A review of five locations in the United States where economic choices beyond their control have resulted in catastrophic social conditions.
Crime
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Author:Hedges, ChrisSummary: - Author:Botha, Ted.Summary:
Mother. Nurse. Gold-digger. Cause célèbre. When Daisy de Melker stood trial in 1932, accused of poisoning her son and two husbands, the public couldn't get enough of her. Crowds gathered outside court baying for blood, and she...
- Author:GEE, MauriceSummary:
There are many crimes in this chilling novel by Maurice Gee. Crime Story spans political and high-finance, murder and the terror of domestic violence, asking questions about the perpetrators and victims of crime, and about the price of...
- Author:Nickerson, JaniceSummary:
Crime and Punishment in Upper Canada provides genealogists and social historians with context and tools to understand the criminal justice system and locate sources on criminal activity and its consequences for the Upper Canada period (...
- Author:Kalteis, DietrichSummary:
From 'the heir-apparent to Elmore Leonard' (Crime Syndicate Magazine) comes a caper novel full of twists, hitmen, and loads of stolen cash. Wanting to free herself from her boyfriend, aging gangster 'Maddog' Palmieri, Bobbi Ricci...
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Author:O'CONNOR, NiamhSummary:The Director, Forensic Science Laboratory in Ireland reveals the power of forensics in cracking crime - often from a clue as minute as a single hair.
- Author:MOSS, TaraSummary:
Two and a half years after her ordeal at the hands of the 'Stiletto murderer', Ed Brown, Makedde Vanderwall must face her demons once again as she flies to Sydney for Brown's trial - and faces her one-time lover, the...
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Author:Parsons, Robert C.Summary:This is a collection of true Newfoundland and Labrador stories about crime and punishment on land and sea. Included here are tales of murder, mutiny, and smuggling on the high seas, as well as riots, assaults, and frauds perpetrated in...
- Author:FRANCIS, DickSummary:
Ex-champion jockey turned investigator, Sid Halley, first seen in Odds Against and Whip Hand, uncovers an obnoxious crime committed by a friend.
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Author:LA PLANTE, LyndaSummary:Story of damaged, vulnerable women, a police force, and a desperate hunt for a vicious serial killer who chooses his victims from Los Angeles' demi-mondaine.
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Author:Lazarus, EveSummary:Hundreds of murders remain unsolved in Vancouver, some dating back decades; their victims are now essentially invisible, forgotten by everyone except family and friends. Sometimes their cases are reopened, looked at again with a fresh...
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Author:BURKE, James LeeSummary:Texan lawyer Billy Bob Holland is forced to confront the legacies of crimes old and new when he takes up the defence of local boy Lucas Smothers, a timid teenager accused of the rape and murder of a young girl.
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Author:WALTERS, MinetteSummary:Based on the true story of the 'Chicken Farm Murder' that took place in East Sussex in 1924, the author brings a thrilling interpretation to this real-life mystery.
- Author:Brouillet, ChrystineSummary:
Roland, un séduisant paraplégique, Victor, un enseignant au grand cœur, et Louise, une célibataire amoureuse des chats, habitent tous trois dans un immeuble du Quartier latin, à Québec. Des meurtres sadiques commis aux alentours...
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Author:YORKE, MargaretSummary:Susan Trent is in her sixties. She ought to be well satisfied with her lot. Instead she lives in terror of her semi-employed, abusive, middle-aged son.
- Author:Georgia, BraggSummary:
A humorous look at how famous people got caught, including Joan of Arc, Blackbeard, Al Capone, and more! From the award-winning team that brought you How They Croaked and How They Choked.
Outlaw, assassin, art thief, and spy,...
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Author:Bruen, Ken, Starr, JasonSummary:Five valuable lessons: don't hire a psychopath to kill your wife, don't use Drano to get rid of a body, hotel room doors aren't very secure, a wig isn't much of a disguise, and secrets can kill.
- Author:Barclay, LinwoodSummary:
After his wife's death and the collapse of his newspaper, David Harwood has no choice but to uproot his nine-year-old son and move back into his childhood home in Promise Falls, New York. David believes his life is in free fall, and he...
- Author:BLACKBURN, EstelleSummary:
Story of WA man, John Button, who was sentenced in the 1960s for the murder of his girlfriend; the police were under great pressure at the time for a series of unresolved murders, many attributed to man named Cooke.
- Author:Hoog, Adrian deSummary:
A virus destroys the communication network of the Canadian diplomatic service. Carson Pryce, a reclusive, moody intelligence analyst, and Rachel Dunn, a brilliant diplomat with a glowing humanitarian track record, are implicated in the...
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