Friends of the Family

Author: Tommy Dades
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061876321
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 380

Book Description
“One of the most spectacular cases of police corruption in the city.” —New York Times Friends of the Family is a look deep inside the most notorious case to rock the NYPD: The story of Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, the two police detectives who moonlighted as mob hit men. As told by Tommy Dades and Michael Vecchione—the cop and District Attorney investigator who solved New York’s coldest case—along with co-writer David Fisher, Friends of the Family is shocking true crime in the tradition of Nicolas Pileggi’s Wiseguys and Underboss by Peter Mass—a chilling, in-depth examination of what the New York Daily News calls “the worst betrayal of the badge in the NYPD’s history.”

A Friend of the Family

Author: Lauren Grodstein
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1565129679
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315

Book Description
After his best friend's daughter, Laura, sets her sights on his son, Alec, Pete Dizinoff sees his plans for a perfect son not just unraveling but being destroyed completely and sets out to derail the romance.

An Old Friend of the Family

Author: Fred Saberhagen
Publisher: JSS Literary Productions, LLC
ISBN: 1937422194
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
Dr Emile Corday, aka Dracula, is summoned to the aid of the Sutherland family, descendants of his great love, Mina Harker. Corday finds himself facing a rebellious faction of American vampires out to see him and anyone he cares for annihilated. Leading his adversaries is the evil and alluring enchantress Morgan Le Fay. Corday, the Sutherland family, and policeman Joe Koegh will cross paths again in Saberhagen’s Dracula series.

Friend of the Family

Author: D. Lea Jacobs
Publisher: Howells House
ISBN: 9780929590196
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 366

Book Description
Jacobs writes historical fiction under a different name, but here tries his hand at nonfiction to tell the story of Ed Robb, one of the first and most successful FBI undercover agents to work against the Mafia organized crime network. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

A Friend of the Family

Author: Lisa Jewell
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0140295976
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349

Book Description
Meet the Londons, a family in need of a friend � Gerry and Bernie London are proud parents of Tony, Sean and Ned, three wayward lads whose lives have suddenly reached crisis points: Newly divorced Tony is fantasizing about someone he really shouldn�t; prize-winning novelist Sean�s got a hot new girlfriend and a dose of writer�s block; and Ned�s just back from Australia, without the girl he took with him � or a clue what he�s going to do with his life. If that wasn�t enough for one household, the Londons also have a new lodger � a mysterious rockabilly called Gervase. Will he turn out to be a friend � or foe � to the family?

A Friend of the Family

Author: Alison Shaw
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781551990248
Category : Abduction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A fascinating blend of true-crime story and psychological thriller, this book casts painfully revealing light on the life and mind of a sociopath.

Family & Friends' Guide to Domestic Violence

Author: Elaine Weiss
Publisher: Volcano Press
ISBN: 9781884244223
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
Offers practical answers to extraordinarily complex questions raised by abuse. Provides a checklist of warning signs of domestic abuse.

Friend of My Youth

Author: Alice Munro
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307814599
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344

Book Description
A “wickedly funny” (Newsweek) collection of ten short stories from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro, “one of the most eloquent and gifted writers of contemporary fiction” (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times). “Each of her collections demonstrates such linguistic skill, delicacy of vision, and . . . moral strength and clarity.”—Chicago Tribune A woman haunted by dreams of her dead mother. An adulterous couple stepping over the line where the initial excitement ends and the pain begins. A widow visiting a Scottish village in search of her husband’s past—and instead discovering unsetting truths about a total stranger. The miraculously accomplished stories in this collection not only astonish and delight, but also convey the unspoken mysteries at the heart of all human experience. The mastery—the almost numinous ability to say the unsayable—makes Friend of My Youth a genuine literary event.

Friend of the Family

Author: Tasmina Perry
Publisher: Headline Review
ISBN: 9781472208576
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE POOL HOUSE, a sensationally twisty page-turner about a woman with the perfect life and a woman determined to steal it. 'Gripping from the off... sexy, scandalous brilliance... this book is a genuine must *****' Heat 'A book to cancel plans for - we were completely gripped' Closer She thinks your life is perfect. She thinks you don't deserve it. Your job Amy is more than happy to offer the daughter of an old friend work experience at her London magazine. Josie is young and ambitious. She just needs a foot in the door. Your home When Josie arrives, she swiftly makes herself indispensable at work and at home. And when childcare falls through before a long-awaited university reunion in Provence, it begins to look as if Josie may be staying longer than Amy had bargained for. Your husband In the heat of Provence, Josie's presence starts to unsettle Amy, especially around her husband. As cracks begin to appear in Amy's perfect life, she cannot shake the feeling that the family friend may not be a friend at all... Don't miss this gripping, addictive read. It will make you think twice about who you invite into your home...

The Family Nobody Wanted

Author: Helen Doss
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
ISBN: 1555538495
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 275

Book Description
Doss's charming, touching, and at times hilarious chronicle tells how each of the children, representing white, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Mexican, and Native American backgrounds, came to her and husband Carl, a Methodist minister. She writes of the way the "unwanted" feeling was erased with devoted love and understanding and how the children united into one happy family. Her account reads like a novel, with scenes of hard times and triumphs described in vivid prose. The Family Nobody Wanted, which inspired two films, opened doors for other adoptive families and was a popular favorite among parents, young adults, and children for more than thirty years. Now this edition will introduce the classic to a new generation of readers. An epilogue by Helen Doss that updates the family's progress since 1954 will delight the book's loyal legion of fans around the world.