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A trio of ex-cons, deep in the underbelly of Los Angeles, are hired for a kidnapping. When the abduction goes awry and gets completely out of control, the cons find themselves on the run, vowing to stay out of prison at all costs.

With Arkady Renko, Smith created one of the iconic sleuths of contemporary fiction. Renko returns to investigate international plots that drive one of Russia's billionaire businessmen to jump to his death.

Three friends from reform school embark on a bloody rampage Troy was born in Beverly Hills but raised in the prisons of Southern California. Two days before his parole from reform school, a run-in with a young black tough threatens to derail his release. He prepares to fight, ready to sacrifice freedom to maintain his reputation, but a friend comes to his rescue. Armed with two razor blades, Mad Dog takes out Troy's assailant, allowing his friend...

Philip Dixon is down on his luck. An escape from a lucrative but botched bank robbery lands him bleeding and on the verge of collapse in a college town in New Hampshire. How can he find a place to hide out in this innocent setting? Peering into the window of the nearest house, he sees a glimmer of hope: a man in his mid-thirties, obviously some kind of academic, is rolling around on the living room floor with an attractive high-school student. Professor...

Thomas and McGrowl's new neighbors run an obedience school for dogs, however, Thomas suspects a sinister plan.

A personal look at the war in Afghanistan from the perspective of a Canadian war correspondent.

Presents more zany and poignant moments in the lives of CharlieBrown, his friends, and his dog Snoopy, appearing in reprinted selections from the daily comic strip.

Doug and Sophie, from the comic strip "Dog eat Doug," share all sorts of exploits to avoid going to bed.

Arvid is a regular bank clerk whose life changes radically when he knocks out the bank robber Franz with his squash racket.