murder

Examines the murders of three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964 and the Federal investigation that followed.

Caught in the grip of forces he does not understand, a quiet, ordinary clerk in Algiers commits a murder.

Chronicles the murder of fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks in 1924 by Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb and the trial that followed, discussing Clarence Darrow's defense of the young men, the media frenzy that ensued, and the case's legal and historical significance. Also includes a time line and an annotated further reading list.

Vulnerable following his brother's suicide, a high school boy comes under the thrall of a darkly violent classmate and events at home and at school go chillingly out of control.

A graphic novel in which Rorschach, an aging superhero, digs up the past in his search for answers about the death of one of his former colleagues.

John Firth Baker, the world's first genetically engineered visual artist, is remembered after his murder in 2057 through reproductions of his work, journals, E-mails, newspaper clippings, and interviews.

Harry Benson, a man who suffers from violent seizures, is implanted with electrodes that are designed to send soothing pulses to the pleasure centers of his brain, but something goes wrong with the operation and Benson sets out to get revenge on the doctors he believes are trying to turn him into a machine.

Discusses six criminal cases in which there was no completely satisfactory conclusion reached, including the case of the Zodiac killer, the Tylenol murderer, the assassination of President Kennedy, and an unusual skyjacking in 1971.

Describes the resultant physical and mental depletion after a student in St. Petersburg murders an old woman, a money lender, and her sister.