homicide

The intrepid Herculeah Jones helps her mother, a private investigator, solve a puzzling and frightening case.

Seventeen-year-old Barrie finds herself involved in a string of murders that are somehow connected to her mother's hair salon.

Describes the relationship between honor roll student Nicole Kasinskas and her eighteen-year-old boyfriend, Billy Sullivan, which resulted in the murder of Nicole's mother; and examines the crime and the teenager's confessions during the trial.

June Nealon's life is shattered when Shay Bourne murders her husband and daughter, but when her eleven-year-old daughter, Claire, needs a heart transplant, Bourne decides that his only chance at redemption is to give Claire his heart after he is put to death, leaving June to decide if she wants to let the man who destroyed her life save her daughter's.

Judy Shepard shares personal stories about her son Matthew's life and death, focusing on how she and her husband chose to honor their son's legacy after he was murdered in a brutal hate crime by becoming international gay rights activists.

Relates details about investigations conducted by the Vidocq Society, a private club of detectives from around the world that works to solve cold cases.

Describes the events surrounding the trial against John Colt, brother of Sam Colt, the inventor of the revolver, for murder in New York City in 1841.

Focuses on the most horrible crimes ever committed by women and also presents a carefully chosen cross-section of history's deadliest female criminals, whose fascinating life stories are viewed with an unflinching gaze, making for a chilling but engrossing read.

When the members of the Crime Scene Club visit Los Angeles, they become involved in an investigation into what appears to be the accidental death of a surfer.

After settling in at the House of Night and becoming more comfortable with her vast powers, fledgling vampire Zoey Redbird faces a horrible crisis as human teenagers become victims of a wave of murders and the House of Night becomes the prime suspect..