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The executioner's song The executioner's song Norman Mailer Arguably the greatest book from America's most heroically ambitious writer, THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG follows the short, blighted life of Gary Gilmore who became famous after he robbed two men in 1976 a… OL10426574W
It's a Battlefield It's a Battlefield Graham Greene Read as a condemnation of the British judicial system this dark novel follows the events the events that follow when a man kills an off-duty police officer who is attacking his wife. OL106064W
Perfume Perfume Patrick Süskind INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Set in eighteenth-century France, the classic novel that provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man’s indulgence in his greatest passion—his sense of sm… OL10834W
Drummer boy Willie McGee, Civil War hero and fraud Drummer boy Willie McGee, Civil War hero and fraud Thomas Fox "William McGee, credited with leading a Federal force to victory in a clash just thirty miles from Franklin, Tennessee, was awarded a Medal of Honor, written up as glorious legend, commissioned lieut… OL11874639W
13 Steps Down 13 Steps Down Ruth Rendell Mix Cellini has just moved into a flat in a decaying house in Nottinghill, where he plans to pursue his two abiding passions--supermodel Nerissa Nash, whom he worships from afar, and the life of seri… OL12129W
Cruel intent Cruel intent J. A. Jance When her contractor's unfaithful wife is brutally murdered, former TV anchorwoman Ali Reynolds sets out to prove the husband's innocence in spite of skepticism on the part of Ali's detective boyfrien… OL13641W
Hunting the devil Hunting the devil Richard Lourie An account of the search for the killer of fifty-three Soviet citizens describes how Russian Chief Inspector Issa Kostoev searched for the man who sexually mutilated, killed, and cannibalized his vic… OL14847904W
Child of Fire Child of Fire Harry Connolly Ray Lilly is living on borrowed time. He's the driver for Annalise Powliss, a high-ranking member of the Twenty Palace Society, a group of sorcerers devoted to hunting down and executing rogue magici… OL14961798W
Abandoned prayers Abandoned prayers Gregg Olsen It is the world of the Amish, their secrets and way of life. The villian left the the religious community with his son after the suspicious death of his wife. He set out on what can only be called an… OL15132067W
Bodies of evidence Bodies of evidence Sharon McGehee,Chris Anderson To the rest of the world, Judias Buenoano was the American sucess story -- a savvy businesswoman who pulled herself up from a childhood of dire poverty. To the men in her life, she was the charming s… OL15134580W
Praying for sleep Praying for sleep Jeffery Deaver Praying for revenge...Psycho killer Michael Hrubek has escaped to find the woman who put him away. He'll show her what killing is all about...Praying for salvation...Lis knows he's out there. He's ha… OL15149618W
Ice Ice Stephanie Rowe "Most people find beauty in Alaska's austere mountains. To Kaylie Fletcher, there is only death--her whole family gone after a disastrous climbing expedition. Then again, maybe not. A raspy call in t… OL15449045W
Pariah Pariah J. R. Roberts "Madeline Gerard is a good woman, sheltering and feeding folks in need. But her neighbors shun her because her strays bring trouble--and violence--to their tiny Arizona town. Clint Adams has experien… OL15542639W
Shades Of Twilight Shades Of Twilight Linda Howard Roanna Davenport was raised a wealthy orphan on her grandmother's magnificent Alabama estate, Davencourt, where she had a passion for horses, a genius for trouble, and a deep love for her cousin Webb… OL15553129W
The world's most infamous murders The world's most infamous murders Roger Boar,Nigell Blundell Recounts the stories of mass murderers, including Son of Sam, Bonnie and Clyde, Lizzie Borden, Billy the Kid, Theodore Bundy, the Boston Strangler, John Wayne Gacy, Jack the Ripper, and Charles Manson OL15566123W
The killers next door The killers next door Joel Norris Includes material on Lucas John Helder, the Smiley Face bomber, the Luby Cafeteria massacre, Joe Fischer, Bobby Joe Long, Henry Lee Lucas, Daniel Rakowitz, Laurie Wasserman Dann, Charles Gervais, Cha… OL15837552W
The murderer next door The murderer next door David M. Buss A leading psychologist profiles the killer in us all with this provocative, trailblazing workThough we may choose to believe that murderers are pathological misfits or hardened criminals, evolutionar… OL15838544W
Early leaving Early leaving Judy Goldman When her overwhelming love for her athletic honor student son proves suffocating for him, Kathryne Smallwood is horrified when he commits murder in order to conduct an ultimate act of disappointment,… OL15855162W
Bitter almonds Bitter almonds Gregg Olsen Stella Maudine Nickell's small-time world was one of big-time dreams. In 1986, her biggest one came true when her husband died during a seizure, making her the beneficiary of a $175,000,plus insuranc… OL16045077W
Legacy of secrets Legacy of secrets Sara Mitchell Amid the splendors and miseries of the Gilded Age Neala Shaw suddenly found herself entirely alone. The innocent young heiress?penniless now?had no choice but to face her family's fatal legacy of sec… OL16059665W
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