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A Spy's Guide to Santa Fe and Albuquerque - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby E. B. Held (Author)When thinking of New Mexico, few Americans think spy-vs.-spy intrigue, but in fact, to many international intelligence operatives, the state's name is nearly synonymous with espionage, and Santa Fe is a sacred site. The KGB's single greatest intelligence and counterintelligence coups, and the planning of the organization's most infamous assassination, all took place within one mile of Bishop Lamy's statue in front of Saint Francis Cathedral i...

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by James Patterson (Author)As seen on the Discovery ID TV series Murder is Forever, these two true-crime thrillers follow a lawyer struggling to stop a killer and a detective angling to solve a double homicide.Home Sweet Murder (with Andrew Bourelle): Lawyer Leo Fisher and his wife Sue are a sixty-one-year-old couple enjoying a quiet Sunday dinner at home. Until a man in a suit rings their front door claiming to be an SEC agent. By the end of the evening, two people will be shot, stabbed, and...

Prison Days: True Diary Entries by a Maximum Security Officer July, 2018 - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Simon King (Author)The follow up to the June Edition of Prison Days is filled with yet more crazy, weird and confronting incidents from behind the walls of this maximum security facility. Stabbings, rapes, and assaults are on the increase, an escape leaves officers looking for answers, a prisoner does the unthinkable, strip searching is taken to another level and exactly how does an officer smuggle alcohol in? This is life behind the walls. Number ...

Prison Days: True Diary Entries by a Maximum Security Prison Officer, September, 2018 - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Simon King (Author)It's never easy to lose one of your own. The fourth installment of the hard-hitting Prison Days series sees yet another round of vicious assaults, shocking abuse and crazy antics that can only happen in Maximum Security. It's a non-stop ride through the some of the darkest moments of prison life that needs to be read to be believed. The September Edition is one of the most shocking to date and will leave you shaking your head in disbelief. Bu...

The Chicago Outfit and the North Side Gang: The History and Legacy of Chicago's Most Notorious Rival Mobs - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Charles River (Author)*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading20th century Chicago was an ideal breeding ground for organized crime. A buzzing circuit board dotted with towering skyscrapers, brick buildings, worker's cottages, and an eclectic collection of greystone manors, the Windy City was further decked out with electric entertainment districts, the theaters, clubs, brothels, restaurants, and niteries that lined it...

Prison Days: True Diary Entries by a Maximum Security Prison Officer, October, 2018 - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Simon King (Author)Another month, another round of crazy and confronting incidents guaranteed to make you say "WTF ". From the prisoner who decides to end it all to the one who's turned into Superman, October edition of Prison Days is filled with true events directly from behind the walls of maximum-security.Ready to continue the journey into the darkest place on earth? Don't let the walls bite as you explore the true-life events from this prison, because these...

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by Jay Anson (Author)"A fascinating and frightening book" (Los Angeles Times)--the bestselling true story about a house possessed by evil spirits, haunted by psychic phenomena almost too terrible to describe. In December 1975, the Lutz family moved into their new home on suburban Long Island. George and Kathleen Lutz knew that, one year earlier, Ronald DeFeo had murdered his parents, brothers, and sisters in the house, but the property--complete with boathouse and swimming pool--and the price...

The Book of Murder: A Prosecutor's Journey Through Love and Death - Hardcover

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by Matt Murphy (Author)Examining murder from an insider's perspective, Matt Murphy--a former senior deputy district attorney and current ABC News Legal Analyst--discusses cases from his career, how they strained his personal life, and how he found peace seeking justice for victims and their families. Part taxonomy of murder, part prosecutor's handbook, and part personal memoir, The Book of Murder goes through a dozen cases and his recollections of his twenty-six years in the Orange County DA'...

Rinsed: From Cartels to Crypto: How the Tech Industry Washes Money for the World's Deadliest Crooks - Hardcover

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by Geoff White (Author)'Rinsed is a triumph. If you want to understand how the chaotic world around us really works, read this book!'MILES JOHNSON, AUTHOR OF CHASING SHADOWS 'A riveting look at not only the nuts and bolts of cons and crimes but the techniques detectives use to stalk cyber criminals'FINANCIAL TIMES 'Gripping'THE ECONOMIST For as long as people have been stealing money, there has been an industry ready to wash it. But what happened when our economy went digital? How does the g...

American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land - Paperback

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by Monica Hesse (Author)The arsons started on a cold November midnight and didn't stop for months. Night after night, the people of Accomack County waited to see which building would burn down next, regarding each other at first with compassion, and later suspicion. Vigilante groups sprang up, patrolling the rural Virginia coast with cameras and camouflage. Volunteer firefighters slept at their stations. The arsonist seemed to target abandoned buildings, but local police were stretched too th...

The Villisca Axe Murder: The Horrifying True Story Behind the Unsolved Moores Family Murderer Who Got Away - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Cassandra T. Peters (Author)Nestled at the very end of a serene street in the charming town of Villisca, Iowa, stands a captivating sight - an enchanting old white frame house, just across the street from a cluster of churches sits a park that looks out over a middle school. Although it stands deserted, the ancient white house resembles many of the others in the neighborhood. No sound or light comes from the house, and when you look closely, you see that the do...

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by James Patterson (Author)As seen on Discovery's Murder is Forever TV series: In these two true crime thrillers, a reluctant hitman and a cheating husband fight for their lives . . . and a single mother exacts her revenge.In Murder, Interrupted (with Alex Abramovich), rich, cheating financier Frank Howard wants his wife dead, and he's willing to pay Billie Earl Johnson whatever it takes: $750,000, to be exact. When his bullet misses the mark, Billie Earl and Frank will turn on each other in ...

Blood on the Mitten: Infamous Michigan Murders, 1700s to Present - Hardcover

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by Tom Carr (Author)Before Michigan became a state, there were witch trials, scalp collectors, dirty sports and a massacre of epic proportions. The lumber era that followed made Michigan as much of a wild, wild west as Deadwood. And Prohibition allowed a group of Detroit thugs to run roughshod over even the likes of Al Capone.Blood on the Mitten highlights 57 infamous murder cases from Detroit to the Upper Peninsula. Read about A father who shoots his daughter and friends for being hippies, ...

The Amish Wife: Unraveling the Lies, Secrets, and Conspiracy That Let a Killer Go Free - Paperback

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by Gregg Olsen (Author)The #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Gregg Olsen solves a murder among the Amish and reveals the conspiracy to keep it a secret in a heartbreaking and horrifying true-crime story.In 1977, in an Ohio Amish community, pregnant wife and mother Ida Stutzman perished during a barn fire. The coroner's report: natural causes. Ida's husband, Eli, was never considered a suspect. But when he eventually rejected the faith and took his son, Danny, with him, mu...

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by James Patterson (Author)From the world's #1 bestselling author comes a collection of Discovery ID true crime stories where the bonds of matrimony and love can tear you brutally apart. Til Murder Do Us Part: Kathi Spiars can't believe she's found such a good man to marry as Stephen Marcum. Twelve years later, she starts to suspect that he isn't who he says he is. As she digs into his past, she doesn't realize that learning the truth will lead to a lifetime of fear and hiding. (with Andrew ...

Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats are Hijacking the Global Economy - Paperback

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by Moises Naim (Author)A groundbreaking investigation of how illicit commerce is changing the world by transforming economies, reshaping politics, and capturing governments.In this fascinating and comprehensive examination of the underside of globalization, Moises Na m illuminates the struggle between traffickers and the hamstrung bureaucracies trying to control them. From illegal migrants to drugs to weapons to laundered money to counterfeit goods, the black market produces enormous profits ...

Why Men Rape: An Indian Undercover Investigation - Paperback

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by Tara Kaushal (Author)In Why Men Rape, Tara Kaushal sets out to understand the reasons through a detailed investigation which includes meetings with nine men who have an inclination to commit acts of sexual violence. The men interviewed for the book belong to all sections of s Number of Pages: 336 Dimensions: 0.75 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: June 30, 2020

Gunning for the Godman: The True Story Behind Asaram Bapu's Conviction - Paperback

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by Ajay Lamba (Author)SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE.Notorious godman Asaram Bapu, aka Asumal Sirumalani Harpalani, serves life imprisonment in the Central Jail Jodhpur. He was convicted for the rape of a minor and also has murder charges against him.Gunning for the Godman is the no-holds-barred, first-hand account of how Ajay Lamba, then DCP Jodhpur (West), landed the case and got a team of dedicated officers together. It is the story of how, foiling the Baba's many attempts to get away s...

Provoked: The Story Of Kiranjit Ahluwalia - Paperback

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by No Author (Author)Now a major motion picture starring Aishwarya Rai as Kiranjit, Nandita Das, Naveen Andrews, Miranda Richardson, Robbie Coltrane and a host of other stars. Born into a privileged family in India, Kiranjit Ahluwalia came to England in 1979 to be married to a man she hardly knew. The next ten years were to be a nightmare of almost daily, physical, mental and sexual violence at the hands of her husband. There was no one she could turn to for help and support. Domestic violenc...

Crime Squad: Life and death on London's front line - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Kris Hollington (Author), Mike Pannett (Author)Fresh out of training school, Mike Pannett always knew policing the mean streets of London would be very different from the rural North Yorkshire villages where he had been trained. But nothing had prepared him for how different. Sent south of the river to Battersea, in the middle of a crime wave, he is thrown straight into a drugs raid - and finds himself staring straight into a double-barrelled shotgun. London is...

Murder Most Vile Volume 27: 18 Shocking True Crime Murder Cases - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Keller (Author)Bizarre! Shocking! Horrific! Depraved!18 Shocking True Crime Murder Cases From Around The World, including;Ultimate Betrayal: When Straight-A student Jennifer's grades start slipping, she resorts to deception to keep her demanding parents happy. How far will she go to keep her secret?Death on a Spring Day: A savage murder, a bungled investigation, a killer who is never caught. Forty years later, DNA evidence clears the prime suspect. So wh...

Ancient Animosity: The Appin Murder and the End of Scottish Rebellion - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Lee Holcombe (Author) Number of Pages: 644 Dimensions: 1.33 x 11.06 x 8.44 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: April 16, 2004

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Report copyright infringementby Freebird Publishers (Editor), Cyber Hut Designs (Illustrator), Michael Williams (Author)There is a lot more to the streets of Boston than you've been led to believe. You've seen "Good Will Hunting", "The Departed", "Black Mass", and even "The Town". Now Ride with us to the other side of "The Town". Where the rules are different, the stakes are higher, and the pain is just as real. Where the educational system teaches street knowledge, and the code of the street...

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Report copyright infringementby Loren Abbey &. Pamela Zibura (Author), Pamela Zibura (Author)In 1952 on a highway in the small Northern California mountain village of Chester, a local businessman and four small children are carjacked, robbed and savagely bludgeoned. Three of the children are killed. A year earlier, a Folsom gold mine operator had been murdered in a home break-in robbery attempt and five months after the Chester murders, the quiet Southern California city of Burbank is roc...

A Harvest of Innocence: The Untold Story of the West Memphis Three Murder Case - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Dan Stidham (Author), Tom McCarthy (Author)In a case based on a lie, only one man knows the truth. Attorney Dan Stidham breaks his self-imposed 30-year silence to expose details only he knows about the infamous West Memphis Three murders. Exposing what happened will allow him to close the door on a case that tormented him for years and to help exonerate the three innocent young men who spent decades in prison because of the malevolence of the police, the prosec...

Critical Incident Review: Active Shooter at Robb Elementary School - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby U S Department of Justice (Author), Fred Zimmerman (Editor)If you are seeking to understand a complex, consequential event, news media and social media conversation can help to a degree, but for the deepest understanding, there can be no substitute for careful review of the full text of official reports. This 600-page DoJ is essential reading for anyone who is deeply committed to eliminating mass shootings in the USA.This document is a critical incident review ...

The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town - Paperback

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by John Grisham (Author)#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - John Grisham's first work of nonfiction: a true crime story that will terrify anyone who believes in the presumption of innocence. - LOOK FOR THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES "Both an American tragedy and [Grisham's] strongest legal thriller yet, all the more gripping because it happens to be true."--Entertainment Weekly In the town of Ada, Oklahoma, Ron Williamson was going to be the next Mickey Mantle. But on his way to the Big L...

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by Truman Capote (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The most famous true crime novel of all time "chills the blood and exercises the intelligence" (The New York Review of Books)--and haunted its author long after he finished writing it. On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. In one of...

Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History - Paperback

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by Tori Telfer (Author)Inspired by author Tori Telfer's Jezebel column "Lady Killers," this thrilling and entertaining compendium investigates female serial killers and their crimes through the ages.When you think of serial killers throughout history, the names that come to mind are ones like Jack the Ripper, John Wayne Gacy, and Ted Bundy. But what about Tillie Klimek, Moulay Hassan, Kate Bender? The narrative we're comfortable with is the one where women are the victims of violent crime, no...

Murder in Canaryville: The True Story Behind a Cold Case and a Chicago Cover-Up - Paperback

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by Jeff Coen (Author)The grandson and great-grandson of Chicago police officers, Chicago Police Detective James Sherlock was CPD through-and-through. His career had seen its share of twists and turns, but on this day, he was at the records center to see the case file for the murder of John Hughes, who was seventeen years old when he was gunned down in a park on Chicago's Southwest Side on May 15, 1976. The case had haunted many in the department for years and its threads led everywhere. More ...

Jehovah's F*cking Witnesses: A Book For Adults About Religious Trauma, Mental Health, and How to Move On - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Josh B. Morton (Author)Dive into the gripping story of Josh Morton's awakening as he confronts the truth about the Jehovah's Witness religion."Jehovah's F*cking Witnesses" chronicles Josh Morton's upbringing within the JW community and his gradual realization of the harm inflicted by its doctrines and practices. From childhood indoctrination to the challenges of breaking free as an adult, Morton's story offers a raw and compelling exploration of religious traum...

Tough Streets, Rough Skies, and Sunday Sidelines - Paperback

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by Larry A. Wansley (Author), Carlton Stowers (With)Reading Tough Streets, Rough Skies, and Sunday Sidelines, readers may need to be reminded that it is a true story. From Larry Wansley's days as a young police detective, dodging bullets while attempting to calm the Compton (California) race riots to his leadership of a staff that identified the 9/11 hijackers, this globally respected security figure has written an action-packed recollection of his foot-to-the-pedal career. As one of the FBI'...