In 1909, Florence Kinrade is, by all appearances, the dutiful daughter of a wealthy Hamilton, Ontario land-owner, engaged to the parson’s son. Intriguingly, she also leads a double life as a vaudeville showgirl in Richmond, Virginia....
True crime stories
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Author:Frank, JonesSummary: - Author:Lyle, Douglas P.Summary:
A plain-English primer on crime scene investigation that's a must for fans of CSI or Patricia Cornwell. Since the O. J. Simpson case, popular interest in forensic science has exploded: CBS's CSI has 16 to 26 million viewers every week,...
- Author:Schultz, MarkSummary:
The riveting true story--soon to be the subject of a high-profile film--of Olympic wrestling gold medal-winning brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz and their fatal relationship with the eccentric John du Pont, heir to the du Pont...
- Author:Yoo, PaulaSummary:
America in 1982: Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting U.S. autoworkers out of their jobs. Anti–Asian American sentiment simmers, especially in Detroit. A bar fight turns fatal, leaving a Chinese American man...
- Author:Killian, GloriaSummary:
It began as a robbery. A man dressed as a phone repairman knocked on the door of coin collector Ed Davies. Once inside, the stranger pulled a gun on Ed and his wife, Grace, handcuffed and hogtied the couple and opened the door for his...
- Author:Cep, CaseySummary:
Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s. With the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative shot him dead at the funeral...
- Author:Charlton, VictoriaSummary:
La youtubeuse Victoria Charlton, connue pour ses vidéos consacrées au True Crime, nous entraîne sur la piste des 15 disparitions les plus énigmatiques des 100 dernières années, de la France aux États-Unis, en passant par le...
- Author:Morton, MichaelSummary:
On August 13, 1986, just one day after his thirty-second birthday, Michael Morton went to work at his usual time. By the end of the day, his wife Christine had been savagely bludgeoned to death in the couple's bed-and the Williamson...
- Author:Sangster, JoanSummary:
Are we witnessing a moral panic over youth crime or a spate of child-blaming, driven by the politics of law and order? Sangster traces the history of young women and crime and in so doing punctures dozens of myths surrounding these...
- Author:Hamman, PhilSummary:
"Please, no! Don't make me go back to the park. I can draw you a map. I promise I can show you where everything happened." The lone survivor trembled as she pleaded with investigators. For over forty years, the events of...
- Author:Heckbert, DougSummary:
Go Ahead and Shoot Me is a collection of stories written and edited by former probation officer Doug Heckbert about real people who have been convicted of real crimes and who have been on probation, on parole, or in prison. The title...
- Author:Guinn, JeffSummary:
Guinn delivers the definitive portrait of Bonnie and Clyde. These media-savvy outlaws appealed to America's Depression-era hunger for swashbuckling characters. Glowing radio and newspaper reports transformed these "public enemies" into...
- Author:Dartt, Rebecca CoferSummary:
When the Harris family was found brutally murdered three days before Christmas, it plunged the sleepy upstate New York community of Ithaca into shock. The town clamored for justice and breathed a collective sigh of relief when the...
- Author:McElhinney, Ann.Summary:
Journalists present the story of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia obstetrician-gynecologist who performed abortions. Gosnell was convicted of the first-degree murders of infants who were born alive during attempted abortion procedures...
- Author:Hawes, Jennifer BerrySummary:
"In Grace Will Lead Us Home, Jennifer Berry Hawes breathes poetry into tragedy to bring to life the epic grief that haunted a nation's moral imagination...If white supremacy is ever to meet a death knell, this ringing...
- Author:Egger, AndreaSummary:
When beautiful, voluptuous Monica Dunn dies from a shotgun wound, her much-decorated police officer husband, Paul, immediately comes under suspicion. He insists he watched helplessly as his wife shot herself. Monica's politically...
- Author:Crofton, IanSummary:
Bringing together extraordinary stories of daring escapes from prison, POW camps, and other places of incarceration and confinement, this collection draws from every period of history and from every corner of the world. In addition to...
- Author:Davies, NickSummary:
Since 2006, award-winning investigative journalist Nick Davies has worked tirelessly — determined, driven, brilliant — to uncover the truth about the goings on behind the scenes at the News of the World and News International. This book...
- Author:Harding, ThomasSummary:
Shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Biography Award. Part history, part biography, part true crime, Hanns and Rudolf chronicles the untold story of the Jewish investigator who pursued and captured one of Nazi Germany’s most notorious war...
- Author:Andersen, EarlSummary:
Hard Place to do Time is the inside story of Oakalla Prison's many escapes, riots, hangings, and other sensational events that made it one of the most notorious prisons in Canada.
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