When forty-year-old Esther Castellani died a slow and agonizing death in Vancouver in 1965, the official cause was at first undetermined. The day after Esther's funeral, her husband, Rene, packed up his girlfriend, Lolly; his daughter,...
Trials (Murder)
- Author:Lazarus, EveSummary:
- Author:Myers, Walter DeanSummary:
Accused as an accomplice in a Harlem, Steve Harmon, an amateur filmmaker, transcribes his trial into a movie script.
- Author:Gaskell, Elizabeth CleghornSummary:
Before Elizabeth Gaskell's famous North and South and Cranford, there was Mary Barton. Set in Manchester England in the mid-nineteenth century, Mary Barton was revolutionary in the way it tackled the relationship between poor mill...
- Author:Green, ElonSummary:
"In this astonishing and powerful work of nonfiction, Green meticulously reports on a series of baffling and brutal crimes targeting gay men. It is an investigation filled with twists and turns, but this is much more than a...
- Author:Xerri-L., NadiaSummary:
In Just Julie, Julie’s idolized older brother is accused of murder. When she refuses to attend his trial, her shattered family is bewildered. But Julie knows more about her brother than she wants to admit, and a fateful decision is in...
- Author:French, NicciSummary:
When a body is discovered in Okeham, England, Tabitha is shocked to find herself in handcuffs. But as dark memories come to light, she begins to question if she knows who she really is.
- Author:Burnet, Graeme MacraeSummary:
A triple murder in Scotland in 1869 leads to the arrest of Roderick Macrae. There's no question that Macrae is guilty, but his fate hinges on the question of his sanity. Recounted through the accused's memoir, trial transcripts, and...
- Author:Penny, LouiseSummary:
"...the events in GLASS HOUSES challenge Gamache's conscience unlike any of the previous audiobooks, with Bathurst prying open the hero's heart and soul and laying it bare for listeners to experience at a visceral level." — Audiofile...
- 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:McLachlin, BeverleySummary:
There’s nothing Jilly Truitt likes more than winning a case, especially against her former mentor, prosecutor Cy Kenge. Jilly has baggage, the residue of a dark time in a series of foster homes, but that’s in the past. Now she’s...
- Author:Hounsell, KaylaSummary:
A murder, a missing body, and a sensational trial that gripped Nova Scotia.Will Sandeson seemed like a model son. A member of the Dalhousie University track and field team, he was about to start classes at Dalhousie's medical school. He...
- Author:Thatcher, ColinSummary:
On May 7, 1984, Colin Thatcher was convicted of killing his ex-wife JoAnn Wilson the previous year, and was sentenced to life in prison. The murder and the trial provoked a national media frenzy, and the once-prominent Saskatchewan...
- Author:Bowen, RhysSummary:
When Constable Evan Evans and his new fiancée decide to travel south from home in Llanfair, Wales, to visit his mother in Swansea, they’re not expecting the disturbing news that greets them on their arrival: the young thug convicted of...
- Author:Collins, PaulSummary:
The two finest lawyers in New York, Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton were bitter rivals both in and out of the courtroom. When Levi Weeks, the brother of an influential architect with ties to both men, was accused of killing a...
- Author:JaQuavis, AshleySummary:
Remy has kept a diary of her life for the past two years. What she writes inside is a tale of love, passion, money, and secrecy--and ultimately a witness to her tragic end.
- Author:McLachlin, BeverleySummary:
From the former Chief Justice of Canada and #1 bestselling author of Full Disclosure comes a taut new thriller starring tough-as-nails defense attorney Jilly Truitt in a murder case that makes her question her own truths. When everyone...
- Author:Seifert, Nick, Seifert, Joe, McCarn, Matthias, Seifert, EmmaSummary:
Danny Seifert was murdered when he tried to leave the Chicago Mob. As they grow into men, Danny's sons, Joe and Nick, take it upon themselves to find the man responsible for their father's death and make him pay.
- Author:Rule, AnnSummary:
In Dead by Sunset, Rule uncovers the truth behind Brad Cunningham, a man who conned the women he was supposed to have loved the most. After police find his estranged wife murdered, Cunningham's charms begin to fade and reveal a man with...
- Author:Nicks, John, Nicks, DenverSummary:
In 1939, a horrific triple murder occurred in Oklahoma. As pressure mounted to find a villain, prosecutors settled on a black farmer named W. D. Lyons, who was arrested and tortured into signing a confession. This book tells the story...
- Author:McBain, EdSummary: