homicide

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Unsolved crimes

criminal investigations
2008
Provides accounts of ten famous unsolved crimes, looking at theories, evidence, and suspects in each case, how it was handled by police, what mistakes might have been made, and how modern technology developed since the crimes were committed might help find answers.

Altered carbon

2003
In the twenty-fifth century, advances in technology have redefined life itself and a person's consciousness can be stored in a cortical stack at the base of the brain and downloaded into a new body, allowing envoy Takeshi Kovacs to be able to find the men who killed him and seek revenge.

A Time to kill

2004
Racial tensions erupt in Clanton, Mississippi, after African-American Vietnam veteran Carl Lee Hailey kills the white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter and lawyer Jake Brigance tries to get him acquitted.

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Folger Shakespeare library
2004
Presents the complete text of Shakespeare's classic play about Macbeth, a man who kills the king in an attempt to seize the crown of Scotland for himself; and includes an introduction, explanatory notes, a modern perspective essay, an annotated further reading list, and a key to famous lines.

Batman, broken city

2004
A woman is found dead in the Gotham landfill, Batman's investigation leads him down a path of love, betrayal, and death that causes him to reflect on his city and his life.

Anyone you want me to be

a true story of sex and death on the Internet
2003
Chronicles the true story of John Robinson, the Internet's first serial killer and how he was able to lure his victims to Kansas and presents an analysis of the underworld of the Internet.

Requiem for a nun

1975
Presents a sequel to "Sanctuary," in which Temple Drake, now married to Gowan Stevens, decides to confess her own guilt after the nurse Nancy is sentenced to death for the murder of Temple and Gowan's child.

Driving lessons

2000
When a woman is run down by a sixteen-year-old driving student, her instructor, Andrew Newell is charged with negligent homicide, but when the woman is identifies as Newell's wife, Detective Katie Logan begins to suspect a more sinister plot.

Shot in the heart

1994
Mikal Gilmore, brother of murderer Gary Gilmore, documents the origins of Gary's violence with the true story of their family.

Bully

a true story of high school revenge
1998
Details a Florida murder case in which seven high school teenagers, led by Marty Puccio, plotted and carried out the killing of Bobby Kent, a so-called bully who had been friends with Marty since childhood.

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