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Amidst the crumbling facades of a once vibrant city, the line between hunter and hunted blurs as private detective Johnny Walker plunges into a deadly game. Hired by a distraught Russian oligarch whose youngest daughter has vanished, Johnny soon discovers that the missing girl is merely a pawn in a much larger conspiracy. Her two stunning sisters, entwined in a web of family lies and secrets, become instrumental in unraveling a plot that stretches far beyond Portland's borders. Meanwhile, Detective Sandy Jenkins, Johnny's girlfriend, wages a relentless war against the city's escalating human trafficking crisis. As their investigations collide, a chilling connection emerges between the missing girl and the human trafficking ring. Racing against time, Johnny and Sandy must confront ruthless adversaries and expose the truth before more innocent lives are lost. Author Griffith delivers another heart-stopping installment in the Johnny Walker saga, where danger lurks in every shadow and the stakes have never been higher. This pulse-pounding thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page.
The Bunkers Picking up where Spam Sushi left off, this outrageous crime caper follows the adventures of the Bunkers, a mischievous crew of seven, ten-year-old boys who are back in business. Peddling dried seaweed as pot to tourists in Waikiki is their usual hustle, but when a purse-snatching escapade turns up a kilo of crystal meth instead of cash, their lives take a hilarious and dangerous turn. Selling seaweed as pot is easy, but offloading a kilo of ice? That's a whole other can of worms, especially when you're only ten years old. Enter the Weasel, a colorful forty-year-old surfer with a shady past, who seems like the perfect solution to offload the ice. Except unfortunately, it seems the...
Ralph Griffith's Monkey House is a memoir of his time served at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Butner in North Carolina. He spent the last seven years of his sentence with Bernie Madoff, Jonathan Pollard, Nicky Scarfo, Carmine Persico, and other well-known criminals. FMC Butner is a high-security prison that houses inmates with serious medical conditions and mental health issues. The prison also has a designation for high-profile criminals. Griffith describes the prison as a "giant Monkey House for the criminally insane." Monkey House is a fascinating and often humorous account of prison life. Griffith writes about the day-to-day routines of the inmates, the power dynamics within the priso...
Too-Sweet, a southern girl with a yen for adventure, flees Japan and lands in the sun-kissed embrace of Queensland, Australia. Ten miles north of Cairns, she stumbles into a wild business venture with her Yakuza partner and an endearingly shady Japanese counterfeiter. Their shopping list? A crocodile farm, a jungle boat, a twenty-unit motel, and—wait a giant bar. But this isn’t just any bar. Too-Sweet christens it, The Naked Pygmy, because apparently, in Australia, dwarf tossing at bars is a national sport. And why not? It’s a land where kangaroos box, wombats moonwalk, and emus have perfected the art of side-eye. Now, here’s the twist: Living on Too-Sweet’s property are pygmies from Papua New Guinea. And these aren’t your run-of-the-mill pygmies, they’re cannibals. Forget dwarfs; Too-Sweet’s got her own pint-sized crew ready for action. Get ready for a novel packed with belly laughs, heart-thumping action, and characters so outrageous they’d make a kangaroo blush. In Queensland, the only thing more dangerous than the crocs is Too-Sweet’s determination to turn chaos into profit.
It's 1970 in the glamorous heart of Paris. Moonlight, music, and murder collide in smoky backstreets, shimmering on champagne flutes like a soft, French kiss tainted with danger. Clyde thought he'd finally escaped his violent past, building a sanctuary with his love, Moonbeam--their jazz club a beacon fueled by the rhythm of a new life, not the echoes of old bloodshed. Paris was meant to be Clyde's escape, a chance to build a new life. But enemies resurface like ghosts, shattering the fragile peace. As the Red Liberation Front unleashes its deadly agenda, the man who craves the quiet melody of jazz and the warmth of cognac must choose--remain the peaceful soul he yearns to be--or resurrect the ruthless killer he can't seem to escape. With his club, his employees, and the woman who brings light to his world in the crosshairs, every note played on stage becomes a desperate heartbeat for Clyde. As the Red Liberation Front unleashes terror, can he outwit his enemies, outpace his own darkness, before it engulfs them all?
The Real Bernie Madoff Ralph Griffith wrote a book that no one else could have! Sara Stratso November 9, 2020 There has been no shortage of books written about Bernie Madoff, but Ralph Griffith’s book stands out above all the rest because the author and Madoff were incarcerated together for seven years. Bernard Lawrence Madoff, a prominent Wall Street figure, was serving time in North Carolina’s Federal Medical Center in FCI Butner. Madoff, the former chairman of NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Automated Quotations Dealers) had been sentenced for 150 years for an elaborate multi-billion dollars Ponzi scheme targeting investors. Griffith had been doing time because of bank robb...
In the heart of Tasmania, where ancient forests whisper secrets and shadows dance with the wind, a chilling mystery unfolds, leaving the island community in a state of fear and uncertainty. When three young girls vanish without a trace from the seemingly tranquil town of Hobart, the lives of the island's inhabitants are forever changed. Enter Detective Harry Chin, a seasoned investigator with an unreadable face, and eyes that have witnessed the darkest depths of human nature. Harry has spent his life navigating the labyrinthine world of crime. His unwavering dedication and sharp intellect have made him a formidable force in the pursuit of justice. Ash Friday, a towering six-foot-two Aborigin...
This is a work of nonfiction, concerning the 7 years the author lived with Bernie Madoff at a federal medical facility located in Butner, North Carolina. It is an essay on how Wall Street and Washington D.C. operate--according to Madoff. The financial service industry has PACs that represent over 165 trillion in assets, so obviously, the average American citizen has no say in how the United States is run. Many in the industry will not like this book, nor the sewer we call Washington D.C., because it deals with the how of both parties. In the expression, "Ignorance is Bliss", the financial industry and Washington are eternally grateful. The stupidity of the general population allows those in Wall Street and Washington to live the good life off the backs of the working class--or at least until things get so bad that violent social upheaval comes about. A must read for the blind who wish to see again. Warning--the contents of this book may be upsetting.
Too-Sweet's adventures continue in English Rose, the third installment of the Too-Sweet Saga. After narrowly escaping Tijuana, she finds herself in the heart of London, where she establishes the Gay Paddy, a unique Irish Leather Bar and Spank Emporium. But chaos follows her, as Speedy Gonzales smuggles a massive cocaine shipment hidden in frozen burritos. Join Too-Sweet and her quirky new crew for a hilarious and action-packed journey through London's vibrant underworld. Fans of DIVAS and Tijuana Taxi won't want to miss this outrageous installment!
Haunted by the ghosts of San Francisco's Summer of Love and the blonde-haired, blue-eyed beauty he left behind, Clyde Thomas reenlists in the army and goes back to Vietnam as part of the 716th Military Police in Saigon. He arrives back a month before the Tet Offensive, hoping to clear the demons from his soul. But as the Tet Offensive explodes and Saigon crumbles into fiery chaos, he discovers a different kind of darkness—a war spiraling out of control, staining the soul of a nation. Drawn into Saigon's intoxicating underbelly, haunted by visions of Moonbeam and a new, forbidden love with a dark-haired Asian beauty, his quest for redemption becomes a desperate race for survival, both physical and spiritual. A striking and deeply thought-provoking novel capturing the politics and stark reality of war, in a place no one in America really cared about. Fought by the unwilling--led by the incompetent--for the ungrateful. Hard Rain, like Summer of Love 1967, captures a period in Americas dark history for future generations to read.