Israel Armstrong, one of literature's most unlikely detectives, returns for more crime solving adventure in this hilarious second novel from 'The Mobile Library' series.
In September 2005 one of South Africa's most eminent mining magnates and businessmen Brett Kebble was killed on a quiet suburban street in Johannesburg.
The United States puts more people behind bars every year than any other nation, but what they experience inside our jails and prisons is almost entirely hidden from the view of the public.
Jesse James, Bonnie und Clyde, Al Capone, Charles Manson, Jack Unterweger, Issei Sagawa, Jacques Mesrine, Ronnie Biggs oder Arno ‚Dagobert‘ Funke wurden im Laufe der Zeit zu zweifelhaften Legen- den verklärt.
From the late 1870s to mid-1880s, Tombstone, Arizona, enjoyed impressive growth and prosperity as a result of the discovery of major silver deposits nearby.
A "e;smoldering indictment"e; of the corrupt influences that rescued Ronald Reagan's career, made him millions, and shaped his presidency (Library Journal).
THE FIRST BOOK BY A CONFIRMED SURVIVOR OF TED BUNDY, AND THE ONLY MEMOIR TO CHALLENGE THE POPULAR NARRATIVE OF BUNDY AS A HANDSOME KILLER WHO CHARMED HIS VICTIMS INTO TRUSTING HIMIn January 1978, I slept in my bed at the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University as Ted Bundy stalked nearby.
Told through the lens of two murders that changed modern-day prison corrections in America, award-winning New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Pete Earley delivers an eye-opening exploration of reprehensible crime, draconian punishment, and seemingly impossible reform in the tombs of the country's most isolated super max prison.
Finalist, 2024 CrimeCon Clue Award, True Crime Book of the Year Winner, 2025 Georgia Independent Author of the Year (Memoir) Winner, 2025 Georgia Spotlight Award (GIAA) Like a nonfictionJohn Grishamthriller with echoes ofRainman, Just Mercy,and a captivating smalltown Southern setting, this is the fascinating true storysometimes humorous, sometimes heartbreakingof an idealistic young lawyer determined to free an innocent neurodivergent man accused of murdering the wife no one knew he had.
Its the 80s just before the advent of AIDS, and we are behind the scenes at the entrancing Mitchell Brothers OFarrell Theater, which gonzo journalist Hunter S.
The pages of The Diary of Jack the Ripper reveal the unimaginable - that over a century ago, the legendary serial killer at work in London's Whitechapel kept a record of his bestial mutilations of women.
Der wahre Kriminalfall hinter dem ARD-Mehrteiler 'Spuren' Erzählt werden aus Sicht eines Polizeisprechers als Mitglied der Sonderkommission die wahren Geschehnisse zu einem aufsehenerregenden Fall im Jahre 2016, bei dem eine 27-jährige Joggerin am helllichten Tage am idyllischen Kaiserstuhl von einem zunächst unbekannten Täter ermordet wurde.
En este estudio sobre las cárceles de Lima entre 1850 y 1935, Carlos Aguirre reconstruye las influencias sociales, culturales y doctrinales detrás de las formas en que se trataba a los delincuentes, la implementación –parcial y llena de contradicciones– de proyectos de reforma carcelaria, y las estrategias desplegadas por los reclusos para enfrentar la experiencia de la prisión.
Albert Camus, premio Nobel de literatura en 1957 e intelectual muy activo políticamente en esos años de la Guerra Fría, murió en un accidente vial el 4 de enero de 1960.
A hub of sex, crime, and drugs, Boston's Combat Zone, the nation's largest adult entertainment district during the last half of the 20th century, lured white- and blue-collar workers, lawyers, professors, judges and cops to watch and chat up its adult performers, many of whom earned more than white-collar professionals.
Winner of the Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year'Exceptional - a tense, thrilling investigation, with a decidedly feminist slant' - Daily MailInspired by a real-life murder trial, The Maiden is a remarkable feminist revisionist novel that places the forgotten women of history firmly centre stage.
A top legal scholar explains Canada's national tragedy of wrongful convictions, how anyone could be caught up in them, and what we can do to safeguard justice.
Este libro huye de cualquier contenido generico para centrarse en los aspectos tecnicos mas relevantes de la seguridad en el tratamiento de la informacion.
In the latter half of the 1800s, widespread suspicion and anxiety emerged when wives of all ages and social status were accused of killing their husbands with poison.
'An empathetic and necessary corrective to the stereotypes peddled by so many sensational true crime shows' Oprah DailyAnna Motz is one of the most internationally acclaimed forensic psychotherapists at work today.
Prefácio: Continuo nesta minha obra literária 'Brasília e a fúria bolsonarista 2', contar a cronologia dos atos terroristas que aconteceram na cidade de Brasília no dia 8 de Janeiro de 2023 e em especial as dependências dos prédios dos Três Poderes, assim como também relatar os fatos marcantes ocorridos na primeira semana após a invasão e o vandalismo feitos por milhares de radicais, inconformados com a derrota de Jair Bolsonaro à reeleição presidencial do Brasil.
A Guardian Best Thriller Novel of the YearZoe Ball's Radio 2 Book Club pick Mesmerising and haunting, Emma Flint's Other Women is a devastating story of obsession inspired by a murder that took place almost a hundred years ago.
