Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Salt of the earth Salt of the earth Jack Olsen The New York Times bestselling author of Doc and Predator delivers a riveting true-crime account of one mother's determination to bring her daughter's murderer to justice, and to rebuild her life aft… OL15163831W
Night watch Night watch Jack Olsen A young woman lies dead, strangled by a killer still prowling the sweltering run-down neighborhood. The young wife of a police lieutenant receives threatening phone calls; the precinct’s patrol cars … OL16084458W
The man with the candy The man with the candy Jack Olsen The night David Hilligiest didn't come home was both like and unlike other nights when other Houston boys disappeared between the years 1971 and 1973. At three in the morning the police were called, … OL1840194W
Have you seen my son? Have you seen my son? Jack Olsen Have You Seen My Son? is Jack Olsen’s powerful novel of child-snatching and a mother's obsessed hunt for her five-year-old son – “a gripping, intensely moving novel,” writes Robert Daley, author of P… OL1840205W
The Man with the Candy The Man with the Candy Jack Olsen The mass murder of almost thirty young boys in Houston may well have been the most heinous crime of the century. How could such a series of murders go undetected for almost three years before being e… OL1840207W
Salt of the earth Salt of the earth Jack Olsen Joe Gere said he died on the afternoon his twelve-year-old daughter Brenda disappeared. It was left to Brenda's mother Elaine to sustain her stricken family, search for her missing child, and pressur… OL1840209W
The bridge at Chappaquiddick The bridge at Chappaquiddick Jack Olsen And on its surface, the Chappaquiddick Incident (as it has infamously become known) was a simple but tragic traffic accident. However, its political fallout caused it to become the most speculated-up… OL1840212W
Charmer Charmer Jack Olsen This is the story of George, an African American who grew up in a Caucasian suburb of Seattle, where his unaffectionate mother and racial isolation led him to develop an effervescent personality in o… OL1840213W
Predator Predator Jack Olsen A true story of a serial rapist who terrorized the Pacific Northwest, an innocent man who went to jail for the crimes, and a courageous reporter who finally caught the real criminal--from the Edgar A… OL1840219W
Hastened To the Grave Hastened To the Grave Jack Olsen They were a notorious gypsy family that seeped into their victims' lives like a deadly cancer. And they couldn't be stopped-- until one courageous woman took on the cases no one else would touch... … OL1840220W