homicide

Describes how forensic anthropologists are able to examine the bodies of crime and disaster victims in order to identify victims and even solve mysteries by piecing together a victim's last moments. Discusses osteology, the study of bones, and taphonomy, the study of decomposition and the effects of death on the body.

While investigating minor crimes in the small town of Trippton, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agent Virgil Flowers discovers a series of increasingly serious felonies linked to the county school board.

When the victim of a crime succumbs to complications from a bullet wound from nine years ago, Detective Harry Bosch and his new partner, Lucia Soto must find new leads from the past.

Teenage detective Tandy Angel attempts to exonerate her famous brother of murder charges, track down a New York City killer, and figure out what happened to her lost love.

When Juliette, a former supermodel with a successful skin care line and several spa retreats, runs into Raven, a fellow supermodel from back in the day, she threatens Juliette's life, but two hours later Raven turns up dead, leaving Juliette determined to find the killer, meanwhile Juliette's ex-boyfriend returns and she must sort out her feelings for this man from her past.

Captain Elizabeth Pepperhawk realizes someone wants to end her career at Fort Bragg, and maybe even her life, when a dead body is found in her bed and Elizabeth becomes the prime suspect in a murder.

Presents a detailed account of Hawaii's most notorious murder trial, chronicling the social history of Thalia Massie's accusation of five nonwhite men of gang rape, the ensuing trial, its hung jury, and subsequent murder of one of suspects, prompting another trial in defense of the murderers lead by criminal lawyer Clarence Darrow.

Erik Winter, the youngest chief inspector in Sweden, is already dealing with the stresses of his father's death, his fortieth birthday, and impending parenthood, when a serial killer with a penchant for death metal music strikes in Gothenburg and investigation indicates a link to the police department.

Cuban American homicide detective Jimmy Paz teams up with rookie cop Tito Morales, and psychologist Lorna Wise, in an effort to figure out whether Emmylou Dideroff--a woman who regularly communes with saints and the devil--is responsible for the death of a wealthy Arab oil trader who took a dive from the tenth floor of a Miami hotel after being bashed in the head with a piston rod.

Uses historical documents to attempt to solve the mysterious death of Lord Darnley, whose murder led to Mary, Queen of Scots, ruin and has baffled historians for centuries.