Man overboard : inside the honeymoon cruise murder

From Jackie Cantwell Author:  Joan Lownds Man overboard : inside the honeymoon cruise murder  This is based on the 2005 still-unsolved murder of George Smith IV during his Mediterranean honeymoon cruise with his wife Jennifer Hagel  Smith. They were a Connecticut couple who had it all: good looks, money, lots of friends, and a seemingly [...]

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The bone garden : the Sacramento boardinghouse murders

From Jackie Cantwell author: Wood, William P  The bone garden : the Sacramento boardinghouse murders This is the true story of Dorothea Puente who was one of our country’s most prolific female serial killers. The author has first-hand knowledge of the crimes, as he was a deputy D.A. in Sacramento when she was tried for [...]

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Bringing Adam home : the abduction that changed America

From Jackie Cantwell author: Standiford, Les Bringing Adam home : the abduction that changed America  This is the heartbreaking story of the 1981 abduction and murder of Adam Walsh, the son of John Walsh, the host of America’s Most Wanted (AMW) T.V. program.  According to the authors (and later the Hollywood (FL) PD), the case [...]

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Musical Mysteries: From Mozart to John Lennon

From Edna Susman author: Borowitz, Albert Musical Mysteries: From Mozart to John Lennon Author Albert Borowitz, a graduate of Harvard and a true crime historian, presents us with a fascinating interplay between crime and music.  The book is divided into two parts: the first explores eight famous crimes and crime legends including the alleged killing [...]

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Deliberate intent : a lawyer tells the true story of murder by the book

From Andrea Kalinowski author: Smolla, Rod Deliberate intent : a lawyer tells the true story of murder by the book Deliberate intent : a lawyer tells the true story of murder by the book by Rod Smolla was a fascinating read on many levels. It tells the story of a manual published by Paladin Press, [...]

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Hellhound on his trail : the stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the international hunt for his assassin

From Chris Garland author: Sides, Hampton Hellhound on his trail : the stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the international hunt for his assassin James Earl Ray and Martin Luther King were at existential crossroads in 1968.  Each was looking for a new path to the next phase of his life.  Ray was seeking [...]

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The Devil In The White City

From Jeninne O’Callaghan author: Larson, Erik The Devil In The White City Erik Larson’s, The Devil in the White City, has readers exploring Chicago and the madness of the World’s Fair circa 1893.  This non-fiction book follows the lives of two men – one being an architect who strived to create the most elaborate celebration [...]

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In the Middle of the Night

From Jackie Cantwell author: McDonald, Brian In the Middle of the Night In the Middle of the Night tells the horrifying tale of two parolees who go on a crime spree in Cheshire, CT on July 23, 2007.  The instigator was Joshua Komisarjevsky, a convicted serial burglar, who met his partner in crime, Steven Hayes, [...]

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Finding Chandra

Jackie Cantwell author: Scott Higham and Sari Horowitz. Finding Chandra Most of you already know the ending. But you probably don’t know about what happened behind the scenes. Chandra Levy, a 24 year old woman, was working as an intern at the National Bureau of Prisons in Washington, D.C. to fulfill a requirement for graduate [...]

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