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"Theo Benton decides to move to the United States to finally finish her novel, and she is soon drawn into a literary labyrinth where identity is something that can be lost and remade for the sake of sales and readership. When her mentor and lover is brutally murdered, Theo wants the killer to be found and justice to be served. But when the prime suspect turns out to be her older brother, Gus, Theo does what is necessary to protect him-to save him....
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January 1918. Laura Iven was a revered field nurse until she was wounded and discharged from the medical corps, leaving behind a brother still fighting in Flanders. Now home in Halifax, Canada, Laura receives word of Freddie's death in combat, along with his personal effects--but something doesn't make sense. Determined to uncover the truth, Laura returns to Belgium as a volunteer at a private hospital, where she soon hears whispers about haunted...
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The world is full of shadows, and lurking within them are the enigmatic stories of those who vanished without a trace. These unsolved mysteries, like echoes in the night, refuse to be silenced, captivating imaginations and fueling our deepest desires for answers. In "Vanished Without a Trace," we delve into the captivating narratives of these missing individuals, exploring the circumstances of their disappearance, the investigations that followed,...
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In their first non-fiction book, Professor of Psychology and Criminal Justice Mandy McNeely and Investigative Journalist and victim advocate Raven Rollins share an analysis of three of the coldest cases in Oklahoma from their investigations of them for their podcast, Sirens A Southern True Crime Podcast.They take you to 2004 Maysville, Oklahoma, to look into the unsolved homicide of Sheila Deviney, who was burned alive in her own home.They send you...
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Most of us have seen a movie or some tv series on the trials and tribulations of college bullies and the popular football player and cute teenager cheerleader. Most of us have probably already formed some kind of perception on what type of people they are – rude; full of themselves; picking on others and generally a downright plague to those around them. But this was no movie or tv series and, Emma Walker was not any preconceived version of a...
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The stereotypical image of a pirate is that of a middle-aged man with an eyepatch, cocked hat, and possibly a metal hook for an arm, like Captain Hook. Classic literature such as "Treasure Island" and movies with Jack Sparrow built the love for pirates and enhanced their mythical condition. But real pirates don't look like the "cartoon" version. Sea pirates were and still are the type of people you definitely never want to be around, as their only...
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Immerse yourself in "More of the World's Greatest Unsolved Mysteries", the enthralling sequel that deepens the enigma of the unknown. This is a beacon for those drawn to the shadows of the unexplained, offering new mysteries to unravel and secrets that defy conventional wisdom. Crafted with precision, this book presents a collection of cases that have baffled the brightest minds. These stories are a mosaic of the human experience, blending the historical...
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"The Disappearance of Ann Marie Burr" delves into one of America's most baffling missing person cases. Ann Marie Burr, an 8-year-old girl from Tacoma, Washington, vanished from her home in August 1961, sparking a mystery that remains unsolved to this day. The book explores the events leading up to her disappearance, the initial investigation, and the subsequent search efforts that failed to locate her. It also examines the theories and suspects that...
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Cuando fue secuestrado, a plena luz del día, en mitad de una de las ciudades más pobladas de México, la vida del empresario Alberto de la Fuente cambió para siempre. El que comenzaba como uno más de las decenas de miles de secuestros cometidos cada año en un país en el que este delito de codicia se ha convertido en una lucrativa industria terminaría siendo uno de los más largos y angustiosos en la historia de México. Esta es la crónica...
10) Manson's Girls
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A look back at the many women who become followers of Charles Manson during his Helter Skelter siege in California in the 60s & 70s. All were hippie girls who became loyal to the maniac who told them to kill for him...Among those featured here are the stripper Susan Atkins, a sweet-voiced stripper whose looks belied a devil within. Leslie Van Houten who was an educated young woman that became a murderous animal under Manson's control. Patricia Krenwinkel...
11) Valerie McDaniel
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Truth stranger than fiction? We've all heard the phrase. Actually, it's a bit of a falsehood. Invention acting as truth. Reality always wins out in the end. Doesn't it? But, in the case of Valerie McDaniel, truth runs even the most bizarre fiction close.
Had Valerie survived her darkest days of 2017, she may well now be serving time behind bars. Certainly, prosecutors in Houston, Texas, have little doubt about that. Then again, it is the prosecutors'...
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A collection of True Crime in the porn industry
Such scripts as existed for sleazy flicks such as Debbie Does Dallas were threadbare. Often, they consisted of little more than a hint of dialogue to be improvised in whatever location had been hi-jacked for filming-this was still a time when obscenity laws could see an entire cast and crew apprehended, arrested and tried for acts committed in the face of public decency. It was best not to advertise...
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In this captivating collection of stories, you are taken on a journey through the shadowy corridors of history's most perplexing mysteries. "The World's Greatest Unsolved Mysteries" travels the earth and spans the decades, exploring cases that have puzzled experts and mystery enthusiasts alike. Delve into the curious case of the Circleville Letters, where an entire town was gripped by fear of an unseen menace, ponder over what really happened at Area...
14) One Evil Bitch
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Judith and Alvin Neelley are an American married couple who were convicted of two torture murders in the early 1980s in Georgia and Alabama. Judith became the youngest woman to ever be sentenced to death in the United States, however, the Alabama governor at the time commuted her death penalty to life imprisonment in 1999, likely due to her age. Alvin died in prison in 2005 at the age of 52 due to complications resulting from surgery. Unlike most...
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Is Wayne Williams one of the most evil men to have ever walked the earth, or are the Atlanta child murders the cause of one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in the judicial history of the United States? It is a tough question, and one to which we are even further from answering today than we were back in the early 1980s. That was the time when Williams was convicted on two counts of first-degree murder. It also marked the closure of the files...
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AN ANTHOLOGY OF WOMEN GONE MISSING
AMY LYNN BRADLEY
For most people, a cruise to the Caribbean is an exhilarating, fascinating experience-but for others, the holiday can be memorable for the entirely wrong reasons. The Caribbean is one of the top cruise destination for many major cruise operators, and millions of people travel there each year. It's the perfect place to enjoy exotic sights, sounds, and flavors while taking advantage of the Caribbean's...
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Robert Hansen was dubbed the "Butcher Baker" by the media after he kidnapped, raped and killed at least seventeen women with possibly more victims that have yet to be identified. The murders took place in and around his hometown of Anchorage, Alaska as Hansen would hunt down his victims in the woods with a variety of weapons. It would take over twelve years before authorities would finally capture and convict Hansen in 1983. His case would remain...
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"Hairstylist Jess Greene has spent the last decade raising her younger half-sister, Tegan--and keeping a shocking secret. Ever since their reckless mother ran off with a boyfriend she'd known only a few months, Jess has been aware that he's the same accomplished con man who was the subject of a wildly popular podcast, The Last Con of Lynton Baltimore. Now thirty-one, Jess didn't bargain on Tegan eventually piecing together the connection for herself....
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This book is about the unsolved murders of young women on Interstate 4, between Tampa and Lakeland, Florida in 1976. Law enforcement believed these deaths were attributed a lone serial killer. They were wrong! Almost fifty years later, I was able to identify who did these killings and it had nothing to do with one serial killer, but two! And, that's because I lived to tell tale.
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"MY MOMMY IS GOING TO DIE," SHAINA SOBBED INTO THE PHONE. When Piper Streyle failed to show up for work, a coworker called her home. Piper's three-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Shaina, answered and said, "A mean man carried Mommy away." Then the line went dead. In the tranquil region of southeast South Dakota, word of the young mother who was brazenly abducted from her home in broad daylight shocked residents. Piper was the second woman to vanish,...