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Lust killer (Signet True-crime Ser.)
Par Ann Rule. 1988
When young women begin mysteriously disappearing in Oregon, Police Lieutenant James Stovall leads a relentless search for a killer. With…
little evidence available, and the public screaming for answers, he must find a remorseless, brutal killer whose identity will shock them all. Contains some explicit descriptions of sex and violenceThe darkest night: two sisters, a brutal murder, and the loss of innocence in a small town
Par Ron Franscell. 2008
Details the 1973 Casper, Wyoming, abduction of two sisters by two men who raped the teen and threw them both…
from a bridge, killing the younger child. Describes the surviving girl's ongoing troubles and her attackers' lives before and after their swift arrest and conviction. Violence and strong language. 2007On November 22, 1915, Jasper Jacob Francis, a prosperous farmer and leading citizen of Stoutland, Missouri, was found dead in…
a brush pile on Rouse Hill. He had been savagely murdered. The case helped launch the career of Phil M. Donnelly, who acted as the defense attorney for the accused killer, and later became governor of Missouri, and a U.S. CongressmanWitness for the prosecution of Scott Peterson: For the Prosecution of Scott Peterson
Par Amber Frey. 2005
Frey recounts her brief relationship with Peterson during the time his pregnant wife disappeared. Frey relates contacting Modesto, California, police…
in December 2002 and later testifying against Peterson when he was tried for murder. She attributes faith in God for sustaining her throughout the ordeal. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2005Cries in the desert (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
Par John Glatt. 2002
Chronicles the crimes and trial of David Parker Ray of Sierra County, New Mexico, who for decades abducted women for…
sadomasochistic torture before murdering them. In 1999 Ray, then fifty-nine, was finally arrested along with his fiancée and daughter as accomplices. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2002Crime wave: reportage and fiction from the underside of L.A
Par James Ellroy. 1999
Pieces first published in GQ magazine by the crime writer. Ellroy relates his mother's murder in 1958 as well as…
other crimes against women, including Nicole Simpson. Depicts some corrupted characters on the dark side of Los Angeles. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 1999Talking to the enemy: stories
Par Avner Mandelman. 2005
Nine stories about the Israeli experience. In "Terror" a father beats the son who fails to stand up for his…
five-year-old brother, thus instilling the precept that, right or wrong, family comes first, even before justice or fear. Strong language and some violence. Sophie Brody Medal. 2005Lines and shadows
Par Joseph Wambaugh. 1984
In this true crime story, Wambaugh focuses on the Border Crime Task Force, an eighteen-month experiment conducted by the San…
Diego Police. This task force foot-patrolled the Mexican-U.S. border between Tijuana and San Diego in an effort to stop the gangs who mug, rob, rape, and murder Mexican, illegal aliens. Powerful and compassionate. Strong language. Violence. Bestseller 1984'I was hooked right from the start and couldn't put it down. I stayed up until after 2am to finish…
it... A non-stop, tense and thrilling read' Reader review, 5 stars A deadly trap. A ticking clock. How long until she has only one last breath? Jessie wakes to darkness, cold, and the rain beating down on her. She reaches out, and her hands meet hard stone. Suddenly she knows where she is. Deep in the woods, far underground, at the bottom of the well where her best friend's lifeless body was found fifteen years ago. After returning to her hometown to investigate a new murder, she now finds herself poised to become the killer's next victim. Jessie gazes up to the circle of night sky above her, the relentless raindrops landing on her face. She doesn't know how she came to be here, but she knows that, with the storm getting worse, it's only a matter of time before the well begins to fill with water. Can she make it out before it's too late? And what will be waiting for her on the surface if she does? A totally gripping, dark and twisty psychological thriller that will leave you breathless. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Mark Edwards and Freida McFadden. Readers have been loving One Last Breath: 'Heart-pounding thriller that left me on the edge of my seat. Definitely one of the best books this year' Reader review, 5 stars 'This book blew my mind! ... You know it's good when you get past half way in one sitting!' Reader review, 5 stars 'Riveting and engaging ... a testament to Cunliffe's storytelling prowess, delivering a gratifying and suspenseful experience' Reader review, 5 stars 'White knuckles from the very first page and the tension does not let up!' Reader review, 5 starsCourt In The Streets
Par Kevin Bullock. 2010
The Yard is part two of the heart throb thriller Court in the Streets, that goes from the streets of…
Durham, North Carolina, to behind the vicious walls of Coleman Federal Penitentiary. The exact prison where Walter's forty years of experience in the game could have never prepared him for the multiple life sentences he was sentenced to for his affiliation with Jason Parker.... Now the nine figure Jamaican boss must fend for himself against jealous inmates, correctional officers, and family..... The elusive, ill-tempered Jason Parker, still hasn't gotten over the fact that Tony is dead, and his mentor is in prison for the rest of his life. And now that he's on the F.B.I's Top Ten Most Wanted list, you would think that he's somewhere enjoying what life that he has left. But Mr. Attitude himself, is ordering more hits than Don Corleone, and prepping his six year old twin boys for war...... Mez, a small time hustler that's driven by love, discovers the streets don't love anybody when he finds himself a fellow inmate of Walter's. When Walter takes him under his wing and exposed him to his world, Mez finds out first-hand what it feels like to be on somebody's list....Allotted Views
Par K. D. Grace, John Lachatte. 2011
The Walls of Delhi
Par Jason Grunebaum, Uday Prakash. 2012
A street sweeper discovers a cache of black market money and escapes to see the Taj Mahal with his underage…
mistress; an Untouchable races to reclaim his life that's been stolen by an upper-caste identity thief; a slum baby's head gets bigger and bigger as he gets smarter and smarter, while his family tries to find a cure. One of India's most original and audacious writers, Uday Prakash, weaves three tales of living and surviving in today's globalized India. In his stories, Prakash portrays realities about caste and class with an authenticity absent in most English-language fiction about South Asia. Sharply political but free of heavy handedness.Still Life and Other Stories
Par Wayne P. Lammers, Junzo Shono. 1992
"Shono conveys both intimacy and distance, tranquility and tension, as he explores the shifting relations between husband and wife, father…
and son, brother and sister." -Publishers Weekly"These stories are so artful... they seem like the artless productions of life itself." -Kenyon College Book Review -- Kenyon College Book Review"This collection should be sipped and savored like warm sake." -Small PressWinner of the Pen Center West Award, this delicate collection of thirteen linked tales reveals the flow of daily life in the modern Japanese family. Junzo Shono's artful layering of commonplace events, images, and conversations has been compared to haiku poetry crossed with an Ozu film.Me & My Girls
Par Leondrei Prince. 2004
Tish, Rayon and Tasheena are about to show the world what friendship really means. Each living their own separate lives,…
they stumbled upon obstacles that would define who they are later in life... Tish- A high school mother learned early about responsibility by having a child by a small time drug dealer who later became a "King Pin" and victim of a quarrel... Rayon- One of Tish's best friend from the suburbs is more of a follower than anything else. She got caught up in a pregnancy and found comfort in her two best friends Tish and Tasheena who were from the projects... Tasheena- Is the direct opposite of the both of them... She was a woman scorned early by the love of her life who abandoned her for a heroin addiction. Unable to deal with the loneliness that overcame her, she sought out comfort from any and every man she could, only digging herself into a deeper depression. Until she discovered Allah (God).Los asesinos de la luna: Petróleo, dinero, homicidio y la creación del FBI.
Par David Grann. 2017
El autor de Z, la ciudad perdida, David Grann, regresa con un emocionante True Crime que desvela una de las…
conspiraciones más monstruosas de la historia de Estados Unidos. Best Seller de The New York Times, mejor libro del 2017 según Amazon y Ganador del Edgar Allan Poe Award al Best Fact Crime. En los años veinte, la comunidad india de los Osage en Oklahoma era la población de mayor renta per cápita del mundo. El petróleo que yacía bajo sus propiedades les convirtió en millonarios: construyeron mansiones, tenían chóferes privados y mandaban a sus hijos a estudiar a Europa. Pero un espiral de violencia asoló esta comunidad indígena cuando sus miembros empezaron a morir y a desaparecer en extrañas circunstancias. La familia de una mujer Osage, Mollie Burkhart, se convirtió en un objetivo principal. Sus tres hermanas fueron asesinadas. Una fue envenenada, otra murió a tiros y la tercera falleció en una explosión. Otros miembros de la los Osage morían en circunstancias misteriosas, y muchos de los que se atrevieron a investigar los crímenes fueron también asesinados. Cuando el número de muertos alcanzó los veinticuatro, el recién inaugurado FBI decidió intervenir y fue uno de sus primeros grandes casos de homicidio. Después de que la investigación resultara un desastre, el joven director J. Edgar Hoover acudió al antiguo comandante de Texas, Tom White, para que desvelase el misterio. White estableció un equipo infiltrado, incluyendo a un agente nativo en el grupo. En este apasionante true crime, que Martin Scorsese y Leonardo DiCaprio llevarán a la gran pantalla, se revelan nuevos secretos de una de las conspiraciones más siniestras contra la comunidad indígena de Estados Unidos. Como ya hizo en Z, la ciudad perdida, Grann se sumerge en una profunda y exhaustiva investigación para desvelar uno de los episodios más oscuros y despiadados de la Historia norteamericana. La crítica ha dicho:«Los asesinos de la luna es un libro magnífico, una cautivadora historia real de avaricia, asesinatos en serie e injusticia racial [...]. David Grann es un periodista extraordinario, y esta obra es quizá lo mejor que ha escrito.»Jon Krakauer «Perturbador y fascinante [...] abrasará tu alma.»Dave Eggers, The New York Times Book Review «Un trabajo magistral de periodismo literario.»The Boston Globe «La historia criminal que cuenta es atroz y repleta de héroes y villanos reales. Hará que te estremezcas ante la inhumanidad del hombre hacia sus congéneres.»Dwight Garner, The New York Times «Una historia increíble, emocionante e imposible de dejar, escrita por una autor cuyos misterios basados en hechos reales siempre van más allá de lo que el lector se espera.»The Paris Review «Como un maestro de la historia detectivesca, Grann sabe guardarse lo mejor para el final. Es ahí donde su investigación meticulosa, paciente y detallada finalmente penetra la neblina de mentiras y pruebas comprometedoras para llegar al sólido territorio de la verdad.»The Wall Street JournalThe Ultimate Jack the Ripper Sourcebook: An Illustrated Encyclopedia
Par Keith Skinner, Stewart Evans. 2001
Two experienced Ripperologists have applied their joint knowledge and expertise to the painstaking collation of all the known official records…
to produce the ultimate Ripper book - a narrative account of the murders encompassing all the known evidence.The most complete work on the Ripper case ever, contains: the entire contents of the Scotland Yard files covering the full series of murders; extensive press reports; witness statements and extracts from police notebooks; documents missing from the official files and many rare photographs.The Ultimate Jack the Ripper Sourcebook is not only an invaluable reference, but is also a compelling account of the Victorian serial murderer whose identity remains one of criminology's greatest mysteries.Commando Ombra III
Par G G Vega. 2018
Verità sul narcotraffico e la lotta nel mondo contro questo sistema illegale. Scrivendo questo libro riguardo un tema così delicato,…
di un sistema sociale così potente economicamente e altresì ambiguo, lo scopo prefissato è quello di dare le migliori informazioni possibili riguardo la situazione globale, nella maniera più sintetica possibile affinché il lettore possa farsi un’idea generale riguardo il tema e trarre le proprie conclusioni, nonostante l’obiettivo del libro stesso non sia quello di smascherare i colpevoli, dato che sarebbe talmente complesso che porterebbe ad un groviglio confuso riguardo un sistema che affetta tutti i livelli sociali. L’obiettivo primario del libro non è dunque quello di denunciare il narcotraffico, bensì quello di onorare il valore di coloro che hanno focalizzato le loro vite combattendo contro un sistema considerato altamente dannoso per la salute pubblica. Al giorno d'oggi, il narcotraffico è un problema che colpisce direttamente più di 50 paesi in tutto il mondo, ed una delle nazioni maggiormente invase, è allo stesso tempo una delle più potenti al mondo, ossia gli Stati Uniti d'America. Nel 2012, gli Stati Uniti d'America hanno investito più di 1.000 milioni di dollari esclusivamente per combattere il narcotraffico in Colombia ed in Messico, anche se negli ultimi anni hanno ridotto un po’ la cifra. Il Messico per la sua personale lotta al narcotraffico ha speso in 10 anni 50.000 milioni di dollari e, dal 2007, 200.000 persone sono state assassinate da parte di bande narcotrafficanti. Già nel 2014, il narcotraffico faceva girare più di 320.000 milioni di dollari nel mondo. Dal 2008, gli Stati Uniti hanno contribuito attraverso l'Iniziativa Mérida, con una cifra vicina al 1.405 milioni di Euro (il Congresso ha accettato altri 937 milioni di Euro). Dalla sua parte, il Messico, dal 2007, ha speso, più o meno, 50.600 milioni di Euro per la sicurezza e la difesa. È stato altresComandos Sombra 3: Golpe Al Diablo
Par G G Vega. 2018
O propósito deste livro é dar-te uma visão de um certo grau da realidade do mundo do narcotráfico, uma informação…
básica e essencial e a história de uma operação em território Paraguaio, na fronteira com o Brasil, das Forças Especiais Comandos Sombra. Não é muito extenso mas é muito rico e educativo em conteúdo.Mysteries of the Unknown (LIFE Explores)
Par The Editors of LIFE. 2019
Honour: Achieving Justice for Banaz Mahmod
Par Caroline Goode. 2020
When Rahmat Sulemani reported his girlfriend Banaz missing, it quickly became clear to DCI Caroline Goode that something was very…
wrong. In fact, Banaz had contacted her local police station multiple times before, even listing the names of the men she expected to murder her in a so-called 'honour' killing. Her parents didn't seem worried, but Banaz had already accused them of being part of the plot.DCI Goode's team took on the investigation before they even had proof that a murder had taken place. What emerged was a shocking story of betrayal and a community-wide web of lies, which would take the team from suburban south London to the mountain ranges of Kurdistan, making covert recordings and piecing together cell phone data to finally bring the killers to justice.