Crime category: 24427 books
Blonde Rattlesnake
Burmah Adams, Tom White, and the 1933 Crime Spree that Terrorized Los Angeles
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2019
Nineteen-year-old Burmah Adams, a hairdresser and former Santa Ana High School student, spent her honeymoon on a crime spree. She and her husband of less than one week, White, an ex-con, robbed at least twenty people in and around downtown L.A. at gunpoint over an eight-week period. But the worst...
Convicted
Landmark Cases in British Criminal History
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2018
Two elderly shopkeepers bludgeoned to death, the only evidence – a smudged thumbprint inside a cashbox. A Quaker poisons his mistress in Slough and, confident he will evade justice, arrives at Paddington station unaware modern technology had alerted police who lay in wait. Great Britain has led...
Homicide post mortem
Un thriller médical palpitant
Language: French
Release Date: November 16, 2015
Une course poursuite alarmante menée par le commissaire Maupas ! Émoi à la Crim’ : l’ex-divisionnaire Buchot est assassiné à son domicile. L’arme du crime est le Beretta de Machefer, flic pourri abattu par le commissaire Maupas quinze ans plus tôt. Sur les lieux, on trouve un mot signé...
My Father's Kidnapping and Retrieval in Pakistan
A father's nightmare and a son's desperate struggle to save him
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
What would you do if your parent was snatched from his home by brutal thieves? It’s a question most people thankfully never have to answer. But when, Syed Saqib, a Pakistani born American, arrives in his native country for what is supposed to be a celebratory family reunion, he quickly has to ask...
PEOPLE True Crime Stories
PEOPLE Magazine Presents Cults
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2018
The Editors of PEOPLE Magazine present True Crime: Cults.
Murder
A Tale of Modern American Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
What exactly is it about murder that claims such a powerful hold on the American imagination? In this book, Sara L. Knox examines postwar America’s preoccupation with this act of violence. Demonstrating how American culture both consumes and produces tales of murder, Knox examines numerous relevant...
by Heather Burnside
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
This entertaining collection of 10 assorted tales explores a variety of genres with stories of crime, love and family dilemmas. There are also a few twists and surprises along the way. The common thread running through each story is - consequences.
- In HELD UP our heroine is caught in the...
McNamara Book Set One
McNamara Series, #1
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
Improbable killers. A stubborn and relentless detective. Misleading evidence. To muddle the waters, a tempting young woman worms her way in the cold detective's heart.
McNamara, a Scottish C.I., fights crime in the streets of Edinburgh and in its suburbs. Diagnosed with Asperger as a child,...
by Claire MacLeary
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
'A brilliant new talent for the lover of crime.' Sue Black DBE, forensic anthropologist
When Aberdeen housewife Debbie Milne abruptly vanishes without trace, leaving behind her two young children, husband Scott is too distraught to sit out the police's 72-hour window and await developments....
Hired Gun
Antique Assassin Crime Series, #1
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2019
The debut rip-roaring, high-octane, and Missouri-sized crime series from Ryan J. Pelton, featuring newbie assassins Dexter O'Kane and John Wood.
Six months earlier, Dexter O'Kane buries his wife and child after a tragic car accident. While he mourns the loss of his family and hangs onto the...
by Bea Davenport
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
**“The window’s so small I can’t see what happens next. But what I do know is that Kim is dead. And I know this, too – that I helped to kill her. Kim, my lovely, only, best friend.” **
Five years ago Maura fled life in Dowerby and took on a new identity, desperately trying to piece...
Silent Night
An absolutely gripping crime thriller
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2019
‘A nail-biting chiller that will make your heart race and send shivers up and down your spine. Silent Night is a spellbinding and sensational crime novel that is impossible to put down.’ Bookish Jottings, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘She reached into the pram and placed her hands on the...
McNamara Series
Mayhem on Nightingale Street & Scents and Shadows
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2017
Improbable killers. A stubborn and relentless detective. Misleading evidence. To muddle the waters, a tempting young woman worms her way in the cold detective’s heart.
McNamara, a Scottish C.I., fights crime in the streets of Edinburgh and in its suburbs. Diagnosed with Asperger as a child,...
by Gaston Leroux
Language: French
Release Date: April 22, 2019
Language: French
Release Date: April 22, 2019
Leur ami Sainclair a-t-il tort de s’inquiéter ? Ivana, la femme du reporter Rouletabille, lui paraît accueillir avec une dangereuse coquetterie les attentions du savant Roland Boulenger dont elle est la collaboratrice.
Rouletabille ne le nie pas: il a été jaloux jusqu’au jour où Ivana lui...