Summary: When a man murders his nagging wife because his affections have turned to her far-more-pleasant younger sister, it appears he has executed the perfect crime--until a minor slip-up arouses the suspicions of a family friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CONSummary: Loosely based on the mysterious true crime story of a young stage actor who, obsessed with a Greek tragedy he's rehearsing, slays his own mother with a sword.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Industrial Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MYGigl, Robyn
Summary: When a trans woman pleads guilty to killing her millionaire businessman father, transgender attorney Erin McCabe, determined to clear her name when the facts don't add up, becomes trapped in a web of human exploitation, unchecked greed and murder where her quest for justice turns into a struggle to survive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GIGGranata, Vince
Summary: "Vince Granata remembers standing in front of his suburban home in Connecticut the day his mother and father returned from the hospital with his three new siblings in tow. He had just finished scrawling their names in orange chalk on the driveway: Christopher, Timothy, and Elizabeth. Twenty-three years later, Vince was a thousand miles away when he received shocking news that would change his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRANATA, VINCE GRAHarrison, Kathryn.
Summary: From the bestselling author of The Kiss comes a riveting account of true crime-- the murder of a family in a small Midwestern town-- and the gripping exploration of its haunting aftermath. The Gilley family murders ended a lifetime of physical and mental abuse suffered by Billy and Jody at the hands of their parents. And it required each of the two survivors-- one a convicted murderer, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 HARKleiman, Dena.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 1988
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Depicts a jury of men who must decide the fate of a teenage boy who has murdered his abusive father. The jurors are from all walks of life, and bring with them their own opinions, prejudices, fears, and personal demons.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment Inc. 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Story about a blind widow and her four children. Three are afflicted with epilepsy, and the fourth, Augusto, has to support the family. Alessandro (Sandro) wants to free his brother from this burden and sees killing the rest of the family as the only way.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FISChristie, Agatha
Summary: An adoptive son dies in prison after being convicted for the murder of his mother, but when Dr. Arthur Calgary proves the boy's innocence, the family becomes surprisingly nervous and hostile.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Publishing 2012
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CHRTreadway, Jessica
Summary: Surviving a brutal attack that ends her husband's life, Hanna struggles to remember her attacker, who may be her awkward daughter's boyfriend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TREChiklis, Michael
Summary: Story of a Los Angeles police precinct where the actions of the elite strike team's leader, Detective Vic Mackey, and his officers balance on the edge of the law.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009