organized crime

"As Kyouka fights her past demons, the threat of a three-way war between the Armed Detective Agency, the Guild, and the Port Mafia looms. With each side fortifying their defenses, who will seize the initiative and land the first crushing blow? After an attack by the Guild's fellowcrafts, the Agency's chances for survival might just be gone with the wind..."--Back cover.

"Ryuunousuke Akutagawa pits his 'Rashomon' against Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter' as the war between the Armed Detective Agency, the Guild, and the Port Mafia escalates. While each side tries to outwit and outflank the others, Chuuya Nakahara suddenly appears, ready to make a deal with the Agency. Can Nakahara's 'diplomacy' be trusted, or will he lead the Agency into even greater peril...?"--Back cover.

"Going from golden child to black sheep is a bitter pill for Bianca to swallow. Fortunately she has her Latin lover Ceasar to show her the unconditional love she craves. New to Virginia, Caesar doesn't know much about Bianca, but his love never wavers-- until the one secret she didn't tell him is exposed. Forced back to Miami, Bianca gets to know Caesar's estranged family-- and she's bent on becoming a boss in her own right"--OCLC.

Seventeen-year-old Vince's life is constantly complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent.

A two-volume guide to the shadow world, the critical issues, and the global reach of organized crime.

As crime ravages the streets and civil unrest stirs, an "orcamancer" gathers four misfits to confront corruption.

"The battle between the Armed Detective Agency and the Port Mafia has always been a two-party affair, but now a new player is in town! Led by the fabulously wealthy F. Scott Fitzgerald, the Guild wants Yokohama for themselves. Can the Agency close the book on Fitzgerald's ambitions, or will Guild member Lucy Maud Montgomery (and her delightful 'friend' Anne) sentence the detectives to a cruel fate?"--Back cover.

"Mafia troubles abound for the Armed Detective Agency! Atsushi has rescued Kyouka Izumi, an unwilling Port Mafia assassin, but with a body count in the double digits, can Kyouka's crimes be forgiven? Meanwhile, a captured Dazai comes face-to-face with the man who detests him more than anyone else alive--his ex-partner in crime, Chuuya Nakahara! Can Atsushi and Dazai overcome their Mafia woes, or is the writing on the wall for both of them?"--Back cover.

"Ejected from the orphanage that had been his home, a despairing boy with no prospects in life named Atsushi Nakajima rescues a peculiar man from a suicide attempt-- Osamu Dazai. It turns out that Dazai is part of an armed detective agency staffed by individuals whose supernatural powers take on a literary bent! When Nakajima is engaged by Dazai and his associate Kunikida to hunt down a man-eating tiger terrorizing the region, little does Nakajima suspect that the encounter will transform his life forever!"--Back cover.

"Juan Pablo and his best friend, Rocio, follow his grandmother's guidance--and the butterfly migration--to Pacific Grove, California, pursued by the drug traffickers he tried stop in their small Mexican town"--OCLC.