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2004-11-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0679643249

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “remarkable” (Ken Burns), “utterly absorbing” (Forbes) Civil War classic that inspired the film Gettysburg, with more than three million copies in print “My favorite historical novel . . . a superb re-creation of the Battle of Gettysburg, but its real importance is its insight into what the war was about, and what it meant.”—James M. McPherson In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation’s history, two armies fought for two conflicting dreams. One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of life. Far more than rifles and bullets were carried into battle. There were memories. There were promises. There was love. And far more than men fell on those Pennsylvania fields. Bright futures, untested innocence, and pristine beauty were also the casualties of war. Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece is unique, sweeping, unforgettable—the dramatic story of the battleground for America’s destiny.

A Killing of Angels

A Killing of Angels
Author: Kate Rhodes
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2014-02-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250014301

The first death looked like a suicide. But someone had tucked a picture of an angel and a handful of white feathers into the banker's pocket before pushing him in front of a train. A killer is stalking The Square Mile—the financial district in London—an avenging angel intent on punishment. But why these victims? What were their sins? Psychologist Alice Quentin swore she'd never get involved with police work again. Her duty is to the living, not the dead. But she owes Detective Don Burns a favor. He was the one who would sit for hours when the last case they worked on together had landed her in the hospital. That case had clearly taken its toll on him, and his career, too. So when he comes begging for help, how can she refuse? In order to find the murderer, Alice and Detective Burns must dig deep into the toxic heart of one of the major financial centers in the world. A place where money means more than life, and no one can be counted innocent. A Killing of Angels is the second book in Kate Rhodes' Alice Quentin Series.

The Angel and the Jabberwocky Murders

The Angel and the Jabberwocky Murders
Author: Mignon F. Ballard
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2006-11-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780312354190

Guardian angel and heavenly sleuth Augusta Goodnight joins forces with Lucy Nan Pilgrim, a long-time resident of Stone's Throw, South Carolina, to investigate the mysterious disappearances of a number of young women.

Avenging Angel: Love and Death in Old Brooklyn

Avenging Angel: Love and Death in Old Brooklyn
Author: Charles S. Isaacs
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2019-04-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1684332478

A riveting tale of revenge, survival, and redemption, wrapped around an unlikely love story, and set against an urban backdrop marked by bigotry and misogyny. Following a racially motivated rape by three Ku Klux Klansmen, 12-year-old Cassandra Monroe vows revenge. After eight years of training, now a strikingly beautiful assassin, she accomplishes her mission. Her campaign continues with solitary walks through dark city streets, hoping to be assaulted by men with bad intentions. Those entrapped by her spider’s web pay dearly for their efforts. Surrounded by three armed men one night, she’s rescued by Mike Borelli, an Italian-American passerby. A stormy, up-and-down relationship ensues. Ultimately, as her rage matures into purposeful action, and as he begins to see the world through her eyes, they become a team. Along the way, they encounter serial killers, wife-beaters, actual and would-be rapists, gangsters, crooked cops, a kidnapper and a pedophile priest, as well as numerous women in desperate need of their help. Beneath all the action, though, is the blossoming of a most unlikely love story.