murder

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Many stones

2002
After her sister Laura is murdered in South Africa, Berry and her estranged father travel there to participate in the dedication of a memorial in her name.

The fixer

1967
Jewish handyman Yakov Bok, is arrested, imprisoned, and accused for a murder he did not commit.

When the bough breaks

2000
Fifteen-year-old Ophelia, orphaned and emotionally isolated, develops an unlikely friendship with elderly recluse, Portia McKay, which may lead to redemption for both.

The killer's cousin

1998
After being acquitted of murder, seventeen-year-old David goes to stay with relatives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he finds himself forced to face his past as he learns more about his strange young cousin Lily.

Making up Megaboy

1998
When thirteen-year-old Robbie shoots an old man in a liquor store, everyone who knows the quiet, withdrawn youth struggles to understand this act of seemingly random violence.

Yesterday's child

1997
After her mother's sudden death, high school student Laura starts hunting for information about her mother's mysterious past, and in searching, uncovers some terrible secrets.

Squeeze

a novel
1996
FBI agents Mulder and Scully track a serial killer who has been operating for almost a century and apparently has the impossible ability to squeeze through air ducts, slide down chimneys, and murder without leaving a trace.

Dangerous skies

1996
Hypocrisy and prejudice twist events in such a way as to implicate two children, one from a prominent white family and the other an African-American, in a murder.

Overkill

1992
Seventeen-year-old Lacey is seeing a therapist to help her cope with her problems at school and with her lawyer sister, but she needs even more help when she is charged with the murder of a friend.

Nightmare

1989
When a falling body strikes Nick's car as he drives under an overpass, the police call the man's death a suicide, but Nick suspects murder and finds his life in danger when he tries to investigate.

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