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For the thrill of it

Leopold, Loeb, and the murder that shocked Chicago
2008
Presents a detailed account of the murder of fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks in Chicago in 1924, the arrest of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, their trial, and imprisonment.

The lovely bones

2010
When 14-year-old Susie Salmon was murdered, she left her unfinished life behind. Now from her place in a strange but beautiful in-between world, she must help her father catch her killer and protect her family before she can finally move on.

The water's edge

2009
Inspector Konrad Sejer investigates when eight-year-old Jonas August Lowe is found murdered in Linde Forest, and the case becomes critical when a second child goes missing; while Reinhardt Ris, the man who discovered and photographed Jonas's body while out walking with his horrified wife, becomes more and more obsessed with the boy's death.

Interred with their bones

2009
Shakespeare scholar Kate Stanley is given a mysterious box that holds the first piece in a Shakespeare puzzle; however, before she sets out on the trail of a 400-year-old mystery, the Globe Theater burns and a body is found, murdered in the manner of Hamlet's father.

Burn

2008

Smoke, mirrors, and murder

and other true cases
2008
Contains seven accounts from the files of true crime writer Ann Rule, each of which examines the case of a wife whose marriage was interrupted by murder.

Silent witness

1994
When amateur filmmaker Allen dies, his mother gives Lucy some of his belongings, including a videotape. It reveals a very deadly crime, and someone will do anything to make certain she never sees it.

The silent scream

2004
Jess's excitement over starting college is tempered when she arrives at her off-campus dorm and learns why it is called Nightmare Hall.

Burn factor

2001
FBI employee Quinn Barry desperately wants to be an FBI agent, but for now, she works in the basement, revamping the agency's ancient computer system, but when her new database uncovers a link between five murders, she finds herself running from an unknown assailant who is willing to kill to keep a government secret safe.

The complete history of Jack the Ripper

2002
A comprehensive account of the Jack the Ripper murders of 1888, based on the author's recent research.

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