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Sticky Fingers: Confessions of a Marginally Repentant Shoplifter - Paperback

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by Tom Bentley (Author)There's only one thing more excited than a kid in a candy store: a kid in a candy store who can steal as much candy as he needs. The same kid later realizes that budgeting for high school is so restrictive--why not just steal all those shiny little (and big) things that caught his eye? Tom Bentley was that kid. He was a dedicated, accomplished shoplifter through his high school years, so much so that he treated it as a business, taking orders for record albums, tape rec...

Innocent An Obscene Miscarriage of Justice - Paperback

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by John N. Huffington (Author)In 1981, at the age of eighteen, John N. Huffington was found guilty of a double homicide in Harford County, Maryland. He was given two death sentences plus 21 years in what became known as the Memorial Day Murders. Maintaining his innocence from day one, John spent 32 years, 2 months, and 28 days in the Maryland Prison System, the first 10 years of his sentence were on death row. John's conviction was tainted with flimsy, unsubstantiated science and a prosecutor...

12/26/75: Twelve Twenty-Six Seventy-Five - Paperback

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by Tony Reid (Author)For Tony Reid, this case began as a claim of innocence in the murder of Donna Jo Richmond in 1975. While the errors in the original investigation and a flawed trial resulted in a guilty verdict, the reassessment confirmed that the defendant was framed but the question became: by whom? Working with a new team of investigators, which included two of the original detectives, the probe uncovered a startling new possibility: Was the real culprit a serial offender?Turning to th...

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by Mary Faltz (Author)Nicolas a charismatic Christian figure, a sacrificing husband, and a hailed hero. But who is Nicolas really? What is hiding behind the smile of this seemingly generous father of six? What is his darkest secret? Following her mother's death, Mary urgently needed to understand exactly what had happened to her estranged mother. She embarked on a painful quest to dig up 30 years of archives, but what she discovered was beyond anything she could ever have imagined... This boo...

Aaron Sherritt: Persona Non Grata - Hardcover

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by Aidan Phelan (Author)In this new book by Aidan Phelan (A Guide to Australian Bushranging, Glenrowan) the true story of Aaron Sherritt's involvement in the Kelly saga is revealed. Was he truly the traitor he has been accused of being?From his poverty-stricken childhood, to his lawless youth, we see Aaron's life reflecting the society around him and the emerging Australian identity. His close friendship with Joe Byrne sees them both in and out of mischief until Ned Kelly enters their lives a...

The Happiest Corruption: Sleaze, Lies, & Suicide in a California Beach Town - Paperback

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by Debbie Peterson (Author)This is insider crime history - my account of politicians, government officials, developers, contractors, and cannabis kings who operate a criminal machine that streams through my small county, bankrolled by public funds, campaign donations, and pallet loads of cash generated by the most valuable crop in the nation.As the mayor of a friendly little beach town, my story should be a happy memoir. Instead, it evolved into a sinister citizens-turned-spy suspense epic of...

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by Mauricio Leyva (Author)Más allá de la inocencia aborda uno de los temas preocupantes en la actualidad: la venta de niños y de niñas. Esta novela, crítica y acusatoria, trata de la vida de tres niñas y una adolescente; plantea también tres posibles destinos: la prostitución infantil, la venta de niños para extraer sus órganos y la venta de los niños a otras familias. Los lugares en los que se desenvuelve la trama son básicamente dos: la Montaña de Guerrero y la Ciudad de México. En el desar...

Grindr Serial Killer: Stephen Port: Stephen Port - Paperback

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by Alan R. Warren (Author)Killer Queens is a new series of historical fiction books based on true stories. The series explores the world of murder in the gay community, whether the victims or the killers themselves, and sometimes both, are homosexual. While the previous two books of this series explored the lives and murders of LGBTQ people in the early twentieth century, Book 3 focuses on more modern times. It is based on the case of Stephen Port, a serial murderer in London, U.K., who was c...

Voice of a Victim: Overcoming The Generational Curse of Sexual Assault and Incest - Hardcover

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by Erica Janelle (Author), Pamela Greer (Editor), Callie Walker (Editor)This book is a walkthrough of my journey with sexual abuse and incest within my family. Through my life story, readers will gain understanding why I felt the need to expose these secrets and shame that held my family in bondage for many years, and how that exposure ultimately led to our healing and recovery. It is my sincere hope that everyone that reads this book will learn the power of speaking your truth in order to st...

Burning America: In The Best Interest Of The Children? - Paperback

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by G. Mick Smith (Author)This fictional account exposes the dark underbelly of the custody industry in American villages. Children are treated like footballs and are simply kicked from place to place, parental rights are routinely violated, often with one parent who is considered no more than a paycheck, and the custody enterprise of judges, lawyers, and counselors profit from the displacement and misery of children. The novel punches hard in the gut and does not let up until the untimely and...

Living With Conviction: Unexpected Sisterhood, Healing, and Redemption in the Wake of Life-Altering Choices - Hardcover

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by Toby Dorr (Author), Dana Wright (Foreword by)The real-life story behind the Lifetime Movie "Jailbreak Lovers". This book picks up where the movie left off, and gives you important details the movie didn't cover. What happened before and after? What was prison like? Where is Toby Young Dorr now?Having never had so much as a traffic ticket, Toby Dorr shattered her mold of perfection by helping a convicted murderer, a trainer in her prison dog program, escape in a dog crate. Her story is a le...

American Cults: Cabals, Corruption, and Charismatic Leaders - Paperback

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by Jim Willis (Author)America has spawned hundreds of cults. Charismatic leaders periodically burst into the news for the most awful of reasons. We are awash with stories of brainwashed members' struggles to leave. Meet the messianic leaders, see the indoctrination and manipulation, look at their beliefs, and read the stories of some of America's most notorious, eccentric, and unusual cults!From false religions and offshoots of traditional religions to political, financial, sexual, and hate g...

Operation Relentless: An SAS Veteran's Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man-Russian Fugitive

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by Damien Lewis (Author)The true story of the top-secret mission to capture the Russian billionaire arms dealer, the Merchant of Death: "This is James Bond meets Jason Bourne" (Bear Grylls, star of Man vs. Wild). Viktor Bout was the world's foremost arms dealer. From his hideout in Moscow, he masterminded the sale of weapons to dictators, rebels, despots, and terror groups worldwide--supplying anything from AK-47s to state-of-the-art helicopter gunships and anti-aircraft missiles. Known as t...

Walking Away: Unburied Truths of My Murderous Mother - Hardcover

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by Luciana Fiore (Author)I decided to walk away from my mother when I discovered she murdered my step-father. I was in my 30's then and shortly before had learned she murdered who I thought was a stranger. I didn't realize the man she murdered was my biological father until my 50's. That is only the beginning of what I learned my mother kept from us - my sisters, step-siblings, the police, and me. My memoir, Walking Away: Unburied Truths of my Murderous Mother, tells the simple and relatable ...

The Ghost: The Murder of Police Chief Greg Adams and the Hunt for His Killer - Hardcover

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by Maureen Boyle (Author)HOW COULD SUCH A DARK SECRETHAVE BEEN KEPT FOR SO MANY YEARS?Police Chief Greg Adams was out on patrol. Christmas was coming to Saxonburg, Pennsylvania-a quaint borough of just 1,300-in three short weeks. The winter air was crisp. Colored lights sparkled on houses. He was only a block and a half from the Police Department, and this was just an average traffic stop. Until it wasn't.The devoted husband and father of two little boys was about to meet any law enforcement ...

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by Alan R. Warren (Author), Mike Browne (Foreword by)Killer Queens is a new series of historical fiction books based on true stories. The series explores the world of murder in the gay community, whether the victims or the killers themselves and sometimes both are homosexuals.Book 2 of the series focuses on the serial killer of at least 27 young men and boys in Germany in the post-World War 1 era. At the center of this murder case were Fritz Haarmann and Hans Grans, who were lovers while comm...

Gamblers & Gangsters: Fort Worth's Jacksboro Highway in the 1940s & 1950s - Hardcover

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by Ann Arnold (Author)A gripping account of rampant crime in Fort Worth, Texas, during the 1930s, through the 1950s, with hoodlums, gamblers, murderers, dopers, pimps, and lawmen on the take. The author recounts the days when Fort Worth was as wide open as Las Vegas with gambling and crime that rivaled New York and Chicago with mob hits, exploding cars, and late-night police raids. The personalities were larger than life, some went on to fame in other parts of the country such as Las Vegas ga...

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by Danny Ahearn (Author), Gary Lovisi (Introduction by)HOW TO COMMIT A MURDER"What sort of third degree do they give you for murder?""Listen, mister," said Danny, and began. He told me how one went about covering one's tracks after committing a murder, then branched out into a description of the underworld and its professions. All unconsciously he gave me the underworld's point of view, which is his own-the underworld's code of ethics, its needs, and its safeguards against attack. He made me ...

Frank Sinatra and the Mafia Murders - Paperback

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by Douglas Thompson (Author), Mike Rothmiller (Author)It was said of the young Frank Sinatra that he came across as "St Francis of Assisi with a shoulder holster." Mike Rothmiller and Douglas Thompson draw on previously secret LAPD intelligence files, a cache of FBI documents released to the authors in 2021, and extensive interviews with prime sources, including many who worked with Frank Sinatra and many more who tracked his long and fatal association with the American Mafia, notably his o...

How Not to Rob a Bank: And Other Stories from 20 Years as a Federal Prosecutor - Paperback

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by C. J. Williams (Author)During his 20-year career as a federal prosecutor, the author worked hundreds of criminal cases, from a botched attempted bank robbery to high profile death penalty cases. In this collection of stories, the author recounts tales of trauma, drama and criminal minds. While many prosecutors might share their reflections on the details and operations of legal proceedings, the author instead focuses this collection on the human aspects of the criminals and their trials. T...

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by Lee McGarr (Author)The Dividing of America is a true story taken from volumes of court transcripts, depositions, news articles, video news presentations, felony booking warrants, and voluminous personal notes that all became public documents with the fraudulent arrest of an Oklahoma contractor and businessman. What began as nothing more than the bidding of a construction project led down a path of corruption, shady lawyers, corrupt public servants, and judges who hide the truth from the ju...

What Difference Does it Make - Paperback

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by Lee McGarr (Author) What Difference Does It Make? is a true story of one individual who still believes in the democratic system that is now being stripped away from the honest American, and the struggle this one person went through to attempt to preserve it. With over seventeen years with the FAA and numerous excellence awards with cash bonuses, my career ended up being fired for "lack of candor" in my refusal to reveal what I had provided to the FBI after the retaliation began from my tes...

Unfit: Consequences of Empowerment - Paperback

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by Lee McGarr (Author)UNFIT is a true story of corruption within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that depicts the various struggles within the organization, complete with a well-developed assassination plot, disregard for the lives of any citizen in the traveling public and apparent payoffs from those who seek approval.The FAA uses a standard game plan. First it attempts to buy-off anyone who might become a whistleblower. If this doesn't work, it will stoop to murder - that's what I...

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by Christine Mager Wevik (Author)Someone knows . . . Is it you? Are you the key to solving one of these heartbreaking cases? We don't know what we know. The mention of a name, a distinct scent unearthing a memory long buried, a shared reminiscence with someone who reveals that tiny detail. you'd forgotten - these are the things that spark our recollections. The sharing of a seemingly insignificant detail locked in our episodic memory could trigger a landslide of leads for investigators. Numb...

Mexico Got Lucky: Updated Edition - Paperback

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by Rico Austin (Author)The alarm of my Mercedes Benz went screaming into alert mode. I hustled back to the four door sedan to find no Lucky!!!What would you do if someone you truly loved was taken? To what lengths would you travel? How far into danger would you venture to get a member of your family back?Lucky, the most famous dog in all of Sonora, Mexico was dog napped on March 1st, 2014. Was it a prank gone bad by teenagers? Did it involve the ruthless Sinaloa Drug Cartel, deadliest in the ...

Cybercrime: Protecting your business, your family and yourself - Paperback

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by Todd Wade (Author)With a focus on cyber fraud and extortion, this book explores cybercrime from attack methods to impact, with the use of real-world case studies alongside practical suggestions on preventative measures, warning signs of cybercrime and next steps if you find yourself a victim.Author BiographyTodd Wade is a Chief Information Security Officer with over 20 years experience in cyber risk management and technical operational leadership. He has provided tactical and strategic pla...

Butcher of Hanover: Fritz Haarmann - Hardcover

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by Alan R. Warren (Author), Mike Browne (Foreword by)Killer Queens is a new series of historical fiction books based on true stories. The series explores the world of murder in the gay community, whether the victims or the killers themselves and sometimes both, are homosexual.Book 2 of the series focuses on the serial killer of at least 27 young men and boys in Germany in the post-World War 1 era. At the center of this murder case were Fritz Haarmann and Hans Grans, who were lovers while comm...

Db Cooper: The Untold Story of a Daredevil Hijacker (Chasing the Last Lead in America's Only Unsolved Skyjacking) - Paperback

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by Donna Perry (Author)The media epithet was used to refer to the man responsible for hijacking a boeing 727 aircraft on november 24th of 1971. The aircraft was taken in flight between portland, oregon and seattle, washington. The final destination for the flight was the seattle-tacoma international airport and it originated from the northwest orient airport. When the man using the alias dan cooper arrived at northwest orient airlines, he bought himself a one-way ticket to seattle, washington...

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by Ann Rule (Author)True crime icon Ann Rule presents a "must-read" (People) New York Times bestseller--and inspiration behind the Lifetime movie A House on Fire--following a woman whose apparent perfect life hides a harrowing and deadly madness. Debora Green, a doctor and mother in a picturesque and exclusive Kansas town, seems to have the perfect life with her own medical practice, a handsome physician husband, and three lovely children. It seems like a horribly tragic accident when a ragin...

Making Jack Falcone: An Undercover FBI Agent Takes Down a Mafia Family - Paperback

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by Joaquin Jack Garcia (Author), Michael Levin (With)The shocking and unprecedented true story of how an FBI agent infiltrated one of the most notorious Mafia families in the country, perfect for fans of Wiseguy, The Pretender, and American Radical. Petey Chops wasn't kicking up. And if he didn't start soon, he was going to get whacked. So begins the extraordinary true story of an undercover FBI agent's years-long investigation of the Gambinos, resulting in a string of arrests that crippled t...

Rabbit Hole: The Vanishing of Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan - Paperback

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by Chris Williamson (Author)Based on the popular podcast Vanished, "Rabbit Hole: The Vanishing of Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan" is a collaborative effort featuring a guest list of almost 50 experts across all realms and theories in the Earhart case. Cohosts Chris Williamson & Jennifer Taylor take you through a comprehensive study of the life, legacy, lore and disappearance of Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan. Featuring twists and turns you'll never expect, throughout this incredible s...

The Gorilla Man Strangler Case: Serial Killer Earle Nelson - Paperback

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by Alvin A. J. Esau (Author)The hitchhiker seemed harmless. He was dressed in a blue suit and a colorful sweater, accessorized with a grey cap and tan shoes. He carried nothing. It was the morning of June 8, 1927, when the Chandler family picked up the well-dressed man in Minnesota and dropped him at the Canadian border. They had unwittingly transported notorious serial killer, "The Gorilla Man," who had strangled more than twenty women from one end of the United States to the other. He would...