Crime category: 24427 books
by Roberta Kray
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2019
There's a score to settle... THE DEBT
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Johnny Frank spent eighteen years inside for murder, and now he's coming out with only one thing on his mind: to kill the man who put him there. But revenge is sweet, and Johnny doesn't want to rush - he's going to make Jim Buckley suffer.
When...
Murder in Connecticut
The Shocking Crime That Destroyed a Family and United a Community
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2008
An incisive, unflinching account of the shocking, summer 2007 Connecticut crime that is still making national headlines, Murder in Connecticut examines what happened to Dr. William Petit, his wife Jennifer Hawke-Petit, and their two daughters, Hayley and Michaela, in the early morning hours of July...
Murder in the Family
The Dr. King Story
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2015
As the old saying goes, "You can pick your friends, but not your relatives." In tranquil Northumberland County, Ontario, two families are well acquainted with the grim truth of that innocuous-sounding expression. They are the descendants of the first, and only, man executed in Northumberland's...
by Paul Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
A collection of true-crime stories that takes you inside some of the most intriguing and violent cases from across the country. Paul Andersons position over the last 12 years as a Herald Sun crime reporter gives him the sources and the information on both sides to make this a truly insiders account....
by Melanie Casey
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
AN ENGROSSING AND TERRIFYING RIDE THROUGH A SLEEPY COASTAL TOWN TORN ASUNDER BY A PREDATORY MURDERER CASS LEHMAN HAS A TERRIFYING GIFT... SHE SEES WHAT OTHER'S CANT... A chilling tale of a young woman cursed with supernatural powers and a grief-stricken detective who end up both an unlikely team and...
by John Summit
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
In his 6th book in the True Crime Series, John Summit thoroughly examines the origins of DNA and how advancements in DNA analysis around the world have propelled law enforcement and crime scene investigation into a new era.DNA evidence, a mere 30 years following its initial and hesitant acceptance,...
by Mike Ashley
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Charles Dickens created some of the most memorable characters in English literature. But just what became of the convict that frightened young Pip in Great Expectations?
Was he guilty, or framed? And what really did become of Edwin Drood? Was the case ever solved? Mike Ashley presents over...
The Romford Outrage
The Murder of Inspector Thomas Simmons 1885
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2009
Following the success of their prize-winning account of the infamous killing of PC George Clark - The Dagenham Murder - Linda Rhodes and Kathryn Abnett now reconstruct, in vivid detail, another sensational Victorian murder case. Inspector Thomas Simmons was shot and fatally wounded near Romford in...
Inspector Oldfield and the Black Hand Society
America's Original Gangsters and the U.S. Postal Detective Who Brought Them to Justice
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
The “fascinating…great-grandson’s account” (The Wall Street Journal) of the US postal inspector who brought to justice the deadly Black Hand is “unputdownable” (Library Journal, starred review).
Before the emergence of prohibition-era gangsters like Al Capone and Lucky Luciano,...
Mister Jinnah Mysteries 2-Book Bundle
Securities / She-Demon
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
This double edition of the Mister Jinnah Mysteries series presents Donald J. Hauka's Mister Jinnah Securities and She Demons. Hakeem Jinnah is a politically incorrect but relentless crime reporter for the Vancouver Tribune who finds himself embroiled in an increasingly bizarre series of police investigations.
Fast-paced,...
Television Antiheroines
Women Behaving Badly in Crime and Prison Drama
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
With a foreword by Diane Negra and Jorie Lagerway As television has finally started to create more leading roles for women, the female antiheroine has emerged as a compelling and dynamic character type. Television Antiheroines looks closely at this recent development, exploring the emergence of women...
Great American Crime Stories
Lyons Press Classics
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
A chilling, thrilling collection of true American crimes, long-forgotten and legendary
The Bloody Benders Family . . . The Black Hand of New Orleans . . . The Crimes of Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch . . . The Mountain Meadows Massacre in Utah . . . Rachel Wall, Female Pirate and The Last Woman...
Shocking and Sensational
The Stories Behind Famous True Crime and Scandal Books
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Already part of a genre known for generating controversy, some true crime and scandal books have wielded a particular power to unsettle readers, provoke authorities and renew interest in a case. The reactions to such literature have been as contentious as the books themselves, clouding the “truth”...
Unsolved Murders
True Crime Cases Uncovered
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Explore the mysteries of 20 compelling unsolved murder cases, from the Zodiac Killer to the death of JonBenét Ramsey, with this true crime book.
Featuring both well-known and more obscure cases spanning across the 20th and 21st century, Unsolved Murders combines page-turning text with images...