homicide

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homicide

You belong to me

and other true cases
1994
An anthology that features one book-length study, and five additional cases from the author's files, each relating the details of a crime involving an innocent victim or victims who are subjected to shocking revelations.

A rage to kill

and other true cases
1999
Presents ten true crime stories about seemingly normal men and women who committed murder.

In the name of love and other true cases

1998
Profiles four true cases in which someone was driven by twisted images of love to commit a violent crime.

If you really loved me

a true story of desire and murder
1992
Reviews the case of David Brown, a computer entrepreneur whose role in the murder of his young wife came to light years after her death in 1985--a crime for which Brown's fourteen-year-old daughter originally took the blame.

Heart full of lies

a true story of desire and death
2004
Presents an account of the October 2000 murder of Chris Northon, and his wife Liysa's subsequent conviction for the crime which she claims she committed in self-defense.

A fever in the heart

and other true cases
1996
Ann Rule reviews six cases of true crime from her personal files.

The anatomy of motive

the FBI's legendary mindhunter explores the key to understanding and catching violent criminals
2000
FBI profiler John Douglas presents a look at the development and evolution of the criminal mind, attempting to discover what motivates arsonists, hijackers, bombers, poisoners, serial and spree killers, and mass murderers to commit their violent acts.

Small sacrifices

a true story of passion and murder
1988
Examines the turbulent life of Diane Downs--filled with sexual obsession and violence--and chronicles the police investigaton that ended in her conviction for the 1983 murder of her seven-year-old daughter and the attempted murder of her other young children.

Worth more dead

and other true cases
2005
A collection of true stories recounting murder cases in which the victims were killed for money, including the case of former Marine sergeant Roland Pitre Jr., who hired someone to kill his wife in 1988.

Kiss me, kill me and other true cases

2004
Provides narrative accounts of ten real-life crimes of passion.

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