attempted murder

Type: 
Topical Term
Subfield: 
a
Alias: 
attempted murder

Though I am an inept villainess

tale of the butterfly-rat body swap in the Maiden Court
From loved to loathed. As the crown prince's favored maiden at court, Kou Reirin's future as the next empress is all but assured. That is, until her rival Shu Keigetsu, the court's "sewer rat," pushes her over a balcony! Reirin survives, but wakes up in Keigetsu's body! Turns out Keigetsu has used magic to swap bodies with Reirin in order to steal her position at court. After being sickly her whole life, Reirin is determined to use this new body to turn things around. She won't let anything stop her, not even her impending execution!.
Cover image of Though I am an inept villainess

Knife

meditations after an attempted murder
2024
"Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, [the author] answers violence with art, and reminds us of the power of words to make sense of the unthinkable'--Publsiher.
Cover image of Knife

Lucy Clark will not apologize

2022
"Lucy Clark has had it. After being bullied one too many times, Lucy retaliates. But when the fallout is far worse than she meant it to be, she gets sent to Manhattan to serve as a full-time companion to the eccentric Edith Fox. Edith is glamorous and mysterious; nothing like Lucy expected--there's one other thing about her that makes her unlike anyone Lucy has ever met--she thinks someone is trying to kill her"--Provided by publisher.
Cover image of Lucy Clark will not apologize

Though I am an inept villainess

From loved to loathed. As the crown prince's favored maiden at court, Kou Reirin's future as the next empress is all but assured. That is, until her rival Shu Keigetsu, the court's "sewer rat," pushes her over a balcony! Reirin survives, but wakes up in Keigetsu's body! Turns out Keigetsu has used magic to swap bodies with Reirin in order to steal her position at court. After being sickly her whole life, Reirin is determined to use this new body to turn things around. She won't let anything stop her, not even her impending execution!.

Up close and dangerous

a novel
2007
After her small plane crashes, nearly killing her and her pilot and leaving them stranded in the wilderness and dependent on each other for survival, a wealthy young widow begins to suspect that the crash was no accident.

Bitter harvest

1999
Relates how Debora Green, a physician and mother of three, was convicted of poisoning her husband, Michael Farrar, and setting the fire that killed two of their children in 1995.

Lie to me

When Amelia woke up in the hospital with bruises, broken bones, and a concussion, everybody insisted that she accidentally fell down the embankment and almost into the river; but Amelia cannot shake the feeling that she was pushed, especially since another young woman was found nearby, dead--and so, with the help of a new friend, Liam, and despite her best friend's reservations, she sets out to discover the truth, even though her search seems to be leading her ever deeper into danger.

Lie to me

2020
When Amelia woke up in the hospital with bruises, broken bones, and a concussion, everybody insisted that she accidentally fell down the embankment and almost into the river; but Amelia cannot shake the feeling that she was pushed, especially since another young woman was found nearby, dead--and so, with the help of a new friend, Liam, and despite her best friend's reservations, she sets out to discover the truth, even though her search seems to be leading her ever deeper into danger.
Cover image of Lie to me

If I die tonight

a novel
2018
"Late one night in the quiet Hudson Valley town of Havenkill, a distraught woman stumbles into the police station--and lives are changed forever. Aimee En, once a darling of the '80s pop music scene, claims that a teenage boy stole her car, then ran over another young man who'd rushed to help. As Liam Miller's life hangs in the balance, the events of that fateful night begin to come into focus. But is everything as it seems? The case quickly consumes social media, transforming Liam, a local high school football star, into a folk hero, and the suspect, a high school outcast named Wade Reed, into a depraved would-be killer. But is Wade really guilty? And if he isn't, why won't he talk?"--Amazon.com.
Cover image of If I die tonight

After

Devon Davenport is a straight-A student and prominent player on her school's soccer team, but when she is linked to an abandoned baby found in the trash she is accused of attempted murder.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - attempted murder