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Famous players

the mysterious death of William Desmond Taylor
2009
When William Desmond Taylor is found dead of a gunshot wound, the motion picture community cannot believe that Taylor could draw the ire of anyone, let alone a murderer. The ensuing investigation reveals that the well-respected director was not the person he seemed and neither were his friends.

Hold tight

2008
Mike and Tia Baye, worried about their sixteen-year-old son Adam, wrestle with whether to spy on his computer, and discover details about their son's friend Spencer's suicide while a killer stalks the neighborhood.

Blade

playing dead
2009
A fourteen-year-old British street person with extraordinary powers of observation and self-control must face murderous thugs connected with a past he has tried to forget, when his skills with a knife earned him the nickname, Blade.

Something wicked

a Horatio Wilkes mystery
2008
An adaptation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," in which Horatio Wilkes seeks to solve the murder of Duncan MacKae at the Scottish Highland Games in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, after his friend Malcolm, the son of Duncan MacKae, becomes the lead suspect.

The Lindbergh kidnapping

2003
Describes the kidnapping of the infant son of American aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife, Anne, discussing the search for the baby, the investigation of the child's death, and the arrest and murder trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the crime.

Serial murders

2003
Provides details of eight serial murder cases from throughout history, investigating the reasons why the killers developed psychopathic personalities, and the detection processes that led to their arrests.

An unspeakable crime

the prosecution and persecution of Leo Frank
2010
Describes the life and fate of Leo Frank, a Jewish American factory worker who was convicted of murdering thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan and later kidnapped from the prison and hung by a mob.

Hourglass

2011
Seventeen-year-old Emerson uses her power to manipulate time to help Michael, a consultant hired by her brother, to prevent a murder that happened six months ago while simultaneously navigating their undeniable attraction to one another.

I, witness

2012
When Boone and his friends witness a murder, and the friends are killed, Boone must decide whether to take responsibility and tell the truth, or to say nothing and let the murderers go free.

I, Alex Cross

a novel
2009
On his birthday, detective Alex Cross is informed that his niece, Caroline, has been brutally murdered and Cross' investigation leads him to a fantasy-driven scene in Washington, D.C., where he realizes he is tracking a serial killer, but danger mounts when Cross connects the deaths to some very important people.

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