Patterson, James
Summary: Two true-crime thrillers include "Murder of Innocence," in which a global effort captures a serial predator; and "A Murderous Affair," in which a rookie FBI agent is set up by his informant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 PATKuehn, Stephanie
Summary: "While staying with her uncle in Lake Paloma, Bea Fletcher soon discovers the town has mysteries of its own, including the unsolved drowning of a teenage girl - a case that leads her closer to home than she ever imagined"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC KUECampbell, Hilary Fitzgerald
Summary: "Why is it so much fun to read about death and dismemberment? In Murder Book, lifelong true-crime obsessive and New Yorker cartoonist Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell tries to puzzle out the answer. An unconventional graphic exploration of a lifetime of Ann Rule super-fandom, amateur armchair sleuthing, and a deep dive into the high-profile murders that have fascinated the author for decades, this is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2021
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Summary: "Celebrating her birthday at her local pub, podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with a woman called Josie Fair. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other outside Alix's children's school. Josie has been listening to Alix's podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for her series. Slowly Alix starts to realize that Josie has been hiding some dark secrets, and before...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company 2023
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Summary: "Mike Browne, host of the popular Canadian podcast Dark Poutine, chronicles some of his all-time favourite stories of true crime and dark history from Canada and around the world. Divided into four sections --Murders with a Twist, Perpetual Puzzles, The Madness of Crowds and Notable Disasters -- all the stories in this collection (except two) are brand new and haven't been covered by the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2021
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Summary: Chicago's Jazz Age crime of passion; the fatal hookup in Looking for Mr. Goodbar; the high school horrors committed by the costumed slasher in Scream. These and other cinematic crimes have become part of pop-culture history-- but found inspiration in true events. Schechter explores the real-life headline-making psychos, serial murderers, thrill-hungry couples, and lady-killers who inspired a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2020
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Summary: In this illuminating exploration of women, violence, and obsession, Rachel Monroe interrogates the appeal of true crime through four narratives of fixation. In the 1940s, a bored heiress began creating dollhouse crime scenes depicting murders, suicides, and accidental deaths. Known as the "Mother of Forensic Science," she revolutionized the field of what was then called legal medicine. In the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "True crime, as an entertainment genre, has always prioritized clear narrative arcs: victims wronged, police detectives in pursuit, suspects apprehended, justice delivered. But what stories have been ignored? In Evidence of Things Seen, fourteen of the most innovative crime writers working today cast a light on the cases that give crucial insight into our society. This anthology pulls back the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Summary: "On a hot August night, beautiful nineteen-year-old Rachel Helena Timmerman was brutally beaten and raped five times by a savage criminal. Her rapist was eventually caught and arrested, but made bond just as quickly and was able to walk the streets a free man until his court date. However, two days before she was to testify against her attacker in court, Rachel received a phone call inviting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Horizon Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Crime Mur TimmermanLachman, Charles
Summary: It was a shocking true crime that left two families shattered, and became the coldest case in U.S. history. Who really killed little Maria? The question fueled a real-life nightmare in Sycamore, Illinois in 1957. Christmas was three weeks away, and seven-year-old Maria Ridulph went out to play. Soon after, a figure emerged out of the falling snow. He was very friendly. Minutes later, Maria...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2014
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Summary: "When sixteen-year-old Sara Parcell goes missing, it's an utter tragedy . . . and an entertaining national obsession in this thoughtful and addictively readable novel that offers a fresh and provocative take on whodunits and true crime. Sixteen-year-old Sara Parcell disappeared without a trace on a crisp April morning in Frederick, Maryland. Her tragic story was a national obsession and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2023
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Summary: After the first season of her true-crime podcast became an overnight sensation and set an innocent man free, Rachel Krall is now a household name and the last hope for thousands of people seeking justice. But she's used to being recognized for her voice, not her face. Which makes it all the more unsettling when she finds a note on her car windshield, addressed to her, begging for help. Under...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC GOLSlater, Alice
Summary: In this "utterly unforgettable" debut, a disaffected, true crime-obsessed bookseller develops a dangerous obsession with a colleague.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scarlet 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SLABrazier, Eliza Jane
Summary: "When her favorite true-crime podcast host goes missing, an adrift young woman plunges headfirst into the wild backcountry of Northern California and her own dangerous obsession. Sera loves true crime podcasts. They make her feel empowered in a world where women just like her disappear daily. She's sure they are preparing her for something. So when Rachel, her favorite podcast host, goes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Brazier 2021Connell, John A.
Summary: "In the winter of 1945, seven months after the Nazi defeat, Munich is in ruins. Mason Collins--a former Chicago homicide detective, U.S. soldier, and prisoner of war--is now a U.S. Army criminal investigator in the American Zone of Occupation. It's his job to enforce the law in a place where order has been obliterated. And his job just became much more dangerous. A killer is stalking the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Hardcover 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CONJewell, Lisa
Summary: "Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie has been listening to Alix's podcasts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JEWO'Reilly, Bill
Summary: "As the World Trade Center buildings collapsed, the Pentagon burned, and a small group of passengers fought desperately to stop a third plane from completing its deadly flight plan, America went on war footing. Killing The Killers narrates America's intense global war against extremists who planned and executed not only the 9/11 attacks, but hundreds of others in America and around the world,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Large Print 363.3250 OREDarnielle, John
Summary: "Gage Chandler is descended from kings. That's what his mother always told him when he was a child. Years later, he is a true crime writer, with one grisly success--and a movie adaptation--to his name, along with a series of subsequent less notable efforts. But now he is being offered the chance for the big break: to move into the house where a pair of briefly notorious murders occurred,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DARBaart, Nicole
Summary: "Juniper Baker had just graduated from high school and was deep in the throes of a summer romance when Cal and Beth Murphy, a childless couple who lived on a neighboring farm, were brutally murdered. When her younger brother became the prime suspect, June's world collapsed and everything she loved that summer fell away. She left, promising never to return to tiny Jericho, Iowa. Until now....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction BaartJewell, Lisa
Summary: Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie has been listening to Alix's podcasts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC JEWJewell, Lisa
Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author known for her "superb pacing, twisted characters, and captivating prose" (BuzzFeed), Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself the subject of her own popular true crime podcast. Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summer crosses paths with an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC JEWSummary: "The newest anthology from Mystery Writers of America explores the theme of home and the crimes that endanger it, with stories by Ellen Hart, Naomi Hirahara, Walter Mosley, Sara Paretsky and more. Everyone comes from someplace. Everyone has somewhere they feel safe. Some people have found their home and are content where they are. Others feel trapped and yearn to go somewhere else. Many are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2022
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Summary: For as long as Lucia Gomez has been the police chief in the city of Highland Isle, near Kindle County, she has known that any woman in law enforcement must walk a precarious line between authority and camaraderie to gain respect. She has maintained a spotless reputation, until now. Three male police officers have accused her of soliciting sex in exchange for promotions to higher ranks. With few...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC TURDixon, Franklin W.
Summary: Joe and Frank investigate some pranks around Bayport, leading them to the Red Arrow, a crime gang.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2013