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Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
"From the detective who found The Golden State Killer, a memoir of investigating America's toughest cold cases and the rewards--and toll--of a life solving crime. I order another bourbon, neat. This is the drink that will flip the switch. I don't even know how I got here, to this place, to this point. Something is happening to me lately. I'm drinking too much. My sheets are soaking wet when I wake up from nightmares of decaying corpses. I order another...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Description
Presents a true account of the early twentieth-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Physical Desc
x, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"After 30 years, Detective Jim Scharf arrested a teenage couple's murderer--and exposed a looming battle between the pursuit of justice and the right to privacy. When Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook were murdered during a trip to Seattle in the 1980s, detectives had few leads. The murder weapon was missing. No one witnessed any suspicious activity. And there was only a single handprint on the outside of the young couple's van. The detectives assumed...
Author
Series
Ann Rule's crime files volume 16
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st Pocket Books paperback ed.
Physical Desc
xvii, 513 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ann Rule provides inside views of both headlined and little-known homicides and speaks for vulnerable victims who relied on the wrong people.
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xii, 286 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Forensic Files Now, author Rebecca Reisner shares her own gripping retellings of 40 favorite cases profiled on the hit TV show along with fascinating updates adapted from her popular blog, ForensicFilesNow.com, and a foreword by Forensic Files creator Paul Dowling"--
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
273 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Twelve homicides, three police-involved shootings and a furious hunt for an especially brutal killer--February 2013 was a good month for murder in suburban Washington, D.C. After gaining unparalleled access to the homicide unit in Prince George's County, which borders the nation's capital, Del Quentin Wilber begins shadowing the talented, often quirky detectives who get the call when a body falls. He rides with a hard-charging investigator who pops...
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Real-life crime stories are followed by science experiments and project ideas that highlight forensic techniques that were used to solve the crimes, including the sampling of hair and clothing and identification of tire tracks.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 270 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The amateur DNA sleuth who solved one of the most infamous cold cases in American history-the Golden State Killer crime spree-tells the incredible true story of how she did it, and explains how her methods have forever changed criminal investigations. In the span of just a few years, Barbara Rae-Venter went from researching her family history as a retiree to finding a serial killer who had baffled law enforcement for decades. I Know Who You Are tracks...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 328 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
An ATF agent describes his undercover assignment to infiltrate the Hells Angels motorcycle gang, detailing the challenges of working his way up the biker gang's hierarchy and maintaining their hard-won trust.
Author
Publisher
Berkely Books
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 288 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the true story of a 1913 collaboration between a notorious jewel thief and the Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard as they hunted for a precious pearl necklace, worth more than the Hope diamond.
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1908, Hazel Drew was found floating in a pond in Sand Lake, New York, beaten to death. The unsolved murder inspired rumors, speculation, ghost stories, and, almost a century later, the phenomenon of 'Twin Peaks.' Who killed Hazel Drew? Like Laura Palmer, she was a paradox of personalities--a young, beautiful puzzle with secrets. Perhaps the even trickier question is, Who was Hazel Drew? Seeking escape from her poor country roots, Hazel found work...
18) Murder in the court room: a true story of sexual compulsion, judicial misconduct and homicidal rage
Author
Publisher
Windy Knoll Productions
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
322 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1954, Norman Moon stood up in court in the town of Warren, Pennsylvania and pulled out a Colt .45 automatic. Six shots were fired, leaving Judge Allison Wade dead on the courtroom floor. The author reconstructs the story based on first-hand testimony that reveals a portrait of marital infidelity and small town corruption.
Author
Language
English
Formats
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...
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Formats
Description
The author demonstrates how his years as a crime reporter in Florida and Los Angeles contributed to the creation of vivid details in his novels, of not only the villains and heroes, but of the investigations and stranger-than-fiction crime scenes.