David Levien
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A stunning serial-killer novel from David Levien, featuring his acclaimed and indomitable investigator, Frank Behr... this is the bigger thriller we've been wanting for from Levien. A young woman's body is found on a side street in Indianapolis, horrifyingly arranged. Meanwhile, Frank Behr, who is down on his luck and virtually broke, takes on a no-win case to locate a single mother's wayward daughter who's been missing for months. Suddenly Behr feels...
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Frank Behr is on an executive protection detail of Bernard Kolodnik, a hard-driving business mogul on the verge of making a move into big-time politics. Behr is working for the Caro Group, an uneasy fit both philosophically and literally. An attempt is made on the client, and Behr manages to protect him and repel the attackers, getting them both to safety. Behr is celebrated for his heroism and moved to a different assignment, but he can't help but...
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Frank Behr novels volume 2
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After the sudden disappearance of two high-priced private investigators, former Indianapolis cop Frank Behr searches for them in the recesses of the Indianapolis underworld, where Behr is forced to confront an ominous, deadly new breed of crime family.
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Frank Behr novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2008]
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Fourteen months after their young son Jamie vanishes while delivering newspapers in his suburban Indianapolis neighborhood, Paul and Carol Gabriel hire private detective Frank Behr to uncover the truth about their son's fate.
7) Solitary man
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Ben Kalmen, a fifty-something New Yorker, discovers that he is not the man he wanted to be. Through many business and romantic indiscretions he has lost his once successful car dealership. Now he must make the decision to face the challenges of his not so youthful life.
8) Runaway jury
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After a man dies in a shooting incident, his wife files a lawsuit against the company that manufactured the gun. Her lawyer argues that the firm in question knew the shop which sold the weapon was not following federal regulations. As the case goes to trial, the firearm manufacturer takes no chances on the outcome, and they hire Rankin Fitch, a "jury consultant" who makes it his business to see that he knows enough about the jurors to be able to guarantee...
10) Knockaround Guys
Pub. Date
2001.
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Matt is given the chance to make good by picking up a mob payment. He puts together a crew of three friends, all sons of Brooklyn mobsters, to help him out. Getting the money goes just fine, but during a refueling stop in Montana, the money is left at a airstrip, where it's promptly stolen by a pair of burnouts. When Matt and his crew discover the money is missing, they head back to Montana, but before long they find out the sheriff is on to them,...
11) Ocean's thirteen
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When one of their own, Reuben Tishkoff, partners and builds a casino and hotel with double-crossing casino owner Willy Bank in Las Vegas, the last thing he ever wanted was to get cut out of the deal by the loathsome Bank. Bank even goes so far as to finding amusement in Tishkoff's misfortune when the double-crossing lands Reuben in the hospital because of a heart attack. However, Danny and his crew won't stand for Bank and what he's done to a friend....
Pub. Date
2009
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Ocean's 11 (127 min): New Year's Eve in Las Vegas. Roulette wheels spin and the champaign fizzes. It's the perfect time to steal a kiss or a $25 chip. But for Danny Ocean and his 10 partners in crime, it's the perfect moment to steal millions. Danny devises a scheme to knock out power to the Vegas strip, electronically rig five big casinos vaults and raid them all at the same time.
Ocean's eleven (117 min.): Hollywood's A list stars come together...
15) Solitary man
Pub. Date
c2010
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Follows the story of an aging ex-car-dealer whose poor business decisions and romantic indiscretions cost him a divorce and the loss of his successful career, while he continues to pursue liaisons with much younger women.
16) I smile back
Pub. Date
2016
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Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next activity. However, just beneath the facade lie depression and disillusionment that send her careening into a secret world of reckless compulsion. Only very real danger will force her to face the painful...
17) Knockaround Guys
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In this action-packed adventure, four sons of well-known New York mobsters must retrieve a bag of cash from a small Montana town ruled bya corrupt sheriff. But things don't go as planned for the quartet of Mafia wannabes, and as the four young toughs unite to recover the money, they come face-to-face with the bloodshed and betrayal that are their birthright. Starring Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominee Barry Pepper("Saving Private Ryan," TV's "61"),...
18) Solitary Man
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Ben (Michael Douglas of WALL STREET) once ruled a car-dealership empire vast enough to fuel a glossy Manhattan lifestyle and endow a library at an East Coast university. But by the time he arrives at the college with his girlfriend's daughter, Allyson (Imogen Poots), who is a prospective student, his world has collapsed around his ears. A business scandal has cost him his income and his marriage to Nancy (Susan Sarandon of THELMA & LOUISE). His ever-present...
19) The illusionist
Pub. Date
2007
Description
The acclaimed illusionist Eisenheim has not only captured the imaginations of all of Vienna, but also the interest of the ambitious Crown Prince Leopold. When Leopold's new fianc�ee rekindles a childhood fascination with Eisenheim, the Prince's interest evolves into obsession. Suddenly the city's Chief Inspector finds himself investigating a shocking crime. But even as the Inspector engages him in a dramatic challenge of wills, Eisenheim prepares...
20) Rounders
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Mike McDermott (Matt Damon) loses his money in a poker game against Russian gangster Teddy "KGB" (John Malkovich). Under pressure from his girlfriend, Jo (Gretchen Mol), he promises to quit gambling. This lasts until his friend, Lester "Worm" Murphy (Edward Norton), gets out of prison and needs to pay off an old debt. The pair come close to earning the money back but are caught cheating. Then Mike finds out the debt is owed to Teddy and makes one...