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The unexpected guest

a mystery
1998
A novelization of the Agatha Christie play in which Michael Starkwedder, having run his car into a ditch, walks to the nearest home for help where he discovers a murdered man in a wheelchair and a woman holding a smoking gun.

Nightmare

1992
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.

The unexpected guest

a mystery
2000
A novelization of the Agatha Christie play in which Michael Starkwedder, having run his car into a ditch, walks to the nearest home for help where he discovers a murdered man in a wheelchair and a woman holding a smoking gun.

Silent night

2003
Spoiled Reva thinks daddy's money will buy her way out of any jam--until she finds herself being stalked by someone who doesn't want money.

Sixteen candles

1993
Sixteen-year-old Kelly has put her parents' mysterious deaths behind her but a killer still stalks, and her next date may be her last.

The s?ance

1992
The s?ance started as a game, but it led to murder and terror for the people of a small east Texas community.

The girl who played with fire

2010
On the eve of publisher Mikael Blomkvist's story about sex trafficking between Eastern Europe and Sweden, two investigating reporters are murdered. And even more shocking for Mikael Blomkvist: the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to Lisbeth Salander--the troubled, wise-beyond-her-years genius hacker who came to his aid years before.

On killing

the psychological cost of learning to kill in war and society
2009
Discusses the effects that desensitizing of military personnel to killing has on society as a whole and looks at the media's role in spreading this condition among the general public.

Too late to say goodbye

a true story of murder and betrayal
2007
Provides an account of the case of Dr. Barton Corbin, a dentist who was sentenced to life in prison after admitting to murdering his wife, Jennifer, in 2004, as well as his girlfriend Dolly Hearn fourteen years earlier.

Every breath you take

a true story of obsession, revenge, and murder
2001
Presents an investigation of the murder of Shelia Blackthorne Bellush and the subsequent trial of her ex-husband, multimillionaire Allen Blackthorne, providing details about the alleged abuse she and her two daughters suffered during the marriage, and Shelia's request that her sister contact the author in the event of her death.

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