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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
From a story of a campus rape at the University of Pennsylvania in 1983 that unleashed a moral debate over the nature of consent when drinking and drugs are involved to three cold cases featuring the inimitable Long Island private detective Ken Brennan and a startling investigation that reveals a murderer within the LAPD's ranks, shielded for twenty six years by officers keen to protect one of their own, these stories are the work of a masterful narrative...
5) Devil house
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"An epic, gripping novel about murder, truth, artistic obsession, and the dangers of storytelling"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Most people have never heard of Israel Keyes, yet he's the most ambitious and terrifying serial killer in modern history. Described by the FBI's top criminal minds as unprecedented and by one prosecutor as 'a force of pure evil,' Keyes struck all over the United States, stashing 'kill kits' in remote locations, traveling thousands of miles to hunt--Keyes had no victim profile--and, in mere hours, disposing of the bodies in another state. Then he...
8) The Waltham murders: one woman's pursuit to expose the truth behind a murder and a national tragedy
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A crusade to find a killer becomes a gripping, intensely personal investigation into a shocking cold case and the radicalization of a terrorist.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of SAY NOTHING and EMPIRE OF PAIN, twelve enthralling stories of skulduggery and intrigue by one of the most decorated journalists of our time "I read everything he writes. Every time he writes a book, I read it. Every time he writes an article, I read it ... he's a national treasure." - Rachel Maddow Patrick Radden Keefe has garnered prizes ranging from the National Magazine Award to the...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie has been listening to Alix's podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for her...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In this exploration of women, violence, and obsession, Monroe interrogates the appeal of true crime through four narratives of fixation. In a combination of personal narrative, reportage, and a sociological examination of violence and media in the 20th and 21st centuries, she explores empathy, justice, and the persistent appeal of violence.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A brilliantly researched reinvestigation into the nearly forgotten century-old murder that inspired one of the most seductive mysteries in the history of television and film. In 1908, Hazel Drew was found floating in a pond in Sand Lake, New York, beaten to death. The unsolved murder inspired rumours, speculation, ghost stories, and, almost a century later, the phenomenon of Twin Peaks. Who killed Hazel Drew? Like Laura Palmer, she was a paradox...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Always cheerful, helpful, and sweet, nurse Jane Toppan was the last person you would suspect to administer a dose of death. When countless patients sought treatment for minor ailments and ended up dead, it was often thought accidental, due to the shortcomings of medicine in the late 1800s. But behind the jolly mask, there was a monster that was years in the making.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The definitive, inside story of the Idaho murders from bestselling author Howard Blum, whose groundbreaking coverage of the story was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Timed for a trial that will capture national attention, When the Night Comes Falling examines the mysterious murders of the four University of Idaho students. Having covered this case from its start, Edgar award winning investigative reporter Howard Blum takes readers behind the scenes...
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