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Author
Publisher
Signature Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
Drawing from thousands of pages of police reports, court documents, interviews, letters, and diaries, Sillitoe's and Roberts's narrative cuts through the complexities of this famous crime investigation to deliver a gripping, Capote-esque tale. They embrace the details but lay them out systematically as seen through the eyes of the detectives, victims, and the perpetrator. The darkest secrets unravel gradually—allowing the reader fleeting glimpses...
Author
Series
Ann Rule's crime files volume 10
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
4) No regrets
Author
Series
Ann Rule's crime files volume 11
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This engrossing investigation into the tragic 1988 murder of four-year-old Barbara Jean Horne and its aftermath leads readers through the facts of the case in compelling, compassionate, and riveting fashion. Award-winning journalist Thomas Lowenstein makes an evenhanded case for the wrongful conviction of Walter Ogrod, a man with autism spectrum disorder who lived across the street from the girl's family and who has been on death row since 1996. Informed...
Author
Series
Murder is forever volume 2
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Two true crime thrillers that inspired the Investigation Discovery series!
In Home Sweet Murder, a lawyer and his wife are tortured and killed by a man claiming to be an SEC agent, while two others will fare worse. In Murder on the Run, a housekeeper and a little boy are victims of a bloody double homicide in Omaha, Nebraska, where a detective promises the boy's parents he will catch the killer, no matter how long or far he runs.
Author
Series
Murder is forever volume 3
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large print edition.
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.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Description
MURDER, INTERRUPTED. Rich, cheating financier Frank Howard wants his wife dead, and he's willing to pay Billie Earl Johnson whatever it takes, to the tune of $750,000. When his bullet misses the mark, Billie Earl and Frank will turn on each other in a fight for their lives ... MOTHER OF ALL MURDERS. Dee Dee Blancharde is a local celebrity. Television reports praise her as a single mother who tirelessly cares for her wheelchair-bound, chronically ill...
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Formats
Description
In an update to one of the most astonishing crimes of the Case Files volumes, Ann Rule profiles the criminals that kill without conscience and shatters their crimes without pity.
In eight stunning Case Files volumes, from A Rose for Her Grave to the #1 blockbuster Last Dance, Last Chance, Ann Rule reigns as "America's best true-crime writer" (Kirkus Reviews). Now, she updates the most astonishing cases from that acclaimed...
In eight stunning Case Files volumes, from A Rose for Her Grave to the #1 blockbuster Last Dance, Last Chance, Ann Rule reigns as "America's best true-crime writer" (Kirkus Reviews). Now, she updates the most astonishing cases from that acclaimed...
Author
Series
Ann Rule's crime files volume 6
Publisher
Pocket Star Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Author
Series
Ann Rule's crime files volume 8
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
The title case is an account of the life and crimes of Dr. Anthony Pignataro, a cosmetic surgeon with a penchant for forged credentials, botched surgeries, to the attempted arsenic poisoning of his wife. Four other true cases follow.
14) Going postal
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
"You Get To A Point Where You Can Take Just So Much."
EDMOND, OK-Postal employee Patrick Henry Sherrill fatally shoots 14 co-workers before turning the gun on himself.
ESCONDIDO, CA-Postal employee John Merlin Taylor murders his wife in her sleep before executing 2 colleagues at work.
RIDGEWOOD, NJ-Postal employee Joseph H. Harris breaks into his boss's house and slashes her to death with a samurai sword after losing his job.
ROYAL OAK, MI-Postal...
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Abridged.
Language
English
Description
California billionaire Jonah Shacknai's eight-year-old son dies falling off a balcony in his mansion. Several days later, Jonah's live-in girlfriend, Rebecca, is found hanging, nude, with her hands tied behind her. A police investigation rules her death a suicide-however, this seems unlikely to everyone who knew her. There are several suspects in this case: Jonah's brother, Adam, who arrived the day after Jonah's son fell. There are Jonah's two ex-wives;...
16) Foxcatcher
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Based on true events, the dark and fascinating story of the unlikely and ultimately tragic relationship between an eccentric multi-millionaire and two champion wrestlers.
18) Mortal danger
Author
Series
Ann Rule's crime files volume 13
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st Pocket Books pbk. ed.
Language
English
20) Mass murderers
Author
Series
Publisher
Eldorado Ink
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Examines some high-profile cases of mass murder and the lives of the individuals who committed these crimes, including Andrew Kehoe, Charles Whitman, and Richard Speck.
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