homicide

Tells of the murder of a fourteen-year old African-American girl by a white man in a small town in Georgia just after World War II.

A teenager casually suggests playing a cruel trick on the English teacher, but did he intend it to end with murder?.

In early twentieth-century New York, as thirteen-year-old Sacha Kessler, the Inquisitor's apprentice, faces enemies old and new that threaten him and his family, he changes his mind about learning magic.

In New Orleans, Louisiana, star-crossed teens Ben and Maggie try to find a way to escape the time loop that always ends in their murder.

Chronicles the events leading up to the shooting rampage in Tucson that left congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords critically wounded. Analyzes the reasons that the would-be assassin committed this act of violence and explores the possibility of paranoid schizophrenia. Includes color photos, a timeline, a glossary, and an index.

Famed scientist Dr. Ramachandran is dead, and Ruby Rose's dad is the primary suspect. Ruby sets out on an investigation through the neighborhood of Gardens to clear her father's name.

New student Jade uncovers a murder mystery when she moves into a house haunted by the ghost of a beautiful, mean girl who ruled Jade's high school.

Tells the true story of the Zodiac Killer, who terrorizes the area near San Francisco in the late 1960s and discusses how he was finally captured.

Analyzes the crimes of serial killers focusing on the history of violence, the kinds of perpetrators, team killers such as those of 9/11 at the World Trade Center, and those still at large. Discusses serial killing as a worldwide problem and discusses the evidence for solving serial crime including the identity of victims, recognition of similarities surrounding the killings, and using old-fashioned forensic work.

In a story based on Shakespeare's Hamlet, Ophelia tells of her life in the court at Elsinore, her love for Prince Hamlet, and her escape from the violence in Denmark.