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Joe Pickett novels volume 24
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"A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage—killing, among others, the potential fiancé of Joe’s daughter. At the same time, Dallas Cates, who Joe helped lock up years ago, is released from prison with a special list tattooed on his skin. He wants revenge on the people who sent him away: the six people he blames for the deaths of his entire family and the loss of his reputation and property. Using the grizzly attacks as cover, Cates sets out...
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Ernest Cunningham volume 2
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"On a famous Australian train between Darwin and Adelaide for the Mystery Writers' Society one of the attendees is murdered for real in the new mystery from the author of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone"--
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En 1988, los detectives del Departamento de Policía de Sacramento, fueron llamados para investigar la desaparición de un hombre en su última dirección conocida: una casa de huéspedes para ancianos, indigentes y enfermos mentales. La propietaria, Dorothea Puente, era una adorable anciana que cuidaba de los vagabundos y del resto de los náufragos de la sociedad. Tenía una gran reputación en la comunidad y era célebre por su desinteresada labor...
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Delve into the darkest corridors of criminal investigation, where mysteries linger and justice seems perpetually out of reach. This gripping book explores some of the most perplexing unsolved murders that continue to haunt investigators, families, and communities worldwide. Each chapter is a journey through a labyrinth of clues, dead ends, and haunting questions, painting a vivid picture of cases that have defied explanation.
From quiet suburban...
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A very cherry mystery volume 1
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Cherry enthusiast Whitney Bloom is furiously baking her way into the heart of Chicago with her fabulous cherry pies when she receives a desperate call from her mother. The annual Cherry Blossom Festival has just kicked off at the Cherry Orchard Inn in Door County, Wisconsin, and the manager of the Bloom family orchard had been found dead beneath the cherry blossoms. Worse yet, all evidence points to Whitney's father as the killer. After she races...
7) The Waltham murders: one woman's pursuit to expose the truth behind a murder and a national tragedy
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[2024].
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First edition.
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A crusade to find a killer becomes a gripping, intensely personal investigation into a shocking cold case and the radicalization of a terrorist.
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Get the Summary of Ken Englade's Beyond Reason in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Beyond Reason" by Ken Englade recounts the chilling murders of Derek and Nancy Haysom in 1985, and the subsequent investigation and legal proceedings. The Haysoms, who led unconventional lives, were brutally slain in their Boonsboro home. The investigation, led by Sheriff Wells and his deputies, faced challenges due to the lack of...
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Denisa tenía 17 años cuando rompió con su novio en 2018, tras un año de relaciones, y empezó a convivir con otro joven. Sin embargo, se vio envuelta en un extraño triángulo amoroso del que formaban parte su expareja, Mario, y la nueva compañera de este, Rocío, la cual estaba obsesionada con que Mario seguía viéndose con su anterior novia.
Una fría y lluviosa noche de noviembre, Rocío creyó ver que en el teléfono móvil de su chico había...
12) Somerset Murders
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Somerset Murders brings together numerous murderous tales that shocked not only the county but also made headlines throughout the country. They include the cases of Elizabeth and Betty Branch, a mother and daughter who beat a young servant girl to death in Hemington in 1740; 13-year-old Betty Trump, whose throat was cut while walking home at Buckland St Mary in 1823; factory worker Joan Turner, battered to death in Chard in 1829; George Watkins, killed...
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Get the Summary of Harry N. MacLean's Starkweather in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Starkweather" by Harry N. MacLean explores the life and crimes of Charles Starkweather, a notorious killer from Lincoln, Nebraska. Born in 1938, Starkweather was bullied as a child, leading to a deep-seated rage. His relationship with Caril Ann Fugate, marked by their intense bond and her troubled background, set the stage for...
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À 11 ans, Mary Bell imagine des jeux divertissants. Ce qui la fait bien rire? Étrangler les bambins du voisinage.
Le petit James, deux ans, échappe à la surveillance de sa mère. Il est retrouvé sans vie et affreusement mutilé sur une voie ferrée. Ses bourreaux? Deux gamins de 10 ans.
Lundi matin, 8 h 30. La cloche sonne à l'école. Pour Brenda Ann Spencer, 16 ans, c'est l'heure de tirer sur les élèves.
La jeune Wendy Gardner n'a que faire...
15) True crime redux
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Kane, writing on the fiftieth anniversary of Elizabeth "Betty" Frye's murder, depicts the events leading up to the murder and its decades-long aftermath.--
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"There's something sinister under the surface of the idyllic, suburban town of Wesley Falls, and it's not just the abandoned coal mine that lies beneath it. The summer of 1995 kicks off with a party in the mine where six high school students witness a horrifying crime that changes the course of their lives. The six couldn't be more different. Maddy, a devout member of the local megachurch. Kelly, the bookworm next door. James, a cynical burnout. Casey,...
17) Gallows Court
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Rachel Savernake Golden Age mysteries volume 1
A Rachel Savernake Golden Age Mystery volume 1
Jacob Flint volume 1
A Rachel Savernake Golden Age Mystery volume 1
Jacob Flint volume 1
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"London, 1930. A headless corpse; an apparent suicide in a locked room; a man burned alive during an illusionist's show in front of thousands of people. Scotland Yard is baffled by the sequence of ghastly murders unfolding across the city and at the centre of it all is mysterious heiress Rachel Savernake. Daughter of a grand judge, Rachel is as glamorous as she is elusive. Jacob Flint, a tenacious young journalist eager to cover the gruesome crimes,...
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In the glittering expanse of Hollywood's golden age, where dreams unfolded on the silver screen and illusions dazzled the masses, "Silent Shadows: Unmasking Hollywood's Noir" plunges readers into a riveting tale that transcends the boundaries of the reel and the real. The year is 1922, and the city of dreams is thrust into a noir odyssey as the murder of celebrated director William Desmond Taylor unravels a tapestry of intrigue, shadows, and unspoken...
19) The Indian bride
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Inspector Konrad Sejer must look for a killer among the "good people" of the small Norwegian town of Elvestad, after the Indian bride of tractor salesman Gunder Jomann, who had shocked the community with the news of his marriage, is murdered before she can even reach her new home.
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"TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at their highly successful firm-except him. After a stint in prison and rehab for alcoholism, TJ can't get hired anywhere except at the firm, in a make-work job with the title of investigator. But one night, TJ's world turns upside down after his older brother John confesses that he just murdered one of the clients, an accountant he'd confronted with...
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