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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Documents the story of 1970s Alabama serial killer Willie Maxwell and the true-crime book on the Deep South's racial politics and justice system that consumed Harper Lee in the years after "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times #1 bestselling author comes a riveting true-crime mystery set on a sleepy island in the Pacific Northwest: a man is murdered and the long list of suspects includes an aging beauty queen and her boyfriend. One wintery night on quiet Whidbey Island off the coast of Washington, Russ Douglas spent Christmas with his estranged wife, Brenna. She agreed to let him visit his children even though they were headed for divorce. He left...
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
387 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the century-old series of murders that terrorized London in the 1880s, drawing on research, state-of-the-art forensic science, and insights into the criminal mind to reveal the true identity of the infamous Jack the Ripper.
Author
Publisher
ReganBooks
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 402 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the sixty-year-old murder mystery of Elizabeth Short, revealing both the identity and motivation of the killer, while discussing the corruption within the Los Angeles police department that prevented the case from being closed.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The authors examine female serial killers by focusing on the life of Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong. This book explores mental illness and forensic psychology while also providing a history of how American jurisprudence has grappled with such controversial issues as the insanity defense and mental competency to stand trial.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Description
Journeys inside the twisted mind of a killer, Dr. Debora Green, after the cancer specialist was arrested for the arson murders of two of her three children and the attempted poisoning of her estranged husband
Author
Series
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Two true-crime tales relate the stories of a wealthy man buried alive with only forty-eight hours of air, and a grisly shooting high in the Sierra Nevada mountains involving the locals and rich developers.
Murder beyond the grave: "Stephen Small has it all -- a Ferrari, fancy house, loving wife, and three sons. But the only thing he needs right now is enough air to breathe. Kidnapped, buried in a box, and held for ransom, Stephen has forty-eight...
10) Thunderstruck
Author
Language
English
Description
A portrait of the Edwardian era recounts two parallel stories--the case of Dr. Hawley Crippen, who murdered his wife and fled to America, and Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of wireless communication--as the new technology is used to capture a killer.
Author
Language
English
Description
For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south, where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then in 1986 he disappeared, eluding capture by multiple police forces and some of the best detectives in the area. Three decades later, true crime journalist Michelle McNamara was determined to find the violent psychopath she called "the Golden State Killer." Michelle pored...