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Lust killer (Signet True-crime Ser.)
By Ann Rule. 1988
When young women begin mysteriously disappearing in Oregon, Police Lieutenant James Stovall leads a relentless search for a killer. With…
little evidence available, and the public screaming for answers, he must find a remorseless, brutal killer whose identity will shock them all. Contains some explicit descriptions of sex and violenceThe darkest night: two sisters, a brutal murder, and the loss of innocence in a small town
By Ron Franscell. 2008
Details the 1973 Casper, Wyoming, abduction of two sisters by two men who raped the teen and threw them both…
from a bridge, killing the younger child. Describes the surviving girl's ongoing troubles and her attackers' lives before and after their swift arrest and conviction. Violence and strong language. 2007All honest men: a biographical novel
By Claude Stanush, Michele Stanush. 2003
This amusing narrative traces J. Willis Newton's transformation from disgruntled cotton picker on his daddy's Texas farm to one of…
America's most notorious bandits. Most famously, in 1924, Willis and his three brothers carried out the largest train robbery in U.S. history, netting more than 3 million. The authors conducted scores of interviews with Willis Newton before his death in 1979 and the book is narrated from Willis's point of view. Contains descriptions of violenceThe Pemberton papers: how evidence found in a small New England historical society uncovered a scandal
By Robert A. Mcinnes. 2006
When a retired couple starts researching their ancestry, they stumble upon a long forgotten murder mystery. This whodunit for history…
lovers is a true story that takes place on the Connecticut sea coast. Contains some strong language. 2006The rings of Saturn
By Michael Hulse, W. G. Sebald, Winfried Georg Sebald. 1999
A walking tour of England's southeast coast frames a wide-ranging series of meditations on literature and stories from Britain's imperial…
past. A stay in a Norwich hospital prompts the protagonist to search for naturalist Thomas Browne's skull; a railroad bridge over the river Blyth recalls England's silk trade with China. 199811 septembre, le jour du chaos
By Nicole Bacharan. 2021
Mardi 11 septembre 2001. 6 h 30. Il fait encore sombre quand le président des États-Unis, en tenue de jogging,…
court en foulées rapides au milieu des bougainvilliers, entouré d'agents secrets qui lui éclairent le chemin. L'aube se lève doucement sur la Floride... 23 h 08. Pieds nus, en short, son chien dans les bras, suivi de sa femme et de son chat, George W. Bush dévale les escaliers de la Maison-Blanche vers le bunker souterrain, sous le regard inquiet de ses gardes du corps. C'est la dernière alerte de cette terrible journée. Que s'est-il passé entre ces deux moments ? Dans les tours en flammes, à l'intérieur des quatre avions détournés, mais aussi à bord d'Air Force One, à la Maison-Blanche, au Capitole, au Pentagone, dans les bases aériennes, les avions de chasse, les tours de contrôle, les abris où le gouvernement s'est réfugié ? Qu'ont fait le président, les ministres, les élus, les militaires, les services secrets ? Voici, minute par minute, le récit complet, dramatique et bouleversant, d'un jour de chaos : l'histoire vraie de ce 11 septembre qui a changé le mondeA deadly affair (St. Martin's true crime library)
By Tom Henderson. 2001
Reporter details the crime and trial of Macomb County, Michigan, attorney Michael "Mick" Fletcher, who murdered his pregnant wife Leann…
in August 1999. Discusses the police investigation that turned up Fletcher's extramarital affair with a local judge but botched forensic evidence. Some violence and some strong language. 2001Strong at the heart: how it feels to heal from sexual abuse
By Carolyn Lehman. 2005
Personal accounts of nine survivors of rape, molestation, or incest at young ages. They discuss their experiences and the people…
who helped them reclaim their lives. Lists resources including assistance hotlines, books, movies, organizations, and web sites. Explicit descriptions of sex and violence. For junior and senior high readers. 2005El periodista Ramos informe sobre la trágica muerte de ilegales que en 2003 intentaron viajar en camión a Houston, Texas.…
Describe cómo los traficantes de ilegales dejaron morir de asfixia y calor insoportable a diecinueve de los sesenta y tres personas que se escondían en la parte atrás del camión. A través de entrevistas con sobrevientes y análisis del juicio, Ramos relata porque se murieron tantas personas, incluso un niño, que solo buscaban una vida mejorInvestigative reporter's account of twenty-four-year-old Kristin Rossum, a San Diego toxicologist, accused of poisoning her spouse with drugs brought home…
from her office. Reveals Rossum's long-term drug addictions, adulteries, and possible motives for murdering husband Greg de Villers in 2001. 2004Bad boy: the murderous life of Kenneth Allen McDuff
By Gary M. Lavergne, Gary M Lavergne. 2001
Tale of a serial killer from Rosebud, Texas, who was first sentenced to death in 1966 for murder--only to be…
paroled in 1989. Chronicles the crimes he committed upon his release from jail that exposed the failure of the criminal justice system. Violence and strong language. 1999Suddenly gone: the Kansas murders of serial killer Richard Grissom
By Dan Mitrione. 1995
Former FBI agent details the 1989 Kansas crime spree of serial killer Richard Grissom Jr., who kidnapped and tortured young…
women. Grissom's psychological troubles--and a grisly murder he committed as a youth--were revealed in his juvenile record, and such deviant behavior continued into his adulthood. Violence and strong language. 1995Ten thousand islands: The Identity of America's Most Exclusive Serial Killer Revealed
By Randy Wayne White, Robert Graysmith. 2001
Doc Ford agrees to help a woman whose teenage daughter's grave has been desecrated. Fifteen years earlier, the girl had…
discovered an ancient Calusa Indian medallion before committing suicide. Now someone wants it enough to go to murderous lengths. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2000Explores whether twins develop similar habits through nature or nurture. Glatt examines several cases of identical twins who commit violent…
crimes with or against each other. Explicit descriptions of sex and violence. 1999The Pillars of Hercules: a grand tour of the Mediterranean
By Paul Theroux. 1995
Although the Pillars of Hercules are only fifteen miles apart, it took Theroux approximately eighteen months to travel between them--he…
took the long way, the old Grand Tour route. Theroux visits places such as Barcelona, Nice, Istanbul, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Albania, Greece, and Morocco by car, boat, train, and footThe land and people of Italy (Portraits of the Nations Ser.)
By David Travis. 1992
Italy, a European peninsula bordered on three sides by five seas and criss-crossed by mountains, is a collection of distinct…
regions. Although built on ancient foundations, Italy was not formed as a single nation until 1861, and it became a democracy in 1946. The author examines the history, geography, economy, culture, and people of Italy. For grades 5-8 and older readersThe fall of Pan Am 103: inside the Lockerbie investigation
By Steven Emerson, Brian Duffy. 1990
The authors, both investigative reporters, were given unprecedented access to the officials and their findings regarding the 1988 crash of…
Pan Am 103. This account discusses warnings the airline received, the ability of terrorists to circumvent security systems, and the work of more than 10,000 agents piecing together countless scraps of information to identify the terroristsDangerous dossiers: exposing the secret war against America's greatest authors
By Herbert Mitgang. 1988
A correspondent for the "New York Times," with a background in Army Air Corps counterintelligence during World War II, brings…
to light the policies and procedures by which the FBI developed dossiers on authors thought to be subversive. His purpose is to demonstrate how dangerous the practice is--damaging not only to individual freedom, but also to national valuesSpain or shine (S.A.S.S. : Students Across the Seven Seas)
By Michelle Jellen. 2005
At home in California, sixteen-year-old Elena Holloway feels overshadowed by her siblings. But then she spends a semester in Spain…
living with a Spanish family, studying playwriting, and flirting with Miguel, an attractive local boy. For grades 6-9. 2005A child's Christmas in Wales (New Directions paperbook #972)
By Dylan Thomas. 2003