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Murder by family Murder by family Kent Whitaker This is the tragic story of Kent Whitaker's heart-wrenching journey toward forgiveness and faith after the brutal murder of his wife and one of his sons. Straight from the headlines comes an incr… OL11825628W
Shattered Shattered Kathryn Casey With true crime classics like *Descent into Hell* and *Die My Love*, author Kathryn Casey has peered into the darkest corners of the Lone Star State, shedding a fascinating, chilling light on a serie… OL14971765W
Dirty dealing Dirty dealing Gary Cartwright A flamboyant family of smugglers, the assassination of a Federal judge, the costliest FBI investigation in history - these are the elements of this riveting true story. It is a tale that, as it unfol… OL15835801W
The Kirtland massacre The Kirtland massacre Cynthia Stalter Sassé When members of the Reorganized Church of the Latter Day Saints moved into the run-down farmhouse being rented by Jeffrey Lundgren and his family, citizens of the rural community of Kirtland, Ohio, b… OL16058962W
The shooting salvationist The shooting salvationist David R. Stokes The Shooting Salvationist chronicles what may be the most famous story you have never heard. In the 1920's, the Reverend J. Frank Norris railed against vice and conspiracies he saw everywhere to a co… OL16116817W
Fatal beauty Fatal beauty Burl Barer "Jimmy Joste was a powerhouse in the oil and gas industry, but he was a weakling when it came to his gorgeous, athletic, longtime lover, Rhonda Glover. Addicted to her sexual prowess and madly in lov… OL16587219W
True American True American Anand Giridharadas Days after 9/11, an avowed "American terrorist" named Mark Stroman, seeking revenge, walked into the Dallas minimart where Raisuddin Bhuiyan, a former Bangladesh Air Force officer, has found temporar… OL17358697W
Never see them again Never see them again M. William Phelps Follows the case of Christine Paolilla, who brutally murdered four people with the help of her boyfriend, who later committed suicide. OL17838668W
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
The midnight assassin The midnight assassin Skip Hollandsworth Contains primary source material. "In the late 1800s, the city of Austin, Texas was on the cusp of emerging from an isolated Western outpost into a truly cosmopolitan metropolis. But beginning in De… OL19665438W
The long shadow of small ghosts The long shadow of small ghosts Laura Tillman "In Cold Blood meets Adrian Nicole LeBlanc's Random Family: A harrowing, profoundly personal investigation of the causes, effects, and communal toll of a deeply troubling crime--the brutal murder of … OL20027312W
Buried memories Buried memories Irene Pence 1985, Gun Barrel City, Texas: Police searching for missing Fire Department Captain Jimmy Don Beets dug inside a wishing well in the neatly-tended garden of his wife, 48-year-old Betty Lou Beets. Not … OL2211818W
Ashes to ashes Ashes to ashes Lyn Riddle On a November afternoon in 1992, 24-year-old Bobby Coulson murdered his parents, two sisters, and a brother-in-law. He bound and gagged his first victim, his mother, and set her on fire. When Bobby w… OL2877889W
A Descent Into Hell A Descent Into Hell Kathryn Casey Bright, attractive, and both from good families, University of Texas college student Colton Pitonyak and vibrant redhead Jennifer Cave had the world at their beckoning. Cave, an ex-cheerleader, had j… OL3077191W