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Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The narrative unfolds like a high-stakes crime novel."-Kirkus Reviews
In 1898, a group of schoolboys in Bridgeport, Connecticut discovered gruesome packages under a bridge holding the dismembered remains of a young woman.
Finding that the dead woman had just undergone an abortion, prosecutors raced to establish her identity and fix blame for her death. Suspicion fell on Nancy Guilford, half of a married pair of "doctors" well known to police...
Publisher
Espresso Media International
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Brittney left her house unexpectedly in May 2012 in rural Alabama. She was never seen or heard from again. Her mother has campaigned for years to continue the search after the police gave up. Told emotionally by the family and captivating plot twists at the end of each episode, we discover the horrific truth Brittney’s entire family was hiding. Almost all her relatives were implicated in Alabama’s largest child sex ring, and in May 2012, young...
4) Abbott: 1979
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In the pulse-pounding conclusion to the Abbott saga, Elena must save Detroit from the Umbra… one last time.
To defeat a seemingly unstoppable darkness, Elena will need to push herself to harness her Light power more than she ever has before, and make a sacrifice that just might break her.
The Abbott trilogy has all been leading to this as the iconic series from Hugo Award-nominated novelist Saladin Ahmed (Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Black Bolt)...
5) Slow Burn
Author
Language
English
Description
Roxane and Patti are faced with one final, all-or-nothing showdown with Kary and his men.
With all of the chips on the table, will the two of them be able to make it out alive? Or will the fires claim two more victims…
Iconic crime writer Ollie Masters (Snow Blind, The Kitchen) and artist Pierluigi Minotti (Lost Falls) bring the simmering crime drama to a burning conclusion in an ending that readers are not going to want to miss.
6) Vice Academy
Publisher
All Channel Films
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Two female cops go undercover to bust a porno ring.. Starring iconic scream queen Linnea Quigley and erotic film legend Ginger Lynn Allen, the VICE ACADEMY series was a staple of late-night TV throughout the early to mid 90s.
9) Cherif
Publisher
MHz
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Français
Description
Captain Kader Cherif is a brilliant and eccentric detective in this addictive, long-running French mystery series set in Lyon.
11) The Coroner: S2
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Solicitor Jane Kennedy returns to the seaside town she left as a teenager to take up the post of coroner, becoming an advocate for the dead as she investigates sudden, violent or unexplained deaths.
12) Imma Tataranni
Publisher
MHz
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Italiano
Description
Deputy prosecutor Imma Tataranni cracks cases with attitude to spare in this entertaining Italian crime series set in Matera.
13) The Coroner
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Solicitor Jane Kennedy returns to her native coastal town, to take the post of coroner.
14) Miranda's Victim
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Based on true events, in 1963, after Trish Weir is kidnapped and sexually assaulted, her assailant is caught and tried. But after he confesses without legal representation and is granted a retrial, it triggers a legal proceeding that forever changes the nation's justice system.
15) The Coroner: S1
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Solicitor Jane Kennedy returns to the seaside town she left as a teenager to take up the post of coroner, becoming an advocate for the dead as she investigates sudden, violent or unexplained deaths.
16) Cherif: S1
Publisher
MHz
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Français
Description
Captain Kader Cherif is a brilliant and eccentric detective in this addictive, long-running French mystery series set in Lyon.
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
On Thursday, December 15, 1994, Joann Katrinak and her three-month-old son, Alex, went missing from their Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, home. Four months later, when their bodies were found in a lonely patch of woods, the police would launch a three-year investigation leading to the arrest of Patricia Lynne Rorrer—a young mother who had never met either victim—as the monster responsible. In Pennsylvania's first use of mitochondrial DNA in a criminal...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Burlington has long been known as the shining jewel in Vermont's crown, but a current of darkness flows beneath this charming port on Lake Champlain.
There is a sordid side to the city that top-ten lists routinely call "one of the country's most livable cities," with stories of dirty cops, notorious ladies of the night, knife wielding psychopaths, lovers off the deep end and famous serial killers.
Author and tour guide Thea Lewis showcases the...
19) Gigli
Publisher
Revolution Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
From director Martin Brest comes GIGLI, an unconventional romantic comedy starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. When low-level hood Larry Gigli (Affleck) is given an assignment that gets him in way over his head, Ricki (Lopez), a gorgeous free spirited female enforcer is sent in to assist him. Gigli finds himself falling for the unavailable Ricki and goes to great lengths to win her affection. Yet the harder she resists him, the stronger their...
20) The Jerky Boys
Author
Language
English
Description
The Jerky Boys popular audio tapes of prank phone calls have created a cult following across the country, and prompted the making of their first motion picture. This movie is based on Brennan's and Kamal's sensational album of hilarious crank phone calls, which quickly became a solid gold record when it was released. their second album, debuted at #12 on billboard's top 200 chart, and went gold in only 13 days. Now, the two previously anonymous phone...
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