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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
An Esquire Best Book of the Year -- A Paste Best Novel of the Year Recommended by the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, TIME, Vogue, Paste, New York Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Seattle Times, Yahoo!, Refinery29, BBC, PopSugar, Boston Herald, New York Social Diary, Library Journal, Bookstr, Kirkus “A seductive and richly atmospheric literary thriller with a sleek Patricia Highsmith surface." -- New York Times Book Review "Equal parts Graham...
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Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
You can take the cop out of the big city, but you can't take the big city out of the cop, in this fourth Black Horse Campground mystery.
Just as Corrie is getting used to having former Houston, Texas, narcotics detective J. D. Wilder as a campground employee, he officially becomes a member of the Village of Bonney Police Department. Aside from a recent crime spree at the Black Horse, not much is going on in town, giving Wilder a chance to...
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Series
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
England, 1716. The only certainty in a thief's life… is death.
Christopher Templeton is a lawyer whose conscience troubles him. He knows many of the secrets of The Fellowship, the shadowy group profiting from the civil unrest in the nation, and has intimated to the Company of Rogues that he is willing to share them.
The problem is, he has vanished. Jonas Flynt – thief, gambler, killer – still recovering from a duel with death upon the frozen...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
WHY DATE A MOUNTAIN MAN? Because he knows how to pitch a tent. When Dahlia Weathersby's sister disappears on what should have been a simple day hike, Dahlia immediately heads deep into the Colorado Rockies to find her. Knowing she'll never survive the mountains alone, she convinces the local hermit--adorably grouchy survival expert Winston Dane--to be her guide. All it takes is a good helping of Dahlia's charmand just the teeniest bit of blackmailbefore...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
There are stories about the woods around Salvation Creek and the people who have gone missing. Now their friend is one of them. A riveting, fast-paced YA mystery told entirely through first person police interviews of four teens over the course of a few hours.
It was all her idea. They would get away from their parents and spend the weekend camping. Down by Salvation Creek, the five of them would make smores, steal kisses, share secrets.
But sometime...
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English
Description
***Please note: This ebook edition does not contain the photos found in the print edition.***
Secret prisoners behind closed doors, they were real-life Cinderellas-- with no hope of rescue. Nowhere to run...nowhere to hide...nowhere to turn...
Enter today's sordid world of slaves and masters, where innocent young girls are sold to the rich, and subjected to horrifying degradation.
Beautiful Laxmi was the servant of two Arab princesses who regularly...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When her mother, a Vietnam War refugee, dies suddenly, Annie Shaw finds her OCD coming back with a vengeance, and when the investigation zeroes in on her, her mind increasingly fractures and the only thing she knows is this: she will do anything to protect her daughter even if it means losing herself.
8) Jack el Destripador: Descubre los Verdaderos Crímenes Escalofriantes Detrás de uno de los Asesino
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Language
Español
Description
¿Te gustaría sumergirte en uno de los grandes misterios de la humanidad? ¿Quién era Jack el destripador? ¿Era un maestro del disfraz o un criminal increíblemente afortunado? Entonces sigue leyendo… No hubo testigos de sus asesinatos. Poco se sabe con certeza sobre el Destripador. Las víctimas de sus crímenes eran todas mujeres. Algunos de sus cuerpos fueron mutilados y todos fueron degollados. La ola de asesinatos del Destripador en el...
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English
Description
El objetivo de Derechos de la infancia y educación inclusiva en América Latina es aportar una herramienta útil no sólo para abordar teóricamente esta temática, sino también para ayudar a comprender las prácticas educativas. En América Latina la educación está en el primer plano de las políticas públicas, razón por la cual las aportaciones que se hacen en este libro pueden ayudar a esclarecer los debates, siempre desde la perspectiva...
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English
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Starved, neglected, abandoned – the true story of the woman kept a secret from the world for 25 years. In the summer of 1876 the vivacious, intelligent, and beautiful Blanche Monnier vanishes, as if she never existed. Twenty-five years later, within the confines of a middle-class respectable chateau, the French authorities uncover a shocking crime that shakes not only the local community, but the political world of rural France. The truth of Blanche...
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Language
English
Description
An anthology of True Crime featuring the murderous Jill Coit...The chilling story of Jill Coit, a serial wife turned serial murderer, began long before she met her eighth husband, Gerald Boggs. Born Jill Lonita Billiott, her early years saw no traumatic or scarring experiences, and she was even a popular student in her high school in Louisiana. Jill began her career as a successful model. Her warm and outgoing persona helped build relationships with...
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English
Description
Unsolved No More will take readers on a journey with a struggling kid, who barely, graduated high school to a teenager, who joined the Marine Corps and finally, a man who put himself through college to accomplish his lifelong goal of becoming a police detective. Mains, who is routinely, sought out by law enforcement and victims' families to help solve cold cases, writes about his own investigations to show readers, how he goes about solving crimes...
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English
Description
Embark on a riveting expedition into the heart of humanity with "The Genetic Tapestry: Decoding Human DNA." This groundbreaking exploration transcends the complexities of genetics, unraveling the secrets encrypted within our very essence. From the elegant structure of DNA to the profound implications of genome editing, this book is your guide to the captivating world of genomics.Dive into the narrative threads of inheritance, evolution, and ethical...
14) Black Widows
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English
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AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE MOST MURDEROUS GOLD-DIGGERS IN MODERN HISTORY LOUISE PEETE "She's an entrepreneur. A homicidal entrepreneur." Louise Peete was a convicted American murderer famous for becoming the second woman in history to be executed in the State of California. She was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a wealthy mining engineer named Jacob C. Denton in 1920. Nineteen years later, however, she would be released from prison only to...
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English
Description
OK, here's the plot. A oman - let's make her an ex-prostitute - sets out to marry a man. She gets fed up with him and decides to have him murdered.''Whoa, slow down a bit here. How long have they been married?''I don't know, umm, we'll make it five years. No, too long. How about six months? But here's the twist - you're going to love this...'The commissioning executives are already looking at each other in resignation, and surreptitiously glancing...
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English
Description
Nicole Vonlee Titlow is a middle aged woman who is currently serving out a 20-40 year prison sentence in the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility for the second degree murder of her uncle, Don Rogers. At first glance, this case seems to be one of commonplace gold digging and an attempt to make some quick cash, but upon further reading, it quickly devolves into betrayal, back-handedness, ineffective counsel, and further tragedy. This otherwise average...
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English
Description
An anthology of True Crime committed by women so vile that you'll shake your head in wonder...and disgust at their deeds. STACEY SCHOECK Richard and Stacy Schoeck had a perfect marriage, or at least it looked ideal for their friends and family. Even though they have been together for a long time, they seemed to have eyes only for each other. Richard was Stacy's fifth husband and everyone was certain that he was indeed the love of her life. The couple...
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English
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Britt and Michelle Hall had just built their dream home. Hoping to live out a Brady Bunch existence with their three children from different marriages, the former high school sweethearts had reconnected and married But on one night in November the home would resemble a shooting gallery out of the Wild West rather than the Brady Bunch as Britt Hall would be found dead. His wife would claim that he committed suicide. Her eight-year old daughter, however,...
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Series
Jordan Manning novel volume 2
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"After dropping her child off at preschool, Marla Hancock, a stay-at-home mother, disappears. She had recently left her verbally abusive husband in rural Indiana and moved in with her sister, Shelly, who simply can't believe that her sister would ever willingly vanish without her children. But with limited support from the town's police department or media resources, Shelly fears that Marla's disappearance won't get the attention it deserves, or worse,...
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