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Murder in the Cathedral Murder in the Cathedral T. S. Eliot A dramatization in free verse and with features derived from ancient and medieval theatre of the killing of Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury under King Henry II. Eliot used the device of a c… OL1142294W
The daughters of Juárez The daughters of Juárez Teresa Rodríguez For more than twelve years the Mexican border city of Juárez has been the center of an epidemic of horrific crimes against women and girls: kidnappings, rape, mutilation, and murder, with most of th… OL12281070W
The Polk conspiracy The Polk conspiracy Kati Marton On May 16, 1948, the body of CBS correspondent George Polk was found floating in Greece's Salonika Bay, where he had been stationed to report on a bloody civil war. The murder was allegedly solved, b… OL15856428W
Who killed George Polk? Who killed George Polk? Elias Vlanton Reconstructing the murder, investigation, trial, and aftermath, Who Killed George Polk? offers a penetrating analysis of the willingness of the American media - including CBS and a committee of promi… OL15857138W
Nairobi heat Nairobi heat Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ "A young and beautiful white woman is murdered in the US, and the prime suspect is former Rwandan school headmaster Joshua - a hero who had risked his life to save the innocent during Rwanda's genoci… OL16002546W
Cruel doubt Cruel doubt Joe McGinniss One hot summer night in 1988, Bonnie Von Stein's second husband was murdered in their bed, Bonnie herself stabbed, beaten, and left for dead beside him. It looked like a brutal but tragically typical… OL16037585W
The Girl on the Train The Girl on the Train Pocket,Paula Hawkins A debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives. Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes … OL17112428W
The reckoning The reckoning Charles Nicholl In 1593 the brilliant and controversial young playwright Christopher Marlowe was stabbed to death in a Deptford lodging-house. The circumstances were shady, the official account -- a violent quarrel … OL1734198W
Smoldering embers Smoldering embers Lisa McVey,Joy Wellman,Susan Replogle Explains how Bobby Joe Long, a serial killer responsible for the deaths of ten women and the rapes of more than two hundred, was brought to justice due the endless pursuit of two of his victims fortu… OL17721784W
Dust Dust Patricia Cornwell Massachusetts Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta has just returned from working one of the worst mass murders in U.S. history when she's awakened at an early hour by Detective Pete Marino. A body, … OL17724927W
Serial murderers and their victims Serial murderers and their victims Eric W. Hickey This text provides an in-depth, scholarly, and broad-based examination of serial murderers and their victims. The coverage is supported by extensive data and research, and it profiles some of the mos… OL17730204W
Dark sparkler Dark sparkler Amber Tamblyn Summary:Here is the American starlet: discovered, disrobed, displaced, disused, disgorged. In more than thirty haunting, visceral poetic portraits, acclaimed poet and actress Amber Tamblyn contemplat… OL17900762W
The millionaire's wife The millionaire's wife Cathy Scott George Kogan grew up in Puerto Rico before making his way to New York City, where he enjoyed great success as an antiques and art dealer. One morning in 1990 George was approached on the street by an… OL17912997W
The dead girl The dead girl Melanie Thernstrom Roberta Lee, a lovely Berkeley student of unusual promise, went running one November Sunday in 1984 with her lover Bradley Page. Brad came back alone.... Five weeks later, her battered body was fou… OL1899434W
Mary Jane's ghost Mary Jane's ghost Ted Gregory "Summer 1948. In the scenic, remote river town of Oregon, Illinois, a young couple visiting the local lovers' lane is murdered. The shocking crime garners headlines from Portland, Maine, to Long Beac… OL19726058W
If I can't have you If I can't have you Gregg Olsen "In If I Can't Have You, bestselling author Gregg Olsen and co-author Rebecca Morris investigate one of the 21st Century's most puzzling disappearances and how it resulted in the murder of two childr… OL19976687W
Black-eyed susans Black-eyed susans Julia Heaberlin "As a sixteen-year-old, Tessa Cartwright was found in a Texas field, barely alive amid a scattering of bones, with only fragments of memory as to how she got there. Ever since, the press has pursued … OL20011515W
Murder of a mafia daughter Murder of a mafia daughter Cathy Scott "Susan Berman grew up in Las Vegas luxury as the daughter of Davie Berman, casino mogul and notorious mafia leader. After her father died she learned about his mob connections. Susan then dedicated h… OL20012056W
Meredith Meredith John Kercher Meredith Kercher was tragically murdered in November 2007, in Perugia, Italy. Since then, her murder and the subsequent trial have been a source of constant intrigue and media speculation all around … OL20877127W
The Romford outrage The Romford outrage Linda Rhodes Inspector Thomas Simmons was murdered near Romford in 1885, and the search for his killers culminated in a second police murder, this time in Cumbria. In tracing the course of the crime, the characte… OL21540380W
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