Summary: A charming, eloquent, and vicious drifter on the lam in London rejects those who would care for him and hurls himself into a nocturnal odyssey through the city, colliding with a succession of desperate and dispossessed people and scorching everyone in his path.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY NAKRae-Venter, Barbara
Summary: "The amateur DNA sleuth who solved one of the most infamous cold cases in American history-the Golden State Killer crime spree-tells the incredible true story of how she did it, and explains how her methods have forever changed criminal investigations. In the span of just a few years, Barbara Rae-Venter went from researching her family history as a retiree to finding a serial killer who had...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A fiercely independent woman is gang raped, then battles the legal system twice, going after both her attackers and the onlookers whose cheering fueled and encouraged the assault.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ACCConnors, Joanna
Summary: Setting out to uncover the story of her attacker, Connors embarked on a journey to find out who he was, where he came from, who his friends were and what his life was like. What she discovers stretches beyond one violent man's story and back into her own, interweaving a narrative about strength and survival with one about rape culture and violence in America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CONNORS, JOANNA CONRule, Ann
Summary: Traces the serial murders of the notorious Green River Killer, profiling Gary Ridgway as a happily married man who worked for the same company for thirty years, the case's approximate 40,000 suspects, the killer's disturbing capacity for luring and hiding his victims, and the DNA breakthroughs that established his link to the killings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 364.1523 RULSummary: Johnny is a charming and eloquent, but relentlessly vicious drifter. Rejecting anyone who might care for him, the volcanic Johnny hurls himself through a nocturnal odyssey around London, colliding with a succession of other desperate and dispossessed people, and scorching everyone in his path. With a virtuoso script and raw performances, Mike Leigh's picture of England's underbelly is an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2011
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY NAKPatterson, James
Summary: "Alex Cross was a rising star in the Washington, D.C. police department when an unknown shooter gunned down his wife, Maria, in front of him. Alex's need for vengeance was placed on hold as he faced another huge challenge -- raising his children without their mother. Years later Alex is making a bold move in his life. He has left the FBI and set up practice as a psychologist once again. His...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2007
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Summary: Cross is called in to help find a serial rapist who terrorizes his victims but the case reveals a connection to Maria's death that may finally allow him the chance to catch his wife's murderer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2006
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Summary: "When the elite St. Paul's School recently came under state investigation after extensive reports of sexual abuse on campus, Lacy Crawford thought she'd put behind her the assault she'd suffered at St. Paul's decades before, when she was fifteen. Still, when detectives asked for victims to come forward, she sent a note. Her criminal case file reopened, she saw for the first time evidence that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CRAWFORD, LACY CRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B CRAWFORD CRAGarlock, Dorothy.
Summary: April Asbury, a lovely young nurse, has just arrived in town when her car breaks down and she meets Joe Jones, a "natural-born flirt" who offers to help her. April is plucky, pretty and smart, and Joe soon finds himself falling for her, though he struggles to shed his playboy image. Meanwhile, the town doctor, Todd Forbes, wades into troublesome romantic territory when he falls for a woman of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GARJames, Peter
Summary: The brutal rapes of two women in Brighton bear remarkable similarities to an unsolved series of crimes from 1997. Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is forced to delve into his shattered past to find the key to unlocking the current mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JAMFielding, Joy
Summary: Deeply shaken after a brutal attack, Bailey Carpenter struggles to reclaim control over what had once seemed like a neatly-ordered life. Unable to face her job, her friends, or even the world outside her apartment, Bailey is trapped with her thoughts, replaying the attack in her desperate search for every detail that will help the police uncover the identity of her unknown assailant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC FIEFielding, Joy.
Summary: "Deeply shaken after a brutal attack, Bailey Carpenter struggles to reclaim control over what had once seemed like a neatly-ordered life. Unable to face her job, her friends, or even the world outside her apartment, Bailey is trapped with her thoughts, replaying the attack in a desperate search for a detail that will help the police uncover the identity of her unknown assailant. Bailey sees her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FIEMcCullough, Joy
Summary: A novel in prose and verse by the author of the National Book Award-longlisted Blood Water Paint follows the experiences of a teen who finds courage in the story of a 15th-century avenger when her sister's rapist is set free without prison time. "Em Morales's sister was raped after a frat party. A jury found the attacker guilty on all counts - remarkable verdict that Em felt more than a little...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCCPatterson, James
Summary: Cross is called in to help find a serial rapist who terrorizes his victims but the case reveals a connection to Maria's death that may finally allow him the chance to catch his wife's murderer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M PATBillingham, Mark.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BILGarlock, Dorothy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GARHeley, Veronica
Summary: Ellie's housekeeper Vera receives a visit from the man who raped her and left her pregnant years earlier as a schoolgirl, and now wants to adopt the child, but Ellie intends to protect Vera and her child from this unwelcome visitor from the past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HELPatterson, James
Summary: Years after his wife Maria is gunned down by an unknown shooter, a crime that has never been solved, psychologist Alex Cross is called in by his former partner, John Sampson, who wants his help on a case that reveals a connection to Maria's death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS PATTamblyn, Amber
Summary: "In this electric and provocative debut novel, Tamblyn blends genres of poetry, prose, and elements of suspense to give shape to the shocking narratives of victims of sexual violence, mapping the destructive ways in which our society perpetuates rape culture. A violent serial rapist is on the loose, who goes by the name Maude. She hunts for men at bars, online, at home--the place doesn't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TAMVachss, Andrew H.
Summary: When a colleague is charged with the murder of a serial rapist, Burke uncovers numerous questionable dealings at the district attorney's office and elects to reopen the original investigation into the rapist's case.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VACSummary: Mukhtar Mai was gang-raped, but it wasn't considered a crime; it was a sentence handed down by a Pakistani tribal council-a punishment for the alleged indiscretions of her younger brother. This ABC News program confronts the council's decision, a ruling declared an outrage by a local imam and others, while introducing the courageous woman who chose to defy custom and fight for justice in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: New York District Attorney Butch Karp and his wife, Marlene, find themselves embroiled in corruption when they set out to bring a group of Brooklyn rapists to justice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2005