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The alchemist

2002
A charismatic murderer tells his life story to a New York City psychologist, revealing that he was born in ancient Egypt, where he learned alchemy at the House of Ra and became tempted and corrupted by the dark arts.

When good kids kill

1998
Examines the reasons why the number of murders committed by teenagers has been increasing since the mid-1980s, focusing on young people who seem to have no reason to resort to killing.

For the thrill of it

Leopold, Loeb, and the murder that shocked Chicago
2008
Presents a detailed account of the murder of fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks in Chicago in 1924, the arrest of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, their trial, and imprisonment.

When good kids kill

2000
Provides a detailed look at the common behavior and backgrounds of violent teens, plus tips for parents, teachers, counselors and law enforcement officials on how to read the warning sighs before the tragedy strikes.

Batman Deathblow

after the fire
2003
Batman faces a government killer code named Deathblow.

The meaning of night

a confession
2006
London scholar and murderer Edward Glyver makes his confession about how he sought revenge on Phoebus Rainsford Daunt, the man he believed responsible for everything wrong in his life, especially a missed chance at a large inheritance.

Hawkes Harbor

2004
Mental patient Jamie Sommers suffers from depression, partial amnesia, and a fear of the dark, but as Dr. McDevitt continues to try and probe the mind of the boy, Jamie is drawn closer and closer to the ultimate evil that could destroy him.

The Cases that haunt us

2001
FBI veteran John Douglas discusses how certain homicide cases have affected the American population and reexamines and reinterprets accepted facts in specific cases.

The devil in the white city

murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America
2003
Tells the parallel stories of Daniel Burnham, the main architect of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, and serial killer Henry H. Holmes, discussing the challenges Burnham faced in creating the hugely successful White City, and looking at how Holmes used the opportunities afforded by the fair to lure victims to their deaths.

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