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Survivor in death

2005
Eve Dallas takes in nine-year-old Nixie Swisher, the only member of her family to escape a horrific murder spree, hoping the young girl can offer a clue into her family's killing and help Eve put to rest the demons that have been haunting her since her own childhood.

The interrogation

2002
The lives of three police officers begin to unravel as they come down to the last twelve hours in the interrogation of a murder suspect and are still unable to come up with any evidence that Albert Jay Smalls strangled an eight-year-old girl in the park.

The soft detective

1998
Detective Chief Inspector Phil Benholme, frequently accused of being too soft because of his tendency to see both sides of every story, finds his objectivity leading him down a very personal path when he sets out to investigate the death of famed Professor Unwala and all clues point to his own teenage son.

The standoff

1995
Story of a stand off between federal law enforcement officers and a fugitive from justice in Montana.

The Ville

cops and kids in urban America
1993
Text and photographs follow a year in the life of two urban black males from opposites sides of the street. Gary Lemite, a police officer and Sharron Corley, a member of a street gang.

The police mystique

an insider's look at cops, crime, and the criminal justice system
1990

Blue heaven

2008
Twelve-year-old Annie Taylor and her younger brother William go on the run after witnessing a murder by four retired Los Angeles cops in the town of Kootenai Bay, Idaho, and find refuge with rancher Jesse Rawlins who has trouble knowing who to trust with the situation--especially after the killers make a public show of volunteering to "help" local authorities look for the children.

The vanished man

a Lincoln Rhyme novel
2003
Quadriplegic forensic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme and his ambitious partner, Amelia Sachs, search for a New York City serial killer with a talent for diabolical illusions.

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