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Blood justice: the story of multiple murder and a family's revenge
By Tom Henderson. 2018
In 1991, flight attendant Nancy Ludwig checked in to an airport hotel. The next morning she was found gagged, raped,…
and tortured, her throat slit. In 1985, Margarette Eby met the same grisly death. A cunning sting operation yielded irrefutable DNA evidence, and authorities were led to the home of respected navy veteran Jeffrey Gorton. But his cold-blooded secrets were only beginning to come to light, leaving fears that there were more victims yet to be found. 2018.Valentine's Day, 2007. Stephen Grant filed a missing person's report on his beloved wife, Tara. The stay-at-home father of two…
was beside himself with despair. But key elements in Stephen's story weren't adding up. Then, the police made a gruesome discovery. Parts of Tara Grant's body started turning up around the woods near the Grant's home. The truth was finally coming to light and, after a two-day manhunt, Stephen admitted to having killed Tara. 2018.The story of George Jung's journey from middle-class high school football hero to the heart of Pablo Escobar's Medellín cartel--…
the largest importer of the United States cocaine supply in the 1980s. 2017.Bloodlines: the true story of a drug cartel, the FBI, and the battle for a horse-racing dynasty
By Melissa Del Bosque. 2017
Journalist Melissa del Bosque follows FBI rookie Scott Lawson and Agent Alma Perez's harrowing attempt to dismantle cartel leader Miguel…
Treviño's American racing dynasty--a dynasty built on extortion and blood money. With extensive access to investigative evidence and in-depth interviews with key players, del Bosque delivers a riveting and suspenseful narrative about greed and corruption. 2017.Dance with the devil: a memoir of murder and loss
By David Bagby. 2017
In November 2001, the body of Andrew Bagby was discovered outside Latrobe, Pennsylvania, five bullet wounds in his face, chest,…
buttocks, and the back of the head. For parents Dave and Kate, Andrew's murder was only the first in a string of tragic events. 2017.American fire: love, arson, and life in a vanishing land
By Monica Hesse. 2017
Shocked by a five-month arson spree that left rural Virginia reeling, Washington Post reporter Monica Hesse drove down to Accomack…
County to cover the trial of Charlie Smith, who pled guilty to sixty-seven counts of arson. But Charlie wasn't lighting fires alone: he had an accomplice, his girlfriend Tonya Bundick. Through her depiction of the dangerous shift that happened in their passionate relationship, Hesse brilliantly brings to life the once-thriving coastal community and its distressed inhabitants, who had already been decimated by a punishing economy before they were terrified by a string of fires they could not explain. Incorporating this drama into the long-overlooked history of arson in the United States, "American Fire" re-creates the anguished nights that this quiet county spent lit up in flames, mesmerizingly evoking a microcosm of rural America - a land half gutted before the fires even began. 2017.Forever and five days: an account of obsessive love and murder that rocked Grand Rapids, Michigan
By Lowell Cauffiel. 2016
Bitter blood: a true story of southern family pride, madness, and multiple murder
By Jerry Bledsoe. 2016
Marriage connected three wealthy Southern families until multiple murders severed their ties. The police were convinced at first that the…
killings were professional, but suspicion settled on the family members as a total of nine murders took its deadly toll. This true story is based on newspaper articles written by Bledsoe. 2016.Cowboys and gangsters: stories of an untamed Southwest (Those Jensen boys!)
By Samuel K Dolan. 2016
Utilizing official records, newspaper accounts, and oral histories, this book tells the story of the untamed Wild West of the…
Prohibition era (1920s-1930s) and introduces a gallery of Western gunfighters and lawmen. 2016.Frost takes listeners back to the 1975 World Series in this thrilling account of the greatest baseball game ever played.…
The Reds and Red Sox endured three soggy days of inactivity to reach game six. But all that downtime could not prepare them for what happened when the skies finally cleared. 2009.Get ready to say goodbye: a mother's story of senseless violence, tragedy, and triumph
By Ted Schwarz, LaVonne McKee. 1994
LaVonne McKee's adolescent son, Dwayne, was shot in the neck by his best friend, Jeff, who told Dwayne to "get…
ready to say goodbye." McKee describes the family's reactions when Jeff escapes punishment although Dwayne is paralyzed, and when Dwayne regains partial use of his limbs despite his doctors' predictions. Violence and some strong language. 1994.Gotham unbound: how New York City was liberated from the grip of organized crime (Fast Track Bks.)
By James B Jacobs, Coleen Friel, Robert Radick. 1999
An in-depth account of the impact of the Cosa Nostra on business, labour, and politics in New York City in…
the twentieth century. Describes mob infiltration of the garment, construction, and other major industries; chronicles law enforcement initiatives to drive the mob out of the metropolis since 1980. c1999.Hot money and the politics of debt
By R. T Naylor. 1987
Honour thy mother: the search for Jeannine Durand
By Rick Boychuk. 1994
In 1968, Raymond "Frenchy" Durand murdered his wife Jeannine and hid her body near Houston, Texas. More than two decades…
later, the case of the woman known as Jane Doe was finally solved, owing to the perseverance of the victim's son and daughter, who were schoolchildren when their mother disappeared. Boychuk tells of how these children lost their mother under mysterious circumstances, then had to depend on a father they could not trust. Some strong language and some violence. 1994.How life imitates the World Series: an inquiry into the game
By Thomas Boswell. 1982
A baseball writer for the "Washington Post" reports on the new statistic, the Total Average, and analyzes such figures as…
Bill Veeck, Earl Weaver, Steve Carlton, Pete Rose, and Reggie Jackson. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1982.Fungo blues: an uncontrolled look at the Toronto Blue Jays
By Philippe Van Rjndt, Patrick Blednick. 1985
Game day: the Blue Jays at SkyDome
By Martin O'Malley, Sean O'Malley. 1994
The authors take us for a behind-the-scenes look at the Blue Jays and Skydome. They include a tour of the…
clubhouse, umpire's room, batting cage, press box. They talk to everyone involved with the game, from Skydome executives to ticket vendors, as well as the media who cover the team. Some strong language. 1994.Helter skelter: the true story of the Manson murders
By Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry. 1974
Guilty until proven innocent
By Donald S Connery. 1977
Account of the case of eighteen-year-old Peter Reilly who was persuaded by the police to confess to the murder of…
his mother. After a successful appeal and national attention, all charges against him were finally dropped. Some strong language. 1977.Guarding the secrets: Palestinian terrorism and a father's murder of his too-American daughter
By Ellen Francis Harris. 1995
True story of Palestinian Zein Isa, who moves his family to St. Louis but forbids his daughters to act American.…
When daughter Tina defies him by dating a young black man and working part-time, Isa and his wife stab her to death. The FBI, investigating Isa's terrorist activities, gets the murder on tape. Strong language and violence. 1995.