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Suspects (The Botham/Miracle Murders) - Paperback

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by Marti Talbott (Author)This true story puts you on the jury - is the defendant guilty or innocent? Sometime in the night a woman screamed. The next morning Pat Botham, Linda Miracle, and Linda's two toddler sons were simply gone. It was the perfect murder until the railroad lowered the water level in the Gunnison River and exposed the bodies.Mattie Rhoades had no desire to become involved in the aftermath of the crime and didn't - until someone told her something about one of the suspects t...

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by Ann Rule (Author)This New York Times bestseller--from "America's best true-crime writer" (Kirkus Reviews) and the author of The Stranger Beside Me--is a shocking tale of greed, sex, scandal, and murder on an isolated and eerie island in the Pacific Northwest. The basis for the Lifetime movie event Circle of Deception. With more than 50 million copies of her books in print--from her chilling personal account of knowing Ted Bundy to sixteen collections in her #1 bestselling Crime Files seri...

Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay: From the Colonial Era to the Oyster Wars - Paperback

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by Jamie L. H. Goodall (Author)The story of Chesapeake pirates and patriots begins with a land dispute and ends with the untimely death of an oyster dredger at the hands of the Maryland Oyster Navy.From the golden age of piracy to Confederate privateers and oyster pirates, the maritime communities of the Chesapeake Bay are intimately tied to a fascinating history of intrigue, plunder and illicit commerce raiding. Author Jamie L.H. Goodall introduces infamous men like Edward Blackbeard Teach a...

Air Force Cop: An Autobiography - Paperback

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by Kelly D. Harrison (Author)The enforcement of law in the US Armed Forces is covered by the Uniform Code of Military Justice and, when applicable, Title 18 of the US Code. There are other regulations and directives that can result in punitive action. The US Armed Forces is a US taxpayer funded enterprise with the US Army and US Navy almost as old as the nation itself. Crimes against property in the armed forces are not like that of breaking into a privately owned jewelry store in New York Ci...

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by Stephen Jackley (Author)"What made a promising university student become a bank robber? How did a world traveller become an internationally wanted criminal?" This book is an autobiographical account of the author's route into crime, from an unknown university student to an infamous bank robber wanted on both sides of the pond. It isn't long before he swaps lecture halls for the ruthless walls of the American prison system. This book shows how the path of crime is not always easy to predict...

NARC, Convictions of an Undercover Agent - Paperback

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by Sal M. Martinez (Author)The Juarez Cartel had total control of a major drug gateway between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso in the 1990's. No American agents were assigned to work there because of the risk, an appalling danger that became the focus of books and movies. Sal crossed the line and became a pioneer in the war against the cartel in the most violent city in the world.Sal was a highly decorated Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent. As an undercover agent, he seized tons of illi...

Undercover: Operation Julie - The Inside Story - Hardcover

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by Stephen Bentley (Author)Forget Breaking Bad, this is the extraordinary story of the 1970s Welsh LSD ring that supplied the world, told by a cop in deepest cover on the case.Life undercover was one great adrenaline rush fuelled by copious amounts of alcohol, hash, weed and some cocaine. I was off the leash.In the mid-1970s, at the age of 29, Stephen Bentley, a fresh-faced detective, turned himself into Steve Jackson, a dope-smoking, hard-drinking hippie. His time spent undercover with a gan...

Elizabeth Bathory: The Life and Legacy of History's Most Prolific Serial Killer - Paperback

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by James Oliver (Author)Was Elizabeth Bathory a Monster?Read this book for FREE on Kindle Unlimited - Order Now!Do you know the story of the Countess? Were you fascinated by Lady Gaga's recent depiction of Elizabeth Bathory in "American Horror Story"? Would you like to know more about this controversial historical figure?If so, Countess Elizabeth Bathory: The Life and Legacy of History's Most Prolific Female Serial Killer is the book for you. It explains the life and times of this powerful wo...

Whispers in the Willows: Who killed Rebekah Gould? Who killed Amanda Tusing? And why? - Paperback

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by George Jared (Author)Best-selling author and award-winning journalist George Jared takes his readers on another spell-binding journey with his third true crime book, Whispers in the Willows. Whispers is an anthology style, true crime book that chronicles three unsolved murders, a series of Death Row executions, and tells the harrowing stories of two Holocaust survivors. A 22-year-old college student, Rebekah Gould, vanished from a friend's house Sept. 20, 2004, near the town of Melbourne, ...

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by Jan Valtin (Author)A bestseller in 1941, selected by the Book of the Month Club for a special edition and described by Book of the Month Club News as: ". . . full of sensational revelations and interspersed with episodes of daring, of desperate conflict, of torture, and of ruthless conspiracy . . . It is, first of all, an autobiography the like of which has seldom been."The son of a seafaring father, Richard Julius Herman Krebs, a.k.a. Jan Valtin, came of age as a bicycle messenger during ...

Murder on The Malta Express: Who killed Daphne Caruana Galizia? - Paperback

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by Carlo Bonini (Author), Manuel Delia (Author), John Sweeney (Author)If we are judged by the nature of our enemies, then Daphne Caruana Galizia should be remembered as a hero of our time.She was Malta's most fearless journalist until someone with money and power decided that she should be silenced forever.Her assassination on 16th October 2017 was a brutal blow to anyone who cares about the truth.MURDER ON THE MALTESE EXPRESS Number of Pages: 374 Dimensions: 0.83 x 8 x 5.25 IN Publication Da...

Novelas Policíacas: 12 Casos de Crímenes y Asesinatos Reales - Paperback

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by Jack Rosewood (Author)El mundo puede ser un lugar muy raro en general, pero, cuando abras las p ginas de esta antolog a de novelas polic acas, r pidamente descubrir s que el mundo del crimen, espec ficamente, puede ser tan extra o como peligroso. En el libro que encontrar s a continuaci n, quedar s cautivado por enigm ticos casos de personas desaparecidas que desaf an toda l gica y un par de casos de identidad equivocada asesina. Sigue el proceso de c mo los detectives llevan a cabo invest...

The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands - Hardcover

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by Jon Billman (Author)FINALIST FOR THE KILLER NASHVILLE SILVER FALCHION AWARD Perfect for readers of Jon Krakauer and Douglas Preston, this "authentic and encyclopedic" book examines real-life cases of those who vanish in the wilderness without a trace (Roman Dial)--and those eccentric, determined characters who try to find them. These are the stories that defy conventional logic. The proverbial vanished without a trace incidences, which happen a lot more (and a lot closer to your backyard) ...

Nassau County Police Department - Hardcover

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by Jerry Aylward (Author), Commissioner Patrick Ryder (Foreword by)The Nassau County Police Department was created in 1925 out of an urgent need for a professional law enforcement agency to provide swift, reliable, and trusted protection for its citizens. During those unprecedented times, Greater New York was rapidly encroaching on Nassau County's western border, and the escalating crime rate in this bucolic island setting was due in large part to the Volstead Act, which ushered in the mob-in...

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Crippen: The North London Cellar murder (the 'crime of the century') as recorded by Dr. John H. Watson - Paperback

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by Donald MacLachlan (Author)Hawley Harvey Crippen, an American doctor in London, 1910. Devoted to his wife, music-hall performer Belle Elmore. He said she left him to go to her lover in America.If she did, why did she not send a single word to her host of friends? And why could they find no record of her taking a ship?Then Dr. Crippen announces her death in California. But when police from New Scotland Yard came calling, he changed his story: "So far as I know, she did not die, but is still ...

The Mammoth Book of Conspiracies - Paperback

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by Jon E. Lewis (Editor)The Mammoth Book of Conspiracies uncovers 100 cover-ups "they" really don't want you to know about. This collection delves into some of the biggest lies in history.Author BiographyJon E. Lewis is a writer and historian. His many previous books include bestsellers The Mammoth Book of the West, The Mammoth Book of True War Stories, and World War II: The Autobiography. He lives in Herefordshire, England. Number of Pages: 512 Dimensions: 1.6 x 7.5 x 5.1 IN Publication Date...

Josie Arlington's Storyville: The Life and Times of a New Orleans Madam - Paperback

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by Marita Woywod Crandle (Author)At a time when women were denied opportunity, the lavish parlors of Storyville offered advancement for women who welcomed the vice. Mary Deubler, the Storyville madam who called herself Josie Arlington, more than welcomed carnal enterprise. A turbulent childhood forced her into a life of prostitution at an early age, but fueled by ambition, she opened a brothel that soon developed a dangerous reputation in a city famous for competitive iniquity. Devastating ci...

The Maceos and the Free State of Galveston: An Authorized History - Paperback

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by Kimber Fountain (Author)Throughout the long and colorful history of Galveston, no name has embodied the Spirit of the Island quite like the name Maceo. Two penniless Sicilian immigrants rose from modest beginnings to lead an entire city to prosperity, yet the nature of their industry and its abrupt and embarrassing end resulted in a legacy cloaked in stereotypes and rumor. For nearly forty years, Sam and Rose Maceo ruled a far-reaching underground economy of illegal booze and gambling but ...

Arizona Gold Gangster Charles P. Stanton: Truth and Legend in Yavapai's Dark Days - Paperback

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by Parker Anderson (Author), Mars Trimble -. Arizona State Historian (Foreword by)For generations, Arizonans have been fascinated with the story of Charles P. Stanton. The alleged crime boss and mass murderer oversaw a reign of terror in the small mining town that bore his name. Driven by greed, he stole ore, swindled mines away from their owners and bribed his way out of justice. Those who crossed him usually ended up dead. But are the legends actually true? Relying on original source materi...

Marcus Wesson: The Horrific True Story Behind Fresno's Worst Mass Murderer - Paperback

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by Ryan Becker (Author), True Crime Seven (Author), Nancy Veysey (Author)One's darkest fantasy is another's horrific reality.Polygamy. Incest. Vampires. Murder. There are words you might expect to read together in the plot of a gothic horror novel, but not so long ago, in the usually quiet town of Fresno, California, those words were the headlines. What do they have to do with each other? The answer to that question is one man; Marcus Wesson.Chances are you have heard of cults, such as the Ma...

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by Kimothy Monroe (Author)Monster Eyes will take you on an unbelievable journey of betrayal and murder and into the mind of a cold blooded, sexual deviant killer. A killer that lay in the midst of a small-town where he was known by everyone. It travels through many genres of socio-economic lives of the characters herein. I believe it encompasses everything a good novel should; from a psychological thriller to crime drama. From love to hate, from rich to poor and from rags to riches. This book...

Fighting My Greatest Enemy, Myself - Paperback

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by Larry Ray Hardin (Author), Dianne DeMille (Author)This is my story about growing up in Kentucky and my experience with law enforcement. After serving over thirty years, I retired from the Federal government with the United States Department of Justice as a Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Fighting My Greatest Enemy, Myself is my story to remind America, that this dirty and deadly game is still very much alive and well. As a reader, you can be assured you are no...

Cave-In-Rock Pirates and Outlaws - Hardcover

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by Todd Carr (Author)After the American Revolution, countless pioneers floated into the western frontier on the currents of the Ohio River. Inevitably, their journey brought them past Cave-in-Rock, where the region's outlaws waited in perfect and perpetual ambush. For almost half a century, notorious rogues such as the Alstons, the Harpes, the Sturdivants, Samuel Mason, James Ford, John Crenshaw, Logan Belt and Duff the Counterfeiter all operated out of the cave's dark interior. Todd Carr fol...

Two Crows Sorrow: Love and Death on the North Mountain - Paperback

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by Laura Churchill Duke (Author), Andrew Wetmore (Editor), Tamar Marshall (Cover Design by)Tiny Burlington, tucked away on the slopes of Nova Scotia's North Mountain. In 1904 it was home to hardworking farmers, complicated family dynamics, passionate lovers, and a murderer.Laura Churchill Duke's carefully-researched tale brings to life the shocking events that ended a life and changed a community.Wendy Robicheau, archivist at Acadia University: "As I read the book and the details spoke to my ...

Inside A Look at Billionaire Sex Offender Jeffrey Epstein: Jeffrey Epstein Didn't Kill Himself - Paperback

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by L. Evans (Introduction by), Linda Evans (Author)This story will shed light on the life of Billionaire sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein and the underworld of sex slaves, pedophilia and the powerful people who get away with unspeakable crimes. Number of Pages: 82 Dimensions: 0.2 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: November 11, 2019

Seattle's Forgotten Serial Killer: Gary Gene Grant - Paperback

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by Cloyd Steiger (Author)An in-depth look at the 1971 trial of a serial killer who's been mostly forgotten -- except to those who were forever impacted. The Seattle TimesIn 1969, the body of a young woman was discovered in the woods of Renton, rocking the communities along Puget Sound. Three more brutal murders followed, drawing the attention of multiple police agencies as they tried to piece together the meager clues left behind. The seemingly unrelated cases challenged detectives, who strug...

Woodstock's Infamous Murder Trial: Early Racial Injustice in Upstate New York - Paperback

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by Richard Heppner (Author)When a white man from a prominent local family in Woodstock was murdered in 1905, authorities quickly identified a local African American man as the prime suspect. Amid racist animus in the press, he fled across two counties before being apprehended by a vigilante and charged. Local reformer and politician Augustus H. Van Buren stood up to community pressure and defended the accused pro bono. It took three years and multiple trials to overcome racial inequalities in...

Rendered Safe: Tales of an NYPD Bomb Tech - Paperback

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by Jeff Ingber (Author)Rendered Safe centers on the remarkable life of former NYPD Bomb Squad Detective Donald Sadowy. In the aftermath of the February 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the most devastating terrorist attack on the United States to that point, Sadowy risked his life to search for evidence in the shattered and dangerous sub-basement. There, he discovered a piece of chassis frame that contained a VIN number which enabled law enforcement to catch the perpetrators just in time. The...

It Takes a Village . . . to Rape a Child: One Woman's Struggle to Survive, to Love, and to Forgive - Paperback

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by Samina Chamma Rashid (Author)My name is Samina. My parents always called me by my nickname, Chamma. I am a Pakistani-American woman living in the "me too" era. I came to the USA in 1998 at the age of 38, with two small kids. I live near San Francisco, a city built-like myself-along a fault line that holds the potential for "the big one" with its seismic upheavals and chaotic disruption. I recently experienced a personal "big one" which fundamentally changed and eviscerated the person I had...

Don't You Save Her!: Miss Mensa's Theory on the Case of Christopher Watts - Paperback

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by Brenda Irish Heintzelman (Author)We're asking questions. Because we want answers. Why is there an organized effort to control the narrative on the case of Christopher Watts?What is it the attackers were hired to hide? Is it true that Christopher Watts' wife was Bipolar - as her father-in-law suggested during his interview? Is it true that she was medically abusing their children - as we've been told by people who claim to know that she was caught by the hospital in December of 2016? Is it ...

Seattle Prohibition: Bootleggers, Rumrunners and Graft in the Queen City - Hardcover

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by Brad Holden (Author), Paul de Barros (Foreword by)Prohibition consumed Seattle, igniting a war that lasted nearly twenty years and played out in the streets, waterways and even town hall. Roy Olmstead, formerly a Seattle police officer, became the King of the Seattle Bootleggers, and Johnny Schnarr, running liquor down from Canada, revolutionized the speedboat industry. Frank Gatt, a south Seattle restaurateur, started the state's biggest moonshining operation. Skirting around the law, the...

Historic Mysteries of Western Colorado: Case Files of the Western Investigations Team - Hardcover

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by David P. Bailey (Author)From Mesoamerican mysteries to local legends, history waits to be unearthed on Colorado's western slope. Revelations include discovering new evidence in the infamous Alferd Packer case and old Spanish colonial relics near Kannah Creek. Investigators follow the trail of lost Spanish explorers searching for the Seven Cities of Gold and pursue archaeological signs of a prehistoric civilization north of Collbran. Expeditions search for the legend of the Utes' Cave of th...