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Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"A chilling true story--part memoir, part crime investigation--reminiscent of Ann Rule's classic The Stranger Beside Me, about a little girl longing for love and how she found friendship with her charismatic babysitter--who was also a vicious serial killer. Growing up on Cape Cod in the 1960s, Liza Rodman was a lonely little girl. During the summers, while her mother worked days in a local motel and danced most nights in the Provincetown bars, her...
62) Ready to die
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Series
Language
English
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Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli find their lives in danger after they become targets of a vicious stalker.
63) Deserves to die
Author
Language
English
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Description
When a killer determined to fulfill his desire for vengeance emerges in Grizzly Falls, Montana, Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli must hunt him down before he catches up to the ultimate target of his wrath.
64) Her final breath
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Series
Language
English
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A serial killer known as the Cowboy is killing young women in cheap motels in North Seattle. Even after a stalker leaves a menacing message for Crosswhite, suggesting the killer or a copycat could be targeting her personally, she is charged with bringing the murderer to justice. With clues scarce and more victims dying, Tracy realizes the key to solving the murders may lie in a decade-old homicide investigation that others, including her captain,...
Author
Series
Alex Delaware volume 29
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Well-used to elevated emotions, psychologist Alex Delaware shrugs off a joking death threat from beautiful Beverly Hills physician Constance Sykes, whose attempt to secure legal custody of her baby niece is thwarted by Alex's forthright report to the court. Alex plays down the threat until LAPD's Milo Sturgis rushes to his side with the shocking word on the street that a hit's been taken out on him. But while Alex may be in grave danger, it won't...
Author
Series
Cat Kinsella volume 3
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Growing up in a London family with ties to organized crime, Detective Constable Cat Kinsella knows the criminal world better than most cops do. As a member of the city’s Metropolitan Police, she’s made efforts to distinguish herself from her relatives. But leading an upstanding life isn’t always easy, and Cat has come close to crossing the line, a fact she keeps well hidden from her superiors. Working their latest case, Cat and her partner...
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 sound discs ( 7 hours, 30 minutes) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"On October 24, 1890, a woman's mutilated and lifeless body was discovered on a pile of rubbish in Hampstead, north London. Her arms were lacerated, her face crushed and bloodied, and her head almost completely severed from her body. A mile away a blood-soaked stroller was found leaning against a residential gate. The dead baby's body, hidden beneath a nettle bush, was not located until the following morning.So began the incredible story of the Hampstead...
68) Cold granite
Author
Series
Logan McRae novels volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
458 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Detective Sgt. Logan McRae, just back on the job in Aberdeen, Scotland, after recuperating from a knife wound received from a murder suspect, becomes caught up in the investigation of a serial killer who is targeting some of the youngest members of the community, and to make things even more difficult, someone inside the department is leaking confidential information to the press.
69) Killing moon
Author
Series
Harry Hole volume 13
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
489 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Two young women are missing, their only connection a party they both attended, hosted by a notorious real-estate magnate. When one of the women is found murdered, the police discover an unusual signature left by the killer, giving them reason to suspect he will strike again. And exposing him calls for a detective like no other. But the legendary Harry Hole is gone--fired from the force, drinking himself to oblivion in Los Angeles. It seems that nothing...
70) Dust
Author
Series
A Scarpetta novel volume 21
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 22
Physical Desc
495 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The new Kay Scarpetta novel . . . . After working one of the worst mass killings in U.S. history, Scarpetta returns home to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Exhausted and ill, she's recovering at home when she receives an unsettling call. The body of a young woman has been discovered on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's rugby field. The victim, a graduate student named Gail Shipman, is oddly draped in ivory linen and posed in a way that is too...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 digital videodisc (105 minutes) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the true story that follows Alaskan State Trooper Jack Halcombe, as he sets out to end the murderous rampage of Robert Hansen, a serial killer who has gone unnoticed for thirteen years. Risking his life, Halcombe goes on a personal manhunt to find the killer before the next body surfaces.
Author
Series
Frank Quinn mystery volume 1
Publisher
Pinnacle Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
541 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
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Language
English
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Furious Hours is the stunning story of an Alabama serial killer and the true-crime book that Harper Lee worked on obsessively in the years after To Kill a Mockingbird. Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s. With the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative shot him dead at the funeral of his last victim. Despite hundreds of witnesses,...
74) Cold heart
Author
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
388p. 25cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Stephanie Plum novel volume 24
Language
English
Description
"Trouble comes in bunches for Stephanie Plum. First, professional grave robber and semi-professional loon, Simon Diggery, won't let her take him in until she agrees to care for his boa constrictor, Ethel. Stephanie's main qualification for babysitting an extremely large snake is that she owns a stun gun--whether that's for use on the wandering serpent or the petrified neighbors remains to be seen. Events take a dark turn when headless bodies start...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"See What I Have Done, Sarah Schmidt's "eerie and compelling" (Paula Hawkins) debut novel, is a wholly unique reimagining of the infamous true story of Lizzie Borden, who gained celebrity status after being tried and acquitted for the murders of her father and stepmother. On the morning of August 4, 1892, Lizzie Borden calls out to the maid: Someone's killed father. The brutal axe-murder of Andrew and Abby Borden in their house in Fall River, Massachusetts...
79) Close up
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Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"Welcome to Burning Cove, California, where 1930s Hollywood glamour conceals a ruthless killer.... Vivian Brazier never thought life as an art photographer would include shooting headshots for aspiring male actors or nightly wake-up calls to snap photos of grisly crime scenes. Although she is set on making a career of transforming her photography into a new art form, she knows her current work is what's paying the bills. After shooting crime scene...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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"'Let us see, Mr. Clever Poirot, just how clever you can be.' There's a serial killer on the loose, working his way through the alphabet and the whole country is in a state of panic. A is for Mrs. Ascher in Andover, B is for Betty Barnard in Bexhill, C is for Sir Carmichael Clarke in Churston. With each murder, the killer is getting more confident--but leaving a trail of deliberate clues to taunt the proud Hercule Poirot might just prove to be the...